Dr Yan Zong

Yan received his B.Eng. degree with First Class Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2016 and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2020, both from Northumbria University, U.K. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, and also a part-time postdoc at Purple Mountain Laboratories, China. He previously held a research fellow position at Cranfield University, U.K. (2021–2022).

His research interests span across multiple disciplines, including communications, control and AI, with a focus on wireless timing (such as 6G, UWB and ZigBee), air traffic networks and aerial swarms.

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We are looking for self-motivated Ph.D. and M.Sc. students to join our team. 每年均招收博士生和硕士生！

06/2025: Paper accepted by IEEE TNSE.

04/2025: We are organising the Invited Session "Synchronisation for Autonomous Systems in 5G and Beyond".

09/2023: Paper accepted by CAC'23.

05/2023: We are organising the Special Issue "Precise Timing and Security in Internet of Things".

01/2023: We are organising the Invited Session "Consensus Problem in Autonomous Systems" in June 2023.

12/2022: Paper accepted by IEEE TWC.

09/2022: Yan appointed assistant professor at NUAA.

06/2022: Paper accepted by IEEE TII.

01/2022: Paper accepted by IEEE JIoT.

11/2021: Paper accepted by IEEE JIoT.

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