Principal Investigator

Prof. Yuanwei Liu

Visiting Professor, Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, U.K

Address: 1.02, Engineering Building, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, U.K

T: +44 (0) 20 7882 3773

E: yuanwei.liu@qmul.ac.uk


Current Team Members

Postdoc Research Fellows (Primary Supervisor)

Dr. Chongjun Ouyang

Postdoctoral Researcher, April 2024 – Present

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, U.K.

Research interests: Multi-antenna technologies and physical layer security

Address: CS335, Peter Landin Building, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, U.K.

E: c.ouyang@qmul.ac.uk


Postdoc Research Fellows (Co-supervisor)

Dr. Xiaoxia Xu

Postdoctoral Researcher (Co-supervised with Prof. Arumugam Nallanathan), March 2024 - Present.

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, U.K.

Research interests: Next generation multiple access, multiple antenna techniques, AI enabled wireless communications.

E: x.xiaoxia@qmul.ac.uk


Dr. Yanling Hao

Postdoctoral Researcher (Co-supervised with Xingqi Zhang), October 2023 - Present.

College of Engineering & Architecture, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Research interests:Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), Deep Learning, Human Action Recognition

E: yanling.hao@qmul.ac.uk


Ph.D. Candidates

Mr. Hsienchih Ting

Ph.D. Candidate, Sept. 2023 - Present

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, U.K

Research interests: AI in near field communication

Address: CS335, Peter Landin Building, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, U.K

E: h.tin@qmul.ac.uk

Homepage: https://github.com/tinghsienchin


Mr. Hao Jiang

Ph.D. Candidate, Sept. 2023 - Present

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, U.K

Research interests: Near-Field Communications, Artificial Intelligence-Aided Communications

Address: CS335, Peter Landin Building, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, U.K

E: hao.jiang@qmul.ac.uk


Mr. Qian Gao

Ph.D. Candidate, Sept. 2022 - Present

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, U.K

Research interests: AI for Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), Machine Learning

Address: CS335, Peter Landin Building, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, U.K

E: q.gao@qmul.ac.uk


Mr. Meng Zhang

Ph.D. Candidate, Sept. 2022 - Present

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, U.K

Research interests: Next Generation Multiple Access, Machine Learning

Address: CS335, Peter Landin Building, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, U.K

E: meng.zhang@qmul.ac.uk


Mr. Zhaolin Wang

Ph.D. Candidate, Sept. 2021 - Present

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, U.K

Research interests: Next Generation Multiple Access, Integrated Sensing and Communication

Address: CS335, Peter Landin Building, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, U.K

E: zhaolin.wang@qmul.ac.uk

Homepage: https://zhaolin820.github.io/


Ph.D. Candidates (Co-supervisor)

  • May 2023 - Present, Mr. Boqun Zhao, University of Alberta. Topic: performance analysis for near field communications. (co-supervised with Xingqi Zhang)

  • Oct. 2021 – Present, Miss Na Xue, working on interplay between NOMA and ISAC. (co-supervised with Prof. Yue Chen)

  • Oct. 2021 – Present, Miss Yuqin Liu, working on Machine Learning for NGMA. (co-supervised with Dr. Mona Jaber)

    • Visiting Ph.D. Students

  • April 2024 - Present, Miss Yue Zhang, Zhejiang University.

  • Dec. 2023 - Present, Mr. Zhichao Gao, Shandong University.

  • Dec. 2023 - Present, Miss Yunhui Guo, Xidian University.

  • Sept. 2023 - Present, Miss Jiayi Lei, Beijing University and Post and Telecommunications (BUPT).

  • Sept. 2023 - Present, Mr. Huiguo Gao, Zhejiang University

  • Nov. 2022 - Dec. 2023, Mr. Zhaoming Hu, Beijing University of Technology. Topic: STAR-RIS-assisted mobile edge computing.

  • Nov. 2022 - Nov. 2023, Ms. Yimeng Zhang, Beijing University and Post and Telecommunications (BUPT). Topic: semantic communications.

  • Oct. 2022 - Present, Mr. Haochen Li, Southeast University.Topic: Beamforming for STAR-RIS Networks.

  • Sept. 2022 - Present, Mr. Zheng Zhang, Xidian University. Topic: STAR-RIS Enabled Integrating Sensing and Communications.

  • (Remote) Mr. Chenyu Wu, Harbin Institute of Technology. Topic: Resource Allocation for STAR-RIS Networks.

  • Sept. 2021 - Sept. 2022, Miss. Xiaoxia Xu, Wuhan University. Topic: Next Generation Multiple Access (NGMA).

  • Sept. 2021 - March 2022, Miss. Nannan Zhang, Zhejiang University. Topic: Design and Optimization for STAR-RIS-NOMA.

  • (Remote) Mr. Chongjun Ouyang (He is currently Postdoc Researcher in the University College Dublin), Beijing University and Post and Telecommunications (BUPT). Topic: Performance Analysis for RIS-NOMA.

  • May 2021 - May 2022, Mr. Xidong Mu, Beijing University and Post and Telecommunications (BUPT). Topic: Interplay Between NOMA and RIS Networks.

  • (Remote) Mr. Wanli Ni, Beijing University and Post and Telecommunications (BUPT). Topic: Federated Learning for Wireless Networks.

    • Alumni

    Postdoc Research Fellows

  • July 2022 - July 2024, Dr. Xidong Mu (He is currently a Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast, [Personal website]), Queen Mary University of London.
  • Nov. 2022 - Oct. 2023, Dr. Xinyu Gao, Queen Mary University of London.

  • June 2020 - Mar. 2023, Dr. Wenqiang Yi (He is currently a Lecturer in University of Essex, [Personal website]), Queen Mary University of London.

    • Visiting Scholar

  • Nov. 2022 – Aug. 2023, Prof. Chao Fang, Beijing University of Technology. Topic: NOMA-assisted mobile edge computing.

  • Jan. 2020 - Mar. 2021, Mr. Zhiqing Tang, Zhengzhou University. Topic: Physical Layer security for NOMA-RIS Systems.

  • Sept. 2019 - Sept. 2020, Dr. Jiakuo Zuo, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications. Topic: Joint Beamforming and Resource Allocation in Multi-Antenna Aided NOMA-IRS Systems.

    • Ph.D. Graduates

  • Dec. 2019 – Aug. 2023, Dr. Xinyu Gao. (He is currently Postdoc Researcher in the Queen Mary University of London). Topic: Learning to Empower Surfaces: Machine Intelligence for Reconfigurable Paradigms.

  • Jul. 2019 – Jul. 2023, Dr. Yanling Hao (She is currently Postdoc Researcher in the University College Dublin). Topic: Wireless Sensing for Human Activity Recognition with Deep Learning.

  • Sep. 2019 – June 2023, Dr. Jiaqi Xu (He is currently Postdoc Researcher in the University of California). Topic: Exploiting Simultaneous Transmitting and Reflecting Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (STAR-RISs) in Wireless Communications.

  • Apr. 2019 – June 2023, Dr. Chao Zhang. Topic: Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for 6G: Performance Analysis with Stochastic Geometry.

  • Sep. 2019 – May. 2023, Dr. Ruikang Zhong (He is currently Postdoc Researcher in the Queen Mary University of London). Topic: Machine Learning Empowered Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces.

  • Aug. 2019 - Sept. 2022, Dr. Yixuan Zou (She is currently a Lecturer in Queen Mary University of London). Topic: AI for NOMA Networks.

  • Dec. 2019 - April 2020, Dr. Yanyu Cheng, Nanyang Technological University (He is currently an Postdoc Researcher in Nanyang Technological University). Topic: Performance Analysis for NOMA-RIS Systems.

  • Dec. 2018 - 2022, Dr. Waleed Ahsan (He is currently a Postdoc Researcher in the University of Edinburgh). Topic: AI in Adaptive NOMA Networks.

  • 2018 - Oct. 2021, Dr. Jiadong Yu (She is currently a PDRA in Hongkong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou). Topic: 3D Channel Tracking in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks.

  • Oct. 2018 - Oct. 2020, Dr. Tianwei Hou, Beijing Jiaotong University (He is currently an Associate Professor in Beijing Jiaotong University). Topic: Stochastic Geometry in NOMA enabled UAV Communications.

  • Sep. 2018- Aug. 2019, Dr. Yu Wang, Harbin Egnineering University. Topic: Compressive Sensing for NOMA in IoT Networks. (co-supervised with Prof. A. Nallanathan)

  • Nov. 2017 - Mar. 2021, Dr. Xiao Liu. Topic: AI in Unmanned Aerial/Ground Vehicle Communications. (co-supervised with Prof. Yue Chen)

  • Nov. 2017 - Sept. 2021, Dr. Zhong Yang, Nanjing University of Science and Technology (He is currently a Lecturer in Nanjing University of Science and Technology). Topic: AI in NOMA Enabled Mobile Edge Computing. (co-supervised with Prof. Yue Chen)

  • Sept. 2017 - Jan. 2020, Dr. Xiaolan Liu (She is currently a Lecturer in Loughborough University London, [Personal website]). Topic: Machine Learning for Intelligent IoT Networks with Edge Computing.

  • Sep. 2016- Sept. 2018, Dr. Dian Fan, Beijing Jiaotong University. Topic: Channel Estimation for NOMA-mmWave Networks. (co-supervised with Prof. A. Nallanathan)

  • Dec. 2015 - Sept. 2017, Dr. Jingjing Zhao, Queen Mary Univeristy of London. (She is currently an Associate Professor in Beihang University) Topic: Invoking Matching Theory in NOMA Networks. (co-supervised with Dr. Michael Chai)

  • July 2015 - July 2018, Dr. Xinwei Yue, Beihang University (He is currently an Associate Professor in Beijing Information Science & Technology University). Topic: Cooperative NOMA Communications. (co-supervised with Prof. Rongke Liu)