People

 

Dr Chi Zhou

 

The OWIL Lab is led by Dr. Chi Zhou. Dr. Zhou joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2006. She received two B.S. degrees in both Automation and Business Administration from Tsinghua University, China, in 1997.She received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Northwestern University in 2000 and 2002, respectively. Between 2002 and 2006, she worked in Florida International University as assistant professor. Since 2006, she has served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology. Her primary research interests include wireless sensor networks for smart grid application, scheduling for OFMA/MIMO systems, network coding for wireless mesh networks, and integration of optical and wireless networks..

Phone: 312.567.7998
Fax: 312.567.8976
Email: zhouc@ece.iit.edu  

Office: Siegel Hall 130, 3301 South Dearborn Chicago, IL 60616

 

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Graduate Students

 

Seyed Mohamad Alavi

PhD Candidate

Research Interests:

• Wireless communication networks
• Resource allocation in multi user, multi carrier network
• The application of optimization and game theory to network design and analysis and admission control

Email: salavi1@iit.edu

Mohamad received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering form K. N. Toosi and Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2004 and 2006, respectively. He was a teaching assistant in Sharif University of technology from 2004 to 2006. Currently he is a Ph.D. Candidate at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. His research interests include wireless communication networks, resource allocation in multi user, multi carrier networks, the application of optimization and game theory to network design and analysis and admission control. He is a student member of IEEE Society

Selected Publications:

• Seyed Alavi, Chi Zhou, and Yu Cheng, “Low complexity Resource Allocation Algorithm for IEEE 802.16 OFDMA System”, in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dresden, Germany, June 2009
• Khanzadi, H.R.; Alavi, S.M.; Vahdat, B.V.; Sanaei, S.; , "A New Strategy for Providing QoS in IEEE 802.16 Standard," Signal Processing and Communications, 2007. ICSPC 2007. IEEE International Conference on, vol., no., pp.1083-1086, 24-27 Nov. 2007

 

Bin Guo

PhD Candidate

Research Interests:

Current research interests focus on network coding analysis and applications in wireless networks, including:

• Coding-aware routing scheme design and analysis.
• Network coding in cooperative communications.

Email: bguo2@iit.edu

Bin Guo received his B.S. degree in Information Engineering from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, in 2004, and M.S. degree in Digital Communication from Chalmers University of Technology (CTH) in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2008.  He is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at IIT. He was a telecom engineer in Amdocs (China) in Beijing during 2004-2006; and was engineer in Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication in Stockholm during 2007-2008.

Selected Publications:

• B. Guo, H. Li, C. Zhou and Y. Cheng, “Analysis of General Coding Conditions and Design of a Free-ride Oriented Routing Metric,” IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Tech.  2011.
• B. Guo, O. Sotoudeh, C. Zhou and Y. Cheng, “Performance Evaluation of Antenna Diversity for a Mobile Terminal,”  Springer International Journal on Wireless Information Networks, 2011.
• B. Guo, P. Chang, Y. Liu and C. Zhou, “ Multi-user Cooperative Network Coding over GF(2^q) with Maximum Diversity”, IEEE Trans. Communication, 2011 (submitted)
• B. Guo, P. Chang, Y. Liu, C. Zhou, “A Practical Network Coding Scheme over GF(2q) for Multi-User Cooperative Communication”, in IEEE GLOBECOM, 2011.
• Y. Liu, X. Dong, B. Guo, C. Zhou, “Decision Making for Two-Phase Network-Coded Cooperative Information Repair in Wireless Networks”, in IEEE GLOBECOM, 2011.
• B. Guo, K. Vardhe, Y. Liu, C. Zhou, Y. Cheng, “Outage performance of DF Network Coded (DFNC) multi-User cooperative diversity in orthogonal uplink channels,” in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommun. Conf. (GLOBECOM), (Miami, FL), Dec. 2010.
• Bin Guo, Hongkun Li, Chi Zhou, and Yu Cheng, “General Network Coding Conditions in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks,” in Communications (ICC), 2010 IEEE International Conference on, pp. 1-5, 2010.
• Y. Liu, B. Guo, C. Zhou and Y. Cheng, “A CDS based Cooperative Information Repair Protocol with Network Coding in Wireless Networks”, IEEE Globecom 2010.
• B. Guo, O. Sotoudeh, C. Zhou and Y. Cheng, “Antenna Diversity for a Mobile
  Terminal: Theory, Simulation and Measurement”, IEEE Globecom 2009.
• B. Guo, K. Karlsson, O. Sotoudeh, “Study of diversity gain obtained with two PIFA antennas on a small ground plane for a UMTS terminal”, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, San Diego, 2008.

 

Abiodun Iwayemi

PhD Candidate

Research Interests:

• Residential Energy Management
• Non-intrusive appliance load monitoring
• Wireless sensor networks
• Network science

Email: aiwayemi@iit.edu

Abiodun Iwayemi, received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He was employed as a WCDMA Core Network Engineer at Huawei Technologies between 2004 and 2007, and rose to become project manager of Huawei's first end to end WCDMA network in West Africa, a project spanning 4 cities with an equipment cost of $5 Million. He won the Huawei Outstanding Employee Award, (South Africa Region) in 2005 and the Huawei regional office quarterly evaluation Prize 2006. He obtained his Masters in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2009, and is currently a PhD student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. His research interests lie in residential energy management, non-intrusive appliance load monitoring, wireless sensor networks for smart grid applications, and network science applications for critical infrastructure protection.

Selected Publications:

• Peizhong Yi, X. Dong, A. Iwayemi and C. Zhou,"Distributed Opportunistic Scheduling for Building Load Control, in Communication and Networking in Smart Grids, Edited by Prof. Yang Xiao to be published by Auerbach Publications, Taylor & Francis Group, CRC, ISBN-10: 1439878730, ISBN-13: 978-1439878736, 2012
• A. Iwayemi and C. Zhou, “Arrival of Smart Appliances Is a Milestone on the Path to the Smart Grid - IEEE Smart Grid,” IEEE Smart Grid Newsletter, Oct-2011. [Online]. Available: http://smartgrid.ieee.org/newsletter/october-2011/415-arrival-of-smart-appliances-is-a-milestone-on-the-path-to-the-smart-grid.
• Abiodun Iwayemi, Wanggen Wan and Chi Zhou (2011). Energy Management for Intelligent Buildings,in Energy Management Systems, P. Giridhar Kini (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-579-2, InTech.
• A. Iwayemi, P. Yi, X. Dong and C. Zhou, “Knowing When to Act: An Optimal Stopping Method for Smart Grid Demand Response”, accepted by IEEE Network Magazine Special issue on Communication Infrastructures for Smart Grid
• Peizhong Yi, Abiodun Iwayemi, and Chi Zhou, “Building Automation Networks for Smart Grids,”International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, vol. 2011, Article ID 926363, 12 pages, 2011. doi:10.1155/2011/92636
• A. Iwayemi, Peizhong Yi, and Chi Zhou “Intelligent Wireless Lighting Control using Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks: A Survey”, EJSE Special Issue: Wireless Sensor Networks and Practical Applications, Dec. 2010..
• Peizhong Yi; Iwayemi, A.; Chi Zhou; , "Developing ZigBee Deployment Guideline Under WiFi Interference for Smart Grid Applications," Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on , vol.2, no.1, pp.110-120, March 2011
  doi: 10.1109/TSG.2010.2091655.
• Peizhong Yi, A. Iwayemi, and Chi Zhou, “Frequency agility in a ZigBee network for smart grid application,” in IEEE Conference onInnovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT), 2010, pp. 1-6, 2010.
• A. Iwayemi, Peizhong Yi, Peng Liu, and Chi Zhou, “A Perfect Power demonstration system,” in IEEE Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT), 2010, pp. 1-7, 2010.
• A. Iwayemi and Chi Zhou, “VoIP Performance in Multi-radio Mobile Devices,” in Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications, 2009 IEEE International Symposium on, pp. 354-360, 2009.

 

Yu Liu

PhD Candidate

Research Interests:

• Cooperative communications
• Wireless Network coding
• Cross-layer network protocol design and optimization
• Optical and wireless system integration
• CDMA/OFDM/LTE/WiMax

Email: yliu77@iit.edu

Yu Liu received his B.S. degree in electrical and information engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China, in 2005, and his M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 2007. He is now a Ph.D. student at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department in IIT. He is currently focusing on network coding in wireless network applications, protocol design with network coding in peer-to-peer networks, and energy efficiency with network coding in wireless network.  He worked as a Research Assistant at NEC Laboratories America in Princeton, New Jersey, from January to July 2008.

Selected Publications:

• Y. Liu, X. Dong, B. Guo, C. Zhou, “Decision Making for Two-Phase Network-Coded Cooperative Information Repair in Wireless Networks”, in IEEE GLOBECOM, 2011.
• B. Guo, P. Chang, Y. Liu, C. Zhou, “A Practical Network Coding Scheme over GF(2q) for Multi-User Cooperative Communication”, in IEEE GLOBECOM, 2011.
• Y. Liu, C. Zhou, Y. Cheng, “A Cluster-based Cooperative Information Repair Protocol with Network Coding in Cellular/802.11 Hybrid Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, April, 2011, submitted.
• Y. Liu, C. Zhou, Y. Cheng, “S2U: An Efficient Algorithm for Optimal Integrated Points Placement in Hybrid Optical-Wireless Access Networks”, in Elsevier Journals on computer communications, accepted, 2011.
• Yu Liu, Bin Guo, Chi Zhou, and Yu Cheng, “A CDS based Cooperative Information Repair Protocol with Network Coding in Wireless Networks”, in IEEE Globecom 2010, Miami, FL, December 2010
• B. Guo, K. Vardhe, Y. Liu, C. Zhou, Y. Cheng, “Outage Performance of DF Network Coded (DFNC) Multi-User Cooperative Diversity in Orthogonal Uplink Channels”, in IEEE GLOBECOM, 2010.
• X. Dong, D. Wu, Y. Liu, C. Zhou, “Statistical QoS Provisioning in Mobile Ad hoc Networks”, The 6th International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN’10), Oct., 2010.
• Yu Liu, Chi Zhou, and Yu Cheng, “Integrated BS/ONU placement in hybrid EPON-WiMax access networks”,  in IEEE Globecom 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 2009
• Yu Liu and Chi Zhou, “A Vertical Handoff Decision Algorithm (VHDA) and a Call Admission Control (CAC) policy in integrated network between WiMax and UMTS,” in Communications and Networking in China, 2007. CHINACOM '07. Second International Conference on, pp. 1063-1068, 2007.

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Gina Martinez

PhD Candidate

Research Interests:

• Navigation and geolocation via signals of opportunity
• Indoor radiolocation
• GPS/GNSS navigation

Email: gmartine@iit.edu>

Gina received her B.S. degree in computer engineering from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and her M.S. degree in computer engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). She is currently a Ph.D. student of the ECE department at IIT. Gina is the recipient of IIT's 2011 Fieldhouse Research Fellowship award.

 

Mandana Noorozi

PhD Candidate

Research Interests:

• Cognitive Radio Signal detection
• Modulation classification
• Wireless network and signal processing

Email: mnorouzi@iit.edu

Mandana received her B.S. degree from Shiraz University at 2005 and a Masters at Malek Ashtar University of Technology at Tehran. Her research was on Wireless Sensor Network, and the topic of her MS thesis was "Increasing lifetime in wireless Directional Sensor Network" . Her research interest are in wireless network, detection and estimation, cognitive radio users’ management in communication systems.

Selected Publications:

• M.Norouzi, M.Hoseni, Chi Zhou, ”Effect of Utility function On Lifetime of Directional Sensor Networks” in IEEE GreenCom 2010, Hangzhou , China, December 2010.

Farhad Tavassoli

PhD Candidate

Research Interests:

• Wireless Communications
• CDMA/OFDM
• Smart Antennas and Beamforming
• MIMO Systems
• Signal Processing Applications in Wireless Communications

Email: ftavasso@iit.edu

Farhad has received his BS and MS from Sharif University of Technology and Iran University of Technology, respectively. Currently he is studying his PhD at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago where he also serves as a research assistant. His main research area is signal processing application in wireless communications. From 2005 to 2008, he was a senior telecommunication engineer and a project manager at Utility Information System (UIS) in Dubai. At UIS, he was involved in several projects related to different areas in wireless communications such as VHF, UHF, microwave, and spread spectrum systems. He won Iran Telecommunication Research Center award for his MS thesis on beamforming for CDMA communication systems in 2005. He also won the Selected Engineer of The Year award at UIS twice in 2006 and 2007.  Farhad is a member of IEEE Communication and Vehicular Technology societies.

Selected Publications:

• F. Tavassoli, H. Oraizi, and B. Abolhassani, “A New Rayleigh Quotient Based Beamforming Method for CDMA Communication Systems,” 65th Vehicular Technology Conference, Dublin, April 2007.
• F. Tavassoli, B. Abolhassani, and H. Oraizi, “A simple adaptive beamforming algorithm for CDMA wireless communication systems,” 17th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Helsinki, Sep. 2006.
• F. Tavassoli, B. Abolhassani, and H. Oraizi, “A new eigen decomposition based algorithm for beamforming in CDMA communication systems,” 3rd IEEE GCC Conference, March 2006, Manama, Bahrain.
• F. Tavassoli and B. Abolhassani, “Comb-Type Pilot Aided Channel Estimation for OFDM Systems,” 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Networking, Sep. 2005.

 

Peizhong Yi

PhD Candidate

Research Interests:

• Wireless sensor networks
• Zigbee/Wifi Intereference avoidance and mitigation protocols

Email: pyi@iit.edu

Peizhong Yi received her B.S. degree in Telecommunication from Xi'dian University, Xi'an, China, in 2007, and her M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, Illinois, in 2009. She is current working toward her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering Department specializing in communication networks (particularly wireless sensor network) for power system in IIT. Her Ph.D. research concentrated on design interference avoidance techniques of ZigBee and WiFi, design and develop self-forming and self-healing cluster-tree ZigBee network for smart grid system.She is also an IEEE student member.

Selected Publications:

• Peizhong Yi, X. Dong, A. Iwayemi and C. Zhou,"Distributed Opportunistic Scheduling for Building Load Control, in Communication and Networking in Smart Grids, Edited by Prof. Yang Xiao to be published by Auerbach Publications, Taylor & Francis Group, CRC, ISBN-10: 1439878730, ISBN-13: 978-1439878736, 2012
  
• Peizhong Yi, Abiodun Iwayemi, and Chi Zhou, “Building Automation Networks for Smart Grids,”International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, vol. 2011, Article ID 926363, 12 pages, 2011. doi:10.1155/2011/926363
• A. Iwayemi, P. Yi, X. Dong and C. Zhou, “Knowing When to Act: An Optimal Stopping Method for Smart Grid Demand Response”, accepted by IEEE Network Magazine Special issue on Communication Infrastructures for Smart Grid
• Peizhong Yi, Xihua Dong, Chi Zhou and Shufang Li, “Distributed Opportunistic Scheduling in Power Systems - An Optimal Stopping Approach”, accepted by 18th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC),2011
• A. Iwayemi, Peizhong Yi, and Chi Zhou “Intelligent Wireless Lighting Control using Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks: A Survey”, EJSE Special Issue: Wireless Sensor Networks and Practical Applications, Dec. 2010.
• Peizhong Yi; Iwayemi, A.; Chi Zhou; , "Developing ZigBee Deployment Guideline Under WiFi Interference for Smart Grid Applications," Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on , vol.2, no.1, pp.110-120, March 2011
  doi: 10.1109/TSG.2010.2091655.
• Peizhong Yi, A. Iwayemi, and Chi Zhou, “Frequency agility in a ZigBee network for smart grid application,” in IEEE Conference onInnovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT), 2010, pp. 1-6, 2010.
• A. Iwayemi, Peizhong Yi, Peng Liu, and Chi Zhou, “A Perfect Power demonstration system,” in IEEE Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT), 2010, pp. 1-7, 2010.

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