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Zheng Yang is an associate professor in School of Software and TNList, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He received his B.E. degree in the Department of Computer Science from Tsinghua University, and his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

His research interests include wireless networking, mobile computing, pervasive computing, sensor networks. He is an author and co-author of over 60 research papers in premier journals and conferences. He also serves as a technical program committee member of INFOCOM, MobiHoc, ICDCS, and an editor of several journals including IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT) and AHSWN.

Ongoing projects include PosX (indoor localization) and WiFi-Radar (wireless and sensorless sensing).

News

I am looking for post-doc fellow and self-motivated students to work on research projects in wireless networking and mobile computing. Read my "Notes to Prospective Students" if you are interested in joining our research group.
02/2017, our paper “WiDance” won the Best Paper Honorable Mention Awards in ACM CHI 2017
02/2017, invited talk "Enabling Sensorless Sensing with WiFi Radar" at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and the Ohio State University (OSU)
12/2016, "极简人类计算史"
12/2016, "计网课中的工程师思维"
09/2016, PI of national key research and development project
国家重点研发计划课题“绿色建筑性能参数实时监测与反馈方法及数据系统研究”课题负责人
08/2016, Invited talk “Sensorless Sensing” at HHME 2016
10/2015, Invited talk "WiFi Radar" at CNCC 2015 (中国计算机大会)
08/2015, Natural Science Fund for Excellent Young Scientist
国家自然科学基金优秀青年科学基金项目
08/2015, Youth Top Talent Support Program (“Thousands-of-Talents Scheme”)
国家高层次人才特殊支持计划青年拔尖人才（“万人计划”）
Selected in Beijing Nova Program
Selected as Distinguished member of the TPC, IEEE INFOCOM, 2015
One article published in Communication of the China Computer Federation (CCCF).
《WiFi雷达：从RSSI到CSI》，《中国计算机学会通讯》，2014年11月

Honors and Awards

Best Paper Honorable Mention Award, ACM CHI 2017
Distinguished member of the TPC, IEEE INFOCOM, 2015
Best Paper Award, IEEE TrustCom 2014
Best Paper Candidates, IEEE ICPADS 2014
Spotlight Paper: Our paper “Receiver Consensus: On-Time Warning Delivery for Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks” is selected as the "Spotlight on Transactions" by IEEE Computer Magazine, Issue 6, 2014
2011 State Natural Science Award (Second Class) 国家自然科学奖二等奖, Beijing, China, Feb. 14, 2012. (Photos in the award ceremony)

Selected Publications (a full list of publications is here)

Book

Location, Localization, and Localizability - Location-awareness Technology for Wireless Networks

Yunhao Liu and Zheng Yang

1st Edition, Springer, Berlin, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-4419-7370-2.

Read online for Springer subscribers

位置计算：无线网络定位与可定位性

杨铮，吴陈沭，刘云浩

第一版，清华大学出版社. ISBN: 978-7-302-35113-9.

（获得中国大学出版社优秀学术著作二等奖）

Selected Journal Articles

[IEEE/ACM TON] Longfei Shangguan, Zheng Yang, Alex X. Liu, Zimu Zhou, Yunhao Liu, STPP: Spatial-Temporal Phase Profiling-Based Method for Relative RFID Tag Localization, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 596-609, February, 2017. (PDF) (previous version in NSDI 2015)

[IEEE COMST] Xinglin Zhang, Zheng Yang, Wei Sun, Yunhao Liu, Shaohua Tang, Kai Xing, XuFei Mao, Incentives for Mobile Crowd Sensing: A Survey. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials 18(1): 54-67 (2016). (PDF) A survey on incentive mechanism design for crowd sensing; Impact Factor 6.49

[IEEE JSAC] Chenshu Wu, Zheng Yang, Zimu Zhou, Xuefeng Liu, Yunhao Liu, Jiannong Cao, Non-invasive Detection of Moving and Stationary Human with WiFi, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), Volume 33, Issue 11, 2329 – 2342, November 2015. (PDF)

[IEEE TMC] Chenshu Wu, Zheng Yang, Yunhao Liu, Smartphones based Crowdsourcing for Indoor Localization, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), Volume 14, Issue 2, 444 – 457, February 2015. (PDF) (previous version in MobiCom 2012)

[ACM CSUR] Zheng Yang, Chenshu Wu, Zimu Zhou, Xinglin Zhang, Xu Wang, Yunhao Liu, Mobility Increases Localizability: A Survey on Wireless Indoor Localization using Inertial Sensors, ACM Computing Surveys, Volume 47, Issue 3, Article No. 54, 2015. (PDF) A survey on smartphone localization assisted by mobility information; Impact Factor 4.04

[IEEE COMST] Wei Sun, Zheng Yang, Xinglin Zhang, Yunhao Liu, Energy-efficient Neighbor Discovery in Mobile Ad Hoc and Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 1448 – 1459, August 2014.(PDF) A survey on neighbor discovery; Impact Factor 6.49

[ACM CSUR] Zheng Yang, Zimu Zhou, and Yunhao Liu, From RSSI to CSI: Indoor Localization via Channel Response, ACM Computing Surveys, Volume 46, No. 2, 2013. (PDF) A survey on indoor localization using PHY-layer information; Impact Factor 4.04

[IEEE TPDS] Xinglin Zhang, Zheng Yang, Zimu Zhou, Haibin Cai, Lei Chen, Xiangyang Li, Free Market of Crowdsourcing: Incentive Mechanism Design for Mobile Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Volume 25, Issue 12, Pages 3190 – 3200, December 2014. (PDF)

[IEEE TMC] Zheng Yang and Yunhao Liu, Understanding Node Localizability of Wireless Ad-hoc Networks, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), Volume 11, Issue 8, August 2012, Page(s): 1249-1260. (PDF)

[IEEE/ACM TON] Zheng Yang, Yunhao Liu, and Xiangyang Li, Beyond Trilateration: On the Localizability of Wireless Ad-hoc Networks, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), Volume 18, Issue 6, Pages 1806-1814, December, 2010. (PDF)

[JCST] Yunhao Liu, Zheng Yang, Xiaoping Wang, and Lirong Jian, Location, Localization, and Localizability, Journal of Computer Science and Technology (JCST), Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 274-297, March, 2010. (PDF)

[IEEE TPDS] Zheng Yang and Yunhao Liu, Quality of Trilateration: Confidence based Iterative Localization, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Volume 21, Issue 5, Pages 631-640, May, 2010. (PDF)

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Selected Conference Articles

[ACM CHI] Kun Qian, Chenshu Wu, Zimu Zhou, Yue Zheng, Zheng Yang, Yunhao Liu, "Inferring Motion Direction using Commodity Wi-Fi for Interactive Exergames", ACM CHI, 2017. (PDF) Best Paper Honorable Mention Award

[IEEE INFOCOM] Han Xu, Zheng Yang, Zimu Zhou, Ke Yi, Chunyi Peng, ‘‘TUM: Towards Ubiquitous Multi-Device Localization for Cross-Device Interaction’’, IEEE INFOCOM, 2017.

[ACM UbiComp] Han Xu, Zheng Yang, Zimu Zhou, Longfei Shangguan, Ke Yi, Yunhao Liu, Indoor localization via multi-modal sensing on smartphones, ACM UbiComp 2016.

[IEEE INFOCOM] Kun Qian, Chenshu Wu, Zheng Yang, Zimu Zhou, Xu Wang, Yunhao Liu, Tuning by Turning: Enabling Phased Array Signal Processing for WiFi with Inertial Sensors, IEEE INFOCOM 2016.

[ACM UbiComp] Han Xu, Zheng Yang, Zimu Zhou, Longfei Shangguan, Ke Yi, Yunhao Liu, Bring Light to the Blind: Enhancing WiFi-based Localization with Visual Clues, ACM UbiComp 2015.

[USENIX NSDI] Longfei Shangguan, Zheng Yang, Alex X. Liu, Zimu Zhou, and Yunhao Liu, Relative Localization of RFID Tags using Spatial-Temporal Phase Profiling, USENIX NSDI 2015, Oakland, CA, USA, May 4-6, 2015.

[IEEE INFOCOM] Chenshu Wu, Zheng Yang, Zimu Zhou, Kun Qian, Yunhao Liu, Mingyan Liu, PhaseU: Real-time LOS Identification with WiFi, IEEE INFOCOM 2015, Hong Kong, April 26 – May 1, 2014.

[IEEE INFOCOM] Chenshu Wu, Zheng Yang, Chaowei Xiao, Chaofan Yang, Yunhao Liu, Mingyan Liu, Static Power of Mobile Devices: Self-updating Radio Maps for Wireless Indoor Localization, IEEE INFOCOM 2015, Hong Kong, April 26 – May 1, 2015.

[IEEE INFOCOM] Keyu Wang, Zheng Yang, Zimu Zhou, Yunhao Liu, Lionel Ni, Ambient Rendezvous: Energy-Efficient Neighbor Discovery via Acoustic Sensing, IEEE INFOCOM 2015, Hong Kong, April 26 – May 1, 2015.

[ACM UbiComp] Longfei Shangguan, Zheng Yang, Zimu Zhou, Xiaolong Zheng, Chenshu Wu, and Yunhao Liu, CrossNavi: Enabling Crossroad Navigation for the Blind with Commodity Phones, ACM UbiComp 2014, Seattle, USA, September 13-17, 2014.

[ACM UbiComp] Weixi Gu, Zheng Yang, Longfei Shangguan, Wei Sun, Kun Jin, and Yunhao Liu, Intelligent Sleep Mining Service with Smartphones, ACM UbiComp 2014, Seattle, USA, September 13-17, 2014

[IEEE INFOCOM] Wei Sun, Zheng Yang, Keyu Wang, Yunhao Liu, Hello: A Generic Flexible Protocol for Neighbor Discovery, IEEE INFOCOM 2014, Toronto, Canada, April 25- May 2, 2014.

[IEEE INFOCOM] Zimu Zhou, Zheng Yang, Chenshu Wu, Wei Sun, Yunhao Liu, LiFi: Line-Of-Sight Identification with WiFi, IEEE INFOCOM 2014, Toronto, Canada, April 25- May 2, 2014.

[IEEE INFOCOM] Long-fei Shangguan, Zhenjiang Li, Zheng Yang, Mo Li, Yunhao Liu, OTrack: Order Tracking for Luggage in Mobile RFID Systems, IEEE INFOCOM 2013, Turin, Italy, April 14-19, 2013.

[IEEE INFOCOM] Zimu Zhou, Zheng Yang, Chenshu Wu, Long-fei Shangguan, Yunhao Liu, Towards Omnidirectional Passive Human Detection, IEEE INFOCOM 2013, Turin, Italy, April 14-19, 2013.

[IEEE INFOCOM] Chenshu Wu, Zheng Yang, Yiyang Zhao, Yunhao Liu, Footprints Elicit the Truth: Improving Global Positioning Accuracy via Local Mobility, IEEE INFOCOM 2013, Turin, Italy, April 14-19, 2013.

[ACM MobiCom] Zheng Yang, Chenshu Wu, and Yunhao Liu, Locating in Fingerprint Space: Wireless Indoor Localization with Little Human Intervention, ACM MobiCom 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, August 22-26, 2012. (PDF, Slides) Acceptance Rate: 15.1% (32 out of 212)