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Research Interest

Algorithmic, optimization, and performance issues in wireless networks
Performance analysis and modeling of computer communication networks and computer systems
Simulation, emulation, and testbed development
Multimedia communications over wireless networks
Cognitive radio networks, femtocell networks, 60 GHz networks, free-space optical network, mobile ad hoc networks, and wireless mesh networks
Smart grid

Research Experience

Research Scientist, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, May 2006 ~ July 2006
- Host Supervisor: Dr. Shivendra S. Panwar
Postdoctoral Research Associate/Research Scientist, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, December 2003 ~ April 2006
- Host Supervisor: Dr. Y. Thomas Hou
CATT Research Fellow, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, September 1998 ~ December 2003
- Advisor: Dr. Shivendra S. Panwar
Summer Intern, Avaya Labs-Research, Holmdel, NJ, Summer 2001
- Mentor: Dr. Mark J. Karol
Research Staff Member, IBM China Research Lab, Beijing, P. R. China, June 1997 ~ June 1998
Research Assistant, State Key Lab on Microwave and Digital Communication, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China, Sept. 1993 ~ May 1997
- Advisor: Prof. Xiaokang Lin

Research Group

Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center (WEREC)
Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology (WICAT)
Broadband Wireless Access & Applications Center (BWAC)
Students:
- Doctoral students:
  - Jing Ning: since Fall 2010
  - Yi Xu: since Spring 2011
  - Hui Zhou: as co-advisor (with Dr. Prathima Agrawal), since Fall 2011
  - Yu Wang: since Fall 2011
  - Zhifeng He: since Fall 2012
  - Zhefeng Jiang: since Fall 2012
- MS Students:
  - Swathi Bathula: since Spring 2013
  - Chengdong Lu: since Spring 2013
  - Ningkai Tang: since Fall 2012
  - Bobby Black: since Summer 2012
  - Matthew Rhodes, since Spring 2012
- Undergraduate students:
  - Patrick Berry, Fall 2013
  - Kayla Frost, Summer 2013
- Alumni:
  - Yingsong Huang:
    - PhD, defended Feb. 18, 2013
    - Dissertation: Energy-Efficient Design in Cyber-Physical Systems with a Control and Optimization Approach
    - First employment: Software Engineer, NetApp
  - Donglin Hu:
    - PhD, defended Apr. 6, 2012
    - Dissertation: Video over Cognitive Radio Networks: A Cross-Layer Optimization Approach
    - First employment: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Auburn University
  - In Keun Son
    - PhD, defended Oct. 18, 2010
    - Dissertation: Design and Optimization of Free Space Optical Networks
    - First employment: Army Major, Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), Republic of Korea
  - Sunjai Kim
    - MS, graduated Dec. 2011
    - First employment: Army Captain, Defense Communication Command (DAPA), Republic of Korea
  - Phillip Walsh
    - MS, graduated May 2010
    - First employment: Qualcomm Inc.
  - Quinton Kennedy (Tuskegee University): supported by the NSF REU program, co-mentored with Dr. Fan Jiang with the Department of EE, Tuskegee University, Fall 2012
  - Gabriela A. Garcia: supported by the NSF REU program, Fall 2011 and Fall 2012
  - Reza Ashtari: supported by the NSF REU program, Fall 2012
  - Bobby Black: supported by the NSF REU program, Summer/Fall 2011
  - Jonathan Baker: supported by the NSF REU program, Fall 2011
  - Alexander Vanderheyden: supported by the NSF REU program, Spring/Summer/Fall 2011
  - Elizabeth Hammonds: supported by the NSF REU program, Summer 2010
  - Evan Price: supported by the NSF REU program, Fall 2009
  - Clyde E. Hunt, III (Tuskegee University): supported by the NSF REU program, co-mentored with Dr. Fan Jiang with the Department of EE, Tuskegee University, Fall 2009
  - Emile Ewing: supported by the NSF REU program, Fall 2008
Student Awards and Honors:
- Yi Xu: summer intern at NEC Laboratories American, Princeton, NJ, Summer 2013
- Zhefeng Jiang: summer intern at Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill NJ, Summer 2013
- Yingsong Huang: Outstanding International Graduate Student Award for Academic Excellence in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, 2012 ~ 2013
- Yingsong Huang: Outstanding International Graduate Student Award for Academic Excellence in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, 2012 ~ 2013
- Yu Wang: Third Best Poster Award, The NSF Broadband Wireless Access and Applications Center (BWAC) Kickoff Meeting, Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, Apr. 2013
- Yingsong Huang: Graduate Travel Grant, Auburn University Graduate School, Dec. 2012
- Donglin Hu: Outstanding Doctoral Student for 2011-2012, The Graduate School and The Graduate Student Council, Auburn University, Apr. 2012
- Donglin Hu: inducted to honor society Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), Apr. 2012
- Yingsong Huang: inducted to honor society Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), Apr. 2012
- Yi Xu: inducted to honor society Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), Apr. 2012
- Donglin Hu: IEEE MILCOM 2011 Student Travel Grant Award, Nov. 2011
- Yingsong Huang: IEEE MILCOM 2011 Student Travel Grant Award, Nov. 2011
- Yu Wang: Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship, Aug. 2011 ~ Aug. 2015
- Donglin Hu: Outstanding International Graduate Student for Academic Excellence in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, 2010 ~ 2011
- Donglin Hu: Second Place in the ECE Department Graduate Student Poster Competition, Feb. 2011
- In Keun Son: IEEE MILCOM 2010 Student Travel Grant Award, Oct./Nov. 2010
- Jing Ning: Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship, Aug. 2010 ~ Aug. 2014
- Donglin Hu: Vodafone Fellowship, Dept. ECE, Auburn University, 2008
- Yingsong Huang: Vodafone Fellowship, Dept. ECE, Auburn University, 2008
Visitors:
- Dr. Dong Hoi Kim: Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon-si, South Korea, July 2011 ~ July 2012
- Dr. Chuan-Kun Wu: Professor, State Key Laboratory of Information Security, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, P. R. China, Mar. 28, 2010 ~ Apr. 30, 2010
- Mr. Chip Elliott, Principal Investigator and Project Director for the NSF GENI Project Office (GPO), Dec. 16, 2009
- Dr. Scott F. Midkiff, NSF Program Director & Professor, Virginia Tech, Oct. 9, 2008

Awards and Honors

2012 Exemplary Editor, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE Communications Society, March 2013
McWane Endowed Professorship in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University, July 2012
Junior Faculty Travel Grant, IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) 2011, June 2011
Auburn Alumni Council Research Awards for Excellence—Junior Award, Auburn University, April 2011
Auburn Author Award (two awards), Auburn University Libraries and The Graduate School, Auburn University, April 2011
National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2010
Certificate of Appreciation, IEEE Communications Society, 2010, 2011 and 2012
IEEE Communications Society Multimedia Communication Technical Committee (MMTC) E-Letter Editor's Selected Paper Recommendation, vol.4, no.3, April 2009
Best Paper Runner-up Award of QShine 2008, Hong Kong, P.R. China, July 28 ~ 31, 2008
Certificate of Appreciation, IEEE Computer Society, 2007
The 2004 IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize in the Field of Communications Systems
The 3rd Best Student Poster Award at the Watson International Workshop on Multimedia (WWM-2003), IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, June 20, 2003
Senior Member of the IEEE, since 2009
Member of Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu

Research Projects

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