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Dr. Fan Liu is currently an Assistant Professor of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). He received the Ph.D. and the BEng. degrees from Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), Beijing, China, in 2018 and 2013, respectively. He has previously held academic positions in the University College London (UCL), firstly as a Visiting Researcher from 2016 to 2018, and then as a Marie Curie Research Fellow from 2018 to 2020. He was the recipient of the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award of Chinese Institute of Electronics in 2019, the Marie Curie Individual Fellowship in 2018, and has been named as an Exemplary Reviewer for several IEEE Journals. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Communications Letters, a Lead Guest Editor of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) Special Issue on "Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC)", and Academic Chair of the IEEE ComSoc ISAC Emerging Technology Initiative (ISAC-ETI). He has served as the organizer and Co-Chair for several workshops, special sessions and tutorials in flagship IEEE conferences. His research interests include ISAC, vehicular network and intelligent transportation, and mmWave communications. He is an Independent Consultant for Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., and a member of the IMT-2030 (6G) ISAC Task Group.
2013-2018：Ph.D, School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology
2016-2018：Visiting Researcher, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London
2009-2013：BEng.,Information Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
2020-now: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
2018-2020: Marie Curie Research Fellow, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London
Joint Radar Sensing and Communications
Intelligent Sensing and Communications for Vehicular Network
MmWave and Massive MIMO Communications
MIMO Radar Signal Processing
Publishing Project for Young Scholars in the Frontier of Electronic and Information, 2020
Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, Chinese Institute of Electronics, 2019
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions-Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF), European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, 2018
Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2018
Exemplary Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2018
Exemplary Reviewer for IEEE Communications Letters, 2017 and 2018
Exemplary Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2017
[J25] F. Liu, Y. Cui, C. Masouros, J. Xu, T.-X. Han, Y. C. Eldar, and S. Buzzi, "Integrated Sensing and Communications: Towards Dual-functional Wireless Networks for 6G and Beyond", submitted to IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.
[J24] F. Liu, Y. -F. Liu, A. Li, C. Masouros and Y. C. Eldar, "Cramér-Rao Bound Optimization for Joint Radar-Communication Design", submitted to IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.
[J23] J. A. Zhang, F. Liu*, C. Masouros, R. W. Heath Jr., Z. Feng, L. Zheng and A. Petropulu, "An Overview of Signal Processing Techniques for Joint Communication and Radar Sensing", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. Early Access
[J22] Y. Cui, F. Liu, X. Jing and J. Mu, "Integrating Radio Sensing and Communications for Ubiquitous IoT: Applications, Trends and Challenges", IEEE Network. Early Access
[J21] Z. Wei, F. Liu*, C, Masouros and H. V. Poor, "Fundamentals of Physical Layer Anonymous Communications: Sender Detection and Anonymous Precoding ", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. Early Access
[J20] Z. Zhang, Q. Chang, F. Liu*, and S. Yang, "Dual-functional Radar-Communication Waveform Design: Interference Reduction vs. Exploitation", IEEE Communications Letters. Early Access
[J19] 刘凡, 袁伟杰, 原进宏, 张健，费泽松，周建明. 雷达通信频谱共享及一体化：综述与展望[J]. 雷达学报, 2021, 10(3): 467–484.
[J18] L. Chen, F. Liu*, W. Wang and C. Masouros, "Joint Radar-Communication Transmission: A Generalized Pareto Optimization Framework", IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 69, pp. 2752-2765, 2021
[J17] W. Yuan, F. Liu*, C. Masouros, J. Yuan, D. W. K. Ng and N. G. Prelcic, "Bayesian Predictive Beamforming for Vehicular Networks: A Low-Overhead Joint Radar-Communication Approach", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 1442-1456, March 2021.
[J16] N. Su, F. Liu* and C. Masouros, "Secure Radar-Communication Systems with Malicious Targets: Integrating Radar, Communications and Jamming Functionalities", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 83-95, 2021.
[J15] F. Liu and C. Masouros, "A Tutorial on Joint Radar and Communication Transmission for Vehicular Networks - Part III: Predictive Beamforming without State Models", IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 332-336, 2021. - EiC Invited Paper
[J14] F. Liu and C. Masouros, "A Tutorial on Joint Radar and Communication Transmission for Vehicular Networks - Part II: State of the Art and Challenges Ahead", IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 327-331, 2021. - EiC Invited Paper
[J13] F. Liu and C. Masouros, "A Tutorial on Joint Radar and Communication Transmission for Vehicular Networks - Part I: Background and Fundamentals", IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 322-326, 2021. - EiC Invited Paper
[J12] X. Meng, F. Liu*, S. Yang and J. Zhou, "Interference Exploitation Precoding for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Communication System", IEEE Wireless Communciations Letters, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 126-130, 2021.
[J11] F. Liu, W. Yuan, C. Masouros and J. Yuan, "Radar-assisted Predictive Beamforming for Vehicular Links: Communication Served by Sensing", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 11, pp. 7704-7719, Nov. 2020.
[J10] F. Liu, C. Masouros, T. Ratnarajah and A. Petropulu, "On Range Sidelobe Reduction for Dual-functional Radar-Communication Waveforms", IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 1572-1576, Sept. 2020.
[J9] F. Liu, C. Masouros, A. Petropulu, H. Griffiths and L. Hanzo, "Joint Radar and Communication Design: Applications, State-of-the-art and the Road Ahead", IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 3834-3862, June 2020. - EiC Invited Paper, ESI Highly Cited Paper
[J8] A. Li, F. Liu*, C. Masouros, Y. Li and B. Vucetic, "Interference Exploitation 1-Bit Massive MIMO Precoding: A Partial Branch-and-Bound Approach with Near-Optimal Solution," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 3474-3489, May 2020.
[J7] Z. Ma, F. Liu*, M. Li, H. Qiao and X. Lv, "Joint Optimization of Anchor Deployment and Power Allocation in Wireless Network Localization", IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 1086-1089, May 2020.
[J6] F. Liu, A. Garcia-Rodriguez, C. Masouros and G. Geraci, "Interfering Channel Estimation in Radar-Cellular Coexistence: How Much Information Do We Need?" IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 4238-4253, Sept. 2019.
[J5] F. Liu, L. Zhou, C. Masouros, A. Li, W. Luo, and A. Petropulu, "Toward Dual-functional Radar-Communication Systems: Optimal Waveform Design," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 66, no. 16, pp. 4264-4279, Aug. 2018.
[J4] F. Liu, C. Masouros, A. Li, T. Ratnarajah, and J. Zhou, "MIMO Radar and Cellular Coexistence: A Power-Efficient Approach Enabled by Interference Exploitation," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 66, no. 14, pp. 3681-3695, Jul. 2018.
[J3] F. Liu, C. Masouros, A. Li, H. Sun and L. Hanzo, "MU-MIMO Communications with MIMO Radar: From Co-existence to Joint Transmission," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 2755-2770, April 2018.
[J2] F. Liu, C. Masouros, P. V. Amadori and H. Sun, "An Efficient Manifold Algorithm for Constructive Interference Based Constant Envelope Precoding," IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 1542-1546, Oct. 2017.
[J1] F. Liu, C. Masouros, A. Li and T. Ratnarajah, "Robust MIMO Beamforming for Cellular and Radar Coexistence," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 374-377, June 2017.
We are looking for self-motivated students who want to pursue Ph.D and Master degrees in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, as well as undergraduates who wish to join my group as Research Interns. We also welcome applications of Research Assistant Professors, Post-Doctoral Researchers and Visiting Scholars. If you are with a solid background in Wireless Communications/Signal Processing and a strong grounding in mathematical skills, and are interested in working with me, please drop me an email with your CV by contacting: liuf6@sustech.edu.cn
