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style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%'>Alireza Babaei,&nbsp; Postdoctoral Fellow<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span class=style31><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%'>Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span class=style31><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%'>Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span class=style31><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%'>Auburn University&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <![if !mso]></td> </tr> </table> </span><![endif]><![if !mso & !vml]>&nbsp;<![endif]><![if !vml]></td> </tr> </table> </span><![endif]><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> 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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=174 height=257 src="index_files/image001.jpg" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: DSC00460cut" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]></span>&nbsp; </p> <p class=style1><span class=style31><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>OFFICE: Broun Hall Room 302&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PHONE: (334) 844-1828&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EMAIL: ababaei AT auburn DOT edu<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=style2>&nbsp;</p> </div> <p class=style1>Alireza Babaei&nbsp;received his PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from <a href="http://www.gmu.edu/">George Mason University</a>, Fairfax, VA in May 2009. He is the recipient of <a href="http://ece.gmu.edu/index.php?id=awards2009">outstanding graduate student award</a> from GMU and is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Electrical and Computer Engineering department of <a href="http://www.auburn.edu/">Auburn University</a> where he is involved in research and teaching. His areas of active research are wireless communications and networking, modeling and performance evaluation of random networks and cognitive radio networks.</p> <p class=style1><span class=style11><u><span style='font-size:13.5pt; color:blue'><a href="index.htm">Research</a></span></u></span><span class=style11><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>      </span><a href="index.htm">Teaching</a><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>      </span><a href=".">Publications</a><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>      </span><a href="index.htm">Professional Activities</a><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>      </span><a href="index.htm">Awards and Honors</a><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>      </span><a href="index.htm">CV&nbsp;</a></span></span></p> <div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=style2><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Research <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=style2><b>Modeling of Random Networks:</b> I am using tools from stochastic geometry and point processes for modeling of random networks. Such models are required for performance evaluation and deriving fundamental communications limits in a random network. Particularly, I am interested in modeling and performance evaluation of random wireless networks.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><a href="distance_distribution_bivariate_Poisson_ABabaei_CommLett10.pdf">Here</a>, I have used bivariate Poisson processes for modeling heterogeneous random wireless networks and have come up with statistical properties of distances in such processes.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class=style2><b>Theoretical Limits on Capacity Bounds in a Poisson Wireless Network:</b> <a href="JCN_Final_Babaei.pdf">Here</a>, I have come up with upper and lower bounds for capacity in a Poisson Wireless Network by obtaining exact interference statistics in such networks and using Shannon s capacity bound. <b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class=style2><b>Interference Modeling and Avoidance in Cognitive Wireless Networks:</b> Statistical models for interference originated from a secondary network in a cognitive wireless network have been obtained. I have also used these models for devising power control algorithms for interference avoidance in CR networks. See <a href="Globecom08_ABabaei.pdf">this paper</a> and <a href="ICC10_ABabaei.pdf">this one</a>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class=style2><b>Game-theoretical Models for Coexistence of Wireless Networks in Unlicensed Bands:</b> Using Game Theory, in <a href="VTC_Spring10_ABabaei.pdf">this paper</a>, I have come up with transmission probability control game (TPCG) for throughput optimization of wireless networks coexisting in unlicensed bands.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class=style2><b>Throughput Optimization in CR networks:</b> In a cognitive random wireless network, the throughput obtained by primary and secondary networks is inter-related. <a href="Globecom10_ABabaei.pdf">Here</a>, I have proposed joint primary and secondary throughput optimization in CR networks. <b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class=style2><b>Interference Statistics Shaping for Capacity Improvement in CR networks:</b> The Statistical properties of interference from the secondary network in a CR network can be shaped to improve the primary capacity as shown in <a href="Milcom10_ABabaei.pdf">here</a>. Moreover, I have come up with a cooperative framework where secondary network is allowed to access primary channels by helping to improve its capacity through interference statistics shaping. See <a href="VTCSpring11_ABabaei.pdf">here</a>. <b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class=style2><b>&nbsp;</b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Teaching<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class=style1><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi'>Auburn University:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.5in'>Spring 2011:</p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>ELEC 5110/6110 (Wireless Networks) </p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.5in'>Spring 2012</p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>ELEC 5110/6110 (Wireless Networks)</p> <p class=style1><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi'>George Mason University:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.5in'>Fall 2007-Spring 2009: Guest lectures and teaching assistant for</p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>ECE 642 (Design and Analysis of Computer Communication Networks)</p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>ECE 741 (Wireless Networks)</p> <p class=style1><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi'>Tabarestan Institute of Higher Education:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.5in'>Fall 2005-Summer 2006:</p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Digital Communications</p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Digital Logic and Lab</p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span>Electronics Lab</p> <p class=style1>&nbsp;</p> <div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=style2><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Publications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class=style1 style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi'>Books<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1'>[A1] <b>A. Babaei</b>, P. Agrawal and B. Jabbari, <i>Stochastic Geometry Methods in Cognitive Radio Networks</i>, SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering, to be published in 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=style1 style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi'>Book Chapters</span></b></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[B2] <b>A. Babaei</b>, P. Agrawal and B. Jabbari,  Interference Modeling, Shaping and Avoidance in Cognitive Cellular Networks to appear in </span><i><span style='color:black'>Cognitive Radio for Wireless Cellular and Vehicular Networks,</span></i><span style='color:black'> Springer NL.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[B3] <b>A. Babaei</b>, P. Agrawal and B. Jabbari,  Throughput Modeling, Analysis and Optimization in Cognitive Wireless Networks, to appear in <i>Cognitive Radio and Interference Management: Technology and Strategy</i>, IGI Global.</span><span class=style21><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span class=style21>[B4] B. Jabbari and <b>A. Babaei</b>,  Interference and its Impact on System Capacity, to appear in <i>The Communications Handbook</i>, 3<sup>rd</sup> Edition, CRC Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=style1 style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi'>Editorials<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[C5] <i>IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine</i> special issue in <i>Dynamic Spectrum Management</i>, Guest Co-Editor, August 2010.</span><span class=style21><span style='mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi'>Journal Papers</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[D6] <b>A. Babaei</b> and B. Jabbari,  Distance Distribution of Bivariate Poisson Network Nodes, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 848-850, Sept. 2010 [ </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="distance_distribution_bivariate_Poisson_ABabaei_CommLett10.pdf">pdf</a> </span><span class=style21>]. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[D7] <b>A. Babaei</b>, P. Agrawal and B. Jabbari,  Capacity Bounds in Random Wireless Networks, to appear in Journal of Communications and Networks [ </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="JCN_Final_Babaei.pdf">pdf</a> </span><span class=style21>].</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[D8] <b>A. Babaei</b>, J. Park, V. Veque and G. Trivedi,  Dynamic Spectrum Management in Wireless Networks, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, Guest Editorial, pp. 4-5, Aug. 2010.</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[D9] <b>A. Babaei</b>, M. Haenggi, P. Agrawal and B. Jabbari,  Interference Power Statistics of a Randomly Punctured Poisson Field of Interferers, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications [arxiv].</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[D10] <b>A. Babaei</b>, P. Agrawal and b. Jabbari,  Shaping the Interference Statistics for Capacity Maximization in Cognitive Random Wireless Networks, under submission.</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[D11] <b>A. Babaei</b> and B. Jabbari,  Interference Modeling and Coexistence Strategies in Cognitive Wireless Networks, Under submission.</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi'>Conference Papers<span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration: none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[E12] A. Busson, B. Jabbari, <b>A. Babaei</b> and V. Veque,  </span>'Throughput Limits in Spectrum Sensing Cognitive Radio Networks using Point Processes<span class=style21> Submitted to IFIP Networking 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[E13] M. Zhang, <b>A. Babaei</b> and P. Agrawal, </span> A Cluster-based Hybrid Access Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks Submitted to Sarnoff 2012.</p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[E14] D. Chen, <b>A. Babaei</b> and P. Agrawal,  Reliable Link Lifetime-Based Cluster-Head Election in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, Submitted to ACM Mobihoc 2012.</span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[E15] M. Zhang, <b>A. Babaei</b> and P. Agrawal,  SCL: A Cross-Layer Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks, to appear in Proceedings of SSST 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=Default style='text-indent:.5in'><span class=style21><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[E16] D. Chen, <b>A. Babaei</b> and P. Agrawal,  An Efficient Cluster Update Model in MANET, to appear in Proceedings of SSST 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[E17] <b>A. Babaei</b> and B. Jabbari,  Achievable Throughput in Power-Constrained Cognitive Wireless Networks, to appear in Proceedings of IEEE ICC 2012, June 2012 [pdf].</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>[E18] <b>A. Babaei</b>, P. Agrawal and B. Jabbari,  Statistics of Aggregate Interference in Cognitive Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, to appear in Proceedings of IEEE ICNC 2012, Feb 2012 [pdf].</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration: none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[E19] <b>A. Babaei</b>, M. Haenggi, P. Agrawal and B. Jabbari,  Interference Statistics of a Deterministically Thinned Poisson Field of Interferers, in Proceedings of IEEE Milcom 2011, Nov. 2011 [pdf].</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[E20] <b>A. Babaei</b>, P. Agrawal and B. Jabbari,  Cooperative Spectrum Sharing for a Primary Network with Capacity Constraint, in Proceedings of IEEE VTC-Spring 2011, May 2011 [pdf].</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[E21] <b>A. Babaei</b>, P. Agrawal and B. Jabbari,  Statistical Shaping of Interference to Maximize Capacity in Cognitive random Wireless Networks, in Proceedings of IEEE MilCom 2010, Nov. 2010 [pdf].</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[E22] <b>A. Babaei</b> and B. Jabbari,  Optimization of Throughput in Cognitive Random Wireless Ad hoc Networks, in Proceedings of IEEE Globecom 2010, Dec. 2010 [pdf].</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[E23] <b>A. Babaei</b> and B. Jabbari,  Transmission Probability Control Game for Coexisting Random ALOHA Wireless Networks in Unlicensed Bands, in Proceedings of IEEE VTC'10-Spring, May 2010 [pdf].</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[E24] <b>A. Babaei</b> and B. Jabbari,  Interference Modeling and Avoidance in Spectrum Underlay Cognitive Wireless Networks, in Proceedings of IEEE ICC'10, May 2010 [pdf].</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[E25] <b>A. Babaei</b> and B. Jabbari,  Inter-nodal Distance Distribution and Power Control for Coexisting Radio Networks, in Proceedings of IEEE Globecom 2008, Dec 2008 [pdf].</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[E26] <b>A. Babaei</b>, B. Abolhassani, M. I. Yousefi and N. Sadati,  A Cutting Plane Optimization Algorithm for Intra-cell Link Adaptation Problem, in Proceedings of IEEE 16th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications- PIMRC, 2005 [pdf].</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[E27] <b>A. Babaei</b> and B. Abolhassani,  A New Iterative Algorithm for power and Modulation Adaptation in Cellular Systems, in Proceedings of Second IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks- WOCN, 2005 [pdf].</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[E28] <b>A. Babaei</b> and B. Abolhassani,  Capacity Enhancement of Wireless Networks using Adaptive Modulation/Coding,&quot; in Proceedings of IEEE GCC 2004 [pdf].</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi'>Dissertation and Theses<span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration: none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[F29] Statistical Interference Modeling and Coexistence Strategies in Cognitive Wireless Networks, PhD Dissertation, Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University, May 2009.</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[F30] Adaptive Modulation and Coding in Cellular Systems using Meta-heuristic Optimization Algorithms, MS Thesis, Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, Nov. 2005.</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[F31] Simulation and Performance Study of Space-Time Codes, BS Project, Electrical Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Sept. 2003.&nbsp; </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color: windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi'>Presentations:<span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[G32] Interference Modeling and Mitigation in Infrastructure and Infrastructure-less Wireless Networks, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University, Sept. 2010.</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[G33] Shape the Interference to Share the Spectrum: A New Paradigm for Spectrum Sharing in Cognitive Radio Networks, National Science Foundation s WICAT (Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology), Research Review, Auburn University, April 2011.</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[G34] Cognitive Random Wireless Networks: Interference Modeling and Avoidance, National Science Foundation s WICAT (Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology), Research Review, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, April 2010.</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration: none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[G35] A Game-theoretic Approach for Spectrum Sharing in Unlicensed Bands, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University, Sept. 2010.</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:40.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21>[G36] Statistical Interference Modeling and Coexistence Strategies in Cognitive Wireless Networks, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University, May 2009.</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=style2 style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Professional Activities</span></b><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span class=style21><span style='font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span class=style21><b>Guest editor</b> for Aug. 2010 special issue of IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine in Dynamic Spectrum Management.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span class=style21><span style='font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span class=style21><b>Session Chair</b>: Wireless Multimedia Services, Wireless Networking Symposium, IEEE Globecom 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span class=style21><span style='font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span class=style21><b>Technical program committee (TPC) member</b> for the HSPR 2009, Globecom 2011, ICNC 2012, Globecom 2012, PIMRC 2012 conferences.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"; color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span class=style21><b>Technical reviewer</b> for:</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=style1 style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.25in'><span class=style21><b>Journals:</b></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify'><span class=style21><i>IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications</i></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><i><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify'><span class=style21><i>IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology</i></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><i><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify'><span class=style21><i>IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications</i></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><i><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify'><span class=style21><i>IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing</i></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><i><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class=style1 style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><span class=style21><i><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>     </span>Elsevier Journal of Ad Hoc Networks </i></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><i><span style='color:windowtext; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class=style1 style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><span class=style21><i><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>    </span>Journal of Communications</i></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><i><span style='color:windowtext; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class=style1 style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><span class=style21><b>Conferences:</b></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:58.5pt;text-align:justify'><span class=style21><i>Globecom 2008</i>, <i>ICCSC 2008</i>, <i>HSPR 2009</i>, <i>QBSC 2010</i>, <i>Milcom 2010, Globecom 2010, ICC 2010, Globecom 2011, Milcom 2011, ICNC 2012, ICC 2012, WCNC 2012</i>.</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=style2 style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Awards and Honors</span></b><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:windowtext; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span class=style21><span style='font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span class=style21><b>Outstanding Graduate Student Award</b>, Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering, George Mason University, Spring 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span class=style21><span style='font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span class=style21><b>Doctoral Fellowship</b>, Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering, George Mason University, Fall 2008 and Spring 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=style1 style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span class=style21>Participated in writing the proposal for the $4.6 million Department of Commerce grant to Auburn University for rural broadband initiative.</span></p> </div> </body> </html>