The Mathematical Theory of Semantic Communication

Kai Niu received the B.S. degree in information engineering and the Ph.D. degree in signal and information processing from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Beijing, China, in 1998 and 2003, respectively. He is currently a Professor of the School of Artificial Intelligence, BUPT. His research interests include information theory, coding theory, and semantic communication. He has published more than 200 academic papers, and proposed high performance construction algorithm of polar codes applied in 5G standard, and won the first prize of Natural Science of Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Institute of Electronics.

Ping Zhang is currently a Professor of the School of Information and Communication Engineering at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, the director of State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, a member of IMT-2020 (5G) Experts Panel, a member of Experts Panel for China’s 6G development. He served as Chief Scientist of National Basic Research Program (973 Program), an expert in Information Technology Division of National High-tech R&D program (863 Program), and a member of Consultant Committee on International Cooperation of National Natural Science Foundation of China. His research interests mainly focus on wireless communication. He is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).