Past Members of the Communication Theory Research Group

Ph.D. Graduates
	Professor Hyuncheol Park Ph.D., Summer 1997 Coded Modulation and Equalization for Wireless Infrared Communications parkhc@kaist.ac.kr Associate Professor Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) School of Engineering P.O. Box 77 Yusong, Daejon City 305-600 Korea Tel: +82-42-866-6702 Fax: +82-42-866-6110
	Dr. Chen-Chu A. Yeh Ph.D., Summer 1998 Minimum-Error-Probability Equalization and Multiuser Detection Chen-Chu.A.Yeh@L-3Com.com Principal Electrical Engineer R&D Department Integrated Systems L-3 Communications 10001 Jack Finney Blvd Greenville, TX 75403 Tel: +1 (903) 457-7295
	Dr. Richard T. Causey Ph.D., Summer 1999 Blind Multiuser Detection Based on Second-Order Statistics ricky.causey@sciatl.com Scientific Atlanta 5030 Sugarloaf Parkway, Mail code 1.1.233 Lawrenceville, GA 30044 Tel: 770-236-7405 Fax: 770-236-7950
	Dr. Anuj Batra Ph.D., Spring 2000 Extensions of the Constant Modulus Algorithm and the Phase-Locked Loop for Blind Multiuser Detection batra@ti.com Member of Technical Staff Communications Systems Laboratory DSP R&D Center Texas Instruments 12500 TI Blvd. MS 8649 Dallas, TX 75243 Tel: 214-480-4220 Fax: 972-761-6966
	Professor Abdallah Said Al-Ahmari Ph.D., Spring 2003 Turbo-Coded Pulse-Position Modulation for Optical Communications asahmari@kfupm.edu.sa Assistant Professsor King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Electrical Engineering Department FUPM, P.O. Box 410 Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
	Prof. Renato da Rocha Lopes Ph.D., Summer 2003 Iterative Estimation, Equalization and Decoding rrlopes99@yahoo.com, rlopes@decom.fee.unicamp.br Assistant Professor, State University of Campinas DECOM/FEEC/UNICAMP R. Albert Einstein, 400 Campinas, SP - Brazil 13083-970 Phone: + 55-19-3788-3835 Fax: + 55-19-3289-1395
	Dr. Joon Hyun Sung Ph.D., Summer 2004 Transmitter Strategies for Closed-Loop MIMO-OFDM keikobad1919@hotmail.com, joonhyun.sung@sk.com Manager / Ph.D. SK Telecom R&D Strategy Team T-Tower, 65 Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-999, South Korea
	Dr. Badri Varadarajan Ph.D., Summer 2004 The Design of Linear Space-Time Codes for Quasistatic Flat-Fading Channels badri@ece.gatech.edu Electrical Design Engineer Texas Instruments 12500 TI Blvd, M.S. 8649 Dallas, TX, 75243 Tel: 214-480-4554 Fax: 972-761-6966
	Dr. Aravind Nayak (Co-advised with Steve Mclaughlin) Ph.D., Summer 2004 Iterative Timing Recovery for Magnetic Recording Channels with Low Signal-to-Noise Ratio anayakagerecom, nayakecegatech.edu System Architect Agere Systems 1921, Corporate Center Circle, Unit 3A Longmont, CO, 80504 Tel: 720 494 2316 Fax: 720 494 2400
	Dr. Piya Kovintavewat Ph.D., Fall 2004 Timing Recovery Based on Per-Survivor Processing piya@mail.rinp.ac.th Assistant Professor Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University Mueang District, Nakhon Pathom 73000, Thailand Tel: (+663) 426-1024 Ext. 1827 Fax: (+663) 426-1065
	Dr. Elizabeth Chesnutt Ph.D., Spring 2005 Novel Turbo Equalization Methods for the Magnetic Recording Channel elizabeth.chesnutt@gmail.com Senior Systems Engineer OnStar Troy, Michigan
	Dr. Deric W. Waters Ph.D., December 2005 Signal Detection Strategies and Algorithms for Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Channels deric@ti.com Member of Technical Staff Communications Systems Laboratory DSP R&D Center Texas Instruments 12500 TI Blvd. Dallas, TX 75243
	Dr. Jerome Vasseur Ph.D., August 2006 A Multiwavelength Mode-Locked Fiber Laser jerome-vasseur@laposte.fr Microsoft Research Redmond, WA
	Dr. David Boivin Ph.D., December 2006 Optical Phase-Modulated Systems: Numerical Estimation and Experimental Measurement of Phase Jitter david.boivin.ew@gmail.com Draka Comteq Ile de France, France
	Dr. Arumugam Kannan Ph.D., 2007 Communication Strategies for Single User and Multiuser Slow Fading Channels aru@gatech.edu Broadcom Irvine, CA
	Dr. David L. Milliner Ph.D., 2009 Low-Complexity List Detection Algorithms for the Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Channel DMilliner@rkf-engineering.com RKF Engineering Washington, DC
	Dr. Mohanned Sinnokrot Ph.D., 2009 Space-Time Block Codes with Low Maximum-Likelihood Decoding Complexity mohanned.sinnokrot@gmail.com Qualcomm San Diego, CA
	Dr. Thomas Detwiler Ph.D., 2011 Continuous-Phase Modulation for High-Speed Fiber-Optic Links tom.detwiler@gmail.com Adtran Huntsville, AL
	Dr. Sangwook Suh Ph.D., 2011 Low-Power Discrete Fourier Transform and Soft-Decision Viterbi Decoder for OFDM Receivers sswsonic@gmail.com Samsung Electronics Seoul, Korea
	Dr. Luis Cortes-Pena Ph.D., 2013 Optimizing Dense Wireless Networks of MIMO Links lmcortespena@gmail.com Harris Corporation
	Dr. Ubaid Fayyaz Ph.D., 2014 Polar Code Design and Decoding for Magnetic Recording ubaid_abdullah@yahoo.com Assistant Professor, University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore, Pakistan
	Dr. Elnaz Banan Sadeghian Ph.D., 2017 Synchronization and Detection for Two-Dimensional Magnetic Recording ebsadegh@stevens.edu Assistant Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey
	Dr. Shanwei Shi Ph.D., 2021 Multitrack Detection for Magnetic Recording shanwei.shi@wdc.com Western Digital
	Dr. Derrick Chu Ph.D., 2023 Synchronization and Detection for Direct-Sequence Spread-Spectrum Signals derrick.chu@ucla.edu Qualcomm
M.S. Graduates
	Antony Vielmon M.S., Summer 2001 Transmit Diversity in Wireless Communications antony.vielmon@usa.net Prosilog 8, rue Traversi?re 95000 Cergy-Pr?fecture France Tel: +33 1 34 25 54 54 Fax: +33 1 34 25 54 55
	Faith Nilo M. S., Summer 2003 faith_nilo@appsig.com Applied Signal Technology 400 West California Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Tel: 408-522-2968
Additional Members and Visitors Bradley A. Waugh Nathan McNeal Shelia Colbert Rafi Mohammad Sarwat Nasir Ali Chelli Dr. Namshik Kim Dr. Jongseob Baek Dr. Junxuan Wang Selamu Said Norman Lopez-Matos Mohammad Mohammadpour Salut Hunter Cook Yun-Feng Lo

Past Members of the Communication Theory Research Group

Ph.D. Graduates

M.S. Graduates

Additional Members and Visitors