Tao Huang

About Me

Dr Huang holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He is the Deputy Head of International Partnerships — Engineering and the Course Coordinator for the Master of Engineering (Professional) and Master of Engineering Management. He is also the Program Coordinator for the Master of Engineering—IoT and Data Engineering.

Dr Huang is a Ph.D. advisor and expert in deep learning and wireless communications. He is the director of the Intelligent Computing and Communications (ICC) Lab. We welcome self-motivated Ph.D./MPhil candidates to join the lab.

Before academia, Dr Huang worked in the industry and held positions such as senior software engineer, senior data scientist, project team lead, and technical lead. His star projects included developing Inmarsat IsatPhone Pro, the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, and the Global Broadband Area Network Modem.

My Bio and Professional Services My Research Outputs (Publication, Grants, Talks and Projects)

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Contact me: tao.huang1@jcu.edu.au

Dr Huang is a Senior Member of IEEE and an Associate Editor of the

• IEEE Open Journal Of Communications Society (IF 7.9),

• IEEE Access (IF 3.9),

• IET Communications.

He is also a Topical Advisory Panel Member of MDPI Electronics and a Managing Editor of the IEEE R10 Newsletter. Dr Huang is a member of the IEEE Communication Society, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, and IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. Dr Huang has served in several international conferences as:

TPC Chair/Vice Chair

• Vice Chair - 2023 The 2nd International Symposium on Computing and Artificial Intelligence.

• Chair - 2019 The 4th EAI International Conference on Smart Grid and Innovative Frontiers in Telecommunications.

Program Vice-Chair

• 2022 The 25th IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering.

Symposium Chair

• 2023 The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology.

Grants

CSIRO's Industry PhD Program (Click here to read from GRS Update September 2023)

• Project: Auto-reforestation Robot Perception System for Complex Tropical Terrain
• Indicative Funding of $236,000 over 4 years
• Year: 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027
• Team: Dr Tao (Kevin) Huang (Lead)

Sandpt to Seed (S2S) Grant, James Cook University

• Project: Detection of animals with low-cost radar
• Funding: $48,468
• Year: 2023
• Team: Myles Menz, Bronson Philippa, Tao Huang.
• About: This project will investigate the potential of millimeter-wave imaging radar for the detection of animals in airspace. These radar systems have been developed for the automotive industry but have yet to be assessed for their capability as a detection tool for biological targets such as insects, birds, and bats. There is a huge market gap for low-cost biological sensors in industries such as agriculture, environmental management and conservation, and human health. This project will provide a proof of concept that can then be used to generate further funding and a start-up to further develop this product, with the intention to deploy a network of units as a sensor array.

Northern Australia Regional Digital Health Collaborative (NARDHC)

• Project: Fusion of wearable and environmental sensors for remote monitoring of health and well-being in elderly populations
• Funding: $48,063
• Year: 2023
• Team: Stephanie Baker, Euijoon Ahn, Tao (Kevin) Huang, Bronson Philippa, Caryn West, and Christopher Rouen.
• About: This project aims to improve healthcare access for aged care in remote areas of Australia by developing an intelligent home health monitoring prototype. The system will use wearable sensors, mmWave technology, and AI to monitor vital signs, physical activity, and environmental conditions. It will analyze the data collected and provide early warning alerts to medical professionals and caregivers. By demonstrating the feasibility of this innovative solution, the project seeks to improve the quality of life for older adults in remote areas and provide peace of mind to caregivers and family members.

Australian Research Council Discovery Project

• Project: Low-cost Sensing Methods and Hybrid Learning Models
• Funding: $450,000
• Year: 2022, 2023, 2024
• Team: Professor Wei Xiang; Professor Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen; Dr Tao (Kevin) Huang; Dr Peng Cheng; Dr Tran Khoa Phan; Professor Lajos Hanzo.
• About: This project aims to revolutionize the theory and practice of sensing and monitoring by developing novel Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things technologies. This project expects to generate new knowledge in Artificial Intelligence of Things by combining sensing, machine learning, and big data analytics. Expected outcomes of this project include novel low-cost sensing methods and new hybrid machine-learning models for predictive sensory data analytics. This should provide significant benefits, such as substantially reduced operating and service costs and improved accuracy for real-time monitoring in the fields where cheap-to-implement and easy-to-service monitoring systems over large geographical areas are imperative.

JCUS-JCUA Cross-Campus Collaboration Grant

• Project: Lightweight Blockchain Development for Healthcare IoT
• Funding amount: $4911.12
• Year: 2022
• Team: Jusak Jusak (JCUS), Tao Huang (JCUA), and Steven Kerrison(JCUS).

Sandpt to Seed (S2S) Grant, James Cook University

• Project: Design low-cost computer-vision-based discharge sensing technology
• Funding: $79,500
• Year: 2020
• Team: Tao Huang and Jason Holdsworth.

Research

Examples of Dr Huang's current research. Click here for a full list of publications.

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Smart Sensing

Dr. Huang developed a prototype of a computer vision-based discharge sensing system in the Smart Catchment Project in collaboration with Cairns Regional Council. The prototype is installed at Saltwater Creek at Cairns.

• Lynne Powel, HanShe Lim, Iain Brown, Tao Huang, Neils Munksgaard, Mark Randall, Jason Holdsworth, and Helen Cook, "Innovation through collaboration: improving urban water management for a reef council," in Water E-Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, Oct. 2020
• A report in Magazine: Nicole Nally, "Caring for coral," in StormWater, pp. 26-27 Aug. 2020.

Image Processing

• Kang Han, Wei Xiang, Eric Wang, and Tao Huang, "A Novel Occlusion-aware Vote Cost for Light Field Depth Estimation," in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), August 2021. doi:10.1109/TPAMI.2021.3105523, Early Access.
• Jianan Liu, Hao Li, Tao Huang, Euijoon Ahn, Adeel Razi, and Wei Xiang, "Unsupervised Representation Learning for 3D MRI Super Resolution with Degradation Adaptation," 2022, arXiv:2205.06891v1, version 1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2205.06891, [PREPRINT].

Object Detection and Tracking

• Jianan Liu, Liping Bai, Yuxuan Xia, Tao Huang, Bing Zhu, and Qing-long Han, "GNN-PMB: A Simple but Effective Online 3D Multi-Object Tracker without Bells and Whistles," 2022, accepted in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, arXiv:2206.10255v4, version 4, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2206.10255, [PREPRINT].
• Jianan Liu, Weiyi Xiong, Liping Bai, Yuxuan Xia, Tao Huang, Wanli Ouyang, and Bing Zhu, "Deep Instance Segmentation with Automotive Radar Detection Points," in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 22 April 2022, doi: 10.1109/TIV.2022.3168899, Early access.

Wireless Communications

• Umer Zia, Wei Xiang, Tao Huang, and I.H Naqvi, “Deep Learning-aided TR-UWB MIMO System,” in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 70, no. 10, pp. 6579-6588, Oct. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TCOMM.2022.3199489. (link)

• Ruide Li, Jinglu Cui, Tao Huang, Lei Yang, and Shihao Yan, "Optimal Pulse-Position Modulation Order and Transmit Power in Covert Communications," in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 5, pp. 5570-5575, May 2022, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2022.3151197.
• Shushi Gu, Xinyi Sun, Zhihua Yang, Tao Huang, Wei Xiang and Keping Yu, "Energy-Aware Coded Caching Strategy Design with Resource Optimization for Satellite-UAV-Vehicle Integrated Networks," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 5799-5811, Apr. 2022. doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2021.3065664.
• Tao Huang, Xiaojun Yuan, Jinhong Yuan, and Wei Xiang, "Optimisation of Data Exchange in 5G vehicle Infrastructure edge networks," in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 9, pp. 9376-9389, Sept. 2020.

Special Issue Call for Submission

• Special Issue, "Security and Privacy for Modern Wireless Communication System," 2nd Edition in Electronics MDPI, focuses on addressing the emerging security and privacy issues for modern wireless communication networks. Guest Editors: Dr Tao Huang (JCU), Dr Shihao Yan (ECU), Prof. Guanglin Zhang (DHU), Prof. Tsz Hon Yuen (HKU), Dr YoHan Park (KMU), Prof. Changhoon Lee (SeoulTech), Dr. Jusak Jusak (JCUS). Welcome to contribute! Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2024.
• Sensing, computing, and communications for the intelligent Internet of Things (IoT) involve the combination of technologies and methods used to facilitate communication, data collection, and analysis, as well as decision-making in IoT systems. This Special Issue, "Intelligent IoT Systems: Challenges and Opportunities in Sensing, Computing, and Communications," in Electronics MDPI, aims to provide a platform for exchanging ideas and knowledge and to advance the understanding of intelligent IoT systems. Guest Editors: Dr A. S. M. Sanwar Hosen (Woosong University), Dr S. M. Riazul Islam (University of Huddersfield), Dr Tao Huang (JCU). Welcome to contribute! Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2023.
• [Closed] Special Issue, "Security and Privacy for Modern Wireless Communication System," in Electronics MDPI, focuses on addressing the emerging security and privacy issues for modern wireless communication networks. Guest Editors: Dr Tao Huang (JCU), Dr Shihao Yan (ECU), Prof. Guanglin Zhang (DHU), Prof. Li Sun (XJTU), Prof. Tsz Hon Yuen (HKU), Dr YoHan Park (KMU), Prof. Changhoon Lee (SeoulTech).

Recent News

• 24 February 2024 - Our work: Sean Sloan, Raiyan R. Talkhani, Tao Huang, Jayden Engert, William F. Laurance, "Mapping Remote Roads Using Artificial Intelligence and Satellite Imagery," is accepted by Remote Sensing, MDPI.🎉🎉🎉

• 15 February 2024 - Our work: Boxi Li, Tao Huang, Zhengmin Kong, Lei Chen, Jiajia Yang, and Shikuan Sun, “Discrete Control for State of Charge Balance in DC Microgrids Considering the Disturbance of Photovoltaics,” is accepted by the International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems.🎉🎉🎉

• 10 February 2024 - Our work: Zilong Mi, Zhengmin Kong, Tao Huang, Peng Shi, Zhenwei Yu, and Li Ding, “Fixed-time hierarchical distributed control for flexible thermostatically controlled loads,” is accepted by the IEEE Systems Journal. 🎉🎉🎉

• 6 February 2024 - Our work: Xiaowen Huang, Tao Huang, Shushi Gu, Shuguang Zhao, and Guanglin Zhang, "Responsible Federated Learning in Smart Transportation: Outlooks and Challenges," is accepted by the IEEE Internet of Things Magazine. 🎉🎉🎉

• 3 February 2024 - Our work: Hao Li, Quanwei Liu, Jianan Liu, Xiling Liu, Yanni Dong, Tao Huang, and Zhihan Lv, “Unpaired MRI super-resolution with contrastive learning,” is accepted by the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2024. 🎉🎉🎉

• 24 January 2024 - Our work: Shuo Liu, Zhengmin Kong, Tao Huang, Yang Du, Wei Xiang, “An ADMM-LSTM Framework for Short-Term Load Forecasting,” is accepted by Neural Networks. 🎉🎉🎉

• More news can be found at the Intelligent Computing and Communications Lab.

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Useful Links

• Australian Postgraduate Research Intern (APR.Intern)
• A 20-Year Community Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence Research
• Book: Foundations of Data Science
• Book and Slides: Deep Learning (An MIT Press Book)
• A Useful Deep Learning Resource Site
• Funding opportunities
• Getting to know the basic math symbols
• Why publishing is important for an academic career