People

Leaders

Director

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Lingjia Liu
Professor & Bradley Senior Faculty Fellow
5G networks, deep learning for communications, dynamic spectrum access, device-to-device communications ljliu@vt.edu (540) 231-7243 439 Durham
Associate Director

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Harpreet S. Dhillon IEEE Fellow
Professor, Elizabeth and James E. Turner Jr. ’56 Faculty Fellow
Communication theory, wireless networks, stochastic geometry, geolocation, and machine learning hdhillon@vt.edu (540) 231-2129 445 Durham

Core Faculty

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R. Michael Buehrer IEEE Fellow
Professor
Communication theory, geolocation, cognitive radar, machine learning applied to wireless systems, interference mitigation buehrer@vt.edu (540) 231-1898 433 Durham
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Luiz A. DaSilva IEEE Fellow
Bradley Professor of Cybersecurity, Executive Director of CCI
Cybersecurity, resource management in wireless networks, cognitive radio networks, game theory ldasilva@vt.edu (571) 858-3251 3-042 VT Research Center (Arlington)
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Harpreet S. Dhillon IEEE Fellow
Professor, Elizabeth and James E. Turner Jr. ’56 Faculty Fellow
Communication theory, wireless networks, stochastic geometry, geolocation, and machine learning hdhillon@vt.edu (540) 231-2129 445 Durham
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Carl B. Dietrich
Research Associate Professor
Software defined radio, cognitive radio, adaptive antennas, radio wave propagation, engineering education cdietric@vt.edu (540) 231-2963 436 Durham
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Thinh T. Doan
Assistant Professor
Optimization, control, game theory, wireless networks, robotics, machine learning thinhdoan@vt.edu (540) 231-8849‬ 466 Whittemore
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Steve Ellingson
Associate Professor
Antennas and propagation, applied signal processing, RF instrumentation ellingson@vt.edu (540) 231-2978 443 Durham
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Tom Hou IEEE Fellow
Bradley Distinguished Professor of ECE
Wireless networks, real-time optimization, spectrum sharing, 5G/6G thou@vt.edu (540) 231-2950 2040-K Torgersen
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Bo Ji
Associate Professor
Wireless networks, age of information, optimization, machine learning, AR/VR, network security boji@vt.edu (540) 231-033 2223 Knowledge Works II
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Vassilios Kovanis
Collegiate Professor and MEng Program Director for Northern Virginia
Quantum photonics, quantum dot lasers, nonlinear dynamics vkovanis@vt.edu (571) 858-3261 4-042 VT Research Center (Arlington)
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Lingjia Liu
Professor & Bradley Senior Faculty Fellow
5G networks, deep learning for communications, dynamic spectrum access, device-to-device communications ljliu@vt.edu (540) 231-7243 439 Durham
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Majid Manteghi
Associate Professor
Electromagnetics theory, time domain electromagnetics, nonlinear time-variant microwave devices and antennas manteghi@vt.edu (540) 231-6834 625 Whittemore
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Alan J. Michaels
Professor
Spread spectrum, SATCOM, secure digital communications, cryptography, RF machine learning ajm@vt.edu (540) 231-7059 2029 RB1311 (CRC)
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Jeffrey H. Reed IEEE Fellow
Willis G. Worcester Professor
Wireless communications, cognitive radio, software radio, spectrum access reedjh@vt.edu (540) 231-2972 451 Durham
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Walid Saad IEEE Fellow
Professor
6G, machine learning, semantic communications, security and cyber-physical systems, unmanned aerial vehicles walids@vt.edu (571) 858-3160 4-174 VT Research Center (Arlington)
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Alkan Soysal
Collegiate Associate Professor
Wireless communications, machine learning, networks, information theory, signal processing soysal@vt.edu (540) 231-3793 437 Durham
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Angelos Stavrou
Professor
Computer security, IoT security, software security angelos@vt.edu (571) 858-3145 4-026 VT Research Center (Arlington)
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Jeffrey Walling
Associate Professor
Mixed-Signal, RF and mm-Wave ICs for Comms & Imaging, RF and mm-Wave SoCs jswalling@vt.edu (540) 231-4786 440 Whittemore
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Yaling Yang
Professor
Network security and privacy, wireless network modeling and design, networks powered by energy harvesting yyang8@vt.edu (540) 231-5713 461 Durham
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Yang (Cindy) Yi
Associate Professor
Neuromorphic Computing, Machine Learning yangyi8@vt.edu (540) 231-7561 361 Durham Hall

Affiliated Faculty

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Paul K. Ampadu
Professor
Systems-on-Chip (SoC): Reliable/Secure/Energy-Efficient SoC/NoC, Low-Power VLSI, IoT Reliability & Security ampadu@vt.edu (540) 231-3121 345 Durham
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Louis Beex
Professor Emeritus
Signal Analysis, Signal Processing, Applications beexaa@vt.edu (540) 250-0815 435 Durham
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Eric Burger
Research Professor
5G and Next G, national security, policy and governance for secure communications ewburger@vt.edu
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Tugba Erpek
Research Associate Professor
5G and beyond, mmWave communications, physical layer security, cognitive radio, machine learning terpek@vt.edu
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Joseph Gaeddert
Research Associate Professor
Digital Signal Processing, Wireless Communications System Design, Satellite Communications, Estimation Theory jgaedder@vt.edu (540) 231-2254 Hume Center 2028
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William "Chris" Headley
Research Associate Professor
Spectrum sensing, machine learning, digital signal processing cheadley@vt.edu (540) 231-5745 Hume Center 2030
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Daniel J. Jakubisin
Research Assistant Professor
Communications receiver design, statistical signal processing, machine learning djj@vt.edu
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Wenjing Lou IEEE Fellow
W. C. English Endowed Professor
Cybersecurity, wireless networks, cyber-physical systems security, adversarial machine learning, applied cryptography wjlou@vt.edu (703) 538-3774 304 Northern Virginia Center
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Jung-Min (Jerry) Park IEEE Fellow
Professor
Spectrum sharing, wireless security & privacy, applied cryptography, cognitive radio networks, IoT jungmin@vt.edu (571) 858-3317 4-175 VT Research Center (Arlington)
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Yalin Sagduyu
Research Professor
Wireless communications, networks, security, 5G/6G systems, machine learning, optimization, data analytics ysagduyu@vt.edu
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David Simpson
Professor of Practice
Communications technoloigies and policy, telecommunications for defense and public policy simpsond@vt.edu
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Tim Talty
Collegiate Professor and Director of Admissions, MEng Program
Communication Theory, Signal Processing, Physical Layer Security, Antennas and Propagation, Automotive/AV Applications ttalty@vt.edu (540) 231-7778 460 Whittemore
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Nishith Tripathi
Research Associate Professor
6G Design and Applications, Applications of 5G and AI, Wireless Security, NTN, Smart Grids, Smart Intersections, Positioning nishith@vt.edu (214) 477-3516 Dallas, TX (Remote)
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Haining Wang IEEE Fellow
Professor
Cybersecurity, networking systems, cloud computing, cyber-physical systems hnw@vt.edu (571) 858-3302 3-018 VT Research Center (Arlington)