Who is Hu?

Research Focus: Sensor Networks, Wireless Networks, Network Security

Education:

Ph.D. (in 2003), Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, (on school's reputation: Award 1 & Award 2), New York State, USA. (Dissertation Title: Advanced Modeling and CAC Management in 3G Wireless & Mobile Networks), (Link to my second Ph.D. diploma)

Ph.D. (in 1999), Department of Computer Engineering, Tongji University (Rank top 30 in China), Shanghai, Mainland China. (Dissertation Title: Self-similarity Analysis of ATM Network Traffic), (Link to my first Ph.D. diploma)

M.S. (in 1996), Department of Computer Engineering, Shanghai Tiedao University, Mainland China. (Thesis Topic: Multimedia Database in high-speed LANs)

B.S. (in 1993), Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Shanghai Tiedao University, Mainland China

Awards:

U.S. NSF CMT Award (Research Program), in 2008

U.S. NSF Cyber Trust Award (Research Program), In 2007

U.S. NSF CCLI Award (Educational Program), In 2005

Best Teacher Award (voted by the students in CE/KGCOE/RIT, USA), in 2007

Best Paper Award of Journal on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, USA, In 2004

Ph.D. Scholarship & Fellowship (Clarkson University, USA), In 1999-2002

Best Undergraduate Student Award (awarded in Shanghai, Mainland China; Only 2 students each year were selected), In 1993

Experience:

Associate Professor , July 2008 - Present
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alabama

Assistant Professor (Tenured) Granted in March of 2008
Department of Computer Engineering, Kate Gleason College of Engineering, RIT

Assistant Professor , Sep. 2002 - June 2008
Department of Computer Engineering, Kate Gleason College of Engineering, RIT

Research Assistant , Sep. 2000 - Aug. 2002
Clarkson University Conducted research on wireless networks (supported by NSF and IBM grants).

Teaching Assistant , Sep. 1999 - Aug. 2000
Clarkson University Assisted and instructed ECE undergraduate students.

Project Manager , Feb. 1999 - Aug. 1999
Bell Labs: Lucent Technology (Shanghai, China); Led 20 optical engineers to build IP over SONET products.

Senior Networking Engineer , June 1993 - May 1994
Communication & Signal Processing Institute, (Shanghai Tiedao University, China).

Editors:

NSF Panelist. Invited from 2004 to 2006. NSF Program: Electrical, Communication and Systems (ECS).

Journal Associate Editor since 2002. IEEE Journal of Communication Surveys & Tutorials (IEEE)

Journal Associate Editor since 2006. International Journal of Sensor Networks (InterScience)

Journal Associate Editor since 2006. International Journal of Networking and Security (InterScience)

Journal Associate Editor since 2007. International Journal of Telemedicine & Applications (InterScience)

Journal Associate Editor since 2007. International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Elsevier)

Paper Reviewer for over 12 journals and 20 conferences. (Examples: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, ACM Mobicom, IEEE Transactions on Vehicle Technology, IEEE Transactions on Networking, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Globecom, IEEE Infocom, IEEE ICC, and others.)

TPC (Technical Program Committee) member for major international conferences. (Examples: IEEE Globecom, IEEE ICC, IEEE Infocom, and others.)

My Daughter: (For more pictures, please click the video here (Be patient; 22M bytes. Use Adobe Media Player to play it)

(18 months)

(She was just one year old in the above picture. Taken in Nov 2008.)

I love mum !

(Angel)

(Princess)

(you have no idea how much I love my mum!)

Myself:

(The middle one was taken in 1999 at Clarkson University)

(Las Vegus)