Zijian Zhang 张子健
Beyond Massive MIMO / Wireless Communications
About
Zijian Zhang received his B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2020 and 2025, respectively. His research on beyond massive MIMO for future wireless systems spans hardware architectures, signal modeling, performance analysis, algorithm design, and prototyping. His personal interests also include wireless localization and robotics.
He has published more than 30 papers in SCI-indexed journals and EI-indexed conference proceedings, including IEEE JSAC, IEEE TSP, IEEE TWC, IEEE TCOM, IEEE TITS, IEEE WCL, IEEE CL, IEEE ICC, and IEEE GLOBECOM. His work has received more than 3,000 citations on Google Scholar. One article, with more than 1,400 citations, was designated an ESI Hot Paper (top 0.1%); four articles were designated ESI Highly Cited Papers (top 1%).
He co-authored a chapter in Intelligent Surfaces Empowered 6G Wireless Network and is a co-inventor on Chinese and international patent applications. Selected patent records are available on the Publications page.
Selected Distinctions
- Paper awards. IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award (2025), and the Tsinghua Science and Technology Best Paper Award and Excellent Paper Award (both 2024).
- Scholarships. National Scholarship (2019, 2024) and Tsinghua University's Special Scholarship (2024). The latter is awarded annually to 10 students from a graduate student body of more than 40,000.
- Research recognition. Included in the World's Top 2% Scientists list compiled at Stanford University in 2023, 2025, and 2026.
Education & Experience
Huawei Top Mind programHuawei · Beijing, China – present
Ph.D. in Electrical EngineeringTsinghua University · Beijing, China –
B.E. in Electrical EngineeringTsinghua University · Beijing, China –
Second bachelor's degree in EconomicsTsinghua University · Beijing, China –
Research Interests
Signal Processing & Optimization
Statistical signal processing, matrix analysis, and convex optimization
Beyond Massive MIMO
Massive MIMO and holographic MIMO (H-MIMO)
Intelligent Surfaces
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) and large intelligent surfaces (LIS)
Localization & Robotics
Ranging, network localization, navigation, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and robotics
Academic Service
Technical program committee member: IEEE GLOBECOM (2022, 2024), IEEE VTC (Fall 2022), and IEEE WCNC (2024, 2025).
Journal reviewer: Nature Communications, IEEE JSAC, IEEE TIT, IEEE TSP, IEEE JSTSP, IEEE TCOM, IEEE TWC, IEEE Communications Magazine, and IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, among others.
Conference reviewer: IEEE ICC, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE ISIT, IEEE ICASSP, IEEE VTC, IEEE WCNC, and IEEE SPAWC, among others.
Contact
Email & Collaboration
Research collaboration inquiries are welcome.
zhangzij15@tsinghua.org.cnCorrespondence Address
Zijian Zhang, Ph.D.Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Room 8-212, Rohm Building, Tsinghua University
Beijing 100084, China