Xiangyun Zhou

Associate Professor Xiangyun Zhou is affiliated with the School of Engineering at The Australian National University (ANU). He holds editorial roles as Executive Editor for IEEE Communications Letters and has served on editorial boards for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and other journals. His research focuses on communication theory, wireless networks, physical layer security, IoT systems for wildfire detection, and energy-efficient communication protocols. He has organized major international workshops and conferences, including ICC and Globecom sessions on physical layer security and energy harvesting communications. Dr. Zhou is a Fellow of the IEEE and has contributed to projects such as IoT ground sensing systems for bushfire detection and 6G terahertz communication systems.

Education:

• Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours) from ANU (2007)
• Ph.D. in Engineering from ANU (2010)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Oslo (2010–2011)

Research Interests: Wireless communications, physical layer security, covert communication, terahertz systems, IoT applications, and energy-efficient protocols.

Grants & Projects:

• Principal Investigator on projects like ‘Ultra-Fast and Secure Terahertz Communications for 6G Wireless Systems’ (2023–2026) and ‘ANU Bushfire Smoke Dataset’ (2024–2024).
• Worked on ‘IoT Ground Sensing Systems for Wildfire Detection’ and ‘Secure Wireless Machine-Type Communications’.

Labs/Teams: Involved in ANU’s engineering research teams and serves on IEEE committees. Active in community initiatives like the ANU Football Club’s Men’s Master League.