Lei Yang
Department of Computing, PolyU
Contact
- 0852-27667280
- young@tagsys.org
- http://young.tagsys.org
- Room #PQ718 Mong Man Wai Building The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Kowloon, Hong Kong
BIOGRAPHY
Lei Yang (
, [CV]) is currently an Assistant Professor in Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Previously, he was a Research Assistant Professor in PolyU and Postdoc fellow in the School of Software, Tsinghua University. He received his BS degree in the School of Software and Ph.D degree in Department of Computer Science and Technology from Xi'an Jiaotong University.
I am looking for self-motivated Ph.D student, Research Assistant and Postdoc fellow (with EE or CS background at best). If you are interested in my research, please never hesitate to contact me!
INTERESTS
My research interests include Battery-free Internet of Things, Wireless and Backscatter Communication, Mobile Computing, AI enabled Wireless Sensing.
NEWS
(1) 2021/14, July: Our group secured the UGC/General Research Fund.
(2) 2021/28, January: I was awarded with Faculty of Engineering Research Grant Achievement Award 2019 from PolyU.
(3) 2020/4, December: Our paper was accepted by IEEE INFOCOM 2021.
(4) 2020/11, November: Our paper was accepted by ACM MobiCom 2021.
(5) 2020/18, September: Our research was funded by Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) from NSFC (港澳優秀青年基金).
(6) 2020/1, July: Our research was funded by HK UCG/GRF.
(7) 2020/26, June: We were given the 'Best Paper Award' in IEEE SECON 2020. Congratulations to all co-authors!
(8) 2020/9, March: Our paper was accepted to appear to MobiSys 2020.
AWARDS
1. Faculty Merit Award in Research and Scholarly Activities: Outstanding Young Researcher (Individual), 2021.
Faculty of Engineering (FENG), PolyU2. FENG Research Grant Achievement Award, 2020.
Faculty of Engineering (FENG), PolyU3. NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau), 2020.
國家自然科學基金優秀青年基金(港澳)4. IEEE SECON Best Paper Award, 2020.
Given by IEEE Communications Society5. IEEE INFOCOM Best-In-Session Presentation Award (Zhenlin An), 2019.
Given by IEEE Communications Society6. IEEE INFOCOM Student Travel Grant (Zhenlin An), 2019.
Given by IEEE Communications Society7. ACM MobiCom Best Demo Award (Runner-up), 2018.
Awarded at ACM MobiCom'188. IEEE INFOCOM Best-In-Session Presentation Award, 2017.
Given by IEEE Communications Society9. ACM MobiCom Best Video Award (Runner-up), 2016.
Two videos were awarded to the Winner and Runner Up of best videos respectively.10. ACM China Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2014.
Lei Yang was one of two Chinese Ph.D students who firstly received this award.11. ACM MobiCom Best Paper Award, 2014.
It is the first time since 1994 that Asian lead author received this award.12. ACM MobiHoc Best Paper Award, 2014.
Awarded at ACM MobiHoc'14SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
(1) RF-DNA: Large-Scale Physical-layer Identifications of RFIDs via Dual Natural Attributes
Qingrui Pan (Co-primary Author), Zhenlin An (Co-primary Author), Xueyuan Yang, Xiaopeng Zhao, Lei Yang
ACM MobiCom, Virtual Conference, 2022, 2022.
(6) Analog On-tag Hashing: Towards Selective Reading as Hash Primitives in Gen2 RFID Systems
Lei Yang, Qiongzheng Lin, Chunhui Duan, Zhenlin An
ACM MobiCom, Snowbird, UT, USA, , 2017. Acceptance Rate:19%(35/186)
[ Paper ] [ Technical Report ] [ Slides ]
(7) Making Sense of Mechanical Vibration Period with Sub-millisecond Accuracy Using Backscatter Signals
Best Video Award Runner-up (2/32)
Lei Yang, Yao Li, Qiongzheng Lin, Xiang-Yang Li, Yunhao Liu
ACM MobiCom, New York, USA, , 2016. Acceptance Rate:14% (32/226)
[ Paper ] [ Slides ] [ Demo ] [ Project ] [ Github ]
TEACHING
Spring, 2020: Internet Computing and Applications (COMP5322).
Spring, 2002: Web Application Design and Development (COMP3421).
Spring, 2019: Mobile Computing (COMP4342).
Spring, 2019: Web Database Technologies and Applications (COMP5323).
Fall, 2018: Enterprise Web and Internet Computing for Managers (COMP5321).
Spring, 2018: Mobile Computing (COMP4342P).
Fall, 2017: Mobile Computing (COMP4342).
Fall, 2017: Enterprise Web and Internet Computing for Managers (COMP5321).
Fall, 2016: Computer Communication Networks (COMP312).
Spring, 2017: Service and Cloud Computing (COMP4442).
RECENT FUNDS
1. PI, ''Towards IoT-Oriented Sparse Antenna Arrays with Minimal Resolution Redundancy: Theory, Design and Application''
UGC/GRF(15215421), 2022~2025, HKD 563K2. PI, ''Battery-free Internet of Things (NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau), 國家自然科學基金優秀青年基金(港澳)''
NSFC/EYSF(62022003), 2021~2023, RMB 1,200K3. PI, ''A Protocol-Free Tracking Platform for the Internet of Things''
UGC/GRF(15204820), 2021~2024, HKD 845K4. PI, ''Key Technologies for the Next Generation RFID Systems: Long-range Charing, High-volume Reading and High-Precision Tracking''
Industrial Fund(), 2020~2021, HKD 2,344K5. Co-PI, ''Smart Sensing and Communication Technology for Regional Ecological Environment''
National Key Research and Development Program/MOST(2019YFB2103000), 2020~2023, RMB 885K6. PI, ''Building Hash Primitives for Deployed Gen2 RFIDs: Methodology and Applications''
NSFC/General Program(61972331), 2020~2023, RMB 600K7. Co-PI, ''Fundamental Theories and Key Technologies of High-Efficiency Internet-of-Things for Intelligent Logistics''
NSFC/Key Program(61932017), 2020~2024, RMB 2.9M8. Supervisor, ''Research on Mobile Device Content Synchronization Method Based on Hidden Sound Tags''
NSFC/Young Scientists Fund (Qiongzheng Lin)(), 2020~2022, RMB 280K9. PI, ''WiFi Radar: Health-Monitoring Platform for Elderly with Sensorless Sensing''
PolyU Central Research Fund(), 2018~2020, HKD 274,135CURRENT TEAM
1. Zhenlin An (PhD)
2. Qirui Pan (PhD Student)
3. Xiaopeng Zhao (PhD Student)
4. Xueyuan Yang (PhD Student)
5. Zheng Gong (PhD Student)
6. Donghui Dai (PhD Student)
7. Sicong Liao (PhD Student)
8. Jingyu Tong (PhD Student)
RECENT INVITED TALKS
1. "Pushing the Limits of Real-Time Tracking in IoTg"
June/10, CCF Forum/Tianjing Chapter
