Songwei Zhang (S’21)(zhangsongwei@ieee.org) received the B.E. and M.E. degrees in software engineering from Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Dalian, China, in 2018 and 2021, and the Ph.D. degree from the College of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University (TJU), Tianjin, China, in 2025. He was an Exchange Student with the National Institute of Informatics (NII), Tokyo, Japan, from 2023 to 2024, where CSC fully supported the scholarship. He is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. He has co-authored 1 Springer Book, and published over 10 scientific papers in international journals and conference proceedings, such as IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Network, IEEE Wireless Communications, ICC, and CSCWD. He has served as the organizing committee member and the program committee (PC) member for three important international conferences and a reviewer for eight prestigious journals, including IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), and IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE). His research interests include Internet of Things, complex network, topology robustness optimization, and quantum computing. He has won several awards, such as the National Scholarship, and the Outstanding Graduate in Liaoning Province.

📖 Educations

2021.09 - 2025.03, Ph.D., College of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
2023.11 - 2024.11, Ph.D. candidate, National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan.
2018.09 - 2021.06, M.E., School of Software, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China.
2014.09 - 2018.06, B.E., School of Software, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China.

📝 Publications

Quantum-Inspired Robust Networking Model with Multiverse Co-Evolution for Scale-Free IoT, Songwei Zhang, Xiaobo Zhou, Tie Qiu, Dapeng Oliver Wu, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC) 2024 (CCF-A, SCI-I)
A Distributed Co-Evolutionary Optimization Method With Motif for Large-Scale IoT Robustness, Ning Chen, Tie Qiu, Xiaobo Zhou, Songwei Zhang, Weisheng Si, Dapeng Oliver Wu, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN) 2024 (CCF-A, SCI-I)
A Probability-Based Scheme for Generating Robust Internet of Things, Jingchen Sun, Ning Chen, Songwei Zhang, Zhaolong Ning, Tie Qiu, CSCWD 2024 (CCF-C)
TEAM: A Layered-Cooperation Topology Evolution Algorithm for Multi-Sink Internet of Things, Songwei Zhang, Tie Qiu, Weisheng Si, Quan Z. Sheng, Dapeng Oliver Wu, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC) 2023 (CCF-A, SCI-I)
A Quantum-Behaved Heterogeneous Topology Optimization Model For Optical Wireless Communication Networks, Songwei Zhang, Fu Xiao, Lejun Zhang, Fengbiao Zan, Tie Qiu, IEEE Wireless Communications 2023 (SCI-I)
A Robust Networking Model with Quantum Evolution for Internet of Things, Songwei Zhang, Tie Qiu, Ning Chen, Huansheng Ning, Min Han, Xingcheng Liu, IEEE Network 2023 (SCI-I)
A Self-Adaptive Robustness Optimization Method With Evolutionary Multi-Agent for IoT Topology, Tie Qiu, Xinwei Yang, Ning Chen, Songwei Zhang, Geyong Min, Dapeng Oliver Wu, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN) 2023 (CCF-A, SCI-I)
An Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning Scheme for IoT Robustness, Xinwei Yang, Ning Chen, Songwei Zhang, Xiaobo Zhou, Lejun Zhang, Tie Qiu, CSCWD 2023 (CCF-C)
Multi-parameters Dynamic Scheduling with Energy Management for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Haodong Wang, Ning Chen, Chao Xu, Songwei Zhang, Tie Qiu, IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing 2023 (SCI-II)
Born This Way: A Self-Organizing Evolution Scheme With Motif for Internet of Things Robustness, Tie Qiu, Lidi Zhang, Ning Chen, Songwei Zhang, Wenyuan Liu, Dapeng Oliver Wu, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN) 2022 (CCF-A, SCI-I)
Robustness Optimization for IoT Topology, Tie Qiu, Ning Chen, Songwei Zhang, Springer Book, 2022
A Neuroevolution-Inspired Scheme for Generating Robust Internet of Things, Lidi Zhang, Songwei Zhang, Ning Chen, Wenyuan Liu, Xiaobo Zhou, Tie Qiu, CSCWD 2022 (CCF-C)
Battery Management System Design for Industrial Manufacture, Haodong Wang, Songwei Zhang, Tie Qiu, Hongrui Liu, Ling He, Zimu Wang, CSCWD 2022 (CCF-C)
Dynamic Mode-switching-based Worker Selection for Mobile Crowd Sensing, Wei Wang, Ning Chen, Songwei Zhang, Keqiu Li, Tie Qiu, WASA 2022 (CCF-C)
A 3-D topology evolution scheme with self-adaption for industrial Internet of things, Tie Qiu, Songwei Zhang, Weisheng Si, Qing Cao, Mohammed Atiquzzaman, IEEE Internet of Things (IoTJ) 2021 (SCI-I)
Toward more effective centrality-based attacks on network topologies, Songwei Zhang, Weisheng Si, Tie Qiu, Qing Cao, ICC 2020 (CCF-C)
An evolutional networking model for three-dimensional topology in internet of things, Songwei Zhang, Tie Qiu, Min Han, Azizur Rahim, Wenbing Zhao, SMC 2019 (CCF-C)

💻 Projects

2021.01 - 2024.12, Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U2001204): Research on Key Technologies of Efficient and Secure Mobile Internet of Things for 5G and Future Networks, Participant.
2020.01 - 2022.12, National Key Research and Development Program (2019YFB1703600): Network Collaborative Manufacturing and Intelligent Factory - Research on Big Data Theory and Methods for Nondeterministic Manufacturing of Flexible systems, Participant.
2021.12 - 2023.12, Tianjin Research Innovation Project for Postgraduate Students (2021YJSB108): Research on Topology Control Optimization Algorithm for Intelligent Networking of Industrial Equipment, Participant.
2017.01 - 2020.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (61672131): Research on Robustness and Modeling for Large-Scale Heterogeneous Sensor Networks in Interent of Things, Participant.

💬 Patents

A robust networking method for scale-free Internet of Things based on quantum multiverse co-evolution, Authorized
A robust topology generation method for the Internet of Things based on neuroevolution, Authorized
A Multi-objective Topology Optimization method with Quantum Behavior for Heterogeneous IoT, Pending
Robustness optimization model for Internet of Things based on broad learning, Pending

🎖 Honors and Awards

2023, Outstanding Contribution Award received from 2023 IEEE ComSoc School Series Tianjin Event.
2023, China Scholarship Council (CSC) study abroad scholarship.
2023, The First Prize Scholarship in Tianjin University.
2023, Excellent Student at Tianjin University.
2021, Outstanding Graduates of Regular Colleges and Universities in Liaoning Province.
2020, National Scholarship for Postgraduate students.
2020, Outstanding postgraduate of Dalian University of Technology.
2017, Special prize of Bochuang Cup Science and Technology Competition.

📖 Academic Activities

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