Teaching and Supervision

Teaching:

Received College’s Remote Teaching and Student Experience Commendation in 2021 for “outstanding organisation of course material, flipped learning and excellent remote delivery”

2020 - present               ENGN2228 Signals and Systems, ANU  

2016 - present               ENGN3226/6626 Digital Communications, ANU  

2018 - 2019                   ENGN2228 Signal Processing, ANU  

2012 - 2016                   ENGN4536/6536 Wireless Communications, ANU


Research Supervision:

Three-Time Nominee for the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Supervision


Current Postdoc

Dr. Milad Tatar Mamaghani, 01/2023 – present, Topic: physical layer security

Dr. Chiu Chun Chan, 07/2022 - present, Topic: IoT bushfire detection (in a collaborative team with Prof. Salman Durrani and Dr. Sheeraz Alvi) 

Current Students

Ph.D.

Faiza Gul, ANU, 04/2024 - present, Topic: Federated learning

Cen Liu, ANU, 03/2024 - present, Topic: 6G wireless communication

Yu Li, ANU, 09/2023 - present, Topic: wireless security

Qingyang Zhuang, ANU, 02/2023 - present, Topic: IoT bushfire detection

Liangling Lai, ANU, 04/2022 – present, Topic: Goal-oriented communication

Visiting

None.

B. Eng. (Hon, R&D)

Jack Connell, ANU, 2024, Topic: IoT bushfire detection

 

Former Postdoc

Dr. Shihao Yan, 08/2015 – 01/2018, Now work at Edith Cowan University as a Senior Lecturer. [personal webpage]

Dr. Ali Nasir, 09/2012 – 08/2015, Now work at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals as an Associate Professor. [personal webpage]


Former Students

Ph.D.

Xiaolun Jia, ANU, 01/2018 – 05/2021, Topic: Backscatter communications. Previously worked at Finisar Australia. Now work at Morse Micro.

Sheeraz Alvi, ANU, 07/2016 – 01/2020, Topic: Machine-to-machine communications. Now work at ANU as a research fellow and previously as an education staff member.

Khurram Shahzad, ANU, 05/2016 – 01/2020, Topic: Covert wireless communications. Previously worked at Charles Sturt University as a research associate. Now work at the Institution of Engineers Australia.

Wanchun Liu, ANU, 07/2014 – 07/2017, Topic: Energy harvesting wireless communications. Now work at University of Sydney as a research fellow (ARC DECRA Fellow).

Yirui Cong, ANU, 12/2013 – 10/2017, Topic: Communication and control in wireless mobile networks. Now work as an Associate Professor at National University of Defense Technology China.

Biao He, ANU, 08/2012 – 02/2016, Topic: Physical layer security. Previously worked as postdoc researcher at HKUST and UC Irvine and as a staff engineer at MediaTek USA. Now work as a staff engineer at Qualcomm USA.

Zhifeng Tang, ANU, 08/2019 – 01/2024, Topic: Low-latency communications (principal supervisor: Prof. Nan Yang). Now work at ANU as a postdoc research fellow.

Sahar Idrees, ANU, 03/2018 – 08/2023, Topic: Backscatter communications (principal supervisor: Prof. Salman Durrani). Now work at the Institution of Engineers Australia.

Zohair Abu Shaban, ANU, 06/2014 – 11/2017, Topic: Localization in cellular networks (principal supervisor: Prof. Thushara Abhayapala), Previously worked at University of New South Wales as a research associate. Now work at Cohda Wireless Pty Ltd Australia.

Yifei Huang, ANU, 03/2014 – 01/2017, Topic: Heterogeneous cellular networks (principal supervisor: Dr. Salman Durrani). Previous worked at Venture Consulting Australia as a telco specialist and at Vodafone Australia as a network strategist. Now work at Liberty Global as a Technology Senior Manager.

Jing Guo, ANU, 09/2012 – 04/2016, Topic: Stochastic geometry for wireless networks (principal supervisor: Dr. Salman Durrani). Now work as an Associate Professor at Beijing Institute of Technology, China. Previously worked as a postdoc researcher at the ANU.

He (Jackson) Wang, ANU, 11/2009 – 07/2013, Topic: Heterogeneous cellular networks (principal supervisor: Prof. Mark Reed). Now work at Samsung Research Centre in Beijing, China. Previously worked as postdoc researcher at UNSW.

Visiting

Yanyan Wang, from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 09/2018 – 09/2019, Topic: Splitting receiver. Now work at Southwest Jiaotong University, China.

Keerthi Suresh, from IIT Madras, India, 07/2019 – 09/2019, Topic: Deep learning for modulation design. Now work at Konica Minolta, Japan.

Jinsong Hu, from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 07/2017 – 06/2018, Topic: Physical layer security (principal supervisor: Dr. Shihao Yan). Now work at Fuzhou University, China.

Xian Li, from Southeast University China, 11/2016 – 12/2017, Topic: Wireless powered communication. Now work at Shenzhen University, China.

Jianping Yao, from South China University of Technology, 09/2015 – 09/2016, Topic: Physical layer security. Now work at Guangdong University of Technology, China.

Xi Zhang, from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 07/2013 – 10/2013, Topic: Physical layer security, Now work at Huawei, China.

M. Eng.

Xiangjie Meng, ANU, 2015, Topic: Physical layer security.

Marwan Farhat, ANU, 2011, Topic: Cooperative communication with untrustworthy relays.

B. Eng. (Hon, R&D)

Jess Bridgart, ANU, 2023-2024, Topic: IoT bushfire detection (co-supervised with Ms. Qingyang Zhuang)

Arthur Zhao, ANU, 2023, Topic: IoT bushfire detection (co-supervised with Dr. Chiu Chan)

Stefan Rebel, ANU, 2023, Topic: IoT bushfire detection system (co-supervised with Dr. Chiu Chan)

Yixiang Yin, ANU, 2023, Topic: LoRa networking (co-supervised with Dr. Chiu Chan)

Nicholas Arnold, ANU, 2022, Topic: Wireless sensor networks for bushfire detection

Kurt Johnstone, ANU, 2022, Topic: Wireless sensor networks for bushfire detection

Devesh Bhogal, ANU, 2022, Topic: Physical-layer authentication

Zhengdao Zhou, ANU, 2021 – 2022, Topic: Car parking system using LiDAR

Patrik Rilko, ANU, 2021, Topic: Wireless sensing for fire detection

Harmanpreet Kaur, ANU, 2021, Topic: Wireless sensing for fire detection

Ryan Yong Ze Hung, ANU, 2021, Topic: Backscatter communications

Nikhil Kalele, ANU, 2021, Topic: USRP implementation of communication systems

Georgia Prout, ANU, 2021, Topic: Multicast Network

Hancheng Shao, ANU, 2021, S1, Topic: Key generation from wireless channels

Muhammad Nazafi Amthal Mohamad Shukeri, ANU, 2020 – 2021, Topic: Underwater communications

Daniel Leditschke, ANU, 2020, S2, Topic: Phone as a key localisation

Weicong Zhang, ANU, 2020, Topic: Deep learning for communication

Chi Weng Ma, ANU, 2020, Topic: Backscatter communications

Yue Ma, ANU, 2020, Topic: Signal detection and identification

Hyeok Sang Yu, ANU, 2020, Topic: Ethernet protocols

Maxwell Ashurst, ANU, 2020, S1, Topic: Deep learning for communications

Daniel Leditschke, ANU, 2020, S1, Topic: Deep learning for communications

Mazen El Husseini, ANU, 2019 – 2020, Topic: WiFi and Fixed Wireless in Australia

Snehil Thakur, ANU, 2019 – 2020, Topic: Aquaponics System

Nicola Armstrong, ANU, 2019, S2, Topic: splitting receiver

Yihui Zheng, ANU, 2019, Topic: backscatter communications

Zheyuan Sun, ANU, 2019, Topic: wireless cellular networks

Tian Qiu, ANU, 2018 – 2019, Topic: splitting receiver

Guanqing Li, ANU, 2018 – 2019, Topic: wireless cellular networks

Ahmad Raed Alamyar, ANU, 2018, Topic: wireless cellular networks

Yun Jiang, ANU, 2018, Topic: wireless cellular networks

Kun (Shasha) Ma, ANU, 2018, Topic: national broadband networks

Ian Rankine, ANU, 2017 – 2018, Topic: wireless cellular networks

Ruihua Jing, ANU, 2017, Topic: wireless cellular networks

Tonghui Liu, ANU, 2017, Topic: wireless cellular networks

Tianyu Cao, ANU, 2017, Topic: wireless communication security

Xiaolun Jia, ANU, 2016 – 2017, Topic: wireless communication security

Ben Schultz, ANU, 2016, Topic: wireless cellular networks

Emily Khor, ANU, 2016, Topic: wireless cellular networks

Mengjie Zhao, ANU, 2015, Topic: Spatial modelling of cellular networks.

Si Bao, ANU, 2015, Topic: heterogeneous cellular networks

Ahnaf Ahmed, ANU, 2015, Topic: Wireless information and power transfer

Xuran Li, ANU, 2015. Topic: Physical layer security

Yang Liu, ANU, 2014, Topic: Heterogeneous cellular networks

Tiange Shi, ANU, 2014, Topic: Physical layer security

Bin Zhu, ANU, 2014, Topic: Wireless information and power transfer

Tian Liang, ANU, 2014, Topic: Physical layer security

Congchi Zhang, ANU, 2013, Topic: Heterogeneous cellular networks.

Mengqi Xu, ANU, 2013, Topic: Physical layer security.

Min Qiu, ANU, 2012, Topic: Game theory in wireless communications.

Chen Ye, ANU, 2012, Topic: Game theory in wireless communications.