Assoc. Prof. Chuanting Zhang

Shandong University, China

Biography: Chuanting Zhang is an associate professor at Shandong University, Jinan, China. He previously worked as a senior postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bristol and a postdoctoral researcher at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). His research interests encompass spatiotemporal data mining and intelligent networks. He has led several projects, including those funded by national talent programs, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Shandong Province Excellent Youth Science Fund Project. He has proposed a series of wireless traffic prediction algorithms, with publications in top-tier journals and conferences, including IEEE JSAC and IEEE INFOCOM. His research achievements have been recognized with awards such as the IEEE ICCT Young Scientist Award, the Shandong Province Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award of the Shandong Artificial Intelligence Society, and the Best Paper Award at IEEE SmartData. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Member of ACM, and a committee member of the CCF Technical Committee on Network and Data Communications.
Personal Website: https://faculty.sdu.edu.cn/ctzhang

 

Associate Researcher Shuai Ma

Peng Cheng Laboratory, China

Biography: Shuai Ma received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in communication and information systems from Xidian University, Xi'an, China, in 2009 and 2016, respectively. From 2014 to 2015, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. From 2016 to 2019, he has been an associate Professor with the School of Information and Control Engineering, at the China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China. From 2019 to 2022, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Telecom Paris, France. Since 2023, he has been an Associate Researcher at Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China. His research interests include semantic communications, visible light communications, and network information theory.

 

Assoc. Prof. Mingjie Shao

Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Biography: Mingjie Shao received a bachelor’s degree from Xidian University, China, in 2015, as part of the “Excellent Engineer Education Program.” In 2020, he earned a Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, supported by the “Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS)” under the supervision of Prof. Wing‑Kin Ma (IEEE Fellow). From 2020 to 2023, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Electronic Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was then a Professor, awarded “Qilu Young Scholar”, in the School of Information Science and Engineering at Shandong University during 2023‑2024. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the State Key Laboratory of Mathematical Sciences, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science (AMSS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and has been awarded the “Chen Jingrun Future Star.”

His main research interests include: 1) Signal processing for wireless communication; 2) Optimization and statistical methods in signal processing and machine learning; 3) Cross‑disciplinary research in deep learning and signal processing. In recent years, he has published over 40 SCI/EI papers in top journals and conferences such as IEEE TSP、IEEE JSTSP、IEEE TIFS and IEEE ICASSP. Several of his papers have been recognized multiple times in the “Top 50 Popular Articles” list of IEEE journals.

 

Assoc. Prof. Qiang He

Northeastern University, China

Biography: Qiang He received the Ph.D. degree in computer application technology from the Northeastern University, Shenyang, China in 2020. He also worked with School of Computer Science and Technology, Nanyang Technical University, Singapore as a visiting PhD researcher from 2018 to 2019. He is currently an Associated Professor at the College of Medicine and Biological Information Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. His research interests include machine learning, social network analytic, data mining, health care, infectious diseases informatics, etc. He has published more than 70 journal articles and conference papers, including IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems.

Qiang He is with the School of Medicine and Biological Information Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China, e-mail: heqiang@bmie.neu.edu.cn

 

Assoc. Prof. Xiangping Zhai

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Biography: Dr. Xiangping Bryce Zhai is currently an Associate Professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China. He received his PhD from City University of Hong Kong in 2013. His research interests include the Internet of Intelligent Things, edge computing, resource optimization, communication networks, and smart cooperation. He has published over 60 relevant papers in international journals such as JSAC, TON, TMC, TCOM, and TWC. He has received several awards, including the Second Prize for Young Science and Technology from the Jiangsu Association for Information Technology Applications, the China’s Top 100 Most Influential International Academic Papers Award, and Outstanding Teacher Award for Computer Science Majors in Colleges and Universities by the Ministry of Education. Meanwhile, he has participated in many national and Jiangsu provincial key R&D plans, National Natural Science Foundation, Civil Aviation Administration of China, and other projects.

 

Assoc. Prof. Danyang Zheng

Southwest Jiaotong University, China

Biography: Dr. Danyang Zheng is an Assistant Professor at Southwest Jiaotong University. He serves as a Young Editorial Board Member for the journal Big Data Mining and Analytics (Impact Factor: 7.7, SCI Q1 Top). He earned his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Technology from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2016. As a China Scholarship Council awardee, he pursued his PhD at Georgia State University under the supervision of Professor Yi Pan and Professor Xiaojun Cao. He received his doctorate in May 2021, graduating as Outstanding PhD Graduate (top-ranked among 400+ candidates). In August 2021, he joined Soochow University as a University Distinguished Young Scholar. Since January 2023, he has held his current position at Southwest Jiaotong University. He has published over 60 high-impact SCI/EI papers in leading venues including IEEE/ACM ToN, IEEE TDSC, IEEE TCoM, IEEE TNSM, IEEE TCE, IEEE TNSE, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Computer Networks，IEEE INFOCOM，IEEE ICC，IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE ICCCN, WCCCT, ICCC. He also serves as the software testing skill competition manager for WorldSkill 2026 Shanghai.

 

Assoc. Prof. Chengzong Peng

Chengdu University of Information Technology, China

Biography: Chengzong Peng, Ph.D., Associate professor, IEEE member, CCF member. His research focuses on network reliability, cyberspace security, artificial intelligence. He has published over 30 SCI/EI papers, including IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE TNSM, IEEE IoTJ, and Computer Networks. He is currently leading/working on multiple national and provincial-level scientific research projects. He is serving as the TPC of ICNC 2025, and has served as the Session Chair of WCCCT 2024, WCCCT 2025, and the Talk Chair of ACM TURC 2024. He has also served as a reviewer for multiple well-known international academic journals and conferences, such as Big Data Mining and Analytics, Expert System with Applications, and Computer Network.

 

Dr. Yanqing Xu

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China

Biography: Yanqing Xu received the Ph.D. degree in communication and information system from the State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, in 2019. He was a senior engineer with Huawei Technologies Company Ltd., from July 2019 to July 2020. From September 2020 to August 2022, he was a PostDoc researcher with The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, where he is currently working as a research assistant professor. He is also with the Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data. Dr. Xu’s current research interest lies in distributed signal processing algorithm designs for large-scale antenna systems. Dr. Xu served as a special session co-organizer and chair in IEEE SPAWC 2024. He was a recipient of the Shenzhen Overseas High-Caliber Personnel, and the Top 3% Paper Recognition of the IEEE ICASSP 2023. Several of his research outcomes have been successfully deployed in Huawei’s base stations, for which he has received the Huawei Technical Cooperation Achievement Transformation Award (1st Prize) in 2024, the Huawei Wireless Product Line Outstanding Technical Cooperation Project Award in 2024, and the Huawei Technical Cooperation Achievement Transformation Award (2nd Prize) in 2022. He is currently serving on the Editorial Board of EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking.