Biography
I am a PhD student at College of Computing and Data Science, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. In 2019 and 2022, I received my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in communication engineering from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China. My research interests include mobile edge computing, federated learning, bilevel optimization, quantum communications, and security.
Email: qian0080 [at] e.ntu.edu.sg
Recent Updates
- 4/2026: IEEE TCOM paper accepted: “Novel Transform Based Optimization for Resource Allocation and Task Offloading in Communication Networks”.
- 4/2026: IEEE TWC paper accepted: “Joint Optimization in Heterogeneous Mobile Edge-Satellite-Cloud Continuum”.
- 12/2025: IEEE TMC paper accepted: “Parameter Training Efficiency Aware Resource Allocation for AIGC in 6G Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks”.
- 12/2025: IEEE INFOCOM paper accepted: “Joint Optimization of Secure and Energy-Efficient Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Mobile Edge Computing”.
- 6/2025: IEEE TMC paper accepted: “Enhancing Data Processing Efficiency in Blockchain Enabled Metaverse over Wireless Communications”.
- 3/2025: IEEE ICDCS paper accepted: “QuHE: Optimizing Utility-Cost in Quantum Key Distribution and Homomorphic Encryption Enabled Secure Edge Computing Networks”.
- 7/2024: ACM MobiHoc paper accepted: “Data Processing Efficiency Aware User Association and Resource Allocation in Blockchain Enabled Metaverse over Wireless Communications”.
- 7/2024: IEEE TWC paper accepted: “Post-Deployment Fine-Tunable Semantic Communication”.
- 5/2024: IEEE TWC paper accepted: “User Connection and Resource Allocation Optimization in Blockchain Empowered Metaverse over 6G Wireless Communications”.
- 4/2024: IEEE ICDCS paper accepted: “Counterfactual Reward Estimation for Credit Assignment in Multi-agent Deep Reinforcement Learning over Wireless Video Transmission”.
Education
Nanyang Technological University
College of Computing and Data Science
Aug. 2022 - Present
Ph.D. Candidate (Supervisors: Prof. Jun Zhao and Prof. Kwok Yan Lam)
College of Computing and Data Science
Aug. 2022 - Present
Ph.D. Candidate (Supervisors: Prof. Jun Zhao and Prof. Kwok Yan Lam)
Imperial College London
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Jul. 2025
Visiting Student (Prof. Bruno Clerckx)
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Jul. 2025
Visiting Student (Prof. Bruno Clerckx)
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
National Key Laboratory of Wireless Communications
Sep. 2019 - Jun. 2022
M.E. in Information and Communication Engineering (Supervisor: Prof. Ping Yang)
National Key Laboratory of Wireless Communications
Sep. 2019 - Jun. 2022
M.E. in Information and Communication Engineering (Supervisor: Prof. Ping Yang)
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
School of Information and Communication Engineering
Sep. 2015 - Jun. 2019
B.E. in Information and Communication Engineering (Supervisor: Prof. Ping Yang)
School of Information and Communication Engineering
Sep. 2015 - Jun. 2019
B.E. in Information and Communication Engineering (Supervisor: Prof. Ping Yang)
Selected Awards and Scholarships
- DTC Research Scholarship, 2025 - Present
- Outstanding Reviewer Award for FGCS Journal, 2024
- BigCom 2024 Best Student Paper Award, 2024
- SCRIPTS Research Scholarship, 2022 - 2025
- China National Scholarship, 2021