2026 Liang Xiao: Electronics and Electrical Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	56	4098	3983	543	540	197	11860
Electronics and Electrical Engineering	55	2186	2098	373	371	187	11555

Overview

Liang Xiao is affiliated with Xiamen University in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Computer Science. Their work focuses on several specialized subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, Aerospace Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of areas such as UAV Applications and Optimization, Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies, Wireless Communication Security Techniques, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data, and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Liang Xiao include:

Atomic-Level Modulation of Electronic Density at Cobalt Single-Atom Sites Derived from Metal-Organic Frameworks: Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Performance (2020) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
The Progress and Outlook of Metal Single-Atom-Site Catalysis (2022) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning for UAV-Enabled Networks: Learning-Based Joint Scheduling and Resource Management (2021) published in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Lattice Strain and Schottky Junction Dual Regulation Boosts Ultrafine Ruthenium Nanoparticles Anchored on a N-Modified Carbon Catalyst for H₂ Production (2022) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Lewis Acid Site-Promoted Single-Atomic Cu Catalyzes Electrochemical CO₂ Methanation (2021) published in Nano Letters

Liang Xiao frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Dingsheng Wang, Helin Yang, Yadong Li, Xiaozhen Lu, and Zefang Lv. These collaborative efforts contribute to the multidisciplinary nature of their research endeavors.

The venues where Liang Xiao has published most extensively include IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Journal of the American Chemical Society, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Liang Xiao has also contributed to academic literature through book publications, including a work titled Reinforcement Learning for Maritime Communications published in 2023 by Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Intelligent Reflecting Surface for Secure Wireless Communications

Helin Yang;Zehui Xiong;Jun Zhao;Dusit Niyato

764
Citations
IoT Security Techniques Based on Machine Learning: How Do IoT Devices Use AI to Enhance Security?

Liang Xiao;Xiaoyue Wan;Xiaozhen Lu;Yanyong Zhang

763
Citations
Learning-Based Computation Offloading for IoT Devices With Energy Harvesting

Minghui Min;Liang Xiao;Ye Chen;Peng Cheng

531
Citations
Using the physical layer for wireless authentication in time-variant channels

Liang Xiao;L. Greenstein;N. Mandayam;W. Trappe

444
Citations
Fingerprints in the Ether: Using the Physical Layer for Wireless Authentication

Liang Xiao;L. Greenstein;N. Mandayam;W. Trappe

321
Citations
PHY-Layer Spoofing Detection with Reinforcement Learning in Wireless Networks

Liang Xiao;Yan Li;Guoan Han;Guolong Liu

308
Citations
UAV Relay in VANETs Against Smart Jamming With Reinforcement Learning

Liang Xiao;Xiaozhen Lu;Dongjin Xu;Yuliang Tang

301
Citations
Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning for UAV-Enabled Networks: Learning-Based Joint Scheduling and Resource Management

Helin Yang;Jun Zhao;Zehui Xiong;Kwok-Yan Lam

277
Citations
Reinforcement Learning-Based NOMA Power Allocation in the Presence of Smart Jamming

Liang Xiao;Yanda Li;Canhuang Dai;Huaiyu Dai

237
Citations
Security in Mobile Edge Caching with Reinforcement Learning

Liang Xiao;Xiaoyue Wan;Canhuang Dai;Xiaojiang Du

233
Citations
Two-dimensional anti-jamming communication based on deep reinforcement learning

Guoan Han;Liang Xiao;H. Vincent Poor

219
Citations
Learning-Based Privacy-Aware Offloading for Healthcare IoT With Energy Harvesting

Minghui Min;Xiaoyue Wan;Liang Xiao;Ye Chen

201
Citations
Cloud-Based Malware Detection Game for Mobile Devices with Offloading

Liang Xiao;Yanda Li;Xueli Huang;XiaoJiang Du

199
Citations
PHY-Layer Authentication With Multiple Landmarks With Reduced Overhead

Liang Xiao;Xiaoyue Wan;Zhu Han

199
Citations
Channel-Based Detection of Sybil Attacks in Wireless Networks

Liang Xiao;L.J. Greenstein;N.B. Mandayam;W. Trappe

197
Citations
Spectral efficiency of distributed antenna system with random antenna layout

Hairuo Zhuang;Lin Dai;Liang Xiao;Yan Yao

195
Citations
Anti-Jamming Transmission Stackelberg Game With Observation Errors

Liang Xiao;Tianhua Chen;Jinliang Liu;Huaiyu Dai

177
Citations
A Secure Mobile Crowdsensing Game With Deep Reinforcement Learning

Liang Xiao;Yanda Li;Guoan Han;Huaiyu Dai

168
Citations
User-Centric View of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Transmission Against Smart Attacks

Liang Xiao;Caixia Xie;Minghui Min;Weihua Zhuang

161
Citations
Reinforcement Learning-Based Mobile Offloading for Edge Computing Against Jamming and Interference

Liang Xiao;Xiaozhen Lu;Tangwei Xu;Xiaoyue Wan

133
Citations
Learning-Based Computation Offloading for IoT Devices with Energy Harvesting

Minghui Min;Dongjin Xu;Liang Xiao;Yuliang Tang

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Narayan B. Mandayam Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

H. Vincent Poor Princeton University

Huaiyu Dai North Carolina State University

Larry J. Greenstein Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Weihua Zhuang University of Waterloo

Wade Trappe Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Mugen Peng Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Peng Ning Google (United States)

Yanyong Zhang University of Science and Technology of China

Xiaojiang Du Stevens Institute of Technology

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