VLDB 2026 Research / reviewers in the wild / expert
Bryan Liu
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8ranked-venue papers
7as first author
4since 2021 · last 2026
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Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Computer networks · 5 · 4 first-author · 3 since 2021Theory of computation · 2 · 2 first-authorSystems, architecture and hardware · 1 · 1 first-author · 1 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Computer networks
2 papers |
Cellular and mobile networks · 69% Physical-layer communications · 31% | |
| Theoretical computer science
1 paper |
Coding theory · 100% | |
| Artificial intelligence
1 paper |
Language models and text generation · 100% |
Topics — the 13 heaviest of 13, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cellular and mobile networks
6g |
1.0 | 1 | 2026 | LLM-Based Emulation of the Radio Resource Control Layer: Toward AI-Native RAN Protocols · IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun. 2026 |
Cellular and mobile networks › 6g
AI-native air interface |
1.0 | 1 | 2026 | LLM-Based Emulation of the Radio Resource Control Layer: Toward AI-Native RAN Protocols · IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun. 2026 |
Cellular and mobile networks
radio access networks |
1.0 | 1 | 2026 | LLM-Based Emulation of the Radio Resource Control Layer: Toward AI-Native RAN Protocols · IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun. 2026 |
Cellular and mobile networks › radio resource management
radio resource control |
1.0 | 1 | 2026 | LLM-Based Emulation of the Radio Resource Control Layer: Toward AI-Native RAN Protocols · IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun. 2026 |
Physical-layer communications › modulation › bandwidth-efficient modulation
faster-than-nyquist signaling |
0.5 | 1 | 2021 | A Novel Sum-Product Detection Algorithm for Faster-Than-Nyquist Signaling: A Deep Learning Approach · IEEE Trans. Commun. 2021 |
Physical-layer communications
signal detection |
0.5 | 1 | 2021 | A Novel Sum-Product Detection Algorithm for Faster-Than-Nyquist Signaling: A Deep Learning Approach · IEEE Trans. Commun. 2021 |
Physical-layer communications › equalization
turbo equalization |
0.5 | 1 | 2021 | A Novel Sum-Product Detection Algorithm for Faster-Than-Nyquist Signaling: A Deep Learning Approach · IEEE Trans. Commun. 2021 |
Coding theory › error-correcting codes › cyclic codes
BCH codes |
0.4 | 1 | 2020 | A Deep Learning Assisted Node-Classified Redundant Decoding Algorithm for BCH Codes · IEEE Trans. Commun. 2020 |
Natural language and speech › Language models and text generation
large language model |
0.3 | 1 | 2026 | LLM-Based Emulation of the Radio Resource Control Layer: Toward AI-Native RAN Protocols · IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun. 2026 |
Physical-layer communications
channel coding |
0.1 | 1 | 2021 | A Novel Sum-Product Detection Algorithm for Faster-Than-Nyquist Signaling: A Deep Learning Approach · IEEE Trans. Commun. 2021 |
Physical-layer communications › channel coding
factor graph |
0.1 | 1 | 2021 | A Novel Sum-Product Detection Algorithm for Faster-Than-Nyquist Signaling: A Deep Learning Approach · IEEE Trans. Commun. 2021 |
Coding theory › error-correcting codes
LDPC codes |
0.1 | 1 | 2020 | A Deep Learning Assisted Node-Classified Redundant Decoding Algorithm for BCH Codes · IEEE Trans. Commun. 2020 |
Coding theory › error-correcting codes › decoding › iterative decoding
message-passing decoding |
0.1 | 1 | 2020 | A Deep Learning Assisted Node-Classified Redundant Decoding Algorithm for BCH Codes · IEEE Trans. Commun. 2020 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
low-rank adaptation · 2.0fine-tuning · 2.0byte-pair encoding · 1.0byte pair encoding · 1.0deep learning · 0.9neural network · 0.5mutual information optimization · 0.5neural network decoding · 0.4k-median clustering · 0.4
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LLM-Based Emulation of the Radio Resource Control Layer: Toward AI-Native RAN ProtocolsabstractIntegrating Large AI Models (LAMs) into 6G mobile networks is a key enabler of the AI-Native Air Interface (AI-AI), where protocol intelligence must scale beyond handcrafted logic. This paper presents, to our knowledge, the first standards-compliant emulation of the Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer using a decoder-only LAM (LLAMA-class) fine-tuned with Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) on a multi-vendor corpus of real-world traces spanning both 5G and 4G systems. We treat RRC as a domain-specific language and construct a segmentation-safe Question-and-Answer (QA) dataset that preserves Abstract Syntax Notation (ASN.1) structure through linearization prior to Byte Pair Encoding (BPE) tokenization. The proposed approach combines parameter-efficient adaptation with schema-bounded prompting to ensure syntactic and procedural fidelity. Evaluation introduces a standards-aware triad—ASN.1 conformance, field-level coverage analysis, and uplink-to-downlink state-machine checks—alongside semantic similarity and latency profiling across 120 configurations. On 30k 5G request–response pairs plus an additional 4.8k QA turns from 4G sessions, our 8B model achieves a median cosine similarity of 0.97, a 61% relative gain over a zero-shot baseline, while sustaining high conformance rates. These results demonstrate that LAMs, when augmented with protocol-aware reasoning, can directly orchestrate control-plane procedures, laying the foundation for the future Artificial Intelligence (AI)-native Radio Access Network (RAN). Bryan Liu, Alvaro Valcarce Rial, Xiaoli Chu |
IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun. | 2 |
| 2022 | Variational Quantum Compressed Sensing for Joint User and Channel State Acquisition in Grant-Free Device Access SystemsabstractThis paper introduces a new quantum computing framework integrated with a two-step compressed sensing technique, applied to a joint channel estimation and user identification problem. We propose a variational quantum circuit (VQC) design as a new denoising solution. For a practical grant-free communications system having correlated device activities, variational quantum parameters for Pauli rotation gates in the proposed VQC system are optimized to facilitate to the non-linear estimation. Numerical results show that the VQC method can outperform modern compressed sensing techniques using an element-wise denoiser. Bryan Liu, Toshiaki Koike-Akino, Ye Wang 0001, Kieran Parsons |
ICC | 1 |
| 2021 | Anomaly Detection and Diagnosis Using Pre-Processing and Time-Delay AutoencoderabstractThis paper proposes an anomaly detection algorithm for a factory automation system, which jointly performs data pre-processing and time-delay autoencoder (TDAE) with a hybrid loss function. The source data are pre-processed by digital filters before feeding into a TDAE for anomaly detection. The digital filters extract analog signals from a variety of frequency bands to facilitate identifying anomalies. The pre-processed data then takes time-delay reform to explore temporal relationship of data signals. In addition, two anomaly diagnosis algorithms, a statistical based method and an autoencoder based method, are presented. Numerical results show that time-delay reform can improve the anomaly detection accuracy compared to the conventional autoencoder. Data pre-processing can further improve the anomaly detection accuracy. Moreover, we confirm that our anomaly diagnosis algorithms outperform traditional method that does not perform data pre-processing and time-delay reform. Bryan Liu, Jianlin Guo, Toshiaki Koike-Akino, Ye Wang 0001, Kyeong Jin Kim, Kieran Parsons, Philip V. Orlik, Jinhong Yuan |
ETFA | 1 |
| 2021 | A Novel Sum-Product Detection Algorithm for Faster-Than-Nyquist Signaling: A Deep Learning ApproachabstractA deep learning assisted sum-product detection algorithm (DL-SPDA) for faster-than-Nyquist (FTN) signaling is proposed in this paper. The proposed detection algorithm works on a modified factor graph which concatenates a neural network function node to the variable nodes of the conventional FTN factor graph to approach the maximum a posterior probabilities (MAP) error performance. In specific, the neural network performs as a function node in the modified factor graph to deal with the residual intersymbol interference (ISI) that is not considered by the conventional detector with a limited complexity. We modify the updating rule in the conventional sum-product algorithm so that the neural network assisted detector can be complemented to a turbo equalization receiver. Furthermore, we propose a compatible training technique to improve the detection performance of the proposed DL-SPDA with turbo equalization. In particular, the neural network is optimized in terms of the mutual information between the transmitted sequence and the extrinsic information. We also investigate the maximum-likelihood bit error rate (BER) performance of a finite length coded FTN system. Simulation results show that the error performance of the proposed algorithm approaches the MAP performance, which is consistent with the analytical BER. Bryan Liu, Shuangyang Li, Jinhong Yuan |
IEEE Trans. Commun. | 1 |
| 2020 | A Deep Learning Assisted Node-Classified Redundant Decoding Algorithm for BCH CodesabstractThis paper proposes a node-classified redundant decoding (NC-RD) algorithm based on the received sequence's channel reliability for high-density parity-check (HDPC) codes. Two preprocessing steps are proposed prior decoding. The variable nodes of the parity-check matrix are firstly classified by the k -median algorithm based on the number of shortest cycles associated with each variable node before decoding. Then, by searching among the automorphism group of the HDPC codes, we generate a list of permutations for bit positions by computing and sorting the permutation reliability metrics. The redundant decoder conducts the message-passing decoding according to the sorted permutations, which limit the unreliable information propagation for each permutation. Besides proposing a list decoding algorithm on top of the NC-RD algorithm to augment the decoder's performance, we show that the NC-RD algorithm can be transformed into a neural network system. More specifically, multiplicative tuneable weights are attached to the decoding messages to optimize the decoding performance. Simulation results of BCH codes over the AWGN channels show that the NC-RD algorithm provides a performance gain compared to the random redundant decoding algorithm. Additional decoding performance gain can be obtained by both the list decoding method and the neural network “learned” NC-RD algorithm. Bryan Liu, Jinhong Yuan |
IEEE Trans. Commun. | 1 |
| 2019 | Deep Learning Assisted User Identification in Massive Machine-Type CommunicationsabstractIn this paper, we propose a deep learning aided list approximate message passing (AMP) algorithm to further improve the user identification performance in massive machine type communications. A neural network is employed to identify a suspicious device which is most likely to be falsely alarmed during the first round of the AMP algorithm. The neural network returns the false alarm likelihood and it is expected to learn the unknown features of the false alarm event and the implicit correlation structure in the quantized pilot matrix. Then, via employing the idea of list decoding in the field of error control coding, we propose to enforce the suspicious device to be inactive in every iteration of the AMP algorithm in the second round. The proposed scheme can effectively combat the interference caused by the suspicious device and thus improve the user identification performance. Simulations demonstrate that the proposed algorithm improves the mean squared error performance of recovering the sparse unknown signals in comparison to the conventional AMP algorithm with the minimum mean squared error denoiser. Bryan Liu, Zhiqiang Wei 0001, Jinhong Yuan, Milutin Pajovic |
GLOBECOM | 1 |
| 2019 | Deep Learning Assisted Sum-Product Detection Algorithm for Faster-than-Nyquist SignalingabstractA deep learning assisted sum-product detection algorithm (DL-SPA) for faster-than-Nyquist (FTN) signaling is proposed in this paper. The proposed detection algorithm concatenates a neural network to the variable nodes of the conventional factor graph of the FTN system to help the detector converge to the a postenor probabilities based on the received sequence. More specifically, the neural network performs as a function node in the modified factor graph to deal with the residual intersymbol interference (ISI) that is not modeled by the conventional detector with a limited number of ISI taps. We modify the updating rule in the conventional sum-product algorithm so that the neural network assisted detector can be complemented to a Turbo equalization. Furthermore, a simplified convolutional neural network is employed as the neural network function node to enhance the detector's performance and the neural network needs a small number of batches to be trained. Simulation results have shown that the proposed DL-SPA achieves a performance gain up to 2.5 dB with the same bit error rate compared to the conventional sum-product detection algorithm under the same ISI responses. Bryan Liu, Shuangyang Li, Jinhong Yuan |
ITW | 1 |
| 2018 | An Iterative Soft-Decision Decoding Algorithm with Dynamic Saturation for Short Reed-Solomon CodesabstractThis paper proposes a new iterative soft-decision decoding algorithm which combines list decoding and adaptive belief propagation (ABP) algorithm for short Reed-Solomon (RS) codes. The proposed algorithm generates a list of codewords by restarting the decoder with log-likelihood ratio saturations to the dynamically selected suspicious bits based on an up-to-date best decoded codeword. The suspicious bits are selected according to a joint evaluation of the decoded codeword and the initial channel information. The damping coefficient used in the ABP decoder is set to be proportional to the channel noise variance to achieve a proper convergence speed for the decoder at different SNRs. The performance of the proposed algorithm for short RS codes is investigated. It shows that the proposed algorithm brings a considerable coding gain for short RS codes over additive white Gaussian noise channels. Bryan Liu, Lei Yang 0027, Jinhong Yuan |
ITW | 1 |