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Yashuai Cao (曹亚帅)

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Post Doctor, 2023
Department of Electronic Engineering,
Tsinghua University (THU).
Room 1-408, FIT Building, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
E-mail: icaoys@gmail.com （prior） / caoys@tsinghua.edu.cn

1. Biography

Yashuai Cao received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in communication engineering from Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications (CQUPT) and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), China, in 2017 and 2022, respectively. From 2022 to 2023, he was a lecturer in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, North China Electric Power University (NCEPU), Baoding. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow with the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.


My research interests involve several fields of Wireless Communications, including Massive MIMO, Intelligent Reflecting Surface, Stacked Intelligent Metasurface, Environment-Aware Communications, and Channel Twinning.


2. Research

2.1 Current Research

  • Wireless channel twinning

  • EM wave-based processing

  • Physical layer security and privacy

2.2 Research Grants

  1. 基于堆栈式智能超表面的多流无干扰传输技术研究, 中国博士后科学基金第74批面上 (2023M742009), 2023/11~2025/05, 主持, 8万.

  2. 基于堆栈式RIS的波域无干扰调制技术研究, 2023国家资助博士后研究人员计划C档 (GZC20231372), 2023/11~2025/05, 主持, 12万/年.

  3. 国家重点研发计划子课题, 面向无线中继应用的信息超构材料器件关键技术, 2023/11~2026/10, 2023YFB3811503, 在研, 任务负责人, 学术骨干.


3. Publications

3.1 Books and Book Chapters

  1. Y. Cao*, H. Wang, T. Lv, and W. Ni, "Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces and Next Generation Wireless Systems," in Massive MIMO for Future Wireless Communication Systems: Technology and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2025, pp. 309–345, doi: 10.1002/9781394228331.ch10. (IEEE link)


3.2 Journal Papers

  1. Y. Cao, J. Wang*, X. Shi, and W. Ni, "Lightweight and self-evolving channel twinning: An ensemble DMD-assisted approach," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., early access, 2025, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2025.3564276.

  2. Y. Cao, L. Dai, J. Tan, J. Wang*, T. Zheng, W. Ni, E. Hossain, and D. Niyato, "Advancing ubiquitous wireless connectivity through channel twinning," IEEE Commun. Mag., vol. 63, no. 5, pp. 126-133, May 2025, doi: 10.1109/MCOM.001.2400476.

  3. Y. Cao, T. Lv*, and W. Ni, "Two-timescale optimization for intelligent reflecting surface-assisted MIMO transmission in fast-changing channels," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 10424-10437, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2022.3184000.

  4. Y. Cao, T. Lv*, W. Ni, and Z. Lin, "Sum-rate maximization for multi-reconfigurable intelligent surface-assisted device-to-device communications," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 69, no. 11, pp. 7283-7296, Nov. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TCOMM.2021.3106334.

  5. Y. Cao, T. Lv*, Z. Lin, and W. Ni, "Delay-constrained joint power control, user detection and passive beamforming in intelligent reflecting surface-assisted uplink mmWave system," IEEE Trans. Cognit. Commun. Networking, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 482-495, Jun. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TCCN.2021.3064973.

  6. Y. Cao, T. Lv*, Z. Lin, P. Huang, and F. Lin, "Complex ResNet aided DoA estimation for near-field MIMO systems," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 69, no. 10, pp. 11139-11151, Oct. 2020, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2020.3007894.

  7. Y. Cao, T. Lv*, and W. Ni, "Twin-timescale design for IRS-assisted MIMO system with outdated CSI," J. Syst. Eng. Electron., vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 1380-1387, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.23919/JSEE.2023.000087.

  8. P. Wang, D. Han, Y. Cao*, W. Ni, and D. Niyato, "Multi-objective optimization-based waveform design for multi-user and multi-target MIMO-ISAC systems," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 15339-15352, Oct. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2024.34287052.

  9. W. Li, T. Lv*, Y. Cao, W. Ni, and M. Peng, "Multi-carrier NOMA-empowered wireless federated learning with optimal power and bandwidth allocation," IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 9762-9777, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2023.3273312.

  10. Z. Wang*, Y. Cao, Z. Chang, T. Lv, and W. Ni, "Energy efficiency maximization in UAV communication networks with nonlinear energy harvesting," Comput. Networks, vol. 241, pp. 110222, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.comnet.2024.110222.

  11. F. Tan, S. Pang, Y. Cao*, H. Chen, and T. Lv, "Energy-efficient device-to-device communications for green Internet of things using unmanned aerial vehicle-mounted intelligent reflecting surface," Drones, vol. 8, no. 4, p. 122, Mar. 2024, doi: 10.3390/drones8040122.

  12. J. Xing, T. Lv*, Y. Cao, J. Zeng, and P. Huang, "Downlink power minimization in intelligent reflecting surface aided security classification wireless communications system," IEEE Syst. J., vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 407-418, Mar. 2023, doi: 10.1109/JSYST.2022.3182465.

  13. Z. Wang*, H. Meng, J. Shi, J. Zhou, Y. Cao, G. Gu, X. Li, Joint power minimization and trajectory design for collaborative communication, sensing, and computing in uav networks, Ad Hoc Networks," Ad Hoc Networks, pp. 103873, Apr. 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2025.103873.

Note: * indicates the corresponding author.

3.3 Conference Papers

  1. Y. Cao, T. Lv, and W. Ni, "Intelligent reflecting surface aided multi-user mmWave communications for coverage enhancement," in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Pers. Indoor Mob. Radio Commun. (PIMRC), London, UK, Sep. 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PIMRC48278.2020.9217160.

  2. X. Shi, H. Zhang, J. Tan, Y. Cao, J. Wang, "Full-phase-range acoustic RIS: Implementation and beamforming design," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. (ICC), Montreal, Canada, Jun. 2025, accepted.

  3. P. Wang, Y. Cao, W. Ni, and D. Han, "Pareto-optimal waveform design for multi-user and multi-target MIMO-ISAC systems," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Acoust., Speech, Signal Process. Workshops (ICASSP Workshops), Seoul, Korea, Apr. 2024, pp. 219-223, doi: 10.1109/ICASSPW62465.2024.10627062.

  4. Y. Yan, Y. Cao, and T. Lv, "Enabling media-based modulation for reconfigurable intelligent surface communications," in Proc. IEEE Wirel. Commun. Netw. Conf. (WCNC), Nanjing, China, Mar. 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/WCNC49053.2021.9417405.

  5. Y. Zhong, Y. Cao, and T. Lv, "Low-complexity distributed precoding in user-centric cell-free mmWave MIMO systems," in Proc. Wirel. Telecommun. Symp. (WTS), Pomona, USA, Apr. 2022, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/WTS53620.2022.9768317.

  6. J. Xing, T. Lv, and Y. Cao, "Secure transmission based on access point classification in cell-free networks," in Proc. IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 2022, pp. 1176-1181, doi: 10.1109/GCWkshps56602.2022.10008681.

  7. Y. Cui, T. Lv, and Y. Cao, "DRL-based resource management in RIS-assisted uplink cell-free network," inProc. IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 2022, pp. 1495-1500, doi: 10.1109/GCWkshps56602.2022.10008567.

  8. Z. Wang, G. Zhao, Y. Cao, J. Zhang, and Z. Chang, "Rate maximization in sweeping robot-assisted reconfigurable intelligent surface communication systems," in Proc. IEEE/CIC Int. Conf. Commun. China (ICCC Workshops), Hangzhou, China, Aug. 2024.

  9. Z. Wang, H. Meng, Y. Cao, D. Cui and Z. Chang, "Cost minimization of integrated sensing, communication, and computing in UAV-enabled systems," in Proc. Int. Conf. Mobile Internet, Cloud Comput. Inf. Security (MICCIS), Changsha, China, Apr. 2024, pp. 13-18, doi: 10.1109/MICCIS63508.2024.00009.

3.4 Patents

  1. 吕铁军, 曹亚帅, "基于过时 CSI 的可重构智能表面辅助 MIMO 传输中的双时间尺度优化方法", 申请号: CN202111370756.1, 申请日: 2021.11.18, 公开号: CN114301508A, 公开日: 2022.04.08. (Google Patents)

  2. 吕铁军, 曹亚帅, "智能反射表面辅助的毫米波通信中延迟受限的上行功率分配方法", 申请号: CN201911327999.X, 申请日: 2019.12.20, 公开号: CN111163511A, 公开日: 2020.05.15. (Google Patents)


4. Academic Activities

4.1 Reviewer and TPC Member

  1. Journal Reviewer

    • IEEE Network Magazine

    • IEEE JSAC, IEEE TWC, IEEE TCOM, IEEE TVT, IEEE TGCN, IEEE IoT, IEEE SJ, IEEE CL, IEEE WCL

    • China Communications, IET Communications

    • JEIT (电子与信息学报), JSEE (系统工程与电子技术)

  2. Conference Reviewer

    • IEEE ICC Workshop 2020

    • IEEE Globecom 2022

    • IEEE/CIC ICCC 2023

    • WCSP 2023

    • IWCMC 2024

  3. TPC Member

    • IEEE GLOBECOM Workshop 2022/2023/2024

    • IEEE INFOCOM Workshop 2023

    • IWCMC 2023

    • IEEE GLOBECOM 2023/2024

    • IEEE WCNC 2024/2025

    • ICNC 2025

    • IEEE VTC 2025-Spring

4.2 Conference Workshop/Symposia Chair

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5. Educations


6. Work Experience

  1. Lecturer, North China Electric Power University (NCEPU), 2022.7~2023.3

  2. Post Doctor, Tsinghua University (THU), 2023.5~Present


7. Honors and Awards

  1. 《电子与信息学报》2024年度优秀审稿专家, 2024.12.31

  2. 《系统工程与电子技术》与《JSEE》两刊2024年度杰出审稿人, 2024.12.23

  3. 博士研究生国家奖学金, 2021.12

  4. 校级优秀毕业生, 北京邮电大学, 2022.5

  5. 优秀博士学位论文, 北京邮电大学, 2022.11