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Thomas Hou

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Portrait of Thomas Hou of Virginia Tech

Current University
Virginia Tech

Research Areas
Real-time optimization of wireless systems; spectrum sharing and dynamic spectrum access; 5G/next-G wireless communications; wireless security

Background

Hou is a Bradley Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and an  IEEE Fellow. He holds a Ph.D., an M.S., and a B.E.

Previously, he was a researcher at Fujitsu Laboratories of America. 

He has published extensively in IEEE and ACM transactions/journals and top-tier IEEE/ACM conferences. He received nine best paper awards from IEEE and ACM, including IEEE INFOCOM 2008 and 2021 Best Paper Awards. He also holds six U.S patents.

Hou is a co-editor of the graduate textbook Cognitive Radio Communications and Networks: Principles and Practices (Academic Press/Elsevier, 2010), which was listed as one of the Best Readings on Cognitive Radio by IEEE Communications Society. His second graduate textbook was entitled Applied Optimization Methods for Wireless Networks (Cambridge University Press in May 2014).

Alma Maters

NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Columbia University

City College of New York