Xinyu Zhang

Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California San Diego

Research Interest:

Wireless systems and networking: next-generation millimeter-wave network architectures and physical-layer informed mobile applications.
Mobile and ubiquitous computing: ubiquitous and wireless sensing systems for healthcare, mobile interaction, etc.

Research Methodology:

System implementation: on software radios (WARP/USRP), Android, Linux network drivers, and customized hardware platforms.
Theoretical modeling: Signal processing, computational imaging, machine learning, convex optimization, probability models.

Looking for postdoc, research engineer and visiting scholars with experiences in communication hardware and machine learning models. See details here.
I am looking for self-motivated students to work on research projects in wireless networking and mobile computing. Read my "Notes to Prospective Students" if you are interested in joining our research group.
02/2022. MilliMirror paper accepted to MobiCom'22. MilliMirror is a 3D printable passive reflecting surface that can expand mmWave network coverage.
01/2022. Since Aug. 2020, M-Cube replicas have been delivered to 10+ institutions to support research in mmWave communication and sensing. Check our project website for more details.
06/2021. RoS paper accepted to SIGCOMM'21. RoS is a passive chipless tag that acts as an intelligent reflecting surface to communicate with automotive radars. Hardware schematics of RoS are available upon request.
09/2020. M-Cube received the Best Paper Award in ACM MobiCom 2020. Check our project website for more details about M-Cube.
05/2020. SIGCOMM'20 papers: NFC+ long range magnetic RFID that defeats blockage, and a first measurement study of commercial 5G networks.
02/2020. Received Google Faculty Research Award and Sony Research Award.
01/2020. M-Cube paper accepted to MobiCom'20. M-Cube is the first massive MIMO millimeter-wave software radio, with a large phased array but low cost. M-Cube is open-source. We are releasing sample hardware to academic partners.
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TPC: MobiCom'15 to '21, NSDI'19, MobiSys'18, SenSys'18, INFOCOM'14 to '21, ICNP'15 to '17, MobiHoc'14, SECON'13 to '17, IWQoS'13 to '18, MobiSys MCS'14, HotWireless'14 to '16
Other: MobiCom'19 TPC co-chair, SECON'17 TPC co-chair, NSF mmWave RCN co-chair, HotWireless'16 chair, SECON'15 workshop co-chair, MobiCom'14 poster co-chair

Email: xyzhang@ucsd.edu