Qiang Yang

Qiang Yang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Computing
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Bio

Qiang Yang is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He obtained the Ph.D. degree in the same univeristy. Prior to that, He received the M.S. and the B.S. degree from Shenzhen University and Henan University, China, respectively. He has broad research interests in ubiquitous Computing and focuses more on acoustic and RF sensing applications.

Publications

Conference

  • SenSys 23 AquaHelper: Underwater SOS Transmission and Detection in Swimming Pools
    Qiang Yang, Yuanqing Zheng
    ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys)
    November 13-15, 2023, Istanbul, Turkiye
  • IPSN 23 mmRipple: Communicating with mmWave Radars through Smartphone Vibration
    Kaiyan Cui, Qiang Yang, Yuanqing Zheng, Jinsong Han
    ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN)
    May 9-12, 2023, San Antonio, Texas, USA
    Pdf
  • INFOCOM 23 Voice Liveness Detection with Sound Field Dynamics
    Qiang Yang, Kaiyan Cui, Yuanqing Zheng
    IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications
    May 17-20, 2023, New York, USA
    Pdf Slides
  • INFOCOM 22 DeepEar: Sound Localization with Binaural Microphones
    Qiang Yang, Yuanqing Zheng
    IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications
    May 2-5, 2022, Virtual Conference.
    Pdf Presentation Slides Code
  • UbiComp/IMWUT 21 Model-based Head Orientation Estimation for Smart Devices
    Qiang Yang, Yuanqing Zheng
    The Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT) Vol 5, Issue 3
    The ACM international joint conference on pervasive and ubiquitous computing
    September 21-26, 2021, Virtual, Global.
    Pdf Presentation
  • ICDCS 19 EchoWrite: An Acoustic-based Finger Input System Without Training
    Yongpan Zou, Qiang Yang, Rukhsana Ruby, Yetong Han, Mo Li, Kaishun Wu
    IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
    July 7–10, 2019, Dallas, Texas, USA. Acceptance rate: 19.6%. Pdf
  • PerCom 19 AcouDigits: Enabling Users to Input Digits in the Air
    Yongpan Zou, Qiang Yang, Yetong Han, Dan Wang, Jiannong Cao, Kaishun Wu
    IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications
    March 11-15, 2019, Kyoto, Japan. Acceptance rate: 16.6% Pdf
  • MobiQuitous 18 ArmIn: Explore the Feasibility of Designing a Text-entry Application Using EMG Signals
    Qiang Yang, Yongpan Zou, Meng Zhao, Jiawei Lin, Kaishun Wu
    EAI International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services
    November 5-7, 2018, New York City, United States. Pdf

Journal

  • TMC 22 DeepEar: Sound Localization with Binaural Microphones
    Qiang Yang, Yuanqing Zheng
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Early Access Pdf
  • TMC 20 EchoWrite: An Acoustic-based Finger Input System Without Training
    Kaishun Wu, Qiang Yang, Yongpan Zou, Rukhsana Ruby, Baojie Yuan, Mo Li
    IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Volume 20, Issue 5, pp. 1789 - 1803, May 1 2021 Pdf

Other

  • SenSys 22 Poster: Integrated Sensing and Communication between Daily Devices and mmWave Radars
    Kaiyan Cui, Qiang Yang, Leming Shen, Yuanqing Zheng, Jinsong Han
    ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems
    November 6-9, 2022, Boston, United States Demo
  • WBC 22 Forecasting Green Building Growth in Different Regions of China
    Linyan Chen, Albert P.C. Chan, Qiang Yang, Amos Darko, Xin Gao
    The 22nd World Building Congress, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction
    June 27-30, 2022, Melbourne, Australia
  • MobiSys 18 Demo: A Novel Finger-Assisted Touch-free Text Input System Without Training
    Qiang Yang, Hongrui Fu, Yongpan Zou, Kaishun Wu
    ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services
    June 10-15, 2018, Munich, Germany
    Pdf Demo

Academic & Teaching Experience

  • Conference Reviewer: ICA3PP 2020, MASS 2021, MobiQuitous 2022
  • Journal Reviewer: IEEE IoT Journal, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), IEEE Transcations on Mobile Computing (TMC), Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing.
  • Teaching Assistant, COMP5311 Internet Infrastructure And Protocols, 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring/Fall, 2021 Spring/Fall, 2022 Spring.
  • Student Volunteer: ICPADS 2017

Selected Awards

  • 03/2022 INFOCOM 2022 Student Conference Grant
  • 09/2018 SZU-Tencent Founder Innovation Scholarship (the top postgraduate scholarship of SZU) (2/280)
  • 05/2018 Second Prize (National) / First Prize (Southern), the 5th National College Competition on IoT, 2017, Shanghai, China.
  • 10/2015 10/2014 10/2013 National Encouragement scholarship