个人简历

Francis C. M. Lau received the BEng (Hons) degree in electrical and electronic engineering and the PhD degree from King’s College London, University of London, UK, in 1989 and 1993, respectively. He is also a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of IET. He is the co-author of two research monographs and a co-holder of five US patents and one pending US patent. He has published over 320 papers. His main research interests include channel coding, cooperative networks, wireless sensor networks, chaos-based digital communications, applications of complex-network theories, and wireless communications.\r
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Education and Academic Qualifications\r
Doctor of Philosophy, University of London\r
Bachelor of Engineering, University of London\r
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Professional Qualifications\r
Fellow of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers\r
Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology\r
Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.\r
Chartered Electrical Engineer and Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology\r
Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

研究领域

"""""Chaos-based digital communications\r
Low-density parity-check code and turbo codes\r
Physical-layer network coding\r
Cooperative communication networks\r
Wireless sensor networks\r
Wireless communications\r
Applications of complex-network theories to communications."

近期论文

Duplicated zigzag decodable fountain codes with the unequal error protection property Zhao, Y., Zhang, Y., Lau, F. C. M., Zhu, Z. & Yu, H., 1 Mar 2022, In: Computer Communications. 185, p. 66-78 13 p.\r
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Data storage using peptide sequences Ng, C. C. A., Tam, W. M., Yin, H., Wu, Q., So, P. K., Wong, M. Y. M., Lau, F. C. M. & Yao, Z. P., Dec 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 4242.\r
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Layered Decoding for Protograph-Based Low-Density Parity-Check Hadamard Codes Zhang, P. W., Lau, F. C. M. & Sham, C. W., Jun 2021, In: IEEE Communications Letters. 25, 6, p. 1776-1780 5 p., 9349523.\r
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On Massive IoT Connectivity with Temporally-Correlated User Activity Wang, Q., Liu, L., Zhang, S. & Lau, F. C. M., 12 Jul 2021, 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2021 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 3020-3025 6 p. (IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings; vol. 2021-July).\r
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Protograph-Based LDPC Hadamard Codes Zhang, P. W., Lau, F. C. M. & Sham, C. W., Aug 2021, In: IEEE Transactions on Communications. 69, 8, p. 4998-5013 16 p., 9424609.\r
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Relay Selection for Spatially Random Full-Duplex Cooperative Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Networks Wang, X., Jia, M., Ho, I. W-H., Guo, Q. & Lau, F. C. M., May 2021, In: IET Communications. 15, 8, p. 1060-1075 16 p.\r
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Adaptive 2-D scheduling-based nonbinary majority-logic decoding for NAND flash memory Wang, C., Li, J., Li, J., Kong, L., Shu, F. & Lau, F. C. M., Jul 2020, In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs. 67, 7, p. 1349-1353 5 p., 8796433.\r
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Analysis and Improvement of Error-Floor Performance for JSCC Scheme Based on Double Protograph LDPC Codes Chen, Q., Lau, F. C. M., Wu, H. & Chen, C., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.\r
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Analysis and optimization of tail-biting spatially coupled protograph LDPC Codes for BICM-ID Systems Yang, Z., Fang, Y., Zhang, G., Lau, F. C. M., Mumtaz, S. & Da Costa, D. B., Jan 2020, In: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 69, 1, p. 390-404 15 p., 8883091.\r
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An Ultimate-Shannon-Limit-Approaching Gbps Throughput Encoder/Decoder System Jiang, S., Zhang, P. W., Lau, F. C. M. & Sham, C. W., Oct 2020, In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs. 67, 10, p. 2169-2173 5 p., 8936394.\r
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Construction of GC-Balanced DNA with Deletion/Insertion/Mutation Error Correction for DNA Storage System Xue, T. & Lau, F. C. M., Jul 2020, In: IEEE Access. 8, p. 140972-140980 9 p., 9151948.\r
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Hardware design of concatenated zigzag hadamard encoder/decoder system with high throughput Jiang, S., Lau, F. C. M. & Sham, C. W., Sep 2020, In: IEEE Access. 8, p. 165298-165306 9 p.\r
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Joint Carrier-Code Index Modulation Aided M-ary Differential Chaos Shift Keying System Cai, X., Xu, W., Lau, F. C. M. & Wang, L., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.\r
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Path-Planning-Enabled Semiflocking Control for Multitarget Monitoring in Mobile Sensor Networks Yuan, W., Ganganath, N., Cheng, C. T., Qing, G., Lau, F. C. M. & Zhao, Y., Jul 2020, In: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 16, 7, p. 4778-4787 10 p., 8931680.\r
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Predictive Compositional Method to Design and Re-optimize Complex Behavioral Dataflows Liu, S., Lau, F. C. M. & Schafer, B. C., Oct 2020, In: IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. 39, 10, p. 2615-2627 13 p., 8957671.\r
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Protograph-based LDPC-Hadamard Codes Zhang, P. W., Lau, F. C. M. & Sham, C. W., May 2020, 2020 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2020 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 9120683. (IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC; vol. 2020-May).\r
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Accelerating FPGA prototyping through predictive model-based HLS design space exploration Liu, S., Lau, F. C. M. & Schafer, B. C., 2 Jun 2019, Proceedings of the 56th Annual Design Automation Conference 2019, DAC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., a97. (Proceedings - Design Automation Conference).\r
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Codebook design optimization for sparsified distribution converter in davey-mackay watermark codes over channels with synchronization errors Xue, T. & Lau, F. C. M., Nov 2019, Proceedings of 2019 25th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications, APCC 2019. Bao, V. N. Q. & Thanh, T. T. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 201-206 6 p. 9026489. (Proceedings of 2019 25th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications, APCC 2019).\r
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Energy-Efficient Semi-Flocking Control of Mobile Sensor Networks on Rough Terrains Yuan, W., Ganganath, N., Cheng, C. T., Valaee, S., Guo, Q. & Lau, F. C. M., Apr 2019, In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs. 66, 4, p. 622-626 5 p., 8405545.\r
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Exploiting Full-Duplex Two-Way Relay Cooperative Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Wang, X., Jia, M., Ho, I. W. H., Guo, Q. & Lau, F. C. M., Apr 2019, In: IEEE Transactions on Communications. 67, 4, p. 2716-2729 14 p., 8594622.