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Xiaowen Gong

Research Centers Research Profile
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Godbold Associate Professor
217 Broun Hall
334.844.1851
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Education

Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Arizona State University
M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta
B.S. Electronic and Information Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Research Interests

Machine learning and AI in wireless networks
Edge computing
Network security

In The News

Associate professor in ECE earns $300K NSF award to help intelligent systems learn better from one another

Xiaowen Gong was recently awarded $300,000 by the National Science Foundation for his three-year study, “Federated Reinforcement Learning: From Heterogeneous Environments to Offline Data.”
Interdisciplinary project awarded $600K to improve STEM education in rural Alabama middle schools

The initiative will provide 24 seventh- and eighth-grade educators with research and training experiences in artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics.

Associate professor in ECE advances artificial intelligence collaboration across devices regardless of connection speed

Xiaowen Gong demonstrates how smart devices can collaborate to build better AI models regardless of connection quality, turning network limitations from a barrier into a manageable constraint.