Prof. Zhen Yang received his B. Eng. and M. Eng. degrees from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1983 and 1988, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1999, all in electrical engineering. He was initially employed as a Lecturer in 1983 by Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 1995 and then as Full Professor in 2000. He was a visiting scholar at Bremen University, Germany during 1992-1993, and an exchange scholar at Maryland University, USA in 2003. His research interests include various aspects of signal processing and communication, such as communication systems and networks, cognitive radio, spectrum sensing, speech and audio processing, compressive sensing and wireless communication. He has published more than 200 papers in academic journals and conferences.
Prof. Yang is now the President of Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, the Fellow of Chinese Institute of Communications. Prof. Yang also served as Vice Chairman of Chinese Institute of Communications, Chairman of Jiangsu Institute of Communications during 2010 to 2015, and the Chair of APCC (Asian Pacific Communication Conference) Steering Committee during 2013 to 2014. He is currently the Vice Director of Editorial Board of The Journal on Communications. He is also a Member of the Editorial Board for several other journals such as the Chinese Journal of Electronics, Data Collection and Processing et al.
