Huaping Liu

Professor
KEC 4115
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-3211, USA
Tel: (541) 737-2973, Fax: (541) 737-1300, huaping.liu@oregonstate.edu


Huaping Liu is a Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Oregon State University in 2001, he was a systems engineer in the Wireless Advanced Technology Laboratory at Lucent Technologies, where he worked on advanced wireless communication technologies.

Dr. Liu's research focuses on wireless communications, efficient modulation and detection techniques, and emerging technologies in communication and networking. His work spans both theoretical foundations and practical system development, with applications in next-generation wireless systems and intelligent communication networks. He has published extensively in leading journals and conferences and has collaborated with both academic and industry partners.

He has served in numerous editorial and leadership roles in the research community, including Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and IEEE Communications Letters, and Editor for Journal of Communications and Networks, Security and Communication Networks, and ICT Express, where he received the Best Editor Award in 2016. He has also held key conference leadership roles, including Technical Program Committee Co-Chair for IEEE Radio and Wireless Week and Track Chair for IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC).

Dr. Liu's contributions to research and education have been recognized through multiple honors, including the Oregon State University College of Engineering Research Collaboration Award, several best paper and best student paper awards from major international conferences, the Lucent Technologies Research Achievement Award, and the NJIT Hashimoto Prize. He has also been twice selected by Oregon State University students as OSU IEEE Professor of the Year for his dedication to teaching and mentoring.


Research
Interests: Wireless communication systems, modulation and detection, indoor positioning and localization technologies, and spread spectrum and signal processing techniques.
Teaching