Research Focus
Zhi Tian is a recognized expert in the fields of statistical signal processing, wireless communications, and machine learning. Specific areas of expertise have included detection and estimation theory, compressed sensing, decentralized network optimization and learning, statistical inference of network data, cognitive radio networks, MIMO systems, array processing, multi-target tracking, data fusion and Bayesian inference. Currently she conducts active research on both massive MIMO for 5G wireless networks and data science. For the latter, the research foci are on high-dimensional structured information processing, and on distributed machine learning in a network environment with sample efficiency, communication efficiency and robustness to privacy intrusion or cyber attacks.
