Biography

DR. LIN ZHANG
Electronic Engineering Department, Tsinghua University,
Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
Phone:  (+8610)62781382
Fax:      (+8610)62770317
E-mail:  linzhang@tsinghua.edu.cn
(Revised Nov 13, 2006)

EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Electronic Engineering, Jan. 2006
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Master of Science, Electronic Engineering, July 2001
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, June 1998
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Sensor Networks (Project Website); Wireless Ad Hoc Networks; Multi-sensor Data Fusion; Cross-layer Optimization

WORK AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
06/2004-12/2004 Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong.
Cross-layer protocol design in wireless ad hoc networks
Energy efficient multicast protocol for wireless ad hoc networks
09/2001-present Lecture Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua Univ.
Wireless Sensor Networks
Internet-based Intelligent Transportation Systems
Multi Sensor Data Fusion
Embedded Multimedia Signal Processing
Teach the course "Specialty English in the Computer Networks" for senior undergraduate students.
Teach the course "Fundamentals of Applied Information Theory" for graduate students
10/1998 - 06/2001 Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua Univ.
Artificial Life and its application in Internet flow control
Routing Algorithms
10/1996 - 9/1998 Research Assistant, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua Univ.
Embedded System Architecture and Development
Video Conference System and Multimedia Codec

RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS AWARDED
Hi-tech Research and Development Program of China (National 863 Project), "Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks for Agriculture Applications," Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2011, Principle Investigator.
Hi-tech Research and Development Program of China (National 863 Project), "Wireless Sensor Networks for Greenhouse Monitoring and Control", Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2008, Principle Investigator
National Science Funding, China, "Wireless Sensor Networks Supporting Contect-rich Applications", Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2009, No. 60672107, Principle Investigator.
China Railway Research Institute, "Wireless Sensor Network for Beijing 2008 Olympic Game Main Stadium", March 2006 - September 2009, Principle Investigator.
THU-HKU Joint Project, "FLOWS (Flexible Low Cost Wireless Sensor Systems)", April 2004 - March 2006, Principle Investigator.
Yunnan Science and Technology Office, Yunnan Province, "Development of Embedded Multimedia Network Stream Processor", June 2004 - Oct 2005, Principle Investigator.
Yunnan Science and Technology Office, Yunnan Province,"External Interactive Satellite Communication System", June 2003 - May 2005, Principle Investigator.
China SERI, "Research on Distributed Multi-sensor Data Fusion Algorithm", April 2003 - March 2004, Principle Investigator.
HITACHI, Japan, "Research on the Traffic-sensitive Vehicle Navigation Platform", July 2003 - June 2004, Principle Investigator.
M-Labs, BVI, "Development of a Short-range Communicator", May 2003 - April 2004, Principle Investigator.
National Science Funding, China, "Artificial Life and Its Applications in Communication Networks", Jan. 2003 - Dec. 2004, No. 60202010, Principle Investigator.
China Education Administration, "Research on Bluetooth-based multimedia communication", April 2002 - March 2003. Co-Principle Investigator.
Tianzhi Corp., China, "GSM based vehicle tracking and scheduling system", Oct. 2001 - Sep. 2002, Principle Investigator.
985 Innovation Funding, Tsinghua Unviersity, "Self-organized Artificial-life Traffic Engineering", April, 1999 - March, 2001, Co-Principal Investigator.
Guangdong Telecommunication Administration, Guangdong Province, China, "ISDN-based Video Conference System", Nov. 1997 - Oct. 1998, Co-Principal Investigator.

ACTIVITIES AS REFEREE
IEEE ICC 2007
IEEE WCNC 2007
IEEE LANMAN 2005
IEEE PIMRC 2003
IEEE Transaction on VTC
Wireless Networks, Springer
International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Applications

SOCIAL WORK:
Head of the student affair committee, Dept of E.E., Tsinghua Univ.(2003-present)
Executive President, China National Students Union. (1999-2000)
President, Graduate Student Government, Tsinghua University (1999-2000)

SCHOLARSHIPS & HONORS:
Tsinghua outstanding faculty member award, 2002
Graduation with Hornor, 2001
Outstanding Master Thesis Award, 2001
Guanghua Fellowship, First Prize, Tsinghua University, 2000
Admission examinations waiver for graduate program, Tsinghua University, 1998
Fellowship of Academic Excellence, Tsinghua University, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
Admission examinations waiver for undergraduate program, 1993

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