Yue Zhang

Yue Zhang is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Leicester. He holds a B.E. and M.E. from Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications (2001, 2004) and a Ph.D. from Brunel University (2008). His career includes roles as a Research Engineer for the EU FP6 PLUTO project, Signal Processing Design Engineer at Anritsu Corp., and Reader in Signal Processing at the University of Bedfordshire. He currently leads EU Horizon 2020 projects like IoRL (Chief Architect/Deputy STPM) and 6G BRAINS (Consortium Scientific and Technical Project Manager). He is a committee member of 5G PPP pre-standardisation and 5G Architecture Working Group.

Research focuses on advanced signal processing, 5G/6G architectures, and wireless systems. He serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, ITU Journal of Intelligent and Converged Networks, and IEEE Access. Awards include the Royal Academy of Engineering UK Industrial Fellowship with Aeroflex Ltd.

He has held a Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellowship and contributed to EU-funded research initiatives. His work emphasizes bridging academic research with industry applications in telecommunications.