Open Positions

Postdoctoral Research Associate – TAN’s Lab (R3‑Lab) 

TAN’s Lab (R3‑Lab) at Hampton University is recruiting a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate to advance research in autonomous systems, physics‑informed digital twins, and machine‑learning‑based resilience technologies. The postdoc will work under the direction of Dr. Tan Le on cutting‑edge projects involving autonomy, perception, NextG wireless networks, and intelligent systems operating in contested RF and cyber environments. 

Research Focus

TAN’s Lab develops efficient artificial intelligence for mission‑critical autonomous and cyber‑physical systems. Our work emphasizes computationally lean, hardware‑aware models capable of real‑time operation on edge devices, autonomous platforms, and emerging quantum–classical systems.

Research areas include:

• Physics‑informed digital twins for multi‑platform sensing (ground robots, UAVs, satellite‑linked systems)

• RF sensing, signal classification, and heterogeneous network coexistence

• Cyber‑resilient autonomy under jamming, spoofing, packet loss, and message alteration

• Quantum‑encoded learning, TinyML, GNNs/GATs, and deep reinforcement learning

• Trust scoring, corrupted‑data detection, reconstruction, and robust multi‑sensor fusion

• Robotic networks, UAV trajectory prediction, and trustworthy NextG/O‑RAN management

Across all domains, TAN’s Lab emphasizes application‑specific efficient AI that remains reliable under uncertainty, adversarial conditions, and resource constraints.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain digital‑twin simulation environments

• Build and evaluate ML/TinyML/QML‑based detection and trust‑scoring modules

• Generate synthetic datasets representing clean and corrupted RF/cyber behavior

• Integrate ML/QML modules into autonomy pipelines (ROS2, Gazebo/Ignition, Python, C++)

• Conduct simulation‑based testing and mathematically grounded validation

• Prepare publications, reports, and research documentation

• Mentor undergraduate researchers

• Collaborate with internal and external research partners

Minimum Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or related field

• Strong background in machine learning, robotics, or autonomous systems

• Proficiency in Python, PyTorch, ROS2, or simulation tools

• Demonstrated research productivity

• Strong communication and technical writing skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with digital twins or simulation‑based validation

• Familiarity with quantum machine learning or TinyML

• Background in sensor fusion, SLAM, or robotic perception

• Experience mentoring students

Application Instructions

To apply, email the following materials to Dr. Tan Le at Tan.Le@hamptonu.edu:

1. Cover letter

2. Current resume

3. Names and contact information for three references (include reference information within the resume)

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Contact:

Tan Le, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Email – tan.le@hamptonu.edu, Web - https://home.hamptonu.edu/engineering/dr-tan-le/

Personal Web - https://sites.google.com/site/thanhtantp/

Undergraduate/Graduate Research Assistant Position

We are seeking a highly motivated Undergraduate Research Assistant (Senior) or Graduate Research Assistant (Masters) to join our team. In this role, you will play a vital role in establishing securing the interconnected systems that focuses on the networked industrial control systems.

Project Objectives:

·         Design, develop, and learning Hybrid Intelligent Automation (HIA) Industrial Control Systems (ICS) for Authority to Operate (ATO).

·         Digital-twin implementation through LLM and GenAI to fine-tune the digital twin emulator for HIA of ICS.

·         Best Practices on AI/ML-based malware detection and protection service use cases will be integrated with ICS.

·         Scripting and Automation of ICS Configuration.

·         Best practice documentation and technical report preparation.

Who We Are Looking For:

·         Student in cybersecurity, electrical engineering, computer science or a related field.

·         Programming: Python for AI/ML, Server socket programming, system-level programming and integrated systems.

·         Experience in raspberry pi, Linux programming, networking and web programming.

·         Sensor networking and FPGA-based system design and programming (a plus).

What We Offer:

·         Opportunity to work on a cutting-edge project with real-world impact.

·         Gain valuable research experience in a collaborative environment.

·         Work in collaboration with interdisciplinary faculty.

·         Competitive stipend and tuition waiver

To Apply:

Please submit your resume and transcripts to:

Tan Le, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Email – tan.le@hamptonu.edu, Web - https://home.hamptonu.edu/engineering/dr-tan-le/

Personal Web - https://sites.google.com/site/thanhtantp/

Research Assistant Position for K12 STEM Students

We are seeking highly motivated Research Assistants for K12 STEM Students (Senior) to join our team. In this role, you will play a vital role in GenAI/ML and Cyber-security as well as the cyber-infrastructure for smart cyber physical systems.

Project Objectives:

·         GenAI/ML based Detection and Classification.

·         Malware Detection, Attack Detection.

·         Privacy Preservation and Trustworthy Management.

·         NextG Wireless Communications Networking.

·         Indoor Robots.

·         Documentation, Technical Report Preparation & Seminar/Workshop Organization.

Who We Are Looking For:

·         K12 STEM student in cybersecurity, electrical engineering, computer science or a related field.

·         Programming: Python, Matlab.

·         Networking and Robotics.

·         AI/ML.

What We Offer:

·         Opportunity to work on a cutting-edge project with real-world impact.

·         Gain valuable research experience in a collaborative environment.

·         Work in collaboration with interdisciplinary faculty.

·         Competitive stipend.

We welcome and encourage minority students to apply for our open positions!!!

To Apply:

Please submit your resume and transcripts as well as any related documents to:

Tan Le, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Email – tan.le@hamptonu.edu, Web - https://home.hamptonu.edu/engineering/dr-tan-le/

Personal Web - https://sites.google.com/site/thanhtantp/