News & milestones
Research updates from Dr. Fang and the Q-AICON community.
Academic milestones
Dr. Fang (Fiona) Fang
2026
IEEE Day 2026 · IEEE London Section
“Shape Your Career, Build Your Future” at Western University: career talks, a panel, and networking for students, organized by the IEEE Women in Engineering London Section team.
LinkedIn · Event announcement (opens in a new tab)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)N2Women Awards Committee · 2026
Named a Distinguished Member of the 2026 N2Women Awards Committee, which evaluates the N2Women Stars and Rising Stars lists.
LinkedIn · N2Women announcement (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)Symposium chair · IEEE ICC 2025
Academic leadership at the IEEE International Conference on Communications, as recorded in Western’s faculty profile.
Western University · Faculty profile (opens in a new tab)Western Engineering research excellence award
The lab announced Dr. Fang’s Junior Faculty Award for Excellence in Research. Western’s 2025 news feature identifies it as the 2024 award.
Western Engineering · Award feature (opens in a new tab)Workshop co-organizer · IEEE PIMRC 2025
Co-organized INTENT (Intelligent Networking Technologies with Enhanced Digital Twin Integration for 6G and Beyond), a workshop at IEEE PIMRC 2025 in Istanbul.
LinkedIn · Call for papers (opens in a new tab)Tutorial co-chair · ICNC 2025
Named alongside Daniel da Costa as a tutorial chair on the conference organizing committee.
ICNC 2025 · Organizing committee (opens in a new tab)
2024
Symposium chair · IEEE VTC Spring
Served in a symposium leadership role for the 2024 Spring edition of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference.
Western University · Faculty profile (opens in a new tab)Student contest committee · IEEE ComSoc SPCC TC
On the committee for the 2024 SPCC-TC Student Challenge and Video Contest, whose winning team presented at IEEE GLOBECOM 2024.
LinkedIn · Contest call (opens in a new tab)Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientist recognition
Western’s research-award feature reports inclusion in the Stanford–Elsevier list across 2021–2024.
Western Engineering · Research recognition (opens in a new tab)
2023
Keynote · EAI GameNets 2023
“Key Communication and AI/Machine Learning Technologies for Intelligent Wireless Networks” — a keynote on energy-efficient RIS/NOMA design and machine learning for wireless networks.
EAI GameNets · Keynote & abstract (opens in a new tab)IEEE SPCC Early Achievement Award
Recognized with the 2023 IEEE SPCC Early Achievement Award, documented by Western University.
Western University · Faculty profile (opens in a new tab)Symposium chair · IEEE GLOBECOM
Served as a symposium chair at IEEE GLOBECOM 2023.
Western University · Faculty profile (opens in a new tab)Publications chair · IEEE VTC Fall
Contributed to the 2023 Fall conference as publications chair.
Western University · Faculty profile (opens in a new tab)Exemplary Editor · IEEE OJ-COM
Received an Exemplary Editor certificate from the IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society.
Western University · Faculty profile (opens in a new tab)
2022
General chair · EAI GameNets
Served as a general chair for EAI GameNets 2022.
Western University · Faculty profile (opens in a new tab)
Sources reviewed October 26, 2026; LinkedIn activity added October 28, 2026. Dates retain the precision of the source. Year-only entries are grouped by year; April 30, 2025 is the lab’s award announcement date. The 2021–2024 recognition is grouped under its final year.
Lab news
Hong Chen and Bibo Wu have papers accepted at the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), one of the two flagship conferences of the IEEE Communications Society, with an acceptance rate of approximately 38%.