Hi, here is Zijie (pronuanced as /dz-/ /dʒɪe/), you can also call me Leona. Welcome to my personal website!

I am a Senior Research Associate in High Performance Network at Center for Sociodigital Future, University of Bristol.

My research focuses on the design and orchestration of AI-native, sustainable 5G/6G networks. I am particularly interested in:

§ Network and Service Orchestration – developing federated and intent-based orchestration mechanisms for resilient, adaptive service delivery across cloud-native and edge environments.

§ Trustworthy and Responsible AI – integrating explainability, fairness, and human-centred principles into AI-driven telecom systems to build transparency and trust.

§ Sustainability in Future Networks – modelling the environmental impact of large-scale telecom infrastructure and creating energy-efficient AI solutions to reduce RAN and data centre consumption.

§ Sociotechnical Futures – exploring how network technologies intersect with society, policy, and ethics, and using participatory methods to design inclusive and responsible network futures.

I aim to bridge cutting-edge research and real-world deployment, ensuring that future communication networks are not only intelligent and efficient, but also sustainable, trustworthy, and human-centric.