Ali Y. Panah
Curriculum-Vita (C.V.)

Contacts –

[home] 502 Elmwood, Apt. 101, 78705 Austin, TX, U.S.A

[cell #] +1-512-584-6830
[school] The University of Texas at Austin

[dept] Electrical and Computer Engineering

[affiliation] Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG)

[lab] Wireless Systems Innovation Lab (WSIL)

[email] ayp@mail.utexas.edu
[status] U.S. F-1 student visa

Brief Bio –

I was born in Tehran, Iran, on August 1^st 1980. I received the B.Sc. degree from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2004 and the M.A.Sc. degree from Simon Fraser University, Burnaby B.C, Canada in 2007, both in electrical engineering. I am currently a Ph.D. student at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UT-Austin. My research interests include signal processing for wireless communications, OFDM channel estimation, MIMO communications and more recently OFDM relay channels.

This page was last updated on July 17^th 2008 [Download PDF here]

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
The University of Texas at Austin, United States of America
Major in Electrical Engineering (2007-ongoing)
Senior Supervisor: Robert W. Heath, Jr, Professor, rheath@ece.utexas.edu

Masters of Applied Science (M.A.Sc)
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Graduation date: Sep 2007

Major in Electrical Engineering

G.P.A 4.165/4.33
Dissertation Title : “Non-Uniform Pilot Symbol Allocation for OFDM and MIMO-OFDM systems”

Senior Supervisor: Rodney G. Vaughan, Professor, rvaughan@sfu.ca

Bachelors of Science (B.Sc)

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Graduation date: Sep 2004
Major in Electrical Engineering

G.P.A 16.7/20
Dissertation Title : “Implementation of 3D Stereo Vision In MATLAB ”

Senior Supervisor: Kambiz Nayebi, Professor

Research

Currently funded by Samsung Electronics I conduct research in
Digital and Wireless Communications (MIMO, OFDM, OFDMA, Cooperative Communications)

Goal - Research in technologies beyond 3^rd generation cellular communications

¶ (2007~present) : Cooperative Communications via Relaying 802.16j

1. Power allocation strategies in single and multiuser-multicast OFDM relaying. (see [J3]).
2. Methods of channel estimation for cooperative networks. (see [J4]).

¶ (2006~2007) : Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) 802.16e

Developed an innovative method of improving channel estimation for OFDM-based systems using feedback; a technique compatible with multi-user scenarios such as WiMAX 802.16 (see [J1]).

¶ (2004~2006) : Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) 802.11n

¶ Worked on theoretical aspects of MIMO including limited feedback for space-time codes; compatible with multi-user scenarios such as WiMAX 802.16 (see [C1-C6])

Papers

Journal:

[J1] A. Y. Panah, B. Nosrat-Makouei, and R. G. Vaughan, “Non-uniform pilot-symbol allocation for closed-loop OFDM,” IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun., vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 2723–2731, Jul. 2008.

[J2] A. Y. Panah, R. W. Heath, Jr., “Optimizing Pilot Locations Using Feedback in OFDM Systems,” (submitted Feb. 29th 2008) IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

[J3] A. Y. Panah, R. W. Heath, Jr., “Single-User and Multicast OFDM Power Loading with Non-Regenerative Relaying,” (in preparation for submission to IEEE Transactions on Signal Proc.)

[J4] A. Y. Panah, R. W. Heath, Jr., “Methods of Channel Estimation for OFDM Links with Amplify-and-Forward Relaying,” (in preparation for submission to IEEE Transactions on Signal Proc.)

Conference:

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[C1] B. N. Makouei, A. Y. Panah, and R. G. Vaughan, “Pilot Feedback Equalization for Time-Varying OFDM Systems” in Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), Vancouver, Canada, Apr. 2007.

[C2] A. Y. Panah, B. N. Makouei and R. G. Vaughan, “An Expectation - Maximization Solution to Interpolated OFDM Systems,” in Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), Vancouver, Canada, Apr. 2007.

[C3] A. Y. Panah, B. N. Makouei and R. G. Vaughan, “OFDM with Cyclic-Pilot Time Diversity”, in Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (66^th Fall VTC), Oct. 2007, Baltimore, Maryland U.S.A.^†

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[C4] A. Y. Panah and R. G. Vaughan, “Fault Tolerance of Quantized Unitary Precoders,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems Design and Implementation.(SIPS) '06, pp. 298-302, Banff Alta., Oct. 2006.

[C5] A. Y. Panah and R. G. Vaughan, “Quantized Unitary Precoders for Limited Feedback MIMO Systems,” in Proc. Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications Symposia (WPMC), San Diego California, Sep. 2006.

[C6] A. Y. Panah and R .G. Vaughan, “Diversity Performance of Quantized Unitary Precoders,” in Proc. International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), pp. 449-454, Vancouver Canada, Jul. 2006.

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[C7] M. Shariat, M. Ferdosizadeh, M. Abdoli, B. N. Makouei, A. Y. Panah, and F. A. Marvasti, “Comparison Between Several Methods of PPM Demodulation Based on Iterative Techniques,” in Proc. 11th International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), pp. 554-559, vol. 3124, Fortaleza Brazil, Aug. 2004.

^†Also presented via webcast at SFU Seminars in Communications (April 5^th 2007)

Awards &

Distinctions

¶ Two time nominee and winner of the Dean of Graduate Studies Fellowship - Simon Fraser University, Canada (Summer 2005 and Spring 2007).

¶ Ranked 236^th out of more than 350’000 participants in national undergraduate university entrance exam (konkoor), 1999 (Iran).

Course Work

At Simon Fraser University:

Stochastic Systems (A+)	Fall 2004
Statistical Signal Processing (A+)	Spring 2005
Special Topics I (MIMO) (A)	Spring 2005
Techniques in Digital Communications (A)	Fall 2005

At UT-Austin:

Advanced Wireless Communications (MIMO)

Wireless Communications Lab

Information Theory

Fall 2007

Spring 2008

Language

TOEFL    287/300 writing 5.5/6.0
GRE         verbal 550 quantitative 780 writing 5.0/6.0
TSE          55/60 (test of spoken English)

Residency – 1994 in Ames Iowa, 2004-2007 Vancouver B.C. Canada and Austin Texas since 2007.

Professional Services

I am an active IEEE student member [ayp@ieee.org] (since 2006) and a reviewer for

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
IEEE Communications Letters

Software

Matlab (& Simulink), LabVIEW, C++

Graphical design (Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Flash MX)
I worked as a graphical designer for STES for 6 months in 2002.

Teaching and Research Experience

Research Assist.

Research Assistant to Dr. Rodney G. Vaughan at Simon Fraser University

¶ Investigate practical MIMO and OFDM techniques to increase wireless capacity including SVD beam-forming, limited feedback communications.

Research Assistant to Dr. Robert W. Heath Jr. at UT-Austin

Teacher Assist.

¶ Communication Systems - Fall 2004 - 2006

¶ Linear Systems - Spring & Summer 2005

¶ Electric Circuits II - Summer 2005

¶ Digital Communications - Spring 2006