Ning Zhang, University of Windsor

Research

Aerial-ground integrated networks Dynamic Offloading Energy efficiency Quality of service Radio access network slicing Wireless heterogeneous networks

Latest papers

Contrastive adapter training and consensus knowledge distillation for multi-source-free domain adaptation in skin cancer diagnosis.
Artificial intelligence in medicine · 2026
ROBINA: Rotational Orbit-Based Inter-Node Adjustment for Acoustic Routing Path in the Internet of Underwater Things (IoUTs).
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Efficient Service Provisioning in Wireless Heterogeneous Networks with Ubiquitous Computing
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$176,000
Efficient Service Provisioning in Wireless Heterogeneous Networks with Ubiquitous Computing
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$12,500
Internet of Vehicles
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$480,000

All 3 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Contrastive adapter training and consensus knowledge distillation for multi-source-free domain adaptation in skin cancer diagnosis.

Abedi A, Wu QMJ, Zhang N, Pourpanah F

Artificial intelligence in medicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2026.103465 PMID: 42247734

02

ROBINA: Rotational Orbit-Based Inter-Node Adjustment for Acoustic Routing Path in the Internet of Underwater Things (IoUTs).

Draz U, Yasin S, Ali T, Ali A, Faheem ZB, Zhang N, Jamal MH, Suh DY

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

DOI: 10.3390/s21175968 PMID: 34502859

Efficient Service Provisioning in Wireless Heterogeneous Networks with Ubiquitous Computing

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Zhang, Ning

Keywords: wireless heterogeneous networks; dynamic offloading; aerial-ground integrated networks; radio access network slicing; quality of service; energy efficiency

$176,000

Efficient Service Provisioning in Wireless Heterogeneous Networks with Ubiquitous Computing

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Zhang, Ning

$12,500

Internet of Vehicles

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Zhang, Ning

Keywords: Internet of Vehicles; Edge Computing; Wireless ; Communication Networks; Edge ; Caching; Connected Vehicles; Telecommunication ; Networks; Resource Management

$480,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Aerial-ground integrated networks Dear Professor Zhang, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Contrastive adapter training and consensus knowledge distillation for multi-source-free domain adaptation in skin cancer diagnosis." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Efficient Service Provisioning in Wireless Heterogeneous Networks with Ubiquitous Computing" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]