Dr. Zhipeng Cai received his PhD and M.S. degrees in the Department of Computing Science at University of Alberta. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Georgia State University, and also an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Computer Information System at Robinson College of Business, as well as a Director at INSPIRE Center. Dr. Cai also leads the Innovative Computing and Networking (ICN) group. Dr. Cai's research expertise lies in Resource Management and Scheduling, High Performance Computing, Cyber-Security, Privacy, Networking, and Big Data. His research has received funding from multiple academic and industrial sponsors, including the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of State, and has resulted in over 100 publications in top journals and conferences, with more than 17,000 citations, including over 90 IEEE/ACM Transactions papers. He is listed as one of The World's Top 2% Scientists (2020 - 2024, published by Stanford University). Dr. Cai holds the esteemed position of Editor-in-Chief for Elsevier High-Confidence Computing Journal. Additionally, he serves as an editor for several prestigious journals, including IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), and IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems (TCSS). Moreover, Dr. Cai serves as a Steering Committee Co-Chair for WASA and is a Steering Committee member for COCOON (CCF B), IPCCC (CCF C), and ISBRA (CCF C). He has also chaired numerous international conferences, including ICDCS, SocialCom, and ISBRA. Dr. Cai has supervised over 24 PhD students, 15 of whom are now tenure-track faculty members in US institutions. Dr. Cai is deeply committed to computer security education and is a core member of Eureka Labs, a platform offering inquiry-based, hands-on lab activities that explore key cybersecurity concepts. This platform provides free, high-quality security education materials to both learners and educators. Between 2020 and 2022, the 28 labs available on the platform received over 64,000 views and downloads from 112 countries, averaging 2,300 views or downloads per lab. Dr. Cai is the recipient of an NSF CAREER Award and is a Fellow of IEEE.
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