Dr. Xiao received the B.E. degree with the Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2006, and the Ph.D. degree with the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2011. From 2011 to 2013, he held a post-doctorial position with the Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University. From 2013 to 2016 he was a Lecturer with the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China, where he is currently an associate professor. He has visited University of Delaware and Imperial College London from 2012 to 2013 and 2015 to 2016, respectively.

Dr. Xiao has published over 60 papers including IEEE TWC, IEEE TSP, IEEE TVT, IEEE COMML, IEEE WCL, etc., and is serving as reviewers for these journals. He has been TPC members of IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE WCSP, IEEE ICC, etc., and is an AE of IEEE Access. Dr. Xiao has received the Best Reviewer Award of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 2017, The 4th China Publishing Government Award (Ranked 3rd), and won the Second Prize of Natural Science of China Electronics Society (Ranked 2nd). Dr Xiao is an active researcher with broad interests on millimeter wave communications, UAV and Near-Space communications, NOMA, and IoT. He is an IEEE senior member.

Some selected papers in the past a few years are listed below:

[1] Xing Xi, Xianbin Cao, Peng Yang, Zhenyu Xiao, Dapeng Wu, “Efficient and Fair Network Selection for Integrated Cellular and Drone-Cell Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. (Accepted)

[2] Lipeng Zhu, Jun Zhang*, Zhenyu Xiao, Xianbin Cao, and Dapeng Oliver Wu, “Optimal User Pairing for Downlink Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA),” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. (Early Access)

[3] Peng Yang, Xianbin Cao, Xing Xi, Zhenyu Xiao, Dapeng Wu, “Three-Dimensional Drone-Cell Deployment for Congestion Mitigation in Cellular Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. vol. 67, no. 10, pp. 9867-9881, Oct.2018.

[4] Lipeng Zhu, Jun Zhang, Zhenyu Xiao*, Xianbin Cao, Dapeng Oliver Wu, and Xiang-Gen Xia, “Joint Power Control and Beamforming for Uplink Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in 5G Millimeter-Wave Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 6177-6189, Sept. 2018.

[5] Zhenyu Xiao, Hang Dong, Lin Bai, Pengfei Xia, and Xiang-Gen Xia, “Enhanced channel estimation and codebook design for millimeter-wave communication,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 10, pp. 9393-9405, Oct. 2018.

[6] Zhenyu Xiao, Lipeng Zhu, Jinho Choi, Xianbin Chao, and Xiang-Gen Xia, “Joint Power Allocation and Beamforming for Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) in 5G Millimeter-Wave Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 2961-2974, May 2018.

[7] Chao Yin, Zhenyu Xiao*, Xianbin Cao, Xing Xi, Peng Yang, Dapeng Wu, "Offline and online search: UAV multi-objective path planning under dynamic urban environment," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 546-558, April 2018.

[8] Zhenyu Xiao, Pengfei Xia, Xiang-Gen Xia, “Full-Duplex Millimeter-Wave Communication”, IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 136-143, Dec. 2017.

[9] Peng Yang, Xianbin Cao, Chao Yin, Zhenyu Xiao, Xing Xi and Dapeng Wu, "Proactive Drone-Cell Deployment: Overload Relief for Cellular Network under Flash Crowd Traffic", IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 2877-2892, May 2017.

[10] Zhenyu Xiao, Pengfei Xia, Xiang-Gen Xia, “Codebook Design for Millimeter-Wave Channel Estimation with Hybrid Precoding Structure”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 16, no. 1 pp. 141-153, Jan. 2017.

[11] Zhenyu Xiao, Yao Li, Lin Bai, Jinho Choi, “Achievable Sum Rates of Half- and Full-Duplex Bidirectional OFDM Communication Links” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 2 pp. 1351-1364, Feb. 2017.

[12] Zhenyu Xiao, Tong He, Pengfei Xia, Xiang-Gen Xia, “Hierarchical Codebook Design for Beamforming Training in Millimeter-Wave Communication,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 3380-3392, May 2016.

[13] Zhenyu Xiao, Pengfei Xia, Xiang-Gen Xia, “Enabling UAV Cellular with Millimeter-Wave Communication: Potentials and Approaches,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 66-73, May 2016.

[14] Zhenyu Xiao, Xiang-Gen Xia, and Lin Bai, “Achieving Antenna and Multipath Diversities in GLRT-Based Burst Packet Detection,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 63, no. 7, pp. 1832-1845, April 2015.

[15] Zhenyu Xiao, Xiang-Gen Xia, Depeng Jin, and Ning Ge, “Iterative Eigenvalue Decomposition and Multipath-Grouping Tx/Rx Joint Beamformings for Millimeter-Wave Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 1595-1607, March 2015.

[16] Zhenyu Xiao, Lin Bai, and Jinho Choi, “Iterative Joint Beamforming Training with Constant-Amplitude Phased Arrays in Millimeter-Wave Communications,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 829-832, May 2014.

[17] Zhenyu Xiao, Depeng Jin, and Ning Ge, “GLRT for Packet Detection with Practical Analog AGC,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 1749-1758, May 2014.

[18] Changming Zhang, Zhenyu Xiao*, Bo Gao, Li Su, and Depeng Jin, “Three-stage treatment of TX/RX IQ imbalance and channel with CFO for SC-FDE systems,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 297-300, Feb. 2014.

[19] Zhenyu Xiao, “Suboptimal Spatial Diversity Scheme for 60 GHz Millimeter-Wave WLAN,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 1790-1793, Sep. 2013.

[20] Zhenyu Xiao, Depeng Jin, and Ning Ge, “Matched Filter-Autocorrelation (MF-AC) for Packet Detection in Multipath Channels,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 1608-1611, Aug. 2013.

[21] Zhenyu Xiao, Changming Zhang, Depeng Jin, and Ning Ge, “GLRT Approach for Robust Burst Packet Acquisition in Wireless Communications,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 1127-1137, March 2013.