Mea Wang is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Calgary. She received her Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours) degree with first-class honour from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba. She earned her MASc and PhD degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto.

Dr. Wang’s research focuses on the design and development of networking systems and algorithms, with special interests in multimedia networking, cloud computing, distributed systems, extended reality, digital twins, and data science.  Dr. Wang’s leads the NetMedia.Sys lab in conducting excellent research to bridge the gap between computing and networking in network and multimedia systems.  They deliver innovative solutions to enhance Quality-of-Service (QoS) and Quality-of-Experience (QoE) for users and to optimize system resources for service providers.

Dr. Wang has been awarded the University of Calgary Research Excellence Chair (2024), Parex Innovation Fellowship (2023), the Order of the University of Calgary (2022), the University of Calgary Faculty Association’s Community Service Award (2020), University of Calgary PEAK Scholar Award (2019), and Faculty of Science Award of Excellence in Community Outreach (2017).

Currently, Dr. Wang’s lab has openings for summer 2025 research internship and MSc/PhD research assistant for Fall 2025 admission.  Please see the student page for more information.

Contact information:

Email: meawang at ucalgary dot ca
Twitter: @MeaWang
LinkedIn: Mea Wang
Phone: (403) 220-6785
Mailing address:
ICT 602, Department of Computer Science
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta
T2N 1N4 Canada