9月27日，美国发明家科学院院士、加拿大工程院院士、IEEE Fellow、现任美国史蒂文斯理工学院终身教授，电子与计算机工程系主任Dr. Yu-Dong Yao应邀莅临我室交流访学，做了题为“AI and Communication systems”的专题报告。讲座深入浅出地介绍了人工智能在通信系统中的应用和发展概况，以及Dr. Yu-Dong Yao近期在该领域的科研成果和创新。最后也对该领域研究中遇到的困难和瓶颈进行了系统的分析，同时也指出了未来研究中将遇到的挑战。
Dr. Yu-Dong Yao的报告生动形象，与现场教师和同学的互动精彩纷呈。活动由我院副院长、长江学者特聘教授吴启晖全程陪同，与会人员还有徐煜华、丁国如、戚楠、晋本周等老师。报告现场氛围浓厚，交流深入。交流活动为我院老师、同学们提供了十分宝贵的学习机会，活动取得了圆满成功。
Dr. Yu-Dong Yao简介：
From 1989 to 1990, Dr. Yao was at Carleton University, as a Research Associate working on mobile radio communications. From 1990 to 1994, he was with Spar Aerospace Ltd., Montreal, Canada, where he was involved in research on satellite communications. From 1994 to 2000, he was with Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA, where he participated in research and development in wireless code-division multiple-access systems. He has been with Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, since 2000 and is currently a professor and department director of electrical and computer engineering. He is also a director of Stevens' Wireless Information Systems Engineering Laboratory (WISELAB). Dr. Yao has been active in a nonprofit organization, WOCC, Inc., which promotes wireless and optical communications research and technical exchange. He served as WOCC president (2008-2010) and chairman of the board of trustees (2010-2012). He holds one Chinese patent and thirteen U.S. patents. His research interests include wireless communications and networks, spread spectrum and CDMA, antenna arrays and beamforming, cognitive and software defined radio (CSDR), and electronic warfare and directed energy technologies. Dr. Yao was an Associate Editor of IEEE Communications Letters (2000-2008) and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (2001-2006), and an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (2001-2005). He was elected an IEEE Fellow in 2011 for his contributions to wireless communications systems. In 2013, he received the Advancement of Invention Award from New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame. Dr. Yao is an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer (2015-2018).