{"id":656,"date":"2025-04-17T10:10:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T14:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/csit\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=656"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:08:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:08:52","slug":"f-richard-yu","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/csit\/people\/f-richard-yu\/","title":{"rendered":"F. Richard Yu"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. F. Richard Yu received the PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of British Columbia (UBC). His research has substantially influenced industry standards and design specifications. Several innovative approaches developed through his work have been implemented in commercial products and services, positively affecting millions of users worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has been consistently recognized as a Clarivate \u201cHighly Cited Researcher,\u201d Stanford \u201cTop 2% Most Cited Scientist,\u201d and ScholarGPS \u201cTop 0.05% Highly Ranked Scholar\u201d for several consecutive years. He has published 800+ papers in prestigious journals and conferences with 60,000+ and an H-index of 127+ (<a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.ca%2Fcitations%3Fuser%3DzuGMGBoAAAAJ%26hl%3Den&amp;data=05%7C02%7CCSIT-Helpdesk%40cunet.carleton.ca%7Ce351d603bb214b9b6b4808de63379718%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639057287614031294%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Hw29am1j%2FhcjrXJARc5SJUk0CzAgOTJdMTKycyOFhgY%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a>). He received several Best Paper Awards from some first-tier conferences, Carleton Research Achievement Awards in 2012 and 2021, and the Ontario Early Researcher Award (formerly Premiers Research Excellence Award) in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a Member of the Academia Europaea (MAE), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC), the Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE), Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC), IEEE, and IET. He is a Board Member the IEEE VTS and the Editor-in-Chief for IEEE VTS Mobile World newsletter. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"research-areas\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Areas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Intelligent and autonomous systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Machine learning and embodied AI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Internet of things (IoT)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Security and Privacy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blockchain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"research-rankings-recognition\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Rankings &amp; Recognition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Research.com:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ranked&nbsp;<strong>#8<\/strong>&nbsp;among the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.com%2Fscientists-rankings%2Fcomputer-science%2Fca&amp;data=05%7C02%7CCSIT-Helpdesk%40cunet.carleton.ca%7Ce351d603bb214b9b6b4808de63379718%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639057287614057910%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=B4zNl7ydWWdbhC84nf%2FVHq15d9IZ2ztAfk48mcfkdWo%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Best Computer Science Scientists in Canada<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ranked&nbsp;<strong>#6<\/strong>&nbsp;among the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.com%2Fscientists-rankings%2Felectronics-and-electrical-engineering%2Fca&amp;data=05%7C02%7CCSIT-Helpdesk%40cunet.carleton.ca%7Ce351d603bb214b9b6b4808de63379718%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639057287614073156%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2FVCBBVqAnUJgU6zZVgDZ1fUv%2Fo6LZCCmhLKFQqa8UPY%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Best Electronics and Electrical Engineering Scientists in Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>ScholarGPS.com:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ranked&nbsp;<strong>#1<\/strong>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholargps.com%2Fscholars%2F54898396162316%2Ff-richard-yu&amp;data=05%7C02%7CCSIT-Helpdesk%40cunet.carleton.ca%7Ce351d603bb214b9b6b4808de63379718%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639057287614089855%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=m%2FZG0jOImkEZs5FcgJkPZ8AKJ%2BKv0jYaH0yhuC7dE%2BQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deep Reinforcement Learning and Mobile Edge Computing<\/a>&nbsp;fields globally (Lifetime)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ranked&nbsp;<strong>#38<\/strong>&nbsp;among the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholargps.com%2Fscholars%2F54898396162316%2Ff-richard-yu&amp;data=05%7C02%7CCSIT-Helpdesk%40cunet.carleton.ca%7Ce351d603bb214b9b6b4808de63379718%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639057287614110779%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iot2R7H8BVbwGQldON6ezsmiAeVv84%2F1kwdrEILqDEQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Highly Ranked Electrical and Computer Engineering Scholars<\/a>&nbsp;globally (Prior Five Years)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":657,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"F. 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