People

Faculty

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Website: http://www.ece.ust.hk/~eetsang/
Prof. Danny Hin-Kwok Tsang
Professor, IEEE Fellow, HKIE Fellow

Dr. Tsang received his BSc degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Winnipeg in Canada. He then obtained his BEng and MASc degrees both in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Nova Scotia (now Dalhousie University) in Canada. He also received his PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

His current research interests include next-generation Internet, P2P video streaming applications, wireless multimedia networks, cognitive radio networks, cloud computing and smart grids.

Research Staff

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Dr. Lei Deng
Research Associate

Lei received the B.Eng. degree in communication engineering from Liaoning Technical University, China, in Jun 2017. He then received his Ph.D. degree from Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China, in Jun 2023. His research interests include tensor theory, network performance monitoring and the Internet of Things.

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Dr. Huiqiang Xie
Research Associate

Huiqiang Xie received the B.S. degree from Northwestern Polytechnical University and the M.S. degree from Chongqing University. He also received the Ph.D. degree with the Queen Mary University of London, U.K. His research interests include semantic communication, massive MIMO, and machine learning.

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Dr. Jiadong Yu
Postdoctoral Fellow

Jiadong received her BEng degree in Communication Engineering from Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China in June 2016. She was an exchange student at Loughborough University majoring in Computer Science from Sep 2015 to June 2016 in the UK. She then obtained her MSc degree in Wireless Communications with distinction from the University of Southampton in Nov 2017. She also received her PhD degree in Computer Science from the Queen Mary University of London in Oct 2021.

Her current research interests include the internet of things, wireless communications, machine learning, deep learning, and federated learning.

Visitors

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Dr. Xiaolan Liu
Visiting Scholar

Xiaolan Liu received her B. Eng and M. Eng degrees in Communication Engineering from Jilin University in 2014 and 2017. She then received her PhD degree in Computer Science from Queen Mary University of London in July 2021. She was a research associate in King’s College London from August 2020 to July 2021. She is currently a lecturer in Institute of Digital Technologies at Loughborough University in London.

 

Her current research interests include distributed learning for wireless communications, edge computing, internet of things and privacy-preserving machine learning.

Students

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Ms. Yuanyuan Bi
Ph.D. Student

Yuanyuan received her B.Eng. degree in Information Engineering, and M.S degree in Information and Telecommunications Engineering from Xidian University, Xi’an, China in June 2018 and June 2021, respectively. She joined HKUST as a PhD student in August 2021, under the supervision of Professor Danny Tsang.

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Ms. Ying Cao
Ph.D. Student

Ying received her B.Eng. degree in Electronic Engineering and Information Science from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China in June 2018. She joined HKUST as a PhD student in August 2018, under the supervision of Professor Danny Tsang.

Her current research interests lie in the theory of online learning, online algorithms and online games.

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Ms. Yiyi Gao
Ph.D. Student (Co-supervised)

Yiyi received her B.Eng. degree in Communication Engineering, and Master degree in Information and Communication Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China in 2020 and 2022, respectively. She is currently a PhD student at HKUST(GZ) under the supervision of Professor Danny Tsang and Professor Vincent Lau. Her research interests include deep learning and wireless communication.

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Ms. Xuan He
Ph.D. Student (Co-supervised)

Xuan received her BEng degree in Automation from Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China in June 2019. She also obtained her master’s degree in Control Science and Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in June 2022.

Her current research interests include smart grids, energy management, unit commitment problem and machine learning for combinatorial optimization.

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Mr. Guanjie Huang
Ph.D. Student (Co-supervised)

Guanjie received his BEng degree in Software Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, in June 2018. He graduated with an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from Australian National University in Dec 2020. Before he joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) as a Ph.D. student, he was a full-time Deep Learning Algorithm Engineer.

His current research interests include Few-shot learning, multi-modality learning, and Generative AI.

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Mr. Jingwei Li
Research Assistant

Jingwei received his BEng degree in Computer Science from Xidian University, Xi’an, China in June 2021. He worked in linux operating system development and security solution development in 2021-2023. He has professional skills in building applications for linux, android, web and embedded platforms.

His current research interests include the internet of things and wireless communication.

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Mr. Zhiyan Li
Ph.D. Student (Co-supervised)

Zhiyan received his M.S. degree in engineering from Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, in 2022. He is currently a Ph.D student at HKUST(GZ) under the supervision of Professor Danny Tsang and Professor Ying Cui. His current research interests focus on wireless communication and Bayesian inference.

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Mr. Tingxi Liang
Ph.D. Student (Co-supervised)

Tingxi received his master’s degree in Communication Systems from Sorbonne – Pierre and Marie Curie University in 2023. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree at HKUST(GZ) under the supervision of Professor Danny Tsang and Professor Frankie Chiu. His research focuses on wireless communication and wireless power transfer, evolves through physical layer engineering.

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Mr. Chengyu Xia
Ph.D. Student (Co-supervised)

Chengyu received his B.Eng. degree in Information Engineering from Southeast University, Nanjing, China in June 2019. He is currently a PhD student at HKUST under the supervision of Professor Danny Tsang and Professor Vincent Lau.

His current research interests focus on edge caching.

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Mr. Jin Xie
Ph. D. Student (IoT)

Jin is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree at HKUST(GZ) supervised by Prof. Danny H. K. TSANG and Prof. Songze Li. Before his Ph.D. study, he received his master’s degree from Northeast University, Shenyang. His main research interests include federated learning, AI security, large model training, and data mining.

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Mr. Wenhan Xu
Ph. D. Student (IoT)

Wenhan received his B.Eng. degree in Information Engineering from Southeast University, Nanjing, China in June 2020, and his M.Phil. degree from HKUST under the supervision of Professor Danny Tsang in August 2023. He is now a Ph. D. student at HKUST (GZ) under the supervision of Professor Danny Tsang.
His current research interests focus on edge computing and intelligent reflecting surface.

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Ms. Yulan Yuan
Ph.D. Student (Co-supervised)

Yulan Yuan received her master degree in Information and Communication Engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, in 2022. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree at HKUST(GZ) under the supervision of Professor Vincent Lau and Professor Danny Tsang. Her research interests are in the areas of stochastic optimization and federated learning.

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Mr. Taoning Zhan
Ph.D. Student

Taoning received his Double Honor’s Bachelor’s Degree from University of Leeds and Southwest Jiaotong University in 2021, majoring in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He then obtained a Master Degree in Telecommunications from HKUST, CWB in 2022. Now he is pursuing a Ph.D. degree at HKUST(GZ), under the supervision of Professor Danny Tsang.

His current researches focus on Wireless Power Transfer and applications.

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Mr. Ziru Zhang
M. Phil Student (Co-supervised)

Ziru received his BSc degree in mathematics and applied mathematics from Tianjin University in 2021. He is currently working toward an M. Phil degree at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China. His research interests include internet of things, machine learning, and motion capture.

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Mr. Tailin Zhou
Ph.D. Student (Co-supervised)

Tailin received his B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering and Automation Engineering from Sichuan University, Chengdu, China in June 2018, and his Master degree in Electrical Engineering from South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China in June 2021.
He joined HKUST as a Ph.D. student in August 2021, under the supervision of Professor Danny Tsang and Professor Jun Zhang.
His current research interests lie in Federated Learning, Decentralized Learning, and Smart Grids.


Alumni

Dr. Wenjing Liu (Ph.D. 2019-2023; Position after graduation: Research Engineer at Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China)
Dr. Su Wang (Postdoc 2021-2022; Ph.D. 2015-2020; Position after graduation: Assistant professor at Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China)
Dr. Liang Ni (Ph.D. 2017-2021; Position after graduation: Research Engineer at Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Shenzhen, China)
Mr. Shuwei Cao (M.Phil. 2018-2021)
Ms. Lina Liu (M.Phil. 2017-2020; Position after graduation: Ph.D. student at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA)
Dr. Bo Sun (Postdoc 2019-2022, Ph.D. 2013-2018; Last known position: Postdoc at University of Waterloo, Canada)
Dr. Yuxuan Jiang (Postdoc 2019-2020, Ph.D. 2013-2019; Last known position: Postdoc at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada)
Mr. Yu Sing (Mark) Xiao (M.Phil. 2017-2019; Position after graduation: Research Engineer at Altai Technologies Ltd., Hong Kong)
Dr. Tian Liu (Ph.D. 2014-2018; Position after graduation: Staff at Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization, Beijing, China)
Mr. Ao Zhang (M.Phil. 2015-2018; Position after graduation: Researcher at China Mobile Ltd., Beijing, China)
Dr. Xiaoqi Tan (Postdoc 2018, Ph.D. 2012-2018; Last known position: Assistant professor at University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Dr. Naeimeh Omidvar (Ph.D. 2013-2017, co-supervised with Prof. Vincent K.N. Lau)
Dr. Samira Niafar (Ph.D. 2011-2017; Last known position: Risk Modeling Researcher at CIBC Capital Markets, Toronto, ON, Canada)
Dr. Tengyi Zhang (Postdoc 2016-2017; Ph.D. 2008-2015; Last known position: System Engineer at Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Shenzhen, China)
Mr. Wenjin (Jason) Li (M.Phil. 2014-2016; Position after graduation: Research Engineer at Well Being Digital Ltd., Hong Kong)
Ms. Sareh Agheb (M.Phil. 2014-2016; Position after graduation: Ph.D. student at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia)
Dr. Zhe (Felix) Huang (Ph.D. 2009-2015; M.Phil. 2006-2008; Last known position: Google, USA)
Dr. Miao Ma (Postdoc 2014-2015, 2007-2008; Last known position: Hong Kong ASTRI)
Dr. Vamsi Krishna Tumuluru (Postdoc 2011-2014; Last known position: Professor at PES University, Bengaluru, India)
Dr. Li Chen (M.Phil. 2011-2013; Position after graduation: Ph.D. student at HKUST)

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The page was last modified on Sep 20, 2023.