Dr. Mingzhe Chen

Assistant Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

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

Call for Paper IEEE Internet of Things Journal Special Issue on Edge Learning in B5G IoT Systems (Deadline: April 1st, 2024) [CFP]
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.
Mar. 2024 One journal paper on visible light positioning is accepted to IEEE TCOM.
Jan. 2024 Mingzhe Chen was appointed as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications.
Jan. 2024 One journal paper on mobile edge computing is accepted to IEEE TCOM.
Jan. 2024 Six papers are accepted to IEEE ICC 2024 and one FL journal paper is accepted to IEEE TMC.
Dec. 2023 Two papers are accepted to IEEE WCNC 2024 and one paper is accepted to IEEE ICMLCN 2024.
Dec. 2023 Two papers are accepted to ICASSP 2024 and one paper is accepted to IEEE JSTSP.
Aug. 2023 Our project titled "Collaborative Research: NeTS: Small: 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