Ph.D Theses Supervised

  1. T. Wang,``Complex-Field Network Coding in High-Throughput Anti-Jam Wireless Networks,'' August 2008; now with Seagate, MN (Research Engineer).
  2. Y. Yu, ``Cross-Layer Medium Access and Congestion Control for Wireless Networks,'' May 2007; now with Qualcomm, CA (Research Engineer).
  3. A. Garcia-Marques, ``Power-Efficient Wireless Communications,'' February 2007 (co-advised with Prof. Javier Ramos, Carlos III Univ., Spain).; now with Univ. of Rey-Juan Carlos, Spain (Assistant Professor).
  4. A. Ribeiro, ``Wireless Cooperative Communications and Networking,'' January 2007; now with Univ. of Pennsylvania (Assistant Professor).
  5. A. Cano, ``Differential Modulation for Wireless Collocated and Distributed MIMO Systems,'' June 2006 (co-advised with Prof. Javier Ramos, Rey-Huan Carlos Univ., Madrid, Spain).
  6. X. Luo, ``Synchronization and (De-) Modulation for Ultra-Wideband Access,'' May 2006; now with Qualcomm, CA (Research Engineer).
  7. Q. Liu, ``Cross-Layer Design and Modeling for Wireless Communication Networks,'' April 2006; now with Navini Networks, TX (Research Engineer).
  8. R. Wang, ``Distributed Coding for Multi-Source Cooperative Networks,'' March 2006; now with Qualcomm, CA (Research Engineer).
  9. P. Xia, ``Multi-Input Multi-Output Communications with Partial Channel State Information,'' July 2005; now with Samsung Inc., CA (Research Engineer).
  10. W. Zhao, ``Space-Time Coding and Low-Complexity Decoding for Coherent and Non-Coherent MIMO Communications,'' May 2005; now with Qualcomm, CA (Research Engineer).
  11. L. Yang, ``Ultra-Wideband Wireless Communications: From Concept to Reality,'' June 2004; PhD Thesis won the Best Dissertation Award in the Physical Sciences and Engineering, Graduate School, University of Minnesota, 2005; now with the University of Florida, Gainsville (Associate Professor).
  12. X. Ma, ``Doubly-Selective Fading Channels: Estimation, Capacity, and Space-Time Coding,'' May 2003; first with Auburn University; now with Georgia Inst. of Technology (Assistant Professor).
  13. Y. Xin, ``Space-Time Coding with Linear Constellation Precoding'' April 2003; now with the National University of Singapore (Assistant Professor).
  14. S. Zhou, ``Chip-Interleaving and Space-Time Coding for Wireless'' May 2002; now with the University of Connecticut (Associate Professor).
  15. Z. Wang, ``Linear Precoding in Wireless Communication Systems,'' April 2002; now with the Iowa State University (Associate Professor).
  16. Z. Liu, ``Space-Time Coding for Broadband Wireless Communication Systems,'' November 2001; now with the University of Iowa (Assistant Professor).
  17. C. Tepedelenlioglu, ``Modeling and Mitigation of Time- and Frequency-Selective Fading in Single- and Multi-Carrier Communications,'' May 2001; now with the Arizona State University (Associate Professor; received NSF-Career Award 2001).
  18. A. Scaglione, ``Filterbank Precoding in Communications,'' U. of Rome, Italy; main advisor: prof. S. Barbarossa; now with the Univ. of Cal., Davis (Associate Professor; received NSF-Career Award 2001).
  19. A. Stamoulis, ``Integrated Services in Wireless Networks with Jointly Designed Physical, Data,
    and Network Layers,'' December     2000; was with the ATT Shannon Labs; now with Qualcom (Research Engineer).
  20. E. Serpedin, ``Blind Equalization of Linear and Nonlinear Volterra Channels using Transmitter or Receiver Diversity,'' December 1998; now with the Dept. of ECE, Texas A&M University (Associate Professor; received NSF-Career Award, 2000).
  21. S. D. Halford, ``Blind Channel Equalization for Wireless Communications," November 1996; now with Intersil Corporation, Palm Bay, FL (Research Engineer).
  22. G. Zhou, ``Random Amplitude and Polynomial Phase Modeling of Non-Stationary Processes using High-Order and Cyclic Statistics," November 1994; now with the School of Electrical Engr., Georgia Tech., Atlanta, GA (Full Professor; received NSF-Career Award, 1997) PhD Thesis received the School of Engr. and Applied Sciences, Allan Talbott Gwathmey Memorial Research Award, Univ. of Virginia, April 1995. G. Zhou also received NSF Fellowship to attend Summer Program in Japan, June-August 1995.
  23. T. E. Hall, ``Estimation and Validation of Image Models using Higher-Order Statistics with Applications to Textures," August 1994; now with the Information Technology & Communications Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (Consultant for scientific computing).
  24. S. Shamsuder, ``Array and Multichannel Signal Processing using Higher-Order and Cyclic Statistics," November 1993; Dept. of Electrical Engr., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (Assistant Professor); now with Lucent Tech., Wireless Group, NJ (Research Engineer).
  25. A. Dandawate, ``Exploiting Cyclostationarity and Higher-Order Statistics in Signal Processing,'' January 1993; now with Intel Corp., NJ (Research Engineer).
  26. B. Sadler, ``Polyspectral Techniques for Detection and Estimation in Gaussian and non-Gaussian noise," December 1992; now with the US Army Lab (ARL), Adelphi, MD, and the
    Johns Hopkins Univ. Whiting Institute (    Instructor).
  27. M. K. Tsatsanis, ``On Wavelets and Time-Varying Systems," September 1992; now with the Dept. of Electrical Engr., Stevens Institute of Technology, N.Y. (Associate Professor; received NSF-Career Award, 1998); Chief Tech. Officer with Voyan Technologies Inc., CA; now co-founder of Aktino Inc., Irvine, CA.
  28. J. M.-M. Anderson, ``One- and two-dimensional system identification using higher-order statistics,'' May 1992; with the Dept. of Electrical Engr., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Associate Professor; received NSF-Career Award, 1996); now with Howard Univ. (Full Professor)