Research Directions:

Broadband wireless communication systems and networks

Communication signal processing

5G/6G communication systems

Millimetre-wave/terahertz communications

Software-defined radio

Machine learning in wireless communication systems

Integrated air-space-ground communications

Integrated sensing and communications

Admissions (for Summer Camp or Application System):

PhD:

0810 Information and Communication Engineering – Communication Systems and Theory

0854 Electronic Information – Communication Engineering

Master’s:

0810 Information and Communication Engineering – Intelligent Communications

0854 Electronic Information – Communication Engineering

IEEE Senior Member; Member of IEEE Communications Society; Member of IEEE Signal Processing Society

Associate Editor, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters

Associate Editor, Journal of Communication Information and Networks

Publicity Co-Chair, IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), 2025

Track Co-Chair for Wireless Communications, IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), 2019

Publication Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2019

Workshop Co-Chair, Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC), 2017

Co-Chair for Wireless Communications Systems Symposium, IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, 2014

Physical-Layer Track Co-Chair, IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference, 2013

Peer Reviewer for: IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, IEEE Communication Letters, etc.

Peer Reviewer for IEEE Conferences including VTC, WCNC, PIMRC, ICC, Globecom, etc.

Second Prize of Shanghai Natural Science Award, 2019

Third Prize of Natural Science Award, China Institute of Communications, 2018

Dean’s Award, School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, 2011, 2020

Fudan University Zhuoxue Programme, 2012

Okawa Information and Communication Research Grant Award, Japan, 2012

Sept. 1994 – Jul. 1999: Undergraduate, Department of Electronic Science and Information Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China

Sept. 1999 – Jul. 2002: Master’s student, Department of Electronic Science and Information Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China

Sept. 2002 – Aug. 2007: PhD student, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Oct. 2007 – Dec. 2007: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Feb. 2008 – present: Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Communication Science and Engineering, School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University

Undergraduate Courses:

Core Course in Electronic Information: Signals and Systems Laboratory

Core Course in Communication Engineering: Communication Principles A, B

School Excellent Engineer Class: Communication Principles

Postgraduate Courses:

Degree Course in Information and Communication Engineering: Fundamentals of Wireless Communications

School Finland Full-English International Class: Wireless Communications Engineering

Next-Generation Mobile Communication Technology (Joint course with Huawei)

Q. Wu, T. Lin and Yu Zhu , “Channel estimation for BIOS-assisted multi-user MIMO systems: A heterogeneous two-timescale strategy,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 8248-8263, Aug. 2024.

M. Liu, T. Lin, Yu Zhu , and Y.-J. Zhang, “Sparse channel estimation for IRS-assisted millimeter wave MIMO OFDM systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 72, no. 10, pp. 6553-6568, Oct. 2024.

M. Hui, X. Zhao, T. Lin, and Yu Zhu , “Hybrid beamforming for utility maximization in multiuser broadband millimeter wave systems,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 12, pp. 16042-16057, Dec. 2023.

T. Lin, X. Yu, Yu Zhu , and R. Schober, “Channel Estimation for IRS-Assisted Millimeter-Wave MIMO Systems: Sparsity-Inspired Approaches,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 70, no. 6, pp. 4078-4092, Jul. 2022.

C. Qiu, T. Lin, M. Liu, and Yu Zhu , “BIOS: An Omni RIS for Independent Reflection and Refraction Beamforming,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 1062–1066, May 2022.

Y. Zhen, T. Lin, and Yu Zhu , “Passive Beamforming for IRS-Assisted MU-MIMO Systems with One-Bit ADCs: An SER Minimization Design Approach,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 1101-1105, May 2022.

X. Zhao, T. Lin, Yu Zhu , and J. Zhang, “Partially-connected hybrid beamforming for spectral efficiency maximization via a weighted MMSE equivalence,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 8218-8232, Dec. 2021.

Q. Lu, T. Lin, and Yu Zhu , “Channel estimation and hybrid precoding for millimeter wave communications: A deep learning-based approach,” IEEE Access, 2021.

T. Lin, X. Zhou, Yu Zhu , and Y. Jiang, “Hybrid beamforming optimization for DOA estimation based on the CRB analysis,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 28, pp. 1490-1494 , Jun. 2021.

T. Lin and Yu Zhu , “Beamforming design for large-scale antenna arrays using deep learning,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 103-107, Jan. 2020.

Y. Zhou, T. Lin, and Yu Zhu , “Automatic modulation classification in time-varying channels based on deep learning,” IEEE Access, vol. 8, Oct. 2020.

X. Chen, J. Cui, W. Ni, X. Wang, Yu Zhu , J. Zhang, and S. Xu, “DFT-s-OFDM: Enabling flexibility in frequency selectivity and multiuser diversity for 5G”, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, vol. 9, no. 6, Oct. 2020.

X. Zhang, Z. Chen, Y. Xu, Yu Zhu , X. Wang, “PoM: power-efficient multi-view video streaming over multi-antenna wireless systems,” IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 919-932, Dec. 2019.

T. Lin, J. Cong, Yu Zhu , J. Zhang, and K. B. Letaief, “Hybrid beamforming for millimeter wave systems using the MMSE criterion,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 3693-3708, May 2019.

J. Cong, T. Lin, and Yu Zhu , “Hybrid MMSE beamforming for multiuser millimeter wave communication systems,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 22, no. 11, pp. 2390-2393, Nov. 2018.

P. Zhe, Yu Zhu , K. B. Letaief, “Robust single-carrier frequency-domain equalization for broadband MIMO systems with imperfect channel estimation,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 7, pp.4432-4446, Jul. 2018.

Z. Chen, X. Zhang, Y. Xu, J. Xiong, Yu Zhu , and X. Wang, “Muvi: multiview video aware transmission over MIMO wireless systems,” IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 19, no. 12, pp. 2788-2803, Dec. 2017.

X. Li, Yu Zhu , and P. Xia, “Enhanced analog beamforming for single carrier millimeter wave MIMO systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 16, no. 7, pp.4261-4274, Jul. 2017.

J. Qin, Yu Zhu , P. Zhe, “Broadband analog network coding with robust processing for two-way relay networks,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 21, no. 5, pp.1115-1118, Apr. 2017.

Yu Zhu , P. Zhe, H. Zhou, and D. Huang, “Robust single carrier frequency domain equalization with imperfect channel knowledge,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, no. 9, pp. 6091-6103, Sept. 2016.

B. Xu, Yu Zhu , and R. Zhang, “Optimized power allocation for interference channel with SWIPT,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 220-223, April 2016.

M. Zhang and Yu Zhu , “An enhanced greedy resource allocation algorithm for localized SC-FDMA systems,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 1479-1482, Jul. 2013.

Yu Zhu and K. B. Letaief, “CFO Estimation and Compensation in SC-IFDMA Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 3200- 3213, Oct. 2010.

Z. Fang, X. Zhou, Yu Zhu , and Z. Wang, “Relay selection in amplify-and-forward systems with partial channel information,” IEICE Transactions on Communications, vol. E93-B, no. 3, pp. 704-711, March 2010.

S. Zhang, Yu Zhu , S. Liew, “Soft network coding in wireless two-way relay channels,” Journal of Communications and Networks, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 371-383, Dec. 2008.

Yu Zhu and K. B. Letaief, “Frequency domain pre-equalization with transmit precoding for MIMO broadcast wireless channels,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 389- 400, Feb. 2008.

Yu Zhu and K. B. Letaief, “Frequency domain equalization with Tomlinson-Harashima precoding for broadband MIMO systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 4420- 4431, Dec. 2007.

Yu Zhu and K. B. Letaief, “Single carrier frequency domain equalization with noise prediction for MIMO systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 1063-1076, May 2007.

Yu Zhu and K. B. Letaief, “Single carrier frequency domain equalization with time domain noise prediction for wideband wireless communications,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 5, no. 12, pp. 3548-3557, Dec. 2006.

Yu Zhu and K. B. Letaief, “Single carrier frequency domain equalization with decision feedback processing for time reversal space time block coded systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 53, no. 7, pp. 1127-1131, July 2005.