Burak Kantarci is a Full Professor and University Research Chair in AI-enabled Secure Networking for Smart Critical Infrastructures in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa. He is also the Founding Director of the Smart Connected Vehicles Innovation Centre (SCVIC) and Next Generation Communications and Computing Networks (NEXTCON) Research Lab at the University of Ottawa. He holds a Ph.D. degree in computer engineering (ITU [Istanbul Technical University], 2009) and is the author/co-author of 300+ publications in established journals and conferences, and 15 book chapters. Continuously listed among the top-cited scientists in telecommunications and networking based on the data reported by Stanford University since 2020, and since 2021, based on data collected from Microsoft Academic Graph, research.com has listed Dr. Kantarci among Canada’s top computer scientists. Dr. Kantarci holds an Exemplary Editor Award from IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (2021), and multiple best paper awards from various conferences, most recently from IEEE Globecom2024, IEEE VCC2023, IEEE ICC 2023, Wireless World Research Forum 2022, and IEEE Globecom 2021. He is a recipient of the Minister's Award of Excellence from Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities (2021). He is the recipient of 2023 Technical Achievement Award of IEEE ComSoc Communications Software Technical Committee. He is also the winner of the 2024-2025 George S. Glinski Award for Excellence in Research in the Faculty of Engineering at University of Ottawa. He was a Distinguished Speaker of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) in 2019-2021. Currently he is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Systems Council. He has been a keynote/invited speaker or panelist in 40 events. In 2019-2020, Dr. Kantarci chaired the Communications Systems Integration and Modeling Technical Committee of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He has been a general chair, program chair or track chair in 30+ international conferences. He is an Editor of the IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, an Associate Editor for IEEE Networking Letters, an Associate Editor for Elsevier Vehicular Communications, a former Associate Editor for Internet of Things Journal (2021-2024) and a former Area Editor for IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking (2016-2021). Dr. Kantarci is a senior member of both IEEE and ACM.