Welcome to Zheng Chu's Homepage
RESEARCH INTERESTS
​Currently, I am mainly working on intelligent sensing and communications, especially in the following research interests:
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Smart radio environments/Reconfigurable intelligent surface
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5G/6G communications and Internet of things (IoT)
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven future networks
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Mission Critical Public-Safety Communications
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Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems
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Wireless powered communication networks
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Wireless information security
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Edge computing and wireless caching
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Space-air-ground (SAG) networks
RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)-Empowered Secure Wireless Powered Communication Networks, supported by Ningbo Nature Science Foundation (NBNSF), Principle Investigator.
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Resource Management for 6G Internet-of-Vehicles (IoV) Networks, RKE Interdisciplinary Research Engagement Fund, 2024-2025, Principal Investigator.
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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.
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Short-term Overseas Talent Grant, supported by Chongqing Jiaotong University, Jun. 2023 - Dec. 2023, Principal Investigator.
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Spectral Sharing for Cognitive Integrated UAV-Terrestrial Network, supported by Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Information Communication Network and Security, 2019-2021, Principal Investigator.
Contribution: research proposal writing; funding application; collaboration with research partiners@Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Information Communication Network and Security; invited talk@Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Information Communication Network and Security
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6G large intelligent surface (LIS), Jun. 2019 - Nov. 2021, Senior Research Fellow, 5GIC, University of Surrey.​
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Advanced 5G Wireless Technologies for Smart Road-Traffic Control and Transportation Infrastructure Monitoring Systems, supported by UK-Vietnam Researcher links Regional Workshop grant, Oct. 2018. (ID 2017-RLWK9-11412)
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Millimeter-wave Antennas and Components for Future Mobile Broadband Networks (MILLIBAN), supported by EPSRC, 2019-2020, Senior Research Fellow, 5GIC, University of Surrey.
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Stepping towards the industrial 6th Sense, supported by EPSPR, 2017-2019, Research Fellow, 5GIC, University of Surrey.
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5G Xcast, supported by H2020, Oct. 2017 - May 2019, Research Fellow, 5GIC, University of Surrey.
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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, 2016-2017, Research Assistant, Middlesex University, London.
Contribution: designed 5G/IoT based solutions for the devastating scenarios, i.e., earthquake in Turkey and Syria, in our #NewtonFund project (https://lnkd.in/eE7A2gAA).
PROFESSION ACTIVITIES
Invited paper:
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ICUWB 2016 (Special Session: Trusted Communications with Physical Layers Security for 5G and beyond)
Journal Editorship:
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Guest Editor, Special Issue on “Green Communication and Networking”, Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 2018, Available at https://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcmc/si/932815/cfp/.
Session Chair:
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IEEE ICC 2019 WC Symposium.
Technical program committee:
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IEEE ICC, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE VTC Spring/Fall, IEEE PIMRC, IEEE CIC/ICCC, IEEE WCSP, ICT, etc.
Reviewer for the following journals:​
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IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine
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IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
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IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
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IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing
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IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
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IEEE Transactions on Communications
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IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
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IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
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IEEE Internet of Things Journal
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IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
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IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
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IEEE Communications Letters
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IEEE Signal Processing Letters
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Science China - Information Sciences, etc.
Reviewer for the following conferences:
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IEEE ICC, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE WCNC, IEEE VTC Spring/Fall, IEEE PIMRC, EUSIPCO, etc.
Selected Awards and Honours
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World Top 2% Research Scientist, 2020-2024
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Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology (ICCT), 2024.
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Best Paper Award, International Conference on Ubiquitous Communication (Ucom), 2024.
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High-Level Talent, recognized by Ningbo Municipal Government, 2023.
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Exemplary Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2022.
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Research Nominee of the Year Award, University of Surrey, 2021.
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Best Researcher Nominee, 5GIC&6GIC, University of Surrey, 2019.
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£650 Research Awards from Performance Related Pay Committee (PRP), University of Surrey, in recognition of the hard work and endeavours, 2019.
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£1200 Research Awards from Performance Related Pay Committee (PRP), University of Surrey, in recognition of the hard work and endeavours, 2018.