Wireless innovations Next-generation
Online Workshop (WiNOW)
3-6 November, 2025 // Virtual
Chee Yen (Bruce) Leow
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Chee Yen (Bruce) Leow is an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, and a Research Fellow at the Wireless Communication Centre, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He received his Ph.D. in Wireless Communications from Imperial College London in September 2011 and his B.Eng. in Computer Engineering from UTM in June 2007.
Dr. Leow’s current research interests include reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, fluid antenna systems, non-orthogonal multiple access, UAV communications, V2X communications, and prototype development using software-defined radio for beyond-5G and Internet of Things applications. His IEEE journal papers have received multiple recognitions, including the IEEE Malaysia ComSoc/VTS Joint Chapter Best Paper Awards in 2016, 2017, 2021, and 2022, as well as the IEEE Malaysia AP/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter Best Paper Awards in 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, and 2024. In 2025, he was recognized as an Exemplary Editor of the IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.
Dr Leow is currently serving as the Chair of IEEE Malaysia ComSoc/VTS Joint Chapter and has been actively involved in organizing IEEE conferences and workshops, including MICC, ISTT, and DDINS, in roles such as Conference Chair and Technical Program Committee Chair.
Talk Title: Hybrid Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces and UAV for Vehicle-to-Everything Communication
Hybrid Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS), incorporating a small number of active elements with amplification capabilities, offer a promising solution to overcome the double path loss problem encountered by conventional passive RIS. This presentation introduces the concept of an aerial hybrid RIS, in which a hybrid RIS is mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to exploit the UAV’s 3D mobility and provide panoramic coverage for ground users. By intelligently shaping the propagation environment from the air, the aerial hybrid RIS enhances coverage, mitigates blockages, and achieves superior rate and energy efficiency—making it a compelling solution for reliable vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. Comparative analyses of rate and energy efficiency between the proposed aerial hybrid RIS and existing schemes will be presented to demonstrate the performance advantages of this approach.