Yanyan Dong
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Postdoctorial Fellow, |
About me
I’m now a Postdoctorial Fellow in the School of Science and Engineering (SSE) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK, Shenzhen).
Prior to this, I was a Research Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
at the National University of Singapore (NUS), where I was hosted by Prof. Vincent Y. F. Tan.
In 2022, I earned my Ph.D. from School of Science and Engineering (SSE) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK,Shenzhen)
supervised by Prof. Shenghao Yang.
In July 2017, I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics from Jilin University.
Research
Research interests
I work on interactive learning theory and finite-blocklength information theory. My research explores multi-armed bandits with practical constraints and the design of optimal finite-blocklength channel codes, aiming to enable reliable decision-making and low-latency communication.During my doctoral studies, I focused on designing optimal finite-blocklength codes for binary symmetric channels under maximum likelihood decoding, aiming to understand the fundamental limits of reliable communication in the short blocklength regime. I also investigated network utility optimization in multi-flow wireless networks with network coding, analyzing the scalability of throughput and latency as the length of line networks increases, and comparing the performance of different coding schemes.
As a postdoctoral researcher, I have expanded my interests to include multi-armed bandit problems, exploring both theoretical aspects and practical extensions under constraints such as switching costs and delayed feedback.
Working papers
Best Arm Identification with Delayed Feedback
Journal papers
Y. Dong and S. Yang*, "On Optimal Finite-length Block Codes of Size Four for Binary Symmetric Channels", IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Nov. 2024.
Y. Dong* and V. Tan, "Adversarial Combinatorial Bandits With Switching Costs", IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, April 2024.
Y. Dong, S. Yang*, J. Wang and C. Fan, "Throughput and Latency Analysis for Line Networks With Outage Links", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory, June 2024.
Y. Dong, S. Jin, Y. Chen, and S. Yang*, "Utility Maximization for Multihop Wireless Networks Employing BATS Codes", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory, Nov. 2021.
J. Wang, S. Yang*, Y. Dong and Y. Zhang, "On Achievable Rates of Line Networks With Generalized Batched Network Coding", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Feb. 2024.
Conference papers
M. Li, Y. Dong and X. Fu, "Synchronous BFT Under an Information Theoretic Setting With Private Observations", 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), June 2025.
Y. Dong, S. Yang*, J. Wang and C. Fan, " Throughput and Latency of Network Coding in Line Networks with Outages", 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), August 2024.
Y. Dong and S. Yang*, "Characterization of All Optimal Finite-length Codes of Size Four for Binary Symmetric Channels", 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), August 2023.
Y. Dong and S. Yang*, "On Optimal Finite-length Binary Codes of Four Codewords for Binary Symmetric Channels", 2020 International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA), March 2020.
Y. Dong, S. Jin, S. Yang* and H. Yin, "Network Utility Maximization for BATS Code Enabled Multihop Wireless Networks", 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), July 2020.
J. Wang, S. Yang*, Y. Dong, and Y. Zhang, "On the Capacity Scalability of Line Networks with Buffer Size Constraints", 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Sep. 2019.
Note: * indicates the corresponding author.
Full list of publications in Google Scholar.
Academic service
Reviewer for
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
IEEE Transactions on Networking
IEEE Transactions on Communications