Curriculum Vitae: Xin Wang Contact Information Department of Electrical Engineering Phone: (561) 297-3467 Florida Atlantic University Fax: (561) 297-2800 777 Glades Road, Email: xin.wang@fau.edu Boca Raton, FL 33431 Web: faculty.eng.fau.edu/xwang11/ Areas of Interest Communication and networking, cross-layer design and optimization, cognitive radios, TCP design and optimization, OFDM networks, energy-efficient communications, scheduling and resource allocation, adaptive signal processing. Professional Preparation Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering Auburn University, AL, USA. 2004 M.S. Electrical Engineering Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2000 B.S. Electrical Engineering Fudan University, Shanghai, China 1997 Appointments Aug. 2010 present: Associate Professor (tenured) Dept. of CEECS, Florida Atlantic Univ. Aug. 2006 Aug. 2010: Assistant Professor Dept. of CEECS, Florida Atlantic Univ. Aug. 2004 Aug. 2006: Postdoctoral Associate Dept. of ECE, University of Minnesota Courses Taught EEL 4541, Stochastic Process and Random Signals EEL 4512, Communications Systems EEL 4510, Introduction to Digital Signal Processing EEL 2126, C for Engineers EEL 3111, Circuit I EEL 5500, Digital Communications Systems EEL 5943, Modern Digital Communications. EEL 6593, Mobile Communications EEL 6953, Communication Networks Optimization Sponsored Research X. Wang (PI), NEDG: A Universal Approach to Channel-Adaptive Resource Allocation and Scheduling for Wireless OFDM Networks, US National Science Foundation, $285,865, 2008-2012. X. Wang (PI), Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) supplement, US National Science Foundation, $16,000, 2009-2012. K. Stevens (Director), (X. Wang is one of Investigators), Secure Telecommunication Networks, US Department of Defense, $1,000,000, 2007-2008, Morgera, Zhuang and Wang s Group: $123,528, 2007-2008. 1
Student Advising PhD students advising: o Di Wang, PhD candidate, dissertation title: Stochastic Energy-Optimization for Wireless Networks (to be defended in Spring 2011) o Zhaoquan Li, PhD candidate. MS students advised: o Irena Li, Master Thesis: Integrating Multi-User Scheduling with Retransmission Diversity over Wireless Links, Defended on July 28, 2008. o Di Wang, Master Thesis: Studies on Stochastic Multi-User Scheduling in Wireless Communication, Defended on July 25, 2008. Undergraduate student advising: o Miguel Hernandez, supported by NSF REU supplement. o Michael Olson, supported by NSF REU supplement. o Kasra Vakilinia, supported by NSF REU supplement. o Benny Pazhayattil, supported by NSF REU supplement. o Eugene Marlon Peters, supported by NSF REU supplement. Member of advisory committee for eleven PhD students and three MS students. Professional Activities Senior Member of the IEEE. Treasurer, the IEEE Palm Beach section. Invited panelist, National Science Foundation (NSF) 2008, 2009. TPC Members: Globecom2011, ISCIT 2011, ICCCN2011, ICCCN2010, CCNC2010, Globecom2009, ChinaCom2008, Globecom2008, CIP2008, ChinaCom2007. Journal Reviewer: Proceedings of IEEE, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Network, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, IEEE Communications Letters, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Springer Wireless Networks, Journal of Computer Science and Technology. Conference Reviewer: Various conferences including GLOBECOM, ISIT, ICC, ICASSP, WCNC, VTC, EUSICOP, MASS, ICCS, CrownCom, etc. Journal Papers (Published or in Press) 1. N. Gao and X. Wang, Optimal Subcarrier-Chunk Scheduling for Wireless OFDMA Systems, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, accepted for publication. 2. X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, Resource Allocation for Wireless Multiuser OFDM Networks, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 57, July 2011 (to appear). 3. X. Wang, Joint Sensing-Channel Selection and Power Control for Cognitive Radios, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 958-967, Mar. 2011. 2
4. D. Wang, X. Wang, and X. Cai, Optimal Power Control for Multi-User Relay Networks over Fading Channels, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 199-207, Jan. 2011. 5. X. Wang, D. Wang, H. Zhuang, and S. Morgera, Fair Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation in Wireless Sensor Networks over Fading TDMA Channels, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 28, no. 7, Sept. 2010. 6. X. Wang and N. Gao, Stochastic Resource Allocation in Fading Multiple Access and Broadcast Channels, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 2382-2391, May 2010. 7. X. Wang, I. Li, D. Wang, H. Zhuang, and S. Morgera, Incorporating Retransmission in Quality-of-Service Guaranteed Multi-User Scheduling over Wireless Links, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 58, no. 8, pp. 4388-4397, Oct. 2009. 8. A. G. Marques, X. Wang, and G. B. Giannakis, Dynamic Resource Management for Cognitive Radios using Limited-Rate Feedback, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 57, no. 9, pp. 3651-3666, Sept. 2009. 9. X. Wang, A. G. Marques, and G. B. Giannakis, Power-Efficient Resource Allocation and Quantization for TDMA Using Adaptive Transmission and Limited-Rate Feedback, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 56, no. 9, pp. 4470-4485, Sept. 2008. 10. A. G. Marques, X. Wang, and G. B. Giannakis, Minimizing Transmit-Power for Coherent Communications in Wireless Sensor Networks with Finite-Rate Feedback, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 56, no. 9, pp. 4446-4457, Sept. 2008. 11. X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, Power-Efficient Resource Allocation for Time-Division Multiple Access over Fading Channels, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 1225-1240, Mar. 2008. 12. X. Wang, Y. Yu, and G. B. Giannakis, Design and Analysis of Cross-Layer Tree Algorithms for Wireless Random Access, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 909-919, Mar. 2008. 13. X. Wang, G. B. Giannakis, and A. Marques, A Unified Approach to QoS-Guaranteed Scheduling for Channel-Adaptive Wireless Networks, Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 95, no. 12, pp. 2410-2431, Dec. 2007. [invited paper] 14. X. Wang, Y. Yu and G. B. Giannakis, A Robust High-Throughput Tree Algorithm Using Successive Interference Cancellation, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 55, no. 12, pp. 2253-2256, Dec. 2007. 15. X. Wang, Q. Liu, and G. B. Giannakis, Analyzing and Optimizing Adaptive Modulation-Coding Jointly with ARQ for QoS-Guaranteed Traffic, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 710-720, Mar. 2007. 16. X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, CSMA/CCA: A Modified CSMA/CA Protocol Mitigating the Fairness Problem for IEEE 802.11 DCF, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Special Issue on Quality of Service in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Article ID 39604, 12 pages, Oct. 2006. 17. Q. Liu, X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, A Cross-Layer Scheduling Algorithm with QoS Support in Wireless Networks, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 839-847, May 2006 (invited paper for special issue on selected papers from QShine 2005). [IEEE Xplore top 100 downloaded papers in July 2006] 18. X. Wang and J.K. Tugnait, A Bit-Map-Assisted Dynamic Queue Protocol for Multi-Access Wireless Networks with Multiple Packet Reception, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 51, pp. 2068-2081, Aug. 2003. 19. X. Wang, Z. Wang and B. O'Dea, A TOA-based Location Algorithm Reducing the Errors Due to Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) Propagation, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular 3
Technology, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 112-116, Jan. 2003. 20. X. Wang and Z. Wang, The Estimation of the Directions of Arrival of Spread-Spectrum Signals with Three Orthogonal Sensors, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 817-822, Sept. 2002. 21. X. Wang and Z. Wang, Two TOA-based Location Algorithms Which Can Simultaneously Estimate the Source s Position and the Transmitted Time, Journal of Fudan University: Natural Science (Chinese), vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 117-121, Apr. 2002 22. X. Wang and Z. Wang, A TOA-based Location Algorithm Considering Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) Propagation Effect, Journal of China Institute of Communications (Chinese), vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 1-8, Mar. 2001. 23. X. Wang, Y. Liu, and Z. Wang, The Estimation and Tracking of the Parameters of the Spread-Spectrum Multipath Channel, Journal of Fudan University: Natural Science (Chinese), vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 212-218, Apr. 2000. 24. X. Wang and Z. Wang, Time Delay Estimation of Two Independent Receivers in Multipath Using the Extended Kalman Filter, Journal of Fudan University: Natural Science (Chinese), vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 193-200, Apr. 2000. 25. X. Wang, Z. Wang, and X. Yuan, Calculation of Self-Inductance and Distributed Capacitance of Spiral Inductor, Research and Progress of SSE (Chinese), vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 424-432, Nov. 2000. 26. Y. Chu, C. Sheng, X. Wang, D. Gong, and Z. Wang, Contactless Measurement of Magnetoresistance and Calculating Method of the Hall Mobility for SiO x, Si/Si 1-x Ge x, Research and Progress of SSE (Chinese), vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 93-96, Feb. 1999. Journal Papers (Revised or Submitted) 27. D. Wang, Z. Li, and X. Wang, Joint Subcarrier Assignment and Relay Power Optimization for Wireless Cooperative Networks over OFDM Fading Channels, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, submitted Jan. 2011. 28. X. Wang and J. Wu, Sensing and Power Control for Multi-User Cognitive Radio Networks, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, to be submitted April. 2011. 29. Z. Li and X. Wang, Utility Maximization over Ergodic Capacity Regions of Fading OFDMA Channels, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, to be submitted April. 2011. 30. X. Wang, Z. Li, and N. Gao, TCP Congestion Control over Internet with Wireless Links, IEEE Transactions on Networking, to be submitted May 2011. Conference Papers: 1. X. Wang, Jointly Optimal Sensing Selection and Power Allocation for Cognitive Communications, Proc. of Globecom Conf., Miami, FL, Dec. 6-10, 2010. 2. N. Gao and X. Wang, Optimal Subcarrier-Chunk Scheduling for OFDM Systems, Proc. of Globecom Conf., Miami, FL, Dec. 6-10, 2010. 3. X. Wang, Fair Energy-Efficient Network Design for Multihop Communications, Proc. of SECON Conf., Boston, MA, June 21-25, 2010. 4. X. Wang, D. Wang, H. Zhuang, and S. Morgera, Fair Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation over Fading TDMA Channels, Proc. of Globecom Conf., Honolulu, HI, Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2009. 5. N. Gao and X. Wang, Stochastic Resource Allocation over Fading Multiple Access and Broadcast Channels, Proc. of Globecom Conf., Honolulu, HI, Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2009. 6. I. Li, X. Wang, H. Zhuang, and S. Morgera, Integrating Retransmission Diversity with 4
Real-Time Scheduling over Wireless Links, Proc. of 43rd Conf. on Info. Sciences and Systems, Johns Hopkins University, MD, March 18-20, 2009. 7. X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, Ergodic Capacity and Average Rate-Guaranteed Scheduling for Wireless Multiuser OFDM Systems, Proc. of the Intl. Symp. on Info. Theory, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 6-11, 2008. [travel grant award] 8. A. G. Marques, X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, Optimal Stochastic Dual Resource Allocation for Cognitive Radios based on Quantized CSI, Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 30-April 4, 2008. 9. X. Wang, D. Wang, I. Li, H. Zhuang, and S. Morgera, Incorporating Retransmission Diversity in Quality-of-Service Guaranteed Multi-User Scheduling, Proc. of 42nd Conf. on Info. Sciences and Systems, Princeton University, NJ, March 19-21, 2008. 10. A. Marques, X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, Channel-Adaptive Resource Allocation for Cognitive OFDMA Radios based on Limited-Rate Feedback, Proc. of XV European Sign. Proc. Conf., Poznan, Poland, Sept. 3-7, 2007. [invited paper] 11. X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, A Stochastic Framework for Scheduling in Wireless Packet Access Networks, Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Communications, pp. 4052-4057, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, June 24-28, 2007. 12. X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, Resource Allocation for Power-Efficient TDMA under Individual Rate Constraints, Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Communications, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, June 24-28, 2007. 13. A. G. Marques, X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, Optimizing Energy Efficient of TDMA with Finite Rate Feedback, Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 15-20, 2007. 14. A. G. Marques, X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, Minimizing Transmit-Power for Coherent Communications in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Quantized Channel State Information, Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 15-20, 2007. [finalist for best student paper award] 15. S. Farahmand, G. B. Giannakis, and X. Wang, Max-Min Strategies for Power-Limited Games in the Presence of Correlated Jamming, Proc. of 41st Conf. on Info. Sciences and Systems, Johns Hopkins Univ., NJ, March 14-16, 2007. 16. X. Wang, G. B. Giannakis and Y. Yu, Channel-Adaptive Optimal OFDMA Scheduling, Proc. of 41st Conf. on Info. Sciences and Systems, Johns Hopkins Univ., NJ, March 14-16, 2007. 17. X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, Stochastic Primal-Dual Scheduling Subject to Rate Constraints, Proc. of Wireless Com. & Networking Conf., Hong Kong, March 11-15, 2007. 18. A. G. Marques, X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, Energy Efficient MIMO Systems Using Adaptive Modulation and Coding, Proc. of 40th Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2006. [invited paper] 19. A. Marques, X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, Energy-Efficient TDMA with Quantized Channel State Information, Proc. of MILCOM Conf., Washington, DC, October 23-25, 2006. [best presentation of sessions] 20. X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation in TDMA over Fading Channels, Proc. of the Intl. Symp. on Info. Theory, Seattle, Washington, July 9-14, 2006. [travel grant award] 21. X. Wang, Q. Liu, and G. B. Giannakis, Analyzing and Optimizing Adaptive Modulation-Coding Jointly with ARQ for QoS-Guaranteed Traffic, Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Communications, Istanbul, Turkey, June 11-15, 2006. 22. X. Wang, Y. Yu, and G. B. Giannakis, Combining Random Backoff with a Cross-Layer 5
Tree Algorithm for Random Access in IEEE 802.16, Proc. of Wireless Com. & Networking Conf., Las Vegas, NV, April 3-6, 2006. 23. X. Wang, Y. Yu, and G. B. Giannakis, A Deadlock-Free High-Throughput Tree Algorithm for Random Access over Fading Channels, Proc. of 40th Conf. on Info. Sciences and Systems, Princeton Univ., NJ, March 22-24, 2006. 24. X. Wang, Y. Yu, and G. B. Giannakis, A Robust High-Throughput Tree Algorithm Using Successive Interference Cancellation, Proc. of Globecom Conf., St. Louis, MO, Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 2005. 25. X. Wang, Y. Yu, and A. Ribeiro, Performance Analysis of Cooperative Random Access with Long PN Spreading Codes, Proc. of 39th Asilomar Conf. Signals, Systems and Computers, pp. 499-503, Pacific Grove, California, Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 2005. 26. Q. Liu, X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, Cross-Layer Scheduler Design with QoS Support for Broadband Wireless Access Networks, Proc. of 2nd Intl. Conf. on QoS in Heterogeneous Wired/Wireless Networks (QShine), Orlando, FL, August 22-24, 2005. 27. X. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, CSMA/CCA: A Modified CSMA/CA Protocol Mitigating the Fairness Problem for IEEE 802.11 DCF, Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Multimedia Services Access Networks, Orlando, Florida, June 13-15, 2005. [invited paper] 28. X. Wang and J.K. Tugnait, A Modified Bit-Map-Assisted Dynamic Queue Protocol for Multi-Access Wireless Networks with Heterogeneous Users, Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Montreal, Canada, May 17-21, 2004. 29. X. Wang and J.K. Tugnait, Joint Design of Bandwidth Distribution, Truncated ARQ Protocol and Adaptive Modulation and Coding Scheme for Multiple Delay Sensitive Traffics, Proc. of 38th Conf. Inf. Sciences & Systems, Princeton University, NJ, May 17-19, 2004. 30. X. Wang and J.K. Tugnait, A Common Access Channel Distributed Queuing MAC Protocol for Wireless Slotted CDMA Networks, Proc. of 37th Asilomar Conf. Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, California, Nov. 2003. 31. X. Wang and J.K. Tugnait, A Modified Bit-Map-Assisted Dynamic Queue Protocol for Multi-Access Wireless Networks with Finite Buffers, Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, pp. 193-196, Hong Kong, April 2003. 32. X. Wang and J.K. Tugnait, A Bit-Map-Assisted Dynamic Queue Protocol for Multi-Access Wireless Networks with Multiple Packet Reception, Proc. of Joint Intern. Conf. WLANS & Home Networks and Networking, pp. 549-560, Atlanta, GA, Aug. 2002. 33. X. Wang and Z. Wang, Estimation of DOA of Spread-Spectrum Signals with Three Orthogonal Sensors, Proc. of IEEE VTC '01-Fall Conf., vol.4, pp. 1988 1992, Atlantic City, NJ. Oct. 2001. 34. X. Wang, Z. Wang, and B. O'Dea, A TOA-based Location Algorithm Reducing the Errors due to NLOS Propagation, Proc. of IEEE VTC '01-Fall Conf., vol.1, pp. 97 100, Atlantic City, NJ. Oct. 2001. Conference Papers (Submitted) 35. X. Wang, Z. Li, and N. Gao, Window Oriented Congestion Control for Mobile TCP Applications, Proc. of Mobicom Conf, submitted Mar. 2011. 36. Z. Li and X. Wang, Capacity-Achieving Resource Allocation for OFDMA Fading Channels, Proc. of Globecom Conf, submitted Mar. 2011. 37. X. Wang, Optimal Sensing and Power Control for Cognitive Radio Networks, Proc. of Globecom Conf, submitted Mar. 2011. 38. X. Wang, Z. Li, and N. Gao, Joint Congestion Control and Wireless-Link Scheduling for 6
Mobile TCP Applications, Proc. of Globecom Conf, submitted Mar. 2011. 39. D. Wang, Z. Li, and X. Wang, Relay Power Optimization for Wireless Cooperative Networks Over OFDM Fading Channels, Proc. of Globecom Conf, submitted Mar. 2011. 40. Z. Jiang, J. Wu, R. Kline, and X. Wang, Minimum Latency Broadcast with Conflict Awareness in Duty Cycle Wireless Sensor Networks, Proc. of MASS Conf, submitted April 2011. Honors and Awards US National Science Foundation Grant Award 2008-2011 Researcher of the Year, College of Engineering and Computer Science, FAU 2009 IEEE Xplore top 100 cited papers in 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory Travel Grant Award 2006, 2008 Vodafone US-Foundation Fellowship 2003-2004 Auburn University Ginn Fellowship 2002 Shanghai Excellent Master Thesis Award 2003 Fudan University First-Class Graduate Scholarship 1999 Fudan University Huazhang Undergraduate Scholarship 1996 Fudan University Technology Institute Changjiang Computer Undergraduate Scholarship 1996 7