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. 2026 I will deliver a tutorial on semantic communications at 2026 IEEE GLOBECOM.
Aug. 2026 I am appointed as an Editor-at-Large for IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking.
Aug. 2026 I am appointed as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
Aug. 2026 I'm co-organizing an npj Wireless Technology special issue on Multimodal Generative Intelligence for 6G Immersive Communications. Please consider submitting your work.
Aug. 2026 One new PhD student joins the group! Welcome Kexin Chen.
Aug. 2026 Ph.D. student Hanzhi Yu received the Dissertation Fellowship Award from UM Graduate School. Congratulations!
May 2026 Ph.D. student Hanzhi Yu received a summer internship with Ericsson. Congratulations!
Apr. 2026 Our project titled "CAREER: AI-Native Semantic Communication Networks: Fundamentals and Optimization" is funded by NSF, thanks NSF!
Apr. 2026 Invited to serve as a panelist for the NSF.
Apr. 2026 I will serve as a Co-Chair for Access Network, Edge Computing and Transport Track at IEEE CSCN 2026 . Please consider submitting your work.
Feb. 2026 Invited to serve as a panelist for the NSF.
Feb. 2026 Our project titled "Toward Zero Trust Wireless Integrated Sensing and Communication Systems" is funded by NSF SaTC program, thanks NSF!
Feb. 2026 I will continue to serve as EDAS and Publication Co-Chair at IEEE MILCOM 2026. Please consider submitting your work.
Jan. 2026 I'm co-organizing an IEEE JSAC special issue on Digital Twins for Wireless Networks: Enabling Application-Aware and Closed-Loop Optimization. Please consider submitting your work.
Dec. 2025 Invited to serve as a panelist for the NSF.
Nov. 2025 Student Hanzhi Yu has received the prestigious Eliahu l. and Jovce Jury Award from UM ECE. Congratulations!
Nov. 2025 I am honor to be listed as Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in 2025.
Oct. 2025 I will serve as a Co-Chair for Machine Learning and AI for Communications Track at IEEE VTC 2026 Fall. Please consider submitting your work.
Oct. 2025 I will serve as a Publication Co-Chair at IEEE DySPAN 2026. Please consider submitting your work.
Oct. 2025 I'm co-organizing the NSF US-UAE Workshop on Next-Generation Spectrum Innovations and Applications. Please consider submitting your appllication for participation.
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Honors and Awards

  • Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher by the Web of Science, 2025
  • 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