Dr Quoc-Tuan Vien

Senior Lecturer in Design Engineering

Quoc-Tuan Vien
  • School Faculty of Science and Technology

  • Department Design Engineering & Mathematics

  • Location London

Research activities

  • Physical layer security
  • Non-orthogonal multiple access
  • Physical layer network coding
  • Diversity techniques, space-time-frequency codingSpectrum sensing and sharing
  • RF Energy harvesting
  • Equalisation and channel estimation
  • Cross-layer optimisation
  • Device-to-device communications
  • Wireless relay networks
  • Cognitive radio networks
  • Heterogeneous and small cell networks
  • Cloud radio access networks
  • Wired/wireless network-on-chip
  • The Internet of Things
  • Standards: 5G and beyond

  • Current Teaching

    Programme Leader BEng Design Engineering/BEng Mechatronics & Robotics (2021-Present)

    Teaching at Middlesex University (2013-Present)

  • Network Design and Performance Evaluation (CST4510) (2015-Present) - Module Leader
  • Internetworking Systems and Development (PDE3113) (2022-Present) - Module Leader
  • Fundamentals of Electronics and Communication Engineering (PDE1120) (2020-Present) - Module Leader
  • Data Communications and Information Theory (CST4710) (2018-21) - Module Leader
  • Mobile Wireless Networks: Planning and Optimisation (CCE3090) (2016-18) - Module Leader
  • Microwave and Radio Propagation (CCE2080) (2015-17) - Module Leader
  • Fundamental of Electronics and Communication Engineering (CCE1040) (2014-16) - Module Leader 
  • Network Design, Modelling and Simulation (CCM4310) (2014-16) - Module Leader
  • Wireless LANs and Mobile Computing (CCM2414) (2013-14) - Module Leader
  • Digital Transmission Systems (CCM4820) (2013-15)
  • Data Networks and Internet Communications (CCM4810) (2013-14)
  • Fundamentals of Science & Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (CCE1020) (2013-15)
  • Fundamentals of Computing (CCM1412) (2013-14)

  • Biography

    Dr Quoc-Tuan Vien is currently a Senior Lecturer with the Faculty of Science and Technology at Middlesex University. He has authored a textbook, co-authored five book chapters and more than 100 publications in ISI journals and major conference proceedings. His main research interests include physical layer security, network coding, non-orthogonal multiple access, RF energy harvesting, device-to-device communications, heterogeneous networks, wireless network-on-chip, public safety networks, cloud radio access networks and the Internet of Things. He was a recipient of the Best Paper Award at the IEEE/IFIP 14th International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing in 2016. He was honoured as an Exemplary Reviewer of the IEEE Communications Letters in 2017. He currently serves an Editor for the Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing and the International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting; and a Guest Editor for the Springer Mobile Networks and Applications, the EAI Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems and the MDPI Electronics. He is also a frequent reviewer of the IEEE journals. He has been serving as the Program Co-Chair for the EAI International Conference on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems (INISCOM 2018-2022), the Technical Symposium Co-Chair for the International Conference on Recent Advances in Signal Processing, Telecommunications and Computing (SigTelCom 2017-2021), a Session Chair at IEEE flagship conferences including the IEEE WCNC, VTC and ISWCS, and a TPC member of over 100 conferences, such as the IEEE ICC, PIMRC, ICNC, VTC, ISWCS, ATC, etc. 

    Dr Vien is currently a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Fellow of the HEA.

    Qualifications

    Title: PGCertHE - Teaching and Supporting Learning

    Date: 30 Jun 2015

    Institution: Middlesex University


    Title: PhD in Telecommunications

    Date: 03 Jul 2013

    Institution: Glasgow Caledonian University


    Title: MSc in Telecommunications

    Date: 18 Feb 2009

    Institution: Kyung Hee University


    Title: BSc (Hons) in Telecommunications

    Date: 22 Mar 2005

    Institution: Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam


    Prizes and Awards

  • Best Paper Award - IEEE/IFIP 14th International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC)}, Paris, France (2016), IEEE,
  • Exemplary Reviewer of the IEEE Communications Letters (2017), IEEE,
  • Publications