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Alhussein Abouzeid Professor Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York 12180-3590 Office: Room 6038, Jonsson Engineering Center Tel: (518) 276-6534 Fax: (518) 276-4403 E - Mail: abouzeid (at) ecse.rpi.edu |
Biography
I am an associate professor of ECSE at
RPI. My research is in the area of computer communication networks. I studied
EE in my undergrad
and grad days, though if your field
is computer networks you are bound to take a lot of CS courses too. I worked as
an engineer at various places before and during my PhD, including Alcatel, HRL
and AlliedSignal- now Honeywell. I was fortunate to
have advisors from MSR and Boeing Phantom Works
on my PhD committee. After tenure at RPI, I took a leave of absence for 2 years
to work as a program director for CNS at NSF, CISE directorate. It was
stimulating and extremely informative to work on a number of core and interdisciplinary
programs. At NSF, I helped cofound a new MPS/CISE/ENG/SBE initiative called EARS for
radio spectrum efficiency, and supported interest in CISE/BIO biologically
enabled wireless networks.
Research
My research in the field of computer
networks has focused on a theme which I call variable topology networks. I have
focused a lot of my efforts on wireless networks, but I could not resist
tackling some interesting problems in the areas of (wired) Internet, social,
and peer to peer networks. My main interest has been to find ways to understand
how networks behave at scale, and how to design computer communication
protocols so that they provide better performance more efficiently in the face
of uncertainties. To be able to guarantee the performance in a proven and
predictable way is quite challenging in today’s variable networks.
Some key theoretical tools used
include: stochastic processes, information theory, optimization theory, queuing
theory, randomized algorithms, graph theory.
Protocols considered include: dynamic
spectrum access, routing, flow control, search & replication, mobility
control.
Networks studied
include: Internet, Mobile sensor networks, Camera sensor networks, Mesh
networks, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks and Cellular Networks.
Current
Projects
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WiFiUS:
A Virtual Institute for Wireless Research between Finland and USA.
This is an NSF-SAVI
project. Visit wifius.org for more info.
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Energy
Efficient Cognitive Networking.
This is a
collaborative project between RPI, University of Maryland, and University of
Oulu, Finland.
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CAREER:
Multiple-Layer Modeling and Design of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
Past
Projects
·
US-Finland
Workshop on Wireless Networks
·
NeTS-NBD:
Towards a Disconnection-Tolerant, Opportunistic Internet
·
SENSORS:
Advanced Sensing for Real-Time Monitoring and Evaluation of Geotechnical
Systems
Publications
& Talks
·
My publications
can be found on the following links, ordered chronologically by type or by
area.
·
Webpages for different projects
are included with a brief explanation
Teaching
ENGR-2600 Modeling and
Analysis of Uncertainty. Undergraduate. Students: 100.
ECSE-2010 Electric Circuits.
Undergraduate. Students: 32.
ECSE-2660 Computer
Architecture, Networking & Operating Systems. Undergraduate. Students: 90.
ECSE-4500 Probability for
Engineering Applications. Undergraduate. Students: 90. Fall’01, Spring’02, ’03, ’04, Fall’05
ECSE-6962 Mobile Wireless
Networks. Graduate. Students: 25. Fall 02,
03, 04, 05,
06, 11
Journal
Editorship
IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine,
January 2011 – Present.
IEEE Transactions on Wireless
Communications, January 2010 – Present.
Nano Communications Networks (Elsevier),
January 2010 – July 2011.
Computer Networks
(Elsevier), January 2007 – July 2011.
Conference
Committees Membership
Panel Co-Chair, IEEE Conference on
Computer Communications (INFOCOM 2011), Shanghai, China, April 10-15, 2011.
Technical Program Co-Chair, Track
on Network Algorithms and Performance Evaluation, International Conference on
Computer Communication Networks (ICCCN 2012), Munich, Germany, July 30 – August
2, 2012.
Panel Co-Chair, The 7th Annual
IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc
Communications and Networks (SECON 2010), Boston, Massachusetts, June 21-25,
2010.
Technical Program Committee
Co-Chair, Fourth International ICST Conference on Nano-Networks (Nano-Net
2009), Luzern, Switzerland, October 18-20, 2009.
Poster Co-Chair; IEEE
Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and
Networks (SECON 2008), San Francisco, California, USA, June 16-20, 2008.
Workshop Chair; Workshop on
Multi-Layer Modeling and Design of Multi-Hop Wireless Networks (MLMD06) in
conjunction with ICPADS 2006, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 2006.
Also member of TPC of
many conferences including: INFOCOM 2004-2012, GLOBECOM 2005, 2008, ICC 2004,
2008, 2009, WCNC 2007, 2008, SECON 2008, 2010, VTC 2007, 2008, etc.
Past
PhD Advisees
Di Wang, “Information-Theoretic
Bounds and Their Implications for the Analysis and Design of Large-Scale
Wireless Networks,” Fall 2010. Currently Member of Technical Staff, Juniper
Networks, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Zhenzhen Ye, “Information
Transport in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks: Capacity, Control and Optimization,”
ECSE Ph.D., Fall 2009. Currently with iBasis, Burlington, Massachussettes, USA.
Utku Gunay-Acer, “Weak State and
Its Evaluation for Routing in Large Scale Dynamic Networks,” Summer 2009.
Currently a Post-doctorate Researcher, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France.
Jing Ai, “Stochastic Decision
Problems in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks,” ECSE PhD, Summer 2008.
Currently Member of Technical Staff, Juniper Networks, Palo Alto, California,
USA.
Nabhendra Bisnik, "Stochastic
and Information Theoretic Models for Design and Performance Evaluation of
Mobile Ad Hoc Networks," ECSE PhD, Summer 2007. Currently Member of
Technical Staff, Intel, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Huaming Wu, “Power-Aware Image
Transmission in Multi-hop Wireless Networks,” ECSE PhD, Spring 2005. Currently
Member of Technical Staff, Sharp Labs of America, San Diego, California, USA.
Nianjun Zhou, “Routing Overhead in
Variable Topology Networks,” ECSE PhD, Fall 2004, currently Senior Software
Engineer, Advanced Internet Technology Group, IBM, Southbury, Connecticut, USA.
Past
MS Advisees
Minal Khodani, “Dynamic Wireless Spectrum
Management,” Fall 2007. Position after graduation: Member of Technical Staff,
Oracle, San Jose, CA.
Utku Gunay-Acer, “Wireless Sensor
Network Algorithms for Monitoring Geotechnical Systems,” Fall 2005. Position
upon graduation: PhD student at
RPI.
Nandan Banokdar, “Design and
Experimentation with a TinyOS-Based Sensor Test-bed,” Spring 2004. Position
upon graduation: Pitney Bowes.
Di Wang, “Protocols for Hybrid
RF/Optical Networks,” December 2008. Position upon graduation: PhD student at RPI.