Publications

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Preprint / Under Review

Z. Yang, Q. Yang, S. Tang, Y. Yang, and Z. Shi, "TCLNet: A Hybrid Transformer-CNN Framework Leveraging Language Models as Lossless Compressors for CSI Feedback," arXiv preprint, arXiv:2601.06588, 2026. arXiv

S. Tang, Y. Jia, Z. Yang, Q. Yang, R. Zhang, J. Du, J. Park, Z. Shi, and J. Chen, "Rethinking Secure Semantic Communications in the Age of Generative and Agentic AI: Threats and Opportunities," arXiv preprint, arXiv:2601.01791, 2026. arXiv

S. Tang, Y. Chen, Q. Yang, R. Zhang, Z. Shi, and D. Niyato, "Towards Secure Semantic Communications in the Presence of Intelligent Eavesdroppers," arXiv preprint, arXiv:2503.23103, 2025. arXiv

Y. Wu, L. Ma, R. Zhang, Y. Liu, D. Niyato, S. Tang, Z. Xiong, Z. Han, and Z. Yang, "Towards Edge General Intelligence: Knowledge Distillation for Mobile Agentic AI," arXiv preprint, arXiv:2511.19947, 2025. arXiv

W. Chen, Q. Yang, S. Shao, S. Tang, Z. Shi, and S. Yu, "Privacy-Preserving Semantic Communication over Wiretap Channels with Learnable Differential Privacy," arXiv preprint, arXiv:2510.23274, 2025. arXiv

Y. Wei, S. Tang, L. Zhao, and Q. Yang, "DiffusionX: Efficient Edge-Cloud Collaborative Image Generation with Multi-Round Prompt Evolution," arXiv preprint, arXiv:2510.16326, 2025. arXiv

Journal

R. Zhang, S. Tang*, Y. Liu, D. Niyato, Z. Xiong, S. Sun, S. Mao, and Z. Han, "Toward Agentic AI: Generative Information Retrieval Inspired Intelligent Communications and Networking," IEEE Commun. Magazine, vol. 64, no. 1, 2026.

S. Tang, R. Zhang, Y. Yan, Q. Yang, D. Niyato, X. Wang, and S. Mao, "Retrieval-augmented Generation for GenAI-enabled Semantic Communications," IEEE Wireless Commun., vol. 33, no. 1, 2026.

R. Zhang, Y. Liu, S. Tang, J. Wang, D. Niyato, G. Sun, Y. Li, and S. Sun, "Covert Prompt Transmission for Secure Large Language Model Services," IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., Early Access, 2025.

C. Liu, Z. Shi, S. He, S. Tang, and Q. Yang, "A Decoder-Free Reconstruction Method for Semi-Supervised Rail Surface Defect Detection," IEEE Trans. Ind. Cyber-Phys. Syst., vol. 3, pp. 285-295, 2025.

Y. Wu, S. Tang, L. Zhang, L. Fan, X. Lei, and X. Chen, "Resilient Machine Learning-based Semantic-aware MEC Networks for Sustainable Next-G Consumer Electronics," IEEE Trans. Consum. Electron., vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 2188-2199, 2024.

S. Tang, Q. Yang, L. Fan, X. Lei, A. Nallanathan, and G. K. Karagiannidis, "Contrastive Learning Based Semantic Communications," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 72, no. 10, pp. 6328-6343, 2024. PDF Code

L. Chen, S. Tang, V. Balasubramanian, J. Xia, F. Zhou, and L. Fan, "Physical-layer Security based Mobile Edge Xomputing for emerging cyber physical systems," Comput. Commun., vol. 194, pp. 180-188, 2023.

S. Tang, L. Chen, K. He, J. Xia, L. Fan, and A. Nallanathan, "Computational Intelligence and Deep Learning for Edge-Enabled Industrial IoT," IEEE Trans. Netw. Sci. Eng., vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 2881-2893, 2023. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

S. Tang, K. He, L. Chen, L. Fan, X. Lei, and R. Q. Hu, "Collaborative Cache-aided Relaying Networks: Performance Evaluation and System Optimization," IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun., vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 706-719, 2023.

W. Zhou, L. Chen, S. Tang, L. Lai, J. Xia, F. Zhou, and L. Fan, "Offloading strategy with PSO for Mobile Edge Computing based on Cache Mechanism," Cluster Comput., vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 2389-2401, 2022.

S. Tang, J. Xia, L. Fan, X. Lei, W. Xu, and A. Nallanathan, "Dilated Convolution Based CSI Feedback Compression for Massive MIMO Systems," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 71, no. 10, pp. 11216-11221, 2022. Code

S. Lai, R. Zhao, S. Tang, J. Xia, F. Zhou, and L. Fan, "Intelligent Secure Mobile Edge Computing for beyond 5G Wireless Network," Phys. Commun., vol. 45, 101283, 2021.

S. Tang, W. Zhou, L. Chen, L. Lai, J. Xia, and L. Fan, "Battery-Constrained Federated Edge Learning in UAV-enabled IoT for B5G/6G Networks," Phys. Commun., vol. 47, 10381, 2021. Code

Conference

Y. Yan, S. Tang, Y. Shu, Z. Shi, and Q. Yang, "FeDeRA:Efficient Fine-tuning of Language Models in Federated Learning Leveraging Weight Decomposition," AAAI Workshop, Singapore, 2026. (Best Student Paper Award)

S. Tang, Y. Jia, Q. Yang, R. Zhang, J. Park, and D. Niyato, "Enabling Training-Free Semantic Communication Systems with Generative Diffusion Models," IEEE GLOBECOM, Taipei, China, 2025. PDF Code

S. Tang, C. Liu, Q. Yang, S. He, and D. Niyato, "Secure Semantic Communication for Image Transmission in the Presence of Eavesdroppers," IEEE GLOBECOM, Cape Town, South Africa, 2024.

S. Tang, Q. Yang, D. Gündüz, and Z. Zhang, "Evolving Semantic Communication with Generative Modelling," IEEE PIMRC, Valencia, Spain, 2024. Code

W. Chen, S. Tang, and Q. Yang, "Enhancing Image Privacy in Semantic Communication over Wiretap Channels leveraging Differential Privacy," IEEE MLSP, London, UK, 2024.

S. Tang, Q. Yang, L. Fan, X. Lei, Y. Deng, and A. Nallanathan, "Contrastive Learning based Semantic Communication for Wireless Image Transmission," IEEE VTC-Fall, Hong Kong, China, 2023.