Octavia A. Dobre

Dipl.-Ing., PhD (Politechnica University of Bucharest), FIEEE, FCAE, FEIC, FAAIA, FRSC, P.Eng.

  • Professor, and Canada Research Chair Tier-1
Contact Information

Ph: 709-864-4045
Em: odobre[at]mun.ca
Office: CSF 4119

Research Interests

Wireless, optical and underwater communications,  Integrated sensing and communication, Integrated terrestrial-non-terrestrial networks, AI for network and network for AI, Quantum communications

Personal Profile

Octavia A. Dobre is a full professor and Canada Research Chair Tier-1 on Ubiquitous Connectivity at Memorial University, which she joined in 2005. 

Her research interests include technologies for future wireless networks, as well as optical and underwater communications. She has authored and co-authored over 500 internationally referred journal and conference papers in these areas.

Dr. Dobre is the VP Publications of the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc). She was the inaugural Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of the IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society and the EiC of the IEEE Communications Letters, as well as a senior editor, editor and guest editor with numerous reputable journals. She has contributed as general chair, technical chair, symposia chair, and tutorial chair of various flagship conferences. She was the inaugural chair of the IEEE ComSoc Women in Communications Engineering (WICE) standing committee, a member-at-large of the Administrative Committee of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society and Board of Governors of the IEEE Communications Society, as well as Chair of the Discovery Grant Committee (Electrical and Computer Engineering).

Honors/Awards
  • Elected Member, Academia Europaea, 2025
  • Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher, 2024
  • Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 2024
  • IEEE ComSoc Heinrich Hertz Award for Best Communications Letter, 2024
  • IEEE Canada R. A. Fessenden Silver Medal, “For contributions to telecommunications and industry leadership,” 2024
  • IEEE VTS, Women’s Distinguished Career Award, “For outstanding contributions to wireless communication technologies and situation-aware communication,” 2024
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE Globecom, 2024
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE SITE, 2024
  • Best Paper Award, IWCMC, 2024
  • Top 2% Scientist in The World, Stanford University, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
  • Exemplary Editor Award, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, 2024, 2023, 2021
  • Outstanding Achievement Award, IEEE WICE Standing Committee, IEEE ComSoc, 2023
  • Stars in Networking and Communications, N2Women, 2023
  • Best Paper Award, IWCMC, 2023
  • IEEE ComSoc Joseph LoCicero Award for Exemplary Service to Publications, 2022
  • Recognition Award, IEEE Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks, IEEE ComSoc, “For outstanding contributions to cognitive radio communications and networking,” 2022
  • Fellow, Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association, 2022
  • Elected Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2021
  • Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering, 2021
  • IEEE Fellow, 2020
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE PIMRC, 2020
  • Outstanding Mentorship Award, IEEE ComSoc WICE Standing Committee, 2020
  • Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE ComSoc, 2019-2020
  • Best Paper Awards, IEEE Globecom, IEEE ICC, IEEE WCNC, 2019
  • Inspiring Member of the Year Award, Honorable mention, IEEE Women in Engineering, 2019
  • Outstanding Service Award, IEEE ComSoc WICE Standing Committee, 2019
  • Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada, 2018
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE WCMC, 2017
  • President's Award for Outstanding Research, Memorial University, 2015
  • Outstanding Service Award, IEEE SPCE Technical Committee, IEEE ComSoc, 2015
  • Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision, Faculty of Engineering, 2014
  • Dean's Outstanding Research Award, Faculty of Engineering, 2013
  • Fulbright Scholar, 2001-2002

For more information, please visit my personal website: http://www.engr.mun.ca/~dobre/ 

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