Taotao Wang Ph.D.

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Associate Professor (tenure-track), Shenzhen University (SZU)
Ph.D. (CUHK), IEEE Member
Email: ttwang[#AT#]szu.edu.cn, postman511[#AT#]gmail.com


Taotao Wang received the Ph.D. degree in information engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong in 2015, supervised by Prof. Soung-Chang Liew (IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow); the M.S. degree in information and signal processing from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Beijing, China, in 2011; and the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China, in 2008. From 2015 to 2016, he was a postdoc research fellow at the Institute of Network Coding (INC) of CUHK. He joined the College of Information Engineering, Shenzhen University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in 2016 and was promoted as a tenured Associate Professor in 2021. He is currently with the College of Electronics and Information Engineering, and the Guangdong Province Lab of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy, Shenzhen University, Guangdong, P. R. China.

Taotao Wang was the recipient of the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme award in 2011. He received the Star of Tomorrow award (excellent intern) at the Microsoft Research Asia in 2012. He received the Excellent Reviewer Award from the journal of IEEE Wireless Communications Letters in 2016. He was selected as Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talent (Peacock Project) in 2015. His team was on the finalist of Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) organized by the US Department of Defense Advanced Technology Research Agency (DARPA). He was the recipient of the Best Paper Award (Runner-up) and the Best Student Paper Award of IEEE CPSCOM 2021. He has been awarded the winner prize of the ScalingX Zero-Knowledge Hackathon and the silver prize of Hong Kong Web 3.0 Innovation Hackathon in 2023.

News！！！！！！

  • New!!! Our research paper "Linking Souls to Humans: Blockchain Accounts with Credible Anonymity for Web 3.0 Decentralized Identity" has been accepted by ACM WWW 2025 that is a TOP conference related to the Web technology.
  • New!!! We have won the silver prize of 2023 Web 3.0 Innovation Hackathon (digital trust track) in December 2023.
  • New!!! We have been awarded the prize of ScalingX Zero-Knowledge Hackathon in June 2023.
  • New!!! Our research paper "Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Multiple Access for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks With Imperfect Channels" has been selected as the ESI Highly Cited paper that received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Computer Science.
  • New!!! Our team participated in the programming challenge (blockchain track) of IDASH privacy and security workshop 2022. Our score are ranked third and won the Honorable Mention.
  • New!!! Our research paper "On Dynamic Resource Allocation for Blockchain Assisted Federated Learning over Wireless Channels" has been selected as the Best Paper Award (Runner-up) of the IEEE CPSCOM 2021 Conference.
  • New!!! Our research paper "Speeding up Block Propagation in Bitcoin Network: A Cut-through Relaying Scheme" has been selected as the Best Student Paper Award of the IEEE CPSCOM 2021 Conference.
  • New!!! I'm looking for Postdoctoral Research Fellows in blockchain and distributed systems, wireless communications and networking. Competitive salary (400,000.00 RMB/year). Please send your CV to my email.
  • New!!! I will supervise 2-3 Postgraudate Students each year under the reseach projects of deep reinforcement learning and blockchain. Students will gain real project experiences. We will provide satisfied salary that matches your performance. Please send your graduate entrance examination result to my email.
  • New!!! I am always open for Undergraduate Research Intern. Students with clear logical thinking, strong hands-on ability, and self-motivation are welcome. Please contact me via email and attach your transcript.






Research Interests | Publications | Awards | Professional Activities |

Research Interests

Blockchain and Web 3.0 Wireless Communications and Networking Deep Reinforcement Learning


Funding (Principal Investigator):

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), No. 61701310, 2018.01-2020.12.
  • Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong, No. 2020A1515010708, 2019.10-2022.09.
  • Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong, No. 2017A030310334, 2017.01-2019.12.
  • Shenzhen Science and Technology Program, No. JCYJ20170818095107583, 2018.04-2020.03.
  • Overseas High-Caliber Personnel Fund, 2018.01-2020.12.
  • Natural Science Foundation of Shenzhen University, 2016.03-2022.02.
  • Research Grant from Huawei Ltd., 2020.11-2022.04.
  • Tecent-SZU Rhino Bird Young Researcher Grant, 2021.01-2021.12.
  • Research Grant from Beijing Elements Credits Ltd., 2018.07-2019.06.
  • Research Grant from China Academy of Space Technology, 2019.01-2019.12.
  • Research Grant from Qian Xuesen Lab, 2019.01-2019.12.
  • Shenzhen Science and Technology Program, No. JCYJ20210324094609207, 2021.10-2024.04.
  • Shenzhen Science and Technology Program, No. JCYJ20220531101015033, 2022.10-2025.10.
  • CCF-Zhejiang Lab Joint Open Research Project, NO. K2022PD0AB04, 2023.01-2024.06.




Selected Publications by Topics


Blockchain  |  AI and Machine Learning  |  Wireless Communications and Networking  | 
  • Blockchain (*Corresponding author, #Equally contributing authors)
    1. New!!! Linking Souls to Humans: Blockchain Accounts with Credible Anonymity for Web 3.0 Decentralized Identity,
      Taotao Wang, Zibin Lin, Shengli Zhang, Long Shi, Qing Yang and Boris Düdder - ACM WWW 2025, pp. 1-9, 2025. (CCF-A)
    2. New!!! Bodyless Block Propagation: TPS Fully Scalable Blockchain with Pre-Validation,
      Chonghe Zhao, Shengli Zhang, Taotao Wang, and Soung Chang Liew - Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 163, pp. 107516, 2025, Elsevier. [CAS Q1]
    3. New!!! Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN): Challenges and Opportunities,
      Zibin Lin, Taotao Wang, Long Shi, Shengli Zhang and Bin Cao - IEEE Network Magazine, 2025. [CAS Q1]
    4. New!!!  Blockchain-Based Decentralized Federated Learning With On-Chain Model Aggregation and Incentive Mechanism for Industrial IoT,
      Yang, Qing, Wei Xu, Taotao Wang*, Hao Wang, Xiaoxiao Wu, Bin Cao, and Shengli Zhang - IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, Vol. 5, pp. 6420-6429, 2024.
    5. DEthna: Accurate Ethereum Network Topology Discovery with Marked Transactions,
      Chonghe Zhao, Yipeng Zhou, Shengli Zhang, Taotao Wang, Quan Z. Sheng, Song Guo - IEEE INFOCOM 2024, pp. 1-10, May 2024. [CCF-A]
    6. Blockchain-aided Decentralized Trust Management of Edge Computing: Towards Reliable Off-chain and On-chain Trust,
      Long Shi, Taotao Wang*, Zehui Xiong, Zhe Wang, Yang Liu and Jun Li - IEEE Network Magazine, Vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 182-188, May 2024. [IF=9.3, CAS Q1]
    7. Reputation-Based Streamlet: An Enhanced BFT Consensus Algorithm for Improved Performance and Scalability,
      Fang, Bo, Dancheng Zhao, Taotao Wang, Hao Wang, Shengli Zhang, and Qing Yang - 2023 IEEE 29th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), pp. 699-706, IEEE, Dec. 2023. [CCF-C]
    8. Account Service Network: A Unified Decentralized Web 3.0 Portal with Credible Anonymity,
      Taotao Wang, Shengli Zhang, Qing Yang and Soung Chang Liew - IEEE Network Magazine, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 101-108, Nov. 2023. [IF=9.3, CAS Q1]
    9. HCB: Enabling Compact Block in Ethereum Network with Secondary Pool and Transaction Prediction,
      Chonghe Zhao, Taotao Wang, Shengli Zhang, and Soung Chang Liew - IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering , vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1077-1092, Oct. 2023. [IF=6.6, CAS Q2]
    10. A blockchain-empowered framework for decentralized trust management in Internet of Battlefield Things,
      Houtian Wang, Taotao Wang#*, Long Shi, Naijin Liu, and Shengli Zhang - Computer Networks, vol. 237, pp. 110048, Oct. 2023. [IF=5.6, CAS Q2]
    11. Pooling is not Favorable: Decentralize Mining Power of PoW Blockchain Using Age-of-Work,
      Long Shi#, Taotao Wang#*, Jun Li, and Shengli Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC), vol. 11, no. 3 pp. 2756-2769, Dec. 2022. [IF=5.697, CAS Q2]
    12. A Novel Oracle-aided Industrial IoT Blockchain: Architecture, Challenges, and Potential Solutions,
      Yu Du, Jun Li, Long Shi, Zhe Wang, Taotao Wang, and Zhu Han - IEEE Network Magazine, pp. 1-8, Aug. 2022. [IF=10.294, CAS Q1]
    13. When Federated Learning Meets Blockchain: A New Distributed Learning Paradigm,
      Chuan Ma, Jun Li, Ming Ding, Long Shi, Taotao Wang, Zhu Han and H. Vincent Poor - IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 26-33, Aug. 2022. [IF=9.809, CAS Q1]
    14. Speeding up Block Propagation in Bitcoin Network: Uncoded and Coded Designs,
      Lihao Zhang, Taotao Wang*, Soung Chang Liew - Computer Networks, vol. 207, pp. 108791, Jan. 2022. [IF=5.6, CAS Q2]
    15. Chapter 2: Consensus Algorithm Analysis in Blockchain: PoW and Raft,
      Taotao Wang, Dongyan Huang, and Shengli Zhang - Chapter in Handbook of Wireless Blockchain: Principles, Technologies and Applications, Wiley-IEEE, 2021.
    16. Secure Blockchain Platform for Industrial IoT with Trusted Computing Hardware,
      Qing Yang, Hao Wang, Xiaoxiao Wu, Taotao Wang, Shengli Zhang, Naijin Liu - IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 86-92, Dec. 2021.
    17. On Dynamic Resource Allocation for Blockchain Assisted Federated Learning Over Wireless Channels,
      Xiumei Deng, Jun Li, Long Shi, Zhe Wang, Hui Wang, Taotao Wang - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Physical and Social Computing, Dec. 6-8,2021. [Best Paper Award]
    18. Speeding Up Block Propagation in Bitcoin Network: A Cut-through Relaying Scheme,
      Lihao Zhang, Taotao Wang*, and Soung Chang Liew - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Physical and Social Computing, Dec. 6-8,2021. [Best Student Paper Award]
    19. Ethna: Analyzing the Underlying Peer-to-Peer Network of Ethereum Blockchain,
      Taotao Wang, Chonghe Zhao, Qing Yang, Shengli Zhang, and Soung Chang Liew - IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE), vol. 8 no. 3, pp. 2131-2146, July-Sept. 2021. [IF=3.894, CAS Q2]
    20. Blockchain-based Decentralized Energy Management Platform for Residential Distributed Energy Resources in a Virtual Power Plant,
      Qing Yang, Hao Wang, Taotao Wang, Shengli Zhang, Xiaoxiao Wu, and Hui Wang - Applied Energy (AE), vol. 294, pp. 117026, July 2021. [IF=8.848, CAS Q1]
    21. When Blockchain Meets AI: Optimal Mining Strategy Achieved By Machine Learning,
      Taotao Wang, Soung Chang Liew, and Shengli Zhang - International Journal of Intelligent Systems (IJIS), vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 2183-2207, May 2021. [IF=10.312, CAS Q1 Top]
    22. Game-Theoretical Analysis of Mining Strategy for Bitcoin-NG Blockchain Protocol,
      Taotao Wang, Xiaoqian Bai, Hao Wang, Soung Chang Liew, and Shengli Zhang - IEEE Systems Journal (ISJ), vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 2708-2719, July 2021. [IF=3.987, CAS Q2]
    23. PubChain: A Decentralized Open-Access Publication Platform with Participants Incentivized by Blockchain Technology,
      Taotao Wang, Soung Chang Liew, and Shengli Zhang - 2020 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC): Blockchains and Finance Technology , pp. 1-12, 20-22 Oct. 2020 .
    24. 高性能许可公链,
      张胜利,王滔滔,杨晴,王晖 - 深圳大学学报理工版,2020,37(3):227-233.[doi:10.3724/SP.J.1249.2020.03227].
      Permissioned public blockchain with high performance
      ZHANG Shengli, WANG Taotao, YANG Qing, and WANG Hui - Journal of Shenzhen University Science and Engineering, 2020, 37(3):227-233.[doi:10.3724/SP.J.1249.2020.03227]
  • AI and Machine Learning (*Corresponding author, #Equally contributing authors)
    1. New!!!  A Deep-Learning-Based MAC for Integrating Channel Access, Rate Adaptation and Channel Switch,
      Jiantao Xin, Wei Xu, Bin Cao, Taotao Wang*, and Shengli Zhang - Digital Communications and Networks, 2025, Elsevier. [CAS Q2]
    2. New!!!  Learning-Based Autonomous Channel Access in the Presence of Hidden Terminals,
      Yulin Shao, Yucheng Cai, Taotao Wang*, Ziyang Guo, Peng Liu, Jiajun Luo, and Deniz Gündüz - IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 23, No. 5, PP. 3680-3695, May 2024. [CCF-A]
    3. Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Multiple Access for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks With Imperfect Channels,
      Yiding Yu, Soung Chang Liew and Taotao Wang - IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC) , vol. 21, no. 10, pp. 3718-3730, Oct. 2022. [IF=6.075, CCF-A, CAS Q2]
    4. When Blockchain Meets AI: Optimal Mining Strategy Achieved By Machine Learning,
      Taotao Wang, Soung Chang Liew, and Shengli Zhang - International Journal of Intelligent Systems (IJIS), vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 2183-2207, May 2021. [IF=10.312, CAS Q1 Top]
    5. Non-Uniform Time-Step Deep Q-Network for Carrier-Sense Multiple Access in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,
      Yiding Yu, Soung Chang Liew and Taotao Wang - IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC) , vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 2848-2861, Step. 2021. [IF=5.112, CCF-A, CAS Q2]
    6. Deep Learning for Environment Identification in Vehicular Networks,
      Mohamed Elwekeil, Taotao Wang*, and Shengli Zhang - IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (WCL), vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 576-580, May 2020. [IF=4.660, CAS Q2]
    7. Deep Learning for Joint MIMO Detection and Channel Decoding,
      Taotao Wang, Lihao Zhang and Soung Chang Liew - 2019 IEEE 30th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 8-11 Sept. 2019.
    8. AlphaSeq: Sequence Discovery with Deep Reinforcement Learning,
      Yulin Shao, Soung Chang Liew and Taotao Wang - IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (TNNLS), pp. 1-15, Oct 2019. [IF=8.793, CAS Q1 Top]
    9. Deep-Reinforcement Learning Multiple Access for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,
      Yiding Yu, Taotao Wang, and Soung Chang Liew - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 1277-1290, Jun 2019. [IF=11.420, CAS Q1 Top]
    10. Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Link Adaptations in MIMO-OFDM Wireless Systems,
      Mohamed Elwekeil, Shibao Jiang, Taotao Wang*, and Shengli Zhang - IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (WCL), vol. 8, no. 4 pp. 665-668, Jun 2019. [IF=4.660, CAS Q2]
  • Wireless Communications and Networking (*Corresponding author, #Equally contributing authors)
    1. New!!!  A Deep-Learning-Based MAC for Integrating Channel Access, Rate Adaptation and Channel Switch,
      Jiantao Xin, Wei Xu, Bin Cao, Taotao Wang*, and Shengli Zhang - Digital Communications and Networks, 2025, Elsevier. [CAS Q2]
    2. New!!!  Learning-Based Autonomous Channel Access in the Presence of Hidden Terminals,
      Yulin Shao, Yucheng Cai, Taotao Wang*, Ziyang Guo, Peng Liu, Jiajun Luo, and Deniz Gündüz - IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 23, No. 5, PP. 3680-3695, May 2024. [CCF-A]
    3. Revisiting Non-coherent Detection of Differential PSK: A Factor Graph Perspective,
      Long Shi, Taotao Wang*, Zhen Mei and Xianggen Xia - IEEE Communications Letters (CL), vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 701-705, Feb. 2023. [IF=5.281, CAS Q2]
    4. Optimal Rate-Diverse Wireless Network Coding Over Parallel Subchannels,
      Taotao Wang, Soung Chang Liew and Shakeel Salamat Ullah - IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM), vol. 68, no. 8, pp. 4891-4904, Aug. 2020. [IF=5.646, CAS Q2]
    5. Non-Coherent NOMA With Massive MIMO,
      Taotao Wang, Long Shi, Kui Cai, Lining Tian, and Shengli Zhang - IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (WCL), vol. 9, no. 2 pp. 134-138, Feb 2020. [IF=4.660, CAS Q2]
    6. Gaussian Mixture Message Passing for Blind Known Interference Cancellation,
      Taotao Wang, Long Shi, Shengli Zhang, and Hui Wang - IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 4268-4282, Jun., 2019. [IF=6.779, CAS Q1 Top]
    7. ON-OFF Analog Beamforming for Massive MIMO,
      Shengli Zhang, Chongtao Guo, Taotao Wang*, and Wei Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 4113-4123, May, 2018. [IF=5.379, CAS Q2]
    8. Design of Distributed Protograph LDPC Codes for Multi-Relay Coded-Cooperative Networks,
      Yi Fang, Soung Chang Liew, and Taotao Wang - IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), vol. 16, no. 11, pp. 7235-7251, Nov 2017. [IF=6.779, CAS Q1 Top]
    9. Optimal Rate-Diverse Wireless Network Coding,
      Taotao Wang*, Soung Chang Liew, and Long Shi - IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM), vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 2411-2426, Jun., 2017. [IF=5.646, CAS Q2]
    10. DCAP: Improving the Capacity of WiFi Networks with Distributed Cooperative Access Points,
      Taotao Wang, Qing Yang, Kun Tan, Jiansong Zhang, Shengli Zhang, and Soung Chang Liew - IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 17, no.2, pp. 320-333, Feb., 2018. [IF=5.112, CCF-A, CAS Q2]
    11. Joint Multiple Symbol Differential Detection and Channel Decoding for Noncoherent UWB Impulse Radio by Belief Propagation,
      Taotao Wang, Tiejun Lv, Hui Gao, and Shengli Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 293-306, Jan, 2017. [IF=6.779, CAS Q1 Top]
    12. Frequency-Asynchronous Multiuser Joint Channel-Parameter Estimation, CFO Compensation and Channel Decoding,
      Taotao Wang*, Soung Chang Liew - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 9732-9746, Dec. 2016. [IF=5.379, CAS Q2]
    13. Joint Channel Estimation and Channel Decoding in Physical-Layer Network Coding Systems: An EM-BP Factor Graph Framework,
      Taotao Wang*, Soung Chang Liew - IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 2229-2245, Apr. 2014. [IF=6.779, CAS Q1 Top]
    14. BER Analysis of Decision-Feedback Multiple Symbol Detection in Noncoherent MIMO Ultra-Wideband Systems,
      Taotao Wang*, Tiejun Lv, Hui Gao, and Yueming Lu - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), vol. 62, no. 9, pp. 4684-4690, Jun. 2013. [IF=5.379, CAS Q2]
    15. Implementation of Physical-Layer Network Coding,
      Lu Lu, Taotao Wang, Soung Chang Liew and Shengli Zhang - Elsevier Physical Communication (PhyComm), vol. 6, pp. 74-87, Mar. 2013. [IF=1.594, CAS Q4]
    16. Decision-feedback Multiple Symbol Detection for Differential Space-time Block Coded UWB Systems,
      Tiejun Lv, Taotao Wang, and Hui Gao - SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences, 56(4): 1-10 (2013). [IF=3.304, CAS Q2]
    17. Sphere Decoding Based Multiple Symbol Detection for Differential Space-Time Block Coded Ultra-Wideband Systems,
      Taotao Wang*, Tiejun Lv, and Hui Gao - IEEE Communications Letters (CL), vol.15, no.3, pp. 269-271, Mar. 2011. [IF=3.419, CAS Q3]
    18. Canceling Interferences for High Data Rate Time Reversal MIMO UWB system: A Precoding Approach,
      Taotao Wang*, Tiejun Lv - Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2011, pp. 1-10, 2011. [IF=1.802, CAS Q4]

    Awards

    • Silver prize of 2023 Hong Kong Web 3.0 Innovation Hackathon
    • Winner of 2023 ScalingX Zero-Knowledge Hackathon
    • IEEE CPSCOM 2021 Best Paper Award (Runner-up)
    • IEEE CPSCOM 2021 Best Student Paper Award
    • Excellent Reviewer Award of IEEE WCL
    • Star of Tomorrow at Microsoft Research Asia
    • Hong Kong Ph.D Fellowship Scheme
    • Best Master Degree Thesis Award of BUPT
    • Excellent Graduate of BUPT
    • Excellent Undergraduate of USETC


    Professional Activities

    Editor and TPC Member
    • Review Editor for Frontiers in Communications and Networks
    • TPC Member for IEEE CIC ICC 2019
    • TPC Member for IEEE ICCC 2020
    Reviewer
    • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
    • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
    • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
    • IEEE Transactions on Communications
    • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
    • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
    • IEEE Signal Processing Letters
    • IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems

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