Academic Staff
Prof Dr
Bruno Clerckx
is a (Full) Professor, the Head of the Wireless Communications and
Signal Processing Lab, and Deputy Head of the Communication
and Signal Processing Group, within the Electrical
and Electronic Engineering Department at Imperial College London
(London, United Kingdom). He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degree in
applied science from the Université catholique de Louvain
(Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) in 2000 and 2005, respectively. He spent
the 1998-1999 academic year at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
(Leuven, Belgium). In 2006, he was a Post-Doc at the Université
catholique de Louvain. From 2006 to 2011, he was with Samsung
Electronics (Suwon, South Korea) where he actively contributed to 4G
3GPP
LTE/LTE-A and IEEE 802.16m and acted as the rapporteur for the 3GPP
Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) Study Item. Since 2011, he has been with
Imperial College London, first as an Imperial College Lecturer
(2011-2015), Senior Lecturer (2015-2017), Reader (2017-2020) and now as
Professor
(2020-now). From 2014 to 2016,
he also was an Associate Professor position at Korea University,
Seoul, Korea. He also held various long or short-term visiting research
appointments at
Stanford University, EURECOM, Korea University, National University of
Singapore, The University of Hong Kong, Princeton University, the
University of Edinburgh, The University of New South Wales, and
Tsinghua University.
Prof Bruno Clerckx is the author or co-author of two books on "MIMO wireless communications: From Real-World Propagation to Space-Time Code Design" (Academic Press, Elsevier, 2007) and "MIMO Wireless Networks: Channels, Techniques and Standards for Multi-Antenna, Multi-User and Multi-Cell Systems" (Academic Press, Elsevier, 2013), over 200 peer-reviewed international research papers, more than 150 standard contributions and over 80 issued or pending patents, among which 15 have been adopted in 4G (and are currently used by billions of devices worldwide). His research area is communication thoery and signal processing for wireless networks. He has been a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member, a symposium chair, or a TPC chair of many symposia on communication theory, signal processing for communication and wireless communication for several leading international IEEE conferences. He was an Elected Member of the IEEE Signal Processing Society SPCOM Technical Committee. He served as an Editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATION, the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, and the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING. He has also been a (lead) guest editor for special issues of the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, IEEE ACCESS and the IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS, the IEEE JOURNAL of SELECTED TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING, and the PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE. He was an Editor for the 3GPP LTE-Advanced Standard Technical Report on CoMP. He is an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer 2021-2022.
Prof Bruno Clerckx is
also providing expert consultancy services on mobile communication
technology (3G, 4G, 5G) for potential use in contentious patent
proceedings.
Post-Doctoral Researchers and Research Associates
Dr Shanpu Shen
received the bachelor’s
degree in communication engineering from the Nanjing University of
Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, in 2013, and the Ph.D. degree
in electronic and computer engineering from The Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong, in 2017. He was a Visiting
Ph.D. Student with the Microsystems Technology Laboratories,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA, from
2016 to 2017. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with HKUST from 2017 to
2018. He is currently a postdoctoral research associate with the
Communications and Signal Processing Group (CSP), Department of
Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College London. His
current research interests include RF energy harvesting, wireless power
transfer, multiple antenna systems, MIMO antenna design, and antenna
optimization.
Research Area:
RF Design, Wireless Power Circuit and System Design, WPT prototyping
and optimization, WPT beamforming and waveform
Dr Yijie (Lina) Mao is currently a
postdoctoral research associate with the Communications and Signal
Processing Group (CSP), Department of the Electrical and Electronic
Engineering at Imperial College London. She received the B.Eng. degree
from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and the B.Eng.
(Hons.) degree from Queen Mary University of London (London, United
Kingdom) in 2014. She received the Ph.D. degree in the Electrical and
Electronic Engineering Department from the University of Hong Kong
(Hong Kong, China) in 2018. She was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at
the University of Hong Kong from 2018 to 2019. Her research interests
include Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) communication networks,
rate-splitting and non-orthogonal multiple access for 5G and beyond.
Research Area: MIMO communication networks, rate-splitting multiple access and non-orthogonal multiple access for 5G and beyond
Dr Onur Dizdar
received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical and Electronics
Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in
2008 and 2011. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics
Engineering from Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2017. He also
worked as a communications system design engineer in ASELSAN, Turkey
from 2008 to 2019. He is currently a postdoctoral research associate in
the Communications and Signal Processing Group at Imperial College
London. His research interests include wireless communications,
error-correcting codes and decoding algorithms, rate-splitting and
non-orthogonal multiple accesses and signal processing.
Research Area: Communications, Error-Correcting Codes, Rate-Splitting Multiple Access, non-orthogonal multiple access, Signal Processing
Dr Junghoon Kim
received his BSc in electronic and
electrical engineering from Hongik University, Seoul, Korea, in 2008
and MSc in Telecommunications from University College London, UK, in
2015. From 2008 to 2014, He worked as a smartphone hardware engineer at
Samsung Electronics, Suwon, Korea. He received his PhD from Imperial
College London in 2020. He is currently a postdoctoral research
associate. His research interests are RF energy
harvesting and Simultaneous wireless information and power transfer,
radio system prototyping.
Research Area:
Wireless Power Transfer, Wireless
Information and Power Transfer
, radio system prototyping
Dr Sundar Aditya
received the B. Tech and M. Tech degrees from IIT Madras, India, in
2011, and the Ph. D. degree from the University of Southern California
(USC) in 2018, all in electrical Engineering. From 2018-2020, he was a
Postdoctoral Associate at NYU WIRELESS, New York University. His
research interests include localization, radar, and joint
communications and sensing at mmWave and THz frequencies..
Research Area: Integrated Sensing and Communications
PhD Students and Research Assistants
Longfei Yin
(Dec 2018 – now) received the BEng degree in telecommunications
engineering with management from Beijing University of Posts and
Telecommunications (BUPT), Beijing, China, in 2017, and MSc in
communications and signal processing from Imperial College London, UK,
in 2018. Currently, Longfei Yin is a PhD student at Imperial College
London. Her research interests include wireless communications,
optimization theory, machine learning for communications, and signal
processing.
Research Area:
Rate-Splitting Multiple Access, satellite communications, radar and communications
Yang Zhao
(Oct 2019 - now) received the BEng degree in telecommunications
engineering from both the University of Liverpool (Liverpool, UK) and
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China) in 2018, with MSc
in communications and signal processing from Imperial College London
(London, UK) in 2019. He is now a PhD student at Imperial College
London. His research interests include RF energy harvesting, wireless
information and power transfer, and machine learning.
Research Area: Wireless Information and Power Transfer, Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces
Zhenyuan (Kris) Feng
(Nov 2019 - now) majored in Communication Engineering and get Bachelor
degree of Communication Engineering in Nanjing university of science
and technology in 2016. From 2016-2017, he studied at the University of
Edinburgh and get his distinction in signal processing and
communication. He did research on spatial division multiplexing on
optical fibre. From 2018.5-2019.9, he works in China Telecom Shanghai
Institution working on java programming. From 2019.11, he become a PHD
student at Imperial college working on wireless power transfer, signal
processing and communication.
Research Area: Wireless Power Transfer, Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces, Machine Learning for Wireless Communications
Yunnuo Xu
(Dec 2019 – now) got his first and second BEng degree in electronic and
electrical engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and
Astronautics (NUAA), Nanjing, China, and City, University of London,
UK, respectively in 2018. He got MSc in Wireless and Optical
Communication from University College London, UK, in 2019. Currently,
Yunnuo Xu is a PhD student at Imperial College London. His research
interests include simultaneous wireless information and power transfer,
wireless communications, machine learning, and signal processing.
Research Area: Rate-Splitting Multiple Access
Jiawei Xu
(Jan 2020-) finished her first two years of undergraduate in University
of Electronic Science and Technology of China and last two years in
university of Glasgow and received her BEng degree in electronic and
electrical engineering from UESTC and UoG in 2018. She got her Msc
degree in communications and signal processing from University of
Manchester in 2019. Her research interests are wireless communications,
power transfer and machine learning for communications.
Research Area: Rate-Splitting Multiple Access
Anup Mishra
(Jan 2020 - now) is currently pursuing a PhD. at Communications and
Signal Processing Group, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Department, Imperial College London, under the guidance of Dr. Bruno
Clerckx. He completed his MSc (2018, with Distinction) at the the
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College
London, under the supervision of Dr.Bruno Clerckx. His Master’s thesis
was on Sum-Rate Maximization for Linearly Precoded Downlink Multiuser
MIMO Systems with Perfect CSIT using the Rate Splitting approach. He
received the B.Tech degree (2016) with First Class Honors in Electrical
Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi. In his
B.Tech project he developed uplink signal chain for Layer 1 and
analysed performance of standard channel estimators and channel
equalizers on simulator across various time and frequency selective
channels. His research interests include Wireless Communications,
Information Theory and Stochastic processes. His experience includes
working as a Wireless Research and Development Engineer in Tejas
Networks (2016-17) and Qualcomm (2018-2019).
Research area: Rate-Splitting, Communication Theory, massive mimo
Zhengang Guo
(Jan 2020 - now) (Primary Supervisor: Dr Wei Dai) received the B.Eng. degree in mechatronic engineering
from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, in 2015. From
2015 to 2019, he was a Ph.D. student at Northwestern Polytechnical
University, Xi’an, China. From 2018 to 2019, he was a visiting Ph.D.
student at Cardiff University, Cardiff, U.K. He is currently working
toward the Ph.D. degree in communications and signal processing at
Imperial College London, London, U.K. He has authored 3 peer-reviewed
international research papers. His research interests include signal
and data processing, super-resolution inverse problems, smart
manufacturing, complex network modeling and optimization. He serves as
a peer reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics,
the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, the IEEE
Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, and the Journal of Cleaner
Production.
Research Area: Signal and data processing, Super-Resolution Inverse Problems, DoA estimation
Matteo Nerini (Oct
2020 - now) received his B.Sc. in Electronics and Telecommunications
Engineering at the University of Bologna (Unibo), Italy, in 2018. Then,
he attended a double master's degree programme between Unibo and the
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. In 2020,
he completed his M.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering at Unibo and
in Communication Technology at NTNU. He has also been a student of
Collegio Superiore: the School of Excellence of Unibo. Currently, he is
a Ph.D. student at Imperial College London, in the Communications and
Signal Processing Group..
Research Area: Machine Learning for Wireless Communications, Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces
Rafael Cerna Loli (Nov
2020 - now) (Co-Supervisor: Dr. Cong Ling) received the BSc degree in Telecommunications Engineering
from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), Lima, Peru, in
2015, and MSc in Communications and Signal Processing from Imperial
College London, UK, in 2020. He is currently a PhD student at Imperial
College London. He previously worked as a Java programmer for Value
Added Services in 3G/4G mobile communication networks and as a
researcher in passive beamforming in microwave engineering. His current
research interests include wireless communications, information theory,
optimization theory, adaptive beamforming and machine learning for
communications..
Research Area:
Wireless Communications, Information Theory, Optimization Theory,
Rate-Splitting, Adaptive Beamforming and Machine Learning for
Communications
Yumeng Zhang (Jan
2021 - now) received the BEng degree in Communication Engineering from
Nanjing University of Science and Technology (Nanjing, China) in 2019,
and MSc in Communications and Signal Processing from Imperial College
London (London, UK) in 2020. Currently, she is a PhD student in
Group CSP, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at
Imperial College London. Her research interests include wireless
communications and wireless power transfer.
Research Area: Wireless Power Transfer, Communications, Sensing, Optimization
Ziang Liu (Jan
2021 - now) received the B.Eng. degree in communication engineering
from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC),
Chengdu, China, in 2018, and the M.Eng. degree in information and
communications engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Tokyo, Japan, in 2020. His Master’s thesis focused on the suppression
of out-of-band emission and a corresponding low-complexity scheme to
cancel both induced ICI and ISI in windowed-OFDM system. He is
currently a Ph.D. student at Imperial College London. His research
interests include wireless signal processing and simultaneous wireless
information and power transfer.
Research Area: Wireless Signal Processing, Communications and Radar Sensing
Xinze Lyu(Jan
2021 - now) received the B.Eng degree in information engineering from
Southeast University, China, in 2019, and the Msc degree in wireless
communications from University of Southampton in 2020. He is currently
a PhD student in CSP group at Imperial College London. His research
interests include wireless communications and radio system prototyping
Research Area: Rate-Splitting, radio system prototuping
Yuanwen Liu(June
2021 - now) received the BEng degree in telecommunications engineering
from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China
in 2019. She received the Master of Science in electrical engineering
from Northwestern University, Evanston, United States in 2021. From
June 2021, she is a PhD student at Imperial College London. Her
research interests are wireless information and power transfer and
machine learning for communications.
Research Area: TBD
Hongyu Li(Oct
2021 - now) received the B.S. degree in electronics information
engineering from Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Dalian, China,
in 2018. She is now studying toward the M.S. degree with the School of
Information and Communication Engineering in DUT. Her current research
interests are focused on signal processing, mmWave communications,
massive MIMO systems, and intelligent reflecting surface. She will
start her PhD at Imperial College London in Oct 2021.
Research Area: TBD
Sibo Zhang(Nov
2021 - now) received the BEng degree in electrical and electronic
engineering from both University of Nottingham, UK, and University of
Nottingham, Ningbo, China, in 2019. He received the MSc degree in
communications and signal processing from Imperial College London, UK,
in 2021. He will start his PhD degree at Imperial College London in Nov
2021 in collaboration with BBC research labs. His research interests
include wireless communications, signal processing and optimization
theory.
Research Area: Rate-Splitting Multiple Access, Joint Radar and Communications.
Visiting PhD Students
Huiyun Xia, PhD student, Harbin Institute of Technology, April 2021 - April 2022
Zhu Qiao, PhD student, Jilin University, April 2021 - Oct 2021
Former (Graduated) PhD Students
Dr Chenxi Hao (April 2012 - March 2016). Now with Qualcomm, China.
Dr Borzoo
Rassouli (Feb 2013 - April 2016). Now Lecturer at University
of Essex, UK.
Dr Hamdi Joudeh (Oct 2013 - June
2016). Now with Assistant Professor TU Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Dr Mingbo Dai (June 2013 - Nov 2016). Now with Bank of America, UK.
Dr. Yang
Huang (Oct 2013 - June 2017). Now Prof. at NUAA, China.
Dr. Zati Bayani Binti Zawawi (April
2013 - July 2017). Now back to Malaysia.
Dr. Ekaterina Bayguzina (Oct 2013 -
Oct 2017). Now with Ofcom, London, UK.
Dr. Mudasar Bacha (June 2014 - June 2018). Now with Univeristy of Surrey as Post-Doc, UK.
Dr. Enrico Piovano (Oct 2015 - Sept 2019). Now research scientist at Amazon, Germany.
Dr. Junghoon Kim (Jan 2016 - Jan 2020). Now research associate at Imperial College London.
Former Post-Doctoral Researchers and Research Associates
Dr Hyukmin Son (Dec 2012-Nov 2013). Now Prof. at Wonkwang University, Korea.
Dr Jaehyun Park (Aug 2013-Aug 2014). Now Prof. at Pukyong National University, Korea.
Dr Yueping Wu (Nov 2013-Feb 2015). Now with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.
Dr Shahzad Gishkori (Dec 2014-Dec
2015). Now with the University of Edinburgh,
UK.
Dr Hamdi Joudeh (June 2016 - June 2019). Now with Assistant Professor TU Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Dr Morteza Varasteh (Jan 2017 - Aug 2019). Now Lecturer at University of Essex.
Dr Mahmoud Ouda (April 2017 - Dec 2019). Now postdoc at University of Cambridge, UK.
Former Visiting PhD Students, Researchers, and Scholars
Mouncef Benmimoune, PhD student, Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres May 2012-July 2012
Sohail Payami, PhD student, University of Surrey, July 2012-Dec 2012
Ekaterina Bayguzina, MEng graduate Imperial College London, Feb 2013-July 2013
Mohsen Rezaee, PhD student, TU Vienna, Aug 2013-Sept 2013
Hoon Lee, PhD student, Korea University, Jan 2015-March 2015
Hun Min Shin, PhD student, Korea University, Jan 2015-March 2015
Alexey Buzuverov, PhD student, TU Darmstadt, Jan 2017-April 2017.
Yijie (Lina) Mao, PhD student, The University of Hong Kong, Feb 2017-Aug 2017.
Jian Zhang,
PhD student, Xidian University, Sept 2018 – Sept 2019
Gui Zhou, PhD student, Beijing Institute of Technology, Oct 2018 - April 2019
Aryan Kaushik, PhD student, The University of Edinburgh, Sept 2019 - Jan 2020
Michael Koller, PhD student, TU Munich, Oct 2019 - Nov 2019
Wonjae Shin, Professor, Pusan National University, Dec 2019 - Jan 2020
Chengcheng Xu, PhD student, National University of Defense Technology, China, Nov 2019 - Nov 2020
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