应我校电子与信息工程学院孟维晓教授、陈舒怡副教授邀请，在《AI与6G融合理论与技术》高端外国专家引进计划项目的资助下，在电信学院青年教师联合会、金宝搏app官网下载金宝搏188手机登录网站部、IEEE ComSoc哈尔滨分会的共同支持下，IEEE Fellow、新加坡国立大学Zhining Chen教授将来我校工作。学术讲座和研究指导将于2026年7月29日至30日在金宝搏app官网下载科学园科技创新大厦（TIB）J507举行。Zhining Chen教授将围绕无线通信的超表面天线以及面向超天线和 AntennaAI 的天线技术问题，深入剖析其面临的挑战及关键技术，内容涵盖最新研究成果及未来发展趋势，具有很高的学术价值和启发性。此次讲座内容丰富，面向我校师生开放，诚挚邀请对超表面天线和AI开发设计天线领域感兴趣的老师和同学们积极参与。
讲座信息
报告1：Metasurface Antennas Shaping Wireless Communications: Manipulating Radiation Patterns
报告时间：2026年7月29日10:00-12:30
摘要: Wireless communications are rapidly advancing toward the next generation with much higher expectations for data rates, reliability, coverage, capacity, efficiency, connection, and latency, compared with existing systems. The antenna, as the most unique and innovative passive device, plays a crucial role in shaping the future of wireless communications by enhancing the capabilities of the wireless systems. Following the introduction of crucial roles of antenna radiation patterns in modern wireless communication networks, this talk explores how antenna technologies, in particular metasurface antennas, offer opportunities to transform wireless communications to the next generation. Subsequently, we elaborate on the impact of the metasurface antennas on wireless communications, focusing on the manipulation of radiation patterns of antennas with case study. The applications of metasurface antenna technology to the fifth-generation base stations, satellite communications, and wireless local area networks antennas are addressed as examples. Last, the article offers insights into the challenges that lie ahead, and outlines future directions for metasurface antenna technology.
报告2：Antenna Technology Towards Metantennas and AntennAI
报告时间：2026年7月30日10:00-12:30
摘要: Since Hertz experimentally confirmed the existence of electromagnetic waves, the rapid evolution of wireless technology has continuously driven advances in antenna design. Many approaches have been developed to improve antenna performance and enable new functionalities. Yet, as system demands keep growing, further breakthroughs beyond today’s already impressive achievements are becoming increasingly difficult because of fundamental physical limits. At the same time, new concepts and paradigms continue to emerge across science and technology. Identifying and capturing new opportunities for antenna innovation amid successive waves of technological trends is both challenging and exciting. In this talk, I will share two examples of how first-principles thinking helped us uncover new directions for antenna technology through sustained exploratory effort. First, I will revisit our research journey from the physical concept of metamaterials to the successful development of a new class of microwave metantennas. Then, I will present our work on applying AI algorithms to generative antenna design (GAD), which ultimately led to the development of AntennAI.
报告人简介：
Zhining Chen received his two Ph.D. degrees in 1993 and 2003 from institutions in China and Japan, respectively. He currently serves as a Provost’s Chair and Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and as Director of the Advanced Research and Technology Innovation Centre at the National University of Singapore.
Professor Chen has authored or co-authored 760 journal and conference papers, along with seven books. His current research interests include electromagnetic metamaterials and metasurfaces, metantennas, AI algorithms for generative antenna design, antennAI, and wireless systems.
Professor Chen was elevated to IEEE Fellow in 2007, elected Fellow of the Academy of Engineering, Singapore in 2019, and is a Fellow and Vice President of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (2021). Among numerous academic and technical honors, he received the IEEE AP-S John Kraus Antenna Award in 2021 and the EurAAP Antenna Award in 2025.
In addition to his research achievements, Professor Chen has played a leading role in international conferences. He served as the General Chair of the 2021 IEEE AP-S Symposium (Singapore) and is the Founding General Chair of several key conferences, including the IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (2005), the Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation (2012), and the Marina Forum on Metantennas+X (2021).
