Rate My Professor Zhangyu Guan

Guan directs the Wireless Intelligent Networking and Security (WINGS) Lab, focusing on zero-touch computing and networking, space-air-ground integrated networking, wireless network security, and software and testbed infrastructure for future networks. His projects feature WNOS for principled software-defined wireless networking, CellOS for zero-touch softwarized open cellular networks, UnionLabs for cloud-based testbed sharing, and advancements in UAV networks, mmWave/THz communications, and spectrum coexistence. Since joining UB, he has secured sponsored research exceeding $3.96 million total, with his share over $1.84 million as PI or co-PI on NSF and AFRL grants. Key awards include Best Paper Award First Runner-up at IEEE Future Networks World Forum (2022), IEEE CTU Connecting the Unconnected Challenge Prize 2nd Place (2021), Best Paper Award Runner-up at IEEE INFOCOM Workshop (2020), and Distinguished TPC Member Award at IEEE INFOCOM (2018). His publications in premier venues like IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing and IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking have garnered over 1,400 citations with an h-index of 18. Representative works are 'Beam Learning in MmWave/THz-band Drone Networks Under In-Flight Mobility Uncertainties' (IEEE TMC, 2022), 'WNOS: Enabling Principled Software-Defined Wireless Networking' (ToN, 2021), 'SwarmControl: An Automated Distributed Control Framework for Self-Optimizing Drone Networks' (INFOCOM, 2020), and 'CU-LTE: Spectrally-Efficient and Fair Coexistence between LTE and Wi-Fi' (INFOCOM, 2016). He contributes editorially to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, serves on TPCs for major conferences, and teaches courses including Principles of Networking and Programmable Networks.