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Working Experience

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, WiDeS, University of South Carolina (USC), Since Feb. 2021- now.

  • Research Topic: Propagation Statistics Guided Machine Learning (PSG-ML) for Wireless Communications and Intelligent Sensing; Supervisor: Prof. Andreas F. Molisch

  • Researcher, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Jan. 2020 - Sep. 2021.

  • Research Topic: Information Theory inspired Machine Learning for Intelligent Sensing; Collaborator: Prof. Ling Pei

  • Visting Researcher, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Mar. 2019 - Sep. 2019.

  • Research Topic: Understanding the Role of Unlabeled Data in Deep Learning with Information Theory; Supervisor: Prof. Husheng Li

    Education

    • Ph.D, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Jul. 2015 - Dec. 2019.

    • Thesis: High-dimensional Data Analysis in Massive MIMO Systems with Random Matrix Theory (In English); Thesis Advisor: Robert C. Qiu.

    • M.S., School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China, Sep. 2012 - Jun. 2015

    • Thesis: Research on Robust Indoor Localization Algorithms Using Low-Rank Matrix Completion (In Chinese); Thesis Advisor: Xiansheng Guo.

    Academic Services

    He authored over fifty papers, holds several patents, and contributed to three book chapters. He regularly reviews technical papers, completing 100+ peer reviews for 20+ SCI-indexed journals, including 10+ IEEE Transactions. He received the 2015 Distinguished Master's Thesis Award, the 2020 SJTU Doctoral Excellence Award, and a 2020 International Postdoctoral Fellowship. He serves as a TPC member for several conferences and an academic/associate editor for three SCI-indexed journals. He presented a tutorial at IEEE GLOBECOM 2022; He emphasizes reproducible research by sharing his code with the public.

    Editorial Service:

    1) Associate Editor, IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology (Impact Factor: 6.4), Since Oct. 2024.

    3) Associate Editor, IET Electrical Systems in Transportation (Impact Factor: 2.387), Since Jun. 2023.

    2) Academic Editor, PLOS ONE (Impact Factor: 3.752), Since Sep. 2023.

    4) Academic Editor, Wiley Journal of Sensors (Impact Factor: 2.55) , Since Jan. 2023.

    5) Leading Guest Editor for the special issue ”When Mixed Reality Meets Smart Sensing with Wearables: The Pursuit for Efficiency, Interpretability, and Trustworthiness” in Applied Sciences;

    6) Associate Editor, Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data , since 2022.

    7) Editorial Board Member, Modern Intelligent Times (MIT, 2957-7942), Sep.2022-Aug.2024.

    Technical Program Committee for the peer-reviewed conferences:

    1) IEEE Annual International Conference on Network and Information Systems for Computers, 2022.

    2) The IOP International Conference on Computer Networks and Communications, 2022.

    Memberships

    IEEE Senior Member, since 2022;

    IEEE Communication Society Membership;

    IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Membership;

    IEEE Computer Society Technical Community on Learning Technology;

    IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Technical Community on Connected Vehicles;

    IEEE Computer Society Special Tech Community on Reliable, Safe, Secure, and Time Deterministic Intelligent Systems.

    IEEE Computer Society Special Technical Community on Autonomous Driving Technologies; IEEE Computer Society Technical Community on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence;

    IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Technical Committee on Translational Engineering & Healthcare Innovations.

    Review Service:

    I serve(d) as a regular reviewer with 200+ reviews for below 20+ referred international journals:

    0) IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing; 1) IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication; 2) IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence; 3) IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine; 4) IEEE Transactions on Big Data; 5) IEEE Transactions on Multimedia; 6) IEEE Transactions on Communications; 7) IEEE Communications Magazine; 8) IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology; 9) IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics; 10) IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics; 11) IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement; 12) IEEE Journal of Communications and Networks; 13) IEEE Intelligent Systems; 14) IEEE Wireless Communications Letters; 15) IEEE Communications Letters; 16) IEEE Internet of Things Journal; 17) Frontiers in Neurorobotics; 18) Knowledge-Based Systems; 19) Information Sciences; 20) Digital Signal Processing.

    I served as a conference reviewer for top-tier venues:

    1) IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IEEE-IROS), since 2022;

    2) IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (IEEE-ICIP), since 2022.

    3) The Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE-EMBC), since 2024.

    4) IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE-ICC), since 2024.