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Dong Li, SMIEEEProfessorSchool of Computer Science and EngineeringFaculty of Innovation EngineeringMacau University of Science and TechnologyAvenida Wai Long, Taipa, Macau, ChinaOffice: A322Phone: +853 8897 2920E-mail: dli@must.edu.mo

2027年春季或秋季入學的博士全獎現有1-2個名額，歡迎大家報讀，先到先得！
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I am always looking for self-motivated students with strong mathematics and programming background who are interested in pursuing Master/Ph.D. degrees under my supervision. PostDocs and RAs are also welcome. Competitive financial assistance is guaranteed for excellent candidates. I also welcome self-supported visiting students/researchers to join my group.

Notes

课题组学术氛围浓厚、师生关系融洽，老师不抢一作，不会让你做杂事，可以让你专心研究，研究指导亲力亲为，多名博士毕业时均已发表多篇IEEE期刊论文；
欢迎有理想、懂感恩、数学英文基础好的同学入读；由于咨询人数众多，只考虑回复符合资格的同学邮件，本人不会招收非应届和在职的博士研究生;
我们有考核机制，动机不纯、态度不端正、缺乏执行力的青年学者会被清退，并保留追责的权利！

Resarch Highlight

Semantic Communications

1. C. Liang and D. Li, “Image Generation with Supervised Selection Based on Multimodal Features for Semantic Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 73, no. 12, pp. 14469-14485, December 2025. (提出提示词监督生成式语义通信的新方向)
2. C. Liang and D. Li, “Joint Source-Channel Noise Adding with Adaptive Denoising for Diffusion-Based Semantic Communications,” IEEE Internet of Things, vol. 12, no. 21, pp. 45909-45912, November 2025. (信道噪声转化为扩散模型的噪声, 从而无需对抗有害的信道噪声)
3. Z. Yan and D. Li, “Semantic Communications for Digital Signals via Carrier Images,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 1816-1820, June 2025. (研究无语义信息的数字信号如何利用语义通信的新问题)
4. C. Liang and D. Li, “Generative AI-Enabled Semantic Communication: State-of-the-Art, Applications and The Way Ahead,” IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 28, pp. 3976-4015, January 2026. (生成式语义通信的最新综述)
5. P. Huang and D. Li, “Exploring Textual Semantics Diversity for Image Transmission in Semantic Communication Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2026. (提出文本语义信息分集解决生成式幻觉难题)

RIS/IRS-Aided Communications

1. D. Li, “Ergodic Capacity of Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Assisted Communication Systems with Phase Errors,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 1646-1650, August 2020.(研究结果表明，当量化比特大于或等于3时，量化误差对性能的影响微乎其微，并且连续相位和离散相位的相应性能近似一致，为后续研究中连续相位优化取代离散相位优化成为主流方法提供了依据。)
2. D. Li, “How Many Reflecting Elements are Needed for Energy- and Spectral-Efficient Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Assisted Communication,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 1320-1331, February 2022.(率先建立了智能反射表面辅助通信的反射单元数目配置问题的数学模型，首次揭示了能量效率和反射单元数目之间的凹函数关系。研究结果表明，存在最优反射单元数目可以同时增强传输速率和能量效率，过多的反射单元配置虽然会继续增强传输速率但是也大幅度地降低能量效率。)
3. X. Yu and D. Li, “Phase Shift Compression for Control Signaling Reduction in IRS-Aided Wireless Systems: Global Attention and Lightweight Design," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 8528-8541, August 2024.(针对在智能反射表面与通信终端之间的低比特传输速率的控制/反馈信道的实际限制，导致智能反射表面因无法及时获得计算得到的最优相位偏移而导致性能损失的问题，我们采用自编码器并提出和设计全局注意力机制的深度学习架构对相位偏移进行压缩来解决上述问题。该成果开创了智能反射表面辅助通信研究中相位偏移压缩的新研究方向。)

Backscatter Communications

1. D. Li, “Two Birds with One Stone: Exploiting Decode-and-Forward Relaying for Opportunistic Ambient Backscattering,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68, no. 3, pp. 1405-1416, March 2020. (首次解决将无源tag寄存在带有电池的主动设备，实现主被动切换，可适用于未来无源蜂窝手机)2. D. Li and Y.-C. Liang, “Adaptive Ambient Backscatter Communication Systems with MRC,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 12, pp. 12352-12357, December 2018. (利用主动电池辅助解决无源tag电路功耗中断的自身缺陷问题)3. B. Gu, D. Li, H. Ding, G. Wang and C. Tellambura, “Breaking the Interference and Fading Gridlock in Backscatter Communications: State-of-the-Art, Design Challenges, and Future Directions,” IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 870-911, April 2025. (反向散射通信最新综述，系统地总结了如何对抗干扰和衰落的方法) 4. X. Tang, X. Liu, G. Xie, Y. Cui and D. Li, “Prototype Implementation and Experimental Evaluation for LoRa-Backscatter Communication Systems with RF Energy Harvesting and Low Power Management,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 73, no. 7, pp. 4811-4825, July 2025. (实现射频能量吸收+无源通信+低功耗计算，摆脱FPGA和USRP的束缚，首次实现真正意义上的无源) 5. X. Tang, Y. Zhang, X. Shao, Y. Yu and D. Li, “Battery-free Ultra-High-Frequency Wireless Temperature Sensing Tag for IoT Applications,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 12, no. 18, pp. 37119-37131, September 2025. (可应用于电力系统无源测温实现)
News

[10-Oct-2026] One paper was accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
[8-Oct-2026] I was listed among World’s Top 2% Scientists on both the “Career-Long Impact List” and the “Single-Year Impact List”. This is my sixth time to get involved. Cheers!
[03-Oct-2026] Two papers were accepted by IEEE GLOBECOM Workshopts 2026.
[29-Sept-2026] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
[24-Sept-2026] I was invited to give a talk in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou).
[20-Sept-2026] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
[26-Aug-2026] Dr. Xianhua Yu and Dr. Bowen Gu obtained NSFC Young Scientists Fund - Category C within two years after their PhD graduation. Big Congratulations!
[31-July-2026] Four papers were accepted by IEEE GLOBECOM 2026.
[17-July-2026] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
[05-June-2026] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Communications.
[04-June-2025] Baojuan Liu successfully passed her PhD thesis defense.
[16-May-2026] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
[12-May-2026] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
[30-Apr-2026] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Communications.
[03-Apr-2026] I was invited to give a talk in Guangxi Minzu University.
[01-Mar-2026] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
[17-Feb-2026] One paper was accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
[11-Feb-2026] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
[21-Jan-2026] I was invited to give a talk in Chongqing University of Technology.
[07-Jan-2026] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking.
[26-Dec-2025] I was invited to give a talk in Xi'an Jiaotong University.
[26-Dec-2025] I was invited to give a talk in Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications.
[25-Dec-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials.
[16-Dec-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
[10-Dec-2025] One paper was accepted by Applied Soft Computing.
[08-Dec-2025] I attended GC'25 in Taipei, and GC'26 will be held in Macau!
[07-Dec-2025] I was invited to join the RIS Committee of China Institute of Communications.
[24-Nov-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.
[19-Nov-2025] We have one excellent PhD candidate Luan, Bingyi to join us in the coming January.
[05-Nov-2025] We have one excellent PhD candidate Yang, Cheng to join us in the coming January.
[27-Oct-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Communications.
[20-Oct-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Communications Magazine.
[03-Oct-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
[22-Sept-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Communications.
[21-Sept-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Communications Magazine.
[20-Sept-2025] I was listed among World’s Top 2% Scientists on both the “Career-Long Impact List” and the “Single-Year Impact List”. This is my fifth time to get involved. Cheers!
[14-Sept-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
[14-Sept-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Communications.
[03-Sept-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Communications.
[20-Aug-2025] I was invited to join the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing as an Associate Editor.
[17-Aug-2025] I was invited to give a talk in Ningbo University.
[31-July-2025] Three papers were accepted by IEEE GLOBECOM 2025.
[29-July-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Communications.
[12-July-2025] I was invited to give a Frontier Lecture for Undergraduate Students from Nankai University.
[12-July-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
[23-June-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Wireless Communications.
[16-June-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
[21-May-2025] Zhigang Yan and Hao Xie successfully passed their PhD thesis defense.
[18-May-2025] I was recognized by ScholarGPS as a 2024 Top Scholar.
[30-Apr-2025] Wentao Liu successfully passed his PhD thesis defense.
[02-Apr-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.
[01-Apr-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
[30-Mar-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
[18-Mar-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems.
[17-Mar-2025] We have two excellent PhD candidates Fuzhe Zhu and Yi Zhu to join us in the coming September.
[13-Mar-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
[03-Mar-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking.
[18-Feb-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
[05-Feb-2025] Prof. Gongpu Wang from Beijing Jiaotong University gave us a talk.
[17-Jan-2025] One paper was accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
[08-Jan-2025] I was invited to join the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Communications as an Editor.
[26-Dec-2024] I was invited to give a talk in Zhejiang University.
[23-Dec-2024] I was invited to give a talk in Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology.
[23-Dec-2024] I was invited to give a talk in Southeast University.
[20-Dec-2024] I was invited to give a talk in Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
[20-Dec-2024] I was invited to give a talk in Nanjing University.
[19-Dec-2024] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Communications.
[22-Nov-2024] I was invited to give a talk in Nantong University.
[31-Oct-2024] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Communications.
[30-Oct-2024] Kan Yu's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Communications. Congratulations!
[26-Oct-2024] Kan Yu's paper got the Best Paper Award from CCPQT 2024. Congratulations!
[19-Oct-2024] Zhigang Yan got the Excellent Oral Presentation Award from IEEE ICCT 2024. Congratulations!
[19-Oct-2024] I was invited to give a talk in Sichuan Normal University.
[15-Oct-2024] One paper was accepted by IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.
[14-Oct-2024] I was recognized as a Top Scholar by ScholarGPS and placed in the top 0.5% of all scholars. Cheers!
[04-Oct-2024] Kan Yu's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. Congratulations!
[17-Sept-2024] Zhigang Yan's paper was accepted by IEEE ICCT 2024. Congratulations!
[16-Sept-2024] I was listed among World’s Top 2% Scientists on both the “Career-Long Impact List” and the “Single-Year Impact List”. This is my fourth time to get involved. Cheers!
[11-Sept-2024] One paper was accepted by IEEE WCSP 2024.
[04-Sept-2024] Kan Yu's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Congratulations!
[26-Aug-2024] Hao Xie's paper was accepted by IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. Congratulations!
[23-Aug-2024] Xianhua Yu's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Congratulations!
[6-Aug-2024] One paper was accepted by IEEE Journal one Selected Areas in Communications.
[27-July-2024] One paper was accepted by IEEE Journal one Selected Areas in Sensors.
[26-July-2024] Bowen Gu's paper was accepted by IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. Congratulations!
[22-July-2024] I was invited to give a talk in Nankai University.
[17-July-2024] Baojuan Liu's paper was accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal. Congratulations!
[15-July-2024] I was invited to give a talk in Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
[14-July-2024] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
[23-June-2024] Hao Xie's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. Congratulations!
[18-June-2024] I got promotion to be a Full Professor. The new journey has now started!
[24-May-2024] Chengyang Liang successfuly passed his Master thesis defense. Congratulations!
[16-May-2024] Bowen Gu successfuly passed his PhD thesis defense. Congratulations!
[10-May-2024] Zhigang Yan's paper was accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal. Congratulations!
[04-May-2024] Wentao Liu's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Congratulations!
[24-Apr-2024] Kan Yu's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Congratulations!
[19-Apr-2024] Kan Yu's paper got the Best Paper Award from MICCIS 2024. Congratulations!
[17-Apr-2024] Baojuan Liu's paper was accepted by IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. Congratulations!
[15-Apr-2024] Hao Xie's paper was accepted by IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. Congratulations!
[12-Apr-2024] Zhi Lin's paper was accepted by IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society. Congratulations!
[12-Apr-2024] Chengyang Liang was permitted by the University to continue to pursue his Ph.D. degree in the coming September. Congratulations!
[10-Apr-2024] One paper was accepted by IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.
[20-Mar-2024] Panpan Chen from USYD joined us to pursue her Ph.D. degree. Welcome!
[17-Mar-2024] Hao Xie's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. Congratulations!
[01-Feb-2024] Zhigang Yan's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Communications. Congratulations!
[25-Jan-2024] I was listed as one of the outstanding reviewer for Journal of Electronics and Information Technology (电子与信息学报). Cheers!
[17-Jan-2024] One paper was accepted by IEEE ICC 2024.
[06-Jan-2024] Xianhua Yu's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. Congratulations!
[26-Dec-2023] Bowen Gu's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Congratulations!
[24-Dec-2023] One paper was accepted by IEEE WCNC 2024.
[22-Dec-2023] I was invited to give a talk in University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.
[20-Dec-2023] Xianhua Yu's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Congratulations!
[17-Dec-2023] Wentao Liu and Ye Liu's paper got the Best Paper Award from IEEE HealthCom 2023. Congratulations!
[17-Dec-2023] Hao Xie's paper was accepted by IEEE Wireless Communicaitons Letters. Congratulations!
[15-Dec-2023] I was invited to give a talk in Chongqing University of Post and Telecommunications.
[06-Dec-2023] Kan Yu's paper got the Distinguished Paper Award from IEEE GreenCom 2023. Congratulations!
[06-Dec-2023] Xianhua Yu successfuly passed his PhD thesis defense. Congratulations!
[01-Dec-2023] Changyang Liang's paper was accepted by IEEE Communications Letters. Congratulations!
[01-Dec-2023] One paper was accepted by IEEE INFOCOM 2024.
[08-Nov-2023] Fuchun Huang successfuly passed his PhD thesis defense. Congratulations!
[08-Nov-2023] Kan Yu's paper was accepted by IEEE GreenCom 2023. Congratulations!
[29-Oct-2023] I was invited to serve as a TPC member for IEEE WCNC 2024.
[20-Oct-2023] Xianhua Yu's paper got the Best Paper Award from IEEE ICCT 2023. Congratulations!
[11-Oct-2023] Bowen Gu's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. Congratulations!
[05-Oct-2023] Wentao Liu and Ye Liu's paper was accepted by IEEE HealthCom 2023. Congratulations!
[04-Oct-2023] I was listed among World’s Top 2% Scientists on both the “Career-Long Impact List” and the “Single-Year Impact List”. This is my third time to get involved. Cheers!
[02-Oct-2023] Zhigang Yan's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Congratulations!
[21-Sept-2023] Zhichao Zhang's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. Congratulations!
[20-Sept-2023] Ye Liu's paper was accepted by IEEE Wireless Communications. Congratulations!
[18-Sept-2023] Xianhua Yu's paper was accepted by IEEE ICCT 2023. Congratulations!
[14-Sept-2023] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
[10-Sept-2023] One paper was accepted by IEEE VTC 2023-Fall.
[08-Sept-2023] Hao Xie's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Communications. Congratulations!
[06-Sept-2023] Zhi Lin's paper was accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal. Congratulations!
[28-Aug-2023] Kan Yu from BUPT was officially permitted to join us as a "Macao Young Scholar" Postdoc. Congratulations!
[17-Aug-2023] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
[17-July-2023] I was invited to give a talk in Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
[14-July-2023] I was invited to give a talk in National University of Defense Technology.
[11-Jul-2023] Wentao Liu's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Comminications. Congratulations!
[06-Jul-2023] Peishan Huang's paper was accepted by IEEE Comminications Letters. Congratulations!
[01-Jul-2023] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
[27-Jun-2023] I won the first session MUST Best Research Output Award. Cheers!
[16-Jun-2023] Zhichao Zhang's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. Congratulations!
[31-May-2023] I was invited to give a talk in Beijing Jiaotong University.
[24-May-2023] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
[18-May-2023] Xianhua Yu's paper was accepted by IEEE Network. Congratulations!
[16-May-2023] Zhigan Yan's paper was accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal. Congratulations!
[12-May-2023] Bowen Gu's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Communications. Congratulations!
[07-May-2023] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
[25-Apr-2023] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
[28-Mar-2023] Bowen Gu's paper was accepted by IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. Congratulations!
[25-Mar-2023] Hao Xie's paper was accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal. Congratulations!
[24-Mar-2023] I was invited to give a talk in Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen.
[07-Feb-2023] Zhi Lin's paper was accepted by Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. Congratulations!
[31-Jan-2023] Fuchun Huang 's Papaer was accepted by IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. Congratulations!
[19-Jan-2023] One paper was accepted by ICC 2023.
[09-Dec-2022] I was invited to give a talk online entitled with “Battery-Free Wireless Communications in the Era of Backscattering and Reflection” for School of Automation and Electrical Engineering of Tianjin University.
[06-Dec-2022] Zhichao Zhang's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. Congratulations!
[21-Nov-2022] I was invited to give a talk online entitled with “Battery-Free Wireless Communications in the Era of Backscattering and Reflection” for “粤港澳大湾区国际智能网络与通信系统论坛”.
[11-Oct-2022] Ye Liu's paper was accepted by IEEE Wireless Communications. Congratulations!
[10-Oct-2022] I was listed among World’s Top 2% Scientists. This is my second time to get involved. Cheers!
[22-Sept-2022] I was invited to give a talk online entitled with “Exploiting Constructive Interference and Recycling Backscattering Energy for Backscatter Communications” for “面向6G的反向散射通信”前沿论坛.
[21-Sept-2022] Xianhua Yu won the 2022 PhD Student Seminar Best Presentation Award. Congratulations!
[15-Sept-2022] Zhi Lin's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Congratulations!
[12-Sept-2022] Zhi Lin's paper was accepted by IEEE Communications Letters. Congratulations!
[07-Sept-2022] Bowen Gu's paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Congratulations!
[07-Sept-2022] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
[26-Aug-2022] Zhi Lin from NDUT was officially permitted to join us as a "Macao Young Scholar" Postdoc. Congratulations!
[20-Aug-2022] I was invited to give a talk online entitled with “Battery-Free Wireless Communications in the Era of Backscattering and Reflection” for IEEE ICWCSG 2022.
[15-Aug-2022] Zhigang Yan's paper was accepted by IEEE Communications Letters. Congratulations!
[06-Aug-2022] One paper was accepted by IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.
[03-Aug-2022] Mengyu Zhao and Peishan Huang passed their Master Thesis Defense. Congratulations!
[27-Jun-2022] I won the MUST-BoC Excellent Research Award. It's my fourth time to win this award. Cheers!
[20-May-2022] Zhigang Yan passed his Master Thesis Defense. Congratulations!
[28-Apr-2022] We were awarded a joint research project funded by the Macau SAR government and Guagndong Province. Cheers!
[26-Apr-2022] Hao Xie and Zhigang Yan were permitted by the University to join us to pursue their Ph.D. degrees with full scholarship in the coming September. Congratulations!
[07-Mar-2022] Fuchun Huang's paper was accepted by IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. Congratulations!
[02-Mar-2022] One paper was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.
[05-Jan-2022] Wentao Liu from CUHK(SZ) joined us to pursue his Ph.D. degree. Welcome!
[13-Dec-2021] Ye Liu's paper was accepted by IEEE Wireless Communications. Congratulations!
[01-Nov-2021] I was invited to give a talk online entitled with “Phase Shift Feedback Compression and Number Configuration for Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Assisted Communication” for "面向6G服务的智能超表面通信”前沿论坛.
[23-Oct-2021] I was invited to give a talk online entitled with “Backscatter Radio: A New Paradigm for Passive Communication and Green Internet-of-Things” for IEEE SAGC 2021.

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