Service and Awards

Awards and Scholarship

Best Doctoral Thesis Award in Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa (1st position among all PhD graduates of the engineering faculty in 2023), May 2024
Best Journal Paper Award, IEEE ComSoc CSIM Technical Committee, Nov. 2023
Best Paper Award, COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE & MULTIMEDIA Track, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) (one of 16 selected papers from 2778 submissions), May. 2023
Outstanding Self-financed Abroad Chinese Students Award (6000 USD $), China Scholarship Council, Jul. 2023
International Doctoral Scholarship, University of Ottawa, 2019 – 2023
International Doctoral Admission Scholarship, University of Ottawa, 2020 – 2023
Canada NSERC CREATE TOP-SET, Canada NSERC, 2019 – 2023

Professional Services and Invited Talks

Tutorials on “ Generative Foundation Models (GFMs) For NextG Communication Networks: Fundamentals, Key Techniques, and Future Directions”, 2025 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
Invited talks on “ Optimization Techniques for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces”, IEEE Future Networks AI/ML Working Group, Feb. 2024
Invited talks on “ Large Language Models (LLMs) for NextG Wireless Networks”, IEEE Future Networks AI/ML Working Group, Sep. 2024
TPC Member, 2025 IEEE ICC Conference, Oct. 2024
TPC Member, 2024 IEEE ICC Conference, Oct. 2023
Session Chair, 2022 IEEE CCNC Conference, Jan.2022
Session Chair, 2021 IEEE PIMRC Conference, Sep.2021

Teaching Services at University of Ottawa