Haoran Chi has been working as a Researcher in the Instituto de Telecomunicacoes and Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal since Aug 2019. Before that, he obtained his Ph.D. from the City University of Hong Kong (2021 QS university ranking: 48th worldwide) in July 2018, and his Bachelor with First Class Honor from the same university in 2013. He worked as a research scholar in the North Carolina State University (a top US university famous for Electronic Engineering) after his Ph.D. graduation. Haoran has published more than 40 technical papers in high IF journals and well-acknowledged conferences (H-index: 11, with more than 480 citations). Besides, he is an IEEE Member and committee member of multiple IEEE technical committees, and has experience organizing multiple international conferences such as IEEE ICC, IEEE IECON, IEEE ISPCE, IoTSuG HK, etc. He is invited to the editorial board of reputational journals, e.g. Sensors, Curr. Chin. Sci. He was also invited as a guest speaker in IEEE IES/CIS joint event in US in 2019, and has multiple oral presentation experiences in international conferences, where he was highly applauded by the professionals. Haoran has been awarded/won competitions by academic and R&D organizations (e.g. IET, HKIE, HK Education Bureau), and companies (e.g. BBPOS LTD) for his well-acknowledged research skills. Haoran has also proved his research capability by successfully participating in projects in Hong Kong (e.g. ITF, SRG, etc.) and EU (MUSCLES, 5G-AHEAD-Portugal, etc.). He is also a Co-PI for the IT-internal project NICE-HOME. It is highlighted that he developed proof of concept for his published research outcome, accepted by companies including CLP-HK and MTR-HK, showcasing his technology transfer capability. He also had experience supervising bachelor, MSc, and Ph.D. students through project management. Moreover, Haoran has already showcased his proactive international collaboration, in projects from EU/Asia, and his international collaborated publications in high-impact journals and conferences. During his career, Haoran has obtained expertise knowledge on 5G (beyond), cloud/fog based management, small cell based networking, IoT infrastructure development and applications, eHealth development and evolutionary optimization.