Hi, I'm Qiang Liu, an Assistant Professor at the School of Computing, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Prior to 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 Tao Han. I received my M.S. degree in Communication and Information System at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

My research goal is to design, develop, and implement networking algorithms and systems for next-gen AI-native wireless networks, and support diversified emerging mobile applications, such as Extended Reality, Autonomous Driving, and Internet of Things. My research philosophy is to integrate theoretical optimization and system experiments in real-world at-scale networks and systems. I am the principal investigator of Husker-Net, which is the first multi-campus private 5G network at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, supported by NSF Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*) program. My current research interests include:

• Wireless Networks: Network Autonomy, O-RAN, Digital Network Twin, Network Slicing, Private Cellular Networks.
• Trustworthy AI: Reinforcement Learning, Bayesian Optimization, Online Learning, including Safety, Robustness, Explainability, and Interpretability.
• Edge Computing: Multi-DNN Serving, Connected Autonomous Driving, Field Robotics, Agriculture IoT.

• Edgerton Innovation Award: College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2025
• Research Excellence Award: College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2024
• Best Paper Award: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2022
• Best Paper Award: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2019
• Best Paper Award: IEEE ComSoc on Transmission, Access, and Optical Systems (TAOS), 2019
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award: The ECE Department, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2019