Principal Investigator

Prof. Yuanwei Liu

Principal Investigator of STAR Open Source LAB@HKU

Professor (tenured), IEEE Fellow, AAIA Fellow, AIIA Fellow, Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Hong Kong.

Vice-Director of Distributed Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twin Lab, Shenzhen Loop Area Institute.

Director of 6G@HKU Consortium.

Vice Director of Low Altitude Economy Research Institute of HKU.

Address: Rm 605, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.

T: +852 3917 8403

E: yuanwei@hku.hk


HKU Team Members

Research Assistant Professor

Dr. Zhaolin Wang

Research Assistant Professor, July 2025 - Present

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research interests: NGMA/NOMA, (STAR)-RIS, Integrated Sensing and Communications

Address: Rm 701, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

E: zhaolin.wang@hku.hk

Homepage: https://zhaolin820.github.io/


Postdoc Research Fellows (Primary Supervisor)

Dr. Zongyao Zhao

Postdoctoral Researcher, Jan. 2026 - Present

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research interests: Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence, and Optimization for Next-generation Wireless Systems

Address: Rm 701, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

E: zongyao@hku.hk

Homepage: https://zongyaozhao.github.io


Dr. Xu Gan

Postdoctoral Researcher, Sept. 2025 - Present

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research interests: Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), Multi-antenna technologies

Address: Rm 701, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

E: eee.ganxu@hku.hk


Ph.D. Candidates (Primary Supervisor)

Zhuo Xu

Mr. Zhuo Xu

Ph.D. Candidate, Sept. 2026 - Present

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research interests: Site-Specific Learning, Agent Native Communications, Generative AI/LLM for Communications

Address: Rm 701, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

E: ecezhuoxu@connect.hku.hk

Homepage: https://believerxz12.github.io/Zhuo-Xu.github.io/


Ziyue Wang

Mr. Ziyue Wang

Ph.D. Candidate, Sept. 2026 - Present

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research interests: AI for wireless Communication, Machine learning

Address: Rm 701, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

E: ziyue.wang@connect.hku.hk

Homepage: https://ziyue28.github.io/


Zhixuan Chen

Miss Zhixuan Chen

Ph.D. Student, Sept. 2026 - Present

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research interests: Agent-Native Communication, Communication for AI

Address: Rm 701, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

E: zhixuan.chen@connect.hku.hk


Boyu Li

Mr. Boyu Li

Ph.D. Candidate, Oct. 2026 - Present

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Education:

  • MSc(Eng) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, 2025-2026
  • B.Eng. in Communication Engineering, Central South University, 2021-2025

Research interests: Agentic AI for Wireless Communications, Mobile Edge Generation (MEG)

Address: Rm 701, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

E: ece.boyu.li@connect.hku.hk


Jinke Li

Miss Jinke Li

Ph.D. Candidate, Sept. 2026 - Present

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research interests: AI for Communications, Digital Signal Processing, Multi-antenna technologies

Address: Rm 701, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

E: u3014892@connect.hku.hk


Zhanqian Liang

Mr. Zhanqian Liang

Ph.D. Candidate, Sept. 2026 - Present

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research interests: ultra-low power communication, reconfigurable antenna, and site-specific learning

Address: Rm 701, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

E: zhanqian.liang@connect.hku.hk


Mr. Ruihang Jiang

Ph.D. Candidate, Jan. 2026 - Present

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research interests: Machine Learning, Digital Signal Processing, Intelligence application in telecommunication

Address: Rm 701, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

E: ruihang.jiang@connect.hku.hk

Homepage: https://jackruihang.github.io/


Mr. Yifei Li

Ph.D. Candidate, Feb. 2026 - Present

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Education:

  • M.Res. in Telecommunications, UCL, Sep.2024 - Sep.2025
  • B.Eng. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, UCL, Sep.2021 - Jun.2024

Research interests: AI for Communications, Machine learning in antenna selection

Address: Rm 701, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

E: u3012857@connect.hku.hk


Mr. Zihao Zhou

Ph.D. Candidate, Sept.2025 - Present

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research interests: Pinching-Antenna Systems (PASS), Large Language Models (LLMs) in Communications

Address: Rm 701, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

E: eezihaozhou@connect.hku.hk

Homepage: https://zihao-felix-zhou.github.io/


Mr. Cheng-Jie Zhao

Ph.D. Candidate, Sept.2025 - Present

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research interests: Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence, and their applications in Wireless Communications

Address: Rm 701, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

E: chengjie_zhao@connect.hku.hk


QMUL Team Members: [link]

Alumni

Postdoc Research Fellows

  • July 2022 - July 2024, Dr. Xidong Mu (He is currently a Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast, [Personal website]), Queen Mary University of London.
  • Nov. 2022 - Oct. 2023, Dr. Xinyu Gao, Queen Mary University of London.

  • June 2020 - Mar. 2023, Dr. Wenqiang Yi (He is currently a Lecturer in University of Essex, [Personal website]), Queen Mary University of London.

    • Visiting Scholar

  • Nov. 2022 – Aug. 2023, Prof. Chao Fang, Beijing University of Technology. Topic: NOMA-assisted mobile edge computing.

  • Jan. 2020 - Mar. 2021, Mr. Zhiqing Tang, Zhengzhou University. Topic: Physical Layer security for NOMA-RIS Systems.

  • Sept. 2019 - Sept. 2020, Dr. Jiakuo Zuo, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications. Topic: Joint Beamforming and Resource Allocation in Multi-Antenna Aided NOMA-IRS Systems.

    • Ph.D. Graduates

  • Sept. 2021 – Aug. 2024, Dr. Zhaolin Wang. (He is currently Postdoc Researcher in the Queen Mary University of London). Topic: Near-field Communication and Sensing.

  • Dec. 2019 – Aug. 2023, Dr. Xinyu Gao. (He is currently Postdoc Researcher in the Queen Mary University of London). Topic: Learning to Empower Surfaces: Machine Intelligence for Reconfigurable Paradigms.

  • Jul. 2019 – Jul. 2023, Dr. Yanling Hao (She is currently Postdoc Researcher in the University College Dublin). Topic: Wireless Sensing for Human Activity Recognition with Deep Learning.

  • Sep. 2019 – June 2023, Dr. Jiaqi Xu (He is currently Postdoc Researcher in the University of California). Topic: Exploiting Simultaneous Transmitting and Reflecting Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (STAR-RISs) in Wireless Communications.

  • Apr. 2019 – June 2023, Dr. Chao Zhang. Topic: Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for 6G: Performance Analysis with Stochastic Geometry.

  • Sep. 2019 – May. 2023, Dr. Ruikang Zhong (He is currently Postdoc Researcher in the Queen Mary University of London). Topic: Machine Learning Empowered Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces.

  • Aug. 2019 - Sept. 2022, Dr. Yixuan Zou (She is currently a Lecturer in Queen Mary University of London). Topic: AI for NOMA Networks.

  • Dec. 2019 - April 2020, Dr. Yanyu Cheng, Nanyang Technological University (He is currently an Postdoc Researcher in Nanyang Technological University). Topic: Performance Analysis for NOMA-RIS Systems.

  • Dec. 2018 - 2022, Dr. Waleed Ahsan (He is currently a Postdoc Researcher in the University of Edinburgh). Topic: AI in Adaptive NOMA Networks.

  • 2018 - Oct. 2021, Dr. Jiadong Yu (She is currently a PDRA in Hongkong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou). Topic: 3D Channel Tracking in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks.

  • Oct. 2018 - Oct. 2020, Dr. Tianwei Hou, Beijing Jiaotong University (He is currently an Associate Professor in Beijing Jiaotong University). Topic: Stochastic Geometry in NOMA enabled UAV Communications.

  • Sep. 2018- Aug. 2019, Dr. Yu Wang, Harbin Egnineering University. Topic: Compressive Sensing for NOMA in IoT Networks. (co-supervised with Prof. A. Nallanathan)

  • Nov. 2017 - Mar. 2021, Dr. Xiao Liu. Topic: AI in Unmanned Aerial/Ground Vehicle Communications. (co-supervised with Prof. Yue Chen)

  • Nov. 2017 - Sept. 2021, Dr. Zhong Yang, Nanjing University of Science and Technology (He is currently a Lecturer in Nanjing University of Science and Technology). Topic: AI in NOMA Enabled Mobile Edge Computing. (co-supervised with Prof. Yue Chen)

  • Sept. 2017 - Jan. 2020, Dr. Xiaolan Liu (She is currently a Lecturer in Loughborough University London, [Personal website]). Topic: Machine Learning for Intelligent IoT Networks with Edge Computing.

  • Sep. 2016- Sept. 2018, Dr. Dian Fan, Beijing Jiaotong University. Topic: Channel Estimation for NOMA-mmWave Networks. (co-supervised with Prof. A. Nallanathan)

  • Dec. 2015 - Sept. 2017, Dr. Jingjing Zhao, Queen Mary Univeristy of London. (She is currently an Associate Professor in Beihang University) Topic: Invoking Matching Theory in NOMA Networks. (co-supervised with Dr. Michael Chai)

  • July 2015 - July 2018, Dr. Xinwei Yue, Beihang University (He is currently an Associate Professor in Beijing Information Science & Technology University). Topic: Cooperative NOMA Communications. (co-supervised with Prof. Rongke Liu)