Intelligence.Quantum.Communication.
Quantum and AI Computing,
Optimization, and Networking
Highlights
- Impact8,300+ citationsh-index 39 on Google Scholar. 30 IEEE journal papers since 2024, including JSAC, TCOM, and TWC.
- RecognitionIEEE SPCC Early Achievement AwardAnd Western Engineering’s Junior Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, 2024–25.
- ServiceEditor, IEEE TWC, TCOM & CLIEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Communications, and IEEE Communications Letters.
- AlumniAssistant Professor and Cisco Research ChairDr. Hong Chen, University of New Brunswick, since 2025.
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Selected Research
All Research
Quantum Computing
Qubit-Efficient Quantum Computing
A QAOA framework that encodes a problem’s symmetry-constrained subspace with fewer qubits, aiming to keep the original optimization performance on qubit-limited hardware.
Read the Paper on arXiv
Artificial Intelligence
Communication-Efficient Edge AI
Jointly choosing which devices join federated learning and how they share NOMA radio resources, to cut the cost of training over wireless links.
Read the Paper on IEEE Xplore
Wireless Communication
Pinching Antenna Systems
A low-complexity method for placing pinching antennas along a waveguide, bringing each antenna close to the users it serves.
Read the Paper on IEEE Xplore
Our Team
Dr. Fang (Fiona) Fang, Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Department of Computer Science, Western University. 7 postdoctoral researchers and graduate students.
Meet the TeamDr. Fang (Fiona) Fang · Beyond the papers
Academic milestones.
Talks, recognition, and contributions to the research community.
2026
Guest editor · IEEE JSAC special issue
On the guest editorial team for “Exploiting Flexible Positioning: Movable and Pinching Antennas for Next-Generation Wireless Networks”. Submissions closed October 1, 2026.
LinkedIn · Call for papers (opens in a new tab)Chair · IEEE London Section
Reported chairing a first Executive Committee meeting as Section Chair, and called for volunteers across chapters, WIE, Young Professionals, and student branches.
LinkedIn · Dr. Fang’s post (opens in a new tab)
2025
Invited talk · COSMIC Workshop, IEEE WiSEE 2025
“Communication-Efficient Federated Learning for 6G” — one of five invited talks at the Communications Systems and Management for In-situ Capabilities workshop.
LinkedIn · Workshop announcement (opens in a new tab)
Latest News
All NewsBibo Wu’s paper “Optimizing Value of Learning in Task-Oriented Federated Meta-Learning System over NOMA Networks” has been accepted at IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
Oladayo begins a new industry role as a Quantitative Risk Management Associate at TD Bank Group.
Yushen Chen’s paper “Personalized Vehicular Health Diagnosis via Large Language Model” has been accepted.
We Are Recruiting Ph.D. Students
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, with a background in wireless communications or computer science. Send a CV and a research plan to fang.fang@uwo.ca.