Curriculum Vitae

Wanli Wen

Associate Professor

School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering

Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

No.174 Shazhengjie, Shapingba, Chongqing, 400044, China

E-mail: wanli_wen@cqu.edu.cn

Official Homepage: https://faculty.cqu.edu.cn/WanliWen/en/more/377691/jsjjgd/index.htm

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wanli-Wen

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=V0zK2_cAAAAJ

Short Biography

Wanli Wen earned his B.S. degree from Anhui University of Finance and Economics in Bengbu, China, in 2011. He then obtained his M.S. degree in Communication and Information Systems from Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China, in 2014, followed by a Ph.D. degree in Information and Communications Engineering from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 2019. Currently, Dr. Wen serves as an Associate Professor at the School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, China. Between 2014 and 2015, he held an engineering position at Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. From 2019 to 2020, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, under the supervision of Prof. Tony Q. S. Quek. Dr. Wen received recognition as an exemplary reviewer for IEEE Communications Letters in 2017 and served as the Session Chair for FAIML'22. His research focuses on green communications, mobile/multi-access edge computing and caching, federated learning, holographic communications, physical layer security, as well as semantic communications. 

Education

Ø Sept. 2015 - Jun. 2019: Ph.D. degree, Information and Communications Engineering, Southeast University, China. (Supervisors: Prof. Fu-chun Zheng and Prof. Shi Jin)

Ø Sept. 2011 - Apr. 2014: M.S. degree, Communication and Information Systems, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China.

Ø Sept. 2007 - Jun. 2011: B.S. degree, Electronic Information Engineering, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, China.

Academic Appointments

Ø Jan. 2021 - Present: Associate Professor, School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, China.

Ø Sept. 2019 - Dec. 2020: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore. (Supervisor: Prof. Tony. Q. S. Quek)

Ø Feb. 2018 - Feb. 2019: Visiting Student, Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore. (Supervisor: Prof. Tony. Q. S. Quek)

Industry Experience

Ø Apr. 2014 - Aug. 2015: Software Engineer, Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China.

Teaching Experience

Ø Digital Signal Processing, Undergraduate Course, Autumn Semester, since 2023.

Editorial Experience

Ø Journal of Communications and Networks, Editor, 2023-2025.

Ø Journal of Computer Networks and Communications, Academic Editor, since 2023.

Ø IET Signal Processing, Academic Editor, since 2023.

Ø Sensors, Guest Editor for Special Issue on "Advanced Mobile Edge Computing in 5G Networks", Nov. 2023 to Aug. 2024.

Research Interests

Ø Green communications.

Ø Mobile/Multi-access edge computing and caching.

Ø Federated learning.

Ø Holographic communications.

Ø Physical layer security.

Ø Semantic communications.

Research Projects and Awards

Ø National Key Research and Development Program for "Multimodal Network and Communication" (2024-2026).

Ø National Natural Science Foundation of China (2023-2025).

Ø Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2023-2024).

Ø Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing, China (2021-2024).

Ø Open research fund of National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University (2022-2023).

Ø Invention Entrepreneurship Award of China Invention Association, First Class (2022).

Ø Exemplary Reviewer for IEEE Communications Letters (2017).

Professional Memberships

Ø IEEE Member (since 2019).

Ø Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI) Member (since 2022).

Publications

Journal Papers (Published/Accepted)

[1] M. Siew,  S. Sharma, K. Guo,  D. Cai, W. Wen, C. Joe-Wong,  T. Q.S. Quek, "Towards Effective Resource Procurement in MEC: a Resource Re-selling Framework", IEEE Transactions on Service Computing, 2023, to appear.

[2] Y. Jia, Z. Huang, K. Luo and W. Wen (corresponding author), "Lightweight Joint Source-Channel Coding for Semantic Communications," IEEE Communications Letters, doi: 10.1109/LCOMM.2023.3329533, to appear.

[3] X. Zhou, W. Xia, J. Zhang, W. Wen and H. Zhu, "Joint Optimization of Frame Structure and Power Allocation for URLLC in Short Blocklength Regime," IEEE Transactions on Communications, doi: 10.1109/TCOMM.2023.3311451, to appear.

[4] W. Wen, X. Peng, C. Chen, Y. Jia, J. Li and H. Haas, "Joint Optimization of Bitrate Selection and Beamforming for Holographic Video Cooperative Streaming in VLC Systems," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 27, no. 10, pp. 2608-2612, Oct. 2023.

[5] Y. Wu, L. Liang, Y. Jia, W. Wen and Z. Chen, "Slicing Enabled Flexible Functional Split and Multi-dimensional Resource Provisioning in 5G-and-Beyond RAN," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2023.3287276, to appear.

[6] X. Pu, T. Lei, W. Wen (corresponding author), W. Feng, Z. Wang, Q. Chen, S. Jin, "Incentive Mechanism and Resource Allocation for Collaborative Task Offloading in Energy-Efficient Mobile Edge Computing," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 10, pp. 13775-13780, Oct. 2023.

[7] X. Lou, W. Xia, W. Wen (corresponding author), H. Zhao (corresponding author), X. Li, B. Wang, “Deep learning based beamforming for MISO systems with dirty‐paper coding,” Electronics Letters, vol. 59, no. 2, e12718, Jan. 2023, doi: 10.1049/ell2.12718.

[8] Z. Tian, Z. Chen, M. Wang, Y. Jia, W. Wen and S. Jin, "Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Secondary Communication System Coexisting With Multiple Primary Networks," IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 170-184, Feb. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TCCN.2022.3218789.

[9] W. Wen, K. Luo, L. Liu, Y. Zhang and Y. Jia, "Joint Trajectory and Pick-Up Design for UAV-Assisted Item Delivery Under No-Fly Zone Constraints," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 2587-2592, Feb. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2022.3211990.

[10] J. Xie, Y. Jia, W. Wen, Z. Chen and L. Liang, "Dynamic D2D Multihop Offloading in Multi-Access Edge Computing From the Perspective of Learning Theory in Games," IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 305-318, Mar. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TNSM.2022.3201470.

[11] C. Chen, R. Zheng, W. Wen, M. Liu, P. Du, Y. Yang, X. Ruan, "Hybrid 3DMA for multi-user MIMO-VLC," Journal of Optical Communications and Networking,” vol. 14, no. 10, pp. 780-791, Oct. 2022, doi: 10.1364/JOCN.468749.

[12] B. Qin, W. Wen (corresponding author), M. Liu, Y. Zhang, C. Chen, “Indoor MIMO-VLC Using Angle Diversity Transmitters,” Sensors, vol. 22, no. 14, pp. 5436, Jul. 2022, doi: 10.3390/s22145436.

[13] W. Wen, Y. Zhang, C. Chen, Y. Jia, L. Luo and L. Tang, "Quality- and Availability-Based Device Scheduling and Resource Allocation for Federated Edge Learning," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 26, no. 11, pp. 2626-2630, Nov. 2022, doi: 10.1109/LCOMM.2022.3194558.

[14] J. Qian, Y. Lu, W. Wen and S. Wang, "An Efficient Spectrum Sharing Strategy for Radar and Communication With Space-Time Design," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 69, no. 11, pp. 4626-4630, Nov. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2022.3194412.

[15] Z. Chen, Z. Chen, Z. Ren, L. Liang, W. Wen and Y. Jia, "Joint optimization of task caching, computation offloading and resource allocation for mobile edge computing," China Communications, vol. 19, no. 12, pp. 142-159, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.23919/JCC.2022.00.002.

[16] W. Wen, Z. Chen, H. H. Yang, W. Xia and T. Q. S. Quek, "Joint Scheduling and Resource Allocation for Hierarchical Federated Edge Learning," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 5857-5872, Aug. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2022.3144140.

[17] W. Wen, Y. Jia and W. Xia, "Joint scheduling and resource allocation for federated learning in SWIPT-enabled micro UAV swarm networks," China Communications, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 119-135, Jan. 2022, doi: 10.23919/JCC.2022.01.010.

[18] Y. Jia, Y. Zhang, K. Luo, and W. Wen (corresponding author), “Drone-Fleet-Enabled Logistics: A Joint Design of Flight Trajectory and Package Delivery,” Sensors, vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 3056, Apr. 2022, doi: 10.3390/s22083056.

[19] B. Xu, W. Xia, W. Wen (corresponding author), P. Liu, H. Zhao (corresponding author) and H. Zhu, "Adaptive Hierarchical Federated Learning Over Wireless Networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 2070-2083, Feb. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2021.3135541.

[20] Y. Nie, J. Chen, W. Wen, M. Liu, X. Deng, and C. Chen, “Orthogonal Subblock Division Multiple Access for OFDM-IM-Based Multi-User VLC Systems,” Photonics, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 373, May 2022, doi: 10.3390/photonics9060373.

[21] T. Zhang, J. Zhou, Z. Chen, Z. Tian, W. Wen, Y. Jia, “Information freshness optimization of multiple status update streams in Internet of things: Generation rate control and service rate reservation,” Digital Communications and Networks, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 971-980, May 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.dcan.2022.05.001.

[22] X. Pu, W. Feng, W. Wen (corresponding author) and Q. Chen, "Energy-Efficient Parallel Multi-Access Edge Computing in OFDMA Wireless Networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 9, pp. 9613-9618, Sept. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2021.3089222.

[23] W. Xia, W. Wen, K. -K. Wong, T. Q. S. Quek, J. Zhang and H. Zhu, "Federated-Learning-Based Client Scheduling for Low-Latency Wireless Communications," IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 32-38, Apr. 2021, doi: 10.1109/MWC.001.2000252.

[24] Y. Fu, L. Salaün, X. Yang, W. Wen and T. Q. S. Quek, "Caching Efficiency Maximization for Device-to-Device Communication Networks: A Recommend to Cache Approach," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 6580-6594, Oct. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2021.3075278.

[25] X. Yang, Y. Fu, W. Wen, T. Q. S. Quek and Z. Fei, "Mixed-Timescale Caching and Beamforming in Content Recommendation Aware Fog-RAN: A Latency Perspective," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 2427-2440, Apr. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TCOMM.2020.3044074.

[26] Y. Fu, Q. Yu, T. Q. S. Quek and W. Wen, "Revenue Maximization for Content-Oriented Wireless Caching Networks (CWCNs) With Repair and Recommendation Considerations," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 284-298, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2020.3024644.

[27] W. Xia, T. Q. S. Quek, K. Guo, W. Wen, H. H. Yang and H. Zhu, "Multi-Armed Bandit-Based Client Scheduling for Federated Learning," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 11, pp. 7108-7123, Nov. 2020, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2020.3008091.

[28] L. Yang, F. -C. Zheng, W. Wen and S. Jin, "Analysis and Optimization of Random Caching in mmWave Heterogeneous Networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 9, pp. 10140-10154, Sept. 2020, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2020.3001203.

[29] W. Wen, Y. Cui, T. Q. S. Quek, F. -C. Zheng and S. Jin, "Joint Optimal Software Caching, Computation Offloading and Communications Resource Allocation for Mobile Edge Computing," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 7, pp. 7879-7894, Jul. 2020, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2020.2993359.

[30] W. Wen, C. Liu, Y. Fu, T. Q. S. Quek, F. -C. Zheng and S. Jin, "Enhancing Physical Layer Security of Random Caching in Large-Scale Multi-Antenna Heterogeneous Wireless Networks," IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 15, pp. 2840-2855, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.1109/TIFS.2020.2976961.

[31] W. Wen, Y. Fu, T. Q. S. Quek, F. -C. Zheng and S. Jin, "Joint Uplink/Downlink Sub-Channel, Bit and Time Allocation for Multi-Access Edge Computing," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 1811-1815, Oct. 2019, doi: 10.1109/LCOMM.2019.2927557.

[32] Y. Fu, W. Wen (corresponding author), Z. Zhao, T. Q. S. Quek, S. Jin and F. -C. Zheng, "Dynamic Power Control for NOMA Transmissions in Wireless Caching Networks," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 1485-1488, Oct. 2019, doi: 10.1109/LWC.2019.2923410.

[33] W. Wen, Y. Cui, F. -C. Zheng, S. Jin and Y. Jiang, "Enhancing Performance of Random Caching in Large-Scale Heterogeneous Wireless Networks With Random Discontinuous Transmission," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 66, no. 12, pp. 6287-6303, Dec. 2018, doi: 10.1109/TCOMM.2018.2863367.

[34] W. Wen, Y. Cui, F. -C. Zheng, S. Jin and Y. Jiang, "Random Caching Based Cooperative Transmission in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 66, no. 7, pp. 2809-2825, Jul. 2018, doi: 10.1109/TCOMM.2018.2808188.

Conference Papers

[1] K. Luo, W. Wen, and W. Xia, “Availability-Aware Group-Personalized Federated Learning in Wireless Edge Networks”, 2023 International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP), to appear.

[2] Z. Tian, Z. Chen, M. Wang, Y. Jia and W. Wen, "Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Spectrum Sharing Coexisting with Multiple Primary Networks," 2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/WCNC55385.2023.10118694.

[3] Y. Wu, L. Liang, Y. Jia, Z. Chen and W. Wen, "Slicing Enabled Flexible Functional Split and Resource Provisioning in 5G-and-Beyond RAN," 2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/WCNC55385.2023.10118844.

[4] L. Lai, F. -C. Zheng, W. Wen, J. Luo and G. Li, "Dynamic Content Caching Based on Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning for IoT Systems," 2022 IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2022-Fall), London, United Kingdom, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/VTC2022-Fall57202.2022.10013053.

[5] Y. Li, L. Liang, Y. Jia, W. Wen and Z. Chen, "The Capability-Security Trade-Off of Blockchain for Data Sharing at the Network Edge," GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2022, pp. 2188-2193, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM48099.2022.10001240.

[6] W. Wen, H. H. Yang, W. Xia and T. Q. S. Quek, "Towards Fast and Energy-Efficient Hierarchical Federated Edge Learning: A Joint Design for Helper Scheduling and Resource Allocation," ICC 2022 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2022, pp. 5378-5383, doi: 10.1109/ICC45855.2022.9838950.

[7] B. Xu, W. Xia, W. Wen, H. Zhao and H. Zhu, "Optimized Edge Aggregation for Hierarchical Federated Learning," 2021 IEEE 94th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2021-Fall), Norman, OK, USA, 2021, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/VTC2021-Fall52928.2021.9625432.

[8] W. Wen, Y. Jia and W. Xia, "Federated Learning in SWIPT-Enabled Micro-UAV Swarm Networks: A Joint Design of Scheduling and Resource Allocation," 2021 13th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP), Changsha, China, 2021, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/WCSP52459.2021.9613446.

[9] L. Yang, F. -C. Zheng, W. Wen and S. Jin, "Analysis and Optimization of Random Caching in mmwave Heterogeneous Networks," 2019 IEEE 90th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2019-Fall), Honolulu, HI, USA, 2019, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/VTCFall.2019.8891211.

[10] W. Wen, F. -C. Zheng, Y. Cui, S. Jin and Y. Jiang, "Cache-enabled heterogeneous wireless networks with random discontinuous transmission," 2018 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Barcelona, Spain, 2018, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/WCNC.2018.8377141.

[11] W. Wen, Y. Cui, F. -C. Zheng and S. Jin, "Random caching based cooperative transmission in heterogeneous wireless networks," 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Paris, France, 2017, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICC.2017.7997306.

Reviewer for Journals and Conferences

l IEEE Communications Magazine.

l IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

l IEEE Transactions on Communications.

l IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

l IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

l IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.

l IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering.

l IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics

l IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.

l IEEE Communications Letters.

l China Communications.

l Digital Communication and Networks.

l IEEE INFOCOM

l IEEE GLOBECOM

l IEEE ICC

l IEEE WCNC

Session Chair

l International Conference on Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (FAIML 2023).