Publications

@article{zack2026milac-realization,
  title={Stem-Connected Microwave Linear Analog Computer (MiLAC)-Aided Multiuser Beamforming via Closed-Form Susceptance Realization},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Zheyu Wu and Bruno Clerckx and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri},
  journal={},
  year={2026}
}

@article{zack2026milac-isac,
  title={Microwave Linear Analog Computer (MiLAC)-Aided Integrated Sensing and Communication: Transceiver Design and Beamforming Optimization},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Bruno Clerckx and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri},
  journal={},
  year={2026}
}

@article{zack2026StemBF,
  title={Beamforming Design for Stem-Connected Microwave Linear Analog Computer (MiLAC)-Aided Multiuser MISO Downlinks},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Zheyu Wu and Bruno Clerckx and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri},
  journal={},
  year={2026}
}

@article{zack2026DOA,
  title={How Many RF Chains Does a Microwave Linear Analog Computer (MiLAC) Need to Match the Fully-Digital Cramér-Rao Bound?},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Yu Ge and Bruno Clerckx and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri},
  journal={},
  year={2026}
}

@article{zack2026handover,
  title={Handover-Aware Power Minimization for Networked LEO Satellite Communications: Joint Cooperative Beamforming and Scheduling},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Eva Lagunas and Symeon Chatzinotas and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri},
  journal={},
  year={2026}
}

@article{pinjun2026circuit,
  title={MiLAC Precoding with Multi-Level Power Constraints and Circuit Awareness},
  author={Pinjun Zheng and Yuchen Zhang},
  journal={},
  year={2026}
}

@article{ruizhi2026active-sensing,
  title={Multi-User Localization via Active Sensing with Electromagnetically Reconfigurable Antennas},
  author={Ruizhi Zhang and Yuchen Zhang and Ying Zhang and Henk Wymeersch},
  journal={},
  year={2026}
}

@article{yafei2026semantic,
  title={Semantic Communication for Multi-Satellite Massive MIMO Transmission: A Mixture of Cooperative Modes Framework},
  author={Yafei Wang and Yuchen Zhang and Yiming Zhu and Vu Nguyen Ha and Rui Ding and Wenjin Wang and Symeon Chatzinotas and Björn Ottersten},
  journal={},
  year={2026}
}

@article{jg2026ra,
  title={Tri-Hybrid Beamforming Design for ISAC Systems with Reconfigurable Antennas},
  author={Jiangong Chen and Xia Lei and Yuchen Zhang and Kaitao Meng and Christos Masouros},
  journal={},
  year={2026}
}

@article{hanif2025dual,
  title={Integrated Positioning and Communication for Cooperative Multi-LEO Uplink Communications: A Dual-Timescale Kalman Filter-Aided Approach},
  author={Ali Hanif and Yuchen Zhang and Pinjun Zheng and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri},
  journal={},
  year={2026}
}

@article{jie2025orbit-error,
  title={Positioning Using LEO Satellite Communication Signals Under Orbital Errors},
  author={Jie Ma and Pinjun Zheng and Xing Liu and Yuchen Zhang and Ali A. Nasir and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri},
  journal={},
  year={2026}
}

@article{jg2025,
  title={Sensing Security in Near-Field ISAC: Exploiting Scatterers for Eavesdropper Deception},
  author={Jiangong Chen and Xia Lei and Kaitao Meng and Kawon Han and Yuchen Zhang and Christos Masouros and Athina P. Petropulu},
  journal={},
  year={2026}
}

@article{yichi2026timescale,
  title={6D Movable Antenna Enhanced Cell-free MIMO: Two-timescale Decentralized Beamforming and Antenna Movement Optimization},
  author={Yichi Zhang and Yuchen Zhang and Wenyan Ma and Lipeng Zhu and Jianquan Wang and Wanbin Tang and Rui Zhang},
  journal={},
  year={2026}
}

@article{yichi2024twc,
  title={6DMA-Aided Hybrid Beamforming with Joint Antenna Position and Orientation Optimization},
  author={Yichi Zhang and Yuchen Zhang and Lipeng Zhu and Sa Xiao and Wanbin Tang and Yonina C. Eldar and Rui Zhang},
  journal={},
  year={2026}
}

@article{pinjun2025era-Mag,
  title={Reconfigurable Antennas for Next-Generation Wireless Communications: Technologies, Prototypes, Architectures, and Signal Processing},
  author={Pinjun Zheng and Ruiqi Wang and Yuchen Zhang and Md. Jahangir Hossain and Anas Chaaban and Atif Shamim and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri},
  journal={IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine},
  year={2026}
}

@article{jie2024ipac,
  title={Integrated Positioning and Communication via LEO Satellites: A Contemporary Overview},
  author={Jie Ma and Pinjun Zheng and Xing Liu and Yuchen Zhang and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri},
  journal={npj Wireless Technology},
  year={2026},
  volume={2},
  eid={76},
  doi={10.1038/s44459-026-00087-2}
}

@article{zack2026ee,
  title={Quantization-Aware EE Optimization and SE-EE Tradeoff for MiLAC-Aided MU-MISO Beamforming},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Pinjun Zheng and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing},
  year={2026},
  volume={74},
  pages={4225-4240},
  doi={10.1109/TSP.2026.3736279}
}

@article{jiangong2026secure-broadcast,
  title={Secure Broadcast Transmission Based on Fluid and Reconfigurable Antennas},
  author={Jiangong Chen and Xia Lei and Kaitao Meng and Hong Niu and Yuchen Zhang},
  journal={SCIENTIA SINICA Informationis},
  year={2026},
  doi={10.1360/SSI-2026-0194}
}

@article{zack2026decentral,
  title={Decentralized Cooperative Beamforming for Networked LEO Satellites With Statistical CSI},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Eva Lagunas and Xue Xian Zheng and Symeon Chatzinotas and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications},
  year={2026},
  volume={25},
  pages={23360-23375},
  doi={10.1109/TWC.2026.3732501}
}

@article{pinjun2025era-mu-J,
  title={Tri-Hybrid Multi-User Precoding Using Pattern-Reconfigurable Antennas: Fundamental Models and Practical Algorithms},
  author={Pinjun Zheng and Yuchen Zhang and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri and Md. Jahangir Hossain and Anas Chaaban},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Communications},
  year={2026},
  volume={74},
  pages={11789-11804},
  doi={10.1109/tcomm.2026.3714350}
}

@article{lechen2025FA,
  title={Joint Localization and Channel Estimation Framework for FA-RIS-Assisted ISAC},
  author={Lechen Zhang and Xia Lei and Hong Niu and Teng Ma and Yuchen Zhang and Yu Ge and George K. Karagiannidis and Henk Wymeersch},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking},
  year={2026},
  volume={12},
  pages={10078-10092},
  doi={10.1109/tccn.2026.3706716}
}

@article{zoya2026tsp,
  title={Holographic Intelligence Surface Assisted Integrated Sensing and Communication},
  author={Zhuoyang Liu and Yuchen Zhang and Haiyang Zhang and Feng Xu and Yonina C. Eldar},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing},
  year={2026},
  volume={74},
  pages={1942-1957},
  doi={10.1109/tsp.2026.3689152}
}

@article{niu2026twc,
  title={Redefinition of Principles for Artificial Noise: Insights From Physical Layer Insecurity},
  author={Hong Niu and Tuo Wu and Jiangong Chen and Yuchen Zhang and Qian Wang and Yufei Zhao and Gang Wang and Xia Lei and Wanbin Tang and Chongwen Huang and Yong Liang Guan and Merouane Debbah and Fumiyuki Adachi and Naofal Al-Dhahir and Robert Schober and Chau Yuen},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications},
  year={2026},
  volume={25},
  pages={15232-15247},
  doi={10.1109/twc.2026.3681901}
}

@article{ruizhi2026MA,
  title={A Deep Learning Framework for Joint Channel Acquisition and Communication Optimization in Movable Antenna Systems},
  author={Ruizhi Zhang and Yuchen Zhang and Lipeng Zhu and Ying Zhang and Rui Zhang},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications},
  year={2026},
  volume={25},
  pages={14471-14485},
  doi={10.1109/twc.2026.3671979}
}

@article{alireza2026RA,
  title={Hybrid Codebook Design for Localization Using Electromagnetically Reconfigurable Fluid Antenna System},
  author={Alireza Fadakar and Yuchen Zhang and Hui Chen and Musa Furkan Keskin and Henk Wymeersch and Andreas F. Molisch},
  journal={IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing},
  year={2026},
  volume={20},
  number={3},
  pages={371-388},
  doi={10.1109/jstsp.2026.3673038}
}

@article{wenyan2025RAtutorial,
  title={A Survey on Reconfigurable and Movable Antennas for Wireless Communications and Sensing},
  author={Wenyan Ma and Lipeng Zhu and Yanhua Tan and Beixiong Zheng and Yujie Zhang and Yuchen Zhang and Keke Ying and Zhen Gao and He Sun and Xiaodan Shao and Zhenyu Xiao and Dusit Niyato and Rui Zhang},
  journal={IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials},
  year={2026},
  volume={28},
  pages={4842-4882},
  doi={10.1109/comst.2026.3663021}
}

@article{zack2026tcom,
  title={Positioning-Aided Channel Estimation for Multi-LEO Satellite Cooperative Beamforming},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Pinjun Zheng and Jie Ma and Henk Wymeersch and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Communications},
  year={2026},
  volume={74},
  pages={3888-3903},
  doi={10.1109/tcomm.2026.3658404}
}

@article{zack2026wcm,
  title={Distributed Integrated Sensing, Localization, and Communications Over LEO Satellite Constellations},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Francis Soualle and Musa Furkan Keskin and Yuan Liu and Linlong Wu and José A. del Peral-Rosado and M. R. Bhavani Shankar and Gonzalo Seco-Granados and Henk Wymeersch and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri},
  journal={IEEE Wireless Communications},
  year={2026},
  volume={33},
  number={3},
  pages={57-65},
  doi={10.1109/mwc.2026.3653839}
}

@article{boydNing2025tutorial,
  title={Precoding Matrix Indicator in the 5G NR Protocol: A Tutorial on 3GPP Beamforming Codebooks},
  author={Boyu Ning and Haifan Yin and Sixu Liu and Hao Deng and Songjie Yang and Yuchen Zhang and Weidong Mei and David Gesbert and Jaebum Park and Robert W. Heath Jr. and Emil Björnson},
  journal={IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials},
  year={2026},
  volume={28},
  pages={4581-4623},
  doi={10.1109/comst.2026.3653568}
}

@article{zack2025dbf,
  title={Enabling Scalable Distributed Beamforming via Networked LEO Satellites Toward 6G},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications},
  year={2026},
  volume={25},
  pages={6666-6680},
  doi={10.1109/twc.2025.3626203}
}

@article{zack2025joint,
  title={Joint Bistatic Positioning and Monostatic Sensing: Optimized Beamforming and Performance Tradeoff},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Hui Chen and Pinjun Zheng and Boyu Ning and Hong Niu and Henk Wymeersch and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking},
  year={2025},
  volume={11},
  number={5},
  pages={2834-2847},
  doi={10.1109/tccn.2025.3578477}
}

@article{zack2025privacy,
  title={Privacy Preservation in MIMO-OFDM Localization Systems: A Beamforming Approach},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Hui Chen and Musa Furkan Keskin and Alireza Pourafzal and Pinjun Zheng and Henk Wymeersch and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri},
  journal={IEEE Wireless Communications Letters},
  year={2025},
  volume={14},
  number={7},
  pages={1979-1983},
  doi={10.1109/lwc.2025.3560219}
}

@article{zack2025chinacom,
  title={Covert Rate Characterization Under Multi-Antenna Detection: A Study on Warden's CSI Availability and Noise Uncertainty},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Sa Xiao and Jianquan Wang and Boyu Ning and Xiaojun Yuan and Wanbin Tang},
  journal={China Communications},
  year={2025},
  volume={22},
  number={2},
  pages={143-159},
  doi={10.23919/jcc.ja.2023-0004}
}

@article{yichi2025tvt,
  title={Movable Antenna-Aided Hybrid Beamforming for Multi-User Communications},
  author={Yichi Zhang and Yuchen Zhang and Lipeng Zhu and Sa Xiao and Wanbin Tang and Yonina C. Eldar and Rui Zhang},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology},
  year={2025},
  volume={74},
  number={6},
  pages={9899-9903},
  doi={10.1109/tvt.2025.3533078}
}

@article{boyu2024tvt,
  title={Phase Hopping Scheme for IRS-Aided MIMO Communications},
  author={Boyu Ning and Nianzu Li and Weidong Mei and Songjie Yang and Yuchen Zhang},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology},
  year={2025},
  volume={74},
  number={2},
  pages={3491-3496},
  doi={10.1109/tvt.2024.3476687}
}

@article{zack2025tcom,
  title={Robust Transceiver Design for Covert Integrated Sensing and Communications With Imperfect CSI},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Wanli Ni and Jianquan Wang and Wanbin Tang and Min Jia and Yonina C. Eldar and Dusit Niyato},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Communications},
  year={2025},
  volume={73},
  number={9},
  pages={8016-8031},
  doi={10.1109/tcomm.2024.3387869}
}

@article{zack2024tsp,
  title={Near-Field Wideband Secure Communications: An Analog Beamfocusing Approach},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Haiyang Zhang and Sa Xiao and Wanbin Tang and Yonina C. Eldar},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing},
  year={2024},
  volume={72},
  pages={2173-2187},
  doi={10.1109/tsp.2024.3390177}
}

@article{zack2024wcl,
  title={Rate-Splitting Multiple Access for Covert Communications},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Wanli Ni and Yijie Mao and Boyu Ning and Sa Xiao and Wanbin Tang and Dusit Niyato},
  journal={IEEE Wireless Communications Letters},
  year={2024},
  volume={13},
  number={6},
  pages={1685-1689},
  doi={10.1109/lwc.2024.3386548}
}

@article{zack2024tvt,
  title={Exploiting Faster-Than-Nyquist Signaling for MIMO Covert Communications: A Low-Complexity Design},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Boyu Ning and Wanli Ni and Jianquan Wang and Wanbin Tang and Dusit Niyato},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology},
  year={2024},
  volume={73},
  number={5},
  pages={7322-7327},
  doi={10.1109/tvt.2023.3337811}
}

@article{zack2023twc,
  title={Distance-Angle Beamforming for Covert Communications via Frequency Diverse Array: Toward Two-Dimensional Covertness},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Yichi Zhang and Jianquan Wang and Sa Xiao and Wanbin Tang},
  journal={IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications},
  year={2023},
  volume={22},
  number={12},
  pages={8559-8574},
  doi={10.1109/twc.2023.3263939}
}

@article{boyu2023iotj,
  title={Wide-Beam Designs for Terahertz Massive MIMO: SCA-ATP and S-SARV},
  author={Boyu Ning and Tiantian Wang and Chongwen Huang and Yuchen Zhang and Zhi Chen},
  journal={IEEE Internet of Things Journal},
  year={2023},
  volume={10},
  number={12},
  pages={10857-10869},
  doi={10.1109/jiot.2023.3241224}
}

@article{zack2022cl,
  title={The Optimal Precoded Faster-Than-Nyquist Signaling for Covert Communications},
  author={Yuchen Zhang and Yuan Li and Wanyu Xiang and Jianquan Wang and Sa Xiao and Xiaoping Li and Wanbin Tang},
  journal={IEEE Communications Letters},
  year={2022},
  volume={26},
  number={6},
  pages={1249-1253},
  doi={10.1109/lcomm.2022.3167835}
}

@article{yuan2022cl,
  title={Performance Analysis for Covert Communications Under Faster-Than-Nyquist Signaling},
  author={Yuan Li and Yuchen Zhang and Jianquan Wang and Wanyu Xiang and Sa Xiao and Liang Chang and Wanbin Tang},
  journal={IEEE Communications Letters},
  year={2022},
  volume={26},
  number={6},
  pages={1240-1244},
  doi={10.1109/lcomm.2022.3155739}
}