杨亮，教授，入选湖南省芙蓉计划科技创新领军人才，博士生导师，1977年生。2006年在中山大学获博士学位。曾在香港城市大学和TAMUQ做博士后。

主要研究领域为无线通信、低空网络、车联网及边缘计算，发表IEEE期刊类论文160余篇，其中高被引论文13篇，热点论文2篇，Google及ResearchGate的H指数为46，连续6年入选斯坦福全球前2%顶尖科学家榜单，入选2023、2024、2025年爱思唯尔"中国高被引学者"。主持国家自然科学基金项目5项及国家重点研发计划课题1项，参与国家自然科学基金区域创新发展联合基金重点项目1项(课题负责人)。担任多个国际期刊编委(如IEEE-TCOM、IEEE-TCCN、IEEE-TVT、IEEE-IoT-J、IEEE-WCL、IEEE-COMML、中国科学：信息科学、通信学报、电子与信息学报、物联网学报等)。2007年广东省优秀博士学位论文获得者。2019年度湖南省自然科学奖2等奖获得者（排名第1）、2021年中国电子学会优秀科技工作者、2020年IEEEWCL最佳编委。湖南省电子学会副理长。

liangy@hnu.edu.cn

教育背景Research Background

2003.9-2006.6： 中山大学 PhD

工作经历Working Experience

2018-Current 伟德官网Hunan University

2013.4~ 2018.11 广东工业大学Guangdong University of Technology

2006.7 ~ 2013.4 暨南大学Jinan University

2008.7~2009.7 博士后Research Fellow

香港城市大学City University of Hong Kong

2011.11~2012.11 博士后Research Associate

Texas A&M University at Qatar

[1]Ishtiaq Ahmad, Ramsha Narmeen, Umair Ahmad Mughal, Liang Yang, Junjie Li, Yazeed Alkhrijah, and Muhammad Khurram Khan, A Comprehensive Survey on Cybersecurity Challenges and Defenses for Integrated Air, Ground, and Underwater Autonomous Vehicle Systems,IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials,2026.

[2] Junjie Li, Jie Zhang,Liang YangDesign of Near-Field ISAC-Enabled Vehicular Networks with Transmitting RISs,IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2026.

[3]Sijun Wu, Liang Yang, Lexi Xu,Resource Allocation for RIS-Assisted Vehicle Edge Computing Based on Modified Multi-Agent HDRL,IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 2026.

[4] Junjie Li,Liang Yang, Yulin Shao,Ishtiaq Ahmad, Wei Feng, and Feng Shu, Robust Secure Beam-Scanning forNear-Field ISAC Enabled by Location Division Multiple Access,IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2026.

[5]Guoguo Huang, Jiangling Cao,Liang Yang, Junjie Li, Feng Shu, and Lexi Xu, Active RIS-Assisted UAV-Enabled Fair Data Collection Systems Under Energy Constraints: A Hierarchical DRL-Based Approach,IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 2026.

[6]Lingling Liu, et.al., Energy-Efficient UAV-RIS-assisted SWIPT in Integrated Ground-Aerial-Space Networks,IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2026.

[7]Jian Zou, Jian Xiao, Wenwu Xie, Fanyang Meng, Renhai Feng, Liang Yang, and Yongsheng Liang, Superimposed Pilot-Based Adaptive Semantic Communications for Wireless Image Transmission,IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2026.

[8]Jie Zhang, Junjie Li,Liang Yang, Jiacheng Wang, Lexi Xu, Feng Shu, Qingqing Wu, Stacked Intelligent Metasurface for Satellite Communication Networks: Architectures, Key Technologies, and Challenges,IEEE Wirelesss Communications Magazine, 2026.

[9]Junjie Li,Liang Yang, et.al., Absorptive RIS-Assisted Near-Field Covert Communication with Fluid Antenna Systems,IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications,2025.

[10]Mingjian Chen,Liang Yang, et.al.,, Cargo UAVs Pick-up Systems for Low-Altitude Economy With Communication Quality, Battery Energy, and Time Window Constraints,IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2025.

[11] Guoguo Huang, Jiangling Cao,Liang Yang, Shenghai Chen, Joint Optimization of Energy Efficiency and Stable Communication Quality for Cargo UAV-Enabled Multi-Package Pickup and Delivery,IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 2025.

[12]Xuquan Luo,Liang Yang, George C. Alexandropoulos, Jules M. Moualeu, and Xi Yang, Performance Analysis of Underwater RSMA-Assisted Covert Wireless Communications,IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2025.

[13]Wanming Hao, Yongchao Qu, Shuang Zhou, Xingwang Li, Zhengyu Zhu, Liang Yang, Secure Energy Efficiency Optimization For Active RIS-assisted mmWave ISAC System,IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2025.

[14]Sijun Wu,Liang Yang, Junjie Li, Hongzhi Guo, etc., DRL-Based Pricing-Driven for Task Offloading and Dynamic Resource in Vehicle Edge Computing,IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2025.

[15]Ke-Wen Huang, Hui-Ming Wang, and Liang Yang, Covert RIS-Based Symbiotic Radio in Artificial Noise-Aided Secure Communications Systems,IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2025.

[16]Jingyu Chen, Kunrui Cao, Panagiotis D. Diamantoulakis, Lu Lv, Liang Yang, Haolian Chi, and Haiyang Ding, Secure Wireless-Powered zeRIS Communications,IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2025.

[17]Jian Zou, Wenwu Xie, Jian Xiao, Yongsheng Liang, Jules M. Moualeu, Liang Yang, From Analog to Digital Semantic Communications: Architectures, Challenges, and Future Research Directions,IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, 2025.

[18]Yongjun Xu, Juan Xu, Xingwang Li, Qingqing Wu, Gang Yang, Liang Yang, Chau Yuen, RIS-Assisted Heterogeneous Backscatter Communications: A Robust Design,IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2025.

[19]Jian Zou, etc., Non-Orthogonal Superimposed Pilot for Goodput Enhancement in Digital Semantic Communication,IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 2025.

[20]Min Wu, Kefeng Guo, etc.,RIS-assisted SATINs with RSMA and DRL: A Trade-off between Spectral, Secrecy, and Energy Efficiency,IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2025.

[21]Yuting Liang,Liang Yang, Ishtiaq Ahmad, and Mikko Valkama, Covert Transmission and Physical-Layer Security of STAR-RIS-Assisted Uplink SGF-NOMA Systems,IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2025.

[22]Liang Yang, Zhuo Zhang, Sichun Du, Covert Communication for STAR-RIS-Assisted Ambient Backscatter Communication Systems With RSMA,IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 2025.

[23]Junjie Li,Liang Yang, et.al.,, Multi-Layer Transmitting RIS-Aided Receiver for Collaborative Jamming and Anti-Jamming Networks,IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2025.

[24]Zhuo Zhang,Liang Yang, et.al.,, Covert Communication in RSMA-Assisted Ambient Backscatter Communication Systems,IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2025.

[25]J. Chen, K. Cao, H. Ding, L. Lv, Y. Ye, H. Chi, T. Wang,L. Yang, Double-RIS Enabled Physical Layer Security for Wireless-Powered Communication Systems Over Rayleigh Fading Channels,IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2025.

[26]Ishtiaq Ahmad, Ramsha Narmeen, Umair Ahmad Mughal,Liang Yang,Ahmad Almadhor, Sami Dhahbi, Miaowen Wen, and Pin-Han Ho, Quantum CNN for Detection and Identification of UAV-Enabled Non-Terrestrial Networks,IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, 2025.

[27]Fasong Wang, Meng Lu, Xingwang Li,Liang Yang, Shahid Mumtaz, and Arumugam Nallanathan, Enhancing secrecy of indoor optical RIS aided SSK VLC downlink,IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2025.

[28]Dongxia Wang, Yanli Lin, Xin Peng, Wenwu Xie, Jingxin Luo, Liang Yang, Differential-Privacy-Preserving Distributed ADMM Using Load-Balanced Sparse Allreduce Communication,IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 2025.

[29]Yan Wang, Feng Shu, Xianpeng Wang, Minghao Chen, Riqing Chen,Liang Yang, Junhui Zhao, AI-empowered Channel Estimation for Block-based Active IRS-enhanced Hybrid-field IoT Network,IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2025.

[30]Junjie Li,Liang Yang, et.al.,, Active RIS-Aided NOMA-Enabled Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks with Cognitive Radio,IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2024.

[31]Zhichen Xiao,Liang Yang, Petros S.Bithas, Imran Shafique Ansari, Xingwang Li, Mohamed-SlimAlouini, Performance Analysis of Mixed Underwater Acoustic/Optical Relaying Systems,IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2024.

[32]Yiran Zhang, Zhichen Xiao,Liang Yang, Petros S. Bithas, Mazen O. Hasna,George K. Karagiannidis,Mixed RF/FSO Communication Systems with Rate Splitting,IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2024.

[33]Jiangling Cao,Liang Yang, et.al.,, Trajectory Optimization and Pick-up and Delivery Sequence Designfor Cellular-Connected Cargo AAVs,IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing,2024.

[34]Liang Yang,Jinming Xiang, Sai Li,Xingwang Li, Kefeng Guo, Mazen O. Hasna, and Petros S.Bithas, Performance Analysis of Relay-Aided Satellite-Underwater Acoustic Communication Systems,IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2024.

[35]Kewen Huang, Huiming Wang,Liang Yang, Smart Jamming Using Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface: Asymptotic Analysis and Optimization,IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2023.

[36]Shiguo Wang, Min Zhu, Zhetao Li,Liang Yang,Cheng-Xiang Wang, Rukhsana Ruby, Antenna Selection Strategies for Massive MIMO Systems with Limited-Resolution ADCs/DACs,IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, DOI:10.1109/TWC.2023.3260002, 2023.

[37]Pengxu Chen, Hongwu Liu, Yinghui Ye,Liang Yang, Kyeong Jin Kim, and TheodorosA.Tsiftsis, Rate-Splitting Multiple Access Aided Mobile Edge Computing with Randomly Deployed Users,IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2023.3240786, 2023.

[38]Sai Li,Liang Yang, Jiayi Zhang, Petros S. Bithas, Theodoros A. Tsiftsis, and Mohamed-SlimAlouini, Mixed THz/FSO Relaying Systems: Statistical Analysis and Performance Evaluation,IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.21, no.12, pp.10996-11010,Dec.2022.

[39]Hualiang Luo, Quanzhong Li,Liang Yang, and Jiayin Qin, An Efficient Algorithm for Robust Fractional QCQP and Its Applications to Multiuser Beamforming With Bounded Channel Uncertainties,IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol.70,pp.6096-6111, Dec. 2022.

[40]Sai Li, Liang Yang, Daniel Benevides da Costa, and Siyuan Yu, Performance Analysis of UAV-based Mixed RF-UWOC Transmission Systems,IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.69,no.8, pp.5559-5572, Aug.2021.

[41]Sai Li, Liang Yang, Daniel Benevides da Costa, Marco Di Renzo and Mohamed-Slim Alouini, On the Performance of RIS-Assisted Dual-Hop Mixed RF-UWOC Systems,IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol.7, no.2,pp.340-353, June 2021.

[42]ArthurS. de Sena, Pedro H. J. Nardelli, Daniel B. da Costa, F. Rafael M. Lima,Liang Yang, Petar Popovski, Zhiguo Ding, and Constantinos B. Papadias, IRS-Assisted Massive MIMO-NOMA Networks:Exploiting Wave Polarization,IEEETransactions on Wireless Communications, vol.20, no.11, pp.7166-7183, Nov. 2021.

[43]Hualiang Luo, Quanzhong Li,Liang Yang, and Jiayin Qin, A Fast Algorithm for Fractional QCQP and Applications to Secure Beamforming in Cognitive Nonorthogonal Multiple Access Networks,IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol.69, pp.6237-6250, 2021.

[44] Jiayi Zhang, Hongyang Du, Peng Zhang, Julian Cheng, andLiang Yang, Performance Analysis of 5G Mobile Relay Systems for High-Speed Trains,IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications,vol.38, no.12, pp.2760-2772, Dec.2020.

[45]Li Quanzhong,Liang Yang, Beamforming for Cooperative Secure Transmission in Cognitive Two-Way Relay Networks, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security, vol.15, no.1, 2020.

[46]Hui Zhao, Zhedong Liu,Liang Yang, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Secrecy Analysis in DF Relay over Generalized-K Fading Channels,IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.67,no.10,pp.7168-7182, Oct. 2019.

[47]Quanzhong Li andLiang Yang,Artificial Noise Aided Secure Precoding for MIMO Untrusted Two-Way Relay Systems with Perfect and Imperfect Channel State Information,IEEETransactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol.13, no.10, pp.2628-2638, Oct.2018.

[48]Liang Yang, Mazen O. Hasna, Imran Shafique Ansari,Unified Performance Analysis for Multiuser Mixed and M-Distribution Dual-Hop RF/FSO Systems,IEEETransactions on Communications,vol.65,no.8, pp.3601-3613, Aug. 2017.

[49]Liang Yang, Mazen Omar Hasna, Performance Analysis of Amplify-and-Forward Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Networks With Co-Channel Interference,IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.63, no.12,pp.5052-5061, 2015.

[50]Liang Yang, Mazen Omar Hasna, and Xiqi Gao, Performance of Mixed RF/FSO with Variable Gain over Generalized Atmospheric TurbulenceChannels,IEEE Journalon Selected Areas in Communications, vol.33, no. 9,pp.1913-1924, 2015.

[51]Liang Yang, Khalid Qaraqe, Erchin Serpedin and Mohamed-Slim Alouini,Performance Analysis of Amplify-and-Forward Two-Way Relaying with Co-Channel Interference and Channel Estimation Error,IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.61, no.6, pp.2221-2231, 2013.

[52]Liang Yang, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Khalid Qaraqe, and Weiping Liu, On the Performance of Dual-Hop Systems with Multiple Antennasat Destination: Effects of Spatial correlation, Keyhole, and Co-Channel Interference,IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.60, no.12,pp.3541-3547, 2012.

[53]Liang Yang, Jiayin Qin, Performance of Alamouti scheme with transmit antenna selection for M-ray signals,IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol.5, No.12, pp.3365-3369,Dec.2006.