Publications

Books

1. Q. Wu, Q. Peng, M. Hua, and W. Chen, ‘‘Sensing with Sensors-Embedded RISs, ’’ in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Wireless Communications: Modeling, Architectures, and Applications, Springer Nature, 2026.

2. Q. Wu, X. Guan, M. Hua, ‘‘Intelligent Reflecting Surface For B5G/6G Wireless Networks: Information and Power Transmission ’’, Springer Nature, 2022.

Journals

1. C. Bian, M. Hua, and D. Gunduz, ‘‘Over-the-Air Inference Through Analog Computation Over Multi-hop MIMO Networks,’’ IEEE Wireless Communications Letters , early access, doi: 10.1109/LWC.2025.3602209. (Corresponding author)

2. B. Lyu, H. Liu, M. Hua, W. Hong, S. Gong, F. Tian, and A. Jamalipour, ‘‘Robust Transmission Design for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface and Movable Antenna Enabled Symbiotic Radio Communications,’’ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications , early access, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2025.3592655. (Corresponding author)

3. G. Chen, J. Li, Q. Wu, M. Hua, K. Meng, and Z. Lyu, ‘‘Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided AirComp: Multi-Timescale Design and Performance Analysis,’’ IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology , vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 6644-6649, April 2025. (Corresponding author)

4. M. Hua, G. Chen, K. Meng, S. Ma, C. Yuen, and H. C. So, ‘‘3D Multi-Target Localization Via Intelligent Reflecting Surface: Protocol and Analysis,’’ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications , early access, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2024.3442563, 2024.

5. M. Hua, Q. Wu, W. Chen, A. Jamalipour, C. Wu, and O. A. Dobre, ‘‘Integrated Sensing and Communication: Joint Pilot and Transmission Design,’’ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications , early access, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2024.3435912, 2024.

6. M. Hua, Q. Wu, W. Chen, O. A. Dobre, and A. L. Swindlehurst, ‘‘Secure Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Integrated Sensing and Communication,’’ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications , vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 575-591, Jan. 2024. [*ESI Highly Cited Paper + ESI Hot Paper*]

7. M. Hua, Q. Wu, W. Chen, Z. Fei, H. C. So, and C. Yuen, “Intelligent reflecting surface assisted localization: Performance analysis and algorithm design,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters , 2023, early access, doi: 10.1109/LWC.2023.3320728. [*ESI Highly Cited Paper*]

8. M. Hua, Q. Wu, C. He, S. Ma, and W. Chen, ‘‘Joint Active and Passive Beamforming Design for IRS-Aided Radar-Communication,’’ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications , vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 2278-2294, April 2023. [*ESI Highly Cited Paper*]

9. M. Hua, Q. Wu, L. Yang, R. Schober, and H. V. Poor, ‘‘A Novel Wireless Communication Paradigm for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Based Symbiotic Radio Systems,’’ IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing , vol. 70, pp. 550-565, 2022.

10. M. Hua, Q. Wu, ‘‘Throughput Maximization for IRS-Aided MIMO FD-WPCN with Non-Linear EH Model’’, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing , vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 918-932, Aug. 2022.

11. M. Hua, L. Yang, Q. Wu, C. Pan, C. Li, A. L. Swindlehurst, ‘‘UAV-Assisted Intelligent Reflecting Surface Symbiotic Radio System,’’ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications , vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 5769-5785, Sept. 2021. [*ESI Highly Cited Paper*]

12. M. Hua, Q. Wu, ‘‘Joint Dynamic Passive Beamforming and Resource Allocation for IRS-Aided Full-Duplex WPCN,’’ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications , vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 4829-4843, July 2022.

13. M. Hua, Q. Wu, and H. V. Poor, ‘‘Power-Efficient Passive Beamforming and Resource Allocation for IRS-Aided WPCNs,’’ IEEE Transactions on Communications , vol. 70, no. 5, pp. 3250-3265, May 2022.

14. M. Huaa, Q. Wu, D.W.K. Ng, J. Zhao, L. Yang, ‘‘Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Joint Processing Coordinated Multipoint Transmission,’’ IEEE Transactions on Communications , vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 1650-1665, March 2021.

15. M. Hua, L. Yang, C. Li, Q. Wu, A. L. Swindlehurst, ‘‘Throughput Maximization for UAV-aided Backscatter Communication Networks,’’ IEEE Transactions on Communications , vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 1254-1270, Feb. 2020.

16. M. Hua, L. Yang, Q. Wu, and A. L. Swindlehurst, ‘‘3D UAV Trajectory and Communication Design for Simultaneous Uplink and Downlink Transmission,’’ IEEE Transactions on Communications , vol. 68, no. 9, pp. 5908-5923, Sept. 2020.

17. M. Huaa, Y. Wang, Q. Wu, H. Dai, Y. Huang and L. Yang, ‘‘Energy-Efficient Cooperative Secure Transmission in Multi-UAV-Enabled Wireless Networks,’’ IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology , vol. 68, no. 8, pp. 7761-7775, Aug. 2019.

18. M. Hua, Y. Wang, C. Li, Y. Huang, and L. Yang, ‘‘UAV-aided Mobile Edge Computing Systems with One by One Access Scheme,’’ IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking , vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 664-678, Sept. 2019.

19. M. Hua, L. Yang, C. Li, Z. Zhu, and I. Lee, ‘‘Bistatic Backscatter Communication: Shunt Network Design,’’ IEEE Internet of Things Journal , vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 7691-7705, May 1, 2021.

20. M. Hua, L. Yang, C. Pan, and A. Nallanathan, “Throughput Maximization for Full-Duplex UAV Aided Small Cell Wireless Systems,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters , vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 475-479, April 2020.

21. M. Hua, Y. Wang, C. Li, Y. Huang, and L. Yang, “Energy-Efficient Optimization for UAV-Aided Cellular Offloading,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters , vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 769-772, June 2019.

22. M. Hua, Y. Wang, Z. Zhang, C. Li, Y. Huang, and L. Yang, “Power-Efficient Communication in UAV-Aided Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Communications Letters , vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 1264-1267, June 2018.

Conferences

1. M. Hua, C. Bian, H. Wu, and D. Gunduz, “Implementing Neural Networks Over-the-Air via Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces”, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) , Taipei, Taiwan, 2025.

2. M. Hua, A. L. Swindlehurst, C. Li and L. Yang, “UAV-Aided Backscatter Networks: Joint UAV Trajectory and Protocol Design,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) , Waikoloa, HI, USA, 2019, pp. 1-6.

3. M. Hua, Q. Wu,‘‘ Joint Dynamic Beamforming Design and Resource Allocation for IRS-Aided FD-WPCN’’, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) , Madrid, Spain, 2021, pp. 1-6.

4. M. Hua, Q. Wu, ‘‘Fairness-Aware Optimization for UAV-IRS Symbiotic Radio Systems,’’ International Conference on Communications (ICC) , Canada, pp. 1-6, 2021.

5. M. Hua, Q.Wu,‘‘ Energy Minimization for IRS-aided WPCNs with Non-linear Power-splitting EH Model,’’ IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) , Austin, TX, USA, pp. 1057-1062, 2022.

6. M. Hua, Q. Wu, ‘‘BER Minimization for IRS-based Commensal Symbiotic Radio Systems,’’ International Conference on Communications (ICC) , Seoul, South Korea, pp. 2016-2021, 2022.

7. M. Hua, Y. Wang, Z. Zhang, C. Li, Y. Huang, and L. Yang, “Optimal Resource Partitioning and Bit Allocation for UAV-Enabled Mobile Edge Computing,” IEEE 88th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall) , Chicago, IL, USA, 2018, pp. 1-6.

8. M. Hua, C. Li, Y. Huang, and L. Yang, ‘‘Throughput maximization for UAV-enabled wireless power transfer in relaying system," 9th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP) , Nanjing, 2017, pp. 1-5.