Zongyao Zhao

I am currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), working under the supervision of Prof. Yuanwei Liu & Prof. Kaibin Huang . I received the Ph.D. degree and the M.Eng. degree from Tsinghua University in 2025 and 2021, respectively, and the B.Eng. degree from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2018. From 2024 to 2025, I was a visiting researcher at Imperial College London.

My research focuses on Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence, and Optimization for Next-generation Wireless Systems.

Education

• Tsinghua University
  Ph.D., advisor: Prof. Yuhan Dong & Prof. Xinke Tang
• Imperial College London
  Visiting Ph.D., advisor: Prof. Wei Dai
• Tsinghua University
  M.Eng., advisor: Prof. Jun Tang
• The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC)
  B.Eng., advisor: Prof. Yijiu Zhao

Work Experience

• The University of Hong Kong
  Postdoctoral fellow (2026-Present)

Honors & Awards

• Director Scholarship, Top 1%, Rank 1/96, 2022
• Outstanding Ph.D. Student, Top 10%, 2023
• Comprehensive First-Class Scholarship, Tsinghua, 2022
• Comprehensive Second-Class Scholarship, Tsinghua, 2024 & 2025
• 3rd Place, CCF CCC2021 Customized Computing Challenge (CCC), 2021