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Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Jinkun Cao
Carnegie Mellon University
2
Ruizhe Long
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
3
Jiarong Lin
University of Hong Kong
4
Tixiao Shan
SRI International
5
Xilong Pei
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
6
Jiancheng An
Singapore University of Technology and Design
7
Pooyan Shams Farahsary
Islamic Azad University North Tehran Branch
8
Shihang Lu
Southern University of Science and Technology
9
A. Barros
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
10
Shaozu Cao
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Rising Stars Papers

1
Integrated Sensing and Communications: Recent Advances and Ten Open Challenges
IEEE Internet of Things Journal|2024
362 cit.
2
Stacked Intelligent Metasurface-Aided MIMO Transceiver Design
IEEE Wireless Communications|2024
138 cit.
3
Near-Field Communications: Research Advances, Potential, and Challenges
IEEE Wireless Communications|2024
97 cit.
4
Two-Dimensional Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Using Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications|2024
96 cit.
5
Random ISAC Signals Deserve Dedicated Precoding
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing|2024
66 cit.
6
Flexible Intelligent Metasurfaces for Downlink Multiuser MISO Communications
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications|2025
39 cit.
7
Emerging Technologies in Intelligent Metasurfaces: Shaping the Future of Wireless Communications
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation|2025
32 cit.
8
Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces for Multiuser Downlink Beamforming in the Wave Domain
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications|2025
26 cit.
9
Stacked Intelligent Metasurface Performs a 2D DFT in the Wave Domain for DOA Estimation
Unknown Journal|2024
20 cit.
10
Adjustable-Delay RIS Is Capable of Improving OFDM Systems
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology|2024
19 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Daniel Andor
Google (United States)
2
Eli De Poorter
Ghent University
3
Petros Spachos
University of Guelph
4
Dinesh Bharadia
UC San Diego Health System
5
Fadel Adib
IIT@MIT
6
Philipp del Hougne
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
7
Antonis G. Dimitriou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
8
Martial Coulon
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
9
Wei Gong
University of Science and Technology of China
10
Hilde Pérez
Universidad de León

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
An Overview of UWB Standards and Organizations (IEEE 802.15.4, FiRa, Apple): Interoperability Aspects and Future Research Directions
IEEE Access|2022
155 cit.
2
PhysFad: Physics-Based End-to-End Channel Modeling of RIS-Parametrized Environments With Adjustable Fading
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications|2022
92 cit.
3
Battery-free wireless imaging of underwater environments
Nature Communications|2022
83 cit.
4
Intelligent meta-imagers: From compressed to learned sensing
Applied Physics Reviews|2022
79 cit.
5
A survey on ambient backscatter communications: Principles, systems, applications, and challenges
Computer Networks|2022
72 cit.
6
Convergence of Virtual Reality and Digital Twin technologies to enhance digital operators’ training in industry 4.0
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies|2023
69 cit.
7
Content-agnostic backscatter from thin air
Unknown Journal|2022
57 cit.
8
A Comprehensive Overview on UWB Radar: Applications, Standards, Signal Processing Techniques, Datasets, Radio Chips, Trends and Future Research Directions
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials|2024
57 cit.
9
On the Tacit Linearity Assumption in Common Cascaded Models of RIS-Parametrized Wireless Channels
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications|2024
47 cit.
10
P2SLAM: Bearing Based WiFi SLAM for Indoor Robots
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters|2022
40 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Moe Z. Win
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2
Venkat Padmanabhan
Microsoft Research (India)
3
Michele Zorzi
University of Padua
4
Yunhao Liu
Tsinghua University
5
Wolfram Burgard
University of Freiburg
6
K. C. Ho
Royal Military College of Canada
7
Lionel M. Ni
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
8
Zuowei Shen
National University of Singapore
9
Deborah Estrin
Cornell University
10
Shaojie Shen
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
RADAR: an in-building RF-based user location and tracking system
Unknown Journal|2002
8.4k cit.
2
Internet of Things for Smart Cities
IEEE Internet of Things Journal|2014
6.1k cit.
3
A Singular Value Thresholding Algorithm for Matrix Completion
SIAM Journal on Optimization|2010
5.9k cit.
4
Directed diffusion
Unknown Journal|2000
5.4k cit.
5
VINS-Mono: A Robust and Versatile Monocular Visual-Inertial State Estimator
IEEE Transactions on Robotics|2018
4.4k cit.
6
GPS-less low-cost outdoor localization for very small devices
IEEE Personal Communications|2000
3.6k cit.
7
Geography-informed energy conservation for Ad Hoc routing
Unknown Journal|2001
2.8k cit.
8
OctoMap: an efficient probabilistic 3D mapping framework based on octrees
Autonomous Robots|2013
2.8k cit.
9
Medium Access Control With Coordinated Adaptive Sleeping for Wireless Sensor Networks
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking|2004
2.7k cit.
10
Next century challenges
Unknown Journal|1999
2.7k cit.

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