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Research
Currently, Dr. Chu is mainly working on intelligent sensing and communications, especially in the following research interests:
5G/6G communications and Internet of things (IoT) networks
Rydberg atomic receiver and polarforming antenna
Smart radio environments/Reconfigurable intelligent surface
Integrated communications and sensing
Space-air-ground-sea integrated networks (SAGSIN)
Smart mobility and transportations
Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven future networks
Wireless powered communication networks
Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems
Wireless information security
Edge computing and wireless caching
Research Projects
Generative AI Empowered Semantic Interations and Sensing of Intelligent Connected Vehicle Communications,
supported by XM-ZK Technology Co. Ltd., 2026-2029, Principal Investigator.
Towards 6G Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network: Research on Key Technologies of Dynamic Metasurface Antenna,
supported by Zhejiang Provincial Natural and Science Foundation, 2026 - 2028, Principal Investigator.
AI-Driven Key Technologies for 6G Energy Management Systems,
supported by The Educational Foundation of UNNC, 2025 - 2026, Co-Investigator. (My PhD student Yixiao Wang is Principal Investigator)
Research on Key Technologies of AI-Empowered 6G Energy Management System,
supported by Ningbo S&T Bureau, 2025-2027, Principal Investigator.
6G Low-Powered Secure Communications and Sensing Networks,
supported by Yongjiang Talent Programme of Ningbo Education Bureau, 2025 - 2030, Principal Investigator.
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)-Empowered Secure Wireless Powered Communication Networks,
supported by Ningbo Nature Science Foundation, 2024 - 2027, Principal Investigator.
Resource Management for 6G Internet-of-Vehicles (IoV) Networks,
RKE Interdisciplinary Research Engagement Fund, 2024 - 2025, Principal Investigator.
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)-Empowered Next-Generation Wireless Powered Internet of Things (NG-WP-IoT) Networks,
supported the New Researcher Grant of UNNC, 2023 - 2024, Principal Investigator.
Short-term Overseas Talent Grant, supported by Chongqing Jiaotong University, Jun. 2023 - Dec. 2023, Principal Investigator.
Spectral Sharing for Cognitive Integrated UAV-Terrestrial Network,
supported by Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Information Communication Network and Security, 2019-2021, Principal Investigator.
Contributions: research proposal writing; funding application; international collaboration with research partiners and delivering several research talks@Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Information Communication Network and Security.
Advanced 5G Wireless Technologies for Smart Road-Traffic Control and Transportation Infrastructure Monitoring
Systems, supported by UK-Vietnam Researcher links Regional Workshop grant (ID 2017-RLWK9-11412), 2018 -
2019, Principal Investigator.
Cell-Free Massive MIMO for Future Wireless Networks, supported by EPSRC (EP/X013162/1), Jan. 2023 - Jan.
2026, Senior Research Fellow, 5G & 6G Innovation Centre, University of Surrey.
Millimeter-wave Antennas and Components for Future Mobile Broadband Networks (MILLIBAN), supported by
EPSRC, 2019-2020, Senior Research Fellow, 5G & 6G Innovation Centre, University of Surrey.
New Air Interface Techniques for Future Massive Machine Communications, supported by EPSRC, 2017-2020,
Research Fellow, 5G & 6G Innovation Centre, University of Surrey.
5G Xcast, supported by EU H2020, Oct. 2017 - May 2019, Research Fellow, 5G & 6G Innovation Centre, University
of Surrey.
Location-based Control and Management System for Safety Warning and Emergency Rescuing Services using LTE
D2D Technology, supported by Newton Fund/British Council Institutional Links grant, 2016-2018, Research Assistant, Middlesex University, London, £ 162 K.
Contributions: designed 5G/IoT based solutions for the devastating scenarios.
Research Awards and Honours
Faculty Rising Star in Research, Faculty of Seience and Engineering, University of Nottingham, Ningbo China, 2026.
Finalist Award, "AI Ningbo" Artificial Intelligence-empowered Industries, 2025.
World Top 2% Research Scientist (Career-long impact and single-year impact), Stanford University, 2020-2025.
Top-Level Talent, recognized by Ningbo Municipal Government, China, 2025.
Best Paper Award, IEEE/CIC, International Conference on Ubiquitous Communication (UCom), 2024 & 2025.
Best Paper Award, EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking in China (Chinacom), 2024.
Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT), 2024.
Exemplary Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE ComSoc, 2022.
Researcher Nominee of the Year Award, University of Surrey, 2021.
Best Researcher Nominee, 5G & 6G Innovation Centre, University of Surrey, 2019.
£ 650 Research Awards from Performance Related Pay Committee (PRP), University of Surrey, in recognition of
the hard work and endeavours, 2019.
£ 1200 Research Awards from Performance Related Pay Committee (PRP), University of Surrey, in recognition of
the hard work and endeavours, 2018.
Professional Activities
Invited Paper
Journal Editorship
Guest Editor, Special Issue on "Optimizing MIMO Systems for UAV Communication Networks," Drones, MDPI,
2025 - 2026. Guest Editor, Special Issue on "Backscatter Communications for Battery-Free IoT Networks," Journal of Wireless
Communications and Mobile Computing, Wiley, 2022. Guest Editor, Special Issue on "Green Communication and Networking," Journal of Wireless Communications
and Mobile Computing, Wiley, 2018.
Conference Chair
Technical Program Committee Co-Chair of EAI CHINACOM 2026. Publication Chair of ICIoT 2024. Session Chair of IEEE ICC 2019 WC Symposium.
Technical Programme Committee
IEEE ICC, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE WCNC, IEEE VTC Spring/Fall, IEEE WCSP, IEEE CIC/ICCC, etc.
Regular Reviewer of Selected Top-tier Journal
IEEE Wireless Communications, IEEE Communnications Magazine, IEEE Networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on
Vehicular Technology, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications,
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. IEEE Wireless Communnications Letters, IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, etc.
Regular Reviewer of Selected Flagship Conference
IEEE ICC, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE WCNC, IEEE VTC Spring/Fall, IEEE PIMRC, IEEE CIC/ICCC, etc.
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