Octavia A. Dobre

Dipl.-Ing., PhD (Politechnica University of Bucharest), FRSC, FIEEE, FCAE, FEIC, FAAIA, 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, underwater, and optical communications; integrated terrestrial–non-terrestrial networks; integrated sensing and communications; machine learning for communications and networks; quantum computing and quantum machine learning for communications and networks

Personal Profile

Octavia A. Dobre is a Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair at Memorial University, Canada. Her research encompasses wireless communications and networking technologies, as well as optical and underwater communications. She has received numerous Best Paper Awards, including the prestigious IEEE Communications Society Heinrich Hertz Award.

Dr. Dobre has held several prominent academic and professional leadership positions, including Associate Dean (Research) and Interim Dean of the Faculty, Vice President of Publications of the IEEE Communications Society, founding Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, and Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Communications Letters. She currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine. She was the inaugural Chair of the IEEE Communications Society Women in Communications Engineering Standing Committee and has served as a Member-at-Large of the Administrative Committee of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society and the Board of Governors of the IEEE Communications Society. She also chaired the Discovery Grants Evaluation Group for Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Dr. Dobre is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the Engineering Institute of Canada. She is also an elected member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and Academia Europaea.

Honors/Awards
  • Top 2% Scientist in The World, Stanford University (single-year and career-long impact), 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
  • Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher, 2025, 2024
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE Communications Society's Transmission, Access, and Optical Systems Technical Committee, 2025
  • Elected Member, Academia Europaea, 2025
  • 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
  • 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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