Invited Speakers of ICCSN2026
Prof. Yang Yue, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China (Fellow of Optica and SPIE)
Biography: Yang Yue received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and optics from Nankai University, China, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, USA, in 2012. He is currently a Professor with the School of Information and Communications Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. He is the founder and current PI of Intelligent Photonic Application Technology Laboratory (iPatLab). Dr. Yue’s current research interest is intelligent photonics, including optical communications, optical perception, and optical chip. He has published >300 journal papers (including Science) and conference proceedings with >14,000 citations, two books (Elsevier, Springer Nature), eight edited books, two book chapters, >50 issued patents (including 30 U.S. patents and 6 European patents), >200 invited presentations (including 1 tutorial, >30 plenary and >100 keynote talks). Dr. Yue is a Fellow of Optica and SPIE. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE Access and Frontiers in Physics, Editor Board Member for four other scientific journals, Guest Editor for >10 journal special issues. He also served as Chair for >100 international conferences, Reviewer for >80 prestigious journals.
Prof. Mohd Nazri Bin Ismai, National Defence University of Malaysia, Malaysia
Biography: Prof. Dr. Mohd Nazri became Lecturer at
National Defence University of Malaysia. Prof. Dr. Mohd Nazri Ismail had a
deep involvement in computer network research and was awarded the
prestigious “Educator Award 2009 – R&D/Education category” by MARA
(Malaysia Agency). He has supervised Ph.D. and Master Students and
teaching at undergraduate and post graduate level. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd
Nazri Ismail has published more than 100 papers in national and
international journals (indexed ISI, SCOPUS, IET) and IEEE conferences.
He has attended many international conferences throughout the world and
has chaired many technical sessions. He has appointed as Technical Program
Committee and organized more than 60 national and international
conferences. He has appointed as Editorial Board member more than 90
international journals and 40 international reviewer panels
(journal/proceeding). Awards and laurels won by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd
Nazri Ismail run into volumes and he has received 28 awards in
R&D/Education. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Nazri Ismail is an International
Association of Engineers (IAENG), IEEE Cloud Computing Community, Society
of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC), International
Association of Engineers and Scientists (IAEST), Universal Association of
Computer & Electronics Engineers (UACEE).
Biography: Paulo Batista is PhD Researcher at CIDEHUS.UÉ-Interdisciplinary Center for History, Cultures and Societies of the University of Évora, Portugal, where is the coordinator of the research group 2: Heritage and Literacies. Currently works as a higher technician in the Municipal Archives of Lisbon, and professor at the Autonomous University of Lisbon, where is coordinator and professor of the Postgraduate in Promotion and Cultural and Educational Dynamization of Archives and Libraries, and the Postgraduate in Architectural Archives. He has lectured in the MS program in Information Science and Documentation at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and has held senior technician positions at the Portuguese Institute of Cultural Heritage, the Portuguese Institute of Architectural Heritage, and the Torre do Tombo Archives. He has also worked as researcher at the Center for the Study of History and Ancient Cartography of the Institute of Tropical Scientific Research. Paulo Batista holds a Ph.D. in Documentation (University of Alcalá, Madrid-UAH), an MS in Information Science and Documentation - Archival Studies (UNL), and an MA in Documentation (UAH). As part of his doctorate, he also received a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Bibliography and Documentation Retrospective in Humanities (UAH), and he also holds a postgraduate degree in Information Society Law (University of Lisbon) and Information and Documentation Science - Librarianship and Archival Studies (UNL), and a specialization in Good Practices in Patrimonial Management (UNL) and Information Science and Documentation - Archival Studies (UNL). He holds an undergraduate degree in History (University of Lisbon). Paulo Batista is the author of several books and about 90 papers published in international journals and conference proceedings. He was also keynote speaker and invited speaker at various international conferences (Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Fiji, France, India, South Africa, Thailand, Türkiye and South Korea). More information: https://www.cienciavitae.pt//0618-CE7B-7145
Biography: K. VIVEKANANDA BHAT (Senior Member,
IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in computer science and engineering from
IIT Kharagpur, India, and the M.Tech. degree in systems analysis and
computer applications from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka,
Surathkal, India. He is currently an Additional Professor with the School
of Computer Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy
of Higher Education, Manipal, India. He has published several articles in
reputed journals and conferences. His research interests include quantum
computing and cyber security.
https://researcher.manipal.edu/en/persons/vivekananda-k-bhat/
Prof. Dr. Mohd Zulfaezal Che Azemin, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia
Biography: Dr. Liwei Yang, professor of China Agricultural University. She received the B.E. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, and the Ph.D. degree in Information and Communications Engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. From 2009 to 2011, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, China. In 2015, she joined the faculty of the College of Information and Electrical Engineering, China Agricultural University. Her research interests include optical networks, optical wireless communications and visible light communication. She participated in a number of national projects and published more than 100 papers. She served as a TPC member of several international academic conferences and a reviewer for several international journals.
Speech Title: Multidimensional parameter estimation
for single-channel dual-polarization time-modulated array
Abstract: The effective estimation of multidimensional parameters —
including angle, polarization state, pulse width, and repetition period —
of environmental radiation signals is a key foundation for modern
battlefield environment perception. However, conventional interferometer
or multi-beam passive reconnaissance systems have high costs, making it
difficult to deploy them widely in the field. To solve this problem, this
presentation describes a study on multidimensional parameter estimation of
environmental radiation signals, based on a novel low-cost single-channel
sampling polarization-time modulated array. This approach solves practical
issues in existing technologies, such as polarization mismatch and signal
frequency conversion, and provides a technical basis for large-scale,
low-cost battlefield electromagnetic sensing.
Biography: Ma Jiazhi is currently an associate professor and master's
supervisor at the College of Electronic Science, National University of
Defense Technology. He received the M.S. degree in 2012 and Ph.D.degree in
2017. His research interests include radar signal processing and radar
polarization anti-interference. (jzmanudt@163.com / 18570108262)
Assoc. Prof. Feng Li, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Biography: Dr. Feng Li is an Associate Professor and Ph.D. supervisor with the School of Information and Communications Engineering, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, where he received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in information and communication engineering in 2003 and 2009, respectively. He became a faculty member of the same university since 2009. He was a postdoctoral researcher of the same university. He visited the University of Liverpool in 2013 from February to May. He received the title of excellent Master's thesis supervisor in 2018, 2020 and 2021, respectively. His research interests include wireless communications, wireless positioning, deep learning and signal processing with emphasis on cognitive radio, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, and multiple-input-multiple-output. One of his graduated students received the best oral presentation award in ICCSN 2019. He served as technical committee member of several international academic conferences. He is a guest editor of a Special issue of the journal of Applied Sciences. He is reviewer for several journals.
Assoc. Prof. Shiying Han, Nankai University, China
Biography: Dr Shiying Han (Member, IEEE) received the B.Eng. degree in
communication engineering from Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, in
2008, the M.Eng. degree in communication and information system from the
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, in
2011, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2015. She was a Research
Fellow with NTUSinBerBEST, Singapore. She is an Associate Professor and
serve as the Assistant of Dean in the College of Electronic Information
and Optics Engineering, Nankai University. Her current research interests
focus on the intelligent spectrum sharing in heterogeneous networks,
symbiotic radio networks, ultra-lower-power wireless transmission.
Assoc. Prof. Yanqun Tang, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
Biography: Yanqun Tang received the B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from the School of Electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, China, in 2007, 2009 and 2013 respectively. He is currently an associate processor at the School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China. His research interests are integrated sensing and communication, full duplex communications, wireless physical layer security and machine learning techniques for wireless communications.
Assoc. Prof. Xiaoxuan Wang, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Biography: Dr. Xiaoxuan Wang received his Ph.D. degree in traffic control and information engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, in 2020. From 2017 to 2018, he was a Visiting Scholar with Dr. Lingjia Liu in Wireless@VT, Virginia Tech, VA, USA. He is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, and the Associate Director at the Cyber-Physical Systems & Industrial Software Lab. His main research interests are in dependability and security for wireless communications and communication networks in smart city, intelligent transportation and railway transportation. He has published more than 30 research papers in top international conferences and journals, such as IEEE T-ITS, T-VT, IoT-J, IET-ITS, ICC, WCNC, Globecom, VTC, etc. He has been the recipients of the 2018 International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation Best Paper Award.
Assoc. Prof. Qianli Wang, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Biography: Qianli Wang received the B.S. degree, the M.S. degree and the Ph.D. degree from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, in 2013, 2016 and 2020, respectively. He is currently an associate professor in the School of Information Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China. His research interests include sparse signal processing, integrated sensing and communication. He has authored/co-authored over 30 journal and conference papers, including flagship journals such as IEEE TSP, IEEE TWC, IEEE TAES, IEEE TVT. He has served as TPC member of IEEE GLOBECOM and IEEE ICC. He has also served as reviewer for many top journals, such as IEEE TSP, IEEE TWC, IEEE TGRS, IEEE TCOM, IEEE TVT, etc.
Assoc. Prof. Xiangping Zhai, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Biography: Dr. Xiangping Bryce Zhai is currently an Associate Professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China. He received his PhD from City University of Hong Kong in 2013. His research interests include the Internet of Intelligent Things, edge computing, resource optimization, communication networks, and smart cooperation. He has published over 60 relevant papers in international journals such as JSAC, TON, TMC, TCOM, and TWC. He has received several awards, including the Second Prize for Young Science and Technology from the Jiangsu Association for Information Technology Applications, the China’s Top 100 Most Influential International Academic Papers Award, and Outstanding Teacher Award for Computer Science Majors in Colleges and Universities by the Ministry of Education. Meanwhile, he has participated in many national and Jiangsu provincial key R&D plans, National Natural Science Foundation, Civil Aviation Administration of China, and other projects.
Assoc. Prof. Di Zhang, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
Biography: Di Zhang is a Senior Member of the Chinese Institute of Command and Control, the China Institute of Communications, the Chinese Institute of Electronics and IEEE. He has been honored with the Pengcheng Distinguished Professor of Shenzhen City in 2026, the Second Prize of Henan Provincial Scientific and Technological Achievements in 2025, the Second Prize of Henan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award in 2024, the First Prize of Henan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award in 2022 and Second Prize of the Sichuan-Chongqing Science and Technology Conference in 2021.
His primary research interests lie in short packet communication technologies and their applications. He is currently serving as an editorial board member or guest editor for over 10 journals, including Aerospace Technology, Communications Technology, KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, and IEEE Wireless Communications. He was the co-chair of the Communication Theory Symposium at the 9th IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), and has led the organization of multiple international academic workshops on short packet communications at flagship conferences including ICASSP 2023 and ICC 2022.
Assoc. Prof. Syed Mushhad Mustuzhar Gilani, University of Agriculture, Pakistan
Biography: Dr. Syed Mushhad Mustuzhar Gilani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. He also serves as an Associate Senior Tutor, Postgraduate Research Advisor, and Convener of several institutional and academic committees, contributing actively to academic leadership, curriculum development, and quality assurance. Previously, Dr. Gilani served as an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Postgraduate Research Advisor at PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, where he played a key role in strengthening postgraduate research culture, mentoring young researchers, and enhancing academic standards. Dr. Gilani earned his PhD in Computer Science from the School of Computer Science, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. He has an extensive research profile with extensive publications in well-reputed international journals and conferences, reflecting both theoretical depth and practical relevance. He has successfully supervised numerous MS and PhD research projects and remains actively engaged with the international academic community. Dr. Gilani has served as a keynote speaker, invited speaker, and session chair at multiple national and international conferences. He also contributes as a reviewer and technical committee member for high-impact journals and prestigious conferences, supporting rigorous peer review and scholarly dissemination.
Assoc. Prof. Derrick Boateng, Nanfang College Guangzhou, China
Speech Title: Performance Comparison of Feature-Based and Deep Learning Models for Real-Time American Sign Language Recognition
Abstract: Automatic sign language recognition is an important component in advancing assistive communication technologies and natural human–computer interaction. This paper presents a comparative study of three representative pipelines for American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet recognition, including a landmark-based machine learning approach, a traditional gradient-based method, and a deep learning architecture. The landmark-based framework utilizes MediaPipe to extract three-dimensional hand keypoints, which are classified using a Random Forest model. The second approach employs Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG) features combined with a Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier, while the third approach adopts a ResNet18 convolutional neural network with edge-enhanced input. Experimental results demonstrate that the landmark-based approach achieves the highest accuracy of 97.33% while maintaining real-time efficiency. In comparison, the ResNet18 model achieves 94.48% accuracy and the HOG+SVM model achieves 93.69%. The findings indicate that structured landmark-based representations provide an effective balance between computational efficiency and recognition performance, making them well-suited for real-time gesture recognition systems.
Biography: Dr. Derrick Boateng is an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering, Nanfang College Guangzhou, with multidisciplinary expertise in artificial intelligence and intelligent optical imaging systems. Before joining Nanfang College, he completed postdoctoral research at Shenzhen University, focusing on the integration of AI with flexible sensing materials for gesture recognition and human health monitoring. He earned his Ph.D. in Information and Communication Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), where he developed deep learning-based methods for optical information extraction and analysis. He also holds an M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). Dr. Boateng has published several high-impact papers in top-tier SCI-indexed journals. His research interests include AI applications, machine and deep learning, medical image processing, intelligent signal processing, and optics.
Assoc. Prof. Wei Huang, Ocean University of China, China
Biography: Wei Huang, IEEE Member, associate professor and master supervisor in the Faculty of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China (2022-now). He graduated from the School of Electronic Information and Communication Engineering at Wuhan University with a bachelor's degree and a doctoral degree in 2014 and 2021, respectively. His research interests are primarily focused on underwater sound speed field construction and prediction, underwater communication and localization, underwater signal processing. He have published more than 40 SCI/EI papers, including 23 SCI papers as first/corresponding author. He has been granted by 13 Chinese invention patents. He was awarded the Best Paper Award and Excellent Poster Presentation Award at the 2026 IEEE WCCCT International Conference, the Excellent Poster Presentation Award at the 2025 IEEE ICCSN International Conference, and the Best Paper Award at the 2024 SPCT International Conference. He served as a reviewer for many journals such as IEEE JOE, TCCN, TGCN, IOTJ, ESWA, EAAI, Applied Ocean Research, Ocean Engineering, etc. He also served as a publication co-chair of 2026 WCCCT, a poster session chair of 2025 ICCSN, and and a TPC member for GLOBECOM 2024 Workshop ISCEI (Workshop on Integrated Sensing and Communications for Edge Intelligence).
Biography: Changsheng You (Member, IEEE) received the B.Eng. degree from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2014 and the Ph.D. degree from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2018. He was a Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Southern University of Science and Technology. His research interests include near-field communications, intelligent reflecting surfaces, UAV communications, edge computing, and learning. He received the IEEE ComSoc Leonard G. Abraham Prize in 2025, IEEE ComSoc Best Tutorial Paper Award in 2023，IEEE ComSoc Best Survey Paper Award in 2021, and the IEEE ComSoc Asia–Pacific Region Outstanding Paper Award in 2019. He was a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in 2024-2025 and the IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Best Yong Research Award in 2024. He is an Editor of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ONWIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MOBILE COM-PUTING, IEEE COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ONGREEN COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING, and IEEE OPEN JOURNAL OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY.