Intelligent Communication, Computing and Networking Laboratory (ICCN), led by Professor Fang (Fiona) Fang, is with Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Department of Computer Science, Western University. ICCN’s research focuses on developing cutting-edge algorithms and designing innovative machine learning models to solve crucial challenges in the fields of intelligent communications, advanced distributed computing, and trustworthy networks. Current research projects include exploring the integration of artificial intelligence with next-generation wireless networks (6G and beyond), optimizing resource allocation in distributed computing environments, and ensuring privacy and security in dynamic, heterogeneous networks.
Latest news and updates about the research group.
Congratulating Dr. Xie on the acceptance of the paper at IEEE Transactions on Communications, titled: Power-Efficient Optimization for Coexisting Semantic and Bit-Based Users in NOMA Networks.
Congratulating Dr. Xie on the acceptance of the paper at IEEE Communications letters, titled: A Low-Complexity Placement Design of Pinching-Antenna Systems.
Congratulations to Bibo Wu on the acceptance of the paper at IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, titled: Stackelberg Game-Based Performance Optimization in Digital Twin-Assisted Federated Learning over NOMA Networks.
Prof. Fang has been awarded the Engineering Junior Faculty Award for Excellence in Research for the 2024–2025 academic year. This prestigious recognition is presented to an outstanding Western Engineering faculty member who has demonstrated exceptional potential in research through the high quality of their contributions.
Congratulating Dr.Xie on the acceptance of paper at at IEEE Communications letters, titled: Rethinking Power Minimization in a Downlink Hybrid NOMA Network.
Congratulations to Oladayo Richard Ogunjimi on the acceptance of the paper at IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2025 Workshop - TOGC6G, titled: A Goal-Oriented Context-Aware Adaptive Semantic Communication Scheme Using a Semantic Mask Module.
Big congratulations to Dr. Hong Chen for receiving the Assistant Professor position at University of New Brunswick!
IEEE ICC Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. June 10, 2025
We proudly congratulate Dr. Chen on her appointment as Assistant Professor.
We proudly congratulate Dr. Chen on her appointment as Assistant Professor.
We are always looking for self-motivated students who want to pursue a Ph.D.
degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
If you are interested in Machine Learning for Intelligent Wireless
Communications, Semantic Communications, Edge AI, or similar topics and
have a solid background in wireless communications or computer science,
please email us your CV and research plan.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Thompson Engineering Building,
Room TEB 261
Western University
Tel: 519-661-2111, ext. 82135
Email:fang.fang@uwo.ca