Publications

(* denotes co-first author)

Preprints

• Intelligent Multi-UAV Navigation in ITNTNs: A Hierarchical LLM Approach
  Zijiang Yan, Hao Zhou, Wael Jaafar, Jianhua Pei, Ping Wang, Halim Yanikomeroglu, Hina Tabassum
  May. 2026.
  

• Hierarchical LLM-Driven Control for HAPS-Assisted UAV Networks: Joint Optimization of Flight and Connectivity.
  Zijiang Yan, Hao Zhou, Wael Jaafar, Jianhua Pei, Ping Wang, Halim Yanikomeroglu, Hina Tabassum
  arXiv:2605.11509, Apr. 2026. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv:2605.11509.
  

• Concept Drift-Aware Load Forecasting for IoT Energy Systems Leveraging TimesNet-Based Two-Layer Framework.
  Yixiang Huang, Zijiang Yan, Jianhua Pei, Jinfu Chen
  Mar. 2026.
  

• EMFusion: An Uncertainty-Aware Conditional Diffusion Framework for Frequency-Selective EMF Forecasting in Wireless Networks.
  Zijiang Yan*, Yixiang Huang*, Jianhua Pei, Hina Tabassum, Luca Chiaraviglio
  arXiv.2512.15067, Dec. 2025. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2512.15067.
  

Journal Papers

• Semantic-Aware Adaptive Video Streaming Using Latent Diffusion Models for Wireless Networks.
  Zijiang Yan*, Jianhua Pei*, Hongda Wu, Hina Tabassum, Ping Wang
  IEEE Wireless Communications, Jul. 2025. DOI: 10.1109/MWC.001.2500068.
  

• Generalized Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning with Envelope Updates in URLLC-enabled Vehicular Networks.
  Zijiang Yan, Hina Tabassum
  IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Jun. 2025. DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2025.3580502.
  [Poster] [5 minutes Video] [Illustration Demo]

• Hybrid LLM-DDQN based Joint Optimization of V2I Communication and Autonomous Driving.
  Zijiang Yan, Hao Zhou, Hina Tabassum, Xue Liu
  IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Feb. 2025. DOI: 10.1109/LWC.2025.3539638.
  [Supplementary Materials]

Conference Papers

• Hierarchical and Collaborative LLM-Based Control for Multi-UAV Motion and Communication in Integrated Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks.
  Zijiang Yan*, Hao Zhou*, Jianhua Pei, Hina Tabassum
  in ICML 2025 Workshop on Machine Learning for Wireless Communication and Networks (ML4Wireless), Jul. 2025.

• CVaR-Based Variational Quantum Optimization for User Association in Handoff-Aware Vehicular Networks.
  Zijiang Yan, Hao Zhou, Jianhua Pei, Aryan Kaushik, Hina Tabassum, Ping Wang
  in ICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Jun. 2025.

• Optimizing Vehicular Networks with Variational Quantum Circuits-based Reinforcement Learning.
  Zijiang Yan, Ramsundar Tanikella, Hina Tabassum
  in INFOCOM 2024 Poster - IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications, May. 2024.
  [Poster]

• Multi-UAV Speed Control with Collision Avoidance and Handover-Aware Cell Association - DRL with Action Branching.
  Zijiang Yan, Wael Jaafar, Bassant Selim, Hina Tabassum
  in GLOBECOM 2023 - IEEE Global Communications Conference, Dec. 2023.

• Reinforcement Learning for Joint V2I Network Selection and Autonomous Driving Policies.
  Zijiang Yan, Hina Tabassum
  in GLOBECOM 2022 - IEEE Global Communications Conference, Dec. 2022