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I am a Ph.D. candidate at City University of Hong Kong currently in Hong Kong SAR. My research interest includes signal processing and system design in wireless communication. I have published some papers at IEEE ComSoc conferences and journals with total google scholar citations ~500.

News

[2024.11] One coauthored article was accepted by Nature Communications
[2024.11] One journal paper was accepted by IEEE JSAC
[2024.08] I was awarded the CityU Academic Excellence and QE Award
[2024.07] One conference paper was accepted by IEEE Globecom’24

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[2023.10] One conference paper was accepted by IEEE ICC'23

Education

Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
2023-2027(est.)
M.S. in Electronic Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
2020-2023
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
2016-2020

Publications

Selected publications. More Details

Journals

[3] S. Liu, X. Yu*, Z. Gao, J. Xu, D. W. K. Ng, and Shuguang Cui , "Sensing-Enhanced Channel Estimation for Near-Field XL-MIMO Systems", IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., vol. xx, no. xx, pp. xx-xx, Nov. 2024. [arXiv] [Codes]

[2] Z. Gao, S. Liu, Y. Su, Z. Li and D. Zheng , "Hybrid Knowledge-Data Driven Channel Semantic Acquisition and Beamforming for Cell-Free Massive MIMO", IEEE J. Sel. Topics Signal Process., vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 964-979, Jul. 2023. [Paper]

[1] S. Liu, Z. Gao, J. Zhang, M. D. Renzo and M. -S. Alouini , "Deep Denoising Neural Network Assisted Compressive Channel Estimation for mmWave Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces", IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 69, no. 8, pp. 9223-9228, Aug. 2020. [arXiv] [Paper] [Codes]

Articles

[2] L. Bian, X. Chang, X. Zhan, S. Liu, D. Li, R. Yan, Z. Gao, and J. Zhang , "Large-scale scattering-augmented optical encryption", Nat. Commun., vol. 15, no. 9807, pp. 1-12, Nov. 2024. [Paper]

[1] S. Liu, Z. Gao, Y. Wu, D. W. K. Ng, and X. Gao, K.-K. Wong, S. Chatzinotas, and B. Ottersten , "LEO Satellite Constellations for 5G and Beyond: How Will They Reshape Vertical Domains?", IEEE Commun. Mag., vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 30-36, Jun. 2021. [Paper]

Conferences

[4] S. Liu, X. Yu* , "Low-Complexity Near-Field Localization with XL-MIMO Sectored Uniform Circular Arrays", in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Cape Town, South Africa, Dec. 2024. [arXiv] [Codes]

[3] S. Liu, X. Yu*, Z. Gao, and D. W. K. Ng , "DPSS-based dictionary design for near-field XL-MIMO channel estimation", in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. (ICC), Denver, CO, USA, Jun. 2024. [arXiv] [Slides] [Paper] [Codes]

[2] S. Liu, Z. Gao, G. Chen, Y. Su, and L. Peng , "Transformer-based Joint Source Channel Coding for Textual Semantic Communication", in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. China (ICCC), Dalian, Liaoning, China, Aug. 2023. [Paper]

[1] S. Liu, Z. Gao, C. Hu, S. Tan, L. Fang and L. Qiao , "Model-Driven Deep Learning Based Precoding for FDD Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Imperfect CSI", in Proc. IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (IWCMC), Dalian, Liaoning, China, Jun. 2022. [Paper]

Services

Academics

Session Chair, Antenna and Smart Antenna, IEEE Globecom’23, Cape Town, South Africa.
Session Chair, Mobile and Wireless Networks, IEEE/CIC ICCC’23, Dalian, China.
Peer Reviewer, IEEE ComSoc Journals and Conferences.

Teaching

Teaching Assistant
- EE3008: Principles of Communications, City University of Hong Kong
  2024 Fall
- EE3008: Principles of Communications, City University of Hong Kong
  2024 Spring
- EE3008: Principles of Communications, City University of Hong Kong
  2023 Fall
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Beijing Institute of Technology
  2023 Spring
- Frontiers of Communication Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology
  2022 Spring

Awards and Honors

1st place in National Undergraduate Algorithmic Game Theory Championship
2018
Meritorious Winner (~7%) in Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)
2019
2020 National Scholarship (~2.5%) for Graduate Students
2020
2021 National Scholarship (~2.5%) for Graduate Students
2021
2021 Outstanding Student
2021
Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) Awardee
2023
Beijing Municipal Outstanding Master Graduate
2023
Entrance Fellowship of CityU Graduate School
2023
CityU Academic Excellence and QE Award
2024

Shicong LIU