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Dr Ming Ding

Group Leader

https://people.csiro.au/D/M/Ming-Ding

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ALEXANDRIA NSW 1435 AUSTRALIA

Biography

Ming Ding (IEEE M’12-SM’17) received the B.S. (with first-class Hons.) and M.S. degrees in electronics engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China, and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in signal and information processing from SJTU, in 2004, 2007, and 2011, respectively. From April 2007 to September 2014, he worked at Sharp Laboratories of China as a Researcher/Senior Researcher/Principal Researcher. Currently, he is the Group Leader of the Privacy Technology Group at CSIRO’s Data61 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. Also, he is an Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University of Technology and University of Technology Sydney, Australia. His research interests include data privacy and security, machine learning and AI, and information technology. He has co-authored more than 300 papers in IEEE/ACM journals and conferences, all in recognized venues, and around 20 3GPP standardization contributions, as well as two books, i.e., “Multi-point Cooperative Communication Systems: Theory and Applications” (Springer, 2013) and “Fundamentals of Ultra-Dense Wireless Networks” (Cambridge University Press, 2022). Also, he holds 21 US patents and has co-invented another 100+ patents on 4G/5G technologies. Currently, he is an editor of IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials and IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. Besides, he has served as a guest editor/co-chair/co-tutor/TPC member for multiple IEEE top-tier journals/conferences and received several awards for his research work and professional services, including the prestigious IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award in 2022 and Highly Cited Researcher recognized by Clarivate Analytics in 2024 and 2025.

Other Interests

Data Science, Security and Privacy, Trusted and Safe AI, Information Theory

Achievements and Awards

  • 2025-2025

    Highly Cited Researcher (Area: Computer Science)
    Clarivate Analytics

  • 2024-2025

    Exemplary Associate Editor for IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials
    IEEE

  • 2024-2024

    Highly Cited Researcher (Area: Computer Science)
    Clarivate Analytics

  • 2023-2024

    Exemplary Associate Editor for IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials
    IEEE

  • 2021-2023

    Exemplary Associate Editor for IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials
    IEEE

  • 2021-2022

    IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award
    IEEE

  • 2022-2022

    The Best Workshop Paper Award
    IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments 2019

  • 2018-2018

    The Best Paper in INISCOM 2018
    INISCOM 2018

  • 2018-2018

    The Best Student Paper
    IEEE WCNC 2018

  • 2017-2017

    Exemplary Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
    IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

  • 2017-2017

    The Most Attended Industry Program in IEEE Globecom 2017
    IEEE Globecom 2017

  • 2014-2014

    SHARP Best Team Award: LTE Standardization Patent Portfolio
    SHARP Corporation

  • 2012-2012

    President’s Award of Sharp Laboratories of China Co., Ltd.
    Sharp Laboratories of China Co., Ltd. (1 recipient per year)

Professional Areas

Current Roles

  • Group Leader of the Privacy Technology Group
    Provide strategic and operational leadership across two research teams, driving research excellence and external engagement

  • Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
    Delivering guest lectures and contributing to research planning at Swinburne University of Technology

Academic Qualifications

  • 2011

    Ph.D.
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Professional Experiences

  • July 2016-Jun. 2022

    Senior Research Scientist
    Data61, CSIRO, Australia

  • Sep. 2014-Jun. 2016

    Researcher
    NICTA, Australia

  • Apr. 2013-Sep. 2014

    Principal Researcher & Manager
    Sharp Laboratories of China Co., Ltd.

  • Apr. 2011-Mar. 2013

    Senior Researcher
    Sharp Laboratories of China Co., Ltd.

  • Apr. 2007-Mar. 2011

    Researcher
    Advanced R&D Center, Sharp Electronics (Shanghai) Co., LTD.

Community and Corporate Citizenship

  • Jan. 2022-Present

    ACM Member

  • July 2017-Present

    IEEE Senior Member

  • Jan. 2012-Jun. 2017

    IEEE Member

  • Jan. 2010-Dec. 2011

    IEEE Student Member

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