Zhang, Junshan

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Our INFOCOM 2014 paper “A Social Group Utility Maximization Framework with Applications in Database Assisted Spectrum Access,” was selected as INFOCOM 2014 Best Paper Award Runner-up.

Shibo He joined the faculty of Zhejiang University, China, in May 2014.

Chuang Huang joined the faculty of UESTC, China, in Aug. 2014.

Xu Chen joined the faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Gottingen, Germany, as a Humboldt scholar, in March 2014.

Miao He joined the faculty of Texas Tech University in Sept. 2013.

Osman Yagan will join the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University in Silicon Valley in Sept. 2013.

Two papers Barrier Coverage in Bistatic Radar Sensor Networks: Cassini Oval Sensing and Optimal Placement and “Social Trust and Social Reciprocity Based Cooperative D2D Communications” from our group have been accepted by Mobihoc 2013 (acceptance ratio 10%).

L. Yang and M. He and J. Zhang and V. Vittal, ”Stochastic Optimization based Economic Dispatch and Interruptible Load Management with Increased Wind Penetration,” revised, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.

M. He and L. Yang and J. Zhang and V. Vittal, ”A Spatio-temporal Analysis Approach for Short-term Forecast of Wind Farm Generation,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.

L. Yang and Y. Sagduyu and J. Zhang and J. Li, ”Deadline-aware Scheduling with Adaptive Network Coding for Real-time Traffic,” submitted to IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking.

D. Qian and D. Zheng and J. Zhang and N, Shroff and C. Joo, ”Distributed CSMA Algorithms for Link Scheduling in Multihop MIMO Networks Under SINR Model,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, to appear.

L. Yang and H. Kim and J. Zhang and M. Chiang and C. Tan, ”Pricing-based Decentralized Spectrum Access Control in Cognitive Radio Networks ,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, to appear.

O. Yagan and D. Qian and J. Zhang and D. Cochran, ”On Allocating Interconnecting Links against Cascading Failures in Cyber-Physical Networks,”  IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Special Issue on Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), to appear.

O. Yagan and D. Qian and J. Zhang and D. Cochran, ”Conjoining Speeds up Information Diffusion in Overlaying Social-Physical Networks,” accepted, JSAC special issue on Network Science.

M. He and V. Vittal and J. Zhang, ”Online Dynamic Security Assessment with Missing PMU Measurements: A Data Mining Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol.28, no.2, pp.1969-1977, May 2013.

M. He and J.Zhang and V. Vittal, ‘‘Robust On-line Dynamic Security Assessment using Adaptive Ensemble Decision-Tree Learning,” to appear, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.

L. Yang and Y. Sagduyu and J. Zhang and J. Li, ”Distributed stochastic power control in adhoc networks: a nonconvex optimization case,” EURASIP, to appear.

M. He and S. Murugesan and J.Zhang, ”A Multi-timescale Scheduling Approach for Stochastic Reliability in
Smart Grids with Wind Generation and Opportunistic Demand,
” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol.4, no.1, pp.521-529, March 2013.

J. Choi and C. Joo and J. Zhang and N.B. Shroff, ”Distributed Link Scheduling under SINR Model in Multi-hop Wireless Networks ,” submitted to IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking.

Our INFOCOM paper Distributed Opportunistic Scheduling with Two-Level Channel Probing,” was selected as one of the two run-up papers for INFOCOM 2009 Best Paper Award

Our paper “Capacity Bounds and Power allocation in Wireless Relay Channel,” in IT Transaction June 2005, has received more than 500 citations (based on Google Scholar)

Our paper “On the Capacity of MIMO Relay Channels,” in IT Transaction Jan. 2005, has received more than 300 citations (based on Google Scholar)

Our paper “Output MAI Distributions of Linear MMSE Multiuser Receivers in DS-CDMA Systems,” in IT Transaction March 2001, has received more than 170 citations (based on Google Scholar)

Our paper “Distributed Opportunistic Scheduling for Ad-Hoc Communications: An Optimal Stopping Approach,” in Mobihoc 2007, has been profiled and by the Technical Insights division of Frost Sullivan, a global growth consulting firm [pdf]

Recent Invited Talks

  • “Distributed Opportunistic Scheduling for Ad-Hoc Communications: An Optimal Stopping Approach,” ISS Seminar, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, June 2007.
  • “Distributed Opportunistic Scheduling for Ad-Hoc Communications: An Optimal Stopping Approach,” WINLAB, Rutgers University, June 2007.
  • “Fundamental Tradeoff between Channel Probing and Data Transmission in Wireless Ad-hoc/Sensor Networks,” Coordinated Science Lab, Dept. of ECE, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Feb. 2007.
  • “Distributed Network Utility Maximization in Multi-hop Wireless Networks: Noisy Feedback, Lossy Channel and Stability,” Dept. of EECS, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Feb. 2007.
  • “Distributed Network Utility Maximization in Multi-hop Wireless Networks: Noisy Feedback, Lossy Channel and Stability,” Dept. of ECE, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, Dec. 2006.
  • “Distributed Network Utility Maximization in Multi-hop Wireless Networks: Noisy Feedback, Lossy Channel and Stability,” Dept. of ECE, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, Oct. 2006.
  • “Cross-Layer Rate Control in Multi-hop Networks,” Dept. of ECE, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, Sept. 2006.
  • “Energy Efficient Data Transport in Wireless Relay Networks: Cooperative Relaying, Scaling Laws, and Coalition-Aided Routing,” Department of ECE, Syracuse University, June 2006.
  • “A Stochastic Primal-Dual Algorithm for Joint Flow Control and MAC Design in Multi-hop Wireless Networks,” in Session on Optimization of Communication Networks, 40th Conference on Information Science and Systems (CISS), Princeton University, March 2006.
  • “Throughput Scaling in Wideband Sensory Relay Networks: Cooperative Relaying, Power Allocation and Scaling Laws,” in MSRI Workshop on Mathematics of Relaying and Cooperation in Communication Networks, Mathematical Science Research Center, Berkeley, April 2006.