Xiaoming Fu / 傅晓明

The Person

Education

  • 1990-1994
    Department of Automatic Control, Northeastern University (China), Final degree: B.Eng.

  • 1994-1997
    Department of Computer Science, Northeastern University (China), Final degree: M.Eng.

  • 1997-2000
    Department of Computer Science, Tsinghua University (China), Final degree: Ph.D.

Working experiences

  • 1995-1997
    Research assistant at the Department of Computer Science, Northeastern University (China)

  • 1997-2000
    Research assistant at the Department of Computer Science, Tsinghua University (China)

  • 2000-2002
    Scientific collaborator at the Telecommunications Networks Group of the Technical University of Berlin (Germany)

  • 2002-2007
    Assistant Professor at the Institute of Computer Science, University of Göttingen (Germany)

  • 2003-2005
    Specialist Task Force Expert at European Telecommunications Standards Institute (France)

  • 2005, 2007
    Visiting Scientist at University of Cambridge (UK)

  • From 2007
    Professor of Computer Science and Head of Computer Networks Group, University of Göttingen (Germany)

  • 2010-2012
    Dean for Academic Affairs in Computer Science, University of Göttingen (Germany)

  • 2008-2009
    DAAD Visiting Faculty at Computer Science Department, Columbia University (USA)

  • 2009
    “Fulbright Scholar” Visiting Professor at Computer Science Department, UCLA (USA)

  • 2009
    “Changjiang Scholar” Visiting Professor at Computer Science Department, Tsinghua University, China

  • 2008-2010
    Secretary of IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Computer Communications

  • 2010-2012
    Vice Chair of IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Computer Communications

  • 2011-2013
    Chair of Internet Technical Committee - The Joint Committee of the IEEE Communications Society and the Internet Society

  • 2017
    Fellow of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

  • 2018
    Member of Academia Europaea (Academy of Europe)

Research interests

  • Network architectures, protocols and Internet services
  • Cloud computing and software-defined networking
  • Social networks, socio-aware computing and social media
  • Mobile computing, big data and urban computing