Supervisor

News:

• • Jan. 30, 2026, our manuscript "Secure AFDM Waveform Design for High-Mobility Satellite-Air Integrated Communications" is accepted by the IEEE Internet of Things Journal!

  • 2026年1月12日，我们的论文“面向短包通信的分组稀疏矢量码”被《电子与信息学报》接收！

  • For past achievements and news of our lab, please check: https://sites.google.com/site/dizhangzzu/news?authuser=0

Invited talk:

• • Dec. 2024, Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai) Invited Talk: Short Packet Communications for Space-Air-Sea Integrated Networks

  • Oct. 2024, Sun Yat-Sen University Invited Talk: Short Packet Communications for 6G Ubiquitous Internet of things

  • IEEE ICCT 2022 Invited Talk: New Trends and  Emerging Technologies for 6G Mission-Critical Applications 

  • IEEE/CIC ICCC 2021 keynote: Short Packet Communications Beyond the Shannon Theorem

  • IEEE Netsoft 2021, Keynote: 5GB e-Health Networks and Related Services, from Theory to Reality 

  • IEEE Healthcom 2020, Tutorial 1: 5GB E-HEALTH NETWORKS AND RELATED SERVICES, FROM THEORY TO REALITY

Editor:

1. 《通信技术》执行编委（2023.7-至今）

2. 《空天技术》青年编委(2022.9-2024.8)

3. 《武汉大学学报（理学版）》青年编委(2022.7-2025.6)

4. Associate Editor: Frontiers in Space Technologies

5. Area Editor: KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (2019.01-2021.05, editor; 2021.05-2024.04)

6. Associate Editor: Journal of Circuits Systems and Computers (2021.5-now)

7. Associate editor: IET Quantum Communication (2019.09-now)

8. Guest Editor: IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems Special Issue on "BD Computational Intelligence and Big Data for Scientific and Technological Resources and Services"(2020.09-2021.06).

9. Guest Editor: IEEE Wireless Communications Special Issue on "5GB Remote e-Health".

10. Guest Editor: IEEE Access Special Section on "Emerging Technologies for Vehicle to Everything (V2X)"

11. Guest Editor: IEEE Network Special Issue on "ON LICENSED AND UNLICENSED SPECTRUM FOR FUTURE 5G/B5G WIRELESS SYSTEMS"

12. Guest Editor: IET Intelligent Transport Systems Special Issue on "RECENT ADVANCE ON VEHICLE TO EVERYTHING (V2X): EMERGING APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES"

Chair (Organizer):

1. 2026.01-2026.05, 2026 7th Information Communication Technologies Conference (Chair forTrack 3: Communication, network and hardware)

2. 2023.01-2023.05, IEEE ICASSP 2023 Workshop about Six Generation Ubiquitous Space Air Ground Integrated Communications (6G-USGIC) 

3. 2021.08-2022.05, IEEE ICC 2022 Workshop on Short Packet Communications for 6G Mission-Critical Applications, Organizer/ Chair

4. 2021.01-2021.07, Wireless Day 2021, Publication Co-chair

5. 2020.12-2021.09, EAI MONAMI, Publication Chair

6. 2020.01-2020.08, IEEE/CIC ICCC 2020 Communication Theory Track co-chair

7. IEEE WCNC 2020 workshop on 5G remote health (Workshop organizer and chair)

8. IEEE SmartCNS 2019

9. IEEE/CIC ICCC 2019 workshop on 5G-Health (Workshop organizer and chair)

10. IEEE International Symposium on Next-Generation Electronics 2019 (Publication co-chair)

11. Session Chiar: IEEE/CIC ICCC 2020 WS2: 5GB remote e-health (Aug. 9 2020)

12. Session Chair: IEEE WCNC 2020, WS1: 5G e-Health

13. Session chair: IEEE/CIC ICCC 2019 WS7: 5G-Health & Molecular and Multiscale Communications

Professional Society:

1. China Institute of Communications Senior Member

2. China Institute of Command and Control Senior Member

3. China Institute of Electronics Permanent Member

4. The Chinese Society of Astronautics Member

5. EAI Senior Member (since 2020)

6. IEEE VTS Mission-Critical Communications Technical Committee Member

7. Beyond 5G Japan Consortium Member

8. IEEE Member (S'13-M'17-SM'19)

9. IEICE Member (S'13-M'17)

10. IEICE ComSoc Member (since 2013)

Biography:

Di Zhang (S'13-M'17-SM’19)  currently is an Associate Professor at Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China. Before that, he was an Associate Professor of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, from 2018 to 2025. He received his PhD degree with Dinstiction 1st honor from Waseda University in 2017. He was a Visiting Scholar of Korea University (2023-2024), Researcher of Waseda University (2016-2022), Senior Researcher of Seoul National University (2017-2018), and a visiting student of National Chung Hsing University (2012). 

He has participated in many international projects co-funded by the EU FP-7, EU Horizon 2020, Japan Soumushou, NICT, and Korea NRF, he was the PI of many projects funded by Sun Yat-sen University, NSFC, Henan Natural Science Foundation and Zhengzhou University. He is serving as the Vice-Chiar of IEEE VTS Mission-Critical Communications Technical Committees, Associate editor of IET Quantum Communication,  Journal of Circuits Systems and Computers, young editor of Communications Technology, Aerospace Technology and Journal of Wuhan University (science edition). He has served as area editor of KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, guest editor of the IEEE Wireless Communications, the IEEE Network, IEICE Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, chair and TPC member of various conferences such as IEEE ICASSP, IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE GLOBECOM and IEEE ICC. 

He received the First Prize Award Nomination of Natural Science Achievements of Henan Province in 2025, the Young Talent Researcher Fund of Henan Province in 2024, the Second Prize Awawrd for Scientific and Technological Progress Award of Henan Province in 2024, the First Prize Awawrd for Scientific and Technological Progress Award of Henan Province in 2023, the First Prize Award for Science and Technology Achievement of Henan Department of Education in 2023, the ITU Young Author Award in 2019 and the IEEE Outstanding Leadership Award in 2019. 

His research interests are the wireless communications and networking, especially the short packet communications and its various applications.

Position:

We accept CSC and other source sponsored highly motivated talent PhD students/Postdocs to join the group. Drop me email with your:

1. Resume;

2. Official transcript with verifiable method (undergraduate and graduate, GPA> 3.5/4.0);

3. Representative paper(s) (up to 3);

4. Research statement;

5. Evidence of English proficiency;

6. Contact details of two referrers. 

I apologize I am unable to respond to all inquiries, please try other chance if no reply after 5 work days.

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