People

Principle Investigator

Mai Vu received a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, after having an MSE degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Melbourne and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Systems Engineering from RMIT, Australia. Between 2006-2008, she worked as a lecturer and researcher at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University. During 2009-2012, she was an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill University. During 2013-2022, she was an associate professor with the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tufts University. Since September 2022 she has been a full professor.

Dr. Vu conducts research in wireless systems, signal processing, and networked communications. She has published extensively in the areas of millimeter-wave communications, 5G and 6G systems, cooperative and cognitive communications, MIMO wireless, and energy-efficient communications. She is a senior member of the IEEE. Dr. Vu has served on the Technical Program Committee for numerous IEEE conferences. She is also serving as a Technical Program Co-Chair of the IEEE Communication Theory Workshop 2023. From 2013 to 2016, she served as an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. Since November 2022, she has been serving as an Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Communications.

PhD Students

Boriana Boiadjieva is a PhD candidate and a research assistant at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tufts University. She received her B.Sc. in Telecommunications from Technical University Sofia, Bulgaria and her M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Information Theory from Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. Her research interests include millimeter-wave communications, 5G and 6G systems, MIMO wireless, and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces.

Beier Li is a PhD student at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tufts University. She received her B.Sc. in communications engineering from Guizhou University, Guizhou, China in 2020, and also received her M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University, MA, USA in 2022. Her research interests include machine learning, convex optimization, and wireless communication.

Qing Lyu is a PhD candidate at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tufts University. She received her B.Sc. in Communications Engineering from Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China in 2016, and also received her M.Sc. in Information and Communications Engineering from Tianjin University, Tianjin, China in 2019. Her research interests include MIMO wireless, user association and machine learning.

Changgyu Lee is a PhD student at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tufts University. He received his B.Eng. and M.Eng. in Electronic Engineering from Kyung Hee University, South Korea, in 2018 and 2020, respectively. His research interests include 5G and 6G systems, convex optimization and machine learning.

Reza Sayyari is a PhD student at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tufts University. He received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Islamic Azad University of Tabriz, Tabriz, in 2019. He also received the M.Sc. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tabriz, Iran. His research interests include wireless communications and signal processing.

Alumni

Postdoctoral Scholars	Year Completed	Last Known Position
Byungju Lim	February 2023, Tufts University	Professor at Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea

PhD Students	Degree and Year Graduated	Current Position
Alireza Alizadeh	PhD, January 2021, Tufts University	Cellular Protocol Engineer at Apple, Santa Clara, CA
Rafia Malik	PhD, December 2019, Tufts University	System Engineer, Intel
Hussain Elkotby	PhD, November 2017, Tufts University	Senior Engineer, InterDigital Inc.
Fanny Parzysz	PhD, June 2015, École de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal Co-supervised with Prof. Francois Gagnon	Research Engineer, Orange, France
Ahmad Abu Al Haija	PhD, May 2015, McGill University	Wireless System Engineer, Huawei, Canada

Thesis Master Students	Degree and Year Graduated	Last Known Position
Yao Tang	MEng, Oct. 2013, McGill University	Senior Software Engineer at Capital One, Canada
Peng Zhong	MEng, Aug. 2012, McGill University	Software Engineer at Uber, Canada
Zhuohua Wu	MEng, Aug. 2012, McGill University	Lead Data Engineer at Royal Bank of Canada

Visitors	Degree and Years Visited	Last Known Position
Seok-Hyun Yoon	PhD, 2022-2023	PhD candidate in Korea University, Seoul, Korea