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    Lingjia Liu
    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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    Harpreet Dhillon
    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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    Mike Buehrer
    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 DaSilva
    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 Dhillon
    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 Dietrich
    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 Doan
    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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    Steven Ellingson
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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 Michaels
    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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    Jeff Reed
    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
    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
    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
    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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    Jeff Walling
    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
    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
    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 Ampadu
    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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    A. A. (Louis) Beex
    Louis Beex

    Professor Emeritus

    Signal Analysis, Signal Processing, Applications beexaa@vt.edu (540) 250-0815 435 Durham
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    Eric Burger
    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
    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
    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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    Chris Headley
    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 Jakubisin
    Daniel J. Jakubisin

    Research Assistant Professor

    Communications receiver design, statistical signal processing, machine learning djj@vt.edu
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    Wenjing Lou
    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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    Jerry Park
    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
    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
    David Simpson

    Professor of Practice

    Communications technoloigies and policy, telecommunications for defense and public policy simpsond@vt.edu
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    Tim Talty
    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
    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
    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)