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  <title>zli(1): news</title>
  <subtitle>Publications, appointments, talks, funding, and lab news from Zhengnan Li&#39;s group at The University of Alabama.</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-08-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
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  <author>
    <name>Zhengnan Li</name>
  </author>
  <entry>
    <title>Mr. Yuxuan Ni joined our lab as a Ph.D. student! Welcome!</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2026-08-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-08-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
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    <content type="html">Mr. Yuxuan Ni joined our lab as a Ph.D. student! &lt;strong&gt;Welcome!&lt;/strong&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Mr. Gang Qin joined our lab as a Ph.D. student! Welcome!</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2026-08-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-08-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <id>https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/#news-2026-08-mr-gang-qin-joined-our-lab-as-a</id>
    <content type="html">Mr. Gang Qin joined our lab as a Ph.D. student! &lt;strong&gt;Welcome!&lt;/strong&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I am appointed as an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reviews.</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <id>https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/#news-2026-07-i-am-appointed-as-an-editorial-board-member</id>
    <content type="html">I am appointed as an Editorial Board Member for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nature.com/scirev/editors&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Scientific Reviews&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Xinyu&#39;s first article, Joint Signal Processing and Coding for Underwater Acoustic Communications Using ORBGRAND, has been published in Scientific Reports. Congratulations!</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <id>https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/#news-2026-07-xinyu-s-first-article-joint-signal-processing-and</id>
    <content type="html">Xinyu&#39;s first article, &lt;em&gt;Joint Signal Processing and Coding for Underwater Acoustic Communications Using ORBGRAND&lt;/em&gt;, has been published in &lt;strong&gt;Scientific Reports&lt;/strong&gt;. Congratulations!</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I am serving as a Lead Guest Editor for IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications Special Issue on &amp;quot;Next-Generation Underwater Acoustic Communication Systems&amp;quot;.</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <id>https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/#news-2026-07-i-am-serving-as-a-lead-guest-editor</id>
    <content type="html">I am serving as a Lead Guest Editor for &lt;em&gt;IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications&lt;/em&gt; Special Issue on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.comsoc.org/publications/journals/ieee-jsac/cfp/next-generation-underwater-acoustic-communication-systems&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Next-Generation Underwater Acoustic Communication Systems&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;.</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I will be hosting a tutorial at the OCEANS 2026 Conference in Monterey, CA, on &amp;quot;A Hands-On Tutorial on the Underwater Acoustic Channel Library&amp;quot;.</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <id>https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/#news-2026-06-i-will-be-hosting-a-tutorial-at-the</id>
    <content type="html">I will be hosting a tutorial at the OCEANS 2026 Conference in Monterey, CA, on &lt;a href=&quot;https://uwa-channels.github.io/oceans26-tutorial/&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;A Hands-On Tutorial on the Underwater Acoustic Channel Library&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;.</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I am serving as a publicity co-chair for WUWNet&#39;26 in Hong Kong.</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <id>https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/#news-2026-06-i-am-serving-as-a-publicity-co-chair</id>
    <content type="html">I am serving as a publicity co-chair for &lt;a href=&quot;https://wuwnet.acm.org/2026/Committee.html&quot;&gt;WUWNet&#39;26&lt;/a&gt; in Hong Kong.</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Our project, Differentiable Acoustic Propagation for Underwater ISAC, is funded by NVIDIA Academic Grant Program.</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <id>https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/#news-2026-06-our-project-differentiable-acoustic-propagation-for-underwater-isac</id>
    <content type="html">Our project, &lt;em&gt;Differentiable Acoustic Propagation for Underwater ISAC&lt;/em&gt;, is funded by &lt;strong&gt;NVIDIA Academic Grant Program&lt;/strong&gt;.</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Our project, Digital Twin Driven Edge-AI Framework for Predictive RFID, is funded by NVIDIA Academic Grant Program.</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <id>https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/#news-2026-03-our-project-digital-twin-driven-edge-ai-framework</id>
    <content type="html">Our project, &lt;em&gt;Digital Twin Driven Edge-AI Framework for Predictive RFID&lt;/em&gt;, is funded by &lt;strong&gt;NVIDIA Academic Grant Program&lt;/strong&gt;.</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I presented at The University of Alabama at Huntsville.</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <id>https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/#news-2026-01-i-presented-at-the-university-of-alabama-at</id>
    <content type="html">I presented at The University of Alabama at Huntsville.</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Mr. Zachary West joined our lab as an undergraduate researcher.</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <id>https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/#news-2026-01-mr-zachary-west-joined-our-lab-as-an</id>
    <content type="html">Mr. Zachary West joined our lab as an undergraduate researcher.</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Mr. Xinyu Li joined our lab as a Ph.D. student! Welcome!</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <id>https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/#news-2026-01-mr-xinyu-li-joined-our-lab-as-a</id>
    <content type="html">Mr. Xinyu Li joined our lab as a Ph.D. student! &lt;strong&gt;Welcome!&lt;/strong&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I am appointed as an Editor for IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <id>https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/#news-2025-11-i-am-appointed-as-an-editor-for-ieee</id>
    <content type="html">I am appointed as an Editor for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.comsoc.org/publications/journals/ieee-wcl/ieee-wireless-communications-letters-editorial-board&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;IEEE Wireless Communications Letters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I am appointed as an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports.</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <id>https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/#news-2025-11-i-am-appointed-as-an-editorial-board-member</id>
    <content type="html">I am appointed as an Editorial Board Member for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nature.com/srep/about/editors&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Scientific Reports&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I presented an abstract titled &amp;quot;Revisiting HIFT: OFDM Communication Across a Nine Million Meter Acoustic Channel&amp;quot; at the 2025 IEEE Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing Workshop.</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <id>https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/#news-2025-10-i-presented-an-abstract-titled-revisiting-hift-ofdm</id>
    <content type="html">I presented an abstract titled &amp;quot;Revisiting HIFT: OFDM Communication Across a Nine Million Meter Acoustic Channel&amp;quot; at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://uasp.org/abstracts/&quot;&gt;2025 IEEE Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing Workshop&lt;/a&gt;.</content>
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  <entry>
    <title>I hosted a guest lecture by Dr. Paul van Walree: A journey from underwater acoustics to underwater communications.</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <id>https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/#news-2025-10-i-hosted-a-guest-lecture-by-dr-paul</id>
    <content type="html">I hosted a guest lecture by Dr. Paul van Walree: &lt;a href=&quot;https://eng.ua.edu/seminars/dr-paul-van-walree/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;A journey from underwater acoustics to underwater communications&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I joined The University of Alabama Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.</title>
    <link href="https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/"/>
    <updated>2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <published>2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z</published>
    <id>https://zhengnanli.gitlab.io/#news-2025-08-i-joined-the-university-of-alabama-department-of</id>
    <content type="html">I joined The University of Alabama Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.</content>
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