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Steven W. Peters
Ph.D. student
Wireless Systems Innovation Lab
Wireless Networking and Communications Group
University of Texas at Austin
Advisor: Prof. Robert W. Heath, Jr.
Email: speters@mail.utexas.edu
Resume[pdf]
Education Ph.D., expected 2010, University of Texas at Austin
M.S.E., 2007, University of Texas at Austin. GPA: 3.81/4.0
B.S.E.E., 2005, Illinois Institute of Technology, with High Honors. GPA: 3.87/4.0
B.S.C.E., 2005, Illinois Institute of Technology, with High Honors
Professional Experience Wireless Systems Consultant, MIMO Wireless, Inc. (2008-present)
Graduate Intern, Huawei Technologies, Inc. (Summer 2009)
Wireless Systems Consultant, Rearden Labs (February--August 2008)
Research Assistant, Applied Research Laboratories (2005-2007)
Publications Journal Articles Conference Papers Other Publications
  • Master's Thesis: Iterative decoding of product codes for software radio. Advisors: Robert L. Rogers and Jeffrey G. Andrews. [pdf]
Oral Presentations
  • "MIMO Relaying at the Cell Edge", delivered at Huawei Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA, February 11, 2009
  • "Relaying Architectures for 3GPP LTE-Advanced", delivered at Huawei Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA, February 11, 2009
  • "MIMO Relaying at the Cell Edge", delivered at Huawei Technologies, Inc., Shanghai, China, December 11, 2008
  • "An Introduction to Multi-hop Cellular Networks With IEEE 802.16j as a Case Study", delivered at Texas Instruments DSP Solutions Research and Development Center, March 12, 2008
Poster Presentations
  • "A General Iterative Algorithm for Interference Alignment", DARPA IT-MANET Workshop, Washington, D. C., September 11, 2008
  • "Switching Between Diversity and Multiplexing in the MIMO Amplify-and-Forward Relay Channel", IEEE Communications Theory Workshop, St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands, May 12, 2008
Honors and Awards UT-Austin Engineering Thrust Fellow, 2007-09
Omron Scholar, 2004
Grainger Undergraduate Power Engineering Scholar, 2002
Camras Scholar, 2001-05

Professional Activities Volunteer for:
  • IEEE Communications Theory Workshop 2008
Reviewer for:

Journals

  • Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) Journal (2009-present)
  • Elsevier Computer Networks (COMNET) (2009)
  • EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (2009)
  • IEEE Communications Letters (2007-2009)
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (2007-2009)
  • IEEE Signal Processing Letters (2009)
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications (2007-2009)
  • IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (2009-present)
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (2008-present)
  • IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine (2007-2008)
  • Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (JEMWA) (2009)

Conferences

  • IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom) (2008-2009)
  • IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP) (2009-present)
  • IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) (2009-present)
  • IEEE Malaysia International Conference on Communications (MICC) (2009)
  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) (2008-present)
  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) (2009)
  • International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing (ISWPC) (2008)
Professional Memberships American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Student General Member, 2009-present
President, Eta Kappa Nu Delta Chapter, 2004-05
Tau Beta Pi Member, 2003-present
IEEE Student Member, 2003-present
Teaching Experience Teaching Assistant, ECE 100 - Introduction to Profession. (2004)
Practicum Teacher, Introductory French to 5th and 6th graders. (2000-1)
Projects MIMO Relaying with Antenna Selection
IEEE 802.16j WiMAX Relay Task Group
Hydra: Multihop MIMO Testbed
MIMO Wireless, Inc.
Wireless Consultant
WSIL Links WindoWSIL Blog
IEEE 802.11n Resources
Relay Reading Group
Sponsors Current Past