Yi Chen

Title:

Research Assistant Professor

Education Background:

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng)
Electronics and Information Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

yichen@cuhk.edu.cn

Office Address

Rm 204, Dao Yuan Building, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)

Phone

Teaching Area

Machine Learning, Communication System

Other

Research

Wireless communications and networking, Resource allocation and optimization, Network routing,
Reinforcement learning.

Personal Website

PublicationsInfo

Journal

1. M. Yuan, Q. Cao, M.-O. Pun and Y. Chen, “Fairness-Oriented User Scheduling for Bursty Downlink Transmission Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning," accepted for publication in APSIPA Transations on Signal and Information Processing, 2022.
2. Q. Cao, M.-O. Pun and Y. Chen, “Deep Learning in Network-Level Performance Prediction Using Cross-Layer Information," IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 2364-2377, 1 July-Aug. 2022.

3. X. Zhang, Y. Chen*, X. Sun, G. Zhu, T. Q. Quek and Z. Zhang, “Uplink-Downlink Duality of Multi-Cell Non-orthogonal Multiple Access Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 5035-5048, July 2022.

4. C. W. Sung, Y. Chen and Y. Gu, “Distributed Dual Optimization for the Uplink of Multi-Cell NOMA”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 69, no. 5, pp. 3135-3146, May 2021.
5. W. Chen, S. Zhao, R. Zhang, Y. Chen, L. Yang, “UAV-Assisted Data Collection with Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 501-511, 1 Jan.1, 2021.
6. Y. Zhang, Y. Chen, Y. Luo, and W. S. Wong, “Achieving Zero-packet-loss Throughput 1 for a Collision Channel Without Feedback and with Arbitrary Time Offsets,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 66. no. 4, April 2020.

7. Y. Chen* and C. W. Sung, “Characterization of SINR Region for Multiple Interfering Multicast in Power-controlled Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communication, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 165-175, Jan. 2019.

8. Y. Chen*, Y.-H. Lo, K. W. Shum, W. S. Wong, and Y. Zhang, “CRT Sequences with Applications to Collision Channels Allowing Successive Interference Cancellation,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 2910 - 2923, April 2018.

9. Y. Chen*, C. W. Sung, S.-W. Ho, and W. S. Wong, “BER Analysis and Power Control for Interfering Visible Light Communication Systems,” Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, vol. 151, pp. 98-109, Dec. 2017.

10. Y. Fu, Y. Chen, and C. W. Sung, “Distributed Power Control for the Downlink of Multi-cell NOMA systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 16, no. 9, pp. 6207-6220, Sept. 2017.

11. Y.-H. Lo, Y. Zhang, Y. Chen, H.-L. Fu, and W. S. Wong, “The Global Packing Number of a Fat-tree Network,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol.63, no. 8, pp. 5327-5335, Aug. 2017.

12. Y. Chen*, S. Yang, and W. S. Wong, “Exact non-Gaussian Interference Model for Fading Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 168-179, Jan. 2013.

13. Y. Chen* and W. S. Wong, “Power Control for Non-Gaussian Interference,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 2660-2669, Aug. 2011.

Conference

1. X. Mai, Q. Fu and Y. Chen*, “Packet Routing with Graph Attention Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning,” in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec. 2021.

2. M. Yuan, Q. Cao, M. Pun and Y. Chen, “Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning-Based Fairness-Aware Scheduling for Bursty Traffic,” in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec. 2021.

3. W. Chen, S. Zhao, R. Zhang, Y. Chen, and L. Yang, “Generalized User Grouping in NOMA Based on Overlapping Coalition Formation Game,” in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec. 2020.

4. W. Chen, S. Zhao, R. Zhang, Y. Chen, and L. Yang, “Machine Learning-Based Generalized User Grouping in NOMA,” in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec. 2020.

5. S. Zeng, X. Xu, and Y. Chen*, “Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Routing: A Hybrid Method using Eligibility Traces,” The 16th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation (ICCA), October, 2020.

6. X. Ding, Y. Chen*, and Y. Lu, “Joint User Ordering, Beamforming and Power Allocation for Downlink MIMO-NOMA Systems,” 12th IEEE/IETInternational Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), August, 2020.

7. Q. Cao, S. Zeng, W. Pan, and Y. Chen, “Network-Level System Performance Prediction Using Deep Neural Networks with Cross-Layer Information,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June, 2020.

8. C. Gu, Y. Chen*, W. Li, and C. Liu, “To Shift Tasks or To Shift Energy by ESDs? An Economical Scheduling for Cloud Data Center,” in Proceedings of 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications (ISPA), Xiamen, China, September 2019.

9. L. Han, C. Gu, Y. Chen, and W. Li, “An efficient, secure and reliable search scheme for dynamic updates with blockchain,” in Proceedings of 2019 International Conference on Communication and Network

Security (ICCNS), November, 2019.

10. Y. Chen*, K. W. Shum, and W. S. Wong “CRT Sequences for Medium Access Control,” in Proceedings of IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC), Changchun, Aug., 2019.

11. X. Zhang, Y. Chen*, J. Zhang, Y. Lei, C. Shen, and G. Zhu, “Characterization of SINR region for multi-cell downlink NOMA systems,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Shanghai, May, 2019.

12. J. Luo, Y. Chen, and W. S. Wong, “Utilizing In-Network Buffering for Scheduling and Routing in Data Center Networks,” International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MOBIHOC), Jun. 2018.

13. Q. Guo, C. W. Sung, Y. Chen, and C. S. Chen, “ Power Control for Coordinated NOMA Downlink with Cell-Edge Users,” in Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Barcelona, Spain, 2018.

14. Kenneth W. Shum, Y. Chen, Y.-H. Lo, W. S. Wong, and Y. Zhang, “Protocol-sequence-based Media-access control with Successive Interference Cancellation,” in Proceedings of The 10th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP), Hangzhou, China, Oct. 2017.

15. Y. Zhang, Y. Chen, Y.-H. Lo, and W. S. Wong, “ The Zero-error Capacity of a Collision Channel with Successive Interference Cancellation,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Aachen, Germany, June 2017.

16. Lou Salaun, C. S. Chen, Y. Chen, and W. S. Wong, “Constant Delivery Delay Protocol Sequences for the Collision Channel without Feedback,” in Proceedings of The 19th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), Shenzhen, China, Nov. 2016.

17. Y. Chen*, Kenneth W. Shum, and W. S. Wong, “Generalized CRT Sequence and its Applications,” in Proceedings of Sequence and Their Applications (SETA), Chengdu, China, Oct. 2016.

18. F. Liu, Y. Chen, and W. S. Wong, “An Asynchronous Load Balancing Scheme for Multi-server Systems,” in Proceedings of Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON), New York, USA, Oct. 2016.

19. Y. Chen*, C. W. Sung, S.-W. Ho, and W. S. Wong, “BER Analysis for Interfering Visible Light Communication Systems,” in Proceedings of IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), Prague, Czech Republic, Jul. 2016. (Best Paper Award)

20. Y. Fu, Y. Chen, and C. W. Sung, “Distributed Downlink Power Control for the Non-orthogonal Multiple Access System with Two Interfering Cells,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May, 2016.

21. S. Yang, Y. Chen, S. C. Liew, and L. You, “Coding for Network-coded Slotted ALOHA,” in Proceedings of IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Jerusalem, Israel, April 2015.

22. Y. Chen* and C. W. Sung, “Resource Allocation for Two-way Relay Cellular Networks With and Without Network Coding,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS), Macau, China, Nov. 2014.

23. S. Yang, S. C. Liew, L. You, and Y. Chen, “Linearly-coupled Fountain Codes for Network-coded Multiple Access,” in Proceedings of IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Nov. 2014.

24. H. Cheng, Y. Chen, W. S. Wong, Q. Yang, and L. Shen, “Protocol Sequence Based Wireless Media Access Control in Networked Control Systems,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), Guangzhou, China, Dec, 2012.

25. Y. Chen* and W. S. Wong, “Power Control for Non-Gaussian Interference,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOPT), Seoul, Korea, 2009.