Multicarrier Transmissions - Reflections and Applications in Power Line Communications , University of Erlangen, September 30, 2011. On Relaying for Power Line Communications , Technical University of Dresden, July 6, 2011. Power Line Communications - A Playground for Communications Theory and Applied Signal Processing , Keynote at Joint WIC/IEEE SP Symposium on Information Theory and Signal Processing in the Benelux, Brussels, Belgium, May 10, 2011. Power Line Communications - A Playground for Communications Theory and Applied Signal Processing , Keynote at Joint WIC/IEEE SP Symposium on Information Theory and Signal Processing in the Benelux, Brussels, Belgium, May 10, 2011. Compressed Sensing: Some Basics and Application to UWB Impulse Radio, University of Udine, Italy, July 28, 2010. A Compressed Sensing Receiver for UWB Impulse Radio, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, July 22, 2010. Power Line Communications: Beyond 50 Hz over Power Lines, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, July 15, 2010. Power Line Communications: More for the Wire, University of Applied Sciences, Mittweida, Germany, June 9, 2010. Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Communication Systems: Overview and Selected Topics, University of Udine, Italy, and Ecole Polytechnique de Grenoble, France, May 5-7, 2008. Distributed Inference in Wireless Sensor Networks, Webcasts in Communications, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, January 10, 2008. Error Rate Analysis for Multiband OFDM Ultra-Wideband Systems, University of Erlangen, Germany, May 31, 2007. Ultra-Wideband Communications - Overview and Results from Applied Communication and Information Theory, The First Western Canadian Summer School on Communications, Banff, August 1-3, 2006. Wireless Technologies for Efficient Spectrum Usage , 2005 Annual Innovation Conference, Bell Universities Laboratories, Montreal, November 8, 2005. UWB Research at the University of British Columbia, IEEE Mini-Symposium on Short-Range Wireless Communications, Vancouver, April 29, 2005. Receiver Design for Bluetooth Systems, University of Victoria, August 11, 2004. (Almost Always) Fast Detection for Noncoherent Channels, Simon Fraser University, May 4, 2004. Sphere Decoding for Noncoherent Channels, University of Alberta, April 20, 2004. Robust Constant Envelope Transmission for Wireless Communications, Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (FTW), June 2003. Noncoherent Space-Time Communication, Munich University of Technology, July 2002. Differential Space-Time Modulation --- Noncoherent Detection and Coding, University of Ulm, March 2002. NSERC Strategic Project Grant
on Enabling Solutions for the Future Canadian Smart Grid (2010-2012)
NSERC Strategic Project Grant
on Intelligent Interference Management and Mitigation in Wireless Communication Systems (2010-2012)
NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant
Towards Fourth Generation Wireless Networks Incorporating Cognitive Radios (2010-2012)
NSERC Discovery Discovery Accelerator Supplement (2010-2012) NSERC Discovery Grant for research on signaling and signal processing for efficient cooperation in communication networks (2009-2013) NSERC Strategic Project Grant
to study RFID-based sensor networks for detecting and
tracking mobile targets (2008-2010)
NSERC Strategic Project Grant
to invesitgate intelligent signal processing methods for UWB wireless communication networks (2008-2010)
NSERC Strategic Project Grant
to develop intelligent transceiver designs for MIMO-OFDM systems (2008-2009)
NSERC Strategic Project Grant
to design free-space optical communication systems (2007-2009)
NSERC Strategic Project Grant
to develop situation-aware collaborative wireless sensor networks (2006-2008) NSERC, Bell Canada CRD Grant
to develop mechanisms for coexistence and spectral sharing of wireless systems (2006-2008) NSERC, Bell Canada, Nokia Products, Sierra Wireless, Omnex Control
Systems, and Verichip Corp. (formerly eXI Wireless) CRD Grant
to develop ultra-wideband (UWB)
communication technology (2006-2008)
NSERC Discovery
Grant
- Coding and Modulation for Wireless Communications CFI New Opportunities Fund - Integrated Radiocommunication Laboratory (INTEGRAL)
UBC
Faculty
of Applied Science Startup Grant - Digital Communication Algorithms and Systems
Research
Invited research seminars:
Research support:
Supported by BC Transmission Corporation, Powertech Labs Inc., GE Digital Energy, BC Hydro, Corinex Communications Corp., Operational Sustainability UBC, UBC Building Operations Office.
Supported by Bell Canada, Sierra Wireless Inc., Star Solutions, and Kintama Research Corporation.
Supported by Bell Canada, Sierra Wireless Inc., and Nokia Products Limited.
Supported by Guard RFID Solutions Inc., Kintama Research Corporation, SST Wireless Inc., and Wireless 2000 Inc.
Supported by Omnex Control Systems ULC, Wireless 2000 RF & UWB Technologies Ltd., AMS Homecare Inc., and Kensington Computer Products Group.
Supported by Sierra Wireless Inc., and Bell Canada.
Supported by fSona Systems Corp., Plaintree Systems Inc., Bell Canada, Canadian Space Agency, COM DEV, Nanowave Technologies Inc., Nortel Government Solutions, Novax Industries Corp., Rogers Cable Communications Inc.
Supported by Novax Industries Corp., Omnex Control Systems Inc., Valhalla Systems Inc., Wireless 2000.
(with Profs. S. Mirabbasi, D. Michelson, G. Lemieux, and V. Wong)
Research projects involving my graduate students are in the broad area of communications (see publication list)
Ultra-wideband (UWB) Wireless Transmission
Wireless Sensor Networks
Tracking, Localization, RFID
Free-Space Optical (FSO) Transmission
Power-Line Communications
Compressed Sensing, Rateless Coding
Cooperative communication, distributed algorithms
Interference Analysis and Avoidance, Cognitive Radio
Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Transmission, Space-Time Coding
Multicarrier Modulation (OFDM/OFDMA)
Multiuser Communication and Detection
Coded Modulation
Iterative Decoding
Continuous-Phase Modulation
I will be happy to supervise Master and Ph.D. projects
in the above topics.