I am an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Madison since 2025. I am also affiliated with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
My research interests broadly lie in wireless systems and cyber-physical systems. I lead the MachW Lab with the agenda to build wireless powered systems that perceive the world and communicate with high fidelity unlocking new application potentials.
Research Overview
We are building systems along the following themes:
- Learning based radio frequency perception
- Physics based radio frequency imaging
- Wireless + robotics
- Wireless + health
- Backscatter
- Emerging frontiers
Recent News
- Oct 26: Xincheng will present a magnetometer-based sensor that boosts the efficiency of electrical fault debugging at MobiCom Demos 2026 in Austin
- Aug 26: Juno is one of the recipients of the I3 initative
- May 26: Umbra accepted at IEEE Sensors Journal
- Mar 26: PolyPulse accepted at Nature Communications
- Feb 25: Sharp presented at HotMobile 26
Team
Graduate Students
- Xincheng Xie
- Brian Zheng
- Hongyang Li
- Zhaowei Zhang
Teaching
- Intro to Computer Networks (640): F25
- Big Ideas In Wireless: Perception and Communication (839): S25, S26
Service
Technical Program Committee
- MobiCom: 2025-26
- MobiSys: 2025
- SenSys: 2026