Biography

Jiancheng An received the B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China, in 2016 and 2021, respectively. He was a Visiting Scholar with Next Generation Wireless Research Group, Southampton University, Southampton, UK, in 2020. From 2022 to 2023, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Engineering Product Development Pillar (EPD), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore. Since 2023, he has been with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

Dr. An received IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2023 Best Paper Award. He has 6 patents and published over 70 research papers at international journals or conferences.

Education

• 2016.09 - 2021.12: Ph.D
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC)
• 2012.09 - 2016.06: B.S.
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC)
    
    
    

Experience

• 2023.10 - Present: Research Fellow
  • Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
  • School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Supervisor: Prof. Chau Yuen
• 2022.10 - 2023.10: Research Fellow
  • Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
  • Engineering Product Development Pillar (EPD)
  • Supervisor: Prof. Chau Yuen
• 2019.10 - 2020.10: Visiting Scholar
  • Southampton University
  • Next Generation Wireless Research Group
  • Supervisor: Prof. Lajos Hanzo
    
    
    

Research Interests

• Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces (SIM)
• Flexible Intelligent Metasurfaces (FIM)
• Near-Field Communications (NFC)
• Holographic MIMO Communications
• Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)
• Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC)
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  
  
  

Award

• 2023 IEEE ICC Best Paper Award
  
  
  

Selected Professional Activities

* TPC Member

• IEEE VTC2023-Fall
• IEEE ICC 2024/2025
• IEEE WCNC 2024/2025/2026
• IEEE PIMRC 2024/2025
  

* Conference Reviewer

• IJCNN 2025
• ICASSP 2025
  

* Journal Reviewer

• IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (IF: 17.2)
• IEEE Wireless Communications (IF: 11.5)
• IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (IF: 10.7)
• IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (IF: 9.2)
• IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IF: 8.9)
• IEEE Transactions on Communications (IF: 8.3)
• IEEE Communications Magazine (IF: 8.2)
• IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (IF: 8.0)
• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (IF: 7.1)
• IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (IF: 7.0)
• IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (IF: 6.1)
• Advanced Intelligent Systems (IF: 6.1)
• IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (IF: 5.8)
• IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (IF: 5.8)
• IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (IF: 5.7)
• IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (IF: 5.5)
• Ad Hoc Networks (IF: 4.8)
• Complex & Intelligent Systems (IF: 4.6)
• Computer Networks (IF: 4.6)
• IEEE Communications Letters (IF: 4.4)
• IEEE Signal Processing Letters (IF: 3.9)
• Scientific Reports (IF: 3.9)
• Signal Processing (IF: 3.6)
• IEEE Access (IF: 3.6)
• Future Internet (IF: 3.6)
• SENSORS (IF: 3.5)
• Fractal and Fractional (IF: 3.3)
• AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications (IF: 3.2)
• Micromachines (IF: 3.0)
• Digital Signal Processing (IF: 3.0)
• Information (IF: 2.9)
• Electronics (IF: 2.6)
• Telecom (IF: 2.4)
• Telecommunication Systems (IF: 2.3)
• Atmosphere (IF: 2.3)
• Mathematics (IF: 2.2)
• Symmetry-Basel (IF: 2.2)
• Aerospace (IF: 2.2)
• Physical Communication (IF: 2.2)
• Wireless Personal Communications (IF: 2.2)
• Entropy (IF: 2.0)
• Photonics (IF: 1.9)
• International Journal of Communication Systems (IF: 1.8)
• Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (IF: 1.5)
• Discover Applied Sciences