Publications:

Other Engineering Applications


  1. Bullet“Towards a Closed Form Second Order Natural Scene Statistics Model,” with Zeina Sinno and Alan C. Bovik.

  2. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2018, Vol. 27, No. 7, pp. 3194-3209.

  3. Avalailable: Abstract. Paper PDF.


  1. Bullet“Second Order Natural Scene Statistics Model of Blind Image Quality Assessment,” with Zeina Sinno and Alan C. Bovik.

  2. To Appear in the Proceedings of ICASSP, 2018.

  3. Avalailable: Abstract. Paper PDF.


  1. Bullet“Exploiting Latent Attack Semantics for Intelligent Malware Detection,” with Mikhail Kazdagli, Sanjay Shakkottai and Mohit Tiwari. 2017.

  2. Avalailable: Abstract. Paper PDF. ArXiv PDF.


  1. Bullet“Exploiting Randomness in Sketching for Efficient Hardware Implementation of Machine Learning Applications,” with Ye Wang and Michael Orshansky.

  2. To Appear in the Proceedings of the International Conference of Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), 2016.

  3. Avalailable: Abstract. Paper PDF.


  1. Bullet“Loss Visibility Optimized Real-time Video Transmission over MIMO Systems,” with Amin Abdel-Khalek and Robert Heath, Jr.

  2. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Vol. 17, No. 10, pp. 1802-1817, 2015.

  3. Avalailable: Abstract. Paper PDF.


  1. Bullet“A Novel Power Grid Reduction Method Using L1 Regularization,” with Ye Wang and Michael Orshansky.

  2. Proceedings of the Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2015.

  3. Avalailable: Abstract. Paper PDF.


  1. Bullet“Modeling the Time-Varying Subjective Quality of HTTP Video Streams with Rate Adaptations,” with Chao Chen, Lark Kwon Choi, Gustavo de Veciana, Robert Heath, Jr., and Al C. Bovik.

  2. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 2206-2221, 2014.

  3. Avalailable: Abstract. Paper PDF.


  1. Bullet“Enabling Efficient Analog Synthesis by Coupling Sparse Regression and Polynomial Optimization,” with Ye Wang and Michael Orshansky.

  2. Proceedings of the Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2014.

  3. Avalailable: Abstract. Paper PDF.


  1. Bullet“Modeling and Optimization Techniques for Yield-Aware SRAM Post-Silicon Tuning,” with A.K. Singh, K. He and M. Orshansky.

  2. To Appear in the IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems.

  3. Avalailable: Abstract.  Paper PDF.


Partial preliminary results appeared under the title “Mitigation of Intra-Array SRAM Variability using Adaptive Voltage Architecture,” in the Proceedings of The International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), 2009.


  1. Bullet“Predictable Equation-Based Analog Optimization Based on Explicit Capture of Modeling Error Statistics,” with A.K. Singh, K. Ragab, M. Lok and M. Orshansky.

  2. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits, Vol. 31, No. 10, pp. 1485-1498, 2012.

  3. Avalailable: Abstract. Paper PDF.


Partial preliminary results appeared under the title “An Algorithm for Exploiting Statistical Modeling Error to Enable Robust Analog Optimization,” in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), 2010. Paper PDF.


  1. Bullet“Equitable and Efficient Coordination in Traffic Flow Management,” with C. Barnhart, D. Bertsimas and D. Fearing.

  2. Transportation Science, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 262-280. 2012.

  3. Avalailable: Abstract. Paper PDF.


Industry Studies Association - INFORMS Best Paper Award finalist.


  1. Bullet“Design of Power-Optimal Buffers Tunable to Process Variability,” with M. Lok, K. He, M. Mani and M. Orshansky

  2. Proceedings of IEEE DCAS. 2010

  3. Avalailable: Abstract. Paper PDF


  1. Bullet “Efficient Energy Delivery Management for PHEVs,” with M. Kefayati

  2. Proceedings of IEEE SmartGridComm. 2010.

  3. Available: Abstract. Paper PDF.


  1. Bullet“Rate Bounds on SSIM Index of Quantized Image DCT Coefficients,” with A.C. Bovik, S.S. Channappayya, R. W. Heath Jr.

  2. Proceedings of DCC, pp. 342-351, 2008.


  1. Bullet“Design of Linear Equalizers Optimized for the Structural Similarity Index,” with S.S. Channappayya, A.C. Bovik, and R. W. Heath Jr.

  2. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 857-872. 2007

  3. Avalailable: Abstract. Paper PDF.


  1. Bullet“Bounds on PDEs via Semidefinite Optimization,” with D. Bertsimas

  2. Mathematical Programming, Series A, 108(1), pp 135-158. 2006.

  3. Avalailable: Abstract. Paper PDF.


  1. Bullet“Approximating Fluid Schedules in Crossbar Packet-Switches and Banyan Networks,” with M.X. Goemans, M. Rosenblum, V. Tarokh.

  2. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 1374-1387, 2006.

  3. Avalailable: Abstract. Paper PDF.

Engineering Applications. Optimization and Machine Learning are broad tools that can find application in a plethora of areas. Applications I have worked on include Circuits and CAD, Air Traffic Flow Management, Energy Networks, and Image Processing. Please e-mail me for conference versions, if they are not available. [The abstract function does not yet work... but it will soon....]



Papers in chronological order, appearing once once

Papers organized along other central themes: (Papers may appear in multiple categories)

  1. BulletOptimization and Applications

  2. BulletStatistics/Machine Learning

  3. BulletWireless Networks