Long He

Long He

Associate Professor, Zhengzhou University

Long He, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Zhengzhou University. Supported by the China Scholarship Council, he began a sponsored research visit to the Singapore University of Technology and Design in February 2025. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Application Technology from Jilin University in July 2026, his master’s degree in Computer Science and Technology from Jilin University in 2023, and his bachelor’s degree from the College of Computer Science and Technology, Chengdu University of Technology, in 2019. His honors include Jilin University’s First-Class Graduate Excellence Scholarship, First-Class Academic Achievement Scholarship, and the National Scholarship for Doctoral Students.

Over the past five years, he has published four papers as first or corresponding author in leading journals and international conferences, including IEEE TMC, IEEE/ACM ToN, IEEE WCM, and IEEE INFOCOM. He holds five granted invention patents, leads one Jilin University Graduate Innovation Research Program project, and has participated as a key contributor in two NSFC Young Scientists Fund projects (Category C) and two NSFC General Program projects.

Research Interests

  • UAV-assisted mobile edge computing
  • Space-air-ground integrated networks
  • Low-altitude wireless networks
  • Game theory

Contact

Work Experience

  • Sept. 2026 to present, Zhengzhou University, School of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Associate Professor

Education

  • Feb. 2025 to Feb. 2026, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Information Systems Technology and Design, Joint doctoral training, Supervisor: Prof. Tony Q. S. Quek
  • Sept. 2023 to July 2026, Jilin University, Computer Application Technology, Ph.D., Supervisor: Prof. Geng Sun
  • Sept. 2021 to July 2023, Jilin University, Computer Science and Technology, Master’s degree, Supervisor: Prof. Geng Sun
  • Sept. 2015 to July 2019, Chengdu University of Technology, Computer Science and Technology, Bachelor’s degree

Publications

  1. Long He, Geng Sun*, Zemin Sun, Jiacheng Wang, Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato, Jiangchuan Liu, Victor Leung. Digital Twin-Assisted Space-Air-Ground Integrated Multi-Access Edge Computing for Low-Altitude Economy: An Online Decentralized Optimization Approach. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2025. (CCF A)

  2. Long He, Geng Sun*, Zemin Sun*, Qingqing Wu, Jiawen Kang, Dusit Niyato, Zhu Han, Victor C. M. Leung. QoE Maximization for Multiple-UAV-Assisted Multi-Access Edge Computing via an Online Joint Optimization Approach. IEEE Transactions on Networking, 2025. (CCF A)

  3. Long He, Geng Sun*, Dusit Niyato, Hongyang Du, Fang Mei*, Jiawen Kang, Mérouane Debbah, Zhu Han. Generative AI for Game Theory-based Mobile Networking. IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, 2025. (IEEE WCM Popular Article)

  4. Long He, Geng Sun*, Zemin Sun*, Pengfei Wang, Jiahui Li, Shuang Liang, Dusit Niyato. An Online Joint Optimization Approach for QoE Maximization in UAV-Enabled Mobile Edge Computing. IEEE INFOCOM 2024 — IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, 2024. (CCF A)

  5. Geng Sun, Long He, Zemin Sun*, Qingqing Wu, Shuang Liang*, Jiahui Li, Dusit Niyato, Victor C. M. Leung. Joint Task Offloading and Resource Allocation in Aerial-Terrestrial UAV Networks with Edge and Fog Computing for Post-Disaster Rescue. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2024. (CCF A; ESI Highly Cited Paper; ESI Hot Paper; IEEE TMC Popular Article)

  6. Geng Sun, Long He, Zemin Sun*, Jiayun Zhang, Jiahui Li. Task Offloading for Post-disaster Rescue in Vehicular Fog Computing-assisted UAV Networks. IEEE International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking (MSN), 2022. (CCF C)

  7. Geng Sun, Jiaxu Wu, Zemin Sun, Long He, Jiacheng Wang, Dusit Niyato, Abbas Jamalipour, Shiwen Mao. JC5A: Service Delay Minimization for Aerial MEC-assisted Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 2025. (CCF A)

  8. Zemin Sun, Geng Sun*, Long He, Fang Mei, Shuang Liang, Yanheng Liu. A Two Time-Scale Joint Optimization Approach for UAV-assisted MEC. IEEE INFOCOM 2024 — IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, 2024. (CCF A)

  9. Zemin Sun, Geng Sun*, Qingqing Wu, Long He, Shuang Liang, Hongyang Pan, Dusit Niyato, Chau Yuen, Victor C. M. Leung. TJCCT: A Two-timescale Approach for UAV-assisted Mobile Edge Computing. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 24(4): 3130–3147, 2025. (CCF A)

Research Projects

  • Jilin University Graduate Innovation Research Program, Joint Optimization of Task Offloading and Multidimensional Resource Allocation in UAV-Assisted Mobile Edge Computing Networks (2025CX208), 2025 (Principal investigator)
  • NSFC Young Scientists Fund (Category C), Joint Quality-of-Experience Optimization for Low-Altitude Mobile Edge Computing in Dense Scenarios (62502179), 2026-01 to 2028-12 (Participant)
  • NSFC General Program, Communication Theory and Optimization for Ground-to-Space Collaborative Beamforming in Satellite IoT (62471200), 2025-01 to 2028-12 (Participant)
  • NSFC General Program, Swarm Intelligence Optimization for Cooperative Secure Communications in UAV Networks (62272194), 2023-01 to 2026-12 (Participant)

Patents

  • Geng Sun, Long He, Zemin Sun, Shuang Liang, Jiahui Li, Xiaoya Zheng, Jiayun Zhang. A Task Offloading Method for Post-disaster Rescue in Vehicular Fog Computing-assisted UAV Networks (一种车雾辅助无人机灾后救援任务卸载方法), Patent No.: ZL202210788909.2
  • Geng Sun, Jiayun Zhang, Zemin Sun, Jiahui Li, Long He, Xiaoya Zheng, Saichao Liu, Shuang Liang. A Collaborative Task Offloading Method in Vehicular Edge Networks (一种车辆边缘网络中任务协同卸载方法), Patent No.: ZL202211163428.9
  • Geng Sun, Yixian Wang, Zemin Sun, Jiahui Li, Long He, Chuang Zhang, Xiaoya Zheng, Shuang Liang. An Optimization Method for Multi-UAV-assisted Mobile Edge Computing (一种多无人机辅助移动边缘计算的优化方法), Patent No.: ZL202411558942.1
  • Geng Sun, Wenwen Xie, Jiahui Li, Zemin Sun, Shuang Liang, Long He. An Intelligent Reflecting Surface-assisted Secure UAV Communication Method (一种智能反射面辅助的无人机安全通信方法), Patent No.: ZL202311049636.0
  • Geng Sun, Jian Xiao, Jiahui Li, Zemin Sun, Chuang Zhang, Long He, Wenwen Xie, Shuang Liang. A Multi-objective Optimization Method for High-speed Dynamic Communications Based on UAV Collaborative Beamforming (基于无人机协作波束成形的高速动态通信多目标优化方法), Patent No.: ZL202411022416.3

Academic Service

Reviewer for leading journals

  • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
  • IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
  • IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine
  • IEEE Internet of Things Magazine
  • IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
  • IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management

Honors and Awards

  • 2025 Jilin University Second-Class Graduate Excellence Scholarship
  • 2025 Jilin University Outstanding Graduate Student
  • 2025 Jilin University BYD Scholarship
  • 2024 Jilin University National Scholarship for Doctoral Students
  • 2024 Jilin University First-Class Academic Achievement Scholarship
  • 2024 Jilin University Jilin Bank Wang Xianghao Scholarship
  • 2024 Jilin University First-Class Graduate Excellence Scholarship
  • 2024 Jilin University Outstanding Graduate Student
  • 2023 Jilin University Second-Class Graduate Excellence Scholarship
  • 2023 Jilin University Outstanding Graduate Student