Chenglong Shao

Assistant Professor

Dept. of Computer Science and Networks

Kyushu Institute of Technology

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I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Networks at Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech). Prior to joining Kyutech, I worked closely with Prof. Osamu Muta at Kyushu University as a research fellow. I received my Ph.D. degree from Korea University under the supervision of Prof. Wonjun Lee.

I am broadly interested in wireless networked systems, from the basic architecture of the physical layer to high-level applications. I am also a workoutaholic. Running, tennis, and badminton are some of my favorite categories.

Research Interests

Wireless networking
Mobile computing for IoT
Sensing and localization
Ultra-low power communications
Security in wireless communications
Networked embedded systems

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, 2019

Korea University, Republic of Korea
Language (Korean) Study, 2010-2012

Korea University, Republic of Korea
B.S. in Information Engineering, 2010

Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Positions Held

Assistant Professor, 2023-present

Department of Computer Science and Networks, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

IoT Network Innovation Research Center, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Visiting Scholar, 2024

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Riverside, USA
JSPS International Research Fellow, 2021-2023

Center for Japan-Egypt Cooperation in Science and Technology, Kyushu University, Japan
Research Professor, 2019

Future Network Center, Korea University, Republic of Korea

Current Projects

Ubiquitous connectivity via unlicensed LPWANs: LoRaWAN PHY/MAC design
LoRaWAN-based ubiquitous sensing: Proximity detection and localization
Beyond 5G networking: Reliability design and application evaluation
O-RAN resource allocation: Conflict analysis and resolution strategies

Publications

Xiaoli Jing, Xianpeng Wang, Han Wang, Chenglong Shao, and Xiang Lan, "Improved PSO based Channel Estimation Algorithm for mmWave Massive MIMO Systems: Hybridization Technology and Extreme Perturbation," Wireless Networks, to be published.

Chenglong Shao, "Toward Improved LoRaWAN Coverage in Urban Settings: A Zero-Effort Solution," in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Consumer Technology – Pacific (ICCT-Pacific), March 2025.

Daichi Uehara, Kazuya Tsukamoto, and Chenglong Shao, "Implementation of a LoRaWAN-based Mesh Network," in Proceedings of IEICE General Conference, March 2025.

Chenglong Shao, Tongyang Xu, and Qinghe Du, "Toward Collision-Free LoRaWAN Communication under the Coexistence with Wi-Fi Networks," in Proceedings of International Symposium on Computing and Networking (CANDAR), November 2024.

Chenglong Shao, "MiWiL: LoRaWAN Packet Airtime Adaptation for Better Coexistence with Wi-Fi Networks," in Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Technologies for Communications (ICETC), November 2024. (Best Poster Award)

Chenglong Shao, "Toward Reliable Detection of Close Physical Contact in Mobile LoRaWAN," in Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Technologies for Communications (ICETC), November 2024.

Wonwoo Jang, Chenglong Shao, and Wonjun Lee, "Rethinking Channel Coding for Wi-Fi Backscatter Networking," in Proceedings of ACM Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom) – Poster Session, November 2024.

Chenglong Shao, Osamu Muta, Kazuya Tsukamoto, Wonjun Lee, Xianpeng Wang, Malvin Nkomo, and Kapil R. Dandekar, "Toward Improved Energy Fairness in CSMA-based LoRaWAN," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON), Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 4382-4397, October 2024.

Chenglong Shao, Osamu Muta, Qinghe Du, Kapil R. Dandekar, and Xianpeng Wang, "Multiple Access in Large-Scale LoRaWAN: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Perspectives," IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine (CEM), Vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 36-46, September 2024.

Chenglong Shao, Kazuya Tsukamoto, Yi-Wei Ma, Yingbo Hua, and Xianpeng Wang, "CoWiL: Combating Cross-Technology Interference in LoRaWAN," in Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) Workshop – Smart City Communication and Networking, July 2024.

Chenglong Shao, Kazuya Tsukamoto, and Yi-Wei Ma, "Toward Resilient LoRa Communication under Wi-Fi Interference," in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics – Taiwan (ICCE-TW), July 2024.

Jung-Erh Chang, Yi-Chen Chiu, Yi-Wei Ma, Zhi-Xiang Li, and Chenglong Shao, "Packet Continuity DDoS Attack Detection for Open Fronthaul in ORAN System," in Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS) Workshop – Analytics for Network and Service Management, May 2024.

Chenglong Shao and Osamu Muta, "TONARI: Reactive Detection of Close Physical Contact using Unlicensed LPWAN Signals," ACM Transactions on Internet of Things (TIOT), Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 1-30, April 2024.

Xiaoli Jing, Xianpeng Wang, Zhiguang Han, Ting Su, Chenglong Shao, and Xiang Lan, "Quantum Mechanics Denoising Based Channel Estimation Algorithm for mmWave Massive MIMO Systems," Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 361, No. 3, pp. 1140-1154, February 2024.

Chenglong Shao and Osamu Muta, "When LoRaWAN Meets CSMA: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities," IEEE Internet of Things Magazine (IoTM), Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 90-96, January 2024.

Chenglong Shao, "Virtual Mobile Charger-based Wireless Power Transfer for Large-Scale Sensor Network," in Proceedings of International Conference on Cloud Computing and Internet of Things (CCIOT), September 2023.

Chenglong Shao and Osamu Muta, "Heterogeneous Carrier-Sense Multiple Access for Improved Energy Fairness in LoRaWAN," in Proceedings of International Symposium on Computing and Networking (CANDAR), November 2022. (Best Paper Award)

Chenglong Shao and Osamu Muta, "LiCo: Toward Lightweight Resolution of Signal Collisions in LoRaWAN," IEEE Communications Letters (CL), Vol. 26, No. 8, pp. 1957-1961, August 2022.

Chenglong Shao and Osamu Muta, "Toward Lightweight Resolution of Signal Collisions in Chirp Spread Spectrum Systems," in Proceedings of IEICE General Conference, March 2022.

Chenglong Shao, Osamu Muta, Wenjie Wang, and Wonjun Lee, "Toward Ubiquitous Connectivity via LoRaWAN: An Overview of Signal Collision Resolving Solutions," IEEE Internet of Things Magazine (IoTM), Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 114-119, December 2021.

Chenglong Shao and Osamu Muta, "VirCh: Virtual Mobile Charger-based Wireless Power Transfer for Large-Scale Internet-of-Things Systems," in Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Technologies for Communications (ICETC), December 2021.

Chenglong Shao and Osamu Muta, "Dude, Are You Approaching Me? Detecting Close Physical Contact via Unlicensed LPWAN Signals," in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) Workshop – Internet of Mobile Things, June 2021.

Chenglong Shao, Heejun Roh, and Wonjun Lee, "BuSAR: Bluetooth Slot Availability Randomization for Better Coexistence with Dense Wi-Fi Networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 846-860, March 2021. (Samsung Humantech Paper Award)

Chenglong Shao, Youngki Kim, and Wonjun Lee, "Zero-Effort Proximity Detection with ZigBee," IEEE Communications Letters (CL), Vol. 24, No. 9, pp. 2047-2050, September 2020.

Chenglong Shao, Hoorin Park, Heejun Roh, Wonjun Lee, and Hyoil Kim, "PolarScout: Wi-Fi Interference-Resilient ZigBee Communication via Shell-Shaping," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON), Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 1587-1600, August 2020.

Chenglong Shao, Wonwoo Jang, Hoorin Park, Jekyung Sung, Yeongil Jung, and Wonjun Lee, "Phantom Eavesdropping with Whitened RF Leakage," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (WCL), Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 232-235, February 2020.

Chenglong Shao, Hoorin Park, and Wonjun Lee, "DeWOZ: Rethinking the Schmidl-Cox Algorithm for Detecting Wi-Fi Out of ZigBee Interference," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (WCL), Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 289-292, February 2019.

Chenglong Shao, Hoorin Park, Heejun Roh, and Wonjun Lee, "DOTA: Physical-Layer Decomposing and Threading for ZigBee/Wi-Fi Co-Transmission," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (WCL), Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 133-136, February 2019.

Chenglong Shao, Heejun Roh, and Wonjun Lee, "Next-Generation RF-Powered Networks for Internet of Things: Architecture and Research Perspectives," Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA), Vol. 123, pp. 22-31, December 2018.

Chenglong Shao, Heejun Roh, Taekyung Kim, and Wonjun Lee, "Multisource Wireless Energy Harvesting-based Medium Access Control for Rechargeable Sensors," IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics (TCE), Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 119-127, May 2016. (The 1st Place Transactions Award)

Chenglong Shao, Taekyung Kim, Jieun Yu, Jihoon Choi, and Wonjun Lee, "ProTaR: Probabilistic Tag Retardation for Missing Tag Identification in Large-Scale RFID Systems," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII), Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 513-522, April 2015.

Taekyung Kim, Chenglong Shao, and Wonjun Lee, "Promptly Pinpointing Mobile RFID Tags for Large-Scale Internet-of-Things," in Proceedings of International Conference on Big Data and Smart Computing (BigComp), February 2015. (Best Runner-up Paper Award)

Chenglong Shao, Wonjun Lee, and Ding-Zhu Du, "Time Efficiency-Oriented Missing Tag Identification for Large-Scale RFID Systems," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL), Vol. 13, pp. 1697-1700, 2014.

Chenglong Shao, Heejun Roh, and Wonjun Lee, "Aspiration Level-Based Strategy Dynamics on the Coexistence of Spectrum Cooperation and Leasing," IEEE Communications Letters (CL), Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 70-73, January 2014.

Jisub Lee, Chenglong Shao, and Wonjun Lee, "Price Discrimination for Augmented Paths in Data Center Networks," in Proceedings of KIISE Fall Conference, November 2013.

Heejun Roh, Chenglong Shao, Sinjae Lee, Wonjun Lee, and Ding-Zhu Du, "Secondary User Games with Spectrum Leasing Market in Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks," in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) – Poster Session, April 2013.

Heejun Roh, Jisub Lee, Chenglong Shao, and Wonjun Lee, "Utility Maximization in Mobile Tethering-based Cooperative Heterogeneous Networks," Journal of KIISE: Computing Practices and Letters, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 209-213, April 2013.

Jisub Lee, Chenglong Shao, Heejun Roh, and Wonjun Lee, "Price-based Tethering for Cooperative Networking," in Proceedings of International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), January 2013.

Heejun Roh, Jisub Lee, Chenglong Shao, and Wonjun Lee, "Feasibility Analysis of Mobile Tethering-based Cooperative Networks," in Proceedings of KIISE Fall Conference, November 2012.

Selected Awards

ICETC'24 Best Poster Award, 2024.
CANDAR'22 Best Paper Award, 2022.
Korea University Graduate Student Achievement Award, 2019.
The 25th Samsung Humantech Paper Award – Bronze Prize, 2019.
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (WCL) Exemplary Reviewer, 2019.
The 1st Place Transactions Award of 2018 Annual IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Chester W. Sall Memorial Awards, 2018.
BigComp'15 Best Runner-up Paper Award, 2015.

Professional Activities

TPC Member

International Conference on Information Technology and Computer Communications (ITCC), 2025.
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2025.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), 2025.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring) Workshop – Next Generation Intelligent Wireless Emergency Communications, 2025.
Asia Conference on Algorithms, Computing and Machine Learning (CACML), 2025.
International Conference on Computer Sciences, Engineering, and Technology Innovation (ICoCSETI), 2025.
IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom) Workshop – Next Generation Intelligent Wireless Emergency Communications, 2024.
International Symposium on Computing and Networking (CANDAR), 2024.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), 2024.
International Conference on Sustainable Information Engineering and Technology (SIET), 2024.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), 2024.
International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), 2024.
International Conference on Emerging Networks Technologies (ICENT), 2024.
International Japan – Africa Conference on Electronics, Communications & Computations (JAC-ECC), 2023.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall), 2023.
International Conference on Image Enhancement and Computer Vision (ICIECV), 2023.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring) Workshop – Security and Privacy for Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems, 2022.
IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) Workshop – 5G and Beyond Technology-enabled Remote Health Systems, 2020.

Reviewer (Selected)

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (TITS), 2021, 2024, 2025.
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), 2025.
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2016-2020, 2022-2025.
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2015, 2019, 2023, 2024.
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (WCL), 2018, 2020, 2024.
IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J), 2017, 2023, 2024.
IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), 2023, 2024.
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2023, 2024.
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON), 2016, 2019, 2020, 2023.
ACM Transactions on Internet of Things (TIOT), 2020, 2023.
IEEE Communications Letters (CL), 2022.
IEEE Communications Magazine, 2022.
IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine (WCM), 2020.
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), 2016.
International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), 2014.

Editorship

Leading Guest Editor, Computers, Materials & Continua (CMC) – Special Issue: Advancements in Mobile Computing for the Internet of Things: Architectures, Applications, and Challenges, 2025-present.
Youth Editor, Journal of Information and Intelligence, 2024-present.

Others

Chair, IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE) Organized Session – Innovative Wireless Networking Technologies for Next-Generation Consumer Electronics, 2025.
Session chair, IEEE International Conference on Electronics and Communication Engineering (ICECE), 2024.