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Assistant Professor, Ph.D.

College of Electronics and Information Engineering
Shenzhen University

Nanhai Ave. 3688
Shenzhen, Guangdong, P.R. China 518060

Email: huahaocheng@szu.edu.cn

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About Me

Hi! I am an Assistant Professor under the Hundred-Talent Program (百人计划) in the College of Electronics and Information Engineering at Shenzhen University. I received the Ph.D. degree in Computer and Information Engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, the M.Eng. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the B.Eng. degree in Information Science and Electronic Engineering from Zhejiang University.

My research interests span signal processing, optimization, and deep learning, with an emphasis on their applications to wireless communications, wireless sensing, and integrated sensing and communication (ISAC).

Education

Professional Experience

Research Funding / 科研项目资助

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China, Young Scientists Fund (Category C)
    Rotating-linear-array tomography for global angular power spectrum synthesis and applications to wireless system design and channel knowledge maps; Jan. 2027–Dec. 2029; CNY 300,000; Principal Investigator.

    国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目（C 类）
    基于旋转线阵断层扫描的全域角度功率谱合成及其在无线系统设计与信道知识地图中的应用；2027 年 1 月至 2029 年 12 月；30 万元；在研，主持。

  • China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, National Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Grade B
    Design and optimization of next-generation wireless networks based on movable antennas; Aug. 2024–Aug. 2026; CNY 360,000; Principal Investigator; completed.

    中国博士后科学基金会，2025 年度国家资助博士后研究人员计划 B 档
    基于可移动天线的下一代无线网络设计与优化；2024 年 8 月至 2026 年 8 月；36 万元；结题，主持。

  • Ministry of Science and Technology, National Key R&D Program Young Scientist Project
    Terahertz-oriented movable-antenna devices and communication technologies; Dec. 2024–Nov. 2027; subproject funding CNY 500,000 / total CNY 2,000,000; participating subproject leader.

    科技部，国家重点研发计划青年科学家项目
    面向太赫兹的可移动天线器件与通信技术研究；2024 年 12 月至 2027 年 11 月；子课题经费 50 万元 / 项目总经费 200 万元；在研，参与（子课题负责人）。

Current Research Areas

RULA-enabled 3D Spatial Spectrum Synthesis

Rotating ULA and computed-tomography-inspired methods for efficient three-dimensional spectrum synthesis.

Movable and 6D movable Antennas

Hierarchically tunable 6DMA and antenna configuration optimization for enhanced communication, sensing, and ISAC performance.

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC)

Fundamental CRB–rate tradeoffs, waveform and beamforming design, and multi-functional wireless systems.

Near-Field Wireless Systems

Near-field localization, extremely large-scale antenna arrays, and near-field ISAC.

Research Projects / 研究项目

Rotating ULA-enabled computed tomography 2025.9–2026.4

基于旋转线阵与模拟接收合并的高效三维空间功率谱断层合成

Collaborators: Weidong Mei, Jie Xu, Rui Zhang

Develops an efficient 3D spatial-power-spectrum synthesis method by rotating a ULA about its center. CT-inspired analog combining produces partial spectrum slices that are synthesized online with one RF chain, enabling full-space coverage with reduced sampling overhead and uniformly high angular resolution. Conference version accepted by IEEE VTC Workshop 2026.

中文简介：旋转均匀线性阵列在不同姿态下进行模拟接收合并，生成切片式局部空间谱，并利用单射频链在线合成完整的三维空间功率谱。与固定均匀平面阵列或可移动天线密集采样相比，该方法显著降低采样开销，同时实现全空间覆盖和均匀的高角分辨率。

Wideband frequency-division ISAC with movable antennas 2025.7–2026.7

基于可移动天线的宽带频分通信与感知一体化

Collaborators: Yuyan Zhou, Jie Xu, Rui Zhang

Studies separate communication and sensing frequency bands sharing bandwidth and power. The work jointly optimizes antenna positions, bandwidth, and power to maximize the minimum user rate subject to a worst-case sensing requirement. Conference version to appear at GLOBECOM 2026.

中文简介：研究通信和感知采用分离频段、但共享带宽与功率资源的可移动天线增强型 ISAC 系统。推导脉冲压缩雷达的位置估计克拉美–罗下界，以最小用户速率衡量通信性能，并联合优化天线位置向量、带宽和功率分配，以满足最坏情形感知约束。

Hybrid mechanically and electronically tunable 6DMA 2025.4–2025.7

机械与电子混合可调的六维可移动天线辅助通信的双时间尺度优化

Collaborators: Yuyan Zhou, Jie Xu, Rui Zhang

Combines arrays movable on a circular rail with pattern-reconfigurable antennas. A two-timescale method optimizes slow mechanical positions and fast electronic pattern selection. IEEE WCL 2026.

中文简介：多个阵列可沿圆形轨道进行机械移动，并利用方向图可重构天线实现快速电子切换。通过双时间尺度设计联合优化慢速变化的阵列位置和快速变化的方向图选择，从而最大化系统的平均和速率。

Hierarchically tunable 6DMA 2024.9–2025.3

用于无线通信与感知的可分层调节六维可移动天线：建模与性能优化

Collaborators: Yuyan Zhou, Weidong Mei, Jie Xu, Rui Zhang

Introduces a 6DMA base-station architecture whose arrays move on a spherical surface while positions and orientations are optimized hierarchically. See ICC 2025 and TWC 2025.

中文简介：提出可分层调节的六维可移动天线基站架构，使阵列能够在球面上灵活移动，并用全局和局部球坐标描述其三维位置与旋转方向。通过分层、顺序调节阵列位置和方向，在降低优化复杂度的同时提升通信与感知性能。

Near-field ISAC with extremely large-scale arrays 2023.9–2024.5

基于超大规模天线阵列的近场通信与感知一体化

Collaborators: Jie Xu, Rui Zhang

Optimizes transmit covariance for 3D target localization while satisfying communication SINR constraints, considering position CRB, target illumination power, and echo power. IEEE TWC 2025.

中文简介：研究配备超大规模天线阵列的近场 ISAC 系统，在通信用户信干噪比约束下优化发射协方差矩阵，并分别考虑三维定位克拉美–罗下界、最小目标照射功率和最小回波功率等感知指标。采用半正定松弛获得全局最优解，并分析近场传播带来的独特性能特征。

IEEE 802.11bf WLAN sensing overview 2023.4–2023.10

IEEE 802.11bf 概述：WLAN 感知

Collaborators: Rui Du, Hailiang Xie, Xianxin Song, Zhonghao Lyu, Mengshi Hu, Narengerile, Yan Xin, Stephen McCann, Michael Montemurro, Tony Xiao Han, Jie Xu

A comprehensive overview of IEEE 802.11bf, covering use cases, KPIs, sensing procedures, sub-7 GHz and 60 GHz sensing, evaluation, and open challenges. IEEE COMST 2024.

中文简介：全面介绍 IEEE 802.11bf 标准，包括应用场景、关键性能指标、WLAN 感知框架与流程、候选技术、评估方法、主要挑战及未来研究方向，覆盖 7 GHz 以下频段和 60 GHz 定向多千兆感知；同时协调论文修订，并与华为同事共同完善技术细节。

Near-field 3D localization via MIMO radar 2022.4–2023.5

通过 MIMO 雷达进行近场三维定位：CRB 分析和估计器设计

Collaborators: Jie Xu, Yonina C. Eldar

Derives analytical CRBs and develops 3D cyclic-optimization estimators for multiple-target localization. See GLOBECOM 2023 and IEEE TSP 2024.

中文简介：推导近场多目标三维坐标估计的克拉美–罗下界，分析其关于目标距离和阵列尺寸的标度规律，并提出基于三维交替循环优化和加性高斯白噪声模型的多目标定位估计器。

MIMO ISAC: CRB–rate tradeoff 2021.5–2022.6

MIMO 通信与感知一体化：CRB–数据率权衡

Collaborators: Tony Xiao Han, Jie Xu

Characterizes Pareto boundaries between sensing CRBs and communication rate for point and extended targets. See GLOBECOM 2022 and IEEE TWC 2023.

中文简介：面向点目标和扩展目标模型，分别采用角度估计克拉美–罗下界和目标响应矩阵估计克拉美–罗下界衡量感知性能，并刻画感知 CRB 与通信数据率可实现区域的帕累托边界。

Optimal transmit beamforming for ISAC 2020.9–2021.5

通信与感知一体化系统的最优发射波束成形

Collaborators: Tony Xiao Han, Jie Xu

Optimizes sensing beampattern performance subject to downlink communication SINR and transmit-power constraints. See GLOBECOM 2021 and IEEE TVT 2023.

中文简介：研究配备均匀线性阵列的 ISAC 基站同时发送通信与雷达信号的问题。在用户信干噪比和总发射功率约束下，分别以感知波束图匹配和最小加权波束图增益最大化为目标，设计最优发射波束成形方案。

MRAM-based deep in-memory architecture 2018.7–2020.5

面向深度神经网络的 MRAM 存内计算架构

Collaborators: Ameya D. Patil, Sujan K. Gonugondla, Kim Kuk-Hwan, Mingu Kang, Naresh R. Shanbhag

Designed, laid out, taped out, and tested an MRAM in-memory accelerator in GlobalFoundries 22 nm, including WL pulse generation, DACs, digital blocks, pad frame, FPGA, and PCB work. See ISCAS 2019 and the DARPA FRANC initiative.

中文简介：面向深度神经网络设计高效的磁性随机存取存储器存内计算架构，并在 GlobalFoundries 22 nm 工艺节点完成所提加速器的设计、版图、流片与测试。主要负责字线脉冲宽度生成器、数模转换器、数字模块、焊盘框架，以及 Xilinx FPGA/Vivado 和定制 PCB 板的相关工作。

Filter-bank multicarrier modulation 2017.11–2018.5

滤波器组多载波（FBMC）调制的研究

Advisor: Prof. Minjian Zhao

Bachelor thesis on OFDM/OQAM optimal waveform design, fixed-point effects, and peak-to-average-power-ratio reduction.

中文简介：本科毕业论文项目，研究正交频分复用–偏移正交振幅调制（OFDM/OQAM）的最优波形设计、固定点效应对系统性能的影响，以及峰均功率比降低方法。

Honors

Invited Lectures & Presentations

  • “Rotating ULA-enabled Computed Tomography for Efficient 3D Spatial Power Spectrum Synthesis via Analog Receive Combining,” IEEE VTC Workshop, Nice, France, June 9, 2026.
  • “Hierarchically Tunable 6DMA for Wireless Communication: Modeling and Optimization,” IEEE ICC Workshop, Montreal, Canada, June 8, 2025.
  • “Design and Optimization of Next-Generation Wireless Networks based on Movable Antennas,” invited talk, Shenzhen Postdoctoral Academic Annual Conference, June 4, 2025.
  • “Near-Field 3D Localization Via MIMO Radar: Cramér–Rao Bound and Estimator Design,” IEEE GLOBECOM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 13, 2023.

Academic Service

TPC Co-Chair

Session Chair

  • “Reconfigurable Antennas,” IEEE ICC 2025
  • “MIMO/Massive MIMO in ISAC,” IEEE GLOBECOM 2023

Teaching Assistant

  • MAT 1001 Calculus I, Fall 2020
  • EIE 4003 Wireless Communications, Spring 2021
  • MCE 6003 Convex Optimization for Communication Systems, Spring 2022
  • MCE 5917 Multi-Antenna Wireless Communications, Fall 2022
  • MCE 5917/CIE 6135 Multi-Antenna Wireless Communications, Spring 2024

Reviewer

TPC Member

  • IEEE ICC (2023–2026)
  • IEEE GLOBECOM (2023–2026)
  • IEEE/CIC ICCC (2023–2025)
  • WiOpt 2023
  • IEEE VTC (2023–2025)
  • IEEE WCSP 2023
  • IEEE ISIT 2024
  • IEEE MECOM 2024
  • IEEE PIMRC 2025

Publications

Journal Publications

  1. H. Hua, Y. Zhou, W. Mei, J. Xu, and R. Zhang, “Hierarchically tunable 6DMA for wireless communication and sensing: Modeling and performance optimization,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 25, pp. 4721–4736, Oct. 2025.
  2. H. Hua, J. Xu, and R. Zhang, “Near-field integrated sensing and communication with extremely large-scale antenna array,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 9962–9977, Dec. 2025.
  3. H. Hua, J. Xu, and Y. C. Eldar, “Near-field 3D localization via MIMO radar: Cramér–Rao bound analysis and estimator design,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 72, pp. 3879–3895, Aug. 2024.
  4. H. Hua, T. X. Han, and J. Xu, “MIMO integrated sensing and communication: CRB-rate tradeoff,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 2839–2854, Aug. 2023. Highly Cited Paper
  5. H. Hua, J. Xu, and T. X. Han, “Optimal transmit beamforming for integrated sensing and communication,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 8, pp. 10588–10603, Mar. 2023. Highly Cited Paper Hot Paper IEEE Jack Neubauer Memorial Award
  6. R. Du, H. Hua, H. Xie, X. Song, Z. Lyu, M. Hu, Narengerile, Y. Xin, S. McCann, M. Montemurro, T. X. Han, and J. Xu, “An overview on IEEE 802.11bf: WLAN sensing,” IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 184–217, Feb. 2025. (Co-first author.) Highly Cited Paper
  7. Y. Zhou, H. Hua, J. Xu, and R. Zhang, “Two-timescale optimization for hybrid mechanically and electronically tunable 6DMA aided communication,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 15, pp. 2050–2054, Mar. 2026. (Corresponding author.)
  8. Y. Chen, H. Hua, J. Xu, and D. W. K. Ng, “ISAC meets SWIPT: Multi-functional wireless systems integrating sensing, communication, and powering,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 8264–8280, Aug. 2024.
  9. H. Hua, W. Mei, J. Xu, and R. Zhang, “Rotating ULA-enabled computed tomography for efficient 3D spatial power spectrum synthesis: Architecture and principled orientation design,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.10270, Jul. 2026.
  10. L. Lu, W. Mei, X. Wei, R. Feng, H. Hua, Z. Chen, B. Ning, and E. Björnson, “Deep learning-empowered movable-antenna position optimization with partial CSI,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.17543, Jun. 2026.

Conference Publications

  1. H. Hua, Y. Zhou, J. Xu, Z. Quan, and R. Zhang, “RULA-assisted hierarchical tunable 6DMA for wireless communication: Protocol and optimization,” submitted to IEEE GLOBECOM Workshop, Dec. 2026.
  2. H. Hua, W. Mei, J. Xu, and R. Zhang, “Rotating ULA-enabled computed tomography for efficient 3D spatial power spectrum synthesis via analog receive combining,” in IEEE VTC Workshop, Jun. 2026.
  3. H. Hua, Y. Zhou, W. Mei, J. Xu, and R. Zhang, “Hierarchically tunable 6DMA for wireless communication: Modeling and optimization,” in IEEE ICC Workshop, Jun. 2025.
  4. H. Hua and J. Xu, “Near-field 3D localization via MIMO radar: Cramér–Rao bound and estimator design,” in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec. 2023, pp. 534–539.
  5. H. Hua, X. Song, Y. Fang, T. X. Han, and J. Xu, “MIMO integrated sensing and communication with extended target: CRB-rate tradeoff,” in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec. 2022, pp. 4075–4080.
  6. H. Hua, J. Xu, and T. X. Han, “Transmit beamforming optimization for integrated sensing and communication,” in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec. 2021, pp. 1–6.
  7. Y. Zhou, H. Hua, J. Xu, and R. Zhang, “Wideband frequency-division integrated sensing and communications with movable antennas,” to appear in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec. 2026. (Corresponding author.)
  8. L. Lu, W. Mei, X. Wei, H. Hua, Z. Chen, and B. Ning, “Learning-based movable-antenna position optimization with implicit CSI,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Sept. 2025, pp. 1–6.
  9. Y. Chen, H. Hua, and J. Xu, “Transmit optimization for multi-functional MIMO systems integrating sensing, communication, and powering,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May 2023, pp. 1518–1523.
  10. X. Song, D. Zhao, H. Hua, T. X. Han, X. Yang, and J. Xu, “Joint transmit and reflective beamforming for IRS-assisted integrated sensing and communication,” in Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), May 2022, pp. 189–194.
  11. A. D. Patil, H. Hua, S. Gonugondla, M. Kang, and N. Shanbhag, “An MRAM-based deep in-memory architecture for deep neural networks,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), May 2019, pp. 1–5.

Patents

  1. 花浩程、梅渭东、许杰、张瑞，一种基于旋转均匀线性阵列（ULA）的三维空间功率谱在线合成方法、装置及储存介质，2026-04-23，已受理。
  2. 陈益龙、花浩程、许杰、崔曙光、徐乐西，一种感知、通信和传能一体化传输方法，中国专利 CN202211356451.X，2023-02-03。

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