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Prof. Zan Li

教授|博士生导师
Professor · Ph.D. Supervisor
吉林大学通信工程学院

研究方向:无线通信、智能感知、频谱感知、群智定位

  • zanli at jlu.edu.cn
  • +86 1333 154 6926

Biography

目前就职于吉林大学通信工程学院,教授,博士生导师,唐敖庆青年学者;信息产业部信息科学重点实验室负责人;入选吉林省青年成长科技计划, 吉林大学优秀青年教师(重点资助)。曾任阿里巴巴资深算法工程师负责传感器融合定位,北京波尔通信技术研发总监。2016年在瑞士伯尔尼大学获得博士学位(summa cum laude,最高荣誉毕业生),当年唯一获得Fritz-Kutter Award博士毕业生(瑞士计算机博士最佳论文)。 请对无线通信、智能感知、频谱感知方向感兴趣的同学联系我!我们将一起合作进行国际前沿的科学研究,我们将提供弹性工作时间、国际交流和公司实习机会!

Research Experience

  • 教授
    吉林大学
    2025年9月 - 今
  • 博士生导师
    吉林大学
    2024年 - 今
  • 副教授
    吉林大学
    2019年9月 - 2025年9月
  • 讲师
    吉林大学
    2017年7月 - 2019年9月
  • 技术研发总监
    北京波尔通信
    2020年4月 - 2023年5月
  • 资深算法工程师
    阿里巴巴集团
    2016年7月 - 2017年5月

Education Experience

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science (最高荣誉毕业生, 瑞士最佳博士论文)
    University of Bern, Switzerland
    2012年4月 - 2016年4月
  • M.Sc. in Communication and Information Technology
    Bremen University, Germany
    2009年4月 - 2011年12月
  • B.Sc. in Electronics and Information Engineering
    山东大学
    2005年9月 - 2009年6月

Academic Projects

纵向项目

  • 面向智慧消防的毫米波人体目标与状态识别系统开发
    吉林省科技厅重点研发(企业关键技术),参加单位负责人
    2026 - 2028
  • 多智能体协同的毫米波雷达自主定位技术研究
    吉林省科技厅(国际合作项目), 项目负责人
    2025 - 2027
  • 基于毫米波点云的众包自主室内定位技术研究
    国家自然基金面上项目, 项目负责人
    2022 - 2025
  • 基于毫⽶波雷达的高精度室内SLAM技术研究
    吉林省科技厅青年成长科技计划, 项目负责人
    2021 - 2022
  • 5G网络环境下的多信息融合群智感知定位技术研究
    吉林省科技厅(学科布局项目),项目负责人
    2020 - 2022
  • 基于多类地标和深度强化学习轨迹融合的群智感知室内定位算法研究
    国家自然基金委(青年项目),项目负责人
    2019 - 2021
  • 吉林大学优秀青年教师重点资助项目
    吉林大学,项目负责人
    2020 - 2022
  • 吉林大学海外人才引进启动项目
    吉林大学,项目负责人
    2017 - 2019
  • SwissSenseSynergy (Sensor Fusion based Indoor Positioning)
    Swiss National Fundation (瑞士国家基金), 参与
    2015 - 2016
  • In3DGuide (Passive Positioning based SDR)
    FP7 Eurostar (欧洲第七框架Eurostar项目), 参与
    2012 - 2013

横向(企业)项目

  • 智能化估价信息系统开发
    企业横向合作课题,项目负责人
    2024 - 2025
  • 智能信号分析系统研发
    北京波尔通信合作课题,项目负责人
    2025 - 2027
  • 无线电监测数据库
    北京波尔通信合作课题,项目负责人
    2024 - 2025
  • 电磁频谱地图系统研发
    北京波尔通信合作课题,项目负责人
    2023 - 2025
  • DVB-S2系统仿真
    清华大学横向合作课题,项目负责人
    2020 - 2021
  • 电磁频谱大数据平台
    北京波尔通信,项目负责人
    2022 - 2023
  • 智能频谱分析
    北京波尔通信,项目负责人
    2020
  • 基于智能手机的智能导诊定位平台开发
    企业横向合作课题,项目负责人
    2019 - 2020
  • 多传感器融合的众包定位
    阿里巴巴集团,项目负责人
    2016 - 2017
  • 基于软件无线电技术的OFDM传输平台开发
    企业合作横向课题, 项目负责人
    2015 - 2016

Selected publications

    Journal Publications

  • CrowdGraph: Crowdsourcing Positioning based on Multi-Modal Graph Attention Model, Zan Li (Corresponding Author) , Chao Wang, Xiaohui Zhao, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, (中科院一区)
  • Seamless Passive Tracking Based on mmWave Radar in Indoor NLOS/LOS Environments, Zan Li (Corresponding Author) , Xiao Xia, Zishen Chen, Anqi Bi, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, (中科院一区)
  • Robust Joint Optimization for Efficient and Reliable FSO/RF Satellite-UAV-Terrestrial Networks With Random Fading and Imperfect Channel Information, Xiaoyan Li, Yitong Liu, Shaoai Guo, Zan Li (Corresponding Author) , Xiaohui Zhao, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, (中科院一区)
  • MR-Transformer: FPGA Accelerated Deep Learning Attention Model for Modulation Recognition, Haiyan Wang, Zhongzheng Qi, Zan Li (Corresponding Author) , IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, (中科院一区)
  • CrowdBERT: Crowdsourcing Indoor Positioning via Semi-Supervised BERT with Masking, Yu Han, Zan Li (Corresponding Author) , Xiaohui Zhao,IEEE Internet of Things Journal, (中科院一区)
  • Deep-Reinforcement-Learning-Based Computation Offloading in UAV-Assisted Vehicular Edge Computing Networks, Junjie Yan, Xiaohui Zhao, Zan Li (Corresponding Author) , IEEE Internet of Things Journal, (中科院一区)
  • ST-PCT: Spatial–Temporal Point Cloud Transformer for Sensing Activity Based on mmWave, Liyu Kang, Zan Li (Corresponding Author) , Xiaohui Zhao, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, (中科院一区)
  • MMGraphSLAM: Autonomous indoor positioning based on millimeter Wave GraphSLAM, Wenchuan Piao, Xiaohui Zhao, Zan Li (Corresponding Author) , Measurement, (中科院二区)
  • DCS-CTN: Subtle Gesture Recognition based on TD-CNN-Transformer via Millimeter Wave Radar, Congming Wang, Xiaohui Zhao, Zan Li (Corresponding Author) , IEEE Internet of Things Journal, (中科院一区)
  • CrowdFusion: Multi-Signal Fusion SLAM Positioning Leveraging Visible Light, Zan Li (Corresponding Author) , X. Zhao, Z. Zhao, T. Braun, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, (中科院一区)
  • Activity Recognition Based on Millimeter-Wave Radar by Fusing Point Cloud and Range–Doppler Information, Yuchen Huang, Wei Li, Zhiyang Dou, Wantong Zou, Anye Zhang and Zan Li (Corresponding Author) , MDPI Signals
  • WiFi-RITA Positioning: Enhanced Crowdsourcing Positioning based on Massive Noisy User Traces, Zan Li (Corresponding Author) , X. Zhao, Z. Zhao, T. Braun, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, (中科院一区)
  • Updating Radio Maps Without Pain: An Enhanced Transfer Learning Approach, J. Yang, X. Zhao, Zan Li (Corresponding Author) , IEEE Internet of Things Journal, (中科院一区)
  • Enhanced and Facilitated Indoor Positioning by Visible-Light GraphSLAM Technique, Y. Yue, X. Zhao, Zan Li (Corresponding Author) , IEEE Internet of Things Journal, (中科院一区)
  • SoiCP: A Seamless Outdoor-Indoor Crowdsensing Positioning System, Zan Li (Corresponding Author), X. Zhao, F. Hu, Z. Zhao, T. Braun, J. Carrera, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, (中科院一区)
  • Crowdsourcing Indoor Positioning by Light-Weight Automatic Fingerprint Updating via Ensemble Learning, J. Yang, X. Zhao, Zan Li (Corresponding Author), IEEE ACCESS, (中科院二区)
  • A Particle Filter-based Reinforcement Learning Approach for Reliable Wireless Indoor Positioning,J. Carrera, Z. Zhao*, T. Braun, Zan Li , IEEE Journal on selected areas in communications (JSAC), (中科院一区)
  • A Comprehensive Study of Smartphone-based Indoor Activity Recognition via XGBoost, W. Zhang, X. Zhao, Zan Li (Corresponding Author), IEEE Access, (中科院二区)
  • A Narrow-Band Indoor Positioning System by Fusing Time and Received Signal Strength via Ensemble Learning, Zan Li (Corresponding Author), T. Braun, etc., IEEE Access, (中科院二区)
  • Passively Track WiFi Users with an Enhanced Particle Filter using Power-based Ranging, Zan Li (Corresponding Author), T. Braun, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication, (中科院一区)
  • A Real-time Robust Indoor Tracking System in Smartphones, J. Carrera, Z. Zhao*, T. Braun, Zan Li, Augusto Neto, Elsevier Computer Communications, (中科院二区)
  • Conference Publications

  • Cognitive UAV-Assisted Offloading for Mobile Edge Computing Based on Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning, Shaoai Guo, Zan Li, Junjie Yan, Xiaohui Zhao, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)
  • TF-Transformer: Temporal-Frequency Transformer for OFDM Signal Recognition, Jiantian Liu, Zan Li, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)
  • Semi-supervised Indoor Positioning with Masked Crowdsourcing Fingerprints, Yu Han, Zan Li, IEEE International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN)
  • Facilitated and Enhanced Human Activity Recognition via Semi-supervised LightGBM, Y. Zhang, X. Zhao, Zan Li, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) Workshop - AIdSH
  • Crowdsensing Indoor Walking Paths with Massive Noisy Crowdsourcing User Traces, Zan Li, X. Zhao, etc., IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)
  • Automatic Construction of Radio Maps by Crowdsourcing PDR Traces for Indoor Positioning, Zan Li, X. Zhao, H. Liang, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
  • Real-time Smartphone Indoor Tracking Using Particle Filter with Ensemble Learning Methods, J. Carrera, Z. Zhao, T. Braun, Zan Li, , IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)
  • Fine-grained Indoor Tracking by Fusing Inertial Sensor and Physical Layer Information in WLANs, Zan Li, D.B. Acuna, etc., IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
  • A Real-time Indoor Tracking System in Smartphones, J. Carrera, Zan Li, etc., ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM)
  • A Passive WiFi Source Localization System based on Fine-grained Power-based Trilateration, Zan Li, T. Braun, D.C. Dimitrova, IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM)
  • A Time-based Passive Source Localization System for Narrow-band Signal, Zan Li, T. Braun, D.C. Dimitrova, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
  • Methodology for GPS Synchronization Evaluation with High Accuracy, Zan Li, T. Braun, D.C. Dimitrova, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring)
  • TDOA for Narrow-band Signal with Low Sampling Rate and Imperfect Synchronization, Zan Li, D.C. Dimitrova, T. Braun, IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC), (Best Paper Award)
  • Highly accurate evaluation of GPS synchronization for TDOA localization, Zan Li, D.C. Dimitrova, T. Braun, Wireless Day

Teaching Courses

    Undergraduate Courses

  • Communication Theory (通信原理) (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
  • Experimental Course of Communication Theory (通信原理综合实验) (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
  • Intelligent Wireless Sensing and Communications (智能无线感知与通信) (2026)
  • Experimental Course of Signal Processing (数字信号处理综合实验) (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
  • MIMO-OFDM (2018)

    Master Courses

  • Theory of Signal Detection and Estimation (信号检测与估计理论)(2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)