Hany Elgala

Dr. Hany Elgala is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University at Albany, State University of New York, and Director of the Signals and Networks (SINE) Lab. Previously, he served as a Research Professor at Boston University, co-leading the Multimedia Communications Lab and acting as Communications Testbed leader at the NSF Smart Lighting ERC. His research focuses on telecommunications, digital signal processing, and embedded systems, with specialization in visible light communications (VLC), LiFi networks, IoT security, and AI-driven wireless solutions. He has coordinated industrial projects with Airbus and EADS on optical wireless networks in aircraft cabins.

Elgala's work emphasizes heterogeneous wireless networks, backscatter communication, and security in IoT. He has authored/co-authored ~50 publications/patents, contributing to fields like spectral efficiency, energy optimization, and network coexistence. His leadership in the SINE Lab drives innovations in 6G networks, UAV-based systems, and hybrid LiFi-WiFi architectures.

His research portfolio includes breakthroughs in VLC system design, machine learning applications for physical layer optimization, and jamming-resistant IoT networks. Recent efforts focus on indoor flying networks and low-complexity VLC frameworks leveraging multi-task learning and autoencoder-based modulation.