CoSINE Lab

“Collaborative & Secure Intelligence in NextG Edge”

• Jie Xu, Ph.D., Associate Professor
• Dr. Xu received his. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2015, with a Distinguished Ph.D. Dissertation Award (advisor: Prof. Mihaela van der Schaar). He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University, China, in 2008 and 2010, respectively (advisor: Prof. Zhisheng Niu). Prior to joining the University of Florida as an Associate Professor in 2024, Dr. Xu was a faculty member at the University of Miami. Dr. Xu’s research interest includes edge computing, edge artificial intelligence, wireless networks, machine learning for communication networks, and network security. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award. 

Ph.D. Students 

• Jieming Bian
• Yin Huang
• Lei Wang
• Yuanzhe Peng
• Yuxuan Xie
• Ziyuan Lin (Co-advised with Prof. Ivan Ruchkin)

Ph.D. Alumni 

• Dr. Lixing Chen

• Thesis title: Learning and Optimization in Mobile Edge Computing

• First Job Placement: Assistant Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 

• Dr. Yang Bai 

• Thesis title: Automated Model Selection for Deep Learning Inference at Network Edge

• First Job Placement: Research Associate at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 

• Dr. Letian Zhang

• Thesis title: Collaborative Wireless Deep Learning System for Edge Intelligence

• First Job Placement: Assistant Professor at Middle Tennessee State University.

• Dr. Heqiang Wang

• Thesis title: Online Optimization for Federated Learning with Streaming Data

• First Job Placement: Research Scientist at Peng Cheng Laboratory, China.