Xiaoming Fu
Professor (W3)
Chair for Computer Networking
IEEE Fellow · acatech Member · Member of Academia Europaea
Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Göttingen, Germany
fu[at]cs[dot]uni-goettingen[dot]de | +49 551 39 20223 | Goldschmidtstr. 7, 37077 Göttingen
About
I am a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Göttingen and head of the Computer Networks Group. My research interests lie in the architecture and applications of Internet-based systems, with a focus on AI-empowered systems, network security and resilience, software defined networks, mobile, edge and cloud computing, IoT and smart cities, social computing, AI for social sciences and humanities.
Current Projects
DISRUPT - Digital Innovation Skills and Research for Urban and Periurban Transitions
Funding: EU Erasmus+ ENLIGHT University Alliance
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Duration: 2024-2027
An ENLIGHT Thematic Network project focused on digital innovation skills and research for urban and periurban transitions within the ENLIGHT European University Alliance.
Learn more →CODECO - Cognitive Decentralised Edge Cloud Orchestration
Funding: EU Horizon Europe (HE RIA)
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Duration: 2023-2026
Developing cognitive decentralized edge cloud orchestration for efficient resource management and intelligent decision-making in distributed computing environments.
Learn more →COVER - Cooperative and Intelligent Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Emerging Response Applications
Funding: EU Horizon Europe (HE SE)
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Duration: 2023-2026
Researching cooperative and intelligent UAV systems for emergency response applications, focusing on coordination, autonomy, and real-time decision-making.
Learn more →Selected Previous Projects
COSAFE - Cooperative Connected Intelligent Vehicles for Safe and Efficient Road Transport
Funding: EU H2020 RISE program
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Duration: 2018-2023
Developing cooperative intelligent vehicle systems for enhanced safety and efficiency in road transportation through advanced communication and coordination technologies.
Learn more →ICN2020 - Advancing ICN towards real-world deployment through research, innovative applications and global scale experimentation
Funding: EU H2020 ICT EU-JP
Role: Coordinator
Duration: 2016-2019
Advancing Information-Centric Networking (ICN) towards real-world deployment through research, innovative applications, and global scale experimentation.
Learn more →CleanSky - Network for Cloud Computing Eco-System
Funding: EU FP7 MC-ITN
Role: Coordinator
Duration: 2014-2018
A Marie Curie Initial Training Network focused on developing a network for energy-efficient cloud computing ecosystems, fostering collaboration between academia and industry.
Learn more →MobileCloud - Linking Sino-European Research Institutions in the Mobile Cloud Computing Era
Funding: EU FP7 MC-IRSES
Role: Coordinator
Duration: 2014-2016
A Marie Curie research staff exchange project focused on developing a network for energy-efficient mobile cloud computing systems, fostering collaboration between Europe and China.
Learn more →GreenICN - Architecture and Applications of Green Information Centric Networking
Funding: EU FP7 ICT EU-JP
Role: Coordinator
Duration: 2013-2016
Developing energy-efficient architectures and applications for Information-Centric Networking to reduce the environmental impact of network infrastructure.
Learn more →Selected Recent Publications
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Robust Decentralized Online Learning against Targeted and Untargeted Malicious Data Feature Manipulation
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ESCA: An Emotional Support Conversation Agent for Enhancing Reasonable Strategy Planning and Effective Expression
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Memory-Efficient KV Cache Optimization for Large Language Model Inference at the Edge
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ReSCOM: Reward-Shaped Curriculum for Efficient Multi-Agent Communication Learning
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SmallKV: Small Model Compensation of KV Cache Compression for Efficient LLM Inference
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Region-based Content Enhancement for Efficient Video Analytics at the Edge
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Barre: Empowering Simplified and Versatile Programmable Congestion Control in High-Speed AI Clusters
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Making Serverless Not So Cold in Edge Clouds: A Cost-Effective Online Approach
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BiSwift: Bandwidth Orchestrator for Multi-Stream Video Analytics on Edge
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Alleviating Educational Inequality in Math with the Aid of Online Shadow Education - The impact of equal access and equal quality mechanisms
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AccDecoder: Accelerated Decoding for Neural-enhanced Video Analytics
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ADA: Adaptive Deep Log Anomaly Detector
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Achieving Efficient Failure Resiliency for Network Function Virtualization based Services
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NFVnice: Dynamic Backpressure and Scheduling for NFV Service Chains
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Efficient Multi-User Computation Offloading for Mobile-Edge Cloud Computing
Research Team
Current members
Alumni of the group hold faculty positions worldwide and have also taken leading roles in industry.
Honors and Awards
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2025Foreign Fellow of Chinese Institute of Communications (CIC)
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2024Member of National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech), Germany
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2022IEEE Communications Society Internet Technical Committee Outstanding Service Award ('for lasting contributions to the network research community')
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2022IEEE Fellow ('for contributions to resource management in edge computing and networking')
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2021ACM Distinguished Member ('for outstanding scientific contributions to computing')
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2019Distinguished Member of IEEE INFOCOM Technical Program Committee
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2018Member of Academia Europaea
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2017Fellow of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
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2014-2015IEEE Distinguished Lecturer (Communications Society)
Professional Services
Editorial and Community Services
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2025 -Co-Editor in Chief, ACM Transactions on Social Computing
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2020 - 2025Founding Co-Editor in Chief, Journal of Social Computing (Honorary EiC, 2025- )
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2019 - 2024Technical Editor, IEEE Network
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2019 - 2021Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
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2016 -Associate Editor, Chinese Journal of Electronics
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2013 - 2020Technical Editor, IEEE Communications Magazine
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2012 - 2015Area Editor, Computer Networks
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2011 - 2026Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
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2008 - 2020Area Editor, Computer Communications
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2022 - 2023IEEE Fellow Evaluation Committee (Communications Society)
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2019 - 2024Founding Co-Chair of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Germany Chapter
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2011 - 2013Chair of Internet Technical Committee, the Joint Committee of the IEEE Communications Society and the Internet Society (ISOC)
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2010 - 2012Vice Chair of IEEE Communications Society's Technical Committee on Computer Communications
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2008 - 2010Secretary of IEEE Communications Society's Technical Committee on Computer Communications
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2009 -Grant reviewer/panelist: DFG, DAAD, EU, ESF, FWO, SSF, NSFC, RGC, NSF, et al.
Conference Leadership
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2025General Vice Co-Chair, 31st ACM Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom'25), Hong Kong
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2024TPC Co-Chair, 44th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS'24), Jersey City, USA
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2023TPC Co-Chair, 14th International Conference on Network of the Future (NoF'23), Izmir, Turkey
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2022Keynotes Chair, 13th International Conference on Network of the Future (NoF'22), Ghent, Belgium
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2022Organizer, 2022 Workshop on Intelligent Connected Autonomous Vehicles & Smart Mobility, Göttingen
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2021PhD Forum Co-Chair, 33rd International Teletraffic Congress (ITC'21), virtual
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2021General Co-Chair, 5th ACM Asia-Pacific Workshop on Networking (APNet'21), virtual
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2020TPC Co-Chair, IFIP Networking'20, Paris, France (virtual)
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2019 -Founding Steering Committee Member, IEEE INFOCOM ICCN Workshop
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2019 -Founding Steering Committee Member, International Conference on Social Computing (ICSC)
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2019Poster Co-Chair, ACM SIGCOMM'19
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2018Co-Chair, ERC Networking Symposium@ACM SIGCOMM'18, Budapest, Hungary
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2017TPC Co-Chair, GI/VDE/IEEE Conference on Networked Systems (NetSys'17), Göttingen
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2016General Co-Chair, ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking (ICN'16), Kyoto, Japan
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2016Organizer, DFG-NSFC Sino-German Symposium on Social Computing, Göttingen
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2015Co-Organizer, DFG-JSPS Seminar on Mobile Sensing & Networks, Karuizawa, Japan
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2013 - 2014Steering Committee Member, ACM Conference on Online Social Networks (COSN)
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2013General Co-Chair, 21st IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP'13), Göttingen
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2012 - 2015
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2012Chair, KDD'12 Workshop Hot Topics in Interdisciplinary Social Network Research, Beijing
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2012TPC Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet), San Francisco, USA
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2010 - 2024Workshops Chair, ACM MobiCom&MobiHoc'10, SIGCOMM'18; IEEE ICNP'16, ICNC'24
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2010Organizer, DFG-NSFC Sino-German Workshop on Internet of Things, Shanghai, China
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2009 - 2012
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2009 - 2011Publicity Chair, ICNP'09/Princeton, IWQoS'10/Beijing, ICNP'11/Vancouver
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2009TPC Co-Chair, IEEE GLOBECOM Next-Generation Networking and Internet Symposium
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2006 -Founding Co-Chair & Steering Committee Chair, ACM/IEEE MobiArch Workshop
University Services
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2023 -Coordinator, Double PhD Degree Program between the Institute of Computer Science, University of Göttingen, and the Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney
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2019 -Speaker, PhD in Computer Science Program, University of Göttingen
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2018 - 2023Coordinator, NII (Japan) Visiting Fellowship Program, University of Göttingen
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2015 -Founding Director, Sino-German Institute of Social Computing, University of Göttingen
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2012 - 2022International Officer, Institute of Computer Science, University of Göttingen
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2011 - 2021Steering Committee, International Master Program in 'Internet Technology and Information Systems', Universities of Göttingen, Hannover, Clausthal and Braunchweig
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2010 - 2021Coordinator, PlanetLab Program at the University of Göttingen
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2010 - 2012Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Göttingen
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2009 - 2021Board Member, Institute of Computer Science, University of Göttingen
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2007 -Coordinator, Academic Exchange Program in Computer Science between the University of Göttingen and Columbia University