Research

Research Interests

• Wireless Communications and Networking

  • Terahertz and millimetre wave communications

  • Ultra-reliable and low-latency communications

  • Next generation multiple access

  • Co-located and distributed massive MIMO systems

  • Cyber-physical security

  • Heterogeneous wireless networks

• Nano-scale Communications

  • Molecular communications

Research Grants

• Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project, 2023-2025, AUD $450,000, Lead chief investigator

  • DP230100878: Ultra-Fast and Secure Terahertz Communications for 6G Wireless Systems.

• Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project, 2018-2022, AUD $453,270, Lead chief investigator

  • DP180104062: Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Mission Critical Communications.

• Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project, 2015-2017, AUD $340,300, Chief investigator

  • DP150103905: Safeguarding Future Wireless Communications with Physical Layer Security.

• AgriFutures Australia, 2020, AUD $90,877, Chief investigator

  • PRJ-012670: Space based Technology Opportunities for the Rural Sector (Report Link).

• CECS Industry Engagement Advice and Investment Scheme 2017, AUD $7,888

  • Industrialising Wireless Research via Software Defined Radio.

• The Ian Potter Foundation, Travel Grant, AUD $2,500, Sole applicant

  • 20160251. This grant supports the attendance of the IEEE GlobeCOM at San Diego, USA, in December 2015.

• ANU Vice Chancellor's Early Career Researcher Travel Grant, AUD $3,000, Sole applicant

  • This grant supports the attendance of the IEEE GlobeCOM at Washington DC, USA, in December 2016.

Awards & Honours

• 2024        World's Top 1% Scientists in Electronics and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science by Research.com

• 2023        Exemplary Editor Award, IEEE Communications Letters

• 2023        IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer (Class of 2023-2024)

• 2023        World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (link)

• 2023        World's Top 1% Scientists in Electronics and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science by Research.com

• 2022        Best Paper Award, IEEE GlobeCOM 2022 (website and certificate)

• 2022        World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (link)

• 2022        World's Top 1% Scientists in Electronics and Electrical Engineering by Research.com

• 2021        World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (link)

• 2021        ANU HDR Supervisor of the Month, April 2021

• 2020        World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (link)

• 2019        Exemplary Reviewer Award, IEEE Transactions on Communications (website)

• 2018        Exemplary Reviewer Award, IEEE Transactions on Communications (certificate and website)

• 2017        Top Editor Award, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies

• 2016        Exemplary Reviewer Award, IEEE Transactions on Communications (certificate and website)

• 2016        Best Paper Award, IEEE GlobeCOM 2016 (website, certificate, and CECS news)

• 2016        Runner Up Prize in the IEEE Australia Council 2015 Student Paper Contest (Undergraduate Student Paper Category)

• 2015        Exemplary Reviewer Award, IEEE Transactions on Communications (certificate and website)

• 2015        Top Reviewer Award, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (certificate and website)

• 2014        IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award (certificate and newsletter)

• 2014        Exemplary Reviewer Award, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (certificate)

• 2013        Exemplary Reviewer Award, IEEE Communications Letters (certificate)

• 2013        Best Paper Award, IEEE VTC 2013 Spring (certificate)

• 2012        Exemplary Reviewer Award, IEEE Communications Letters (certificate)

• 2011        Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis, Beijing Institute of Technology

• 2005        Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis, China Agricultural University

Tutorials

1. Terahertz Communications for 6G and Beyond: How Far Are We? (co-speakers: Assoc. Prof. J. M. Jornet, Assoc. Prof. C. Han and Dr. Vitaly Petrov), at IEEE GlobeCOM 2022, December 2022.

2. Terahertz Communications for 6G and Beyond: Challenges, Advances and Future Directions (co-speakers: Assoc. Prof. C. Han and Assoc. Prof. J. M. Jornet), at IEEE VTC 2022 Spring, June 2022.

3. Terahertz Communications for 6G and Beyond: Opportunities, Recent Advances, and Future Research Trends (co-speakers: Assoc. Prof. C. Han and Assoc. Prof. J. M. Jornet), at IEEE WCNC 2022, Apr. 2022.

4. Terahertz Communications for 6G and Beyond Era (co-speakers: Assoc. Prof. C. Han and Assoc. Prof. J. M. Jornet), at IEEE VTC 2021 Fall, Sept. 2021.

5. Enabling Terahertz Communications for 6G Era (co-speakers: Assoc. Prof. C. Han and Assoc. Prof. J. M. Jornet), at IEEE PIMRC 2021, Helsinki, Finland, Sept. 2021.

6. Embracing the 6G Era with Terahertz Communications (co-speaker: Assoc. Prof. C. Han), at ICT 2021, London, United Kingdom, June 2021.

7. Safeguarding the 5G Era and Beyond with Physical Layer Wireless Security (co-speakers: Assoc. Prof. X. Zhou and Assoc. Prof. J. Lee), at IEEE ICC 2019, Shanghai, China, May 2019.

8. Safeguarding Future Wireless Networks with Physical Layer Security (co-speakers: Dr. X. Zhou and Dr. T. Q. Duong), at IEEE VTC 2017 Spring, Sydney, Australia, June 2017.

Invited Seminars and Research Talks

1. Enabling Ubiquitous Networked Society through 6G, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, India, April 2024.

2. Enabling Terahertz Communications for 6G and Beyond Wireless Networks, IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour, National Taiwan University, April 2024.

3. Enabling Terahertz Communications for 6G and Beyond Wireless Networks, IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour, National Tsing Hua University, April 2024.

4. Enabling Terahertz Communications for 6G and Beyond Wireless Networks, IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour, Osaka Metropolitan University, April 2024.

5. Enabling Terahertz Communications for 6G and Beyond Wireless Networks, IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour, Keio University, April 2024.

6. Enabling Terahertz Communications for 6G and Beyond Wireless Networks, IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour, Ericsson Japan (Yokohama Office), April 2024.

7. Enabling Terahertz Communications for 6G and Beyond Wireless Networks, IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour, Yonsei University, April 2024.

8. Enabling Terahertz Communications Towards 6G and Beyond Era, IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour, Queen Mary University of London, UK, November 2023.

9. Enabling Terahertz Communications Towards 6G and Beyond Era, IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour, University of Surrey, UK, November 2023.

10. Enabling Terahertz Communications Towards 6G and Beyond Era (YouTube link), IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, November 2023.

11. Enabling Terahertz Communications Towards 6G and Beyond Era, IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer Tour, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, November 2023.

12. Empowering 6G Era by Next Generation Communications Paradigms, Engineering Seminar Series, School of Engineering, ANU, November 2023.

13. Enabling 6G and Beyond Wireless Networks with Terahertz Communications (certificate and bilibili link), 2023 11th International Conference on Computer and Communications Management (ICCCM 2023), Nagoya, Japan, August 2023.

14. Enabling 6G and Beyond Wireless Era through Terahertz Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, July 2023.

15. Intelligent Terahertz Communications for 6G and Beyond Era, Invited Technical Talk, AusCTW 2023, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia, June 2023.

16. Enabling Terahertz Communications for 6G and Beyond Era: Recent Advances and Challenges, Telecom Seminar Series, Abu Dhabi's Advanced Technology Research Council, Technology Innovation Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, November 2023.

17. Enabling 6G Wireless Networks Through Terahertz Communications, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China, March 2023.

18. New Design of Transmitter and Receiver in Molecular Communications (YouTube link), Workshop on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, London, United Kingdom, January 2023.

19. Towards Intelligent Terahertz Communications for 6G and Beyond Era, AI for 6G Communications Workshop, Sydney, Australia, November 2022.

20. Enabling 6G Wireless Networks Through Terahertz Communications, BIT Alumni Scientist Forum, Beijing, China, September 2022.

21. Enabling Intelligent Information Society Through 6G and Beyond Wireless Networks, Future AI Masters Bootcamp, Xi'an, China, July 2022.

22. Analysis and Design of Terahertz Communications for 6G and Beyond Era, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, April 2022.

23. Embracing 6G and Beyond Era with Terahertz Communications, Wireless Silk Road International Lecture Series 2021 (certificate), Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, September 2021.

24. Enabling Ubiquitous Networked Society through Next Generation Communications Paradigms, ANU CECS Inspiring Seminar Series, Canberra, Australia, September 2021.

25. When Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Meet Terahertz Communications, Workshop on "Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: A Technology Enabler to Catalyze 6G" at 2021 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (MeditCom 2021), Athens, Greece, September 2021.

26. Physical Layer Design of Terahertz Communications for 6G and Beyond Era, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, May 2021.

27. Physical Layer Design of Terahertz Communications for 6G Era (YouTube link), Australian Communication Theory Webinar (AusCTW), April 2021.

28. Cooperative Molecular Communications: Modelling, Analysis and Optimisation, 1st International Symposium on Molecular and Biological Communications, Nagpur, India, February 2021.

29. Embracing Beyond 5G Era with Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China, January 2021.

30. Empowering 5G and Beyond Era with Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications, Keynote speech (certificate) at 5th International Conference on Computer and Communication Systems, Shanghai, China, May 2020.

31. What Does 5G and Beyond Era Look Like? ANU Dialogue, Beijing, China, November 2019.

32. Enabling Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications in 5G and Beyond Era, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China, November 2019.

33. Write a Good Research Paper as a Non-native English Speaker, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China, November 2019.

34. Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications for Internet of Vehicles and Smart Factory, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China, November 2019.

35. Safeguarding the Internet of Things with Physical Layer Wireless Security, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China, November 2019.

36. Enabling Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications in 5G and Beyond Era, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, July 2019.

37. Enabling Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications in 5G and Beyond Era, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, July 2019.

38. Enabling Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications in 5G and Beyond Era, Wireless Silk Road International Lecture Series 2019, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, July 2019.

39. Enabling Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications in 5G and Beyond Era, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China, July 2019.

40. When Short-Packet Communication Meets Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, March 2019.

41. Downlink Power Control in Massive MIMO Networks with Distributed Antenna Arrays, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, December 2018.

42. Downlink Power Control in Massive MIMO Networks with Distributed Antenna Arrays, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, December 2018.

43. When Short-Packet Communication Meets Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, November 2018.

44. Enabling Internet of Autonomous Vehicles by Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications, International Intelligent Unmanned System Conference, Xi’an, China, October 2018.

45. Harnessing the Benefits of Short-Packet Communications in Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, June 2018.

46. Short-Packet Communications in Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Systems, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China, April 2018.

47. Short-Packet Communications in Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Systems, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China, April 2018.

48. Mitigating Pilot Contamination in Multi-Cell Multiuser Massive MIMO Networks, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, September 2017.

49. Safeguarding Future Wireless World with Physical Layer Security, IEEE VTS Shanghai Chapter & Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China, September 2017.

50. Exploring Short-Packet Communications in Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Systems, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, September 2017.

51. User Capacity and Pilot Design in Multi-Cell Massive MIMO Networks, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, July 2017.

52. Safeguarding 5G Era and Beyond with Wireless Security, Wireless Silk Road International Lecture Series 2017, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, July 2017 (News in Chinese at University Website).

53. Short-Packet Communications in Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Systems, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, June 2017.

54. Leveraging Multiple Nano-Receivers for Reliable Molecular Communications, Invited Technical Talk, AusCTW 2017, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia, January 2017.

55. Low-Complexity Physical Layer Security Design in Emerging and Future Wireless Networks, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, June 2016.

56. User Capacity and Pilot Design in Multi-Cell Massive MIMO Networks, Invited Technical Talk, AusCTW 2016, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia, January 2016.

57. Writing a Good Scientific Research Paper as a Non-Native English Speaker, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, October 2015.

58. Designing Low-Complexity Physical Layer Security Strategies in Multi-Antenna Wireless Networks, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, October 2015.

59. Designing Low-Complexity Physical Layer Security Strategies in Multi-Antenna Wireless Networks, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, October 2015.

60. Confidential Broadcasting via Linear Precoding in MIMO Multiuser Networks, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia, June, 2013.

61. Transmit Antenna Selection with Maximal-Ratio Combining in MIMO Relaying, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, September, 2012.

Conference Presentations

1. Analysis of Molecule Harvesting by Heterogeneous Receptors on MC Transmitters, 4th Workshop on Emerging Topics in 6G Communications, IEEE GlobeCOM 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 2023.

2. Average Age of Information Penalty of Short-Packet Communications with Packet Management, Communication Theory Symposium, IEEE ICC 2023, Rome, Italy, May 2023.

3. Broadcast versus Distributed Short-Packet Transmission: An Age of Information Perspective, Communication Theory Symposium, IEEE ICC 2023, Rome, Italy, May 2023.

4. Expected Density of Cooperative Bacteria in a 2D Quorum Sensing Based Molecular Communication System, SAC MBMC Track, IEEE GlobeCOM 2019, Waikoloa, HI, USA, December 2019.

5. On the Block Error Performance of Short-Packet Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Systems, Wireless Communications Symposium, IEEE ICC 2019, Shanghai, China, May 2019.

6. A New Simulation Algorithm for Absorbing Receiver in Molecular Communication, 2018 International Workshop on Molecular, Biological and Multiscale Communications, IEEE SECON 2018, Hong Kong, June 2018.

7. Downlink Power Control in Massive MIMO Networks with Distributed Antenna Arrays, Signal Processing for Communications Symposium, IEEE ICC 2018, Kansas CIty, MO, USA, May 2018.

8. Modeling Recharge Time of Radio Frequency Energy Harvesters in α−η−µ and α−κ−µ Fading Channels, Workshop on Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications, IEEE ICC 2018, Kansas CIty, MO, USA, May 2018.

9. On Channel Reciprocity to Activate Uplink Channel Training for Downlink Wireless Transmission in Tactile Internet Applications, Workshop on 5G TACNET, IEEE ICC 2018, Kansas City, MO, USA, May 2018.

10. Statistical Models for Battery Recharge Time From RF Energy Scavengers and Generalized Fading Channels, Workshop on Wireless Energy Harvesting Communication Networks, IEEE GlobeCOM 2017, Marina Bay, Singapore, December 2017.

11. Training Design in Full-Duplex Wiretap Channels to Enhance Physical Layer Security, Wireless Communications Symposium, IEEE ICC 2017, Paris, France, May 2017.

12. Performance Comparison of Device-to-Device Mode Selection Schemes, Mobile and Wireless Networks Track, IEEE PIMRC 2015, Hong Kong, China, September 2015.

13. Full-Duplex Wiretap Channels: Security Enhancement via Antenna Switching, Workshop on Trusted Communications with Physical Layer Security, IEEE GlobeCOM 2014, Austin, TX, USA, December 2014.

14. Artificial Noise with Optimal Power Allocation in Multi-Input Single-Output Wiretap Channels, Communication Theory Symposium, IEEE ICC 2014, Sydney, Australia, June 2014.

15. MIMO Two-Way Relaying: A Comparison of Beamforming and Antenna Selection, Cooperative Communications Track, IEEE VTC 2012 Fall, Quebec City, Canada, September 2012.

16. Transmit Antenna Selection with Maximal-Ratio Combining in MIMO Multiuser Relay Networks, Communication Theory Symposium, IEEE GlobeCOM 2011, Houston, TX, USA, December 2011.

17. On the SER of Distributed TAS/MRC in MIMO Multiuser Relay Networks, Transmission Technologies Track, IEEE VTC 2011 Spring, Budapest, Hungary, May 2011.

18. Opportunistic Scheduling in Wireless Multiuser Relay Networks, ACoRN Workshop on Co-operative Wireless Communications, Adelaide, SA, Australia, June 2010.

19. Symbol Error Rate of Wireless Multiuser Relay Networks in Nakagami-m Fading Channels, Wireless Communications Symposium, IEEE ICC 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, May 2010.

Research Collaborators

• Prof. Jinhong Yuan, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

• Prof. Robert Schober, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.

• Prof. Iain B. Collings, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

• Prof. Zhiguo Ding, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

• Prof. George K. Karagiannidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

• Prof. Trung Q. Duong, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.

• Prof. Ranjan K. Mallik, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.

• Prof. Cyril Leung, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

• A/Prof. Chau Yuen, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore.

• A/Prof. Maged Elkashlan, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

• A/Prof. Andrew W. Eckford, York University, Toronto, Canada.

• A/Prof. Adam Noel, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK.

• Asst Prof. Giovanni Geraci, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.