On October 20, 2023, the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology (IEEE ICCT 2023), sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), commenced in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. A paper titled **"Intelligent UAV Charging Station Deployment and Path Planning in Sm."**, with the School of Cyberspace Security as the first author unit and Associate Professor Guo Xiaozhi, the student's supervisor, as the corresponding author, was awarded the conference's **Best Paper Award**. Northwestern Polytechnical University is the sole affiliation listed on the paper.
The award-winning paper focuses on the challenges of charging station deployment and path planning within UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) edge computing networks. It thoroughly considers models for UAV communication, computation, flight, and charging. The paper proposes a strategy for charging station deployment and UAV path planning based on an improved K-means and ant colony optimization algorithm. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed solution can achieve minimized UAV task completion time while saving on charging station deployment costs, offering a novel approach for the practical application of UAV edge computing networks in real-world service scenarios.
The IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology (IEEE ICCT) was jointly initiated by the Chinese Institute of Communications (CIC) in 1986. Having been successfully held 23 times across various locations, it stands as a significant international event in the field of information and communication technology research. The theme of this year's conference was "Modern Communication Networks." It featured 15 specialized workshops and received a total of 638 paper submissions. The conference was attended by numerous renowned Chinese and international experts and scholars, including Academician Yin Hao of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and researcher at the Systems Engineering Research Institute of the Academy of Military Sciences, Academician Cui Tiejun of CAS and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Engineering and Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences Khaled Ben Letaief, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and IEEE Fellow Abbas Jamalipour, among others.
Associate Professor Guo Hongzhi (Note: Appears to be a name inconsistency; likely refers to Guo Xiaozhi mentioned earlier or another faculty member) of the School of Cyberspace Security at Northwestern Polytechnical University is a doctoral supervisor and a core member of the Intelligent Connected Systems and Information Security research team led by Professor Liu Jiajia. His main research directions include air-ground collaborative computing and security, edge intelligence, IoT security, and AI security. Over the past five years, he has published over 40 papers in authoritative journals and conferences such as IEEE COMST, JSAC, TII, IOTJ, TETC, WCM, including more than 30 papers in flagship SCI journals like IEEE Transactions series, with 8 papers being ESI Hot Papers or Highly Cited Papers. He has been invited to serve as an editorial board member for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, FICN, IJMIS (including guest editor roles), and JSSS (guest editor). He has repeatedly guided graduate and undergraduate students in publishing high-quality papers in top-tier journals and conferences, with several students receiving National Scholarships.
