Biography

I am currently an associate professor in the Department of Information Systems and Cyber Security, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and School of Data Science at The University of Texas at San Antonio. My current research focuses on machine learning, edge intelligence, cybersecurity and their applications to human-robot collaboration, healthcare, and energy sustainability. I received my PhD degree from the University of Florida in 2014.

I am a Senior Member of IEEE and currently serving as an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. I am also the recipient of UTSA Cloud Technology Endowed Fellowship (2023), UTSA Dean’s Distingushied Research Award (2020), AFRL Visiting Faculty Research Program Award (2017), Distighuished TPC Member in IEEE INFOCOM (2016-2017), and Best Paper Award in IEEE GLOBECOM (2014). My research has been supported by NSF, DoE, AFRL, NVIDIA, and local industry.