Weisong Shi is a Chinese-American computer scientist, known for his leadership in fostering the edge computing research community. He is currently an Alumni Distinguished Professor and Department Chair of Computer and Information Sciences at University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, where he leads the Connected and Autonomous Research Laboratory. He is an internationally renowned expert in Edge Computing and Autonomous Vehicles. He was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2016 for his contributions to distributed systems and Internet computing. He is the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Internet Computing Magazine and the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier Smart Health Journal.