2025 ICC Best Paper Award for the paper “Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Using Active mmWave Sensing in 5G NR,” (list of authors in order: T. Du, J. Yang, F. Liu and J. Guo, S. Xia, C.-K. Wen, S. Jin) presented in the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2025), 8-12 June 2025, Montreal, Canada [link]

2024 Highly-Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics [link]

2024 WCSP Best Paper Award for the paper “CQI Generation for AI-Enabled CSI Feedback,” (list of authors in order: Y. Hua, J. Guo, C.-K. Wen, C. Jiang, S. Jin) presented in the International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing 2024, 24-26 Oct.. 2024, Hefei, China. 

2024 PIMRC Best Student Paper Award for the paper “Bayesian Framework for Multi-User Cooperative Radio SLAM,” (list of authors in order: H. Que, J. Yang, T. Du, S. Xia, C.-K. Wen, and S. Jin ) presented in the 2024 Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE PIMRC 2024), 2-5 Sept. 2024, Valencia, Spain [link]

2024 IEEE Fellow for contributions to deep learning technology for wireless systems [link]

2023 IEEE Jack Neubauer Memorial Award [link]

2022 Highly-Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics [link]

2020-2024 World Top 2% Scientist by Stanford University research [link]

2021-2024 Top Electronics and Electrical Engineering Scientists [link]

2021 Best Editor Award of IEEE Wireless Communications Letters [link]

2018, 2021-2022 Exemplary Editor of IEEE Communications Letters [link]

2022 ICC Best Paper Award for the paper “Channel Customization for RISs-assisted mmWave MIMO Communication Systems,” (list of authors in order: W. Chen, C.-K. Wen, X. Li, and S. Jin) presented in IEEE International Conference on Communications, 16–20 May 2022, Seoul, South Korea [link]

2019 WCSP Best Paper Award for the paper “Joint activity detection and channel estimation for massive connectivity network with 1-bit DAC” (list of authors in order: X. Yang, S. Jin, C.-K. Wen, X. Li, and J. Xue) presented in Proc. WCSP’19, Xi’an, China, Oct. 2019

2018 China Communications Best Paper Award for the paper “Deep learning for wireless physical layer: Opportunities and challenges” (list of authors in order: T. Wang, C.-K. Wen, H. Wang, F. Gao, T. Jiang, and S. Jin) published in China Communications 14(11), 92-111, 2017

2016 Globecom Best Paper Award for the paper “Bandwidth allocation in heterogeneous networks with wireless backhaul” (list of authors in order: W. Xia, J. Zhang, S. Jin, C.-K. Wen, F. Gao, and H. Zhu) presented in IEEE Global Communications Conference, 4-8 Dec. 2016, Washington, USA [link]

2012 Exemplary Reviewer for IEEE Wireless Communications Letters [link] 

2008 ITRI First PrizePaper Award for the paper “An efficient CSI feedback scheme for MIMO-OFDM wireless systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, pp. 2012-2015, June 2007” (list of authors in order: P. Ting, C.-K. Wen, and J.-T. Chen)