Dr. Peng Hu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Director of the Advanced Network and Embedded Systems Lab (AEL), University of Manitoba. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, and a member of the Waterloo Data and AI Institute. He has years of R&D experience and has worked as a Research Officer at the National Research Council Canada (NRC).

Dr. Hu obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Queen's University, Canada. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Canada and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He currently serves on the IEEE Canada Board of Directors (as Chair of the IEEE Winnipeg Section), as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, as Secretary of the Satellite and Space Communications Technical Committee of the IEEE Communications Society, and as Co-Chair of the Technology & Applications Working Group of the IEEE LEO Satellites & Systems Project. He has mentored/supervised 30+ students and research fellows at a high EDI standard. 

Dr. Hu leads interdisciplinary research in the New Space Era and advanced aerospace systems, encompassing AI/ML-enabled networks and systems, space sustainability, space–air–ground integrated systems, non-terrestrial networks, and the mission-critical Internet of Things (IoT). His work focuses on emerging challenges at the intersection of multiple disciplines and has been supported by NSERC, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), National Research Council Canada (NRC), Research Manitoba, the Ontario Centre of Innovation (formerly OCE), and other public funding agencies, through collaborations with leading academic and industry partners. He was a Research Fellow of the Open Lunar Foundation in 2025 and one of 15 fellows selected for the 2022 Internet Society Mid-Career Fellowship Program. He has served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a member of the review committee of Canada's innovation and challenge programs, a reviewer for top research publications and conferences, a voting member of the IEEE Sensors Council Standards committee, a technology advisor/member of the well-known IoT industry consortia, and an organizing committee/TPC member of international conferences/workshops, including IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE ICC, IEEE PIMRC, IEEE WiSEE, IEEE AINA, IEEE SysCon, IEEE Future Networks World Forum, ACM COMPASS, etc.

His current research interests include: