Zhong Liang, PhD, associate professor, master supervisor, has been in charge of and completed one program supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and participated in two programs supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has published 23 papers in academic journals at home and abroad, 6 academic conference papers at home and abroad, and 1 academic monograph, and has been granted 1 invention patent and 4 software copyrights. He serves as the Local Management Chair for IEEE EUC-2022, and a TPC member for IEEE TrustCom-2022 and IEEE INFOCOM AidTSP 2023, and he also serves as a reviewer for many academic journals, including IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and China Communications.
Contact Information:
Email: zhongliang@cug.edu.cn; zhongliang@whu.edu.cn
Office: Room 527 of No. 2 Teaching Building
Main Experience:
2019/12-present: Associate professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
2016/10-2019/12: Lecturer at the School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
2013/10-2016/10: Postdoctoral at Wuhan University, supervisor: Zhou Hong
2007/09-2013/06: PhD in Information and Communication Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology; supervisor: Zhu Guangxi
2003/09-2007/06: Bachelor in Communication Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Main research fields:
1. Machine learning
1) Reinforcement learning and intelligent optimization algorithms;
2) Application of game theory and convex optimization;
3) Distributed optimization algorithms.
2. Communication
1) Heterogeneous network user association and MEC task offloading and load balancing for communication security
2) Pre-coding-based interference alignment and interference management strategies
3) Application of deep reinforcement learning in wireless communication
Scientific Research Programs as the PI or Participant:
1. Youth Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 61601334, “Research on the cross-layer interference management of bottom D2D network in large scale MIMO cellular system”, 2017/01-2019/12, RMB 190,000Yuan, concluded, PI
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 62073301, “Collaborative control and optimal design of multidimensional cluster intelligence networks based on cloud architecture”, under study, participant
3. Youth Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 61703374, “Collaborative control of heterogeneous multi-intelligent body networks based on human-machine collaboration”, 2018/01-2020/12, RMB 230,000Yuan, concluded, participant
4. “Research service on load signals and error effects of low-voltage current transformers for metering under typical operating conditions”, under study, participant
Publications in the past five years:
L. Zhong, M. Ge, S. Zhang and Y. Liu, "Rate Aware Fuzzy Clustering and Stable Sensor Association for Load Balancing in WSNs," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2021.3098352.
Liang Zhong(#); Mingxuan Li; Yang Cao; Tao Jiang(*); Stable User Association and Resource Allocation Based on Stackelberg Game in Backhaul-Constrained HetNets, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2019-8-28 , 68(10): 10239-10251. SCIE.
Liang Zhong(#); Xueqian Zheng; Jie Lin; Yang Cao; ShengGen Ju(*); Adaptive Delay Optimization of Multicast-Enabled Coded Caching in Device-to-Device Networks, China communications, 2020, 17(1): 42-48. SCIE.
Liang Zhong(#); Xueqian Zheng; Yong Liu; Mengting Wang; Yang Cao(*); Cache Hit Ratio Maximization in Device-to-Device Communications Overlaying Cellular Networks, China communications, 2020, 17(2): 232-238. SCIE.
Mingxuan Li(#); Jie Lin; Liang Zhong(*); Mengting Wang; Wei Lu; Cooperative Relay Based on Exploiting Hybrid ARQ, China Communications, 2019-9, 16(9): 187-200. SCIE.
Wei Lu(#)(*); Yongliang Wang; Xiaoqiao Wen; Shixin peng; Liang Zhong; Downlink Channel Estimation in Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output with Correlated Sparsity by Overcomplete Dictionary and Bayesian Inference, Electronics, 2019-5 , 8(5): 0-473. SCIE.
Wei Lu(#)(*); Yongliang Wang; Xiaoqiao Wen; Xiaoqiang Hua; Shixin Peng; Liang Zhong; Compressive Downlink Channel Estimation for FDD Massive MIMO Using Weighted l(p) Minimization, IEEE Access, 2019 , 7: 86964-86978. SCIE, EI.
Qiang Hou (#), Can Jie, Yafeng Yao, Liang Zhong. A fast all digital phase-locked loop design with high resolution TDC, Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology, 2018, (11): 83-88. EI, other.
Yafeng Yao (#); Lingzhi Zou; Wei Wang; Liang Zhong; Low-consumption and LUT-omitted CORDIC algorithm, Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology, 2017, (11): 109-114. EI, other.
Yafeng Yao (#); Lingzhi Zou; Qiang Hou; Liang Zhong; Design of a High-Precision CORDIC Algorithm with Compressed Look-up Table, Journal of South China University of Technology(Natural Science Edition), 2018, (10): 58-62+71. EI, other.
Ming Feng Ge(#); Liang Zhong; Xiao Wen Zhao; Tao Han; Zhi Wei Liu; Model-free formation tracking control of networked robotic systems with input disturbances, 2017 13th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2017/8/20-2017/8/23. EI.
Wei Lu; Yongliang Wang; Qiaoqiang Hua; Xiaoqiao Wen; Shixin Peng; Liang Zhong; Weighted lp Minimization for Compressive Channel Estimation in FDD Massive MIMO, 2018 IEEE 4th International Conference on Computer and Communications, 2018/12/7-2018/12/10. EI.
Wei Lu; Yongliang Wang; Qiaoqiang Hua; Wei Zhang; Shixin Peng; Liang Zhong; Uplink-aided Downlink Channel Estimation in FDD Massive MIMO by Variational Bayesian Inference, 2018 the 4th International Conference on Communication and Information Processing, 2018/11/2-2018/11/4. EI.
Monographs & Patents
Zhong Liang, Research on Interference Alignment Theory and Its Iterative Algorithms, Sichuan University Press, 186,000 words, 2019/12.
Zhong Liang, A wireless relay method in cognitive networks that does not rely on non-causal information [P]. Hubei Province: CN110099386B, 2020/12/29.
Courses for Undergraduate:
Embedded System Design; C/C++Language Programming; Android app development
Awards:
Top 10% of Undergraduate Teaching Quality Assessment in;
Second Prize in the 2023 CUG Teaching Competition for Young Teachers;
First Prize in the 2023 School Teaching Competition for Young Teachers
Supervised Graduate Students:
Grade 2019: Chen Guang (Chongqing Mobile)
Grade 2020: Zhang Shizhong (Agricultural Bank of China, Xi’an Branch)
Grade 2021: Zeng Yulu, Li Youyuan
Grade 2022: Yu Peng
Message from the Supervisor:
Since olden days we feel in autumn sad and drear, but I say spring cannot compete with autumn clear. On a fine day a crane cleaves the clouds and soars high; it leads the poet’s lofty mind to azure sky.