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+## 2025 Student Paper Award (3rd Place) at Marinaforum’25
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+Congratulations to Qi Jian Lim for receiving the Best Student Paper Award (Third Prize) at Marinaforum 2025 for the paper: “Quantum-Assisted Combinatorial Optimization for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in Smart Electromagnetic Environments.” The paper is co-authored with Charles Ross, Dr. Amitabha Ghosh, Dr. Frederick W. Vook, and Prof. Gabriele Gradoni. We gratefully acknowledge the support of NSF and Nokia in making this research possible.
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+## 2025 Distinguished Lecture at Marinaforum’25
+Prof. Zhen Peng was invited to give a Distinguished Lecture at Marinaforum 2025, titled: Empowering Smart Radio Environments with Quantum Computing and Machine Intelligence. Prof. Peng extends his gratitude to the IEEE APS Distinguished Lecturer Program, the organizing committee (Prof. Zhi Ning Chen, Dr. Xianming Qing, Dr. Terence Shie Ping SEE, Dr. En-Xiao Liu, Dr. Xinyi Tang), and Dr. Theng Huat Gan for their kind invitation and warm hospitality.
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 ## 2024 Keynote Speaker at NEMO’2024
 
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