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Qiang Liu, assistant professor in the School of Computing, stands next to one of the Husker-Net 5G amplifiers topping the roof of Oldfather Hall. Husker-Net is the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's private 5G network, and one of Liu's research focuses.

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