I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. My research lies at the intersection of wireless communication, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence.
My group builds secure, intelligent, and efficient wireless systems for 5G, Sub-6G, NextG, and beyond by combining AI/ML with advanced physical-layer techniques. We leverage mmWave sensing, Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), and Physical-Layer Security (PLS) to enable real-time, contactless, and privacy-preserving applications. We prototype on O-RAN testbeds and edge IoT platforms. A growing thrust uses Generative AI as both a tool (data augmentation, waveform and beam co-design) and a threat (adversarial RF examples, LLM-driven control attacks) to harden wireless and CPS, and to advance biomedical sensing such as contactless vitals and activity monitoring.
Prospective Students:
I am looking for self-motivated Ph.D. students to start in Fall 2026, Spring 2027, and later.
Conference Deadline
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Stevens Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. and M.S.Jan. 2018 - Aug. 2025 -
Jilin UniversityB.S. in Communication EngineeringSep. 2013 - Jul. 2017
Honors & Awards
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Ph.D. Fellow2025
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2025
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Excellence Doctoral Fellowship2023
Professional Services
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Session Chair, IEEE ICNC 20262026
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TPC Member, IEEE INFOCOM 2026 (ISAC Track)Technical program committee member for the ISAC track.2025
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Reviewer, IEEE INFOCOM 2025-2026, IEEE TVT, AJECE2024–Present
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Membership, IEEE, IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Women in Engineering, IEEE Young Professionals2025–Present
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Advisor & Mentor, WINGS Lab, University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaAdvising graduate and undergraduate students in ISAC, wireless security, and O-RAN.2025–Present
News
See you at SaTC Aspiring PI Workshop 2025, George Washington University in Washington, D.C!
One papers is accepted by ICNC 2026! See you at Maui, Hawaii! Our O-RAN testbed is underway, with core infrastructure in place. Two papers are accepted by IEEE AIoT 2025! 2025-2026 AFRL SDR Challenge kicks off. My student Saurabh Parkar will lead the Stevens team in collaboration with Yeshiva University. Joined University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Department of Electrical&Computer Engineering as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor.
Selected as 2025 NSF CPS Rising Star (17%). I received Excellence Doctoral Fellowship, SIT.Selected Publications (view all )
Waveform Design for ISAC: Trends and Future Directions
Xiaochan Xue#, Shucheng Yu#, Saurabh Parkar, Jiarui Li (# corresponding author)
IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC) 2026 Conference
Waveform Design for ISAC: Trends and Future Directions
Xiaochan Xue#, Shucheng Yu#, Saurabh Parkar, Jiarui Li (# corresponding author)
IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC) 2026 Conference
AI-assisted Composite ISAC for mmWave Respiration Pattern Recognition
Xiaochan Xue#, Saurabh Parkar, Shucheng Yu#, Yao Zheng (# corresponding author)
IEEE Annual Congress on Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) 2025 Conference
AI-assisted Composite ISAC for mmWave Respiration Pattern Recognition
Xiaochan Xue#, Saurabh Parkar, Shucheng Yu#, Yao Zheng (# corresponding author)
IEEE Annual Congress on Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) 2025 Conference
ROISD: RIS and O-RAN Assisted Intelligent Sensing for UAV Detection
Xiaochan Xue#, Shucheng Yu#, Saurabh Parkar, Yao Zheng (# corresponding author)
IEEE Annual Congress on Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) 2025 Conference
ROISD: RIS and O-RAN Assisted Intelligent Sensing for UAV Detection
Xiaochan Xue#, Shucheng Yu#, Saurabh Parkar, Yao Zheng (# corresponding author)
IEEE Annual Congress on Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) 2025 Conference
Over-the-air Federated Learning with Enhanced Privacy
Xiaochan Xue#, Moh Khalid Hasan, Shucheng Yu#, Laxima Niure Kandel, Min Song (# corresponding author)
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2023 Conference
Over-the-air Federated Learning with Enhanced Privacy
Xiaochan Xue#, Moh Khalid Hasan, Shucheng Yu#, Laxima Niure Kandel, Min Song (# corresponding author)
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2023 Conference
Secure Device Trust Bootstrapping Against Collaborative Signal Modification Attacks
Xiaochan Xue#, Shucheng Yu#, Min Song (# corresponding author)
IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) 2023 Conference
Secure Device Trust Bootstrapping Against Collaborative Signal Modification Attacks
Xiaochan Xue#, Shucheng Yu#, Min Song (# corresponding author)
IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) 2023 Conference