Harpreet S. Dhillon
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Harpreet S. Dhillon, PhD, IEEE Fellow |
Note: We are always on the lookout for highly motivated Ph.D. students interested in working on cutting-edge problems in communications, localization, machine learning and stochastic geometry. Interested students with a strong mathematical background and an aptitude for fundamental research are encouraged to contact Prof. Dhillon with a brief resume. Check the group page to read about the current and past members of our research group.
Selected Recent News
01/2025: Ph.D. advisees awarded the VT ECE Blackwell Award for Best Dissertation/Research: Anish Pradhan (2024, winner), Mohamed A. Abd-Elmagid (2023, winner), and Chiranjib Saha (2021, first runner-up)
01/2025: Appointed Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in the VT College of Engineering (VT News)
08/2024: Named the W. Martin Johnson Professor of Engineering at Virginia Tech (VT News)
08/2024: Appointed as the Interim Department Head of the Bradley Department of ECE at Virginia Tech (VT News)
Recent Journal Submissions
04/2025: A New Statistical Approach to Calibration-Free Localization Using Unlabeled Crowdsourced Data
03/2025: Indoor Positioning for Public Safety: Role of UAVs, LEOs, and Propagation-Aware Techniques
03/2025: Determinantal Learning for Subset Selection in Wireless Networks
02/2025: Deterministic and Statistical Analysis of the DoF of Continuous Linear Arrays in the Near Field
02/2025: Geolocation with Large LEO Constellations: Insights from Fisher Information
02/2025: Joint 9D Receiver Localization and Ephemeris Correction using LEO and 5G Base Stations
02/2025: Impact of Model Mismatch on DOA Estimation with MUSIC: Near-Field and Far-Field
02/2025: Optimal No-Fly Zone Design for the Coexistence of Drone and Satellite Networks
01/2025: A New Statistical Approach to the Performance Analysis of Vision-based Localization
10/2024: LEO-based Positioning: Foundations, Signal Design, and Receiver Enhancements for 6G NTN
Current Research Interests
Communication Theory and Wireless Communications
Stochastic Geometry: Theory and Applications
Machine Learning for Communication and Localization
Communication, Localization, and Sensing in NextG Systems
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Communication and Localization
Smart and Connected Communities
Cyber-Physical Systems
Brief Biography
Harpreet S. Dhillon received his B.Tech. from IIT Guwahati in 2008, his M.S. from Virginia Tech in 2010, and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013. After a year as a Viterbi Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Southern California, he joined Virginia Tech in 2014, where he is currently the W. Martin Johnson Professor of Engineering and the Associate Dean for Research and Innovation. In 2024, he served as the Interim Department Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). His research interests include communication theory, wireless networks, geolocation, and stochastic geometry. He is a Fellow of IEEE, AAIA, and AIIA, and a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher. He has received six best paper awards, including the IEEE Leonard G. Abraham Prize (2014), the IEEE Katherine Johnson Young Author Best Paper Award (2015), and the IEEE Heinrich Hertz Award (2016), as well as early-career technical achievement awards from three IEEE ComSoc Technical Committees. At Virginia Tech, he has received multiple faculty honors, including the Outstanding New Assistant Professor Award (2017), the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research (2020), and several named faculty appointments such as the Steven O. Lane Junior Faculty Fellowship (2018), the College of Engineering Faculty Fellowship (2018), and the Elizabeth and James E. Turner Jr. ’56 Faculty Fellowship (2019). His other honors include the 2008 Agilent Engineering and Technology Award, the UT Austin MCD Fellowship, the UT Austin WNCG Leadership Award (2013), and the inaugural IIT Guwahati Young Alumni Achiever Award (2020). He has served as a TPC Co-chair for IEEE WCNC 2022 and IEEE PIMRC 2024, a symposium TPC Co-chair for numerous IEEE conferences, and as an editorial board member of several IEEE journals. He currently serves on the Executive Editorial Committee for the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
Contact
Harpreet S. Dhillon, PhD
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
W. Martin Johnson Professor of Engineering
College of Engineering, Virginia Tech
Mail: 3046 Torgersen Hall, 620 Drillfield Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Email: hdhillon(at)vt(dot)edu
Phone: (540) 231-2129
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