Lecturer Profile |
Dr. Qian Zhang joined Hong Kong University Science & Technology in September 2005. He is currently a professor of Engineering in Hong Kong University Science & Technology and a chair professor in computer science and engineering. She is also the co director of HUAWEI Hong Kong University Innovation Laboratory and director of the digital life research centre of HKUST. Prior to that, she worked in Microsoft Asia Research Institute in July 1999 as research manager of the wireless network department. Dr Zhang has published more than 400 papers at internationally renowned periodicals and key conferences. She is the inventor of more than 50 approved patents, and more than 20 international patents are being applied. Her current research interests include the Internet of things (IOT), intelligent health, mobile computing and sensing, wireless networks and network security. She is IEEE Fellow. Dr Zhang received the MIT TR100 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology technical review) young innovator award. She won many best paper awards at international conferences. In 2006, she was awarded the overseas Jay by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. She was a professor of the Yangtze River at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2012-2015). Dr. Zhang is the editor of many IEEE journals. She is a member of the IEEE Communications Association Fellow Election Committee (2019-2022). |
Lecture Abstract |
Sensing and communication are two essential modules for IoT world. In this talk, I will share with you some of the recent research progress related to ubiquitous communication and ubiquitous sensing, respectively. In the field of ubiquitous communication, some efforts related to energy-efficient WiFi support and battery-free device communication will be covered. In the field of ubiquitous sensing, wearable sensing and contact-less sensing will be briefly discussed. |
