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 serves as Associate Editor of the IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, Secretary of the Satellite and Space Communications Technical Committee of the IEEE Communications Society, and 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 equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) standard. He has served as a PI/Co-PI of various research projects regarding AI/ML-enabled network systems, satellite networks, and the Internet of Things (IoT) supported by public funding sources, such as the NSERC, NRC, the Optical SatCom Consortium, Research Manitoba, Ontario Centre of Innovation (formerly OCE), and Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). 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 AINA, IEEE SysCon, IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF), ACM COMPASS, etc.
His current research interests include:
Emerging Network & Embedded Systems: Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks & Systems, Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), Protocols, Architecture, Management, Security, Resilience & Sustainability, and 5G/6G NTN.
Applied AI/Machine Learning: Autonomous Networking, Embedded AI, Edge AI/Computing, Anomaly Detection
Network Systems & Applications for Real-World and Societal Challenges
