Na Yi

Dr. Na Yi is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Surrey's Institute for Communication Systems, with a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Surrey (2009). Her research focuses on wireless communications, physical layer resource allocation, optimization, and information theory. She has advised multiple PhD students, including Juan Carlos de Luna Ducoing (current) and Farman Ullah, Turki N Yosef, Vijay Bhaskar, and Janice George (previous). Her work spans projects like WHERE2, ACROPOLIS, and C2POWER (EU-FP7 initiatives). She has published extensively on topics including MIMO systems, beamforming, and 5G/URLLC technologies. Notable collaborations include EU-China 5G trials and 5G-DRIVE project contributions.

Dr. Yi's publications include over 60 articles in journals like IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun. and conferences such as GLOBECOM and VTC. Her doctoral thesis, Cooperative Communication for Future Cellular Networks, underscores her expertise in cooperative relaying and network optimization. She actively participates in standardization efforts and has contributed to frameworks like 5G network slicing for edge services. Her research bridges theoretical insights with practical implementations in next-generation wireless systems.