Xiang Cheng

Xiang Cheng

Xiang Cheng (Fellow, IEEE) received the joint Ph.D. degree from Heriot-Watt University and The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K., in 2009. He is currently a Boya Distinguished Professor with Peking University. His research focuses on the in-depth integration of communication networks and artificial intelligence, including intelligent communication networks and connected intelligence, the subject on which he has published more than 280 journals and conference papers, 11 books, and holds 36 patents. He was a recipient of the IEEE Asia–Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award in 2015 and the Xplorer Prize in 2023. He was a co-recipient of the 2016 IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS Best Paper Award: Leonard G. Abraham Prize and the 2021 IET Communications Best Paper Award: Premium Award. He has also received the Best Paper Awards at IEEE ITST’12, ICCC’13, ITSC’14, ICC’16, ICNC’17, GLOBECOM’18, ICCS’18, and ICC’19. He has been a Highly Cited Chinese Researcher since 2020. In 2021 and 2023, he was selected into two world scientist lists, including the World’s Top 2\% Scientists released by Stanford University and top computer science scientists released by Guide2Research. He has served as the symposium lead chair, the co-chair, and a member of the technical program committee for several international conferences. He led the establishment of four Chinese standards (including industry standards and group standards) and participated in the formulation of ten 3GPP international standards and two Chinese industry standards. He is currently a Subject Editor of IET Communications; an Associate Editor of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS LETTERS, and Journal of Communications and Information Networks. He was a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society.

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