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.