Preprints:
H. Zou, C. Zhang, S. Lasaulce, A. I. Maass, Q. Zhao, D. Nešić, and M. Debbah, ``{Goal-Oriented Sampling and Compression Rate Allocation for Dynamical Systems}", (To be submitted) IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2026.
H. Zou, C. Zhang, Y. Yang, Y. Tian, S. Lasaulce, and M. Debbah, ``FedFit: Federated Fine-Tuning of LLMs via Vector-Bank Parameterization and Quantization", (Under Review) IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2026.
H. Zou, C. Zhang, Malcolm Egan and Merouane Debbah, ``Multiple Reconstructions with Heterogeneous Task-Oriented Distortion Criteria", (Under Review) IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory, 2026.
H. Zou, Q. Zhao, L. Bariah, M. Bennis, M. Debbah, "Wireless Multi-Agent Generative AI: From Connected Intelligence to Connected Intelligence", ArXiv Preprint arXiv:2307.02757, 2023. [PDF]
Journal Papers:
H. Zou, Q. Zhao, Y. Tian, S. Lasaulce, C. Zhang, L. Bariah, F. Bader, and M. Debbah, ``From Standard Large Language Models to On-device LLMs and Networks of LLMs in 6G", Nature Review Electrical Engineering, vol. 3, pp.123–134, 2026.
H. Zou, Q. Zhao, Y. Tian, L. Bariah, F. Bader, T. Lestable and M. Debbah, ``TelecomGPT: A Framework to Build Telecom-Specfic Large Language Models", IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, vol. 3, pp. 948-975, 2025. [PDF]
H. Zou, Q. Zhao, L. Bariah, Y. Tian, M. Bennis, S. Lasaulce and M. Debbah, ``GenAINet: Enabling Wireless Collective Intelligence via Knowledge Transfer and Reasoning", IEEE Access, 2025. [PDF]
Y. Sun, H. Zou, C. Zhang, S. Lasaulce and M. Kieffer, "Goal-Oriented Compression for Lp-norm-type Goal Functions: Application to Power Consumption scheduling", Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 361, no.10, pp.106926, 2024. [PDF]
H. Zou, C. Zhang, S. Lasaulce, L. Saludjian and V. Poor, "Goal-Oriented Quantization: Analysis, Design, and Application to Resource Allocation", in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 42-54, 2023. [PDF]
Magazine Papers:
L. Bariah, T. Mongaillard, S. Lasaulce, W. Hamidouche, H. Zou, M. Debbah, ``From Waves to Words: Large Perceptive Models as the Future of IoT and RF Intelligence", IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, 2025. [PDF]
L. Wang, C. Zhang, Q. Zhao, H. Zou, S. Lasaulce, G. Valenzise, Z. He and M. Debbah, ``Generative AI for RF Sensing in IoT systems", IEEE IoT Magazine, 2024. [PDF]
L. Bariah, Q. Zhao, H. Zou, Y. Tian, F. Bader and M. Debbah, "Large Language Models For Telecom: The Next Big Thing?", IEEE Communication Magazine, 2024. [PDF]
C. Zhang, H. Zou, S. Lasaulce, W. Saad, M. Kountouris and M. Bennis, ''Goal-Oriented Communications for the IoT and Application to Data Compression", in IEEE Internet of Things Magazines, 2022, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 58-63. [PDF]
Conference Papers:
B. B. Ziada, T. Mongaillard, H. Zou, S. Lasaulce, A. Girardin, V. S. Varma and M. Debbah, ``Augmented-GDA: LLM In-Loop Gradient Descent Algorithm for Smooth Unconstrained Optimization", IEEE Third International Conference on Foundation and Large Language Models (FLLM'25), Vienna, Austria, 2025.
T. Mongaillard, S. Lasaulce, O. Hicheur, C. Zhang, L. Bariah, V. S. Varma, H. Zou, Q. Zhao and M. Debbah, ``Large Language Models for Power Scheduling: A User-Centric Approach", IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOPT'24), Seoul, Korea, 2024. [PDF]
Q. Zhao, H. Zou, M. Bennis, M. Debbah, E. Almazrouei and F. Bader, "Joint Semantic-Native Communication and Inference via Minimal Simplicial Structures", IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM’23), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [PDF]
L. Bariah, H. Zou, Q. Zhao, B. Mouhouche, F. Bader and M. Debbah, "Understanding Telecom Language Through Large Language Models", IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM’23), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [PDF]
H. Zou, Y. Sun, C. Zhang, S. Lasaulce, M. Kieffer and L. Saludjian, ``Goal-Oriented Quantization: Applications to Convex Cost Functions with Polyhedral Decision Space", (invited paper) 20th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOPT'22), Turin, Italy. [PDF]
Y. Sun, H. Zou, S. Lasaulce, C. Zhang and M. Kieffer, "Goal-oriented Data Compression: Application to an Lp-norm type performance metric", 28ème Colloque Francophone de Traitement du Signal et des Images (GRESTI'22), Nancy, France. [PDF]
C. Zhang, H. Zou, S. Lasaulce, V. Varma, L. Saludjian and P. Panciatici, "Optimal Pricing Approach Based on Expected Utility Maximization with Partial Information", 2021 International Conference on Network Games, Control and Optimization (NETGCOOP’21), Corsica, France. [PDF]
Y. Sun, H. Zou, S. Lasaulce, M. Kieffer and L. Saludjian "A New Approach of Data Pre-processing for Data Compression in Smart Grids", The 7th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM’19), Fez, Morocco. [PDF]
H. Zou, C. Zhang, S. Lasaulce, L. Saludjian and P. Panciatici, "Energy-Efficient MIMO Multiuser Systems: Nash Equilibrium Analysis", International Symposium on Ubiquitous Networking (UNET’19), Limoges, France. [PDF]
H. Zou, C. Zhang, S. Lasaulce, L. Saludjian and P. Panciatici, "Decision Set Optimization and Energy-Efficient MIMO Communications", 30th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC’19), Istanbul, Turkey. [PDF]
H. Zou, Y. Nait-Belaid, M. Kieffer, "Optimal Opponent Selection for Distributed Multi Agent Self-Classification", IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM’18), Abu Dhabi, UAE. [PDF]
H. Zou, C. Zhang, S. Lasaulce, L. Saludjian and P. Panciatici, "Decision-Oriented Communications: Application to Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation", The 6th International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications (WINCOM’18), Marrakesh, Morocco. [PDF]
H. Zou, C. Zhang, S. Lasaulce, L. Saludjian and P. Panciatici, "Task Oriented Channel State Information Quantization", 29th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC’18), Bologna, Italy. [PDF]