Experience

Research positions in France and Germany, nearly four years of R&D with Nokia, and an education across three countries.

Positions

Apr 2025 – Sep 2026

Inria Centre at Université Côte d’Azur · Sophia Antipolis, France

Supervisor: Dr. Samir M. Perlaza
Project: FOUND, PEPR Future Networks: fundamental limits of variable-length channel coding with stop feedback

Optimized sparse VLSF codes via saddlepoint approximations (IEEE ICC 2026)
Derived reliability bounds for VLSF decoding over correlated noncoherent fading (IEEE ISIT 2026)
4 peer-reviewed papers, 6 invited talks and 2 self-initiated external collaborations in 18 months

May 2026, 3 weeks · IETR, INSA Rennes · host Prof. Philippe Mary · sparse VLSF codes, noncoherent fading
Mar 2026, 10 days · CITI, INSA Lyon · hosts Prof. Jean-Marie Gorce and Dr. Kevin Zagalo · VLSF codes in spatially regulated multiple access, leading to a joint IEEE GLOBECOM 2026 paper

Sep 2021 – Dec 2024

MathNet team, Inria Paris · École Normale Supérieure · Paris, France

Stochastic-geometry framework for RIS-assisted OFDM cellular networks (IEEE TWC 2026)
Techno-economic study with Nokia researchers: RIS deployment versus network densification (IEEE WiOpt 2025)
Open-source C++ numerical solver, validated by Monte Carlo simulation

Stochastic geometry · probability · wireless networks · numerical methods · C++

Nov 2020 – Apr 2021

ISEK Institute, RWTH Aachen University · Aachen, Germany

Polar-coded modulation for short packets in the finite-blocklength regime (IEEE ISWCS 2021)
UAV trajectory design and optimization (IEEE ICC Workshops 2022)

Apr 2020 – Sep 2020

Nokia Bell Labs · Nozay, France

Blind retransmission schemes for URLLC in ad hoc wireless networks (IEEE ICC Workshops 2021)

May 2018 – Feb 2019

ISEK Institute, RWTH Aachen University · Aachen, Germany

Finite-blocklength information theory; relaying and NOMA for low-latency communication (IEEE TVT 2020)

Sep 2021 – Dec 2024

École Normale Supérieure, Paris · Department of Computer Science

Thesis: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in Next Generation Wireless Systems: Performance Analysis and Optimal Design
Supervisor: Prof. François Baccelli
Defense: Dec. 18, 2024, Inria Paris · degree awarded Mar. 2025
Committee: Jean-Marie Gorce (INSA Lyon), Philippe Martins (Institut Polytechnique de Paris), Marco Di Renzo (CNRS, CentraleSupélec; King’s College London), Derya Malak (EURECOM), Stefano Paris and Luis Uzeda Garcia (Nokia Networks France)

Oct 2017 – Sep 2020

RWTH Aachen University · Aachen, Germany

Sep 2013 – Jun 2017

Wuhan University · Wuhan, China

Result: GPA 3.8 / 4.0, ranked 4th of 380
Exchange: Visiting student in electronic engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Sep – Dec 2016

Postdoc funding: FOUND project, French national program PEPR Future Networks
PhD funding: ERC Advanced Grant NEMO (Network Mobility, PI F. Baccelli) and CIFRE contract with Nokia Networks France
Mobility: Erasmus+ scholarship for the exchange at Télécom Paris
Best paper: Runner-up, Mario Gerla Best Paper Award, MAIN 2026
Scholarships: Ultra-High Voltage State Grid Scholarship, 2014 (top 1%) · China National Scholarship, 2014 and 2015 (top 2%) · University First-Class Scholarship, 2014 and 2015 (top 5%) · University Second-Class Scholarship, 2016

Mathematics: Probability · stochastic geometry · martingales · information theory · finite-blocklength analysis · saddlepoint approximation · numerical integration · convex optimization
Wireless systems: Cellular network modeling · RIS · OFDM · channel coding (LDPC, polar) · VLSF · URLLC · resource allocation · PHY/MAC performance
Programming: Python · C/C++ (C++20, CMake, OpenMP) · MATLAB · Julia · Monte Carlo and system-level simulation · Git · LaTeX
Transferable: Self-initiated collaborations · peer review and national-agency proposal evaluation · scientific writing and presentation in English and French
Languages: Chinese (native) · English (C1) · French (B2, certified) · German (B2)