1. Basic Information

Title:  Associate Professor

Email: shida.zhong@szu.edu.cn

Tel:   0755-86702160

Office:  Room N305, Building ZhixinLou

2. Brief Introduction

Shida Zhong received the B.Sc. degree in electronics engineering from Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China, in 2008, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics and electrical engineering from the University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K., in 2009 and 2013, respectively. From 2013 to 2017, he was a Research Fellow with the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton. From 2016 to 2018, he was a Founding Member with the spin-out company AccelerComm Ltd., Southampton. He is currently an Associate Professor and the Deputy Director of Communication Engineering with the College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University. His current research interests include low power IC design, antenna selection for massive MIMO, FPGA and ASIC implementations for next-generation channel coding system, joint algorithm and hardware codesign for edge computing.

3. Education Background

[1]Ph.D., funded by 3.5 years EPSRC and ARM Studentship, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, Oct 2009 - Mar 2013

[2]M.Sc. with Distinction in System on Chip, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, Oct 2008 - Sep 2009

[3]B.Eng., First-class Honors, Electronics Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China, Sep 2004 - Jul 2008

4. Working Experience

[1]Associate Professor, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, China, 2018 - present

[2]Founding Member and IC Design Engineer, AccelerComm Ltd, Southampton, United Kingdom, 2016 - 2018

[3]Research Fellow, funded by EPSRC Doctoral Prize and EPSRC research grant, Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, 2013 - 2016

5. Current Research Directions

[1]Low power IC design

[2]FPGA and ASIC implementations for next-generation communication system

[3]Joint algorithm and hardware codesign for edge computing

6. Representative Publications

[1]H. Feng, Y. Wang, S. Zhong*, T. Yuan and Z. Quan, "Federated Reinforcement Learning in Stock Trading Execution: The FPPO Algorithm for Information Security," in IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 25074-25086, 2025, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3538859.

[2]H. Feng, H. Xiao, S. Zhong*, Z. Gao, T. Yuan and Z. Quan, "Deep-learning-aided fast successive cancellation decoding of polar codes," in Journal of Communications and Networks, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 593-602, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.23919/JCN.2024.000070.

[3]Zhiyi Zeng, Haiyu Xiao, Shida Zhong*, Peichang Zhang, Tao Yuan, Yu-hang Xiao, PE-based high throughput and low power polar encoder for 5G-NR PBCH channel, Integration, Volume 100, 2025, 102303, ISSN 0167-9260

[4]G. Mu, P. Zhang, Y. Hou, S. Zhong*, L. Huang and T. Yuan, "Efficient Active Elements Selection Algorithm for Hybrid RIS-Assisted D2D Communication System," in IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 377-381, Feb. 2024, doi: 10.1109/LCOMM.2023.3346919

[5]Hong, K. -D.; Zhong, S.; Zhang, X.*; Zhu, L.; Chen, Z.; Yuan, T. A Monolithic Missile Radome with Improved Radiation Patterns for Application in Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Radar. AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications 2021, 132, 153653

[6]Zhong, S.*; Khursheed, S.; Al-Hashimi, B. M.; Zhao, W. Efficient Variation-Aware Delay Fault Simulation Methodology for Resistive Open and Bridge Defects. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 2014, 33, 798–810

[7]Zhong, S.*; Khursheed, S.; Al-Hashimi, B. M. A Fast and Accurate Process Variation-Aware Modeling Technique for Resistive Bridge Defects. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 2011, 30, 1719–1730

[8]Zhang, X.; Tan, T. -Y.; Wu, Q. -S.; Zhu, L.; Zhong, S.*; Yuan, T. Pin-Loaded Patch Antenna Fed With a Dual-Mode SIW Resonator for Bandwidth Enhancement and Stable High Gain. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 2021, 20, 279–283

[9]Zhang, P.; Xu, J.; Zhong, S.*; Feng, H.; Huang, L.; Yuan, T.; Zhang, J. Design of Reconfigurable SDR Platform for Antenna Selection Aided MIMO Communication System. IEEE Access 2019, 7, 169267–169280

[10]Zhang, J.; Xu, C.; Bai, T.; F Wang.; Zhong, S.* Energy Efficient Transmission Based on Grouped Spatial Modulation for Upstream DSL Systems. IEEE Access 2019, 7, 88312–88326

[11]Xiang, L.; Zhong, S.; Maunder, R. G.; Hanzo, L.* Reduced-Complexity Low-Latency Logarithmic Successive Cancellation Stack Polar Decoding for 5G New Radio and Its Software Implementation. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 2020, 69, 12449–12458

[12]Zhang, J.; Chen, T.; Zhong, S.; Wang, J.; Zhang, W.; Zuo, X.; Maunder, R. G.; Hanzo, L.* Aeronautical Ad-Hoc Networking for the Internet-Above-The-Clouds. Proceedings of the IEEE 2019, 107, 868–911