Professor
Institute of Information and Communication Technology
Research Interests: data-driven wireless channel modeling and system design
Office Phone: 86-10-6276 7154
Email: xiangcheng[at]pku.edu.cn
Research Group Website: http://pcni.pku.edu.cn
Cheng, Xiang received the Ph.D. degree jointly from Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K., in 2009. He is currently a Boya Distinguished Professor of Peking University. His general research interests are in areas of channel modeling, wireless communications, and data analytics, subject on which he has published more than 280 journal and conference papers, 9 books, and holds 17 patents. Prof. Cheng is a Distinguished Young Investigator of China Frontiers of Engineering, a recipient of the IEEE Asia Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award in 2015, a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, and a Highly Cited Chinese Researcher in 2020. He was a co-recipient of the 2016 IEEE JSAC Best Paper Award: Leonard G. Abraham Prize, and IET Communications Best Paper Award: Premium Award. He has also received the Best Paper Awards at IEEE ITST’12, ICCC’13, ITSC’14, ICC’16, ICNC’17, GLOBECOM’18, ICCS’18, and ICC’19. He has served as the symposium lead chair, co-chair, and member of the Technical Program Committee for several international conferences. He is currently a Subject Editor of IET Communications and an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, and the Journal of Communications and Information Networks. In 2021, he was selected into two world scientist lists, including World’s Top 2% Scientists released by Stanford University and Top Computer Science Scientists released by Guide2Research.