The group works on problems in information theory, information inequalities, and related areas of probability and combinatorics. Below are current and former PhD students, other members, and long-term visitors.
Current PhD students
| Photo | Name | Research topic | PhD timeline |
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Zhu Zhaobang | Additive combinatorics and information inequalities | PhD 2028–29 (expected) |
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Chen Zijie | Information inequalities | PhD 2027–28 (expected) |
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Yi Liu | Broadcast channels | PhD 2027–28 (expected) |
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Zhao Jinpei | Interference channels | PhD 2026–27 (expected) |
Former PhD students
| Photo | Name | Thesis | Year | Current position |
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Lau Chin Wa “Ken” | Information Inequalities: Subadditivity & Relationships with Additive Combinatorics [pdf] | PhD 2025 | Huawei Research (HK), Personal website |
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Wai Ho Ng “David” | On Gaussian Extremizers for the Capacity Region of the Gaussian Interference Channel [pdf] | PhD 2021 | Research Assistant, CUHK, Website |
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Yannan Wang “Dustin” | Optimisation of Some Non-convex Functionals Arising in Information Theory [pdf] | PhD 2021 | Associate, Goldman Sachs (HK), Personal website |
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Mehdi Yazdanpanah “Babak” | Sub-optimality of Achievable Regions in Two Fundamental Network Information Theory Settings [pdf] | PhD 2019 | Associate, Goldman Sachs (London) |
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Sida Liu | Genie-based Outer Bounds for Interference Channels [pdf] | PhD 2016 | Bank of America, HK |
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Lingxiao Xia | On Tightness of Several Achievable Rate Regions in Network Information Theory [pdf] | PhD 2016 | Engineering Manager, Bytedance, LinkedIn |
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Yanlin Geng | On the Evaluation of Marton’s Inner Bound for Binary Input Broadcast Channels [pdf] | PhD 2013 | Professor, Xidian University |
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Zizhou Wang “Vincent” | On the Tightness of Inner and Outer Bounds for Broadcast Channels with Three or More Receivers [pdf] | PhD 2010 | Researcher, ASTRI |
Group photos: doctoral students (Dec 2016) and students & others (Jul 2025).[web:14]
Other former members
- Mukul Agarwal (Research Associate, 2019–2020)
- Fan Cheng (Post-doc, Mar–Jul 2016; now Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University)
- Amin Gohari (Post-doc, Aug 2010–Feb 2011; now Associate Professor, CUHK)
- Yuanming Yu (graduate student, 2010–2014)
Visitors (long-term)
- Max Costa (May–Jul 2011; Apr–May 2019, Unicamp, Brazil)
- Venkat Anantharam (Jan–Apr 2011; Jul–Aug 2012; Dec 2013; Nov 2014, UC Berkeley, USA)
- Amin Gohari (Jul–Sep 2012; Mar 2019, Sharif University of Technology, Iran)
- Salman Beigi (Jun–Dec 2015, IPM, Iran)
- János Körner (Mar–Apr 2017, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
- Abbas El Gamal (Feb–Apr 2018, Dec 2025, Stanford University, USA)
The research group has also hosted a number of undergraduate summer interns.[web:14]
Prospective students
I am always interested in working with good students, particularly those with strong mathematical reasoning skills. If you are considering joining the group, please see the “For prospective students” section on the homepage and feel free to contact me by email.