长期从事无线网络性能分析与优化、面向数字孪生水利的知识平台构建等研究工作。主持国家自然科学基金、国家重点研发计划计划子课题、国家自然科学基金重点项目课题、江苏省自然科学基金等纵向和多项横向项目。在IEEE Trans. 等高水平学术期刊和国际会议上发表论文30余篇，获国家发明专利授权10余项。作为骨干成员参与了《智慧水利建设顶层设计》、《“十四五”数字孪生流域建设总体方案》等水利行业重要文件的编制工作。

主持的纵向项目：

[1].国家自然科学基金青年基金项目“基于能量信标的无线供电通信系统关键技术研究”（No.61701168），主持

[2].国家重点研发计划子课题“基于知识嵌入的流域多目标决策辅助技术”（No. 2023YFC3209203-5），主持

[3].国家重点研发计划子课题“中小流域水循环场景的数字孪生建模原理与方法”（No. 2021YFB3900601-3），主持

[4].江苏省自然科学基金“数字孪生中的效用级信息时效理论与无线资源调配方法研究”，主持

部分代表性论文：

[1].   S. Zhou, X. Liu, B. Tang and G. Tan, “Handover and Coverage Analysis in 3-D Mobile UAV Cellular Networks,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 11, no. 18, pp. 29911-29925, 2024.

[2].   S. Zhou, S. Li and G. Tan, “Age of Information in V2V-Enabled Platooning Systems,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 4015-4028, 2024.

[3].   S. Zhou, S. Li and G. Tan, “Information Freshness of V2V Communication in Large-Scale Platooning System,”  in Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2023.

[4].   S. Zhou, H. Dai, H. Sun, G. Tan and B. Ye, “On the Deployment of Clustered Power Beacons in Random Wireless Powered Communication,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 2424-2438, 2023.

[5].   S. Zhou, H. Sun, and G. Tan, “On the Uplink SIR Meta Distribution for AF Relay Networks,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 25, no. 3, pp.779-782, 2021.

[6].   S. Zhou, G. Alfano, C. F. Chiasserini, and A. Nordio, “MIMO Relay Networks: Scheduling and Outage Probability,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 1256–1259, 2019.

[7].   S. Zhou, G. Alfano, C. F. Chiasserini, and A. Nordio, “MIMO relay network with precoding,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 316–319, 2016.

[8].   G. Alfano, C. F. Chiasserini, A. Nordio, and S. Zhou, “Information-Theoretic Characterization of MIMO Systems with Multiple Rayleigh Scattering,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 64, no. 7, pp. 5312–5325, 2018.

[9].   S. Zhou, G. Alfano, A. Nordio, and C. F. Chiasserini, “Ergodic capacity analysis of MIMO relay network over Rayleigh-Rician channels,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 601–604, 2015.

[10].   G. Alfano, C. F. Chiasserini, A. Nordio, and S. Zhou, “Closed-Form Output Statistics of MIMO Block-Fading Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 60, no. 12, pp. 7782–7797, 2014.

[11].   谭国平, 易文雄, 周思源, 胡鹤轩, 无人机辅助MEC车辆任务卸载与功率控制近端策略优化算法，电子与信息学报，2024.