Halim Yanikomeroglu is a Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, Canada; he is also the Director of Carleton-NTN (Non-Terrestrial Networks) Lab. He is a Fellow of IEEE, Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), and Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA). He is a Distinguished Speaker for IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, and an Expert Panelist of the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA|CAC). Dr. Yanikomeroglu has coauthored 650+ papers including 320 published in 31 different IEEE journals; he also has 40 granted patents. He has supervised or hosted at Carleton 165+ postgraduate researchers; several of his former team members have become professors in Canada, US, UK, and around the world. Dr. Yanikomeroglu has served ComSoc in various capacities in the last 25 years. He is the Steering Committee Chair of ComSoc’s flagship wireless event, Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC). He served as the General Chair and Technical Program Chair of several IEEE events. He is a current member of a number of ComSoc committees and councils. He has also served in the editorial boards of various IEEE periodicals. Dr. Yanikomeroglu received several awards for his research, teaching, and service. He holds a PhD degree in electrical and computer engineering from University of Toronto.