Professor Hoa Le Minh

Associate Head of School

School: Engineering, Physics and Mathematics

Hoa Le Minh is currently a Professor in Optical Communications and the Deputy Head of Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University, UK. Previously he was a Research Fellow at University of Oxford, UK (2007-2010), a Research Assistant at Siemens AG, Munich, Germany (2002-2004), and a Lecturer in Telecommunications at Ho Chi Minh University of Technology, Vietnam (1999-2001). He is an expert in photonics, optical communications, visible light communications, smartphone technology, signal processing, and intelligent networks. He has published more than 200 articles, in journals, conferences, and book chapters, and received grants from EPSRC, Innovate UK, EU and industry.

Hoa was a former Chapter Chair of IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) UK and Ireland Chapter. He is a member of EPSRC ICT grant prioritisation panels, and an associate editor for peer-review journals.

Campus Address

Ellison Building

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Key Publications

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An Image Processing Based Blur Reduction Technique in Smartphone-to-Smartphone Visible Light Communication System, Yokar, V., Le-Minh, H., Ghassemlooy, Z., Woo, W. 28 Jun 2025
A Novel Energy-efficient Health Monitoring System with Electromagnetic-reducing Dual-band Antenna, Thanh, T., Nguyen, M., Le, M., Dinh, N., Nguyen, Q., Nguyen, K., Le-Minh, H. 15 May 2025, In: IEEE Sensors Journal
A Novel Frame Identification and Synchronization Technique for Smartphone Visible Light Communication Systems Based on Convolutional Neural Networks, Yokar, V., Le-Minh, H., Li, X., Woo, W., Alves, L., Zvanovec, S., Son, T., Ghassemlooy, Z. 28 Jun 2025
A Novel Uplink Positioning and SVD-based Physical Layer Security Scheme for VLC Systems, Zia-ul-Mustafa, R., Minh, H., Ghassemlooy, Z., Zvanovec, S., Younus, O., Li, X., Pham, A. 14 May 2025, In: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Channel characterization in screen-to-camera based optical camera communication, Yokar, V., Minh, H., Ghassemlooy, Z., Woo, W. 28 Jun 2025
Dual-Layer Security: Integration of Simulated QKD and Experimental PLS for VLC, Zia-ul-Mustafa, R., Yánez, C., Le Minh, H., Zvánovec, S., Pham, A., Ghassemlooy, Z. 15 Dec 2025, In: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Data Detection Technique for Screen-to-Camera Based Optical Camera Communications, Yokar, V., Le-Minh, H., Ghassemlooy, Z., Woo, W. 19 Jul 2024, 2024 14th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), IEEE
LiDrive: A LiFi Solution Compliant with ITU-T G. hn Standards for Commercial Deployment, Li, X., Le-Minh, H., Ghassemlooy, Z., Binns, R., Eromosele, A., Archenhold, G. 19 Jul 2024, 2024 14th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), IEEE
Machine Learning-Based Channel Allocation for Secure Indoor Visible Light Communications, Zia-Ul-Mustafa, R., Minh, H., Ghassemlooy, Z., Zvánovec, S. 19 Jul 2024, 2024 14th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), IEEE
Non-Blind Image Restoration Technique in Screen–to–Camera based Optical Camera Communications, Yokar, V., Le-Minh, H., Alves, L., Zvanovec, S., Woo, W., Ghassemlooy, Z. 3 Jun 2024, 2024 7th International Balkan Conference on Communications and Networking (BalkanCom), IEEE

Current and Recent Projects

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Northumbria University-Integrated System Technologies, Le Minh, H. (Principal Investigator), Innovate UK, 01/08/21 - 31/01/24, £235,679.00

PGR Supervision

Vaigai Yokar MENA : MACHINE LEARNING ENHANCED NEXT-GEN SMARTPHONE COMMUNICATION AUGUMENTED WITH BARCODES Start Date: 01/10/2020 End Date: 01/05/2025

Qualifications