Research Interests

• Algorithmic, optimization, and performance issues in wireless networks

• Cross-layer optimization and design

• Multimedia transport over wireless networks

• Performance analysis and modeling of computer communication networks and computer systems

• Mobile ad hoc networks, wireless mesh networks, wireless sensor networks, and cognitive networks

• Switching systems, scheduling algorithms, design and modeling of switching systems

Research Group

• Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center

• Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology

• Visitors

  • Dr. Dong Hoi Kim: Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do, 200-701, 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

• Students:

  • Doctoral students:

    • Donglin Hu: since Fall 2007

    • Yingsong Huang: since Fall 2007

    • Jing Ning: since Fall 2010

    • Yi Xu: since Spring 2011

    • Yu Wang: since Fall 2011

  • Undergraduate students:

    • Gabriela A. Garcia: supported by the NSF REU program, Fall 2011

    • Jonathan Baker: supported by the NSF REU program, Fall 2011

    • Alexander Vanderheyden: supported by the NSF REU program, Spring/Summer/Fall 2011

    • Bobby Black: May 2010 ~ Dec. 2011

  • Alumni

    • Sunjai Kim

      • MS, graduated Dec. 2011

      • First employment: Army Captain, Defense Communication Command (DAPA), Republic of Korea

    • 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

    • Phillip Walsh

      • MS, graduated May 2010

      • First employment: Qualcomm Inc.

    • Elizabeth Hammonds: undergraduate student, supported by the NSF REU program, May 2010 ~ Aug.  2010

    • Evan Price: undergraduate student, supported by the NSF REU program, Aug. 2009 ~ Dec. 2009

    • Clyde E. Hunt, III (Tuskegee University): undergraduate student, supported by the NSF REU program, Aug. 2009 ~ Dec. 2009

    • Emile Ewing: undergraduate student, supported by the NSF REU program, Aug. 2008 ~ Dec. 2008

Awards and Honors

• 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 and 2011

• 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 (IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications best paper award)

• 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

• Member of Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu

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 Member, IBM China Research Lab, Beijing, P. R. China, June 1997 ~ June 1998

We acknowledge the generous supports from our sponsors

• National Science Foundation

• TranSwitch Corporation

• U.S. Department of Defense

Last Updated: Aug. 1, 2010