Statistics and Information Theory for Quality-of-Services (QoS) Over 6G/Next-Generation Wireless Networks

Joint Statistical Delay and Error-Rate Bounded QoS-Exponents in Non-Asymptotic Regimes

Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) Systems Using Finite Blocklength Coding (FBC)

Sequential Hypothesis Testing for Metaverse Wireless Networks

Massive Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications (mURLLC)

Massive MIMO, Cell-Free Massive MIMO, mmWave, THz, Nano, and UAV Over 6G Mobile Wireless Networks

Multi-Tier/Cloud/Edge-Computing/Caching Over Distributed Computing Systems and Data Centers

Network Function-Virtualizations (NFV) and Software-Defined Networks (SDN) Architectures

Machine Learning for Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRS) Over 6G/Next-Generation Mobile Wireless Networks

Statistical Security-QoS Provisioning for mURLLC

3D Wireless Camera Sensor Networks for Multiple Mobile Target Tracking

Ph.D., in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Electrical Engineering--Systems), The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Academic Family Tree

M.S., in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA

M.S., in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Xidian University, Xi'an, China

B.S., in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Xidian University, Xi'an, China

IEEE Fellow,  for Contributions to the Quality of Service (QoS) Theory in Mobile Wireless Networks

U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) EARLY CAREER Award in 2004

IEEE BEST READINGS PAPER, for one of his IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications papers in Cognitive Radio Networks and Statistical QoS Provisioning Over Wireless Networks since 2008

Best Paper Award, IEEE Global Communications Conferences (GLOBECOM) 2025, Taipei, Taiwan, 2025

Best Paper Award, IEEE Global Communications Conferences (GLOBECOM) 2024, Cape Town, South Africa, 2024

Best Paper Award, IEEE Global Communications Conferences (GLOBECOM) 2020, Taipei, Taiwan, 2020

Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2018, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, 2018

Best Paper Award, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2014, Austin, Texas, USA, 2014

Best Paper Award, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2009, Hawaii, USA, 2009

Best Paper Award, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networks Conference (WCNC) 2010, Sydney, Australia, 2010

Best Paper Award, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2007, Washington, D.C., USA, 2007

IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Communications Society

IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications BEST PAPER AWARD Candidate on Statistical QoS Provisioning for Multimedia Transmission Over Multicast Wireless Networks, 2010

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications BEST PAPER AWARD Candidate on Statistical QoS Provisioning for Relay Wireless Networks, 2007

IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) BEST PAPER AWARD Candidate (on Full-Duplex Based Statistical Delay-Bounded QoS Provisioning for Cognitive Radio Wireless Networks), Austin, Texas, U.S.A., 2014

IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) BEST PAPER AWARD Candidate (on Power-Efficiency Data Gathering Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks), Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A., 2006

Outstanding Faculty Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, 2020

TEES Select Young Faculty Award,  Texas A&M University, 2006