Song Guo is a Full Professor and Associate Head at Department of Computing, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from University of Ottawa, Master's degree in Computer Engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Bachelor's degree in Computer Software from Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

His research interests are mainly in the areas of big data, cloud computing, mobile computing, and distributed systems. Some of his Transactions papers were selected as Featured or Spotlight papers. He is the recipient of the 2019 IEEE TCBD Best Conference Paper Award, 2018 IEEE TCGCC Best Magazine Paper Award, 2019 & 2017 IEEE Systems Journal Annual Best Paper Award, and other 6 Best Paper Awards from IEEE/ACM conferences. His work was also recognized by the 2016 Annual Best of Computing: Notable Books and Articles in Computing in ACM Computing Reviews.

Prof. Guo is an IEEE Fellow (Computer Society), a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, a Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Web of Science), and the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society. He was a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) and served in the IEEE ComSoc Board of Governors. Prof. Guo has been named on editorial board of a number of prestigious international journals like IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, etc. He has also served as chair of organizing and technical committees of many international conferences.