Digital Systems Design Laboratory

We are looking for highly motivated students to join our lab.

Our research topics include:

• Digital Systems Design and Optimization

• Post-Quantum Cryptography

• Homomorphic Encryption

• Error Correction Codes for 5G/6G Communications

• Hardware Security

• Applied Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

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News

• 11/2024: Dr. Nguyen receives the Faculty Mentor Professional Learning Grant from the Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity, Northern Arizona University.

• 11/2024: Three papers are accepted to  IEEE ICCE 2025. Congratulations, team!

• 10/2024: Our research on "LDPC and Kyber for 5G Communications" is accepted to IEEE Access (IF 3.4). Congratulations, team!

• 10/2024: Dr. Nguyen receives the FY2025 Student Mentored Research Grant from the State of Arizona Technology and Research Initiative Fund (TRIF). Thanks to TRIF for the support!

• 9/2024: Our research on "Novel Matrix Transformations for AI and Homomorphic Encryption" is accepted to IEEE JETCAS (IF 3.7). Congratulations, team!

• 6/2024: Two papers are accepted to IEEE MWSCAS 2024. Congratulations, team!

• 5/2024: Dr. Nguyen receives FY2024 Graduate Student Mentored Research Grant from the State of Arizona Technology and Research Initiative Fund (TRIF). Thanks to TRIF for the support!

• 5/2024: Our paper entitled "Federated Learning for Enhanced ECG Signal Classification with Privacy Awareness" is accepted to IEEE EMBC 2024. Congratulations, team!

• 4/2024: The research conducted by our undergraduate students, Tianyi Chen and Ian Philippi, has been published in Healthcare Analytics Journal. Congratulations, team!

• 3/2024: Our Ph.D. student Bao Phan receives the 2024 Support for Graduate Students Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research, NAU.

• 2/2024: Our team at CEIAS, led by Andy Wang, receives a grant from the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) for developing a semiconductor metrology training and research program. I work as a Senior Personnel on the project. Thanks to ACA for the support! 

• 1/2024: Our research is funded by the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation (NSF). Thanks to NSF for the support!

• 12/2023: Our work on AI-based wind speed forecasting work has been published in ICT Express (IF 5.4).

• 11/2023: AI Telehealth Team receives Third Prize for Undergraduate Research at the 2023 SICCS Festival of Science. Congratulations, team!

• 11/2023: Dr. Nguyen receives the FY2024 Undergraduate Student Mentored Research Grant from the State of Arizona Technology and Research Initiative Fund (TRIF). Thanks to TRIF for the support!

• 10/2023: Our paper on AI-based medical image security is accepted to IEEE ICCE 2024. Congratulations, Bao Phan and Linh Nguyen!

• 6/2023: Our paper is accepted to IEEE MWSCAS 2023. Congratulations to my Ph.D. student, Bao Phan, on the wonderful work and on receiving NSF-CISE Student Participation Award and IEEE Circuits and Systems Student Travel Grant!

• 5/2023: Dr. Nguyen serves as a Technical Committee Member of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society – Circuits and Systems for Communications

• 3/2023: Our research on hardware security is funded by the State of Arizona Technology and Research Initiative Fund (TRIF). Thanks TRIF for the support!

• 2/2023: Homomorphic encryption research is accepted to IEEE ISCAS 2023.

• 1/2023: Our research is funded by Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Department of Defense. Thanks to ARL for the support!

• 1/2023: Our joint paper with Dr. Thang Xuan Pham and Dr. Hanho Lee (Inha University) is accepted to IEEE TCAS–II (IF 3.691).

• 9/2022: Two papers are accepted to IEEE APCCAS 2022 and ICNGC 2022.

• 8/2022: Our joint paper with Dr. Ngoc-Thang Bui is accepted to Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X journal (Q1).