signal processing for wireless communications, signal processing for big data

• 08/2005  Ph.D., School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA   Dissertation: Power Efficiency Improvement for Wireless Transmissions.  Advisor: Prof. G. Tong Zhou

• 07/2000 M.S., Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

• 07/1998 B.S., Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

• 01/2016 ~ present Professor, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.

• 04/2010 ~ 12/2015 Professor, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, CAS, Shanghai, China.  

• 04/2006 ~ 06/2010 Staff Design Engineer, Marvell Semiconductor Inc., Santa Clara, CA

• 11/2005 ~ 04/2006 Digital Design Engineer, Chrontel Inc., San Jose, CA

• 2017       Industry-Academia-Research Collaboration Award of China, second prize

• 2016       100 Talent Program of Pudong new district, Shanghai

• 2016       Technology Innovation Award by China Institute of Communications, first prize

• 2015       Technology Innovation Award by China Institute of Communications, first prize

• 2015       Science and Technology Progress Award of Shanghai, second prize

• 2014       Science and Technology Progress Award of Shanghai Pudong district, second prize

• 2014       Innovation team, honored by Ministry of Science and Technology, China

• 2011       Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program

• 2010       100 Talents Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

1. S. Zhao, Y. Yang, Z. Shao, X. Yang, H. Qian, and C.-X. Wang, “FEMOS: fog-enabled multi-tier operations scheduling in dynamic wireless network,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, accepted, Feb. 2018.  DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2018.2808280

2. X. Luo, X. Zhang, P. Cai, and H. Qian, “Aligning power in multiple domains for pilot decontamination in massive MIMO,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 16, no. 12, pp. 7919-7935, Dec. 2017.  DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2017.2754490

3. H. Qian, X. Cheng, X. Luo, and W. Feng, “Calibration of nonlinear crosstalk in MIMO transmitter,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 3739-3748, May 2017.  DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2016.2600765

4. K. Ying, H. Qian, R. Baxley, and G. T. Zhou, “MIMO transceiver design in dynamic-range-limited VLC systems,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 28, no. 22, pp. 2593-2596, Nov. 2016.  DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2016.2606341

5. H. Qian, S. Dai, K. Kang, and X. Wang, “Efficient coding schemes for low-rate wireless personal area networks,” IET Communications, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 915-921, Aug. 2016. DOI: 10.1049/iet-com.2015.0699

6. W. Mao, X. Wang, A. Tang, and H. Qian, “ANC-ERA: random access for analog network coding in wireless networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 45 - 59, Jan. 2016.  DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2015.2402122.

7. H. Qian, S. Yao, H. Huang, X. Yang, and W. Feng, “Low complexity coefficients estimation for concurrent dual-band digital predistortion,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 63, no. 10, pp. 3153 - 3163, Oct. 2015.  DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2015.2472002.

8. H. Qian, S. Dai, S. Zhao, S. Cai, and H. Zhang, “Robust CDMA VLC system against front-end nonlinearity,” IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 1-9, Oct. 2015.  Article ID 7801809, DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2472287.

9. K. Ying, H. Qian, R. Baxley, and S. Yao, “Joint optimization of precoder and equalizer in MIMO VLC systems,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 33, no. 9, pp. 1949-1958, Sept. 2015.  DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2015.2432515

10. H. Qian, X. Wang, K. Kang, and W. Xiang, “A depth-first ML decoding algorithm for tail-biting trellises,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 64, no. 8, pp. 3339-3346, Aug. 2015.  DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2014.2360528.

11. H. Qian, S. Zhao, S. Cai and T. Zhou, “Digitally controlled micro-LED array for linear visible light communication systems," IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 1-8, June 2015.  Article ID: 7901508, DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2424398.

12. K. Ying, Z. Yu, R. Baxley, H. Qian, G.-K. Chang, and G. T. Zhou, “Nonlinear distortion mitigation in visible light communications,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 36-45, April 2015.  DOI: 10.1109/MWC.2015.7096283.

13. H. Qian, S. Cai, S. Yao, T. Zhou, Y. Yang, and X. Wang, “On the benefit of DMT modulation in nonlinear VLC systems,” Optics Express, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 2618-2632, Feb. 2015.  DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.002618.

14. H. Qian, J. Chen, S. J. Yao, Z. Yu, H. Zhang, and W. Xu, “One-bit sigma-delta modulator for nonlinear VLC systems,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 419-422, Feb. 2015.  DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2014.2376971.

15. H. Qian, S. Yao, H. Huang, and W. Feng, “A low-complexity digital predistortion algorithm for power amplifier linearization,” IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 670 - 678, Dec. 2014.  DOI: 10.1109/TBC.2014.2352911.

16. H. Qian, S. Yao, S. Cai, and T. Zhou, “Adaptive post-distortion for nonlinear LEDs in visible light communications,” IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 1 - 8, Aug. 2014.  Article ID: 7901508, DOI. 10.1109/JPHOT.2014.2331242.

17. D. Shan, P. Richardson, W. Xiang, K. Zeng, and H. Qian, “Time-varying channel estimation through optimal piece-wise time-invariant approximation for high-speed train wireless communications," Vehicular Communications, Elsevier, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 67 - 77, April 2014.  DOI. 10.1016/J.VEHCOM.2014.04.003.

18. H. Qian, H. Huang, and S. Yao, “A general adaptive digital predistortion architecture for stand-alone RF power amplifiers,” IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 528 - 538, Sept. 2013. DOI. 10.1109/TBC.2013.2261215.

19. X. Wang, H. Qian, K. Kang, and W. Xiang, “A low complexity maximum likelihood decoder for tail-biting trellis,” EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2013, no. 1, 2013:130, May 2013. DOI. 10.1186/1687-1499-2013-130.

20. X. Wang, H. Qian, W. Xiang, J. Xu, and H. Huang, “An efficient ML decoder for tail-biting codes based on circular trap detection,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 1212 - 1221, April 2013. DOI. 10.1109/TCOMM.2013.09.120275.

21. N. Chen, G. T. Zhou, and H. Qian, "Power efficiency improvements through peak-to-average power ratio reduction and power amplifier linearization," EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, vol. 2007, Article ID 20463, 7 pages DOI:10.1155/2007/20463.

22. R. Raich, H. Qian, and G. T. Zhou, "Optimization of SNDR for amplitude limited nonlinearities," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 1964-1972, Nov. 2005.

23. G. T. Zhou, H. Qian, L. Ding and R. Raich, "On the baseband representation of a bandpass nonlinearity," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 53, no. 8, pp. 2953-2957, Aug. 2005.

24. R. Raich, H. Qian, and G. T. Zhou, “Orthogonal polynomials for power amplifier modeling and predistorter design," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 1468-1479, Sept. 2004.

1. G. Zhang, F. Shen, Y. Yang, H. Qian, and W. Yao, “Fair task offloading among fog nodes in fog computing networks”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'2018), accepted, Kansas City, USA, May 2018.

2. L. Yang, H. Zhu, K. Kang, X. Luo, H. Qian, and Y. Yang, “Distributed Censoring with Energy Constraint in Wireless Sensor Networks”, in Proc. International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP'2018), accepted, Calgary, Canada, April 2018.

3. S. Zhao, Z. Shao, H. Qian, and Y. Yang, “Online user-AP association with predictive scheduling in wireless caching networks”, in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2017), pp. 1-7, Singapore, Dec. 2017.

4. X. Luo, X. Zhang, P. Cai, C. Shen, D. Hu, and H. Qian, “DL CSI acquisition and feedback in FDD massive MIMO via path aligning,” in Proc. the Nineth International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN’2017), pp. 349-354, Milan, Italy, July 2017. DOI: 10.1109/ICUFN.2017.7993807 (Excellent Paper Award)

5. H. Zhu, X. Luo, F. Shen, H. Qian, and Y. Yang, “A queuing method for adaptive censoring in big data processing,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'2017), pp. 1-6, Paris, France, May 2017. DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2017.7996542

6. X. Luo, X. Zhang, H. Qian, and K. Kang, “Pilot decontamination via PDP alignment,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2016), pp. 1-6, Washington, DC, USA, Dec. 2016. DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2016.7842147

7. C. Zhao, S. Yao, W. Zhang, and H. Qian, “A general baseband Volterra model for dual-band predistortion,” in Proc. International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP'2016), pp. 4875-4879, Shanghai, China, Mar. 2016. DOI: 10.1109/ICASSP.2016.7472604

8. S. Zhao, S. Cai, K. Kang, and H. Qian, “Optimal transmission power in a nonlinear VLC system,” in Proc. IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP’2015), pp. 1180-1184, Orlando, FL, Dec. 2015. DOI: 10.1109/GlobalSIP.2015.7418384

9. X. Cheng, Z. Zhu, S. Yao, and H. Qian, “FPGA implementation of an efficient adaptive predistortion algorithm,” in Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Systems (SiPS’2015), pp. 1-5, Hangzhou, China, Oct. 2015. DOI: 10.1109/SiPS.2015.7345009

10. W. Zhang, T. Zhang, Y. Yang, H. Qian, Y. Sun,    and F. Qin, “Traffic flow modeling and limitation on the coexistence of WAVE and WLAN,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'2015), pp. 6536-6540, London, U.K., June 2015. DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2015.7249366

11. S. Yao, H. Qian, K. Kang, and M. Shen, “A recursive least squares algorithm with reduced complexity for digital predistortion linearization,” in Proc. International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP'2013), pp. 4736-4739, Vancouver, Canada, May 2013. DOI: 10.1109/ICASSP.2013.6638559

12. S. Yao, H. Qian, H. Huang, and W. Xiang, “Design and implementation of digital predistorter with orthonormal polynomials”, in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC'2013), pp. 3946-3950, Shanghai, China, April 2013. DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2013.6555199

13. W. Zhang, Y. Yang, H. Qian, Y. Zhang, M. Jiao, and T. Yang, “Macroscopic traffic flow models for Shanghai”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'2012), pp. 809-813, Ottawa, Canada, June 2012. DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2012.6364268

14. H. Huang, H. Qian, H. Xu, and X. Wang, “Fractional delay compensation in digital predistortion system”, in Proc. Intl. Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP'2012), pp. 3569-3572, Kyoto, Japan, Mar. 2012. DOI: 10.1109/ICASSP.2012.6288687

15. X. Wang, H. Qian, J. Xu, Y. Yang, and F. Wang, “An efficient CVA-based decoding algorithm for tail-biting codes”, in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2011), pp. 1-5, Houston, TX, Dec. 2011. DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2011.6133569

16. H. Qian, C. Zhao, and G. T. Zhou, "Low complexity crest factor reduction for forward link CDMA using IQ offset," in Proc. IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop, pp. 413-417, Madison, WI, Aug. 2007. DOI: 10.1109/SSP.2007.4301291

17. H. Qian, C. Xiao, N. Chen, and G. T. Zhou, "Dynamic selected mapping for OFDM," in Proc. International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP'2005), vol. 4, pp. 325-328, Philadelphia, PA, March 2005. DOI: 10.1109/ICASSP.2005.1416011

18. H. Qian, R. Raich, and G. T. Zhou, "Optimization of SNDR in the presence of amplitude limited nonlinearity and multipath fading," in Proc. 38th IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, vol. 1, pp. 712-716, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov., 2004. DOI: 10.1109/ACSSC.2004.1399227

19. H. Qian, R. Raich, and G. T. Zhou, "On the benefits of deliberately introduced baseband nonlinearities in communication systems," in Proc. International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP'2004), vol. 2, pp. 905-908, Montreal, Canada, May 2004. DOI: 10.1109/ICASSP.2004.1326405

20. R. Raich, H. Qian, and G. T. Zhou, "Digital baseband predistortion of nonlinear power amplifiers using orthogonal polynomials," in Proc. International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP'2003), vol. 6, pp. 689-692, Hong Kong, China, April 2003. DOI: 10.1109/ICASSP.2003.1201775

1. X. Wang, H. Qian, J. Xu, H. Huang, Y. Yang, and F. Wang, “Channel decoding method and decoder for tail-biting codes”, US Patent 9,083,385, July 14, 2015.

2. H. Qian, S. Wu, and D. Yu, “Digital predistortion for nonlinear RF power amplifiers”, US Patent 8,498,591, July 30, 2013.

3. S. Wu, H. Qian, G. Liu, K.C. Tsai, L. Tse, and H.L. Lou, “RF-AGC scheme insensitive to channel interference and deep fading”, US Patent 8,050,643, Nov. 1, 2011.