Staff Achievements

Prof Yuguang Fang Appointed Editor-in-Chief of IEEE TMLCN

Prof Yuguang “Michael” Fang was appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning for Communications and Networking (IEEE TMLCN), effective 1 July 2026. IEEE TMLCN is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes papers on advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence methodologies, as well as their applications to challenges spanning all areas of communications and networking.

Prof Fang has been an active contributor to the IEEE community. He is an IEEE Fellow and has held several distinguished leadership roles, including Member-at-Large of IEEE Communications Society (2022-2024, 2026-2028), Director of Magazines of IEEE Communications Society, Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (2013 – 2017), and Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Wireless Communications (2009 – 2012), and won several IEEE awards including IEEE Vehicular Technology Society’s Outstanding Service Award (2018) and IEEE Communications Society’s technical achievement awards (WTC Recognition Award, CISTC Technical Cognition Award, and AHSN Technical Achievement Award), among many other notable distinctions. He is also a fellow of ACM and AAAS.

Best Paper Runner-up of ACM SIGMETRICS 2026

Prof Cong Wang and his former postdoctoral fellow Dr Yufeng Hu have won the Best Paper Runner-up of ACM SIGMETRICS 2026 for their paper titled “Shedding Light on Shadows: Automatically Tracing Illicit Money Flows on EVM-Compatible Blockchains”.

The paper was presented at the 2026 Special Interest Group on Measurement and Evaluation of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM SIGMETRICS) held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA from 8 to 12 June 2026.

The ACM SIGMETRICS conference is a key platform that promotes research in performance analysis techniques and the advanced and innovative use of established methods and tools. It brings together researchers and practitioners to advance both theoretical and practical aspects of performance evaluation across a wide range of computer systems and methodologies.

Distinguished Paper Award of IEEE ICDCS 2026

Prof Jianping Wang and her postdoctoral fellow Dr Ziyao Huang have won the IEEE ICDCS 2026 Distinguished Paper Award for their paper titled “Panorama: LLM-Guided Heuristics for Digital Twin-Empowered Vehicular Edge Computing”.

The paper was presented at the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) held in Seoul, South Korea from 22 to 25 June 2026. IEEE ICDCS is a leading international conference organized by the IEEE Computer Society. It provides a platform for researchers and professionals to share and discuss the latest ideas and developments in Distributed Computing Systems.

Awarded at the 51st Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions

The research teams from the Department have achieved outstanding recognition at the 51st Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions (“IEIG”).
IEIG is dedicated exclusively to inventions and innovation. With the patronage of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”), it is widely recognised as a premier global platform for showcasing high-impact inventions and facilitating collaboration among inventors, industry, and investors worldwide.
At this prestigious international exhibition, the teams received one Gold Medal with Jury Congratulations, one Gold Medal, one Silver Medal, and one Bronze Medal. These achievements reflect the collective efforts of our faculty members and team members in advancing cutting-edge research.

A summary of the award-winning projects from the Department is provided below for your reference.

Award: Gold Medal with Jury Congratulations
Project Title: Pleno-health: reconfigurable artificial intelligence ecosystem
Project Team: Prof Dapeng Wu, Prof Shiqi Wang, Dr Peilin Chen

Award: Gold Medal
Project Title: Integrated virtual-physical platform for multi-scale safety testing and security validation of autonomous vehicles
Project Team: Prof Jianping Wang, Prof Xinhong Chen, Dr Zhengmin Jiang, Mr Jinghuai Deng, Mr Haibo Hu, Mr Mingxin Li

Award: Silver Medal
Project Title: Face Fortress: Adaptive all-in-one AI for digital ID safety
Project Team: Prof Shiqi Wang, Mr Fuzhao Ou, Prof Sam Kwong Tak Wu, Dr Haifeng Guo (Lingnan University)
Remarks: Joint project with Lingnan University; participated in the Exhibition through Lingnan University