Qiang Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Computing
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Before joining UNL, I was a Member of Technical Staff at Nokia Bell Labs. I obtained my Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, supervised by Dr. Tao Han.
My research goal is to design, develop, and deploy converged networking and computing systems that efficiently support a broad range of emerging applications, including extended reality, autonomous driving, industrial automation, and precision agriculture. My research philosophy emphasizes the integration of theoretical optimization with system experimentation in real-world large-scale networking and computing environments. I have received the Best Paper Award at IEEE ICC (2019 and 2022), Best Paper Award at IEEE TAOS (2019), NVIDIA Academic Grant Award(2025), Edgerton Innovation Award (2025), and Research Excellence Award (2024). I am the principal investigator of Husker-Net, the first multi-campus private 5G network at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, supported by NSF Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*) program.
I am actively looking for self-motivated Ph.D. students to join my research group. If you are interested in working with me, please send me an email with your CV and research interests.
Research Interests
Wireless Networks
Network Autonomy, O-RAN, AI-RAN, Private Networks, Large-Scale Network Testbeds, Time Sensitive Networks.
Embodied Intelligence
Autonomous Systems, Edge AI, Digital Twin, Networked Robotics, Autonomous Driving.
Cyber-Physical Systems
Smart Agriculture, Industrial IoT, Vehicle-to-Everything, Advanced Manufacturing.