Dr. Ronghua Xu is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Applied Computing at Michigan Technological University. He earned a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Binghamton University-State University of New York (SUNY) in 2023 and 2018 respectively. His research focuses on constructing intelligent and resilient networked systems through organic synergy of Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Learning (ML), and Blockchain technologies. Dr. Xu’s publications include over 50 papers published in scholarly journals, conference proceedings, and books. He has served as a reviewer for international journals and the Technical Program Committee (TPC) of prestigious conferences. Dr. Xu is a Member of ACM and IEEE.