Dr. Quan is a Distinguished Professor with the College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, China. Before joining Shenzhen University, he worked as a Senior System Engineer with Qualcomm Research Center, Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA, USA, and as an RF System Architect with Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA. He had contributed to IEEE 802.11ac/ah standards with over 30 U.S. issued patents and published over 70 papers in wireless communications and signal processing with more than 5000 citations from Google Scholar. His current research interests include wireless communication systems, RF system calibration and measurement, data-driven signal processing, and machine learning. Dr. Quan was the recipient of the UCLA Outstanding Ph.D. Award, the IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award, the China National Excellent Young Scientist Foundation, and the First Prize Technology Innovation Award by China Institute of Communications.

[1]Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

[2]B.E., Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT)

[1]Shenzhen University

[2]Apple Inc.

[3]Qualcomm Inc.

[1]Yangtze River Scholar Award, 2023.

[2]First Prize Technology Innovation Award, China Institute of Communications, 2020.

[3]China National Excellent Young Scientist Foundation, 2016.

[4]IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award, 2012.

[5]UCLA Outstanding Ph.D. Award, 2009.

[1]6G communication systems

[2]RF measurement and instrument

[3]Data-driven signal processing

[4]Machine learning

[1]B. Liao, X. Xiong and Z. Quan, "Robust Beamforming Design for Dual-Function Radar-Communication System," in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 6, pp. 7508-7516, 2023.

[2]Y. Gu, C. She, Z. Quan, C. Qiu and X. Xu, "Graph Neural Networks for Distributed Power Allocation in Wireless Networks: Aggregation Over-the-Air," in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 11, pp. 7551-7564, 2023.

[3]H. Li, O. Elnahas and Z. Quan, "TDOA-Based Indoor Localization via Linear Fusion with Low-Rank Matrix Approximation," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 10635-10647, 2023.

[4]Z. -Y. Xu, X. Zhang, Y. Li, T. Yuan and Z. Quan, "A Highly Selective Reflectarray Using ME Dipole Element With Gain-Filtering Characteristics," in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 1989-1994, 2023.

[5]A. Nasser, O. Elnahas, O. Muta and Z. Quan, "Data-Driven Spectrum Allocation and Power Control for NOMA HetNets," in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 9, pp. 11685-11697, 2023.

[6]Q. Wang, Z. Quan, S. Bi and P. -Y. Kam, "Joint ML/MAP Estimation of the Frequency and Phase of a Single Sinusoid with Wiener Carrier Phase Noise," in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 70, pp. 337-350, 2022.

[7]B. Jalal, O. Elnahas and Z. Quan, "Efficient DOA Estimation Under Partially Impaired Antenna Array Elements," in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 7, pp. 7991-7996, 2022.

[8]Y. Ma, S. Ren, Z. Quan and Z. Feng, "Data-Driven Hybrid Beamforming for Uplink Multi-User MIMO in Mobile Millimeter-Wave Systems," in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 9341-9350, 2022.

[9]X. Li, S. Bi, Z. Quan and H. Wang, "Online Cognitive Data Sensing and Processing Optimization in Energy-Harvesting Edge Computing Systems," in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 6611-6626, 2022.

[10]C. Pei, S. Bi and Z. Quan, "Data-Driven Bandpass Filter Design for Estimating Symbol Rate of Sporadic Signal at Low SNR," in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 2680-2694, 2021.

[11]Q. Wang, Z. Quan, S. Bi, C. Yu and P. -Y. Kam, "Generalized Mutual Information Analysis for BICM-8QAM With Residual Phase Noise," in IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 25, no. 12, pp. 3819-3823, 2021.

[12]Y. Ma, S. Ren, W. Chen and Z. Quan, "Data-Driven Beam Tracking for Mobile Millimeter-Wave Communication Systems Without Channel Estimation," in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 2747-2751, 2021.

[13]O. Elnahas, Y. Ma, Y. Jiang and Z. Quan, "Clock Synchronization in Wireless Networks Using Matrix Completion-Based Maximum Likelihood Estimation," in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 12, pp. 8220-8231, 2020.

[14]Q. Wang, Z. Quan, T. Song, M. -W. Wu, Y. Li and P. -Y. Kam, "M-APSK Constellation Optimization in the Presence of Phase Reference Error," in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 12, pp. 2154-2158, 2020.

[15]Y. Ma, Z. Quan, D. Li, Z. Sha, X. Li, Z. Feng and Z. Ding, "Optimal Linear Cooperation for Signal Classification in Cognitive Communication Networks," in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 3144-3155, 2020.

[16]L. Xie, O. Elnahas, Q. Zhao and Z. Quan, "Data-Driven RF Transmit Power Calibration for Wireless Communication Systems," in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 721-725, 2020.

[17]Y. Ma, X. Wang, Z. Quan and H. V. Poor, "Data-Driven Measurement of Receiver Sensitivity in Wireless Communication Systems," in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 3665-3676, 2019.

[18]Z. Quan, S. Cui, A. H. Sayed and H. V. Poor, "Optimal Multiband Joint Detection for Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks," in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 1128-1140, 2009.

[19]Z. Quan, S. Cui and A. H. Sayed, "Optimal Linear Cooperation for Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks," in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 28-40, 2008.

[20]Z. Quan, S. Cui, H. V. Poor and A. H. Sayed, "Collaborative wideband sensing for cognitive radios," in IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 60-73, 2008.

[1]Associate Editor, China Communications

[2]Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing