Prof. Xianbin Wang, IEEE Fellow & Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering
Western University, Canada

Dr. Xianbin Wang is a Professor and Tier-1 Canada Research Chair at Western University, Canada. He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2001.

Prior to joining Western, he was with Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC) as a Research Scientist/Senior Research Scientist between July 2002 and Dec. 2007. From Jan. 2001 to July 2002, he was a system designer at STMicroelectronics.  His current research interests include 5G/6G technologies, Internet-of-Things, communications security, machine learning and intelligent communications. Dr. Wang has over 500 highly cited journal and conference papers, in addition to 30 granted and pending patents and several standard contributions.

Dr. Wang is a Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of Engineering Institute of Canada, a Fellow of IEEE and an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer. He has received many prestigious awards and recognitions, including IEEE Canada R.A. Fessenden Award, Canada Research Chair, Engineering Research Excellence Award at Western, CRC President’s Excellence Award, Canadian Federal Government Public Service Award, Ontario Early Researcher Award and six IEEE Best Paper Awards. He currently serves/has served as an Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor-in-Chief, Editor/Associate Editor for over 10 journals. He was involved in many IEEE conferences including GLOBECOM, ICC, VTC, PIMRC, WCNC, CCECE and CWIT, in different roles such as general chair, symposium chair, tutorial instructor, track chair, session chair, TPC co-chair and keynote speaker. He has been nominated as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer several times during the last ten years. Dr. Wang was the Chair of IEEE ComSoc Signal Processing and Computing for Communications (SPCC) Technical Committee and is currently serving as the Central Area Chair of IEEE Canada.

Prof. Yao Yu, Northeastern University, China

Yao Yu (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in communication engineering and the Ph.D. degree in communication and information system from Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, in 2005 and 2010, respectively. From 2010 to 2011, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. She was also a Visiting Scholar with The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, from 2019 to 2020. She is currently a Professor with the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University. Her current research interest is intelligent wireless communications.

Prof. Nan Zhao, Dalian University of Technology, China

Nan Zhao, Professor at Dalian University of Technology, Young Changjiang Scholar of the Ministry of Education, specializing in wireless communication and networks. He has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher globally, received the IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award, the Youth Science and Technology Award of the China Institute of Communications, the Liaoning Natural Science Award, and the Technological Invention Award of the China Institute of Communications. His Google Scholar citations exceed 21,000. He has led numerous research projects, including key topics under the National Key R&D Program and the National Natural Science Foundation Regional Joint Key Fund. He has served as an editorial board member for over 10 prestigious international and domestic journals, such as IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials.

Speech Title: Theory and Methods for Low-Altitude Covert Communication
Abstract: The low-altitude economy is developing rapidly. However, the low-altitude communication environment is complex and variable, facing severe challenges such as co-channel interference, malicious jamming, and risks of unintended detection or intentional interception. Traditional communication technologies, focused primarily on ensuring reliable transmission, struggle to meet the urgent modern low-altitude application demands for being "invisible yet transmitting flawlessly." This presentation will focus on the frontier field of low-altitude covert communication, systematically elaborating on its core theories and key technologies. Building on this foundation, it will provide detailed introductions to key research directions, including air-ground coordination, intelligent reflecting surfaces, integrated sensing and communication, and artificial intelligence for low-altitude covert communication. Finally, the application prospects and development trends of low-altitude covert communication technologies will be discussed.