Yapeng Zhao

Yapeng Zhao

PhD, University of Macau

Male, born in Anhui Province, mainland China in 1998.

Yapeng Zhao received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City (SKL-IOTSC), University of Macau, in August 2025, under the supervision of Prof. Shaodan Ma and Prof. Qingqing Wu. He received the B.Eng. degree from Jilin University in 2017 and the M.Eng. degree from Shanghai University in 2020, where he was jointly trained at the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

His current research interests include intelligent reflecting surface (IRS), integrated sensing and communications (ISAC), integrated sensing, communications, and computation (ISCC), multi-modal ISAC, and immersive communication. He has a strong background in wireless communications and mathematical skills, especially the non-convex optimization for wireless communication system. He has published several papers on wireless communication systems inclouding 5 first author journal papers. with total google scholar citations.

🔎 Research

Multi-functional network: integrate communication, sensing, computing, and intelligence.

Multi-modal sensing and communication.

Immersive Communication: XR, Meta Human.

🔥 News

  • 2025-09-01 – Now: Shenzhen University, Assistant Professor. College of Electronic and Information Engineering (丁文华院士, 冯大权教授团队).
  • Postdoctoral Position Available: We are continuously recruiting postdoctoral researchers. Please contact Prof. Daquan Feng at fdquan@szu.edu.cn and cc to [ypzhao@szu.edu.cn]. 课题组长期招聘博士后, 欢迎有意向者联系冯大权教授.

  • [CFP]: We are organizing workshops on “Intelligent Surfaces and Analog Computing” at IEEE GLOBECOM 2026 and IEEE/CIC ICCC 2026. We cordially invite submissions from researchers and practitioners working in related areas.

    IEEE GLOBECOM 2026, Macao
    Submission deadline: August 10, 2026
    Submission link: https://globecom2026.ieee-globecom.org/

    IEEE/CIC ICCC 2026, Wuhan
    Submission deadline: June 15, 2026
    Submission link: https://iccc2026.ieee-iccc.org/

Projects/项目

  1. 面向6G的智能体通信场景需求及关键技术研究, 移动信息网络国家科技重大专项, 2025.12–2028.11, 子课题负责人
  2. 链网融合技术教育工程研究中心, 2025年度开放课题
  3. 智能感知系统与安全教育部重点实验室, 2026年度开放基金

招生信息

  1. 基本信息: 招收2-3名硕士生/年, 欢迎计算机 通信 数学等相关背景的同学, 同时非常欢迎有发文章或毕设意向的本科生进组
  2. 指导经验: 近些年指导同门师弟师妹及学生, 均发表于IEEE期刊或会议, 可向我或任意合作者详细了解
  3. 要求: 务必认真细致做事, 多思考, 多交流
  4. 其他: 不打卡，经费充足, 投稿, 中稿均有奖励. 满足毕业指标（学分，论文）后, 支持学生去实习或者交流

个人爱好

  1. 各类球类运动, 羽毛球等
  2. TBD

Research Interests

📝 Publications

Representative Publications (by Topic) | List of Publications (by Topic)

Representative Publications (by Topic)

(† for Equal Contribution; * for Corresponding Authorship.)

Z. Wang, Y. Zhao†, Y. Zhou, Y. Shi, C. Jiang and K. B. Letaief, “Over-the-Air Computation for 6G: Foundations, Technologies, and Applications,” in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 11, no. 14, pp. 24634-24658, Jul. 2024.