James Watt School of Engineering

Dr Runze Cheng

  • Research Associate (Autonomous Systems & Connectivity)

Biography

Runze Cheng received the M.Sc. degree from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK, in 2020, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, U.K. in 2023. He is currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Communications, Sensing, and Imaging Research Group, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K. His research interests include resource management in wireless communication, Semantic Communication, distributed machine learning, blockchain systems, and space-air-ground integrated networks.

Research interests

Runze's interests include but are not limited to:

Intelligent Resource Management
Open Radio Access Networks (Open-RAN)
Blockchain-Enabled Next Generation Networks
Semantic Communication
Machine Learning in Communications
Distributed Learning and Multi-Agent Learning

Publications

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Jump to: 2026 | 2025
Number of items: 10.

2026

Evripidou, Stefanos ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6974-3603, Li, Xicheng, Alquraan, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8886-0205, Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Taha, Ahmad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Imran, Muhammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Pezaros, Dimitrios ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0939-378X (2026) Organisational cybersecurity challenges in digital twin development: a critical analysis and research directions. Computers and Security, 170, 105001. (doi: 10.1016/j.cose.2026.105001)

Al-Quraan, Mohammad, Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Evripidou, Stefanos ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6974-3603, Li, Xicheng, Greening, Philip, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Pezaros, Dimitrios ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0939-378X and Taha, Ahmad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2026) Towards Decarbonised Mobility: Beam Blockage Impacts in 5G-Driven Digital Twin-enabled Intelligent Transport Systems. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2026), Glasgow, UK, 24-28 May 2026, ISBN 9798319542106 (doi: 10.1109/ICC59461.2026.11588148)

Nedzelskyi, Oleksandr, Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Mitchell, Daniel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, Collington, Kelsey, Davison, Ross, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Pezaros, Dimitrios ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0939-378X and Taha, Ahmad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2026) A Digital Twin for Near Real-Time Train Energy Monitoring and Regenerative Storage Potentia. In: 3rd International Conference on Renewable Energies and Smart Technologies (REST-2026), Tirana, Albania, 02-04 September 2026, (Accepted for Publication)

Liu, Qiwei, Tang, Wenshuo, Alquraan, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8886-0205, Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Blanche, Jamie, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2026) AI-Driven Digital Twin for Net-Zero Energy Optimization: An Airport Case Study. In: 2025 IEEE Globecom: Workshop on Data Driven and AI-Enabled Digital Twin Networks and Applications (TwinNetApp), Taipei, Taiwan, 8–12 December 2025, pp. 1274-1279. ISBN 9798331567422 (doi: 10.1109/GCWkshps68340.2025.11591131)

Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Sun, Yao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Taha, Ahmad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Liu, Xuesong, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2026) A survey on semantic communication for vision: categories, frameworks, enabling techniques, and applications. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 13, pp. 8080-8103. (doi: 10.1109/tnse.2026.3671446)

Qiao, Zhixiang, Sun, Yao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Ma, Kairong, Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Fan, Yixuan, Liang, Chengsi and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2026) Channel Assignment for Image Transmission in Polar Code Based Semantic Communication. In: 2025 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, 8–12 December 2025, pp. 3660-3665. ISBN 9798331577810 (doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM59602.2025.11431820)

Qiao, Zhixiang, Sun, Yao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Ma, Kairong, Fan, Yixuan, Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Liang, Chengsi, Zhang, Lei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2026) Channel Assignment for A Polar Code-Based Semantic Communication System. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, (doi: 10.1109/TVT.2026.3674111) (Early Online Publication)

2025

Evripidou, Stefanos ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6974-3603, Li, Xicheng, Alquraan, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8886-0205, Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Taha, Ahmad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Imran, Muhammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Pezaros, Dimitrios ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0939-378X (2025) Organisational cybersecurity challenges in digital twin development: a critical analysis. SSRN, (doi: 10.2139/ssrn.5954026)

Liu, Xuesong, Sun, Yao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Xia, Le, Abumarshoud, Hanaa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8197-2447, Zhang, Lei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2025) Knowledge-assisted privacy preserving in semantic communication. IEEE Wireless Communications, 32(2), pp. 76-83. (doi: 10.1109/MWC.001.2400315)

Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Sun, Yao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Niyato, Dusit, Zhang, Lan, Zhang, Lei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2025) A wireless AI-generated content (AIGC) provisioning framework empowered by semantic communication. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 24(3), 2137 -2150. (doi: 10.1109/TMC.2024.3493375)

This list was generated on Mon Jul 20 12:00:00 2026 BST.
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Number of items: 10.

Articles

Evripidou, Stefanos ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6974-3603, Li, Xicheng, Alquraan, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8886-0205, Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Taha, Ahmad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Imran, Muhammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Pezaros, Dimitrios ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0939-378X (2026) Organisational cybersecurity challenges in digital twin development: a critical analysis and research directions. Computers and Security, 170, 105001. (doi: 10.1016/j.cose.2026.105001)

Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Sun, Yao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Taha, Ahmad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Liu, Xuesong, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2026) A survey on semantic communication for vision: categories, frameworks, enabling techniques, and applications. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 13, pp. 8080-8103. (doi: 10.1109/tnse.2026.3671446)

Qiao, Zhixiang, Sun, Yao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Ma, Kairong, Fan, Yixuan, Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Liang, Chengsi, Zhang, Lei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2026) Channel Assignment for A Polar Code-Based Semantic Communication System. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, (doi: 10.1109/TVT.2026.3674111) (Early Online Publication)

Evripidou, Stefanos ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6974-3603, Li, Xicheng, Alquraan, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8886-0205, Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Taha, Ahmad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Imran, Muhammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Pezaros, Dimitrios ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0939-378X (2025) Organisational cybersecurity challenges in digital twin development: a critical analysis. SSRN, (doi: 10.2139/ssrn.5954026)

Liu, Xuesong, Sun, Yao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Xia, Le, Abumarshoud, Hanaa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8197-2447, Zhang, Lei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2025) Knowledge-assisted privacy preserving in semantic communication. IEEE Wireless Communications, 32(2), pp. 76-83. (doi: 10.1109/MWC.001.2400315)

Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Sun, Yao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Niyato, Dusit, Zhang, Lan, Zhang, Lei ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849 and Imran, Muhammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2025) A wireless AI-generated content (AIGC) provisioning framework empowered by semantic communication. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 24(3), 2137 -2150. (doi: 10.1109/TMC.2024.3493375)

Conference Proceedings

Al-Quraan, Mohammad, Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Evripidou, Stefanos ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6974-3603, Li, Xicheng, Greening, Philip, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Pezaros, Dimitrios ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0939-378X and Taha, Ahmad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2026) Towards Decarbonised Mobility: Beam Blockage Impacts in 5G-Driven Digital Twin-enabled Intelligent Transport Systems. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC 2026), Glasgow, UK, 24-28 May 2026, ISBN 9798319542106 (doi: 10.1109/ICC59461.2026.11588148)

Nedzelskyi, Oleksandr, Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Mitchell, Daniel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, Collington, Kelsey, Davison, Ross, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Pezaros, Dimitrios ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0939-378X and Taha, Ahmad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2026) A Digital Twin for Near Real-Time Train Energy Monitoring and Regenerative Storage Potentia. In: 3rd International Conference on Renewable Energies and Smart Technologies (REST-2026), Tirana, Albania, 02-04 September 2026, (Accepted for Publication)

Liu, Qiwei, Tang, Wenshuo, Alquraan, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8886-0205, Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Blanche, Jamie, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Flynn, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2026) AI-Driven Digital Twin for Net-Zero Energy Optimization: An Airport Case Study. In: 2025 IEEE Globecom: Workshop on Data Driven and AI-Enabled Digital Twin Networks and Applications (TwinNetApp), Taipei, Taiwan, 8–12 December 2025, pp. 1274-1279. ISBN 9798331567422 (doi: 10.1109/GCWkshps68340.2025.11591131)

Qiao, Zhixiang, Sun, Yao ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X, Ma, Kairong, Cheng, Runze ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-8975, Fan, Yixuan, Liang, Chengsi and Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 (2026) Channel Assignment for Image Transmission in Polar Code Based Semantic Communication. In: 2025 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, 8–12 December 2025, pp. 3660-3665. ISBN 9798331577810 (doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM59602.2025.11431820)

This list was generated on Mon Jul 20 12:00:00 2026 BST.