Haibin Zhang
Specialist and strategist in 5G/6G and upcoming wireless technology, 5G/6G for vertical applications, and sustainable ICT networks. He is also Visiting Professor at National Taiwan University (NTU), and Elected Fellow of the IET. His current research aims to design and develop next-generation flexible, robust and intelligent wireless network technology, in particular AI-native wireless network architecture and management.
He is active in acquisition of externally-funded projects and international research community. He initiated and technically led plenty of national, European and customer-funded research projects. He is TNO’s principal investigator of wireless technology in the national 6G program Future Network Services (FNS). He was elected Co-chair (2013-2015) of the Mobile Group of GreenTouch, Technical Manager of Clear5G (2017-2020), and Management Committee member of COST Actions INTERACT, IC1004 and IRACON. He serves as Publication Co-chair of IEEE Future Networks Technical Community, IET Fellowship Accessor, NWO proposals reviewer, and participates in the advisory board of multiple national and European projects.
Professorship chair
Wireless Communication and Sensing Systems (TU/e).
Research area
With about 30 years of R&D experience in wireless communication, he has contributed to the development of 3G/4G/5G/6G technologies, ranging from physical-layer signal processing and advanced error-correction coding, to radio network architecture and resource management.
His recent research activities aim to design and develop next-generation flexible, robust and intelligent wireless network technology, in particular AI-native wireless network architecture and management mechanisms with balance between scientific quality and practical limits, for Joint Communication and Sensing (JCAS), network energy saving, cell-free networking, 3D networking, hybrid radio and optical access networks, etc.
His ambition is to make future wireless networks more sustainable and intelligent, creating networks with sensing capabilities. His research work contributes directly to the PMC cluster “Fast and Open Infrastructures” within the TNO ISP Unit.
Top publications
- Duc Nguyen Dao, Andre B. J. Kokkeler, Haibin Zhang, Yang Miao, ‘Dynamic Beamforming and Power Allocation in ISAC via Deep Reinforcement Learning’, Proceedings of The 2025 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, December 2025.
- Duc Nguyen Dao, Haibin Zhang, Andre B. J. Kokkeler, Yang Miao, “Joint Beamforming Optimization for Multi-user Multi-target FD JCAS System: A Hybrid GRQ-GA Approach”, Prof. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2025, Milan, Italy, March 2025.
- Giacomo Mazzola, Sakshi Agarwal, Kallol Das, Remco Litjens, Haibin Zhang, ‘Sensing Topology Management in 6G Integrated Sensing and Communications Systems’, IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communication (PIMRC) 2025, Workshop on Integrated Sensing, AI, and Communication (ISAAC), Istanbul, Turkey, September 2025.
- Wen-Di Shen, Yan-Chi Lu, Hung-Yu Wei, Haibin Zhang, ‘Enhancing Intersection Safety through ISAC-Enabled Sidelink Communication in Next Generation Vehicular Networks’, Proceedings of The 21st IEEE VTS Asia Pacific Wireless Communications Symposium (APWCS 2025), Tokyo, Japan, August 2025.
- Haibin Zhang, Yohan Toh, Iñaki Martin Soroa, Donal Morris, Marie-Pauline Roukens, “Pre-hospital Triage Improvement for Ambulances via 5G Video and Vital Data Communication”, Proceedings of IEEE Future Networks World Forum, Montreal, Canada, October 2022.
- Apoorva Arora, Toni Dimitrovski, Remco Litjens, Haibin Zhang, ‘ML-based slice management in 5G networks for emergency scenarios”, Proceedings of EuCNC 2021, Porto, Portugal, 2021.
- Varun Nair, Remco Litjens, Haibin Zhang, “Optimisation of NB-IoT deployment for smart energy distribution networks”, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, pp. 1-15, July 2019.
- Ljupco Jorguseski, Haibin Zhang, Sylvie Dijkstra-Soudarissanane, Michal Golinski, 2018, April, “LTE Delay Assessment for Real-Time Management of Future Smart Grids”, Mobile Networks and Applications, pp. 1-8, April 2018.
Den Haag - New Babylon
Anna van Buerenplein 1
2595 DA The Hague
The Netherlands
Postal address
P.O. Box 96800
2509 JE The Hague
The Netherlands