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Cheng Chen is currently a Senior Staff Wireless Standards Engineer at Intel Corporation. He leads Intel's standardization efforts on Wi-Fi sensing (802.11bf) and integrated millimeter wave (802.11bq) within the IEEE 802.11 Working Group, as well as Intel's Wi-Fi certification program within the Wi-Fi Alliance. He is currently the Editor for IEEE 802.11bq. He is also the Technical Editor for the Wi-Fi 7 Technical Task Group and Vice Chair for the W-Fi Sensing Task Group within the Wi-Fi Alliance. 

Dr. Chen is an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer for the 2025-2026 term. He is an active contributor and voting member for multiple IEEE 802.11 standards, including IEEE 802.11ay (Next-generation 60 GHz Wi-Fi), 802.11be (Extremely High Throughput Wi-Fi), 802.11bf (WLAN Sensing), 802.11bn (Ultra High Reliability), and 802.11bq (Integrated Millimeter Wave). He also contributes to several certification programs in the Wi-Fi Alliance, including Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7. He was recognized with the Award for Outstanding Contributions for the development of IEEE Standard 802.11ay by the IEEE Standards Association and the Leadership Recognition Award for Wi-Fi 6 launch by the Wi-Fi Alliance.

He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL in 2016, the M.S. degree from Northwestern University in 2013, and the B.E. degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China in 2011. He was a recipient of the Walter P.  Murphy Fellowship from Northwestern University in 2011, and a member of the Advanced Class at HUST from 2007 to 2011.

Research Interests

• Next generation wireless systems R&D: 5G, 6G, next generation Wi-Fi/WiGig

• Integrated sensing and communications

• mmWave communications

• Cellular & Wi-Fi coexistence and convergence

• Heterogeneous networks: Resource allocation, network optimization, and spectrum policy

Education

• Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA                                            Aug. 2016

           Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering                                         GPA: 3.93/4.00

           Advisors: Professor Michael Honig, Professor Randall Berry, and

                           Professor Vijay Subramanian (University of Michigan)                                  

• Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA                                            Dec. 2013

          M.S. in Electrical Engineering                                          GPA: 3.93/4.00

           Advisors: Professor Michael Honig, Professor Randall Berry, and

                           Professor Vijay Subramanian (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) 

• Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China            Jun. 2011

           B.Eng. in Electronics and Information Engineering          GPA: 89/100