Haifan Yin
尹海帆 · Ph.D. / Professor
Mobile Communications and Signal Processing Laboratory (MCSP Lab)
School of Electronic Information and Communications
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China
Always looking for self-motivated master/Ph.D. students and post-doc researchers. Students majoring in other disciplines, e.g., Mathematics, Physics, Optoelectronics, are also highly encouraged to apply!
About
Background, honors, and professional services
Short Bio
Haifan Yin received his Ph.D. degree from Telecom ParisTech (also known as Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, or ENST), France, in Dec. 2015, under the supervision of Prof. David Gesbert. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2009 and 2012 respectively. From 2016 to 2017, he has been a DSP engineer in Sequans Communications — an IoT chipmaker based in Paris, France. From 2017 to 2019, he has been a senior research engineer in Shanghai Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., where he made substantial contributions to physical layer research and 5G standards. Since May 2019, he has joined the School of Electronic Information and Communications at Huazhong University of Science and Technology as a full professor. He is a holder of more than 25 patents. One of his technical papers reaches over 1000 citations. His current research interests include 5G and 6G networks, signal processing, machine learning, and massive MIMO systems. He was a recipient of the China Youth May Fourth Medal (the top honor for young Chinese), the National Champion of 2021 High Potential Innovation Prize awarded by the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and a recipient of the 2024 Stephen O. Rice Prize.
Education
12/2015
Ph.D. in Communication and Electronics
EURECOM, Telecom ParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, France
03/2012
M.Sc. in Communication and Information Engineering
Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
07/2009
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Automation
Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
Work Experience
2019 — Present
Professor
Huazhong University of Science & Technology
2017 — 2019
Senior Research Engineer, 5G research & standardization
Shanghai Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
2016 — 2017
DSP Engineer, algorithm development for IoT chips
Sequans Communications
Honors & Awards
Reviewer for
TPC Member
Teaching
Courses taught at Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Fundamentals of Wireless Communication
Theories and Technologies of Multiple Input Multiple Output in Wireless Communications