Yudi Huang

Research Interest

My research interests lie in applying optimization theory and machine learning tools to improve networked systems. I would like to understand the problems theoretically, tackle them with performance guaranteed algorithms, and validate them through system implementation. Currently, I focus on the following research topics:

Inference and Control in Overlay Networks. We hope to infer the latent sharing among the seemingly independent overlay tunnels without the help from underlay networks.
Prevention and Recovery of Cascading Failure in Smart Grid
Detection and localization of attack through graph neural network

In the past, I have spent 4+ years on applying machine learning for wireless communications.

Education

2019.9-Now Ph.D in Pennsylvania State University. Advisor: Dr. Ting He
2016.9-2019.6 M.S. in University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Advisor: Dr. Yingchang Liang
2012.9-2016.6 B.S. in University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Advisor: Dr. Yingchang Liang

Employment

2023.5-2023.8 Software Intern, 5G and 6G RAN digital twin, NVIDIA
2016.9-2019.6 Research Assistant, Pennsylvania State University

Publications

My Up-to-data Favorite Three:

Y.-D. Huang, Yilei Lin, and T. He, “Optimized Cross-Path Attacks via Adversarial Reconnaissance,” in ACM SIGMETRICS, 2023.
Y.-D. Huang, and T. He, “Overlay Routing Over an Uncooperative Underlay,” in ACM MobiHoc, 2023.
Y.-D. Huang, T. He, N. R. Chaudhuri, and T. La Porta, “Preventing Outages under Coordinated Cyber-Physical Attack with Secured PMUs,” in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2022.

All Papers:

Y.-D. Huang, Yilei Lin, and T. He, “Optimized Cross-Path Attacks via Adversarial Reconnaissance,” in ACM SIGMETRICS, 2023.
Y.-D. Huang, and T. He, “Overlay Routing Over an Uncooperative Underlay,” in ACM MobiHoc, 2023.
Y.-D. Huang, T. He, N. R. Chaudhuri, and T. La Porta, “Preventing Outages under Coordinated Cyber-Physical Attack with Secured PMUs,” in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2022.
Y.-D. Huang, T. He, N. R. Chaudhuri, and T. La Porta, “Link State Estimation under Cyber-Physical Attacks: Theory and Algorithms,” in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2022.
Y.-D. Huang, T. He, N. R. Chaudhuri, and T. La Porta, “Preventing Outages under Coordinated Cyber-Physical Attack with Secured PMUs,” in IEEE SmartGridComm, 2021.
Y.-D. Huang, T. He, N. R. Chaudhuri, and T. La Porta, “Power grid state estimation under general cyber-physical attacks,” in 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids(SmartGridComm). IEEE, 2020, pp. 1–68. (Best Paper Runner-up)
Y.-D. Huang, Y.-C. Liang, and F. Gao, “Channel estimation in FDD massive MIMO systems based on block-structureddictionary learning,” in 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). IEEE, 2019, pp. 1–6.
J. Tian, Y. Pei, Y.-D. Huang, and Y.-C. Liang, “Modulation-constrained clustering approach to blind modulationclassification for MIMO systems,”IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 4, no. 4, pp.894–907, 2018.
Q. Zhang, P. P. Liang, Y.-D. Huang, Y. Pei, and Y.-C. Liang, “Label-assisted transmission for short packet communications: A machine learning approach,”IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 8846–8859, 2018.
Y.-D. Huang, P. P. Liang, Q. Zhang, and Y.-C. Liang, “A machine learning approach to MIMO communications,” in 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). IEEE, 2018, pp. 1–6.
J. Tian, Y. Pei, Y.-D. Huang, and Y.-C. Liang, “A machine learning approach to blind modulation classification for MIMO systems,” in 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). IEEE, 2018, pp. 1–6.
Y.-D. Huang, J. Tan, and Y.-C. Liang, “Wireless big data: transforming heterogeneous networks to smart networks,”Journalof Communications and Information Networks, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 19–32, 2017.
Y.-D. Huang, Y.-C. Liang, and G. Yang, “A fuzzy support vector machine algorithm for cooperative spectrum sensing withnoise uncertainty,” in 2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). IEEE, 2016, pp. 1–6.

Services

Reviewer:

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC)
IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE)
IEEE Access

Awards

2020, IEEE SmartGridComm'2020 NSF Student Travel Grant
2020, IEEE SmartGridComm'2020 Best Paper Runner-up
2018, First Prize of Academic Scholarship, UESTC
2017, National Scholarships, UESTC (top 1%)
2016, Enrollment Scholarship for Master Student
2016, Outstanding Bachelor’s Thesis Award of UESTC
2015, National Scholarships, UESTC (top 1%)
2011, 1-st prize in National Mathematics Olympiad in Senior (Chongqing Division)