Kun Qian

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of California San Diego

Biography

Kun Qian is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, working with Professor Xinyu Zhang. He received his Ph.D. from the School of Software at Tsinghua University in January 2019, under the supervision of Professor Yunhao Liu and Professor Zheng Yang. Before that, he received his B.E. in Software Engineering in 2014 from the School of Software at the Tsinghua University.

Interests

IoT Sensing
Mobile Computing
Wireless Networking

Education

Ph.D. in Software Engineering, 2019
Tsinghua University
B.E. in Software Engineering, 2014
Tsinghua University

News

📢 2022/01 Our paper MilliMirror got accepted by ACM MobiCom 2022.
📢 2021/08 Extended version of “Widar3.0” (MobiSys'19) got accepted by IEEE TPAMI.
📢 2021/05 Our paper RoS got accepted by ACM SIGCOMM 2021.
📢 2021/02 Our paper MVDNet got accepted by IEEE/CVF CVPR 2021.
📢 2020/10 Our paper MilliPoint got accepted by ACM IMWUT/UbiComp 2021.
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Projects

Smart Surface for Millimeter-Wave Communication

Human-Oriented Wireless Sensing

Radar-Based Autonomous Sensing

Publications

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Kun Qian, Lulu Yao, Xinyu Zhang, Tse Nga Ng (2022). MilliMirror: 3D Printed Reflecting Surface for Millimeter-Wave Coverage Expansion. In ACM MobiCom.

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Kun Qian, Zhaoyuan He, Xinyu Zhang (2021). 3D Point Cloud Generation with Millimeter-Wave Radar. In ACM IMWUT/UbiComp.

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John Nolan, Kun Qian, Xinyu Zhang (2021). RoS: Passive Smart Surface for Roadside-to-Vehicle Communication. In ACM SIGCOMM.

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Yi Zhang, Yue Zheng, Kun Qian, Guidong Zhang, Yunhao Liu, Chenshu Wu, Zheng Yang (2021). Widar3.0: Zero-Effort Cross-Domain Gesture Recognition with Wi-Fi. In IEEE TPAMI.

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Kun Qian, Shilin Zhu, Xinyu Zhang, Li Erran Li (2021). Robust Multimodal Vehicle Detection in Foggy Weather using Complementary Lidar and Radar Signals. In IEEE/CVF CVPR.

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Kun Qian, Yumeng Lu, Zheng Yang, Kai Zhang, Kehong Huang, Xinjun Cai, Chenshu Wu, Yunhao Liu (2021). AIRCODE: Hidden Screen-Camera Communication on an Invisible and Inaudible Dual Channel. In USENIX NSDI.

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Renjie Zhao, Timothy Woodford, Teng Wei, Kun Qian, Xinyu Zhang (2020). M-Cube: A Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO Software Radio. In ACM MobiCom.

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Jing Chu, Xu Wang, Kun Qian, Lina Yao, Fu Xiao, Jianbo Li, Zheng Yang (2020). Passenger Demand Prediction with Cellular Footprints. In IEEE TMC.

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Jingao Xu, Hengjie Chen, Kun Qian, Erqun Dong, Min Sun, Chenshu Wu, Li Zhang, Zheng Yang (2019). iVR: Integrated Vision and Radio Localization with Zero Human Effort. In ACM IMWUT/UbiComp.

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Yue Zheng, Yi Zhang, Kun Qian, Guidong Zhang, Yunhao Liu, Chenshu Wu, Zheng Yang (2019). Zero-Effort Cross-Domain Gesture Recognition with Wi-Fi. In ACM MobiSys.

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Kun Qian, Chenshu Wu, Zheng Yang, Zimu Zhou, Xu Wang, Yunhao Liu (2018). Enabling Phased Array Signal Processing for Mobile WiFi Devices. In IEEE TMC.

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Jing Chu, Kun Qian, Xu Wang, Lina Yao, Fu Xiao, Jianbo Li, Xin Miao, Zheng Yang (2018). Passenger Demand Prediction with Cellular Footprints. In IEEE SECON.

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Kun Qian, Chenshu Wu, Yi Zhang, Guidong Zhang, Zheng Yang, Yunhao Liu (2018). Widar2.0: Passive Human Tracking with a Single Wi-Fi Link. In ACM MobiSys.

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Kun Qian, Chenshu Wu, Fu Xiao, Yue Zheng, Yi Zhang, Zheng Yang (2018). Acousticcardiogram: Monitoring Heartbeats using Acoustic Signals on Smart Devices. In IEEE INFOCOM.

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Kun Qian, Chenshu Wu, Zheng Yang, Yunhao Liu, Fugui He, Tianzhang Xing (2018). Enabling Contactless Detection of Moving Humans with Dynamic Speeds Using CSI. In ACM TECS.

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Kun Qian, Chenshu Wu, Zheng Yang, Yunhao Liu, Kyle Jamieson (2017). Widar: Decimeter-Level Passive Tracking via Velocity Monitoring with Commodity Wi-Fi. In ACM MobiHoc.

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Kun Qian, Chenshu Wu, Zimu Zhou, Yue Zheng, Zheng Yang, Yunhao Liu (2017). Inferring Motion Direction using Commodity Wi-Fi for Interactive Exergames. In ACM CHI.

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Kun Qian, Chenshu Wu, Zheng Yang, Zimu Zhou, Xu Wang, Yunhao Liu (2016). Tuning by Turning: Enabling Phased Array Signal Processing for WiFi with Inertial Sensors. In IEEE INFOCOM.

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Chenshu Wu, Zheng Yang, Zimu Zhou, Kun Qian, Yunhao Liu, Mingyan Liu (2015). PhaseU: Real-time LOS Identification with WiFi. In IEEE INFOCOM.

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Kun Qian, Chenshu Wu, Zheng Yang, Yunhao Liu, Zimu Zhou (2014). PADS: Passive Detection of Moving Targets with Dynamic Speed using PHY Layer Information. In IEEE ICPADS.

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Awards

🏆 Best Paper Award, MobiCom, 2020 (2/384)
🏆 Best In-Session Presentation Award, INFOCOM, 2018 (1/4)
🏆 Beijing Outstanding Graduate Award (Ph.D.), 2018
🏆 National Scholarship, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
🏆 Honorable Mention Award, CHI, 2017
🏆 Best Paper Candidate, ICPADS, 2014 (4/323)
🏆 Tsinghua Future Scholarship Award, 2014
🏆 Tsinghua Outstanding Graduate Award, 2014
🏆 Beijing Outstanding Graduate Award (B.Sc.), 2014
🏆 Tsinghua Outstanding Graduate Thesis, 2014
🏆 Tsinghua “December 9th” Scholarship, 2013
🏆 National Scholarship, 2012