Principal Investigator
Fang (Fiona) Fang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Department of Computer Science
Western University, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Fang Fang received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada, in 2017. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Computer Science, Western University, Canada. Prior to joining Western University, she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at Durham University, UK, from 2020 to 2022. In addition, she was a Research Associate in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester, UK from 2018 to 2020.
Address
Room 261, Thompson Engineering Building
Western University, 1151 Richmond St, London, ON N6A 3K7
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Research Interests
Her current research interests include machine learning for intelligent wireless communications, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), multi-access edge computing (MEC), Semantic Communications and Edge AI, etc. Dr. Fang has been serving as a general chair for EAI GameNets 2022, a publications chair for IEEE VTC 2023 Fall, and a symposium chair for IEEE Globecom 2023, IEEE VTC 2024 Spring and IEEE ICC 2025. Dr. Fang currently serves as an Editor for IEEE Communication Letters and IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (OJ-COM). She received the Exemplary Reviewer Certificates from the IEEE Transactions on Communications in 2017 and 2021, as well as the Exemplary Editor Certificates from IEEE OJ-COM in 2021 and 2023. Dr. Fang won the IEEE SPCC Early Achievement Award in 2023.
Awards & Recognition
- IEEE SPCC Early Achievement Award, 2023
- Exemplary Editor, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 2023, 2021
- Exemplary Reviewer for IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 2023, 2021.
- Exemplary Reviewer (top 2%) for the IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2021 & 2017.
Team Members
Postdocs
Dr. Ximing Xie
Received his B.E. from Harbin Institute of Technology, M.S. from University College London, and Ph.D. from The University of Manchester. Currently a postdoctoral associate at Western University. His research interests include beyond 5G wireless networks, machine learning, and NOMA techniques.
PhD Students
Guan Qiang
Obtained his bachelor's degree from Shanghai University and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at Western University. His research focuses on machine learning and intelligent edge computing.
Bibo Wu
Pursuing a Ph.D. at Western University, Canada, received his B.E. and M.E. from Chongqing University. His research focuses on federated learning, NOMA, and machine learning for intelligent wireless communications.
Yushen Chen
Yushen Chen received the B.S. (Hons.) degree in computer science and M.S. degree in computer science from Western University, Canada in 2023 and 2025 respectively. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the department of computer science from Western University, Canada. His current research interests include federated learning, deep learning, and wireless communications.
Saba Habibi
Currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research interests include Deep Learning, semantic communications, and wireless communications.
MESc Students
Oladayo Richard Ogunjimi
My name is Oladayo Ogunjimi, and I'm an MESc student researching Semantic Communications with research interests in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Wireless Communication, and IoT devices. My work focuses on developing innovative solutions that leverage semantic technologies to enhance communication efficiency.
Visiting Students
Junjie Wang
Visiting Ph.D. candidate from Zhengzhou University. He received the B.Eng. in information engineering from Zhengzhou University in 2018. His research interests include secure communications, physical layer security, and channel estimation.
Ling Zhuang
Visiting Ph.D. candidate from Nanjing University of Information Sicence and Technology (NUIST). She received the B.Eng. in electronic information engineering from NUIST in 2018. Her research interests include intelligent reflecting surfaces, physical layer security, and beamforming.
Alumni
Dr. Hong Chen
Hong Chen (Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada in 2023. She was a Postdoctoral Associate with Western University, London, ON, Canada, from 2023 to 2025. In July 2025, she joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada, where she is currently an Assistant Professor and Cisco Research Chair in IoT. Her current research areas are mainly in semantic communications, cloud and multiaccess edge computing, intelligent IoT systems, and the interplay between machine learning and communications, networking, and computing.