Dr. Chengchao Liang received the Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carleton University, Canada in 2017 awarded the Senate Medal. He is currently a Full Professor with the School of Communication and Information Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China. Prior to this,  He was a cross-appointed Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University as well as Huawei Ottawa Research & Development Centre from 2017 to 2019. He is in the Editorial Boards of EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, and Computer Communications. He has served as the reviewer and the TPC member for many IEEE journals and conferences. His research interests include wireless communications, satellite networks, Internet protocols and optimization theory.

His full list of publications can be achieved from Google Scholar or DBLP：Google Scholar，DBLP. You also can download his dissertation material from Carleton: Chengchao Liang's Home Page。

Dr. Liang is recruiting graduate students and Posdocs who are interested in wireless/wireline networking research. We have several very interesting cutting-edge research projects. 

You are welcome to write me if you need information about the research program. Please feel free to mention that you are interested in working with me in your application. I am very sorry that I cannot reply to all emails. Thank you for your interest in our graduate program and good luck!

Selected Journal Publications:

1. Y. Cheng, C. Liang*, Q. Chen and F. R. Yu, "Energy-Efficient D2D-Assisted Computation Offloading in NOMA-Enabled Cognitive Networks,"  IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 12, pp. 13441-13446, Dec. 2021.

2. X. Huang, X. Deng, C. Liang*, W. Fan, "Blockchain-Enabled Task Offloading and Resource Allocation in Fog Computing Networks", Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 2021

3. Z. Liu, X. Tan, M. Wen, S. Wang and C. Liang, "An Energy-Efficient Selection Mechanism of Relay and Edge Computing in UAV-Assisted Cellular Networks,"  IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 1306-1318, Sept. 2021.

4. Y. He, C. Liang, F. R. Yu and Z. Han, "Trust-Based Social Networks with Computing, Caching and Communications: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach," IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 66-79

5. C. Liang, Y. He, F. Richard Yu, and N. Zhao, “Enhancing Video Rate Adaptation with Mobile Edge Computing and Caching in Software-defined Mobile Networks,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Comm., vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 7013-7026, Oct. 2018. (pdf)

6. C. Liang, Y. He, F. Richard Yu, and N. Zhao, “Enhancing QoE-aware Wireless Edge Caching with Software-defined Wireless Networks,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Comm., vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 6912-6925, Oct. 2017. (pdf)

7. C. Wang, C. Liang, F. Richard Yu, Q. Chen, and L. Tang, “Computation Offloading and Resource Allocation in Wireless Cellular Networks with Mobile Edge Computing,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Comm., vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 4924-4938, Aug. 2017. (pdf)

8. C. Wang, F. Richard Yu, C. Liang, Q. Chen, and L. Tang, “Joint Computation Offloading and Interference Management in Wireless Cellular Networks with Mobile Edge Computing,” IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 7432-7445, Mar. 2017.

9. C. Liang, F. Richard Yu, H. Yao, and Z. Han, “Virtual Resource Allocation in Information-Centric Wireless Virtual Networks,” IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 9902-9914, Dec. 2016.

10. Y. Cai, F. Richard Yu, C. Liang, B. Sun, and Q. Yan, “Software Defined Device-to-Device (D2D) Communications in Virtual Wireless Networks with Imperfect Network State Information (NSI),” IEEE Trans. Veh. Tech., vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 7349-7360, Sept. 2016.

11. C. Liang, F. Richard Yu, and X. Zhang, “Information-Centric Network Function Virtualization Over 5G Mobile Wireless Networks,” IEEE Network, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 68-74, May 2015.

12. C. Liang and F. Richard Yu, “Wireless Network Virtualization: A Survey, Some Research Issues and Challenges,” IEEE Comm. Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 358-380, Firstquarter 2015.

13. C. Liang and F. Richard Yu, “Wireless Virtualization for Next Generation Mobile Cellular Networks,” IEEE Wireless Comm., vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 61-69, Feb. 2015.

Selected Conference Publications: 

1. C. Liang, F. Richard Yu, N.-D. Dao, G. Senarath, and H. Farmanbar, “An Adaptive Data Prefetching Scheme in 5G Mobile Networks with Bandwidth Provisioning,” in Proc. IEEE Globecom’18, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec. 2018. (pdf)

2. Y. He, C. Liang, F. Richard Yu, and V.C.M. Leung, “Integrated Computing, Caching and Communication for Social Networks: A Big Data DRL Approach,” in Proc. IEEE Globecom’18, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec. 2018.

3. Y. He, C. Liang, Z. Zhang, F. Richard Yu, N. Zhao, H. Yin, Y. Zhang, “Resource Allocation in Software-defined and Information-Centric Vehicular Networks with Mobile Edge Computing,” in Proc. IEEE VTC’17F, Toronto, Canada, Sept. 2017.

4. C. Liang, Y. He, F. Richard Yu, and N. Zhao, “Video Rate Adaptation and Traffic Engineering in Mobile Edge Computing and Caching-enabled Wireless Networks,” in Proc. IEEE VTC’17F, Toronto, Canada, Sept. 2017.

5. C. Liang, Y. He, F. Richard Yu, and N. Zhao, “Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation in Software-Defined Mobile Networks with Mobile Edge Computing and Caching,” in Proc. IEEE Infocom’17 Workshops, Atlanta, GA, May 2017.

6. Y. He, C. Liang, F. Richard Yu, N. Zhao, and H. Yin, “Optimization of Cache-enabled Opportunistic Interference Alignment Wireless Networks: A Big Data Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach,” in Proc. IEEE ICC’17, Paris, France, May 2017.

7. C. Liang and F. Richard Yu, “Enhancing Mobile Edge Caching with Bandwidth Provisioning in Software-defined Mobile Networks,” in Proc. IEEE ICC’17, Paris, France, May 2017.

8. C. Wang, C. Liang, F. Richard Yu, Q. Chen, and T. Lun, “Joint Computation Offloading, Resource Allocation and Content Caching in Cellular Networks With Mobile Edge Computing,” in Proc. IEEE ICC’17, Paris, France, May 2017.

9. Z. Wei, F. Richard Yu, H. Tang, C. Liang, and Q. Yan, “Securing Cognitive Radio Vehicular Ad hoc Networks with Trusted Lightweight Cloud Computing,” in Proc. IEEE CNS’16 CRESS Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 2016.

10. C. Liang and F. Richard Yu, “Mobile Virtual Network Admission Control and Resource Allocation for Wireless Network Virtualization: A Robust Optimization Approach,” in Proc. IEEE Globecom’15, San Diego, CA, Dec. 2015.

11. C. Liang and F. Richard Yu, “Virtual Resource Allocation in Information-Centric Wireless Virtual Networks,” in Proc. IEEE ICC’15, London, UK, June 2015.

12. C. Liang and F. Richard Yu, “Distributed Resource Allocation in Virtualized Wireless Cellular Networks based on ADMM,” in Proc. IEEE Infocom’15 Workshops, HongKong, P.R. China, Apr. 2015.

13. Y. Cai, F. Richard Yu, and C. Liang, “Resource Sharing for Software Defined D2D Communications in Virtual Wireless Networks with Imperfect NSI,” in Proc. IEEE Globecom’14, Austin, TX, Dec. 2014.