Nirwan Ansari, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University, West Lafayette, an M.S.E.E. from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a B.S.E.E. (summa cum laude, with a perfect gpa) from NJIT, Newark, respectively. He is a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of National Academy of Inventors.

He authored Green Mobile Networks: A Networking Perspective (2017, Wiley-IEEE) with Tao Han, Media Access Control and Resource Allocation for Next Generation Passive Optical Networks (2013, Springer) with Jingjing Zhang, and Computational Intelligence for Optimization (1997, Springer) wtih Edwin S.H. Hou, and edited Neural Networks in Telecommunications (1994, Springer) with Ben Yuhas. He has also (co-)authored over 700 technical publications, with more than half of them published in widely cited journals and manzines. He has served as a guest editor for numerous special issues on various emerging topics in communications and networking. Currently, he serves as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Wireless Communications and has been on the editorial/advisory board of over ten journals. His current research focuses on green communications and networking, cloud/edge computing, drone-assisted networking, and various aspects of broadband networks.

He was elected to serve on the IEEE Communications Society (COMSOC) Board of Governors as a member-at-large. He has chaired various technical and steering committees within ComSoc, currently serves as Director of ComSoc Educational Services Board, and has served on many committees such as the IEEE Fellow Committee. He has actively participated in organizing numerous International Conferences/Symposia/Workshops. He is frequently invited to deliver keynote addresses, distinguished lectures, tutorials, and invited talks. Among his many recognitions are several excellence in teaching awards, multiple best paper awards, the NCE Excellence in Research Award, several ComSoc TC technical recognition awards, the NJ Inventors Hall of Fame Inventor of the Year Award, the Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award, the Purdue University Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineering Award, the NCE 100 Medal, the NJIT Excellence in Research Prize and Medal, and designation as a COMSOC Distinguished Lecturer. He has also been granted more than 40 U.S. patents.

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