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Faculty Introduction
Following six faculty members lead the BRICCS@VT:Yang (Cindy) Yi, is an ECE professor at Virginia Tech's Institute for Advanced Computing, Bradley Senior Faculty Fellow, MICRON & TEL UPWARDS Faculty Fellow, Virginia Tech Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Fellow, and College of Engineering Dean's Fellow 24'-25'. Her research interests focus on Brain-inspired Computing, AI Chip, Edge Devices, IoT, Spiking Neural Network, Neuromorphic Computing, & High Performance Computing and Communication.
Lingjia Liu, is an ECE professor at Virginia Tech's Institute for Advanced Computing, College of Engineering Dean's Fellow 24'-25' and Andrew J. Young Professor. He directs Wireless@Virginia Tech, focusing on 5G/6G networks, Machine Learning in Wireless Tech, Open RAN, and Dynamic Spectrum Sharing.
Yaling Yang, is an ECE professor at Virginia Tech Institute for Advanced Computing; she researches in network protocols, dynamic spectrum access networks, sensor networks, marine communications, and network security.
David Simpson, is a professor of practice with over thirty years of experience in the operation, procurement and policy of advanced technology products and services. His teaching experience includes MBA-level courses in Leadership and Ethics and MIT/ACIS courses in Cybersecurity for Business Leaders.
Chang-Tien Lu, is a CS professor, ACM Distinguished Scientist and Virginia Tech College of Engineering faculty fellow. He is also the curriculum lead in the Institute for Advanced Computing, and Associate Director of the Sanghani Center for AI and Data Analytics at Virginia Tech. His research interests include spatial databases, data mining, urban computing, artificial intelligence, and intelligent transportation systems.
Paul Ampadu, is an ECE professor at the Virginia Tech Institute for Advanced Computing. He is an educator and the director of Embedded Integrated Systems-on-chip (EdISon) research group and the associate director of Advanced Research Institute (ARI). His research interests include reliable/secure/energy-efficient systems on chip (SoC), low-power VLSI, and loT reliability and security.
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11/2025: Dr. Lingjia Liu speaks during Times Higher Education Innobvation and Impact global summit
11/2025: Major publications in IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence and IEEE MDTS 2025
09/2025: BRICCS Lab Hosts ICEX delegation leaders from industry
09/2025: Successful PhD Dissertation Defense: Fabiha Nowshin
08/2025: BRICCS Lab Secures CCI Grant for Revolutionary Edge IoT Security Research
07/2024: Paving the way for the next generation of wireless technology
01/2023: Lingjia Liu receives National Science Foundation grant to improve 6G access for all
11/2022: Lingjia Liu has been elected to the NSC Executive Committee
03/2022: New IARPA project through the Securing Compartmented Information with Smart Radio Systems (SCISRS) program (PI: Lingjia Liu)
08/2021: New NSF project (ECCS-2128594) on Intelligent Dynamic Spectrum Access for Spectrum through Reinforcement Learning for Spectrum Coexistence (PI: Lingjia Liu; Co-PI: Yang Yi).
BRICC Openings
10/2024: Open PhD position in Physical Design of Integrated Circuits (ICs)