👤 Biographies

     Zian Chen was born in Anhui Province, China, in 2001. During the years 2019 to 2023, he was pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering for the fields of Electronics and Information Engineering (English-taught Program, ETP) at the School of Electronics and Information, Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU).
     Since 2023, he has been recommended for admission (without entrance examination) to the School of Electronics and Information, NPU, to pursue an MPhil’s Degree in Engineering for the fields of Information and Communication Engineering.
     Currently, he is seeking a PhD position for his future academic career. His Bachelor’s and Master’s research covered Artificial Intelligence (AI), Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), and UAV and Vehicular Networks, etc. For his doctorate, he aims to explore interdisciplinary fields such as AI Robotics, Next-Generation Wireless Communications, Flexible Electronic Wireless Devices, etc.
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📖 Educations

• 2023.09 - 2026.03, Northwestern Polytechnical University, MPhil Candidate in Engineering
      Major: Information and Communication Engineering (ETP),  GPA: 3.9/4.1,   MARK: 93/100,   RANK: 1/62
      (Click here to view my Bachelor’s thesis written in English 🔍 )
      (Click here to view my Bachelor’s transcripts 📋 )
      Supervisor: Prof. Qian Xu
          • National Scholarship for Graduate Students (Top 2%)
          • First Class Scholarship (Top 4%)
          • Academic First Class Scholarship (Two consecutive years, Top 10%)
          • Wireless Communication and Navigation Laboratory (WiCAN LAB) Third Class Scholarship
          • Aerospace Electromagnetic Cognition and Utilization Institution (AECU INS) Second Class Scholarship
          • Outstanding Graduate Student

• 2019.09 - 2023.07, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Bachelor in Engineering
      Major: Electronics and Information Engineering (ETP),  GPA: 3.7/4.1,   MARK: 89/100,   RANK: 2/7
      (Click here to view my Master’s transcripts 📋 )
      Supervisor: Prof. Qian Xu
          • National Encouragement Scholarship (Top 3%)
          • Academic Second Class Scholarship (Top 10%)
          • Excellent Speaker, “We Talk” Workshop
          • Outstanding Undergraduate Student

(Click here to view my certificates of scholarship 📜 )

🔥 News

• 2025.06:  🎉🎉 My manuscript, “ISAC-OTFS Enabled Secure Transmission Against Co-Existing Internal and External Eavesdroppers in Vehicular Networks”, has been accepted by IEEE ICEICT 2025.
• 2025.05:  🎉🎉 I won the Grand Prize in the “Challenge Cup” Shaanxi Province College Student Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition.
• 2025.04:  🎉🎉 I led the team to win the title of Top 10 “Flag Youth League Branch” with the first place in the Youth League Commendation Series of NPU.
• 2024.12:  🎉🎉 I led the team to win the National Third Prize in the National Graduate Contest on Smart-city Technology and Creative Design Competition.
• 2024.11:  🎉🎉 I was awarded the National Scholarship for Graduate Students (Top 2%).
• 2024.10:  🎉🎉 I led the graduate class to win the title of Top 10 “Model Class” and 10,000 RMB funding in the Annual Excellence Selection Series of NPU.
• 2024.03:  🎉🎉 I led the team to win the First Prize in “Aviation, Aerospace and Navigation Cup” Innovation Competition.
• 2023.07:  🎉🎉 I won the Northwest China Regional First Prize in the “GigaDevice Innovation Cup” National Graduate Student Electronic Design Competition.
• 2022.10:  🎉🎉 I received a recommendation offer (without entrance examination) to pursue an MPhil’s degree in engineering, at the School of Electronics and Information, NPU.
• 2021.10:  🎉🎉 I was awarded the National Encouragement Scholarship (Top 3%).

📝 Paperwork and Patents

• Zian Chen, Qian Xu, Zhaolin Zhang, et al. ISAC-OTFS Enabled Secure Transmission Against Co-Existing Internal and External Eavesdroppers in Vehicular Networks[C], 2025 IEEE 8th International Conference on Electronic Information and Communication Technology (ICEICT 2025). (EI, Accepted)
• Qian Xu, Zian Chen, Zhaolin Zhang, et al. Anti-Jamming Design for Sensing-Assisted Reliable Orthogonal Time Frequency Space Communications[J], IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. (SCI Q1, Under Review)
• Qian Xu, Zian Chen, Xin Yang, et al. A Highly Reliable and Secure Transmission Method Based on OTFS[P], Invention Patent in China. Patent No.CN119276674A (Published)
• Xin Yang, Zian Chen, Wen-Bin Sun, et al. An Anti-Jamming Implementation Approach for Integrated Sensing and Communication Waveform[P], Invention Patent in China. Patent No: 2025107315462 (Accepted)
• Qian Xu, Zian Chen, Zhaolin Zhang, et al. A Secure Transmission Scheme Based on Self-Interference Cancellation Mechanism[P], Invention Patent in China. Patent No: 202418000868.6 (Accepted)
• Qian Xu, Zian Chen, Ling Wang, et al. A Secure Multiple Access Method Based on Multi-Carrier Modulation[P], Invention Patent in China. Patent No: 202418000872.2 (Accepted)
• Qian Xu, Zian Chen, et al. A Spectrum Efficient Secure Transmission Scheme Based on Orthogonal Time Frequency Space Modulation[P], Invention Patent in China. (Submitted)
• Qian Xu, Zian Chen, et al. A Secure Transmission Approach Enpowered by Multi-Dimensional Sensing[P], Invention Patent in China. (Submitted)

🎖 Honors and Awards

⭐ Individual Honors

• 2024.10, Outstanding Graduate Student
• 2023.05, Excellent Speaker in the “We Talk” Workshop
• 2021.10, Outstanding Undergraduate Student
• 2021.10, Self-striving and Persevering Outstanding Individual
• 2021.10, Diligent and Erudite Outstanding Individual
• 2020/2021.10, Academic Excellence Outstanding Individual (Two consecutive years)

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🏅 Collective Honors

• 2024.10, Annual Excellence Selection Series of NPU, Top 10 “Model Class” and 10,000 RMB funding (Team leader)
• 2025.04, Youth League Commendation Series of NPU, Top 10 “Flag Youth League Branch” (Team leader, First place overall)
• 2025.03, Youth League Commendation Series of the School of Electronics and Information, “Advanced League Branch” (Team leader, First place overall)
• 2024.10, Annual Excellence Selection Series of the School of Electronics and Information, “Advanced Graduate Class” (Team leader, First place overall)
• 2021.11, Annual Excellence Selection Series of NPU, “Advanced Undergraduate Class” (Committee member)

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🏆 Competition Awards

• 2024.10, 10th National Graduate Contest on Smart-city Technology and Creative Design Competition, National Third Prize (Team leader)
• 2025.05, 15th “Challenge Cup” Shaanxi Province College Student Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition, Grand Prize
• 2023.07, 18th “GigaDevice Innovation Cup” National Graduate Student Electronic Design Competition, Commercial Track, Northwest China Regional First Prize
• 2024.08, 19th “GigaDevice Innovation Cup” National Graduate Student Electronic Design Competition, Technical Track, Northwest China Regional Second Prize
• 2024.03, 22nd “Aviation, Aerospace and Navigation Cup” Innovation Competition, A Class, First Prize (Team leader)
• 2025.03, 23rd “Aviation, Aerospace and Navigation Cup” Innovation Competition, Main Track, Silver Prize
• 2023.06, 13th “Soaring Cup” Graduate Student Electronic Design Competition, Second Prize
• 2024.06, 14th “Soaring Cup” Graduate Student Electronic Design Competition, Second Prize
• 2023.09, 9th National Graduate Contest on Smart-city Technology and Creative Design Competition, University-level Third Prize (Team leader)
• 2024.09, 19th Micro-Nano Innovation and Design Competition, Third Prize
• 2024.06, China International College Student Innovation Competition (University-level Bronze Prize)

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💻 Experiences

🛠️ Project Experiences

🧠 Technology Internships

• Sep. 2024 - Oct. 2024, FPGA Embedded Development, Huarui Hengtai Technology Co., Ltd, Guangzhou, China.
  • Work: Implemented FPGA-based embedded systems programmed in Verilog with Vivado, conducted system integration tests, etc.
• Jul. 2021 - Aug. 2021, Network Engineering for Huawei Certified ICT Associate (HCIA) , Xiantong Network Tech. School, Xi’an, China.
  • Work: Network fundamentals acquisition & device operation, network simulation and fault diagnosis with eNSP platform, etc.
• Mar. 2021 - Jun. 2021, Robotics Engineering, Robotics Center of NWPU.
  • Work: Fabricated an omnidirectional dancing robot equipped with a pan-tilt mounted 5-servo mechanical arm.

🧑‍🎨 Student Work

• Since Sep. 2023, I have been elected as the president of the graduate class 23208-07, also the deputy of the youth league branch in the School of Electronics and Information, NPU, responsible for the academic and daily affairs of the class.
• In the academic year 2019, I was elected as the president of the undergraduate class 080619-08, also the class publicity representative of the international class 081019-91 in the School of Electronics and Information, NPU.
• Since Mar. 2025, I have been working as an affairs assistant at the Undergraduate Dean’s Office, School of Electronics and Information, NPU, responsible for academic affairs.
• Sep. 2023 - Jan. 2024, I served as a teaching assistant for the major course “Fundamentals of Analog Electronics” at NPU.
• Jun. 2023 - Aug. 2023, I served as a teaching assistant for the English-taught summer course “Machine Learning: Principles and Applications” at NPU.

🎙 Invited Talks

• In Dec. 2023, I was invited to conduct a software-defined radio (SDR) training for the Department of Communication Engineering (804), School of Electronics and Information, NPU, where I provided offline instruction on LabVIEW software usage, G(Graphical)-language programming, and USRP development with hands-on experiment demonstrations.
• In May 2023, as an outstanding student, I was invited by the School of Electronics and Information to give a lecture on the topic of “English Learning Skills” at the “We Talk” workshop, and was awarded the title of “Excellent Speaker” afterward.

💡 Academic Communications

• In Jul. 2025, I attended the 8th IEEE International Conference on Electronic Information and Communication Technology (ICEICT 2025) in Weihai, China, and delivered an oral presentation.
• In Jun. 2024, I attended the 3rd China Academic Conference on Electromagnetic Spectrum in Xi’an, China.
• In Mar. 2024, I attended the 22nd Graduate Academic Annual Conference of NPU in Xi’an, China.
• In November 2023, I attended the 3rd Academic Symposium on 6G Integrated Sensing and Communication in Xi’an, China.

💬 Public Communications

• In Jun. 2024, as a representative of the Wireless Communication and Navigation Laboratory, I participated in welcoming the delegation from the Microsatellite-themed summer camp of Kazakh National University (KNU). During this international visit, I presented our laboratory’s achievements in satellite-related technologies and discussed potential joint research projects fully in English, which enhanced my international communication capabilities. Due to my excellent performance, I was subsequently praised by the leader of the delegation and also the International Office, NPU. (Click here to view details)
• In May 2024, as a member of the reception team, I participated in welcoming the delegation from Xi’an Aisheng Technology Co., Ltd., and we conducted in-depth exchanges on the drone industry’s current trends, technological challenges, and future development prospects. (Click here to view details)

📚 Other Experiences

• In Apr. 2025, as the team leader of the Electronic Information College, I attended the university’s Youth League Commendation Meeting. Our youth league branch was invited to give a speech on behalf of all “Flag Youth League Branches”, and then was awarded on stage by Hao Zhan, Vice President of NPU. (Click here to view details)
• In Dec. 2024, as the president of the model class, I was invited to attend the Annual Commendation Conference of NPU, and was awarded on stage by Weihong Zhang, Vice President of NPU and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. (Click here to view details)
• In Nov. 2024, I was elected as a representative of postgraduate students to participate in the 19th Student Congress of NPU, where I proposed an academic incentive plan to encourage academic creation and innovation. (Click here to view details)
• In May 2024, I was elected as a representative of postgraduate students to participate in the 7th Student Congress of the School of Electronics and Information, NPU，where my proposal on the campus construction improvement plan was adopted at the congress. (Click here to view details)

⚙️ Skills

• Natural Languages: Mandarin (Native), English (CET4: 591/710; CET6: 520/710)
  (Click here to view my CET transcripts 📋 )
• Programming Languages: Matlab, Python, C/C++, G(Graphic)
• Drawing Softwares: Matlab, Python(matplotlib), Visio, PowerPoint
• Machine Learning Algorithms: Neural Network, LSTM (Long Short Term Memory Network), DRL (Deep Reinforcement Learning)