Dr. Vuong Mai

Biography

Vuong Mai is an Assistant Professor at the School of Computer Science, AI and Electronics, Faculty of Engineering and Digital Technologies, University of Bradford, UK. He is also a core team member of the Bradford-Renduchintala Centre for Space AI. Prior to joining Bradford, he worked as a Research Assistant Professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea. His current research interests include optical wireless, B5G/6G, aerospace communications, and space AI. 

Research

OSpace (Optical Wireless and Future Space Networks): The increasing demand for high-speed data transmission and congestion in the conventional wireless spectrum are creating exciting opportunities for optical wireless. Our current research focuses on optical wireless technology operating in the near-infrared band, which is widely referred to as free-space optics or lasercom. This technology, with an extremely wide unregulated bandwidth and narrow beam divergence, is capable of delivering high data-rate signals over long distances. Low-SWaP (size, weight, and power) terminals and high-secure transmission are also enabled by optical wireless. However, significant challenges are still perceived, including adverse effects of the atmospheric transmission medium and the requirements for highly precise beam alignment. We are working on various intelligent techniques for enabling reliable optical wireless systems. We are also interested in future space networks, in which our research merges optical wireless with AI as a potential enabler for satellite constellation networks, advanced earth observation, space quantum internet, and interplanetary internet. 

Advertised PhD Projects

1. Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Free-Space Optics for Future Advanced Satellite Communications
2. Advancing Earth Observation with Artificial Intelligence
3. Advanced Networking Techniques for Quantum Space-Aerial-Terrestrial Integrated Networks

For prospective students who are interested in joining us, you can find more information at this link: OSpace research group. 

Teaching

Vuong Mai is currently teaching modules in MSc Satellite Systems Engineering, and MSc Advanced Biomedical Engineering.