The people in my research group are:

 

 Faculty

Raviraj Adve, rsadve@comm.utoronto.ca, (416) 946-7350

 

 Administrative Support

Diane Silva diane.silva@utoronto.ca; (416) 978-1317

 

 Current Ph.D. Students

■  Josephine Chu (Sept. 2003 - )

 » investigating practical schemes for cooperative error control coding in sensor and other distributed wireless networks

■  Adam Tenenbaum (Sept. 2004 - )

 » investigating linear precoding in multiuser communications

■  Ehsan Karamad (Sept. 2008 - )

 » Wireless communications. Specific topic TBD.

 Current MASc. Students

■  Sachin Kadloor (Sept. 2007 - )

 » Base station cooperation and use of relays in cellular networks

■  Brian Hsueh (Sept. 2007 - )

 » Space-based SAR and InSAR systems (co-supervised with Prof. Georgia Fotopoulos of Civil Engineering)

■  Kianoush Hosseini (Sept. 2008 - )

 » Wireless communications. Specific topic TBD

■  Nazmul Islam (Sept. 2008 - )

 » Wireless communications. Specific topic TBD

 Visiting Students

None at the moment….

 Former Postdoctoral Fellows

■  Dr. Andrew Eckford (Nov. 2004 - )

 » investigating fundamental limits of bio-chemical communications in fluid media

 » investigating issues of cooperative error coding in sensor and other distributed wireless networks

 

 Former Graduate Students

■  Elzbieta Beres (Jan. 2004 -  Dec. 2008)

 » investigating cooperative diversity in networks of access-points

■  Luciano Landi (visiting from the University of Napoli)

 » Distributed space-time adaptive processing with time-orthogonal waveforms

■  Byung-Wook Jung (visiting from Korea Advanced Inst. of Sci. and Tech.)

 » Distributed space-time adaptive processing using OFDM

■  Eunjung Yang (visiting from Korea Advanced Inst. of Sci. and Tech.)

 » Space-time adaptive processing in non-homogeneous environments

■  Hassen Karaa (Sept. 2005 – May 2007 )

 » MIMO-OFDM : Extending linear precoding to MIMO-OFDM and user selection in MIMO-OFDM/A systems

■  Earnest Lock (Jan. 2006 - )

 » Waveform diversity: analysis and design of waveform diversity and OFDM in distributed radar systems

■  Zhao Yi (Sept. 2003 – Sept. 2007)

 » investigating fundamental limits of cooperation in access-point distributed networks

■  Ali Khachan (MASc. Sept. 2004 - Jan. 2006)

 » developed effective algorithms for linear precoding in multiuser downlink communications

■  Naveen Shastry (MASc. Sept. 2003 - Sept. 2005)

 » developed schemes to evaluate the benefits of cooperation, in the physical layer, in large scale distributed networks.

 » developed pricing based game theoretic models to enable cooperation in ad-hoc networks.

■  Natasha Dharamdial (MASc., May 2003 - April 2005)

» developed an efficient feedback scheme to provide the transmitter with channel state information in single- and multi- user downlink communications

 

■  Adam Tenenbaum (MASc., Sept. 2002 - July 2004)

» developed an effective linear precoding scheme for multiuser downlink communications

 

■  Elzbieta Beres (MASc., Sept. 2002 - May 2004)

» Developed an effective blind channel estimation algorithm for multiple-input single-output systems using orthogonal space-time block coding. This algorithm is most useful when using the Alamouti scheme for transmit diversity.

 

■  Stipe Moric (MASc., Sept. 2002 -  April 2004)

» Developed  a low computation load scheme for adaptive processing in OFDM systems

■  Rebecca Wong (MASc., Sept. 2002 - March 2004)

» Developed an joint spatial-temporal algorithm, with low computation load, combining spatial processing with multiuser detection for single-cell and mutli-cell CDMA systems.

■  Kambiz Bayat (MEng., Jan. 2003 - Jan. 2004)

» Investigated the use of Matrix Pencil for effective position location using a single base station

     ■  Ramy Farha (MASc., Jan. 2002 - June 2003)

» investigated improved MAC layer protocols for ad-hoc networks given smart antenna processing in the physical layer

■  Zhao Yi (MASc., Sept. 2001 - Sept. 2003)

 » investigated optimal linear precoders for orthogonal space-time block coding with channel covariance feedback

■  Edwin Lau (MASc., Sept. 2000 - Jan. 2003)

» investigated the impact of and compensation for mutual coupling in direction of arrival techniques for CDMA  systems