Richard Han

Richard Han is a Professor in Networks and Distributed Systems at the School of Computing, Macquarie University. He leads the Macquarie University Advanced Drone Systems Research Centre and is affiliated with the Future Communications Research Centre. Previously, he held professorial roles at the University of Colorado Boulder (2001-2020) and was a Research Staff Member at IBM TJ Watson Research Center (1997-2001).

• Education: PhD in Electrical Engineering (UC Berkeley, 1997), BS with Distinction in Electrical Engineering (Stanford, 1989)

His research focuses on drone systems, wireless sensor networks, cybersecurity, and cloud computing. Notable achievements include four best paper awards, over 13,000 Google Scholar citations, and prestigious grants like NSF CAREER and IBM Faculty Awards.

• Key Projects: Robust Autonomous Drone Landing (2022-2025)

Research emphasizes practical applications such as emergency drone battery services, cooperative payload delivery, and privacy-preserving drone vision systems. He directs multiple research groups and collaborates internationally on sensor fusion and UAV applications.