Prospective Summer Research (Undergraduate) Students

Dr. Wang’s lab usually have 2-3 openings for summer research internship.  The nature of the research projects requires strong programming skills and solid knowledge in operating systems and computer networking.  If you are interested, please email Dr. Wang your resume and transcript, preferably before December 1 every year.  If you are selected and a candidate for the summer position, Dr. Wang will work with you on summer internship/scholarship application (typically due around February 1 every year).  More information about undergraduate research programs at the University of Calgary can be found here.

Prospective Graduate Students

Dr. Wang’s research group primarily focuses on the areas of multimedia streaming, video coding, cloud computing, networking protocol/system design, extended reality, digital twins, and data science. We are looking for self-motivated students meeting the following criteria to conduct research in innovative solutions:

• BSc or MSc degree in Computer Science with outstanding GPA (CPSC Department minimum requirements)
• Solid programming skills in C/C++, Python, and Java
• Solid background and experience in network protocol/system design and development
• Experience with Unity, Docker Containers, and similar tools
• Knowledge or interests in video codecs, image processing, computer vision
• Interests in immersive (AR/VR/MR/VR) visual communication and related fields (including cloud computing, video coding, network protocol/system design)

Our lab is currently focusing on projects in eXtended Reality and Digital Twins for providing virtual and assistive immersive experiments. The work has a wide range of applications in health, education and social science.

As part of Dr. Wang’s research group, you will have the chance to work on various topics in designing, building, and analyzing multimedia systems at different scales. You will develop knowledge and practical skills in cloud computing, video codec standards, artificial intelligence, and optimization in the context of multimedia streaming and extended reality. You will have the opportunity to enhance your system/app design and development skills in our state-of-the-art lab environment, housing server cluster, private cloud, IoT sensors, wearable/smart devices, and extended reality devices (e.g., Quest Pro). You will also have the opportunity to work with local industry partners (e.g., Cybera) and international industry partners (e.g., AT&T).

Examples of current projects:

• Coding-aware multimedia streaming systems (sample work: MMSys 2023)
• Distributed video transcoding (sample work: IPCCC 2018)
• Augment reality systems (sample work: CHI 2023)
• Artificial intelligence and digital twins systems (sample work: IMX 2021, ICNC 2023)
• Cloud resource allocation and optimization (sample work: Globecom 2015, TNSM 2017)

If you are interested in joining the NetMedia.Sys group, please send Dr. Wang a short CV , a copy of your transcript(s), publications (if any), and TOEFL/IELTS scores.

Useful links for graduate studies applicants:
Graduate Studies, University of Calgary
Graduate Studies in Computer Science, University of Calgary