Dr. Ye Hu

Assistant Professor

Industrial and Systems Engineering Department

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Phone: 540-251-9897

Email: yehu@miami.edu

Office: 1251 Memorial Drive, McArthur Engineering Building MEB285

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Dr. Ye Hu is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at University of Miami. She also holds a secondary appoint at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Miami. Dr. Hu received her doctorate degree in Bradley Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA, in 2021. During her Ph. D. study, she worked in the NetSciWiS research group at Wireless@Virginia Tech, under the supervision of Prof. Walid Saad. She was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University, and then in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the North Carolina State University, under the supervision of Prof. Huaiyu Dai.

Research Interest:

  • Distributed artificial intelligence (AI) and applications,
  • Multi-agent reinforcement learning for autonomous control,
  • Distributed/Federated learning in wireless network,
  • Digital inclusion with integrated space air ground networks,
  • Cyber physical human systems.
  • Semantic communications.
  • Joint communication, sensing and security.


Openings:

Dr. Hu is aways looking for self-motivated, dedicated Ph.D. students. If you are interested in exploring research on distributed machine learning, autonomous control, drone networks, cube satellite communication, and cybersecurity with me, please send your CVs, transcripts, representative publications, GRE and TOEFL scores to Dr. Ye Hu's email (yehu AT miami DOT edu), please also specify your key research interests and academic credentials.


Recent News

Aug. 2026 Our proposal "VINES: Track 1: FieldAware: AI Native Hybrid-field Networking for Connected Autonomous Systems," is granted by NSF. Thanks NSF!
May 2026 Dr. Hu will serve as IEEE INFOCOM 2027 TPC member.
Mar. 2026 Our paper titled "Pruned Causal Inference Enabled Active Deception for Covert Internet of Things (IoT)" wins the 2026 IEEE ICC student travel grant!
Aug. 2025 Dr. Hu got her secondary appointment at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Mar. 2025 Our paper titled "Inverse-Reinforcement Learning for Intention-driven Drone Trajectory Design in Digital Twin Networks" wins the 2025 IEEE INFOCOM student travel grant!