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Prof. Yuanwei Liu

Principal Investigator of STAR LAB@HKU

Professor (tenured), IEEE Fellow, AAIA Fellow, AIIA Fellow, Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong.

Address: Rm 605, Chow Yei Ching Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.

T: +852 3917 8403

E: yuanwei@hku.hk


Biography

Yuanwei Liu has been a (tenured) full Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU)  and a visiting professor in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)  since September 1st, 2024. Prior to that, he was a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) (Aug. 2021- Aug. 2024) and a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) (Sept. 2017- July 2021) at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), London, U.K, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Sep. 2016- Aug. 2017) at King's College London (KCL), London, U.K. He received the Ph.D. degree from QMUL in 2016. He currently serves as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of IEEE ComSoc TC NewsLetter, an Area Editor of IEEE Transactions on Communications and IEEE Communications Letters, an Editor of serval IEEE top journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, and IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of AAIA, a Fellow of AIIA, a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher, an IEEE Communication Society Distinguished Lecturer, and an IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Distinguished Lecturer. He was listed as one of [35 Innovators Under 35 China in 2022 by MIT Technology Review], is the recipient of the [2024 Early Career Researcher Award from Queen Mary Research and Innovation],the [2020 IEEE ComSoc Outstanding Young Researcher Award for the Europe, Middle East and Africa Region], the [2020 Early Achievement Award of the IEEE ComSoc - Signal Processing and Computing for Communications (SPCC) Technical Committee], and the recipient of the [2021 IEEE CTTC Early Achievement Awards]. He is the co-recipient of the [2024 IEEE Communications Society Heinrich Hertz Award], the Best Student Paper Award in IEEE VTC2022-Fall, the Best Paper Award in ISWCS 2022, the 2022 IEEE SPCC-TC Best Paper Award, the 2023 IEEE ICCT Best Paper Award, and the 2023 IEEE ISAP Best Emerging Technologies Paper Award. More information can be found in Google Scholar and Linkedin.

Highlights

  • [PASS Works] A presentation slides of our interesting recent works on Pinching-Antenna Systems (PASS) is below: [presentation slides]

    • To Prospective Students

  • [PhD studentships] Multiple PhD studentships of EEE in HKU are availabe here: [The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS)]; [HKU Presidential PhD Scholar Programme (HKU-PS Programme)].
  • [2025-Fall PhD Admission] I'm always looking for self-motivated students who want to pursue a Ph.D degree in Electronic Engineering and Computer science [EEE]. If you are with a solid background in wireless communications/computer science and a strong grounding in mathematical skills, please drop me an email with your CV and draft research proposal. [The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS)]; [HKU Presidential PhD Scholar Programme (HKU-PS Programme)]
    • Applicants are encouraged to contact me before submitting their applications.

    Research Fellowships

    I also welcome applications for post-doctoral research. I am happy to support your proposal application and hold your position in EEE of HKU.
  • We are recruiting a two year postdoc research fellow, co-advised by Prof. Kaibin Huang and Prof. Yuanwei Liu: [Application Link]. (Applications Deadline: Jul 31, 2025 (HK Time))
  • Here are some relevant fellowship schemes which you might apply to [RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme], [Hong Kong Scholars Program for Mainland, China].