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2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
80
Citations
35256
World Ranking
1057
National Ranking
33

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

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79
Citations
34745
World Ranking
544
National Ranking
34

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2014 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to optimization techniques for multiple-input-multiple-output communications
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Wei Yu is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and specializes in the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with particular focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their publications extensively cover topics such as Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization, Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies, Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies, Cooperative Communication and Network Coding, Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks, IoT Networks and Protocols, and Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling.

  • Massive Access for 5G and Beyond, 2020, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • Learning to Reflect and to Beamform for Intelligent Reflecting Surface With Implicit Channel Estimation, 2021, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • Channel Estimation for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Multi-User mmWave MIMO Systems, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • Deep Learning for Distributed Channel Feedback and Multiuser Precoding in FDD Massive MIMO, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • 1-Bit Massive MIMO Transmission: Embracing Interference with Symbol-Level Precoding, 2021, IEEE Communications Magazine

Wei Yu has frequently published in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among their frequent collaborators are Tao Jiang, Ya-Feng Liu, Foad Sohrabi, Kareem M. Attiah, and Wei Cui.

Wei Yu was recognized as an IEEE Fellow in 2014 for contributions to optimization techniques for multiple-input-multiple-output communications. They are also a member of The Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Multi-Cell MIMO Cooperative Networks: A New Look at Interference

    D Gesbert;S Hanly;H Huang;S Shamai Shitz

  • Dual methods for nonconvex spectrum optimization of multicarrier systems

    Wei Yu;R. Lui

  • Fractional Programming for Communication Systems—Part I: Power Control and Beamforming

    Kaiming Shen;Wei Yu

  • Iterative water-filling for Gaussian vector multiple-access channels

    Wei Yu;Wonjong Rhee;S. Boyd;J.M. Cioffi

  • Hybrid Digital and Analog Beamforming Design for Large-Scale Antenna Arrays

    Foad Sohrabi;Wei Yu

  • Sum capacity of Gaussian vector broadcast channels

    Wei Yu;J.M. Cioffi

  • Distributed multiuser power control for digital subscriber lines

    Wei Yu;G. Ginis;J.M. Cioffi

  • Iterative water-filling for Gaussian vector multiple access channels

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  • Coordinated beamforming for the multicell multi-antenna wireless system

    Hayssam Dahrouj;Wei Yu

  • Transmitter Optimization for the Multi-Antenna Downlink With Per-Antenna Power Constraints

    Wei Yu;T. Lan

  • Coordinated beamforming for the multi-cell multi-antenna wireless system

    H. Dahrouj;Wei Yu

  • Massive Connectivity With Massive MIMO—Part I: Device Activity Detection and Channel Estimation

    Liang Liu;Wei Yu

  • Joint optimization of relay strategies and resource allocations in cooperative cellular networks

    T.C.-Y. Ng;W. Yu

  • An introduction to convex optimization for communications and signal processing

    Zhi-Quan Luo;Wei Yu

  • Massive Access for 5G and Beyond

    Xiaoming Chen;Derrick Wing Kwan Ng;Wei Yu;Erik G. Larsson

  • Optimal multiuser spectrum balancing for digital subscriber lines

    R. Cendrillon;Wei Yu;M. Moonen;J. Verlinden

  • Content-Centric Sparse Multicast Beamforming for Cache-Enabled Cloud RAN

    Meixia Tao;Erkai Chen;Hao Zhou;Wei Yu

  • Sparse Signal Processing for Grant-Free Massive Connectivity: A Future Paradigm for Random Access Protocols in the Internet of Things

    Liang Liu;Erik G. Larsson;Wei Yu;Petar Popovski

  • Fractional Programming for Communication Systems—Part II: Uplink Scheduling via Matching

    Kaiming Shen;Wei Yu

  • Hybrid Analog and Digital Beamforming for mmWave OFDM Large-Scale Antenna Arrays

    Foad Sohrabi;Wei Yu

  • Sparse Beamforming and User-Centric Clustering for Downlink Cloud Radio Access Network

    Binbin Dai;Wei Yu

  • Multicell Coordination via Joint Scheduling, Beamforming, and Power Spectrum Adaptation

    Wei Yu;Taesoo Kwon;Changyong Shin

  • Joint Optimization of Relay Strategies and Resource Allocations in Cooperative Cellular Networks

    Truman Ng;Wei Yu;Jianzhong Zhang;Anthony Reid

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Cioffi
John M. Cioffi Stanford University
Osvaldo Simeone
Osvaldo Simeone Northeastern University
Mugen Peng
Mugen Peng Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Tony Q. S. Quek
Tony Q. S. Quek Singapore University of Technology and Design
Liang Liu
Liang Liu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
An Liu
An Liu Soochow University
Raviraj S. Adve
Raviraj S. Adve University of Toronto
Marc Moonen
Marc Moonen KU Leuven
Frank R. Kschischang
Frank R. Kschischang University of Toronto
Yonina C. Eldar
Yonina C. Eldar Weizmann Institute of Science

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