Semantic Communications

Wei Chen is a Professor at Beijing Jiaotong University, China. He received the B.Eng. degree and M.Eng. degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, in 2006 and 2009, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, UK, in 2013. Later, he was a Research Associate with the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge from 2013 to 2016. His current research interests include semantic communications, AL/ML for PHY and sparse signal processing. He was a recipient of the 2013 IET Wireless Sensor Systems Premium Award, the 2017 International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Young Researcher Award, the 2019 CCF-Tencent Rhino Bird Innovation Award, the 2020 IWCMC 5G-EWNAT Workshop Best Paper Award, and 2023 IEEE/CIC ICCC Best Paper Award. He has served as the editor and symposium chair of several IEEE/IET journals and international conferences. Recently, he serves as the lead guest editor for IEEE JSTSP Special Issue on Intelligent Signal Processing and Learning for Next Generation Multiple Access.

Zhijin Qin is an Associate Professor at Tsinghua University, China. She was with Queen Mary University of London and Lancaster University as a lecturer as well as with Imperial College London as a research associate from 2016 to 2022. She obtained her PhD degree in 2016 and the bachelor degree in 2012. Her research interests include semantic communications and sparse signal processing in wireless communications. She serves as an area editor of IEEE JSAC Series on Machine learning in Communications and Networks, an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, and IEEE Communications Letters. Dr Qin has served as the symposium co-chair for IEEE VTC Fall 2019 and IEEE Globecom 2020/2021. She received the 2017 IEEE Globecom Best Paper Award, the 2018 IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award, the 2021 IEEE Communications Society SPCC Early Achievement Award, the 2022 IEEE Communications Society Fred W. Ellersick Prize, the 2023 IEEE ICC Best Paper Award, and 2023 IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award.