Kun Zhu

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
177 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Kun Zhu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Zhu has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 82 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 35 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Kun Zhu's work include Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (33 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (25 papers) and UAV Applications and Optimization (25 papers). Kun Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (33 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (25 papers) and UAV Applications and Optimization (25 papers). Kun Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Canada. Kun Zhu's co-authors include Dusit Niyato, Ekram Hossain, Ran Wang, Bing Chen, Jiequ Ji, Changyan Yi, Junhua Wang, Feng Hu, Shoufei Han and MengChu Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials.

In The Last Decade

Kun Zhu

164 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Applications of Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning in Future Internet: A Comprehensive Survey

2022 136 citations Kun Zhu, Dusit Niyato et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kun Zhu China	34	1.9k	1.7k	855	638	472	177	3.8k
Hongyang Du China	41	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	886 1.0×	953 1.5×	492 1.0×	197	4.7k
Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou United States	33	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	520 0.6×	375 0.6×	459 1.0×	170	2.9k
Joongheon Kim South Korea	29	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	594 0.7×	1.0k 1.6×	493 1.0×	207	3.1k
Li Wang China	39	2.6k 1.4×	2.9k 1.7×	904 1.1×	736 1.2×	518 1.1×	324	5.1k
Sungrae Cho South Korea	30	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	863 1.0×	395 0.6×	366 0.8×	239	3.5k
Wen Sun China	30	2.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	431 0.5×	801 1.3×	749 1.6×	108	3.3k
Lei Wang China	34	1.8k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	271 0.3×	796 1.2×	609 1.3×	281	3.9k
Ammar Hawbani China	34	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	624 0.7×	562 0.9×	503 1.1×	196	3.4k
Qichao Xu China	29	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	595 0.7×	580 0.9×	861 1.8×	122	3.2k
Lei Zhang China	33	2.1k 1.1×	2.6k 1.5×	644 0.8×	469 0.7×	1.0k 2.2×	261	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Kun Zhu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kun Zhu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Zhu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kun Zhu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kun Zhu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kun Zhu. Kun Zhu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shi, You, et al.. (2025). A Learning-Based Stochastic Game for Energy Efficient Optimization of UAV Trajectory and Task Offloading in Space/Aerial Edge Computing. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 74(6). 9717–9733. 6 indexed citations

Zhu, Kun. (2024). A Travel Path Recommendation Algorithm Based on Hybrid Particle Swarm and Ant Colony for Social Media Shared Data Mining. Informatica. 48(14).

Zhu, Kun, et al.. (2024). Resilient, Secure, and Private Coded Distributed Convolution Computing for Mobile-Assisted Metaverse. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 23(12). 12892–12906. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Kun, et al.. (2024). Secure and Flexible Coded Distributed Matrix Multiplication Based on Edge Computing for Industrial Metaverse. IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. 12(4). 1026–1041. 1 indexed citations

Yi, Changyan, Jiayuan Chen, You Shi, et al.. (2024). A Reinforcement Learning-Based Stochastic Game for Energy-Efficient UAV Swarm-Assisted MEC With Dynamic Clustering and Scheduling. IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking. 9(1). 255–270. 14 indexed citations

Li, Kai, Junren Wang, Kun Zhu, et al.. (2024). Micronuclear battery based on a coalescent energy transducer. Nature. 633(8031). 811–815. 20 indexed citations

Han, Shoufei, Xiaojing Liu, MengChu Zhou, et al.. (2024). Joint Association, Deployment and Flight Trajectory Optimization for Multi-UAV-Enabled Large-Scale Mobile Edge Computing. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 23(12). 13207–13221. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Jiayuan, et al.. (2024). Energy-Efficient UAV Swarm Assisted MEC With Dynamic Clustering and Scheduling. 1–6. 4 indexed citations

Feng, Shaohan, Xiao Lu, Kun Zhu, Dusit Niyato, & Ping Wang. (2024). Covert D2D Communication Underlaying Cellular Network: A System-Level Security Perspective. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(8). 9518–9533. 4 indexed citations

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Shah‐Mansouri, Vahid, et al.. (2023). Toward a Virtual Edge Service Provider: Actor-Critic Learning to Incentivize the Computation Nodes. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. 11(1). 24–38. 1 indexed citations

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Yi, Changyan, et al.. (2023). Joint Trajectory Planning, Application Placement, and Energy Renewal for UAV-Assisted MEC: A Triple-Learner-Based Approach. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 10(15). 13622–13636. 34 indexed citations

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Zhou, Hang, et al.. (2022). Hierarchical Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Energy-Efficient Hybrid Computation Offloading. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 72(1). 986–1001. 20 indexed citations

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Han, Shoufei, Kun Zhu, MengChu Zhou, Hesham Alhumade, & Abdullah Abusorrah. (2022). Locating Multiple Equivalent Feature Subsets in Feature Selection for Imbalanced Classification. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. 35(9). 9195–9209. 23 indexed citations

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Niyato, Dusit, Cyril Leung, Dong In Kim, et al.. (2022). A Dynamic Hierarchical Framework for IoT-Assisted Digital Twin Synchronization in the Metaverse. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 10(1). 268–284. 96 indexed citations

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Chang, Xiangmao, et al.. (2021). RF-RVM: Continuous Respiratory Volume Monitoring With COTS RFID Tags. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 8(16). 12892–12901. 17 indexed citations

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Zhu, Kun, et al.. (2021). Detection of Sleeping Cells in Self-Organizing Cellular Networks: An Adversarial Auto-Encoder Method. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. 7(3). 739–751. 8 indexed citations

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Zhu, Kun, et al.. (2020). Energy-Efficient Mode Selection and Resource Allocation for D2D-Enabled Heterogeneous Networks: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 20(2). 1175–1187. 70 indexed citations

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Zhu, Kun, et al.. (2019). A Generative Adversarial Learning-Based Approach for Cell Outage Detection in Self-Organizing Cellular Networks. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 9(2). 171–174. 30 indexed citations

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Zhai, Xiangping, Xin Liu, Chunsheng Zhu, Kun Zhu, & Bing Chen. (2019). Fast Admission Control and Power Optimization With Adaptive Rates for Communication Fairness in Wireless Networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 20(3). 1017–1026. 3 indexed citations

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Zhu, Kun, et al.. (2018). Performance Analysis of RF‐Powered Cognitive Radio Networks with Integrated Ambient Backscatter Communications. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. 2018(1). 14 indexed citations

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