Pinjun Zheng received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2019 and 2021, respectively. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering (ECE) at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include signal processing and estimation theory, with a particular focus on applications in radio localization and communication.

Research Interests

Pinjun Zheng is focusing on the area of wireless communication and sensing. He’s currently working on terahertz localization.

Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Graduate student at HIT, 2021.
  • Meritorious Winner, Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM), 2019.
  • The national second prize, China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM), 2018.
  • Endress+Hauser SC China Scholarship, 2017.

Selected Publications

[1] P. Zheng, H. Chen, T. Ballal, M. Valkama, H. Wymeersch, and T. Y. Al-Naffouri, “JrCUP: Joint RIS Calibration and User Positioning for 6G Wireless Systems,” in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (early access).
[2] P. Zheng, T. Ballal, H. Chen, H. Wymeersch, and T. Y. Al-Naffouri, “Coverage Analysis of Joint Localization and Communication in THz Systems with 3D Arrays,” in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (early access).
[3] P. Zheng, X. Ma, and T. Y. Al-Naffouri, “On the Impact of Mutual Coupling on RIS-Assisted Channel Estimation,” in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (early access).