Dr. Mingzhe Chen

Assistant Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Chair in Data Science and AI

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Phone: 540-235-2530

Email: mingzhe.chen@miami.edu

Office: 1251 Memorial Drive, McArthur Engineering Building MEB413

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Dr. Mingzhe Chen is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Miami. He received his Ph.D. degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, in 2019. From 2016 to 2019, he was a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, working with Prof. Walid Saad. From 2019 to 2021, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Princeton University, working with Prof. H. Vincent Poor. In 2022, he worked as an AI Researcher at Ericsson Research, USA.

Research Interest:

  • Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) for wireless networks,
  • Distributed/Federated learning fundamentals,
  • Distributed/Federated learning over real-world wireless networks,
  • Virtual reality over wireless networks,
  • Unmanned aerial vehicle over wireless networks,
  • Semantic Communications.

Openings:

Prospective Students: We have several positions open for Ph.D. students. Highly ambitious and self-motivated students with wireless communication, signal processing, cybersecurity or machine learning background are encouraged to send their CVs, transcripts, representative publications, GRE and TOEFL scores to Dr. Mingzhe Chen (mingzhe.chen AT miami.edu), specifying their key research interests as well as their academic credentials.


Recent News

Aug. 2025 I'm co-organizing an IEEE OJCOMS special issue on Convergence of Advanced Generative AI and Digital Twin Technologies for Robust Optimization and Management of Next-Generation Wireless Networks. Please consider submitting your work.
Aug. 2025 Two PhD students join the group! Welcome Defeng Zhou and Jiawei Yao.
Jun. 2025 I will serve as a Co-Chair for Signal Processing for Communications Track at IEEE ICC 2026. Please consider submitting your work.
Jun. 2025 I'm co-organizing three workshops in the upcoming IEEE GLOBECOM 2025.
Feb. 2025 I will serve as a Co-Chair for AI/ML Technologies Track at IEEE WFIOT 2025. Please consider submitting your work.
Jan. 2025 I will serve as EDAS and Publication Co-Chair at IEEE MILCOM 2025. Please consider submitting your work.
Nov. 2024 Our project titled "Toward Untethered Extended Reality Through Wireless Sensing and Communications Co-design" is funded by NSF NewSpectrum program, thanks NSF!
Sep. 2024 Appointed as the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Chair in Data Science and AI.
Aug. 2024 Three PhD students join the group! Welcome Dongyu Wei, Xiaoren Xu, and Abdullah Aldhafeeri.
Jul. 2024 I'm co-organizing two workshops in the upcoming IEEE GLOBECOM 2024.
Jul. 2024 Our project titled "Towards Secure, Resilient, Privacy-enhancing Digital World Experiences" is funded by NSF SaTC Core program, thanks NSF!
Jul. 2024 One conference paper on fast and robust 3D object reconstruction is accepted to ACM MM 2024.

Honors and Awards

  • IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications, 2023
  • IEEE Communications Society Katherine Johnson Young Author Best Paper Award, 2023
  • International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) Best Paper Award, 2023
  • IEEE Communications Society Fred W. Ellersick Prize Award, 2022
  • IEEE Communications Society Young Author Best Paper Award, 2021
  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference Best Paper Award, 2021
  • IEEE Global Communications Conference Best Paper Award, 2020
  • IEEE International Conference on Communications Best Paper Award, 2020
  • Exemplary Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2018
  • Exemplary Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2018 - 2020
  • Travel grant for IEEE GLOBECOM Workshop on 5G RAN Design, 2016