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 discuss

Biography

Dr. Zhang joined Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Sept. 2005 where she is now Tencent Professor of Engineering and Chair Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. She is also serving as the co-director of Huawei-HKUST innovation lab and the director of digital life research center of HKUST. Before that, she was in Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, from July 1999, where she was the research manager of the Wireless and Networking Group. Dr. Zhang has published more than 400 refereed papers in international leading journals and key conferences. Her current research interests include Internet of Things (IoT), smart health, mobile computing and sensing, wireless networking, as well as cyber security.

She is a Fellow of IEEE. Dr. Zhang has received MIT TR100 (MIT Technology Review) world’s top young innovator award. She received the Best Paper Award in Multimedia Technical Committee (MMTC) of IEEE Communication Society in 2005 and Best Paper Award for QShine 2006, IEEE Globecom 2007, IEEE ICDCS 2008, IEEE ICC 2010, and IEEE Globecom 2012. Dr. Zhang is a Members-at-Large (2016-2018) of IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc). Dr. Zhang received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Wuhan University, China, in 1994, 1996, and 1999, respectively, all in computer science.