Dr. Shuguang (Robert) Cui, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, was named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Communication Society (ComSoc) Distinguished Lecturer for the 2015-2016 term.
The IEEE ComSoc program recognizes the most active researchers and best speakers in the society, and sponsors selected ones to travel and educate IEEE local branches on specific research topics. Each distinguished lecturer serves a two-year term.
Cui has research interests focusing on data oriented large-scale information analysis and system design, including large-scale distributed estimation and detection, information theoretical approaches for large data set analysis, complex cyber-physical system design and cognitive network optimization.
His research has been well-funded with 12 United States federal grants, six NSF awards and six DoD awards, at a total personal share of nearly $4 million, an extremely high level of funding for theory-oriented research groups without any instrumentation grants.
He has published two books, 66 journal papers and book chapters and more than 90 conference papers. His research papers have been highly cited. According to the data on Feb. 16, 2014 from Web of Science, eight of them had been ranked within the top 10 most highly cited papers (one of them ranked first and three of them ranked second) among all published over the same period in the corresponding journals.
Cui was the recipient of the prestigious IEEE Signal Processing Society 2012 Best Paper Award, along with two conference best paper awards. He was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2013, within eight years after receiving his Ph.D., one of the quickest in IEEE history. In 2014, he was selected to the list of World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds by ScienceWatch and elected to the prestigious Thomas Reuters list of Highly Cited Researchers, among 3215 scientists worldwide from 21 wide-spread research areas; this honor is one of five in Texas A&M engineering history.
Founded in 1952 with the formation of IRE’s (the Institute of Radio Engineers) Professional Group on Communications Systems (PGCS), IEEE ComSoc has evolved into a diverse group of global industry professionals with a common interest in advancing all communications technologies. Members interact across international and technological borders to: produce publications, organize conferences, foster educational programs, promote local activities and work on technical committees. For more about the Distinguished Lecturers visit: http://www.comsoc.org/about/memberprograms/distinguished-lecturers.