Gilsoo Lee

HONORS & AWARDS

• Nokia Foundation Centennial Grant (EUR€ 10,000), Jun. 2018,

  • Research project entitled “Online Framework for Low-Latency UAV-assisted Distributed Fog Computing in Smart Factories” 

• Exemplary reviewer of  IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2018 and 2019.

• TAOS Best Paper Award, IEEE ICC 2016, May 2016.

• Selected participant for Global Frontier Project Program (research and traveling grant),  Sogang University, 2012.

• Sogang Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Sogang University, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, and Fall 2012.

• 7th Southeast Asia Student Fellowship, SIEAS, Sogang University, 2012.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nokia of America Corporation, Naperville, IL, June 2020 - Present
Nokia Standards (formerly, the Standardization & Research Lab within Nokia Bell Labs Research - https://www.bell-labs.com/about/researcher-profiles/gilsoolee/)

• Senior Staff Standardization Specialist (Jul. 2024 - present)
  Senior Standardization Specialist (Sep. 2022 - Jun. 2024)
  Senior Research Specialist (Jun. 2022 - Sep. 2022)
  Research Specialist (Jun. 2020 - May 2022)

  • Research on next generation 6G networks

  • Generate Intellectual Property Right (IPR) 

  • Develop radio standardization specifications and contribute to 3GPP meetings

  • 3GPP RAN4 Delegate in the area of

    • Artificial intelligence / machine learning (AI/ML) and NR radio resource management (RRM) Phase 5 (3GPP Rel-19)

    • Reduced Capability (RedCap) UE, NR Positioning, NR sidelink, and NR sidelink relay (3GPP Rel-17/18)

  • Research and involve in standardization activities (RAN1 and RAN4, Rel-17/18) on Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), RedCap UE, and ambient Internet of Things (IoT)

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL), Cambridge, MA, May-Aug. 2019

• Intern, Signal Processing Group.

  • Conducted research on optimal intersection passing interworking of vehicular mobility, control system, and V2X.

PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCE

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) under Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, Thanh Hoa, Vietnam, Mar. 2009-Sep. 2011

• Korea Overseas Volunteer in Electronics Program dispatched by the Korean Government.

• Worked as a Volunteer Lecturer at Department of Electronic Engineering, Thanh Hoa Vocational College of Industry (VCI), Thanh Hoa, Vietnam.

• Proposed and managed an official development assistance (ODA) project entitled “Building up Technical-instructed Competence Project of Thanh Hoa VCI” granted by the Korean government. (Media press records in Gallery)

PUBLICATIONS 

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Journal Publications

1. H. Cha, G Lee, A. Ghosh, M. Baker, S. Kelley, J. Hofmann, "5G NR Positioning Enhancements in 3GPP Release-18," IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, vol. 9, no. 1, pp.22-27, Mar. 2025.

2. T. Park, G. Lee, W. Saad, and M. Bennis, "Sum-Rate and Reliability Analysis for Power-Domain Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (PD-NOMA)," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 10160-10169, Jun. 2021. 

3. G. Lee, W. Saad, M. Bennis, C. Kim, and M. Jung, "An Online Framework for Ephemeral Edge Computing in the Internet of Things," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 1992-2007, Mar. 2023.

4. G. Lee, J. Park, W. Saad, and M. Bennis, "Performance Analysis of Blockchain Systems with Wireless Mobile Miners," IEEE Networking Letters, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 111-115, Sep. 2020.

5. G. Lee, W. Saad, and M. Bennis, “An Online Optimization Framework for Distributed Fog Network Formation with Minimal Latency,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 2244-2258, Apr. 2019.

6. G. Lee, W. Saad, and M. Bennis, “Online Optimization Techniques for Effective Fog Computing under Uncertainty,” invited, IEEE MMTC Communications - Frontiers, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 19-23, Jul. 2017.

7. G. Lee, W. Saad, M. Bennis, A. Mehbodniya, and F. Adachi, “Online Ski Rental for ON/OFF Scheduling of Energy Harvesting Base Stations,” in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.16, no.5, pp.2976-2990, May 2017.

8. G. Lee, H. Kim, "Green small cell operation of ultra-dense networks using device assistance," in Energies, no. 9 (12), Dec. 2016.

9.  G. Lee, H. Kim, Y. Cho, and S.-H. Lee, “QoE-aware scheduling for Sigmoid Optimization in Wireless Networks,” in IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 18, no. 11, pp. 1995–1998, Nov. 2014.

Conference Publications

1. G. Lee and F Hsieh, "Uplink Synchronization for Internet of Things over Non Terrestrial Network," in Proc. of the  IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) Spring, Helsinki, Finland, Jun. 2022.

2. R. Ratasuk, N. Mangalvedhe, G. Lee, D. Bhatoolaul, "Reduced Capability Devices for 5G IoT," in Proc. of the IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Helsinki, Finland, Sept, 2021.

3. G. Lee, J. Guo, K.J. Kim, P. Orlik, H. Ahn, S. Di Cairano, and W. Saad, "Edge Computing for Interconnected Intersections in Internet of Vehicles," in Proc. of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), Las Vegas, NV, USA, Oct. 2020. 

4. G. Lee, M. Jung, A. Kasgari, W. Saad, and M. Bennis, "Deep Reinforcement Learning for Energy-Efficient Networking with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces," in Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Commun. (ICC), Dublin, Ireland, Jun. 2020.

5. G. Lee, W. Saad, and M. Bennis, “Online Optimization for UAV-assisted Distributed Fog Computing in Smart Factories of Industry 4.0,” in Proc.of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec. 2018.

6. T. Park, G. Lee, and W. Saad, “Message-Aware Uplink Transmit Power Level Partitioning for Non Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA),” in Proc. of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec. 2018.

7. G. Lee, W. Saad, and M. Bennis, Online Optimization for Low-Latency Computational Caching in Fog Networks, in Proc. of Fog World Congress, Santa Clara, CA, USA, November 2017.

8. G. Lee, W. Saad, and M. Bennis, “An Online Secretary Framework for Fog Network Formation with Minimal Latency,” in Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Commun. (ICC), Paris, France, May 2017, pp. 1–6.

9. G. Lee, W. Saad, M. Bennis, A. Mehbodniya, and F. Adachi, “Online Channel Allocation for Full-Duplex Device-to-Device Communications,” in Proc. of IEEE Globecom Workshops, Washington D.C., USA, Dec. 2016, pp. 1–6.

10. G. Lee, W. Saad, M. Bennis, A. Mehbodniya, and F. Adachi, “Online ski rental for scheduling self-powered, energy harvesting small base stations,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Commun. (ICC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 2016, pp. 1–6.

11. G. Lee and H. Kim, “Green small cell operation using belief propagation in wireless networks,” in Proc. of IEEE Globecom Workshops, Austin, TX, USA, 2014, pp. 1266–1271.

12. G. Lee, H. Kim, Y.T. Kim, and B. H. Kim, Delaunay Triangulation Based Green Base Station Operation for Self Organizing Network, in Proc. of IEEE GreenCom, Beijing, China, Aug. 2013.

Patents 

(Please find the updated list of patent in  Google,  WIPO)

1. J. Guo, G. Lee, K-J. Kim, P. Orlik, H. Ahn, S. Di Cairano, Adaptive Control of Vehicular Traffic, US Patent 11,328,589, 2022.

2. Y. Kim, G. Lee, H. Kim, B. Kim, Device for supporting on/off of small base station in wireless communication network, US Patent 9,794,844, 2017.

3. Y. Kim, H. Kim, G. Lee, Method for supporting self-organization network based on Delaunay triangulation and apparatus for same, US Patent 9,763,184, 2017.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Network Science, Wireless, and Security Group (NEWS@VT), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA (http://www.netsciwis.com), Aug. 2015 – May 2020

• Graduate Research Assistant

Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC), University of Oulu, Finland, Jun. 2018 - Aug. 2018

• Visiting Student supported by Nokia Foundation (Host: Prof. Mehdi Bennis)

Adachi Lab (Prof. Fumiyuki Adachi), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Jul. 2015

• Visiting Student

Networking for Information Communication and Energy (NICE) Lab, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea (http://nice.sogang.ac.kr), Feb. 2013 – Feb. 2015

• Graduate Research Assistant

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Graduate Teaching Assistant in

  • ECE 5664 Game Theory for Communication Networks, Virginia Tech - Spring 2020.

  • ECE4684 Network Science, Virginia Tech - Fall 2019.

  • ECE5484 Fundamentals Computer Systems, Virginia Tech - Spring 2016.

  • ECE3544 Digital Design I, Virginia Tech - Fall 2015.

  • EEE2051 Basic Electronics Laboratory, Sogang University - Spring 2013.

  • STS2008 C Programming, Sogang University - Fall 2013.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES

• Technical Program Committee (TPC) member of 

  • IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) 2026 (link), 

  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2026: Track 2 Medium Access Control and Networking  (link),

  • IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS) 2025: Protocols and Emerging Technologies Track  (link),

  • 7th International Workshop on Smart Living with IoT, Cloud and Edge Computing (SLICE) 2025 (link),

  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2025 (link),

  • IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) 2025: Wireless Communications Fundamentals, PHY and Above (link), 

  • IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS) 2024: Protocols and Emerging Technologies Track  (link),

  • IEEE MASS Workshop on Smart Living with IoT, Cloud, and Edge Computing 2024 (link),

  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2024 (link),

  • IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) 2024: Next Generation Wireless Protocols: MAC and Above (link), 

  • IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS) 2023: Protocols and Cross-Layer Technologies Track (link),

  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2023-Spring Florence:  IoV, IoT, M2M, Sensor Networks, and Ad-Hoc Networking (link),

  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2023 (link),

  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2022-Fall London: Signal Transmission and Reception, MIMO Techniques (link),

  • IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) 2023: Next Generation Wireless Protocols: MAC and Above, 

  • IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS) 2022: Protocols and Cross-Layer Technologies Track (link),

  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2022-Spring Helsinki: IoV, IoT, M2M, Sensor Networks, and Ad-Hoc Networking (link),

  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2022-Spring Helsinki: Multiple Antennas and Cooperative Communications (link),

  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2022 (link),

  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2021 Fall Virtual: Emerging Technologies, 5G and Beyond,

  • IEEE 19th Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) 2022: Next Generation Protocols: MAC and Above,

  • IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS) 2021: Protocols and Cross-Layer Technologies Track,

  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2021,

  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2021 Spring Helsinki: IoV, IoT, M2M, Sensor Networks, and Ad-Hoc Networking (link),

  • IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) 2021: Next Generation Protocols: MAC and Above,

  • IEEE CCNC 2021 1st International Workshop on Traffic Congestion in Beyond 5G/6G Networks (TCB6GN21)  (link),

  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2020 Fall: Spectrum Management, Radio Access Technology, Heterogeneous Networks (link),

  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2020: Wireless Networks (link),

  • IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) 2020: MAC and Cross-Layer Design track,

  • IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS) 2019: Protocols and Cross-Layer Technologies Track (link).  

• Session chair for Spectrum Sensing and Access Symposium Track, IEEE ICC 2017.

• Reviewer for journals including  

  • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 

  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications,  

  • IEEE Transactions on Communications, 

  • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing,  

  • IEEE Communication Magazine,

  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 

  • IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security,  

  • IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 

  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 

  • KICS/IEEE Journal of Communications and Networks, 

  • IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering,

  • IEEE Sensors Journal,

  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and System I: Regular Papers

  • Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies,

  • ELSEVIER Computer Communications.

• Reviewer for conferences including GLOBECOM (2015–2019), ICC (2017-2019), ISCC (2017-2019), WCNC (2016–2018), SmartGridComm (2016, 2018), COMSNETS (2016), NTMS (2016), ISWCS (2016–2018), PIMRC (2014–2019), 5G World Forum (2018), WoWMoM (2019), ICNC (2019), MASS 2019, CCNC 2020, MSN 2019, and VTC (2014).