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Dr HOU Yun, Aileen
侯云博士

aileenhou@hsu.edu.hk
(852) 3963 5770

BEng (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications)
MSc (Imperial)
PhD (Imperial)
IEEE Senior Member
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Programme Director of Master of Science in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Programme

Aileen received her PhD degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College London, UK in 2009. Before joining HSU, Dr Aileen Hou was an acting assistant professor and the acting programme leader of the Information and Communications Technology programme of THEi. Before that, she had been conducting applied research in Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) as a Senior Lead Engineer on 3G, 4G and 5G mobile communication systems. She also had working experience in Shenzhen University, IBM and Alcatel-Lucent with research focuses on V2X, Smart City, 5G, Network Optimization and Machine Learning.

Research Interests

  • Vehicular Communication Networks, Optimization, Machine Learning

Selected Publications

  • J. Men, Y. Hou, “Controlled Mobility for C-V2X Road Safety Reception Optimization,” ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies (ITU J-FET) – Volume 3 (2022), Issue 2 on “Towards vehicular networks in the 6G era”.
  • Kin-Hon Ho, Yun Hou, Tse-Tin Chan and Haoyuan Pan, “Analysis of Non-Fungible Token Pricing Factors with Machine Learning,” to appear in Proc. of IEEE SMC 2022.
  • Alayev, F. Chen, Yun Hou, M. P. Johnson, A. Bar-Noy, T. La Porta, and K. K. Leung, “Throughput Maximization in Mobile WSN Scheduling with Power Control and Rate Selection,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 4066 – 4078, July 2014.
  • Maltsev, A. Khoryaev, A. Lomayev, R. Maslennikov, C. Antonopoulos, K. Avgeropoulos, A. Alexiou, F. Boccardi, Yun Hou, K. K. Leung, “MIMO and Multihop Cross-Layer Design for Wireless Backhaul –A Testbed Implementation,” IEEE Communications Magazine, pp. 172-179, March 2010.
  • Yun Hou and K. K. Leung, “A Distributed Scheduling Framework for Multi-user Diversity Gain and Quality of Service in Wireless Mesh Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 5904-5915, Dec 2009.
  • Z. Situ, I. W.-H. Ho, Yun Hou, P. Li, “The Feasibility of NOMA in C-V2X,” to appear in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM Workshops, July 2020.
  • Jasman Pang and Yun Hou, “Chapter 20: Technology-Enhanced Student-Centric Learning in Information and Multimedia Technologies in the New Normal Era,” in Applied Degree Education and the Future of Learning in Springer LNET series, 2022. ISBN 978-981-16-9811-8.

Research Grant

  • 2020, PC/PI of RGC Faculty Development Scheme project on “Distributed Multi-hop C-V2X Self-Optimizing Network” (HKD 1.16 million)
  • 2018, PC/PI of Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) Tier 1 project on “V2X communication systems” (HKD 19 million)