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Research Interests
- Cell-Free Massive MIMO: fundamental limits, power control, pilot assignment, and channel estimation schemes
- Massive (large-scale) MIMO systems: pilot contamination, power efficiency, capacity bounds, channel estimation, and resource allocation
- Physical layer security for Massive MIMO
- Cooperative communications: two-way relay and full-duplex relaying channels
- Millimeter wave technologies in multi-antenna cellular systems
Other
Hien Quoc Ngo received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam, in 2007, the M.S. degree in electronics and radio engineering from Kyung Hee University, South Korea, in 2010, and the Ph.D. degree in communication systems from Linkoping University (LiU), Sweden, in 2015. In 2014, he visited the Nokia Bell Labs, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA. From January 2016 to April 2017, Hien Quoc Ngo was a VR researcher at the Department of Electrical Engineering (ISY), LiU. He was also a Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen's University Belfast, UK, funded by the Swedish Research Council.
Hien Quoc Ngo is currently a Reader at Queen's University Belfast, UK, and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. His main research interests include massive (large-scale) MIMO systems, cell-free massive MIMO, physical layer security, and cooperative communications. He has co-authored many research papers in wireless communications and co-authored the Cambridge University Press textbook Fundamentals of Massive MIMO (2016).
Dr. Hien Quoc Ngo received the IEEE ComSoc Stephen O. Rice Prize in Communications Theory in 2015, the IEEE ComSoc Leonard G. Abraham Prize in 2017, and the Best PhD Award from EURASIP in 2018. He also received the IEEE Sweden VT-COM-IT Joint Chapter Best Student Journal Paper Award in 2015. He was an IEEE Communications Letters exemplary reviewer for 2014, an IEEE Transactions on Communications exemplary reviewer for 2015, and an IEEE Wireless Communications Letters exemplary reviewer for 2016. He was awarded the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship in 2019. He was a Guest Editor of IET Communications, special issue on "Recent Advances on 5G Communications" and a Guest Editor of IEEE Access, special issue on "Modelling, Analysis, and Design of 5G Ultra-Dense Networks", in 2017. He has been a member of Technical Program Committees for several IEEE conferences such as ICC, Globecom, WCNC, VTC, WCSP, ISWCS, ATC, ComManTel.
Achievements
- UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, 2019
- IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize in 2017, (the award is given to the best paper that appeared in the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications over the past three years)
- IEEE Communications Society Stephen O. Rice Prize in 2015, (the award is given to the best paper that appeared in the IEEE Transactions on Communications over the past three years)
- IEEE Sweden VT-COM-IT Joint Chapter Best Student Journal Paper Award, 2015
- IEEE Exemplary Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2016
- IEEE Exemplary Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2015
- IEEE Exemplary Reviewer for the IEEE Communications Letters, 2014
- VR Research Fellow 2016
- Won a Bell-Labs International Ph.D. Program Internship, 2014
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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R1004ECS: Future Communications Hub in All-Spectrum Connectivity v2 (HASC Hub)
Cotton, S. (PI), Abbasi, M. A. B. (CoI), Matthaiou, M. (CoI), Ngo, H.-Q. (CoI), Yurduseven, O. (CoI) & Zelenchuk, D. (CoI)
25/06/2024 → …
Project: Research
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R3537ECS: Enabling Beyond-5G Wireless Access Networks with Robust and Scalable Cell-Free Massive MIMO
Ngo, H.-Q. (PI)
22/11/2023 → …
Project: Research
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R1347ECS: Future communications hub in all-spectrum connectivity via Uni of Oxford
Cotton, S. (PI), Matthaiou, M. (CoI), Ngo, H.-Q. (CoI) & Yurduseven, O. (CoI)
01/11/2023 → …
Project: Research
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R1327ECS: Platform Driving The Ultimate Connectivity via Strathclyde
Matthaiou, M. (PI), Cotton, S. (CoI) & Ngo, H.-Q. (CoI)
17/10/2023 → …
Project: Research
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R3514ECS: REASON (Research on Enabling Architectures and Solutions for Open Networks)
Cotton, S. (PI), Abbasi, M. A. B. (CoI), Matthaiou, M. (CoI), Ngo, H.-Q. (CoI), Yurduseven, O. (CoI) & Zelenchuk, D. (CoI)
22/05/2023 → …
Project: Research
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Cell-free massive MIMO with multiple active eavesdroppers
Atiya, Y. S., Mobini, Z., Ngo, H.-Q. & Matthaiou, M., 27 Jan 2025, (Early online date) In: IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multiple-target detection in cell-free massive MIMO-assisted ISAC
Elfiatoure, M., Mohammadi, M., Ngo, H.-Q., Matthaiou, M. & Shin, H., 09 Feb 2025, (Accepted) In: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Performance analysis and optimization of STAR-RIS-aided cell-free massive MIMO systems relying on imperfect hardware
Sui, Z., Ngo, H.-Q., Matthaiou, M. & Hanzo, L., 07 Jan 2025, (Accepted) In: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Active and passive beamforming designs for SER minimization in RIS-assisted MIMO systems
Van Chien, T., Duc, B. T., Luong, H. V. D., Binh, H. T. T., Ngo, H.-Q. & Chatzinotas, S., 17 Oct 2024, (Early online date) In: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analysis and optimization of RIS-assisted cell-free massive MIMO NOMA systems
Chakraborty, M., Sharma, E., Suraweera, H. A. & Ngo, H. Q., 23 Sept 2024, (Early online date) In: IEEE Transactions on Communications. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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AMiner Most Influential Scholar Award Honorable Mention in the Internet of Things 2022
Ngo, H.-Q. (Recipient), Jan 2022
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AMiner Most Influential Scholar Award Honorable Mention in the Internet of Things 2023
Ngo, H.-Q. (Recipient), Jan 2023
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AMiner Most Influential Scholar Award Honorable Mention in the Internet of Things 2024
Ngo, H.-Q. (Recipient), May 2024
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AMiner Most Influential Scholar Award Honorable Mention in the Speech Recognitions 2022
Ngo, H.-Q. (Recipient), Jan 2022
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Bell-Labs International Ph.D. Program Internship
Ngo, H.-Q. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: National/international honour
Activities
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Physical Layer Security in Cell-Free Massive MIMO (SPIN 2025)
Ngo, H.-Q. (Keynote speaker)
Feb 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
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IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC)-Spring
Ngo, H.-Q. (Chair)
Jan 2025 → Jun 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2025
Ngo, H.-Q. (Chair)
Jan 2025 → Dec 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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IET Communications (Journal)
Ngo, H.-Q. (Guest editor)
Jan 2025 → Jan 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Gianluca Brancati
Ngo, H.-Q. (Host)
Jan 2025 → Jun 2025Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
Press/Media
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VIS EB Member, Dr Hien Quoc Ngo elevated to IEEE Fellow
20/12/2024
1 Media contribution
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ECIT to develop new cell-free alternative to cellular networks
14/05/2019
1 Media contribution
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Belfast team looking to build a whole new mobile network concept
14/05/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities