Dr. Vincent Wong, Professor at the University of British Columbia, is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of wireless networking and energy systems. He has developed novel and practical resource allocation algorithms for wireless communications networks. He has designed innovative demand side management algorithms for smart grid and sustainable energy systems. His work is pioneering and instrumental in shaping the new and quickly evolving areas of wireless networking and energy systems. He has contributed more than 260 journal and conference publications and co-edited a book. Dr. Wong is a Fellow of the IEEE and the Engineering Institute of Canada.