Hi! I’m Chen Cheng
A Ph.D. candidate at Tokyo Institute of Technology.

About Me

I'm Chen Cheng, a PhD candidate at Tokyo Tech, where I blend Wireless Sensing and Computer Vision to push the boundaries of dynamic imaging technologies.

Education

2024.07 - 2025.03

Visiting Researcher

Univ. of Oulu, Finland
  • The Centre for Wireless Communications
    • 2023.04 - 2026.03

    Ph.D. Student (GPA：4.28/4.5)

    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Nishio Lab, Department of Information and Communications Engineering, School of Engineering
    • 2021.09 - 2023.03 （期間短縮修了）

    Master's Student (GPA：3.84/4.5)

    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Nishio Lab, Department of Information and Communications Engineering, School of Engineering
    • 2015.09 - 2020.06

    Bachelor's Student (GPA：3.80/4.5)

    National University of Defence Technology, China
  • Department of Information and Communications Engineering, School of Electronic Science and Technology

    • Employment History

    Academic Research Experience

    2023.04 - present

    High Performance Artificial Intelligence Systems Research Team, RIKEN

    Part-time Researcher
    2023.04 - present

    Tokyo Institute of Technology

    Research Fellow
    2022.08 - 2023.03

    High Performance Artificial Intelligence Systems Research Team, RIKEN

    Intern Researcher
    2021.09 - 2023.03

    Nishio Lab, Tokyo Institute of Technology

    Research Assistant

    Industry Internships

    2024.01 - 2024.02

    Kokusai Gijutsu Kaihatsu Co., Ltd.
    (国際技術開発株式会社）

    Intern Researcher
    2023.09 - 2023.09

    Panasonic ITS Inc.

    Intern (組込みソフトウェア開発コース)
    2023.08 - 2023.08

    ARTERIA Networks Co., Ltd.
    (アルテリア・ネットワークス)

    Intern (ネットワークの設計・構築～運用・保守コース)
    2023.08 - 2023.08

    Akkodis Co., Ltd.

    Intern (短期問題解決コース)

    Other Roles

    2022.09 - present

    BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., China

    Campus Ambassador

    Publications

    Journals (Peer-reviewed)

    1. C. Chen, Ohta S, Nishio T, et al. "CSI-Inpainter: Enabling Visual Scene Recovery from CSI Time Sequences for Occlusion Removal," IEEE TMCへの投稿中（一次審査通過） (Impact Factor: 7.9)

    2. C. Chen, T. Nishio, M. Bennis and J. Park, "RF-Inpainter: Multimodal Image Inpainting Based on Vision and Radio Signals," in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 110689-110700, 2022. (Impact Factor: 3.9)

    International Conferences (Peer-reviewed)

    3. C. Chen, S. Ohta, T. Nishio and M. Wahib., “Adapting CSI-Guided Imaging Across Diverse Environments: An Experimental Study Leveraging Continuous Learning,” Submitted to Proc. IEEE VNC, Kobe, Japan, 2024.

    4. S. Ohta, C. Chen, and T. Nishio, “Proactive Millimeter-wave Link Quality Prediction Utilizing Out-of-band Csi Fingerprinting and Supervised Learning: An Experimental Study,” in Proc. IEEE CCNC, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2024.

    5. C. Chen and Y. Shaojun, "The Generation of Large-scale Wireless Sensor Network Model Based on OPNET-EMA," in Proc. IEEE ITIA, Zhenjiang, China, 2020, pp. 1-7.

    Domestic Conferences (Non-peer-reviewed)

    6. C. Chen, Nishio T, Bennis M, et al. "Multimodal Image Inpainting Using Camera Imagery and WiFi RSSI," IEICE Technical Report, IEICE Tech. Rep., 2023, 122(341): 51-53.

    7. C. Chen, Ohta S, Nishio T, et al. "Wireless Signal-guided Image Inpainting with Attention Mechanism," IEICE Technical Report, IEICE Tech. Rep., 2023, 123(31): 23-25.

    Research Funding

    Tokyo Tech Program for Development of Next-Generation Front-Runners with Comprehensive Knowledge and Humanity (Tokyo Tech SPRING)　
    （Tokyo Tech 総合知と癒しの次世代フロントランナー育成プログラム）

    2024.04 - 2026.03

    Grant amount of 2.46 million yen per year, full tuition exemption （助成金額年額246万円、授業料全額免除）

    Tokyo Institute of Technology Doctoral Fellowship for Advanced Human Resource Development　
    （東京工業大学高度人材育成博士フェローシップ）

    2023.04 - 2024.03

    Grant amount of 2.10 million yen per year, full tuition exemption （助成金額年額210万円、授業料全額免除）

    Chinese University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Program
    （中国大学生革新・起業家育成プログラム）

    2022.07 - 2023.07

    Grant amount: 100,000 yen （助成金額約10万円）

    Reviewer

    IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (Impact Factor: 8.4)

    "TransRef: Multi-Scale Reference Embedding Transformer for Reference-Guided Image Inpainting"

    IEEE Access (Impact Factor: 3.9)

    "Anomaly Detection in 6G-Systems – System and Hardware Level Approaches"

    The 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS2024)

    "Auxiliary Generative Adversarial Networks for Controllable Anime Facial Image Synthesis with Illustration2Vec"

    The 2023 IEEE 97th Vehicular Technology Conference (IEEE VTC2023-Spring)

    1. "Machine Learning-Aided Dual CSI Feedback in Next Generation WLANs"

    2. "Attention-based Learning for Sleep Apnea and Limb Movement Detection using WiFi CSI Signals"

    Honor and Awards

    • The Top Prize at the English writing contest held by NUDT, 2017
    • Outstanding Student Prize from School of Electronic Science and Technology, NUDT, 2017
    • Outstanding Student Prize from School of Electronic Science and Technology, NUDT, 2018
    • The Model Student Prize from NUDT, 2018
    • The Commendation from School of Electronic Science and Technology, NUDT, 2018
    • The Second Prize in The Second Nanjing International Debate Academic Union, FLTRP, 2018
    • The Second Prize in The First Central China English Debate Open, FLTRP, 2018
    • Outstanding Student Prize from School of Electronic Science and Technology, NUDT, 2019
    • The Excellent Graduation Thesis Prize from NUDT, 2019
    • The Best Presentation Prize from the Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Tokyo Tech, 2022
    • Outstanding Student Prize from the Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Tokyo Tech, 2023

    News

    2023.10.01

    Participated in "Innovation & Challenge Competition 2023" held by BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.,

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    2023.03.27

    Graduated with a Master's Degree!

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    2023.03.27

    Received the Outstanding Student Award

    Chen received the Outstanding Student Award from the Depart. of ICE, Tokyo Tech.

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    2022.11.14

    Selected as one candidate of fellowship students

    Chen was selected as a successful applicant of Tokyo Tech Advanced Human Resource Development Fellowship for Doctoral Students in Spring 2023

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    2022.08.24

    Awarded the Best Presentation Prize at the research plan presentation

    Research plan presentation was held by the Department of ICE and Chen was awarded

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    2020.06.30

    Congratulations on graduation!

    Congratulations to Chen for graduating from National University of Defence Technology

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    2018.12.02

    Won the Second Prize in FLTRP OPEN-HUBEI & the 1st Central China Debate Open!

    2018.06.30

    Outstanding Student Award for the second time!

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