♠ [04/2015] I received the NUS Young Researcher Award 2015.
♠ [04/2015] My first paper on SWIPT won the 2015 IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications.
♠ [06/2015] I was invited to give a keynote talk entitled “Wireless Communications in the Era of Energism” at ICC 2015, Workshop on Green Communications and Networks with Energy Harvesting, Smart Grids, and Renewable Energies. 
♠ [09/2015] I was listed as a Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher 2015.
♠ [04/2016] I was invited to give a keynote talk entitled “Wireless Powered Communication Networks: An Overview” at IEEE WCNC 2016, Workshop on Wireless Powered Communication Networks: From Theory to Industry Challenges.
♠ [05/2016] I was invited to give a keynote talk entitled “Wireless Communications with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Opportunities and Challenges” at IEEE VTC (Spring) 2016, Workshop on Wireless Communications for High Speed Railways.
♠ [10/2016] I was invited to give a keynote talk entitled “Millimeter Wave Lens MIMO: A (Potential) Disruptive Technology for 5G,” at International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP) 2016.
♠ [10/2016] My second paper on SWIPT won the 2016 IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper Award.
♠ [12/2016] I was elevated to a Fellow of IEEE.
♠ [12/2016] I was invited to give a keynote talk entitled "Communications and Signals Design for Wireless Power Transmission," at IEEE GC 2016, Workshop on Wireless Energy Harvesting.
♠ [12/2016] I gave a tutorial at IEEE GC 2016 on "Wireless Powered Communication: From Theory to Applications"
♠ [12/2016] My first paper on Energy Harvesting Communication won the 2016 IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award.
♠ [01/2017] I was appointed as the Dean's Chair Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, NUS.
♠ [05/2017] My co-authored paper with my postdoc Dr. Yong Zeng won the 2017 IEEE Communications Society Heinrich Hertz Award for Best Communications Letter and Wireless Communications Letter.
♠ [12/2017] My co-authored overview paper on Massive MIMO won the 2017 IEEE Signal Processing Society Donald G. Fink Overview Paper Award.
♠ [12/2017] My co-authored paper on MIMO SWIPT with my postdocs Dr. Jie Xu and Dr. Liang Liu won the IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award.
♠ [12/2017] I was invited to give a keynote talk entitled “UAV Meets Wireless Communication: Opportunities and Challenges” at IEEE GC 2017, Workshop on Wireless Networking and Control for Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles.
♠ [12/2017] I was invited to give a keynote talk entitled “Recent Advances in Far and Near Field Wireless Power Transfer: Power Waveform Design and Magnetic MIMO Optimization” at IEEE GC 2017, Workshop on Wireless Energy Harvesting Communication Networks.
♠ [01/2018] I was appointed as a Member of Steering Committee, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (2018–2019)
♠ [04/2018] I gave a tutorial on “UAV Meets Wireless Communication in 5G and Beyond: Main Research Challenges and Key Enabling Techniques,” at IEEE WCNC, 2018.
♠ [05/2018] I was invited to give a keynote talk entitled “5G & Beyond: Embracing the New Era of Internet-of-Drones (IoD),” at IEEE ICC Workshop on Integrating UAVs into 5G (UAV-5G), 2018.
♠ [12/2018] I was appointed as an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer (2019-2020), and an IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecturer (2019-2020).
♠ [12/2018] I was listed as a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in both the scientific fields of Computer Science and Engineering.
♠ [04/2019] I was invited to give a keynote talk entitled “Accessing From the Sky: UAV Communications for 5G and Beyond” at IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) Spring, 2019.
♠ [07/2019] I was invited to give a keynote talk entitled “Accessing from the sky: UAV challenges from a communication and signal processing perspective” at IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), 2019.
♠ [05/2020] I gave a tutorial on “Towards Smart and Reconfigurable Environment: Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Wireless Networks,” at IEEE WCNC, 2020.
♠ [05/2020] My co-authored paper on UAV Communications won the 2020 IEEE Communications Society Heinrich Hertz Award for Best Communications Letter and Wireless Communications Letter.
♠ [05/2020] My co-authored paper on UAV Communications won the 2020 IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications.
♠ [06/2020] I was invited to give a keynote talk entitled “Accessing From the Sky: UAV Communications for 5G and Beyond,” at IEEE ICC Workshop on Integrating UAVs into 5G and Beyond, 2020.
♠ [07/2020] I was invited to give a talk entitled “Signal Processing and Optimization in UAV Communication and Trajectory Design,” at One World Signal Processing Seminar Series.
♠ [09/2020] I was invited to give a talk entitled “Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Wireless Communication: Opportunities and Challenges,” at IEEE ComSoc Wireless Communications Technical Committee Seminars.
♠ [12/2020] I was invited to give a keynote talk entitled “Towards Smart and Reconfigurable Wireless Environment with Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces: A Communications Perspective,” at IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), 2020, Workshop on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Wireless Communication for Beyond 5G.
♠ [12/2020] I gave a tutorial on “Towards Smart and Reconfigurable Environment: Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Wireless Network,” at IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), 2020.
♠ [12/2020] I received the 2020 IEEE Wireless Communications Technical Committee (WTC) Recognition Award.
♠ [01/2021] I was appointed as the Provost's Chair Professor, Faculty of Engineering, NUS.
♠ [04/2021] I received the 2020 IEEE Signal Processing and Computing for Communications (SPCC) Technical Recognition Award.
♠ [05/2021] My co-authored paper on UAV Communication won the 2021 IEEE Communications Society Young Author Best Paper Award.
♠ [05/2021] My co-authored paper on Ambient Backscatter Communication won the 2021 IEEE Communications Society Stephen O. Rice Prize.
♠ [06/2021] My co-authored paper on IRS won the Best Paper Award of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2021.
♠ [07/2021] I was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore.
♠ [05/2022] My co-authored paper on IRS won the 2022 IEEE Communications Society Heinrich Hertz Award for Best Communications Letter and Wireless Communications Letter.
♠ [05/2022] My co-authored paper on UAV Communication won the 2022 IEEE Communications Society Young Author Best Paper Award.
♠ [02/2022] New Postdoc Opening