Ing-Ray Chen honored with emeritus status
Ing-Ray Chen, professor of computer science in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of professor emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
The emeritus title may be conferred on retired faculty members who are specially recommended to the board by Virginia Tech President Tim Sands in recognition of exemplary service to the university. Nominated individuals who are approved by the board receive a copy of the resolution and a certificate of appreciation.
A member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 27 years, Chen brought international visibility to Virginia Tech through his work on trust, network, and service management as well as reliability, security, and performance analysis of mobile systems and wireless networks.
Chen authored or co-authored 127 refereed journal articles and 135 conference papers with over one-third of his journal publications appearing in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Association for Computer Machinery transactions journals.
He served as program director for computer science in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area for 15 years, and under his leadership, the computer science program in the region developed a strong culture of research and collaboration. He secured external research funding with his personal share totaling over $1.5 million from competitive federal agencies.
Chen held the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Communications Society William R. Bennett Prize in the field of Communications Networking, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ComSoc Network Operations and Management Test of Time Paper Award, and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory Publication Award.
Chen provided many years of service to the department, college, university, and profession through his participation on numerous committees and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers transactions journal editorial assignments.
Throughout his career, Chen served as an advisor for numerous graduate and postdoctoral research associates, mentoring many as a member of their dissertation committees. He provided many years of service to the department, college, university, and profession through his participation on numerous committees and IEEE transactions journal editorial assignments.
Chen received his bachelor’s degree from National Taiwan University and his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Houston.
Written by Anja Hemesath, a senior and a student writer for Virginia Tech Communications and Marketing
