Xiao Zhang
I am a Postdoctoral Associate at Duke University and NSF Athena (NSF NAI for Edge Computing Leveraging Next Generation Networks), working with Prof. Tingjun Chen. Prior to that, I received my Ph.D. degree in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at Michigan State University (MSU) in 2023. My Ph.D. advisor was Prof. Li Xiao. I earned my M.S. at Northwestern Polytechnical University in 2019, advised by Prof. Shining Li and B.E. with honor from Taiyuan University of Technology in 2016.
My research interests are next-generation wireless networks (optical, mmWave), mobile computing, AIoT, Cyber Physical Systems, AI-assisted sensing/localization, and HCI. Particularly, my Ph.D. work focuses on exploring spatial-temporal diversities in Optical Wireless Communication (OWC) for its improved communication performance and enabled sensing/localization. My vision is that light can provide the secure and location-aware communication for Internet-of-Things and human-centered mobile computing. With explored OWC's spatial-temporal diversities and machine learning, we can use light as promising medium for next-generation wireless networks with broad applications (e.g., LiFi, V2X networks, underwater navigation, digital health, smart city, HCI, and AR/VR). Currently, I work on mmWave fused sensing for swarming drones, and digital health with wearable flexible patch devices during my postdoctoral training.
News
Host: Dr. Tingjun Chen.
Committee: Dr. Li Xiao, Dr. Matt Mutka, Dr. Tianxing Li, and Dr. Xiaobo Tan.
Committee: Dr. Li Xiao, Dr. Matt Mutka, Dr. Tianxing Li, and Dr. Xiaobo Tan.
Committee: Dr. Guan-Hua Tu, Dr. Ofria Charles, and Dr. Yunhao Liu.
Advisor: Dr. Li Xiao.
Research
I'm interested in the next-generation wireless communication and networking, particularly optical wireless communication (OWC) and mmWave; underwater optical communication, localization, and navigation; mobile computing; vehicle-to-everything networks; AI-assisted novel applications; the Internet-of-Things; digital health, CPS security and the Metaverse.
Conference Papers:
- RoFin: 3D Hand Pose Reconstructing via 2D Rolling Fingertips
Xiao Zhang, Griffin Klevering, Juexing Wang, Li Xiao, and Tianxing Li
MobiSys 2023 | paper - PATCH: A Plug-in Framework Of Non-blocking Inference For Distributed Multimodal System
Juexing Wang, Guangjing Wang, Xiao Zhang, Li Liu, Huacheng Zeng, Li Xiao, Zhichao Cao, Lin Gu, and Tianxing Li
Ubicomp 2023 | paper - Boosting Optical Camera Communication via 2D Rolling Blocks
Xiao Zhang, Griffin Klevering, James Mariani, Li Xiao, and Matt Mutka
IWQoS 2023 | paper - PoseFly: On-site Pose Parsing of Swarming Drones via 4-in-1 Optical Camera Communication
Xiao Zhang, Griffin Klevering, and Li Xiao
WoWMoM 2023 | paper - U-Star: An Underwater Navigation System based on Passive 3D Optical Identification Tags
Xiao Zhang, Hanqing Guo, James Mariani, and Li Xiao
MobiCom 2022 | paper - Handling Data Heterogeneity in Federated Learning via Knowledge Fusion
Xu Zhou, Xinyu Lei, Cong Yang, Yichun Shi, Xiao Zhang, and Jingwen Shi
arXiv preprint 2022 | paper - LiFOD: Lighting Extra Data via Fine-grained OWC Dimming
Xiao Zhang, James Mariani, Li Xiao, and Matt Mutka
SECON 2022 | paper - Effective Subcarrier Pairing for Hybrid Delivery in Relay Networks
Xiao Zhang, Li Xiao
MASS 2020 | paper - k-Labelsets for Multimedia Classification with Global and Local Label Correlation
Yan Yan, Shining Li, Xiao Zhang, et.al
MMM 2018 | paper - Directional Monitoring of Multiple Moving Targets by Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Yan Pan, Shining Li, Xiao Zhang, et.al
GLOBECOM 2017 | paper - Multi-label Learning with Label-Specific Feature Selection
Yan Yan, Shining Li, Zhe Yang, Xiao Zhang, et.al
ICONIP 2017 | paper
Journal Papers:
- Exploiting Fine-grained Dimming with Improved LiFi Throughput
Xiao Zhang, James Mariani, Li Xiao, and Matt W. Mutka
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks 2024 (to appear) | paper - The Security in Optical Wireless Communication: A Survey
Xiao Zhang, Griffin Klevering, Xinyu Lei, Yiwen Hu, Li Xiao, and Guan-Hua Tu
ACM Computing Surveys 2023 | paper - Handling Data Heterogeneity for IoT Devices in Federated Learning: A Knowledge Fusion Approach
Xu Zhou, Xinyu Lei, Cong Yang, Yichun Shi, Xiao Zhang, and Jingwen Shi
IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2023 | paper - Survey for Soil Sensing with IOT and Traditional System
Juexing Wang, Xiao Zhang, Li Xiao, and Tianxing Li
MDPI Network 2023 | paper
Workshop/Poster/Demo Papers:
- Integrated On-site Localization and Optical Camera Communication for Drones
Xiao Zhang, Griffin Klevering, Kanishka Wijewardena, and Li Xiao
WoWMoM Demo 2023 | paper - Exploring Rolling Shutter Effect for Motion
Tracking with Objective Identification
Xiao Zhang, Griffin Klevering, Li Xiao
SenSys Poster 2022 | paper - Lighting Extra Data via OWC Dimming
Xiao Zhang, Li Xiao
CoNEXT Workshop 2020 | paper - RainbowRow: Fast Optical Camera Communication
Xiao Zhang, Li Xiao
ICNP Workshop 2020 | paper - Effective Subcarrier Pairing Scheme in mmWave-based Relay System
Xiao Zhang, Li Xiao
mmWaveRCN Poster 2019 | paper
Services
INFOCOM 2020-2024, MobiCom 2024, ICC 2023, CVPR 2023, MASS 2019, GLOBECOM 2019, IEEE Transactions on
Human-Machine Systems (THMS), IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in
Communications (JSAC), IEEE Communication Letters
CSE 331 Algorithms and Data Structures, CSE 260 Discrete Structures, CSE 232 Introduction to Programming II