Current People

Haixia Zhang

Professor

haixia.zhang@sdu.edu.cn


1. RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • 5G/6G

  • Internet of Vehicles

  • Industrial IoT

  • Network Resource Management

  • Mobile Edge Computing

  • Mobile Big Data Analytics


2. WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Director, Shandong Key Lab of Wireless Communication Technologies, Jinan, Shandong, China, December 2020-present.

  • Full Professor, School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, May 2018-present.

  • Full Professor, School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, August 2011-April 2018.

  • Visiting Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, August 2016-August 2017.

  • Associate Professor, School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, March 2009-July, 2011.

  • Academic Assistant, Munich University of Technology, Munich, Germany, August 2006-October 2008.


3. HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Outstanding Youth Female Scientist Award in China, Bestowed by China Association for Science and Technology (Top 20 in China for all subjects), January 2021.

  • Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Award (Natural Science Award), Second Prize, Bestowed by Shandong Provincial Government, “Wirless Communication Transmission Technologies of Wireless Mobile Communication”, March 2018.

  • Taishan Scholar of Shandong Province, Bestowed by Shandong Provincial Government, December 2017.

  • Recipient of New Century Excellent Talents from the Ministry of Education of China, Ministry of Education of China, December 2011.


4. FUNDING

  • “Key Technologies for 5G Enabled IoT Supporting intelligent Video Transmissions,” PI. Major Scientific and Technological Innovation Projects of Key R & D Plan of Shandong Province. 19,350,000 CNY, 2020.10-2023.10.

  • “Vehicle Behavior Analysis Based Technologies for Intelligent Vehicular Networks,” PI. Funds for International Cooperation and Exchange of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). 2,480,000 CNY, 2019.01-2023.12.

  • “Cloud-edge Structure Based Management & Control Platform for Intelligent Manufacturing,” PI. Major Scientific and Technological Innovation Projects of Key R & D Plan of Shandong Province. 6,000,000 CNY, 2019.03-2021.12.

  • “Interference Management and Resource Optimization for Ultra-dense Multi-tier Heterogeneous Networks,” PI. National Science Fund of China for Excellent Young Scholars. 1,300,000 CNY, 2017.01-2019.12.


5. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES


5.1. Membership

  • Senior Member of IEEE

  • Senior Member of China Electronics Society

  • Member of Working Committee for Young Professionals, China Communications Society

  • Member of Information Theory Branch, China Electronics Society

  • Member of Education Working Committee for Young Professional, China Electronics Society

  • Member of Cloud Computing and Big Data Application Committee, China Communications Society


5.2. Editorship

  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Editor, Jan. 2020-present.

  • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Editor, May 2019-present.

  • China Communications, Editor, January 2020-present.

  • Internet of Things Journal of China (In Chinese), Editor, May. 2021-present.

  • Journal of Electronics & Information Technology (In Chinese), Editor, 2018-present.

  • International Journal of Communication Systems, Editor, Sept. 2009- June 2020.


5.3. Conference Organization


5.3.1. Executive Committee

  • Symposium Co-Chair, GLOBECOM 2022, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 4-8, 2022.

  • Workshop Chair, MOBIMEDIA 2015, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, May 25-27, 2015.

  • Publicity Chair, The 8th FTRA International Conference on Future Information Technology, Gwangju, Korea, September 4-6, 2013.

  • Technical Program Co-Chair, 2013 The fourth International Workshop on Cross-Layer Design, Qingdao, Shandong, China, October 28-29, 2013.

  • Co-chair, Information and Coding Theory for Chinacom Symposium 2013, China.

  • Leading Co-Chair of special session on Cross-layer design, The 13th IEEE international conference on communication Technology (ICCT11), Jinan, Shandong, China, September 25-28, 2011.


5.3.2. Technical Program Committee (Selected)

  • Member of the Technical Program Committee for 2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2019), Shanghai, China, May 20-24, 2019.

  • Member of the Technical Program Committee for 2019 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2019), Marrakesh, Morocco, April 15-18, 2019.

  • Member of the Technical Program Committee for 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2018), Kansas City, MO, USA, May 20-24, 2018.

  • Member of the Technical Program Committee for 2018 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2018), Barcelona, Spain, April 15-18, 2018.

  • Member of the Technical Program Committee for 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2017), Paris, France, May 21-25, 2017.


6. INVITED TALKS AND SEMINARS


6.1. Keynote and Distinguished Talks/Seminars

  • “Progress on Vehicle Behavior-Driven Intelligent Vehicular Networks ,” Keynote, The 9th International Conference on Infocom Technology: IoT and Smart city (ICAIT 2021), Guangzhou, China, December 22-25, 2021.

  • “Multiple-antenna Multiple-stream Transmission,” Keynote, 2009 International Conference on Advanced Infocom Technology (ICAIT 2009), Xi’an, Shanxi, China, July 2009.


6.2. Tutorials

  • “Sparsity Modulation for mmWave, Terahertz and Optical Wireless Communications,” Tutorial, IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China 2020, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Aug, 2020.


6.3. Invited Talks

  • “Trust-worthy and Low-latency Technologies for Mobile IoTs,” The 2nd Symposium on High-Confidience Internet of Things, Qingdao, China, Oct. 26-28, 2019.

  • “Key Technologies for Vehicle Behavior-Driven Intelligent Vehicular Networks,” International Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Communications and Networks(AICON 2019), Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, May 25-26, 2019.

  • “Intelligent Vehicular Networks,” KAUST Conference on a Sustainable Urban-Environmental Future, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, April 1-3, 2019.

  • “Resource Allocation for Vehicular Networks,” National Communication Theory and Technology Conference and Forum on Innovation and Development in Communication, Dalian, Liaoning China, August 5-6, 2018.

  • “Interference Allignment for Broadcasting Channles,” Shannon Centennial Academic Forum, Beijing,China, May 14, 2016.

  • “Expectation of the Sum of Exponential Random Variables and Its Application in Wireless Communication Performance Evaluation,” Wireless Communication Technology Workshop(WCW 14), Beijing,China, November 21-23, 2014.


7. PUBLICATIONS


7.1. Books

  • H. Zhang, Computer Network Technologies, China Machinery Press, 2016.

  • H. Zhang, D. Yuan and Y. Ma, Cross-layer Design in Wireless Communications - From Theory to Applications, POST & TELECOM Press, 2010.


7.2. Book Chapters

  • A. Dong and H. Zhang, “Transceiver Design for Wireless Power Transfer for Multiuser MIMO Communication Systems,” (pp. 1-31) in: Wireless Energy Transfer Technology, IntechOpen, Online First, October 2019. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.89676.


7.3. Papers in Refereed Journals

  • M. Zhang, H. Zhang, Y. Fang, and D. Yuan, “Learning-based Efficient Data Transmissions for Future 6G Enabled Industrial IoT: A Data Compression Perspective”, IEEE Network, accepted for publication, 2022.

  • H. Gai, H. Zhang, S. Guo, and D. Yuan, “Information Freshness-oriented Trajectory Planning and Resource Allocation for UAV-assisted Vehicular Networks”, China Communications, accepted for publication, 2022.

  • L. Wang, H. Zhang, S. Guo, and D. Yuan, “Deployment and Association of Multiple UAVs in UAV-assisted Cellular Networks with the Knowledge of Statistical User Position”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, early access, 2022.

  • T. Li, H. Zhang, X. Zhou, and D. Yuan, “Full-Duplex Cooperative Rate-Splitting for Multigroup Multicast with SWIPT”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, early access, 2022.

  • Y. Zhang, H. Zhang, D. Yuan and X. Zhou, “Joint Optimization of Received Signal Power and Signal Space Dimensions for MIMO Broadcast Channels”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, early access, 2022.

  • L. Wang, H. Zhang, S. Guo, and D. Yuan, “Communication, Computation and Control Enabled UAV Mobile Communication Networks”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, early access, 2022.

  • L. Wang, H. Zhang, S. Guo, and D. Yuan, “3D UAV Deployment in Multi-UAV Networks with Statistical User Position Information”, IEEE Communications Letters, early access, 2022.

  • T. Li, H. Zhang, S. Guo, and D. Yuan, “Max-Min Fair RIS-Aided Rate-Splitting Multiple Access for Multigroup Multicast Communications”, China Communications, accepted for publication, 2022.

  • Y. Zhang, X. Zhou, H. Zhang, D. Yuan, “Stream level rank constrained transceiver design in MIMO interference channel networks”, IET Communications, early access, 2022.

  • J. Tian, Q. Liu, H. Zhang, D. Wu, “Multiagent Deep-Reinforcement-Learning-Based Resource Allocation for Heterogeneous QoS Guarantees for Vehicular Networks”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 1683-1695, February 2022.

  • D. Wang, J. Tian, H. Zhang, D. Wu, “Task Offloading and Trajectory Scheduling for UAV-Enabled MEC Networks: An Optimal Transport Theory Perspective”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 150-154, January 2022.

  • X. Ma, S. Guo, H. Zhang, Y. Fang, and D. Yuan, “Joint Beamforming and Reflecting Design in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Multi-User Communication Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 3269-3283, May 2021.

  • J. Liu, Y. Pang, H. Ding, Y. Cai, H. Zhang, Y. Fang, “Optimizing IoT Energy Efficiency on Edge (EEE): a Cross-layer Design in a Cognitive Mesh Network”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 2472-2486, April 2021.

  • J. Wu, J. Wang, Q. Gao, M. Pan, H. Zhang, “Path-Independent Device-Free Gait Recognition Using mmWave Signals”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 11, pp. 11582-11592, November 2021.

  • T. Xue, H. Zhang, H. Ding, and D. Yuan, “Vehicle Pairing, Spectrum Assignment and Power Control for Non-safety Critical Services in Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 9, pp. 9160-9173, September 2021.

  • C. Liang, H. Zhang, D. Yuan and M. Zhang, ”Location Property of Convolutional Neural Networks for Image Classification, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, vol. 32, no. 9, pp. 3831-3845, September 2021.

  • T. Li, H. Zhang, X. Zhou, and D. Yuan, “Joint Beamforming and Power-Splitting Design for Cooperative Non-Orthogonal Multicast”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 16, pp. 13039-13051, August 2021.

  • M. Zhang, H. Zhang, D. Yuan, and M. Zhang, “Learning-based Sparse Data Reconstruction for Compressed Data Aggregation in IoT Networks”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 14, pp. 11732-11742, July 2021.

  • W. Shen, H. Zhang, S. Guo, and C. Zhang, “Time-Wise Attention Aided Convolutional Neural Network for Data-Driven Cellular Traffic Prediction”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 1747-1751, August 2021.

  • S. Guo, H. Zhang, P. Zhang and M. -S. Alouini, Differential Reflecting Modulation for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Based Communications,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 907-910, March 2021.

  • S. Guo, S. Lv, H. Zhang, J. Ye, and P. Zhang, “Reflecting modulation,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 38, no. 11, pp. 2548-2561, November 2020,

  • S. Guo, H. Zhang, and M. -S. Alouini, “Asymptotic capacity for MIMO communications with insufficient radio frequency chains,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 4190-4201, July 2020.

  • S. Guo, H. Zhang, P. Zhang and M. -S. Alouini, “Signal Shaping for Non-Uniform Beamspace Modulated mmWave Hybrid MIMO Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 10, pp. 6660-6674, October 2020.

  • H. Ding, F. Zhao, J. Tian and H. Zhang, “Performance analysis of MISINR user association in 3-D heterogeneous cellular networks”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 4119-4129, April 2020.

  • J. Ding, S. Mounika, Y. Guo, H. Zhang, D. Yuan,and M. Pan “Private Empirical Risk Minimization with Analytic Gaussian Mechanism for Healthcare System,” IEEE Transactions on Big Data, early access 2020.

  • C. Liang, H. Zhang, D. Yuan and M. Zhang, ”A Novel CNN Training Framework: Loss Transferring, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 30, no. 12, pp. 4611-4625, December 2020.

  • Y. Cao, H. Zhang, Y. Fang, and D. Yuan, “An Adaptive High-Throughput Multi-Channel MAC Protocol for VANETs”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal,vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 8249-8262, September 2020.

  • T. Li, H. Zhang, X. Zhou, and D. Yuan, “NOMA-Enabled Layered Video Multicast in Wireless-Powered Relay Systems,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 2118-2121, November 2019.

  • S. Guo, H. Zhang, P. Zhang, P. Zhao, L. Wang and M. Alouini, “Generalized Beamspace Modulation Using Multiplexing: A Breakthrough in mmWave MIMO,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 37, no. 9, pp. 2014-2028, September 2019.

  • C. Zhang, H. Zhang, J. Qiao, D. Yuan and M. Zhang, “Deep Transfer Learning for Intelligent Cellular Traffic Prediction Based on Cross-Domain Big Data,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 1389-1401, September 2019.

  • S. Guo, H. Zhang, P. Zhang, S. Dang, C. Liang, and M. Alouini, “Signal Shaping for Generalized Spatial Modulation and Generalized Quadrature Spatial Modulation,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 4047-4059, August 2019.

  • G. Dong, H. Zhang, S. Jin and D. Yuan, “Energy Efficiency Oriented Joint User Association and Power Allocation in Distributed Massive MIMO Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 5794-5808, June 2019.

  • C. Zhang, H. Zhang, D. Yuan and M. Zhang, “Citywide Cellular Traffic Prediction Based on Densely Connected Convolutional Neural Networks,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 1656-1659, August 2018.

  • J. Qiao, H. Zhang, F. Zhao and D. Yuan, “Secure Transmission and Self-Energy Recycling With Partial Eavesdropper CSI,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 36, no. 7, pp.1531-1543, July 2018.

  • G. Dong, X. Zhou, H. Zhang and D. Yuan, “Achievable Rate Optimization for Massive MIMO Enabled SWIPT Systems Over Downlink Rician Channels,” IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 36810-36824, July 2018.

  • J. Tian, H. Zhang, D. Wu and D. Yuan, “QoS-Constrained Medium Access Probability Optimization in Wireless Interference-Limited Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 1064-1077, March 2018.

  • G. Dong, H. Zhang and D. Yuan, “Downlink Achievable Rate of Massive MIMO Enabled SWIPT Systems Over Rician Channels,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 578-581, March 2018.

  • J. Qiao, H. Zhang, X. Zhou and D. Yuan, “Joint Beamforming and Time Switching Design for Secrecy Rate Maximization in Wireless-Powered FD Relay Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 567-579, January 2018.

  • S. Guo, H. Zhang, P. Zhang and D. Yuan, “Adaptive Mapper Design for Spatial Modulation with Lightweight Feedback Overhead,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 10, pp. 8940-8950, October 2017.

  • S. Xu, H. Zhang, J. Tian, P. Takis Mathiopoulos, “Pilot reuse and power control of D2D underlaying massive MIMO systems for energy efficiency optimization”, SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences, vol. 60, no. 10, pp. 100303-1100303-15, September, 2017.

  • Y. Cao, H. Zhang, D. Wu and D. Yuan, “OGCMAC: A Novel OFDM Based Group Contention MAC for VANET Control Channel,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 16, no. 9, pp. 5796-5809, September 2017.

  • S. Guo, H. Zhang, P. Zhang, D. Wu and D. Yuan, “Generalized 3-D Constellation Design for Spatial Modulation,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65, no. 8, pp. 3316-3327, August 2017.

  • H. Zhang, A. Dong, S. Jin and D. Yuan, “Joint Transceiver and Power Splitting Optimization for Multiuser MIMO SWIPT Under MSE QoS Constraints,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 7123-7135, August 2017.

  • Y. Zhou, H. Zhang, D. Yuan, P. Zhang and H. Liu, “Differential Spatial Modulation With BPSK for Two-Way Relay Wireless Communications,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 1361-1364, June 2017.

  • S. Guo, H. Zhang, P. Zhang and D. Yuan, “Link-Adaptive Mapper Designs for Space-Shift-Keying-Modulated MIMO Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 10, pp. 8087-8100, October 2016.

  • A. Dong, H. Zhang, D. Yuan and X. Zhou, “Interference Alignment Transceiver Design by Minimizing the Maximum Mean Square Error for MIMO Interfering Broadcast Channel,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 8, pp. 6024-6037, August 2016.

  • S. Guo, H. Zhang, S. Jin, and P. Zhang, “Spatial Modualtion via 3-D Mapping,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 1096-1099, June 2016.

  • J. Tian, H. Zhang, D. Wu and D. Yuan, “Interference-Aware Cross-Layer Design for Distributed Video Transmission in Wireless Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 978-991, May 2016.


7.4. Papers in Refereed Conferences

  • M. Zhang, H. Zhang, D. Yuan, and M. Zhang, Compressive Sensing and Autoencoder Based Compressed Data Aggregation for Green IoT Networks, IEEE Global Communications Conference(GLOBECOM), Hawaii, USA, December 9-13. 2019.

  • L. Wang, H. Zhang, J. Qiao, X. Zhou and D. Yuan, “Energy Delay Aware User Association in mmWave Backhaul Networks Using Matching Theory, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Shanghai, China, May 20-24, 2019.

  • S. Guo, H. Zhang, P. Zhang, P. Zhao , L. Wang and M. -S. Alouini, “Generalized Beamspace Modulation using Multiplexing for mmWave MIMO, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Shanghai, China, May 20-24, 2019.

  • G. Dong, H. Zhang, D. Yuan, “Optimal Downlink Transmission in Massive MIMO Enabled SWIPT Systems with Zero-Forcing Precoding,” IEEE Global Communications Conference(GLOBECOM), Abu Dhabi, UAE, December 9-13, 2018.

  • Q. Li, H. Zhang, J. Qiao, and D. Yuan, “Cooperative Relay-Assisted Proactive Eavesdropping for Wireless Information Surveillance Systems,” IEEE Global Communications Conference.(GLOBECOM), Abu Dhabi, UAE, December 9-13, 2018.

  • P. Zhao, H. Zhang, S. Guo and D. Yuan, “Low Complexity 3-D Constellation Design for MRC-Based Spatial Modulation,” 2018 24th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC), Ningbo, China, November 12-14, 2018.

  • S. Xu, H. Zhang, J. Tian, D. Wu, and D. Yuan, “Pilot Length Optimization for Spectral and Energy Efficient D2D Communications Underlay Massive MIMO Networks,” International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications(ICNC), Maui, Hawaii, USA, March 5-8, 2018. (Best Paper Award)

  • S. Guo, H. Zhang, Y. Wang, and D. Yuan, “Spatial Modulated Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Washington DC, USA, December 4-8, 2016.

  • C. Zhang, H. Zhang, D. Yuan and M. Zhang, “Deep Learning Based Link Prediction with Social Pattern and External Attribute Knowledge in Bibliographic Networks.” IEEE International Conference on Smart Data, Chengdu, China, December 16-19, 2016.(Best Paper Award)

  • A. Dong, H. Zhang, D. Wu, and D. Yuan, “QoS-Constrained Transceiver Design and Power Splitting for Downlink Multiuser MIMO SWIPT Systems,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 2327, 2016.

  • L. Zhang, H. Zhang, D. Wu, D. Yuan, “Improving Physical Layer Security for MISO Systems via Using Artificial Noise, The 2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), San Diego, CA, USA, December 6-10, 2015.