I am looking for Ph.D. candidates in the areas of wireless networking and mobile
computing. Students from both EE and CS majors are welcome to apply.
Candidates are expected to possess a solid background in network/mobile systems, a strong motivation towards academic excellence, and should be prepared
for years of concentrated work. Familiarity with any of the following
areas is highly desirable:
1) Designing network systems and implementing them on experimental platforms
(e.g., software radios, smartphones, network drivers, FPGAs, IoT hardware).
2) Designing and implementing mobile applications, ubiquitous computing systems, and sensor systems.
3) Designing and implementing practical signal processing algorithms or communication hardware (baseband, RF, or antennas).
4) Designing and implementing machine learning models to solve problems in wireless networking and ubiquitous computing.
Please refer to:
http://xyzhang.ucsd.edu/research.html
to get a general understanding of my research topics and style.
Students in our team will build a diverse skill set in both system implementation and theoretical modeling. They will also acquire broad knowledge in wireless networking, mobile applications, wireless sensing, and related domains.
This unique strength enables most of our Ph.D. students to publish top-conference papers in their first year. Our second and third-year Ph.D. students have received internship offers from renowned research labs, including Microsoft Research, Google, Bell Labs, HP Labs, NEC Labs, and Intel Research, among others.
I am officially affiliated with the ``Communication Theory and Systems'' area in
ECE. If you are submitting your applications to ECE, please select this area accordingly. However, note that my actual research focus lies in
wireless networking and mobile computing. I also recruit students from the CSE department at UCSD.
Due to the high volume of applications, I cannot review all files. Therefore, please email me in advance if you believe you meet the criteria outlined above.
I also work with a few undergraduate and MS students every year, through voluntary contributions, research assistantships, or the Summer Research Internship Program at UCSD. Feel free to contact me if you are interested in our research, but please be prepared to devote at least 20 hours per week.
If you plan to visit our team through a J1 visa, please note that the processing of paperwork alone takes more than 3 months. So please contact me well in advance.