Hao Xu

About me

Dr. Hao Xu is currently a Marie Curie Research Fellow at University College London, UK. Previously, he was an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral research fellow at Technical University of Berlin, from June 2019 to November 2021. He received the Ph.D. degree in information and communication engineering at Southeast University, China, in 2019, and the B.S. degree in communication engineering at Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China, in 2013. So far, he has more than 50 papers either published or accepted for publication in top peer-reviewed journals, including IEEE JSAC, TWC, TCOM, TVT, etc., and flagship conferences, such as IEEE ICC, GLOBECOM, ISIT, etc. Currently, he is serving as an associate editor for IET Communications. 

Dr. Xu's research interests mainly include information theory, mathematical optimization, MIMO systems, D2D communication, and physical layer security in wireless networks.

Professional Experience

• 01/12/2021 ~ Present   Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London, UK

§  H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowship

§  Supervisor: Prof. Kai-Kit Wong

§  Managing interdisciplinary projects on 6G and the beyond wireless systems, including information theory, RIS-assisted wireless communications, mmWave/THz communications, machine learning, etc.; Mentoring students; Conducting international research collaborations.

• 01/06/2019 ~ 30/11/2021  Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

§  Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow

§  Supervisor: Prof. Giuseppe Caire

§  Managing interdisciplinary projects on 5G and the beyond wireless systems, including information bottleneck problem, information-theoretic security, IRS-assisted wireless communications, mmWave communications, machine learning, etc.; Mentoring students; Conducting international research collaborations.

• 01/09/2013 ~ 31/03/2019  School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

§  Research assistant

§  Supervisor: Prof. Ming Chen

§  Developing joint optimization algorithms for device-to-device underlaid cellular networks; Participating in the project ‘Key Technologies and Testbed Experiment of Visible Light Communication Systems’; Mentoring master and Ph.D. students.

• 01/04/2018 ~ 30/09/2018  Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

§  Research assistant

§  Supervisor: Prof. Giuseppe Caire

§  Working on the project of improving wireless physical layer security via device-to-device communications.

• 27/09/2016 ~ 31/12/2017  School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

§  Research assistant

§  Supervisor: Prof. Gordon L. Stüber

§  Conducting research on resource allocation and power control for device-to-device underlaid cellular networks.

Education

• 01/04/2019 ~ 31/05/2019  Goethe Institute, Berlin, Germany

§  German language courses

• 01/09/2013 ~ 31/03/2019  School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

§  Ph.D.: Information and Communication Engineering (Supervisor: Prof. Ming Chen)

§  Thesis title: Joint optimization of link parameters in a device-to-device underlaid cellular network

• 01/04/2018 ~ 30/09/2018  Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

§  Visiting Scholar (Supervisor: Prof. Giuseppe Caire)

• 27/09/2016 ~ 31/12/2017  School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

§  Visiting Scholar (Supervisor: Prof. Gordon L. Stüber)

• 01/09/2009 ~ 18/06/2013  School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

     §  B.E.: Communication Engineering, GPA: 3.71 / 4.0, Top 1%

Fundings Received So Far

• 01/06/2021 ~ 31/05/2023  H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Standard European Fellowships (EF-ST)

§  Awarded by the European Research Council (ERC)

§  Role:  Principal investigator

• 01/06/2019 ~ 31/05/2021  Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers

§  Awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

§  Role:  Principal investigator

• 01/04/2018 ~ 30/09/2018  Short-Term Research Grants for Ph.D. students

§  Awarded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

§  Role:  Principal investigator

• 27/09/2016 ~ 31/12/2017  Academic Exchange Funding for Ph.D. students

§  Awarded by the China Scholarship Council (CSC)

§  Role:  Principal investigator

• 01/09/2016 ~ 31/08/2018  Postgraduate Research and Innovation Programme

§  Awarded by Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education

§  Role:  Principal investigator

• 01/09/2016 ~ 31/08/2018  Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Cultivation Funding

     §  Awarded by Southeast University

§  Role:  Principal investigator

Awards and Honors

• 2018  China’s National Scholarship for Doctoral Students

• 2017  Guo Sheng Scholarship, Jiangsu Provincial Association of Science and Technology

• 2017  Merit Graduate Student, Southeast University

• 2013  Third Prize of National Postgraduate Mathematics Contest in Modeling

• 2012  Merit Student, Nanjing University of Science and Technology

• 2011  China’s National Scholarship for Undergraduate Students

• 2011  Merit Student, Nanjing University of Science and Technology

• 2010  China’s National Scholarship for Undergraduate Students

• 2010  Merit Student, Nanjing University of Science and Technology

• 2010  First Prize of Higher Mathematics Competition