Edwin Hou

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Education
Ph.D.; Purdue University-Main Campus; Electrical Engineering; 1989
M.S.; Stanford University; Computer Science; 1984
B.S.; University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Computer Engineering; 1982
B.S.; University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Electrical Engineering; 1982
Website
http://web.njit.edu/~hou
2026 Fall Courses
ECE 495 - COMP ENGINEER DESIGN LAB
Teaching Interests
Computer Engineering
Past Courses
ECE 495: COMP ENGINEER DESIGN LAB
ECE 495: COMPUTER ENGINEERING DESIGN LAB
ECE 689: COMPUTER ARITHMETIC ALGORITHMS
ECE 689: DIGITAL SYSTEMS DESIGN
Research Interests
Autonomous vehicles, nonlinear optimization, network intrusion detection, infrared imaging, genetic algorithms, scheduling, computer arithmetic, and neural networks.
Journal Article
Li Huang, Mengchu Zhou, Kuangrong Hao, Sui-Hoi Edwin Hou. 2019. "A survey of multi-robot regular and adversarial patrolling." IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 894-903.
W Han, J Xu, Mengchu Zhou, G Tian, P Wang, X Shen, Edwin Edwin Hou. 2016. "Cuckoo Search and Particle Filter-Based Inversing Approach to Estimating Defects via Magnetic Flux Leakage Signals." IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 52, no. 4.
Shui Hung Hou, Edwin Edwin Hou, . 2015. "On a Recursion Formula Related To Confluent Vandermonde." The American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 122, no. 8, pp. 766-772.
Haijun , Edwin Edwin Hou, Nirwan Ansari, . 2014. "Enhanced Name and Vote Separated E-voting system: an E-voting System that Ensures Voter Confidentiality and Candidate Privacy." Security and Communication Networks, vol. 3, no. 7.
Jing Yang, Edwin Edwin Hou, Mengchu Zhou. 2013. "Front Sensor and GPS-based Lateral Control of Automated Vehicles." IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 146-154.
Jing Yang, Edwin Edwin Hou. 2011. "Kalman Filter and GPS-based Longitudinal Tire Force Estimation." International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 199-206.
Conference Proceeding
"An Application-Oriented Course to Improve Student Performance in Mathematics Courses"
2018.
"Impact of Initiatives for Helping First Year Students Start on Track in Mathematics Sequence"
2018.
"Work in Progress--Findings of the Pilot Offering of an Application Oriented Course (ENGR 101)"
2017.
"Findings of the Pilot Offering of an Application Oriented Course (ENGR 101)"
9th Annual First Year Engineering Experience Conference, August, 2017.
"Work in Progress – Helping First Year Students Start on Track in the Mathematics Sequence"
9th Annual First Year Engineering Experience Conference , August, 2017.
"Work in Progress--ENGR 101-Application Oriented Course to Help First Year Students Make the Connection Between Engineering and Mathematics"
2016.
Other
"Motion control of an insect bot using spiking neural networks"
VLSI Design Conference 2016 , January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2016.
Chapter
Chao Zhang, Edwin Edwin Hou, Nirwan Ansari. "Chapter 6: Node Clustering in Wireless Sensor Networks." In J. Zheng and A. Jamalipour , eds., pp. 173-209. Wireless Sensor Networks: A Networking Perspective, Wiley/IEEE Press, 2009.
Book
Nirwan Ansari, Sui-Hoi Edwin Hou. "Computational intelligence for optimization." 225 pp. Kluwer Academic, 1991. ISBN 978-0792398387.