Lili Qiu
Professor
Department of Computer Science
The University of Texas at Austin
2317 Speedway, Stop D9500
Austin, TX 78712-1757
Office: GDC 6.806, Email: lili AT cs.utexas.edu
Phone: 512-232-7890, Fax: 512-471-8885

I am a Professor in Computer Science Department at University of Texas at Austin. I am also a member of the Wireless Networking and communications Group. My research interests are in Internet and wireless networking. I graduated with a Ph.D. from Computer Science department at Cornell University  in 2001. I spent 2001 - 2004 as a researcher at Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA. I joined UT Austin in January 2005. I am honored to chair ACM SIGMOBILE. I am National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow, ACM Fellow, IEEE Fellow, and ACM Distinguished Scientist. I got an NSF CAREER award and Google Faculty Research Award, best paper awards at ACM MobiSys'18 and IEEE ICNP'17, and best paper runner-ups at MobiSys'17 and MobiCom'11. I supervised a PhD dissertation that won SIGMOBILE best dissertation award in 2020. My current research focuses on wireless and mobile systems. I have also served as Vice Chair and Treasurer for SIGMOBILE, General co-chairs for ACM MobiCom 2025, IEEE ICNP 2012 and WICON 2007, and TPC co-chairs for ACM CoNEXT 2023, IEEE ICNP 2016, ACM MobiCom 2012, IEEE SECON 2011, and WICON 2006.

I have led and contributed to high-impact, cross-disciplinary research spanning wireless communication, wearable sensing, AI systems, and healthcare — all with a focus on translational impact and scientific excellence. I bring a unique combination of visionary thinking, technical depth, and cross-disciplinary leadership. My work bridges fundamental AI and systems research with real-world applications to help drive innovation across both academic and industrial domains.

  • Publications
  • Patents
  • Media coverage: engadget, newswatch, San Jose Sun, VR Times, The Business Journals, slashCAM, Healthcare IT News, itbnews, dailytech whip, Tech.Co, etc.
  • Talks
  • Google Scholar Profile

    Teaching

    • CS 378: Introduction to Wireless Networking [Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010]
    • CS 356: Computer Networks [Fall 2010, Summer 2011]
    • CS 395T: Wireless Networking Seminar [Fall 2005]
    • CS 386W: Wireless Networking (graduate-level breath class) [Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 11, Fall 11, Fall 13, Fall 14, Fall 15, Fall 17, Fall 18, Fall 19, Fall 20, Fall 21]
    • CS 356R: Introduction to Wireless Networking [S14,S15,F15,S17,F17,F18,F19]

    Note to applicants