Faculty Profile for Dr. Hongchi Shi

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Dr. Hongchi Shi
Chair - Professor — Computer Science
CMAL 211F
phone: (512) 245-3409
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Research Interests

 Parallel and distributed computing, wireless sensor networks, image processing, neural networks

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Okdem, S., & Shi, H. (2024). Improving IoT and WSN Communication Throughput Using Evolutionary Optimization.
  • Okdem, S., & Shi, H. (2023). A Real-Time Link Quality Estimation Method for IEEE 802.15.4 Based Wireless Sensor Network and IoT Devices.
  • Lee, K., & Shi, H. (2019). A Modular Approach to Construction of Spiking Neural Networks.
  • DeWitt, J., & Shi, H. (2017). Barrier Coverage in Energy Harvesting Sensor Networks. Ad Hoc Networks, 56(2017), 72–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adhoc.2016.11.014
  • Burtscher, M., Peng, W., Qasem, A., Shi, H., Tamir, D., & Thiry, H. (2015). A Module-based Approach to Adopting the 2013 ACM Curricular Recommendations on Parallel Computing.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Senior Member of IEEE, IEEE. 1999 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Plague of Appreciation (GlobeCom 2012 Student Travel Grant Chair), IEEE Communications Society. 2012
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Certificate of Appreciation (ICC 2010 Symposium Co-Chair), IEEE Communications Society. 2010
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Certificate of Appreciation (ICC 2009 Symposium Co-Chair), IEEE Communications Society. 2009

Selected Grants

  • Shi, Hongchi (Principal). A High-Fidelity Infrastructure Towards the Research and Education for Trustworthy and Resilient Artificial Intelligence of Things, Department of Defense, Federal, $222569. (Funded: March 2025 - February 2026). Grant.
  • Shi, Hongchi (Principal), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Seaman, Jill M (Co-Principal). Data Alliance on Persistence and Perception in Computing, Northeastern University Center for Inclusive Computing, Institutional (Higher Ed), $10000. (Funded: May 2024 - August 2026). Grant.
  • Metsis, Vangelis (Principal), Ngu, Hee Hiong (Co-Principal), Gao, Ju (Co-Principal), Shi, Hongchi (Co-Principal), Guirguis, Mina S (Co-Principal), Gu, Qijun (Co-Principal). Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN), U.S. Department of Education, Federal, $728150. (Submitted: February 2021, Funded: October 1, 2021 - September 30, 2025). Grant.
  • Shi, Hongchi (Principal), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Seaman, Jill M (Co-Principal). Data Collection for Inclusive Computing, Center for Inclusive Computing, Northeastern University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $60000. (Funded: February 1, 2021 - December 2023). Grant.
  • Shi, Hongchi. NCWIT ES-UP: Increasing Women’s Participation in Computer Science, NCWIT, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $10000. (Funded: February 2018 - January 2020). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
TXST NcNair Advisory Committee
2023-Present
Member
TXST STEM Workforce Advisory Council
2021-Present
Member
TXST Formosa Plastics Professorship Committee
2017-Present
Member
TXST Campus Information Resource Advisory Council (CIRCA)
2014-Present
Member
TXST Family Campaign Faculty Committee
2012-Present