Rui Zhang
PhD
Specialty/Research Focus
Statistical signal processing, optical and wireless communications, integrated communication and sensing, machine learning, next-generation broadband access networks
Biography
Rui Zhang received her PhD degree from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta in 2022. In 2017, she received her BS degree in Electrical engineering from Peking University, Beijing, China. Rui Zhang was the recipient of the 2022 Marconi Young Scholar Award, the Fall 2017 Oscar P. Cleaver Award from Georgia Tech, the 2018-2020 Corning Stem Scholarship, the Bell Labs Summer Intern Award for Outstanding Innovation, and top-scored paper in Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2022. From 2022 to 2023, she spent one year in MediaTek USA in San Diego and conducted 6G wireless research.
Education
- PhD, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Peking University, 2017
Awards and Honors
- 2022 Marconi Young Scholar Award
- Top-scored Paper in Optical Fiber Communications Conference 2022
- Fall 2017 Oscar P. Cleaver Award (Georgia Tech)
- 2018-2020 Corning Stem Scholarship
- Bell Labs Summer Intern Award for Outstanding Innovation (2020)