2026 Weifa Liang: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	56	4144	4029	558	555	293	10169

Overview

Weifa Liang is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of Computer Science and Engineering.

Their work focuses extensively on several subfields, including:

Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Information Systems
Artificial Intelligence

Main topics within their research encompass:

IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
Software-Defined Networks and 5G
Age of Information Optimization
Caching and Content Delivery
UAV Applications and Optimization
IoT Networks and Protocols
Cloud Computing and Resource Management

Weifa Liang has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

"Mobility-Aware and Delay-Sensitive Service Provisioning in Mobile Edge-Cloud Networks" (2020) in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
"Data Collection Maximization in IoT-Sensor Networks via an Energy-Constrained UAV" (2021) in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
"Energy-Aware Inference Offloading for DNN-Driven Applications in Mobile Edge Clouds" (2020) in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
"Minimizing the Maximum Charging Delay of Multiple Mobile Chargers Under the Multi-Node Energy Charging Scheme" (2020) in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
"Throughput Maximization of Delay-Aware DNN Inference in Edge Computing by Exploring DNN Model Partitioning and Inference Parallelism" (2021) in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Their frequent coauthors include:

Zichuan Xu
Wenzheng Xu
Xiaohua Jia
Jing Li
Qiufen Xia

The key publication venues where Weifa Liang frequently contributes are:

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
IEEE Transactions on Computers
IEEE Transactions on Services Computing

Best Publications

Optimal Cloudlet Placement and User to Cloudlet Allocation in Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks

Mike Jia;Jiannong Cao;Weifa Liang

496
Citations
Constructing minimum-energy broadcast trees in wireless ad hoc networks

Weifa Liang

394
Citations
Efficient Algorithms for Capacitated Cloudlet Placements

Zichuan Xu;Weifa Liang;Wenzheng Xu;Mike Jia

261
Citations
Prolonging Network Lifetime via a Controlled Mobile Sink in Wireless Sensor Networks

Weifa Liang;Jun Luo;Xu Xu

247
Citations
Online Data Gathering for Maximizing Network Lifetime in Sensor Networks

Weifa Liang;Yuzhen Liu

215
Citations
Cloudlet load balancing in wireless metropolitan area networks

Mike Jia;Weifa Liang;Zichuan Xu;Meitian Huang

205
Citations
Capacity of Cooperative Vehicular Networks with Infrastructure Support: Multiuser Case

Jieqiong Chen;Guoqiang Mao;Changle Li;Weifa Liang

199
Citations
Charging Utility Maximization in Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks by Charging Multiple Sensors Simultaneously

Yu Ma;Weifa Liang;Wenzheng Xu

150
Citations
Efficiently computing k-edge connected components via graph decomposition

Lijun Chang;Jeffrey Xu Yu;Lu Qin;Xuemin Lin

142
Citations
Finding maximal k-edge-connected subgraphs from a large graph

Rui Zhou;Chengfei Liu;Jeffrey Xu Yu;Weifa Liang

118
Citations
Maximizing Sensor Lifetime with the Minimal Service Cost of a Mobile Charger in Wireless Sensor Networks

Wenzheng Xu;Weifa Liang;Xiaohua Jia;Zichuan Xu

117
Citations
Approximation Algorithms for Charging Reward Maximization in Rechargeable Sensor Networks via a Mobile Charger

Weifa Liang;Zichuan Xu;Wenzheng Xu;Jiugen Shi

116
Citations
Maintaining Large-Scale Rechargeable Sensor Networks Perpetually via Multiple Mobile Charging Vehicles

Weifa Liang;Wenzheng Xu;Xiaojiang Ren;Xiaohua Jia

114
Citations
A Unified Spatio-Temporal Model for Short-Term Traffic Flow Prediction

Peibo Duan;Guoqiang Mao;Weifa Liang;Degan Zhang

114
Citations
Pyramid: Enabling Hierarchical Neural Networks with Edge Computing

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113
Citations
Efficient Scheduling of Multiple Mobile Chargers for Wireless Sensor Networks

Wenzheng Xu;Weifa Liang;Xiaola Lin;Guoqiang Mao

111
Citations
Data Collection Maximization in IoT-Sensor Networks Via an Energy-Constrained UAV

Yuchen Li;Weifa Liang;Wenzheng Xu;Zichuan Xu

108
Citations
Mobility-Aware and Delay-Sensitive Service Provisioning in Mobile Edge-Cloud Networks

Yu Ma;Weifa Liang;Jing Li;Xiaohua Jia

107
Citations
Approximate coverage in wireless sensor networks

Yuzhen Liu;Weifa Liang

106
Citations
Approximate minimum-energy multicasting in wireless ad hoc networks

Weifa Liang

102
Citations
Throughput maximization for online request admissions in mobile cloudlets

Qiufen Xia;Weifa Liang;Wenzheng Xu

96
Citations
Charging utility maximization in wireless rechargeable sensor networks

Xiaoguo Ye;Weifa Liang

46
Citations
Capacity of Cooperative Vehicular Networks with Infrastructure Support: Multi-user Case

Jieqiong Chen;Guoqiang Mao;Changle Li;Weifa Liang

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Zichuan Xu Dalian University of Technology

Wenzheng Xu Sichuan University

Song Guo Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Jeffrey Xu Yu Chinese University of Hong Kong

Xiaohua Jia City University of Hong Kong

Alex Galis University College London

Maria E. Orlowska Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Hong Shen Sun Yat-sen University

Guoqiang Mao Xidian University

Omer F. Rana Cardiff University

External Links

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