Professor Kun Yang, director of the Key Laboratory of Oceanographic Big Data Mining & Application of Zhejiang Province and head of the Ocean Connectivity Lab at Zhejiang Ocean University, is a leading researcher in maritime communications and wireless propagation. He earned his Ph.D. from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 2013, with visiting research appointments at the University of Southern California and EURECOM. His postdoctoral work at IFSTTAR involved mmWave channel sounding for rail communications under the EU Rail2Shift project. A pioneer in maritime 5G, he led the world’s first dedicated 5G maritime communications project, developing novel Massive MIMO solutions for maritime environments. His research spans land-based maritime networks, radio channel modeling, and Massive MIMO, with over 60 SCI/EI publications and a Best Paper Award at IEEE WCSP. An invited speaker at major conferences such as the 5G World Summit and Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, his work has been recognized in both academic and industrial spheres, with coverage in Bloomberg, Nasdaq, and People’s Daily.