Youjian Liu

Youjian (Eugene) Liu is an Associate Professor in the Department of LEARNING, INFORMATION, NETWORK, COMMUNICATION & DATA SCIENCES at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research focuses on machine learning applications for power grid security, stochastic geometry modeling for cellular networks, and MIMO interference networks optimization. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering and has published extensively in top-tier journals/conferences.

Research interests span across interdisciplinary areas including:

• Machine Learning for Cyber-Physical Systems
• Wireless Communication Networks (Heterogeneous, Cognitive Radio)
• Power System Security & Resilience
• Spatial Stochastic Modeling
• Signal Processing Algorithms

His recent work demonstrates innovative solutions for optimizing MIMO systems performance through convex optimization techniques and Bayesian approaches for fault localization. He actively contributes to IEEE standards related to smart grid technologies and serves on technical program committees for leading conferences.

Current research projects include:

• NASA-funded project on AI-driven power grid monitoring
• NSF grant for cognitive radio network design
• Industry partnership with Siemens Energy on smart grid security

Maintains an active lab focused on experimental validation of communication and power systems concepts through hardware-in-loop simulations and machine learning frameworks.