Technical Symposia 1

Communication Signal Processing


1. Symposium Chairs:
Assoc. Prof. Li Zhang, University of Leeds, UK
Prof. Tao Zhou, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Assoc. Prof. You You, Purple Mountain Laboratories, China


2. Topics:
Potential topics of interest include but are not limited to:

▪ Modulation and Channel Coding
▪ Communication and Broadband Networks
▪ Multimedia Communications
▪ Signal Processing for Internet and Wireless Communications
▪ Data Communications
▪ RF and Wireless Communications
▪ Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks
▪ Signal Processing in Mobile Communications
▪ Signal Processing in Optical Communications
▪ Next Generation Mobile Communications
▪ 5G Communications and Networks
▪ Signal Processing in Software Radio Realization
▪ Satellite Communication
▪ Multirate Signal Processing in Communications


3. Introduction of Symposium Chairs

Assoc. Prof. Li Zhang, University of Leeds, UK

Dr. Li Zhang is an Associate Professor and leads the Wireless Communication Group at the school of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, UK. Her research interest is focused on wireless communication techniques, such as massive MIMO, mmWave communications, UAV aided networks, Device to Device communications, 5G and beyond techniques and high-speed rail communications etc. She has served as a member of the prestigious UK EPSRC Peer Review College since 2006, and regularly helps in reviewing grant applications from different countries and book proposals for several publishers. She has been the PI for 11 grants which have a combined value of £850,000 and has participated in 5 large-scale research grants with a total value of £9.5M. She has published more than 140 peer reviewed papers. In 2005, she received a Nuffield award. In 2006, she became a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In 2011, she received recognition as an IEEE exemplary reviewer and in 2012 she was promoted to senior IEEE member.



Prof. Tao Zhou, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Tao Zhou received the B.E. degree from Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, China, in 2009 and Ph.D. degree from Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, in 2016. From 2014 to 2015, he was a visiting Ph.D. student in the Centre for Communication Systems, School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Durham University, U.K. Since 2022, he has been a full Professor of the School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University. He has authored one academic book and over 80 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. His current research interests include channel measurement and modeling, artificial intelligence for wireless communications, and 5G/6G key technologies. Dr. Zhou is a Senior Member of IEEE, Chinese Institute of Electronics, and China Institute of Communications. He has been an Associate Editor of IEEE Access, an Academic Editor of International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, a Guest Associate Editor of Radio Science, and a Guest Editor of Symmetry. He has served as a TPC Member for IEEE ICC 2020, IEEE VTC 2019 Fall, and IEEE ICCC 2021, a Session Chair for WCSP 2020, and a Technical Symposia Chair for ICSPS 2022.



Assoc. Prof. You You, Purple Mountain Laboratories, China

You You received the B.S. degree in Information Science and Engineering from Southeast University in 2012, and the M.S.E. degree in Communications and Signal Processing from the University of Leeds and Nanjing University of Science & Technology, in 2015 and 2016, respectively, and the Ph.D. degrees from the University of Leeds in 2021. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Purple Mountain Laboratories, Nanjing, China. His research interest is focused on algorithms and implementations for signal processing and communication systems. He has published more than 10 articles indexed in SCI and EI as the first author. He has applied for and received authorization for over 10 invention patents. He has been a Topic Coordinators of Frontiers in Communications and Networks. He has served as a Tutorial Speaker for IEEE APCCAS 2022, a Local Arrangement Chair for ICTC 2022 and ICTC 2023, and a Session chair for ICCT 2022.