!!!Octavia A. Dobre
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__Present and Previous Positions__
* 2024 - present Canada Research Chair Tier-1, Professor, Leader of the Memorial Advanced Research Laboratory on Optical and Wireless Communications (MARLOWC), Memorial University, Canada 
* 2024 - present VP Publications, IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), New York, USA
* 2022 - present Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Catalan Telecommunications Technological Center (CTTC), Spain
* 2022 - 2023 Director of Journals, IEEE ComSoc, New York, USA
* 2022 - 2024 Interim Dean, Professor, Leader of MARLOWC, Memorial University, Canada
* 2020 - 2022 Associate Dean of Research, Professor, Leader of MARLOWC, Memorial University, Canada
* 2016 - 2021 Research Chair, Professor, Leader of MARLOWC, Memorial University, Canada
* 2019 - 2022 Inaugural Editor-in-Chief (EiC), IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, IEEE ComSoc, New York, USA
* 2016 - 2019 EiC, IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE ComSoc, New York, USA
* 2014 - 2017 Inaugural Chair, IEEE Women in Communications Engineering Standing Committee, IEEE ComSoc, New York, USA
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__Honours and Awards__
* 2024 Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
* 2024 IEEE Canada R. A. Fessenden Silver Medal “for contributions to telecommunications and industry leadership”
* 2024 IEEE Vehicular Technology Society - Women’s Distinguished Career Award “for outstanding contributions to wireless communication technologies and situation-aware communications”
* 2024 IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) Heinrich Hertz Award for Best Communications Letter 
* 2024 Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate
* 2024 Canada Research Chair Tier-1, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
* 2024 - 2020 included in the World’s Top 2% Scientists, Elsevier-Stanford University for the entire career and each year
* 2023 Stars in Networking and Communications, Networking Women
* 2023, 2020 Outstanding Achievement Award & Outstanding Mentorship Award, IEEE ComSoc Women in Communications Engineering 
* 2022 Technical Recognition Award, IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks “for outstanding contributions to cognitive radio communications and networking”
* 2022 IEEE ComSoc Joseph LoCicero Award “for exceptional leadership as the founding EiC of the IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society and EiC of the IEEE Communications Letters, and for exemplary service to the IEEE ComSoc’s publications”
* 2022 Featured as an author in the IEEE Xplore for the work on reconfigurable intelligent surfaces 
* 2022 Fellow, Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association
* 2021 Member (elected), European Academy of Sciences and Arts
* 2021 Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering
* 2020 Fellow, IEEE “for contributions to the theory and practice of signal intelligence and emerging wireless technologies” 
* 2019 - 2020 Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE ComSoc
* 2019 Inspiring Member of the Year Award, Honorable mention, IEEE Women in Engineering
* 2018 Fellow, Engineering Institute of Canada, Canada
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[Curriculum Vitae |User/Dobre_Octavia/CV]
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