Long Feng Science Forum Seminar Series | Seminar #75 - 通信工程系列

Dear All,

You are cordially invited to the seventy-fifth seminar of Long Feng Science Forum Seminar Series. It will be delivered by Prof. He (Henry) CHEN (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) at 10:30 am on July 28 (Friday). This seminar will discuss "Experimental Wireless Research Becomes More Accessible and Engaging".

Seminar Information

Time & Date: 10:30 - 11:30 AM on July 28 (Friday), Beijing Time

Venue: Teaching Building D 107

Speaker: Prof. He (Henry) CHEN, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Host: Prof. Jie XU, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Abstract: 

Back in the early days of radio technology, conducting experiments to validate wireless communication methods was crucial. As a concrete example, the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 was awarded to Marconi and Braun for their pioneering work developing the first practical systems for wireless telegraphy. The Nobel Prize marked the transition of radio from idea to reality, providing validation of Marconi and Braun's experimental work proving that robust wireless communication was possible. In recent decades, wireless research has shifted more heavily toward theoretical studies, with less emphasis on experimental efforts. This is largely due to the vast complexity of modern wireless systems, which makes comprehensive experimental evaluation extremely difficult. Yet, considering that targeted real-world experiments could still provide invaluable and practical insights to ground theoretical work, our research group has been actively revisiting efficient experimental methods in wireless research in the past few years. We've found that experimental wireless studies are becoming more feasible thanks to the availability of open-source software tools and MATLAB-compatible radio hardware. In my talk, I will share examples of our recent work on WiFi signal processing, where tangible experiments stimulated interesting research ideas. Concluding my talk, I will introduce several hardware and software tools that can significantly enhance the process of conducting experimental wireless research. 

Biography

Dr. He (Henry) CHEN is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong SAR, China. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. He was a Research Fellow with the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney before joining CUHK. Dr. Chen's current research interest includes wireless communication and networking, wireless sensing, and their applications in robotic systems. Dr. Chen is serving on the editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, and he served on the editorial board of IEEE Wireless Communications Letters between 2020 and 2022.

About SSE Msc. CE

Master of Science in Communication Engineering (MSc.CE) is a two-year full-time master programme offered by CUHK-Shenzhen revolving around the area of communication engineering. The Programme aims to equip students with essential knowledge and skills that enable them to develop and implement solutions to harvesting, transmission, and processing of data and information, with a wide coverage of emerging technology such as 6G and beyond communications and networks, wireless communications, machine learning, Internet of Things, cloud computing, edge computing, big data, and analytic processing.