Ruiqi Wang (Rich) is a master’s student in Information and Communication Engineering at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) since 2024, advised by Prof. Shizhong Xu. Prior to this, he received his B.Eng. degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from UESTC and the University of Glasgow through the Glasgow College joint education program in 2024. His previous research focus on the application of RL/ML in wireless networks and he is also very interested at agentic AI and embodied AI.

He was also a visiting student at Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KU) in 2025, where he worked with Prof. Sami Muhaidat. He is currently a Research Assistant at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) , advised by Prof. Weitao Xu.

Publications

• R. Wang, W. Li, J. Ren et al., ``Efficient Resource Allocation Framework for LoRaWAN Network via Online Learning,” in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2026.3676777.[pdf] [code]
• R. Wang, T. Song, J. Ren, X. Wang, S. Xu and S. Wang, ``D-LoRa: a Distributed Parameter Adaptation Scheme for LoRa Network,” GLOBECOM 2025 - 2025 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 2025, pp. 5241-5247, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM59602.2025.11431835. [pdf] [code]
• R. Wang, E. M. A. Ghoura, O. A. M. Alhussein, et al., “Two-Layer Reinforcement Learning-Assisted Joint Beamforming and Trajectory Optimization for Multi-UAV Downlink Communications,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2026. [pdf] [code]

News

• 2026.05: I started to serve as an Research Assistant at City University of Hong Kong!
• 2026.03: Our paper “Efficient Resource Allocation Framework for LoRaWAN Network via Online Learning” was accepted by IEEE Internet of Things Journal!
• 2025.08: I began my study life as a visiting student at Khalifa University for the next semester!
• 2025.08: Our paper “D-LoRa: a Distributed Parameter Adaptation Scheme for LoRa Network” was accepted by IEEE GLOBECOM 2025!
• 2024.11: Our team ranked in the top 7% (359/5801) in the IEEEXtreme 18.0 Programming Competition!
• 2024.06: I received the First Class Honours Degree at the University of Glasgow and was named an Outstanding Bachelor Graduate of UESTC!

Friends

• Yi Liu: My undergraduate classmate and he is currently a PhD Condidate at University of Virginia. His research focus on robotic perception and navigation.
• Chu: My labmate at UESTC. He is currently a R&D Engineer with Alibaba.
• Hongxi Zhu: My labmate at UESTC and he is currently a PhD Condidate at KU. His research focus on LLM and RL algorithms.
• Qianren Li: My labmate at CityU and he is currently a PhD candidate at CityU. His research focus on the development and implementation of machine-learning-enabled communication systems.