On September 19, 2025, gave a talk titled 'Focal Loss: Statistical and Information-Theoretic Perspectives' at Allerton 2025.
The paper 'A Reinforcement Learning Based Hybrid Scheduling Mechanism for mmWave Networks' has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking.
The paper 'Two-Level Priority Coding for Resilience to Arbitrary Blockage Patterns' has been accepted at MILCOM 2025.
The paper 'Probabilistic Group Testing for Distributed Matrix-Vector Products with Attacked Workers' has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.
Promoted to Associate Professor in May 2025.
Research Experience
Currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.
Background
Research interests include: (i) designing high data rate transmission schemes for 5G heterogeneous/cognitive networks; (ii) low-complexity scheduling and selection algorithms for half-duplex relay networks; (iii) privacy-preserving data publishing techniques; (iv) secure communication strategies to limit network vulnerabilities; (v) distributed caching schemes that leverage probabilistic social interactions to realize bandwidth savings. Her research touches upon properties and concepts from several fields, such as information theory, optimization, network coding, and algorithms.
Miscellany
Looking for motivated students to join her research group. Interested students are encouraged to send an email along with their CV explaining their research interests and background.