{"id":55,"date":"2024-08-26T18:25:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T18:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mingyueji.ece.ufl.edu\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2026-01-17T20:53:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T01:53:02","slug":"group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/mingyueji\/group\/","title":{"rendered":"EdgeAI Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Openings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><b>We will have multiple PhD openings for Fall 2026 working in the general area of machine learning; cloud\/edge computing; wireless communications, networking and sensing; information theory and coding. If you are interested, please send me an e-mail with your current CV or drop by my office. I will be happy to discuss. Please check samples of our research talks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MingyueJi-f1y3p\">our YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PhD Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"ming.zhan@ufl.edu\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"ming.zhan@ufl.edu\">Ming Zhan<\/a> (Distributed Machine Learning): Fall 2024 &#8211; present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:u0904009@utah.edu\">Haoze Zhang<\/a> (Machine Learning-aided Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Wireless Edge Networks): Fall 2023 &#8211; present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:yanyuhu36@gmail.com\">Yanyu Hu<\/a> (Machine Learning-aided Edge Systems for Wireless Sensing and Computing for Nuclear Industry): Fall 2022 &#8211; present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:Xi.Zhong@utah.edu\">Xi Zhong<\/a> (Elastic and Distributed Computing at the Edge): Fall 2021 &#8211; present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:leo.wang@utah.edu\">Xi (Leo) Wang<\/a> (Internet of Things, Wireless Edge System Designs and Implementations): Fall 2021 &#8211; present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:Xin.Yao@utah.edu\">Xin Yao<\/a> (Private Distributed Machine Learning at the Edge and Federated Learning using POWDER platform): Fall 2021 &#8211; present<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alumni<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"mailto:jiayi.wang@utah.edu\">Jiayi Wang<\/a> (Algorithm Design and Analysis of Federated Learning at the Edge): Fall 2019 &#8211; May 2024. Current position: Postdoc, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/xiangzhang-utah\/home\">Xiang Zhang<\/a> (D2D Coded Caching, Cache-aided Private Information\/Function Retrieval, Machine Learning-aided 5G Secure mmWave Communications): Spring 2018 &#8211; Spring 2023. Current position: Postdoc, TU Berlin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:nicholas.woolsey@utah.edu\">Nicholas Woolsey<\/a> (Coded Caching, Coded Distributed Computing, Private Information Retrieval, Coded Elastic Computing): Fall 2017 &#8211; Fall 2020. Current position: Signal Processing Systems Engineer, Trabus Technologies, San Diego, CA.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Received <b>Best ECE Dissertation Award<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visiting PhD students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/wonjoonyun\">Won Joon Yun<\/a>, advised by Dr. Joongheon Kim from Korea University: 02\/15\/2023 &#8211; 03\/29\/2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hanykyul Baek advised, by Dr. Joongheon Kim from Korea University: 02\/15\/2023 &#8211; 03\/29\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Master Students:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alumni<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bryan Hatasaka (wireless low power sensor networks): 2019 Fall &#8211; Fall 2021 (Now at Aerel Design)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sean Hammond: 2019 Fall &#8211; 2020 Spring (Now at Microsoft)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jake Maschoff: 2019 Fall &#8211; 2020 Spring (Now at Apple)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erik Swenson: 2019 Fall &#8211; 2020 Spring (Now at L3Harris)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marko Ljubicic: 2019 Fall (Now at L3Harris)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ramya Selvan, CE MS 2017, Independent Study (Now at Nvidia, Boston)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduate Researchers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">University of Florida:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cooper Fawcett (Reinforcment Learning-based MAC Protocol Design for LoRa Networks): 2025 Fall. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">University of Utah: <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nygelle Heiden (Benchmarking Machine Learning Devices for Radio Frequency Spectrum Sensing funded by L3Harris): 2023 Fall &#8211; Spring 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steven Zehng (Benchmarking Machine Learning Devices for Radio Frequency Spectrum Sensing funded by L3Harris): 2023 Fall &#8211; Spring 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hunter Chak (Benchmarking Machine Learning Devices for Radio Frequency Spectrum Sensing funded by L3Harris): 2023 Fall &#8211; Spring 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cade Glauser (Benchmarking Machine Learning Devices for Radio Frequency Spectrum Sensing funded by L3Harris): 2023 Fall &#8211; Spring 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zander Bagley (Benchmarking Machine Learning Devices for Radio Frequency Spectrum Sensing funded by L3Harris): 2023 Fall &#8211; Spring 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tyler Bytendorp (Sensor-scheduling strategies in electronic support funded by L3Harris): 2022 Fall &#8211; Spring 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tyler Roybal (Sensor-scheduling strategies in electronic support funded by L3Harris): 2022 Fall &#8211; Spring 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benjamin Hayes (Sensor-scheduling strategies in electronic support funded by L3Harris): 2022 Fall &#8211; Spring 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collin Griswold (Sensor-scheduling strategies in electronic support funded by L3Harris): 2022 Fall &#8211; Spring 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zhengyan (Aiden) Liu (wireless low power, low latency and long range sensor networks): 2022 Spring &#8211; Spring 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jack T. Sorensen (Clinic Project on Deep Learning based PA Distortion Compensations in Digital Communication Systems): 2021 Fall &#8211; Spring 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eldar Muhic (Clinic Project on Deep Learning based PA Distortion Compensations in Digital Communication Systems): 2021 Fall &#8211; Spring 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Riley Richards (Clinic Project on Deep Learning based PA Distortion Compensations in Digital Communication Systems): 2021 Fall &#8211; Spring 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tiffany Liu (selected for participation in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)): 2019 Fall &#8211; Summer 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Merek Goodrich: 2019 Fall &#8211; Spring 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henry Crandall: 2020 Fall &#8211; Spring 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jack Fahey: 2020 Fall &#8211; Spring 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kevin Chau: 2020 Fall &#8211; Spring 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ye Zhou: 2020 Fall &#8211; Spring 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Camden Ewell: 2020 Fall &#8211; Spring 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sophie Wang: 2019 Fall &#8211; Spring 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joseph Lyman: 2019 Summer &#8211; Fall 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michael Crabtree: 2019 Summer &#8211; Spring 2020 (Now at Space Dynamic Labs)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mary Richardson: 2019 Summer &#8211; Spring 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yun-Hsiang (Jerry) Hu: 2019 Summer &#8211; 2020 Spring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bryan Hatasaka: 2019 Summer &#8211; 2020 Spring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Katlynne Bills: 2019 Summer &#8211; 2020 Spring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thomas Van Hook: 2019 Summer &#8211; 2020 Spring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jason Stauffer: 2019 Summer &#8211; 2020 Spring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Garrick Clegg: 2019 Summer &#8211; 2020 Spring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collin Tate: 2018 Summer &#8211; 2019 Summer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aaron Goh: 2019 Spring &#8211; 2019 Fall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David M. Moody: 2018 Summer &#8211; 2019 Summer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Justin C. Olson: 2018 Summer &#8211; 2019 Summer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joshua Nett: 2018 Summer &#8211; 2019 Spring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keoki Daley: 2018 Summer &#8211; 2019 Spring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicholas Elliott 2017 Summer &#8211; 2018 summer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ramya Selvan (MS 2017, Now at Nvidia, Boston)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gavin M. Yeip (BS 2018, HAFB Clinic Project)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew W. Heisler (BS 2018, HAFB Clinic Project)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nathan B. Mower (BS 2018, HAFB Clinic Project)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phuc Nguyen (BS 2018, HAFB Clinic Project)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Openings We will have multiple PhD openings for Fall 2026 working in the general area of machine learning; cloud\/edge computing; wireless communications, networking and sensing; information theory and coding. If you are interested, please send me an e-mail with your current CV or drop by my office. 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