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

Sept. 2024 Appointed as the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Chair in Data Science and AI.
August 2024 Three PhD students join the group! Welcome Dongyu Wei, Xiaoren Xu, and Abdullah Aldhafeeri.
July 2024 I'm co-organizing two workshops in the upcoming IEEE GLOBECOM 2024.
July 2024 Our project titled "Towards Secure, Resilient, Privacy-enhancing Digital World Experiences" is funded by NSF SaTC Core program, thanks NSF!
July 2024 One conference paper on fast and robust 3D object reconstruction is accepted to ACM MM 2024.
May 2024 I will serve as a Workshop Chair at ICNC 2025. Please consider submitting your workshop proposals and papers.
May 2024 One survey paper on multiple access techniques for 6G is accepted to Proceedings of the IEEE.
May 2024 Our project titled "3D HARMONY: Artificial Intelligence Enabled Harmonious Wireless Coexistence for 3D Networks" is funded by NSF CNS Core program, thanks NSF!
May 2024 Ph.D. student Hanzhi Yu received a summer internship with Ericsson. Congratulations!
Apr. 2024 I will serve as a Co-Chair for AI/ML for Communications and Networking Track at IEEE CCNC 2025. Please consider submitting your work.
Mar. 2024 One journal paper on 3D UAV positioning is accepted to IEEE TMC.
Mar. 2024 One journal paper on complex neural networks for user positioning is accepted to IEEE IOTJ.
Jan. 2024 Mingzhe Chen was appointed as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications.
Aug. 2023 Our project titled "Digital Network Twins: Mapping Next Generation Wireless into Digital Reality" is funded by NSF CNS Core program, thanks NSF!

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