I am currently a Research Fellow at the College of Computing and Data Science, Nanyang Technological University, supervised by Prof. Jun Luo. I received a Ph.D. degree from the College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, supervised by Prof. Guanding Yu, Prof. Yunlong Cai, and Prof. Jinsong Han. I obtained my bachelor’s degree in Information Engineering from Zhejiang University in 2018.

My research focuses on wireless communication, integrated sensing and communication, and mobile edge computing. I have published more than 40 papers (including 4 highly cited papers) with total google scholar citations being 2800+!

🎓 Educations

  • 2018.09 - 2023.09, Ph.D. degree, College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
  • 2014.09 - 2018.06, Bachelor’s degree, College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

📚 Experiences

  • 2023.11 – Now, Research Fellow, College of Computing and Data Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
  • 2017.07 – 2017.10, Research Assistant, Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

📝 Selected Publications

Journal

  • W. Chen, Y. He (corresponding author), G. Yu, J. Wang, and H. Luo, “Sensing Framework Design and Performance Optimization With Action Detection for ISCC,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 8361–8375, Oct. 2025. [PDF]
  • Y. He, G. Yu, Z. Tang, J. Wang, and H. Luo, “A dual-functional sensing-communication waveform design based on OFDM,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 16962–16975, Nov. 2024. [PDF] [Link (in Chineses)]
  • D. Wang, W. Chen, Y. He (corresponding author), J. Wang, H. Luo, and G. Yu, “Experimental Study on ISAC Performance With Different Sensing Sequences,” IEEE Commun. Lett., vol. 28, no. 11, pp. 2538–2542, Nov. 2024. [PDF]
  • Y. He, J. Liu (co-first author), M. Li, G. Yu, and J. Han, “Forward-compatible integrated sensing and communication for WiFi,” IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., vol. 42, no. 9, pp. 2440–2456, Sep. 2024. [PDF]
  • Y. He, G. Yu, Y. Cai, and H. Luo, “Integrated sensing, computation, and communication: System framework and performance optimization,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 1114–1128, Feb. 2024. [PDF] [PPT] [Link (in Chineses)] (Highly Cited Paper)
  • J. Liu, Y. He, C. Xiao, J. Han, and K. Ren, “Time to think the security of WiFi-based behavior recognition systems,” IEEE Trans. Depend. Sec. Comput., vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 449–462, Jan.-Feb. 2024. [PDF]
  • M. Zhang, Y. He, Y. Cai, and G. Yu, “Design and performance analysis for wireless legitimate surveillance systems with radar function,” IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 2517–2531, Apr. 2023. [PDF]
  • Y. He, Y. Cai, H. Mao, and G. Yu, “RIS-assisted communication radar coexistence: Joint beamforming design and analysis,” IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., vol. 40, no. 7, pp. 2131–2145, Jul. 2022. [PDF] (Highly Cited Paper)
  • Y. He, Y. Cai, and G. Yu, “Joint transceiver design for dual-functional full-duplex relay aided radar-communication systems,” IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 70, no. 12, pp. 8355–8369, Dec. 2022. [PDF]
  • Y. He, J. Ren, G. Yu, and J. Yuan, “Importance-aware data selection and resource allocation in federated edge learning system,” IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 69, no. 11, pp. 13593–13605, Nov. 2020. [PDF]
  • J. Ren, Y. He, D. Wen, G. Yu, K. Huang, and D. Guo, “Scheduling for cellular federated edge learning with importance and channel awareness,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 19, no. 11, pp. 7690–7703, Nov. 2020. [PDF]
  • Y. He, J. Ren, G. Yu, and Y. Cai, “Optimizing the learning performance in mobile augmented reality systems with CNN,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 19, no. 8, pp. 5333–5344, Aug. 2020. [PDF]
  • Y. He, J. Ren, G. Yu, and Y. Cai, “D2D communications meet mobile edge computing for enhanced computation capacity in cellular networks,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 1750–1763, Mar. 2019. [PDF]
  • J. Ren, Y. He, G. Huang, G. Yu, Y. Cai, and Z. Zhang, “An edge-computing based architecture for mobile augmented reality,” IEEE Netw., vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 162–169, Jul. 2019. [PDF]
  • J. Ren, G. Yu, Y. He, and G. Y. Li, “Collaborative cloud and edge computing for latency minimization,” IEEE Trans. Veh. Techn., vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 5031–5044, May 2019. (Highly Cited Paper)
  • J. Ren, G. Yu, Y. Cai, and Y. He, “Latency optimization for resource allocation in mobile-edge computation offloading,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 5506–5519, Aug. 2018. [PDF] (Highly Cited Paper)
  • L. Deng, Y. He, Y. Zhang, M. Chen, Z. Li, J. Y. B. Lee, Y. Zhang, and L. Song, “Device-to-device load balancing for cellular networks,” IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 3040–3054, Dec. 2018. [PDF]
- Q. Chen, **Y. He** (corresponding author), G. Yu, C. Xu, M. Liu, and Z. Li, "KBMP: Kubernetes-orchestrated IoT online battery monitoring platform," IEEE Internet Things J., vol. 11, no. 14, pp. 25358--25370, Jul. 2024. [[PDF]](pdf/IOTJ24_KBMP.pdf)

Conference

  • X. Li, Y. He (corresponding author), and J. Luo, “𝜇Ceiver-Fi: Exploiting Spectrum Resources of Multi-Link Receiver for Fine-Granularity Wi-Fi Sensing”, accepted by ACM MobiCom, 2025. (CCF-A, acceptance rate in the winter session: 36/348=10.3%) [PDF]
  • Y. He, M. Xu, Z. Chen, F. Xiao, and J. Luo, “Beam-Fi: Integrated Sensing and Communication via MU-MIMO upon Commodity Wi-Fi,” in Proc. ACM IMWUT/UbiComp, Sep. 2025, pp. 1–21. (CCF-A) [PDF]
  • Y. He, M. Xu, F. Xiao, and J. Luo, “VersaBeam: Versatile Beamforming for Integrated Sensing and Communication over Commodity Wi-Fi,” in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, 2025, pp. 1–10. (CCF-A, acceptance rate: 272/1458=18.7%) [PDF]
  • R. Xiao, X. Chen, Y. He, J. Han, and J. Han, “Lend Me Your Beam: Privacy Implications of Beamforming Feedback Packets in WiFi,” in Proc. ISOC NDSS, 2025, pp. 1–17. (CCF-A) [PDF]
  • M. Xu, Y. He (co-first author), X. Li, J. Hu, Z. Chen, F. Xiao, and J. Luo, “Beamforming made Malicious: Manipulating Wi-Fi Traffic via Beamforming Feedback Forgery,” in Proc. ACM MobiCom, 2024, pp. 1–15. (CCF-A, acceptance rate: 103/494=20.9%) [PDF]
  • Y. He, Y. Cai, and G. Yu, “Beamforming design with bilevel optimization for RIS-assisted SWIPT systems,” in Proc. IEEE ICC Workshop-NGATFWN, CO, USA, Jun. 2024, pp. 1–6 [PDF] [PPT] (Workshop Best Paper Award)
  • J. Liu, Y. He, W. Xu, Y, Xie, and J, Han, “Manipulating semantic communication by adding adversarial perturbations to wireless channel,” in Proc. IEEE IWQoS, Guangzhou, China, Jun. 2024, pp. 1–10. [PDF]
  • Y. He, J. Liu (co-first author), M. Li, G. Yu, J. Han, and K. Ren, “SenCom: Integrated sensing and communication with practical WiFi,” in Proc. ACM MobiCom, Madrid, Spain, Oct. 2023, pp. 1–16. (CCF-A, acceptance rate: 24.4%) [PDF] [PPT]
  • Y. He, G. Yu, Y. Cai, and H. Luo, “Performance optimization in integrated sensing, computation, and communication systems,” in Proc. IEEE ICC, Roma, Italy, May 2023, pp. 1–6.
  • J. Liu, Y. He, C. Xiao, J. Han, L. Cheng, and K. Ren, “Physical-world attack towards WiFi-based behavior recognition,” in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, May 2022, pp. 1–10. (CCF-A) [PDF]
  • Y. He, J. Ren, G. Yu, and J. Yuan, “Resource allocation for wireless federated edge learning based on data importance,” in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, Dec. 2020, pp. 1–6.
  • Y. He, J. Ren, G. Yu, and Y. Cai, “Optimizing the learning accuracy in mobile augmented reality systems with CNN,” in Proc. IEEE ICC, Dublin, Ireland, Jun. 2020, pp. 1–6.
  • Y. He, J. Ren, G. Yu, and Y. Cai, “Joint computation offloading and resource allocation in D2D enabled MEC networks,” in Proc. IEEE ICC, Oct. 2019, pp. 1–6.

Miscellaneous

🏅 Honors and Awards

🌐 Professional Activities

  • Journal reviewer: IEEE JSAC, IEEE TWC, IEEE TMC, IEEE TCCN, IEEE TCOM, IEEE IOTJ, etc
  • Distinguished reviewer for ACM TIOT
  • TPC member for conference: IEEE WCNC (2024–2026), IEEE WCSP (2021, 2023, 2024)