Lei Lei, Ph.D.

Lei Lei is currently a Research Scientist at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Luxembourg. He received the B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees from Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi’an, China, in 2008 and 2011, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2016 at the Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University, Sweden. He joined SnT as a research associate in Nov. 2016. He was a research assistant at Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), A*STAR, Singapore, from June 2013 to December 2013. He received the IEEE Sweden Vehicular Technology-Communications-Information Theory (VT-COM-IT) joint chapter best student journal paper award in 2014. He was a co-recipient of the IEEE SigTelCom 2019 Best Paper Award.

Contact: lei.lei@uni.lu, leiradium930@gmail.com, Researchgate, Google Scholar

Recent News:

• Jan. 2020: Promoted to Research Scientist, SnT, University of Luxembourg.

• Nov. 2019: FNR CORE project "ASWELL: AutonomouS NetWork Slicing for IntEgrated SateLlite-TerrestriaL Transport Networks" is funded, a PhD Position in Network Automation for Integrated Terrestrial/Satellite Systems calls for application.

• Mar. 2019: Best Paper Award, IEEE SigTelCom 2019.

• Jan. 2019: ESA SatNEx IV project, "Large-Scale Deep-Learning for Satellite Systems Optimization'', kicked-off.

• May 2018: Finalist of Best PhD Thesis Award at INFORMS Telecommunications Conference 2018.

• Mar. 2018: Awarded PhD supervision rights (Autorisation à Diriger des Recherches (ADR)) from The Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC), the University of Luxembourg.

• Dec. 2017: The 3-year AFR Bilateral Singapore project "LARGOS (Learning-Assisted Optimization for Resource and Security Management in Slicing-Based 5G Networks)" is funded.

• Dec. 2017: The 3-year FNR CORE project "ROSETTA (Resource Optimization for Integrated Satellite-5G Networks with Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access)" is funded.

Research Interests:

• Wireless Communications: radio resource management and optimization in 4G/5G/satellite networks, wireless caching, green communications, load balancing, and wireless information and power transfer.

• Mathematical Optimization: combinatorial optimization, convex optimization, linear optimization, non-linear optimization, mathematical modeling, graph theory, NP-completeness, algorithm design.

• Machine/Deep learning for communication systems and network optimization.

Professional Experience:

• 2020.1- Present, Research Scientist, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), Luxembourg.

• 2016.12-2019.12, Research Associate, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), Luxembourg.

• 2015.10-2016.02, Visiting Researcher, Forthnet Company, Crete, Greece. Supported by European Union FP7 Marie Curie Project “MESH-WISE".

• 2014.09-2015.02, Visiting Researcher, MobiMESH Company, Milano, Italy. Supported by European Union FP7 Marie Curie Project “MESH-WISE".

• 2014.06-2014.07, Visiting Researcher, Xi’an JiaoTong University, Xi’an, China. Supported by European Union FP7 Marie Curie Project “DETERMINE".

• 2014.01-2014.04, Visiting Researcher, Converge ICT Solutions & Services company, Athens, Greece. Supported by European Union FP7 Marie Curie Project “SOrBet".

• 2013.06-2013.12, Research Assistant, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), A*STAR, Singapore. Supported by the overseas Ph.D. research scholarship from A*STAR.