Aohan Li [S'17, M'20, SM'25] is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan. She is also a Visiting Scholar at the University of Houston, Texas, USA, and the Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan, where she was an Assistant Professor from 2020 to 2022. She received her Ph.D. degree from Keio University, Yokohama, Japan, in 2020. Her current research interests include resource management, quantum annealing, machine learning, and the Internet of Things. She has published over 90 peer-reviewed journal and international conference papers. She was the recipient of the 9th International Conference on Communications and Networking in China 2014 (CHINACOM'14) Best Paper Award, the 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication (ICAIIC'21) Excellent Paper Award, and the Telecom System Technology Student Excellent Paper Award of the Telecommunications Advancement Foundation, Japan in 2021.
Assistant Professor (助教)
Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications (電気通信大学大学院情報理工学研究科）
Meta-Networking Research Center, The University of Electro-Communications (兼任：電気通信大学メタネットワーキング研究センター）
Cluster I (Informatics and Computer Engineering), School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications (兼任：電気通信大学情報理工学域I類(情報系))
Visiting Researcher (客員研究員)
Department of Electrical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science (東京理科大学工学部電気工学科）
Research Interests
Edge Intelligence
Internet of Things (Resource Allocation, Edge Computing, MAC Protocols)
Multiplexing Techniques (NOMA Networks, Pulse Communication, etc.)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Dynamic Spectrum Access (Spectrum Prediction, Channel Selection, Control Channel Establishment, Routing Selection)
Smart Agriculture, Autonomous Mobile Robots, Meataverse, Healthcare
Combinatorial Optimization Problem
Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning, Deep Learning)
Quantum Computing (Quantum Annealing)
Game Theory, Laser Chaos
Education
Ph.D., Information and Computer Science, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, March 2020. (Ohtsuki Lab.) (Apr. 2017-Mar. 2020, Japanese Government Scholarship.)
Research Student, Information and Computer Science, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan. (Ohtsuki Lab.) (Sept.2016~Mar. 2017, Japanese Government Scholarship.)
Japanese, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China. (Oct. 2015~Aug. 2016)
M.Eng, Signal and Information Processing, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China, June 2015. (Sept. 2012-June 2015, Entrance Examination by Recommendation)
B.Eng, Electronic and Information Engineering, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China, June 2012. (Sept. 2008-June 2012, Ranking: 2/150)
Employment History
Assistant Professor (PI), April 2022–Present
Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan.
Visiting Scholar, Nov. 2022–Present
Department of Electrical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan. (Hasegawa Lab.)
Assistant Professor, April 2020–Mar. 2022
Department of Electrical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan. (Hasegawa Lab.)
Software R&D Engineer, July 2015–Sept. 2015
Communications Network Business Group, Realsil Microelectronics (Suzhou) Corp. Suzhou, China.
Qualifications
2021.04 東京理科大学大学院工学研究科補助研究指導担当 (Assistant Research Supervisor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science)
2022.10 電気通信大学大学院情報理工学研究科博士前期課程研究指導担当教員 (Master Supervisor, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications)
Awards/Scholarships
2021.04, Excellent Paper Award, IEEE ICAIIC (IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication).
2021.03, Excellent Paper Award, Telecom System Technology Student Award of The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation, Japan. (第 36 回電気通信普及財団賞 (テレ コムシステム技術学生賞) 佳作)
2016.09-2020.03, Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship.
2014.08, Best Paper Award in IEEE CHINACOM 2014 (IEEE 9th International Conference on Communications and Networking in China)
2014.07, the Third Prize in Northeast Area of Chinese Graduate Student Electronic Design Competition.
2013.11, the First Prize in Heilongjiang Province of Chinese Graduate Student Electronic Design Competition.
2012.06, Best Thesis Award of Heilongjiang University, China.
2008-2011, First-Class Scholarship of Heilongjiang University, China.
2008-2011, Outstanding Student of Heilongjiang University, China.
Funding
Ongoing:
Principal Investigator:
2022.04~2025.03, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Research Topic: AI based optimization of the spectrum and energy efficiency for intelligent 6G.
2024.04~2025.03, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists to obtain external funding, The University of Electro-Communications (電気通信大学若手外部資金獲得支援)
Research Topic: Research on autonomous and distributed transmission parameter selection methods for AI devices in massive IoT systems (IoT システムにおける超多数 AI デバイス接続のための自律分散型送信パラメータ選択手法に関する研究)
2025.03~2026.02, Long-term overseas research assistance, The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation, Japan (電気通普及財団 長期海外研究援助)
Research Topic: Quantum Computing based Optimization for Wireless Systems and Privacy Protection for Quantum Computing (量子技術による無線システムの最適化およびプライバシー保護)
2025.04~2028.03, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Research Topic: Quantum Computing and AI for Real-Time Network Optimization in 6G.
Finished:
Principal Investigator:
2019.04~2020.03, Research Grant funded by the Telecommunications Advancement Foundation, Japan.
Research Topic: Deep Learning Based Dynamic Spectrum Access for Next Generation Wireless Communication.
2019.04~2020.03, KLL Research Grant for Ph.D. Program, Funded by Keio Leading-edge Laboratory.
Research Topic: Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Spectrum Allocation for Cognitive Internet of Things
2018.04~2019.03, Doctorate Student Grant-in-Aid Program, Funded by Keio University.
Research Topic: Machine Learning-based Optimal Channel Selection for Dynamic Spectrum Access
2018.04~2019.03, KLL Research Grant for Ph.D. Program, Funded by Keio Leading-edge Laboratory.
Research Topic: Rendezvous Problem for Dynamic Spectrum Access
2017.04~2018.03, KLL Research Grant for Ph.D. Program, Funded by Keio Leading-edge Laboratory.
Research Topic: Optimal Control Channel Establishment for Cognitive Radio Networks
2015.01.06~2015.02.06, Visit Keio University in Japan. Funded by Heilongjiang University.
2012.03~2014.03, Research on Routing Problem in Cognitive Radio Networks, Funded by Heilongjiang University.
Co-Investigator:
2020.04~2021.03, Collaborative Research funded by NICT (National Institute of Information and Communications)
Research Topic:
(Joint Research on IoT wireless networks for solving regional issues.)
2021.05~2022.03, Collaborative Research funded by NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone)
Research Topic: コヒーレントイジングマシンの応用に関する研究
(Research on the applications of coherent Ising machine.)
2021.05~2022.03, Collaborative Research funded by Androbotics Inc.
Research Topic: 自律移動ロボットによる除菌システム及び除菌センサに関する共同研究
(Joint Research on sanitization systems by autonomous mobile robots and sanitization sensors.)
2021.07~2022.03, Collaborative Research funded by SEIKO Holdings Corporation
Research Topic: 適応型無線通信技術の研究
(Research on adaptive wireless communication technology.)
Activities
Editors
Guest Editor: Special Issue, entitled "Deployment and Control of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)", in Applied Sciences (IF:2.5).
Guest Editor: Special Issue, entitled "MAC and Routing Protocols for Sensor Networks", in Sensors (IF:3.9). Link
Guest Editor: EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (Sparse/Low-rank Tensor Signal Processing for Communication and Radar Systems)
Review Editor: Sensor Networks (specialty section of Frontiers in Sensors).
Chairs for International Conference
Workshop/Special Session Chair
(IEEE CLOUDCOM 2025 (The 16th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science), 14-16 Nov. 2025.)
Publicity Chair
(The 12th International Conference on Smart Computing, Networking and Services (SmartCNS-2022), 19~21 Dec. 2022.)
Track Chair
(IEEE PRAI (2022 the 5th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence), Track: Artificial Intelligence for Wireless Communications and Internet of Things, 19~21 Aug. 2022.)
Symposium Organizing Committee for International Conferences
IEEE RICAI (International Conference on Robotics, Intelligent Control and Artificial Intelligence), Symposium 8: Wireless Communication and Robot Collaboration. 6-8 Dec. 2024.
TPC Member for International Conferences
IEEE WCNC, Track 2: Medium Access Control and Networking, April 13-16, 2026, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
International Conference on Met-Networking, October 24-26, 2025, UEC, Tokyo, China
ICICC (2025 5th International Conference on Intelligent Communications and Computing), Aug. 15-17, Nanjing, China.
IEEE INFOCOM 2025 Poster, 19-22 May 2025.
IEEE ICC, Green Communication Systems & Networks Symposium, Oct. 2024~June 2025.
IEEE/CIC ICCC (International Conference on Communications in China), 7~9 Aug. 2024.
IEEE VTC2024-Spring, Track: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communications, Vehicular Networks, and Telematics, 5 Feb. 2024.
IEEE ICC, Green Communication Systems & Networks Symposium, 9~13 June 2024.
ICNC 2024-International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, Feb. 19-22, 2024.
EAI Qshine 2023-19th EAI International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, Oct. 8-9, 2023.
IEEE VTC2023-Spring, Track: IoT, M2M, Sensor Networks, and Ad-Hoc Networking, 24 Jan. 2023.
IEEE ICC, Green Communication Systems & Networks Symposium, 28 May~01 June 2023.
IEEE VTC2022-Fall, Track: IoT, M2M, Sensor Networks, and Ad-Hoc Networking & Track: Spectrum Sharing, Spectrum Management, Cognitive Radio, and Green Radio, 26~29 Sept. 2022.
The 19th Annual International Conference on Privacy, Security & Trust (PST 2022), 22~24 Aug. 2022.
IEEE/CIC ICCC (International Conference on Communications in China), 11~13 Aug. 2022.
EuCNC (European Conference on Networks and Communications)&6G Summit, 7~10 June 2022.
IEEE VTC2022-Spring, Spectrum Management, Radio Access Technology, Services and Security, 19~22 June 2022.
WCSP'21 (2021 International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing), 20~22 Oct. 2021.
IEEE VTC2021-Fall, Machine Learning and AI for Communications/Recent Results and Workshops, 27~30 Sept. 2021.
IEEE/CIC ICCC (International Conference on Communications in China), 28~30 July 2021.
IEEE IWCMC (17th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference), E-Health Symposium, 28 June~2 July 2021.
IEEE ATC 2021 ( The 18th IEEE International Conference on Advanced and Trusted Computing), 18-21, Oct. 2021.
IEEE GLOBECOM (Global Communications Conference), SAC-Internet of Things & Smart Connected Communities, 7~11 Dec. 2020.
IEEE/CIC ICCC (International Conference on Communications in China), 9~11 Aug. 2020.
IEEE 16th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), E-Health Symposium, 15~19 June 2020.
IEEE VTC (Vehicular Technology Conference) Spring, Track: Radio Access Technology and Heterogeneous Networks, 25~28 May 2020.
IEEE IWCMC (15th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference), E-Health Symposium, 24~28 June 2019.
Invited Reviewer, Including:
IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, IEEE Network, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, IEEE ACCESS, IEEE Systems Journal, IEICE Transactions on Communications, IEICE NOLTA (2025.02, 2025.05), China Communications, ICT Express, MDPI Entropy, IEICE NOLTA 2025 (2 papers).
Supervision
The Year 2023 (4 Students)
Research Students:
X. Lu@UEC: IoT, Machine Learning
Undergraduate Students:
S. Sugiyama (B4): IoT
R. Ariyoshi (B4): IoT
Y. Negoya (B4): IoT
The Year 2022 (10 Students)
Research Student:
X. Lu@UEC: IoT, Machine Learning
Co-Supervision with Prof. Hasegawa@Tokyo University of Science (9 Students)
D3:
S. Hasegawa@TUS: IoT, Decentralized Reinforcement Learning, Optimization, Millimeter Wave, UAV
M2:
T. Otsuka@TUS: NOMA, Quantum Annealing, Coherent Ising Machine
I. Urabe@TUS: LoRa, Decentralized Reinforcement Learning
M1:
M. Sugiyama@TUS: HARQ assisted NOMA, Laser Chaos, Reinforcement Learning
T. Ling@TUS: 6G, IoT, Federated Learning
Y. Li@TUS: RIS, Quantum Annealing
T. Fujita@TUS: UAV, Quantum Annealing
B4:
S. Ishibashi@TUS: NOMA, Quantum Annealing
S. Matsuoka@TUS: Laser Chaos, Reinforcement Learning, NOMA
The Year 2021 (7 Students)
Co-Supervision with Prof. Hasegawa@Tokyo University of Science
M2:
Z. Duan: Grant-free NOMA System, Resource allocation, Laser Chaos, Reinforcement Learning
M1:
T. Otsuka: NOMA, Quantum Annealing, Coherent Ising Machine
I. Urabe: LoRa, Decentralized Reinforcement Learning
B4:
M. Sugiyama: HARQ assisted NOMA, Laser Chaos, Reinforcement Learning
M. Fujisawa: IoT, Reinforcement Learning
Research Student:
T. Ling: 6G, IoT, Federated Learning
Y. Li: RIS, Quantum Annealing
The Year 2020 (21 Students)
Teaching
Graduate School Laboratory Practicum I ,II, III, IV （大学院実践演習I, II, III, IV), Spring semester & Fall Semester. 2024, 2025 @ The University of Electro-Communications
Graduate Seminar I, II, III, IV（大学院輪講第一 I ,II, III, IV), Spring semester & Fall Semester. 2024, 2025 @ The University of Electro-Communications
Graduation Research （卒業研究), Spring semester & Fall Semester. 2023, 2024 @ The University of Electro-Communications
Innovative Comprehensive Communication Design (イノベイティブ総合コミュニケーションデザイン), Fall semester. 2023, 2024 @ The University of Electro-Communications
Fundamental Programming (基礎プログラミングおよび演習), Fall semester. 2022-2024@ The University of Electro-Communications
Mathematical Information Science Laboratory I・Computer Science Laboratory I (情報数理工学実験第一・コンピュータサイエンス実験第一), Spring semester. 2022-2024@ The University of Electro-Communications
Electrical Engineering Experiment 1-B （電気工学実験1-B）(9943135), Spring semester & Fall Semester. 2020, 2021 @ Tokyo University of Science
Programming and Algorithm （プログラミングとアルゴリズム１） (994321G). Fall semester. 2020, 2021 @Tokyo University of Science
Fundamentals of Electrical & Electronics Information （電気電子情報基礎）(994325B). Spring semester. 2020, 2021 @ Tokyo University of Science
Graduation Research （卒業研究）(9943810). Spring semester & Fall Semester. 2020, 2021 @Tokyo University of Science