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    Associate Professor Shihao Yan.

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Associate Professor Shihao Yan

Shihao is an Associate Professor in the School of Science.

Current Teaching

  • CSI6201 Networking Technologies

Background

Shihao Yan received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia, in 2015. He received the B.S. in Communication Engineering and the M.S. in Communication and Information Systems from Shandong University, Jinan, China, in 2009 and 2012, respectively. His research spans the broad areas of wireless communications and statistical signal processing for communication security and efficiency. He has led multi-disciplinary, grant-funded research programs, including an ARC Discovery Project and two Cyber Security CRC projects, and achieved over 170 peer-reviewed publications. He is currently leading the research on drone detection, satellite communications, radio frequency authentication and wireless communication security/covertness at ECU.

He is an Editorial Board Member for multiple journals, i.e., Drones, Scientific Reports and Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, and a Committee Member of the IEEE Focus Group on Physical Layer Security. He served as the General Chair of Australian Communications Theory Workshop (AusCTW) and the Program Chair of IEEE International Workshop on Information Forensics and Security (IEEE WIFS) in 2025. He was also awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship for experienced researchers in 2023 and Australia Endeavour Research Fellowship in 2017.

Professional Memberships

  • 2022- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE (Senior Member)
  • 2015- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE (Member)

Awards and Recognition

National and International Awards

  • Best Paper Award of IEEE International Conference on Computer and Communications (ICCC) 2023
  • Finalist of AISA Cyber Security Researcher of the Year 2023
  • 2021 - UNSW Faculty of Engineering Goldstar Awards

National and International Research Positions

  • 2018-Macquarie University Research Fellowship
  • 2017- Endeavour Fellowship

Research Areas and Interests

  • Covert Wireless Communication
  • Physical Layer Security
  • Intelligent Reflection Surface (IRS)-Aided Wireless Communications
  • Covertness and Security in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) networks
  • Federated Machine Learning Aided Wireless Communication
  • Covertness and Security in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) networks
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