Xiaochan Xue
薛晓婵

Assistant Professor
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Wireless Communication, Cybersecurity & AI
Trustworthy AI-native Wireless Systems

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Xiaochan (Luna) Xue is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her research lies at the intersection of wireless communication, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. Her group develops trustworthy AI-native wireless systems by bridging physical-layer security, ISAC sensing, and learning at the RAN edge. Recent interests include privacy-preserving and resilient AI-RAN/O-RAN prototyping, defenses against adaptive and generative AI threats, and ToM-inspired network agents for intent-aware multi-stakeholder decision making.

Prospective Students: Want to build something meaningful during your Ph.D.? I am recruiting self-motivated Ph.D. students to start in Fall 2026, Spring 2027, and beyond. Please email xxue@hawaii.edu with:
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Research Areas

AI-native wireless networking and ISAC for intelligent IoT, focusing on AI-RAN architectures, real-time sensing-communication integration, and closed-loop system intelligence.
Secure and privacy-preserving FutureG wireless intelligence, including AI-RAN/O-RAN security, ISAC-enabled sensing, confidential computing, federated learning, and robust edge AI.
Machine learning for electronic design automation, SLM/LLM-based Verilog generation, multi-agent systems for chip design and mathematical problem solving.

Facilities

AI-RAN Testbed
AI-RAN/O-RAN testbed with USRP X310/X410/B210, OAI, OCUDU, Open5GS, OAI, Free5GC, GPU servers, and 5G NR FR1/FR2 mmWave support.
Jetson Orin NX Super 16GB
Embedded edge computing platform for smart-car control and AI-RAN experimentation.
NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition
Four NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition GPUs for AI-native wireless, cybersecurity, and edge AI research.
ROSOrin Pro ROS2 Smart Car
Logitech G923 and Robotics and sensing platform with ToF LiDAR, 3D depth camera, ROS/Orin Pro, WiFi cards, and 5G communication kits for wireless security and ISAC prototyping.
USRP Software Defined Radio (SDR)
USRP X410, X310, and multiple B210 radios for software-defined wireless experimentation.

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