Xin-Wei Yao

Dr. Xin-Wei Yao is a Professor in the School of Computer Science and Technology (School of Software Engineering), and the Vice Dean of the Institute for Frontiers and Interdisciplinary Sciences,  the director of the Smart Crowd Sensing and Collaboration (SCC) at Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT), Hangzhou, China. He received a B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from ZJUT in 2008. From March 2012 to February 2013, he was a visiting researcher at the Department of Computer Science at the Loughborough University, UK. He received the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Technology from ZJUT in December 2013. From August 2015 to August 2016, he was a visiting Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA.

He is the Senior Member of IEEE, the Distinguished Member of CCF (China Computer Federation), the Senior Member of CAAI (Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence).

His research interests are in the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT), Smart Crowd Sensing and Collaboration, Wireless Nano-Bio-communication Networks, Generalized Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) and so on. In these areas, he has co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications, including three books in English and two books in Chinese, and more than 20 authorized national invention patents in China. He is serving as the leading PI on multiple grants from Chinese Government including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Department, and the corresponding Industry (leading enterprises). He received the Wu Wen Jun AI Excellent Young Scientist Award (the first youth to receive the award in Zhejiang Province) in 2018, Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2022, and is the recipient of several other awards from the Goverment, CAAI, CNCA and ZJUT.

1. 2022.12, Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars;

2. 2018.12, Wu Wen-Jun Artificial Intelligence Excellent Youth Award (the first youth to receive the award in Zhejiang Province, China), Organized by China Artificial Intelligence Association;

3. 2019, Second Prize of Zhejiang Provincial Technological Invention, "Key Technologies and Applications of Key Management and Data Security in Internet of Things", Organized by Government of Zhejiang Province, China;

4. 2018.12, Second Prize of Wu Wen-Jun Artificial Intelligence Technological Invention,  "Development and Application of Real-time Voice Interactive Intelligent Customer Service System Based on Network Intelligence", Organized by China Artificial Intelligence Association.;

5. 2018.10, Second Prize of Science and Technology Award of China Coal Industry Association, "Intelligent Mobile Robot Patrol System for Coal Mine Substation", Organized by China Coal Industry Association;

6. 2017, The Outstanding Peer Reviewer of Computer Science (Chinese Journal);

7. 2016, the Young Talent Program of Zhejiang University of Technology;

8. 2016, Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Nano Communication Networks (Journal);

9. 2014, The Distinguished Associate Professor Award, Zhejiang University of Technology;

Selected papers:

1. 【TCOM】 K.-C. Zheng, X.-Y. Liu, K.-K. Chi, X.-W. Yao, “DRL-Based Offloading for Computation Delay Minimization in Wireless-Powered Multi-access Edge Computing”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2023, (to appear)

2. 【IOT】 X.-W. Yao, Y.-W. Chen, K. Zhao, Y. Wu, J. Jornet, “FGOR: Flow-Guided Opportunistic Routing for Intra-body Nanonetworks”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 21, pp. 21765-21776, 2022.

3. 【TNNLS】W. Huang, H. Shan, J. Xu, X.-W. Yao, “Adaptive diffusion pairwise fused lasso LMS algorithm over networks”, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2022, DOI: 10.1109/TNNLS.2021.3131335

4. 【TMC】C.-C. Wang, X.-W. Yao, W.-L. Wang, J. M. Jornet, “Multi-hop Deflection Routing Algorithm Based on Reinforcement Learning for Energy-Harvesting Nanonetworks”, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol.21, no.1, pp. 211-225, January 2022.

5. X.-W. Yao, X.-G. Zhang, Y.-C. Zhang, W.-W. Xing, X. Zhang, “Nighttime Image Dehazing Based on Point Light Sources”, Applied Sciences, 2022, 12(20), 10222.

6. W. Huang, H. Shan, J. Xu, X.-W. Yao, “Robust variable kernel width for maximum correntropy criterion algorithm”, Signal Processing, vol. 182, pp. , May 2021.

7. C.-C. Wang, W.-L. Wang, X.-W. Yao, “Interference and Coverage Modeling for Indoor Terahertz Communications with Beamforming Antennas”, The Computer Journal, vol. 63, no.10, pp. 1597-1606, October 2020.

8. W. Huang, L. Li, X.-W. Yao*, “Component-wise variable step-size diffusion least mean square algorithm for distributed estimation”, IET Signal Processing, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 309-320, May 2019.

9. 【TCAD】X. Xu, F. Lin, W. Xu, X.-W. Yao, Y. Shi, D. Zeng, Y. Hu, “MDA: A Reconfigurable Memristor-based Distance Accelerator for Time Series Mining on Data Centers”, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 785-797, May 2019.

10. X.-W. Yao, Y.-C.-G. Wu, W. Huang, “Routing Techniques in Wireless Nanonetworks: A Survey”, Nano Communication Networks, vol. 21, pp. 1-13, September 2019.

11. W. Huang, L. Li, X.-W. Yao*, “Component-wise variable step-size diffusion least mean square algorithm for distributed estimation”, IET Signal Processing, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 309-320, May 2019.

12. W.-L. Wang, C.-C. Wang, X.-W. Yao*, “Slot Self-Allocation Based MAC Protocol for Energy Harvesting Nano-Networks”, Sensors, vol. 19, no. 21, pp. 4646, October 2019.

13. X.-W. Yao*, C.-C. Wang, W.-L. Wang, J.M. Jornet, “On the Achievable Throughput of Energy-harvesting Nanonetworks in the Terahertz Band”, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 902-912, January 2018.

14. 【TCAD】X. Xu, F. Lin, A. Wang, X.-W. Yao, Q. Lu, W. Xu, Y. Shi, Y. Hu. “Accelerating Dynamic Time Warping with Memristor-based Customized Fabrics”, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 37, no.4, pp. 729-741, April 2018.

15. 【TMBMC】X.-W. Yao*, W.-L. Wang, S.-H. Yang, “Joint Parameter Optimization for Perpetual Nanonetworks and Maximum Network Capacity”, IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, vol.1, no.4, pp. 321-330, December 2015.

    
    

Both fundamental and advanced concepts in Articifical Intelligence and Computer Networks, including Priciples of Articificial Intelligences and Applications, Advanced Aritificial Intelligence, Advanced Computer Networking including Terahertz Communications, Nanonetworks, and the Internet of Things.

1. Projects funded by Government

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, "Nano sensing network communication modeling and cross-layer protocol optimization design" (Grant No. 61772471), 2018.01-2021.12, PI;

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, "Research on terahertz communication mechanism in nano sensing network" (Grant No. 61402414), 2015.01-2017.12, PI;

3. National Natural Science Foundation of China, "Modeling and multi-level optimization methods for coordinated communication hierarchies in hybrid multi-sensor networks" (Grant No. 61379123), 2014.01-2017.12, Co-PI;

4. Public Welfare Technology Project of Science Technology Department of Zhejiang province, Research and Development of Key Technologies for Wireless Energy Transmission in the Internet of Things (2015C31007), 2015.07-2017.06, PI;

5. Scientific Research Project of Zhejiang Provincial Education Department,  nano communication technology based on Terahertz band (Y201431815), 2014.06-2016.05, PI;

Ⅲ.enterprise sponsored scientific research projects (some representative projects in recent years)

1. Enterprise entrusted project, Unified Application Engine UAE for Smart Community-wide Platform, 2020.06-2023.05, project leader, under research (essential enterprise sponsored project, category II).

2. Enterprise entrusted project, Design and development of intelligent official IOT platform of Sunon , 2019.08-2021.12, project leader, under research.

3. Enterprise entrusted project,  Research and design of integrated urban waste management service platform, 2019.04-2021.01, project leader, under research.

4. Enterprise entrusted project, Design and development of mobile inspection operation robot system, 2019.02-2022.12, project leader, under research.

5. Enterprise entrusted project, 2020 Zhejiang artificial intelligence industry development report, 2021.01-2021.05, project leader, completed.

6. Enterprise entrusted project,  Universal data acquisition, compilation and analysis software , 2019.10-2021.11, project leader, completed.

7. Government-commissioned project, JMRH Development '14th Five-Year' Plan Sub-topic - Research on JMRH Development in the Field of Artificial Intelligence at the Forefront, 2020.07- 2020.12, project leader, completed.

8. Enterprise entrusted project, Research and planning on the technological development trend of life services in the new era, 2019.12-2020.05, project leader, completed.

9. Enterprise entrusted project, Research and development of key technology of integrated platform of the Internet of Things, 2019.10-2020.10, project leader, completed.

10. Enterprise entrusted project, Research on biometric feature extraction technology based on fingerprint instrument, 2018.10-2018.12, project leader, completed.

11. Enterprise entrusted project, Wuxi electric power materials warehouse inventory robot inventory software, 2018.10-2019.05, project leader, completed.

12. Enterprise entrusted project, Park information visualization management system, 2018.06-2018.12, project leader, completed.

13. Enterprise entrusted project, Design of intelligent cable cover control system in Lishui, 2017.08-2018.07, project leader, completed.