Nghi Tran
Biography
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering - The University of Akron
Dr. Tran received his PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Saskatchewan, Canada in 2008. From May 2008 to July 2010, he was at McGill University as a Postdoctoral Scholar under the prestigious Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship. From August 2010 to July 2011, Dr. Tran was at McGill University as a Research Associate. Since August 2011, Dr. Tran has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Akron (UA), OH, USA where he is currently a Full Professor. Dr. Tran’s research interests span the areas of signal processing, communication and information theories, security for communication systems and networks, and deep learning in physical-layer communications, with particular emphasis on wireless and satellite communications. His work has been supported by US National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Air Force Research Laboratory, and industry. Dr. Tran has served as an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications, an Area Editor for IEEE Communications Letters, a Senior Editor for IEEE Communications Letters, an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, an Editor for IEEE Communications Letters, and an Editor for Elsevier Physical Communication. Dr. Tran has also been a TPC Chair and TPC member for a number of flagship IEEE conferences and workshops, such as IEEE GLOBECOM and IEEE ICC.