Kin K. Leung

Kin K. Leung is the Tanaka Chair Professor in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computing Departments at Imperial College London. He serves as the Head of the Communications & Signal Processing Group (2009-2024) and Deputy Director of the University Defence Research Centre in Signal Processing. Previously, he held senior technical roles at AT&T Bell Labs and Lucent Technologies.

Education: B.S. from Chinese University of Hong Kong (1980), M.S. and Ph.D. from University of California, Los Angeles (1982, 1985).

Research Interests: Focuses on wireless technologies, communication networks, stochastic modeling, machine learning, optimization, and emerging quantum computing applications. His work integrates theoretical frameworks with practical implementations in multi-antenna systems, cross-layer network designs, and distributed quantum architectures.

Publication Trends: Recent works (2021-2025) demonstrate a strong focus on quantum computing integration with networking systems, federated learning optimizations for edge devices, and reinforcement learning solutions for resource allocation in wireless environments.

Awards and Honors:

• Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering (2022)
• IEEE Fellow (2001)
• IET Fellow (2021)
• Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2004-2009)
• IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize (2021)
• IEEE Best Survey Paper Award (2022)

Grants and Leadership: Principal Investigator for EPSRC TITAN/HASC Com Hubs, DCIT Centre, and DQC & App (distributed quantum computing). Leads the Communications & Signal Processing Group and co-directs the School of Convergence Science in Space, Security and Telecoms.