Lin Bai received his BSc. degree in electronics and information engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2004, MSc. (with distinction) degree in communication systems from the University of Wales, Swansea, UK, in 2007, and PhD degree in advanced telecommunications from the School of Engineering, Swansea University, UK, in 2010. Since 2011, he has been with the School of Cyber Science and Technology, Beihang University, Beijing, China, as an Associate Professor/PhD Supervisor. Dr Bai has authored/co-authored 59 SCI-indexed journal papers. He is the author of two books Low Complexity MIMO Detection and Low Complexity MIMO Receivers published by Springer in 2012 and 2014, respectively. His research interests include signal processing of wireless communications, particularly low complexity signal processing and transceiver design of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, lattice-based approaches, and non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA). Dr Bai received an IEEE Communications Letters Exemplary Reviewers Certificate in 2012 and is a co-winner of Best Student Paper Award from the 13th annual Integrated Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (ICNS) Conference. He was awarded the Journal of Communications and Information Networks Top Editor Certificate and the Excellent Author Certificate of the People's Posts and Telecommunications Press in 2018. In addition, he won the 4th Chinese Government Award for Publishing. Dr Bai was invited to serve as the symposium cochair of the 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference, the tutorial cochair of the 2019 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, and the international liaison chair of the 26th International Conference on Telecommunications. He has served as a Lead Guest Editor of IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine special issue on "Space Information Networks" and a Guest Editor of IEEE Internet of Things special issue on "Unmanned Aerial Vehicular over Internet of Things". He is an Editor/Associate Editor of several academic journals including IEEE Wireless Communication Letters, IEEE Access, IET Communications, and KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, and the Managing Editor of Journal of Communications and Information Networks (Technical Co-sponsored by IEEE ComSoc). He also served as a Guest Editor of the International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks from 2012 to 2014. Dr Bai is a Senior Member of IEEE.
Xian-Ling Liang was born in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, in 1978. In 2002, he obtained his BSc. degree in electromagnetic field and microwave technology from Xidian University. In 2007, he graduated from Shanghai University with a doctorate in Engineering. In 2008 and 2009 respectively, he was awarded the Shanghai excellent PhD thesis and the national outstanding doctor nomination papers. He has worked as an instructor in Department of Electronics, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University since 2008. To date, he has committed on many domestic and foreign funded projects, publishing more than 70 journal and conference papers. He is also the authorized holder of four Chinese invention patents and seven public patent items.
Zhenyu Xiao received his BE degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2006, and his PhD degree from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2011. From 2011 to 2013, he was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University. From 2013 to 2016, he was a Lecturer with the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China, and he became an Associate Professor in 2017. He has authored or coauthored more than 50 papers and was a reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Communications Letters, etc. He was a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member of the IEEE GLOBECOM'12, IEEE WCSP'12, IEEE ICC'15, among others. His research interests include communication signal processing and practical system implementation for wideband communication systems, which cover synchronization, multipath signal processing, diversity, and multiple antenna technology. His current research focuses on millimeter-wave 5G and airborne communications.
Ronghong Jin received his BS degree in electronic engineering, MS degree in electromagnetic and microwave technology, and PhD degree in communication and electronic systems from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 1983, 1986, and 1993, respectively. In 1986, he joined the Faculty of the Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where he has been an Assistant Professor, a Lecturer, an Associate Professor, and currently a Professor. From 1997 to 1999, he was a visiting scholar with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. From 2001 to 2002, he was a special invited research fellow with the Communication Research Laboratory, Tokyo. From 2006 to 2009, he was a Guest Professor with the University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia. He is also a distinguished guest scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Sydney, NSW, Australia. He has authored or co-authored over 200 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings and has co-authored two books. He holds 38 patents in antenna and wireless technologies. His current research interests include antennas, electromagnetic theory, numerical techniques of solving field problems, and electromagnetic compatibility. Dr Jin is a Senior Member of the Chinese Institute of Electronics. He was a recipient of a National Technology Innovation Award, the National Nature Science Award, and the Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award. He is an IEEE Fellow.
Quan Yu received his BS degree in information physics from Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, in 1986, MS degree in radio propagation from Xidian University, Xi'an, China, in 1988, and PhD degree in fiber optic microwave communication from Limoges University, Limoges, France, in 1992. He is currently with a general institute, where he is the Chief Engineer. He is also a Professor and PhD Advisor with the Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Xidian University. In 2009, he was elected Academician to Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Ministry of Information and Electronic Engineering. His research interests include architecture of wireless networks, optimization of protocols and cognitive radios, satellite communications, and signal processing. He is the recipient of the 1st class and 2nd National Science and Technology Progress Award, the 1st Army Science-Technology Advance Reward, and several others.
