CV
Professor Weisi Guo
Chair of Human Machine Intelligence
Head of Human Machine Intelligence Group
Centre for Autonomous and Cyber-Physical Systems
Cranfield University
College Road, Cranfield
MK43 0AL, UK
024 765 22223
weisi.guo@cranfield.ac.uk
Education
2007 - 2011 PhD in Computer Science
University of Cambridge
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EPSRC Project EP/E012108/1: Cooperative Communications
2011 MA (Cantab)
University of Cambridge
2001 - 2005 MEng in Engineering
University of Cambridge
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General Engineering
Electrical & Information Specialisation -
Industrial Placement at Motorola
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Final MEng Project: Robotic Vision Navigation with iRobot
1999 - 2001 Bedford School
Experience
2019 - Chair Professor of Human Machine Intelligence
Cranfield University, UK
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Head of Centre (2024-)
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Director of Grand Challenge: Smart Living (2020-23)
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Head of Human Machine Intelligence Group (2019-)
2017 - 2019 Associate Professor
School of Engineering
University of Warwick, UK
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Turing Fellow at Alan Turing Institute
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Head of DEN Lab, Honorary Professor (2019-22)
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Exchange Prof. at New York University (CUSP)
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Warwick Institute for Science of Cities (EPSRC CDT)
2012 - 2017 Assistant Professor
School of Engineering
University of Warwick, UK
2010 - 2012 Research Associate
Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
University of Sheffield, UK
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EPSRC Project EP/G064105/1
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At EPSRC KTA for NEC Europe 2012
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At Swansea University (2010-11)
2005 - 2007 2G & 3G Radio Engineer
T-Mobile International, UK
Awards
International Awards:
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Bell Labs Prize
Finalist (2014),
Semi-Finalist (2016, 2019) -
IET Innovation Award
Winner (2015) -
IEEE - Best Paper (2014)
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IEEE - Exemplary Reviewer (2018)
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IEEE - Best Student Project (Silver 2015)
Faculty Awards:
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Merit Pay (2012, 2016, 2017, 2018)
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Best Undergraduate 3rd Year Lecturer (2016)
Grant Summary
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PI on £8.1m to host
Funders: EPSRC, H2020, InnovateUK, Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering, DSTL, Lloyd's Register Foundation, Alan Turing Institute, DfT, USAF -
Investigator on £35.6m of externally funded grants
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Supervisor Experience: 57+ PDRA years, 24+ funded PhD years
Publication Summary
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178 Journal Papers
Q10/Q1 - 96; Q1/Q2 - 162;
Impact factor (JCR): total - 959, mean - 5.4
3 featured / cover articles, 1 top 10% cited, 1 most downloaded
2 IEEE recommended reading, 1 IEEE Prize nomination,
1 Nature commentary: Retool AI to Forecast and Limit Wars -
126 Conference Proceedings
IEEE/ACM/AIAA - 116, Flagship IEEE - 60, Flagship AI - 2
3 Best Paper Awards -
4 Book Chapters
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Citations (Google Scholar): 8100+, h-index 42, i10-index 163
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Top 0.7% ranked researcher in ICT area (Scopus-Standford top 2% list)
Teaching Experience
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Leadership & Management
HEA - Fellow
Course director of successful Applied AI MSc (2021-22) (30-40 students, FT/PT)
External examiner to Exeter University Computer Science (2018-23) (UG/PG)
Module leader (6 modules to date)
PhD Examiner -
Recognition
Best lecturer in school of engineering - 2015
Invited lecturer (paid): NYU - Abu Dhabi (2014)
Professional Activities
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Grant Reviewer
UKRI: EPSRC (Full Peer-Review College), ESRC, MRC, Future Leader Fellowships
NSF, NSERC, H2020, Royal Society, Leverhulme, DAAD, Fulbright
Top 6% reviews in EPSRC (2020-21) -
Editorships
Royal Society Open Science (2019-)
IEEE Open Journal of Comm. Society (2019-24)
IEEE Trans. Molecular Bio. & Multi-Scale Comm. (2019-)
IEEE Access (2018-22)
IEEE JSAC (Guest for MBMC Series II (2014-15) -
Conference Chair
IEEE ICC 2020 - Big Data Track
IEEE ICC 2019, IEEE CIT 2015, IEEE WCNC 2013, IEEE VTC 2010 -
Conference TPC
IEEE Globecom (2012, 2017-20), IEEE ICC (2017-20)
AAAI (2020), IEEE Big Data (2013), IEEE VTC (2012) -
Journal Reviewer
NPG: Nature, Nature Communication, Nature Machine Intelligence
IEEE: JSAC, TWC, TCOM, TVT, CM, WC, CL, WCL, TMBMC, TNBS -
Standardisation
IEEE P1906.1 - Nanoscale and Molecular Comm. Framework
ISO/IEC AWI TS 12792 - Transparency taxonomy of AI systems -
Higher Education & Training Activities
External Examiner for UG and PG courses (Exeter, 2019-22)
External Examiner for PhD (Sheffield)
Skill Workshop Organiser (Alan Turing Institute: Microsoft Azure)