Yansha Deng

Professor Yansha Deng is a leading researcher in the Department of Engineering at King’s College London, specializing in 5G/6G wireless communication, multi-scale communication systems, and machine learning applications. She serves as Senior Editor for IEEE Communications Letters and holds editorial roles in multiple top-tier journals.

• Research Focus: Semantic-aware communications, molecular communication systems, UAV network optimization, and edge AI.
• Funding: Principal Investigator for £2.6M+ and Co-Investigator for £14M+ from EPSRC, Horizon Europe, DSIT, and industry partners.

Scientific Awards include the IEEE Communications Society Best Young Researcher Award (2021), Best Paper Awards at ICC 2016 and GLOBECOM 2017, and exemplary reviewer recognitions.

Recent Articles explore semantic communication for robotics, federated learning with LLMs, molecular biosignal analysis, and secure UAV networking—reflecting her interdisciplinary impact.