IEEE International Conference on Communications
20-24 May 2018 // Kansas City, MO, USA
Communications for Connecting Humanity

Program

Sunday, May 20

7:30 - 8:30
Registration, Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45
Opening Remarks 
8:45 - 9:45
Keynote 1 
Room: Chicago C
Title: Path to innovation super highway
Speaker: Vanitha Kumar, Vice President, Modem SW Engineering at Qualcomm
Details can be found here.
9:45-10:15
Mentor Introduction
Room: Chicago C
Group photo
10:15 - 10:30
Networking Break
10:30 - 11:30
Panel
Room: Chicago C
Topic: In the crowd of hard-working and excellent researchers: what can we do to stand out? 
Panel Moderator: Ana García Armada
Panelists: Elisa Bertino (Purdue University), My Thai (University of Florida), Vanitha Kumar (Qualcomm), Victor Frost (University of Kansas), Teresa Kellett (Google)
11:30 - 12:30
Lightning Presentations 
Room: Chicago C
1 min presentations by the authors of accepted posters. The order of lightning talks can be found here .
12:30 - 2:00
Lunch 
2:00 - 3:00
Keynote 2
Room: Chicago C
Title: What’s Next for Wireless Networking Research?
Speaker: Monisha Ghosh (Program Director, National Science Foundation)
Details can be found here.
3:00 - 4:00
Mentoring Sessions
Room: Chicago C
Multiple parallel mentoring sessions led by experienced personnel from Industry and Academia. List of mentors can be found here.
4:00 - 4:30
Coffee Break
4:30 - 5:45
Interactive Poster Session
Room: Ballroom PreFunction
Posters will be presented in two rounds.
Round 1 includes poster #1 to #20.
Round 2 includes poster #21 to #40.
Please verify which number is your poster here .
Round 1 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:00p.m, and Round 2 from 5:10p.m. to 5:40p.m.
5:45 - 6:00
Best Poster Award & Closing 

 

Keynote Speakers

TITLE: ROAD  TO INNOVATION SUPER HIGHWAY

VANITHA KUMAR                                                                 

Vice President-Software Engineering, Qualcomm Technologies Incorporated

 

Abstract: Mobile platform has transformed the  world  and changed our lives way beyond what  anyone  could  have imagined in the  past  decade.  With advent of  5G,  we are about to see another new  wave  of possibilities to an even more  connected  world. This promises  to not only make our lives  more  efficient but  will open doors for technological innovations from  a  new pool of  creators, thinkers, makers and doers who may not be in a  traditional  technology domain. How  will the new  wave  of  mobile  revolution  achieve  this  and  how can the  engineers  of today be  better  prepared  to  travel in this  innovation super highway.

Bio: Vanitha Kumar is a Vice President of Software Engineering at Qualcomm Technologies Incorporated.  Vanitha holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University, and a Bachelor of Electronics & Communication Engineering degree from PSG College of Technology, India. Vanitha has 20 years  of  experience in the wireless telecommunications industry and  in embedded  software architecture, design, and  development. She has also contributed actively to cellular technology standards. She has about  20 issued patents and several more  pending.

In her current role, Vanitha leads  the modem SW air interface technology including  5G, 4G-LTE, and Cellular IoT  across multiple global locations. Vanitha played a key role in the commercialization and launch of CDMA  in Qualcomm’s chipsets in early/mid 2000.  After that she led the   4G-LTE SW team and  has been responsible for integration , commercialization and launch of 4G  in  1000s of products globally.  She  is  currently also responsible  for  the  5G   and Cellular IoT SW roadmap.  She also has vast experience leading multiple generation of Qualcomm chipsets and working closely with customers , vendors and cellular carriers to  enable launch of  many devices.

Vanitha is passionate about the role of women in science and technology.  She has chaired and put together panels for the Grace Hopper  and  IEEE women leadership  conferences. She is on the board  of  Qualcomm Foundation in   charge of  Corporate Giving. She is also on the board  of Elementary Institute of Science which is a non-profit organization  that focuses  on developing exposure and interest in STEM careers  among  young  children. She  is one of the recipients  of   the prestigious YWCA  TWIN (Tribute to Women and Industry) award  for  2016.  Vanitha also coaches   science Olympiad and Robotics  teams   at her  daughter’s  school.


Title: What's next for wireless networking research? 

Monisha Ghosh

Program Director, NSF

 

Abstract:Wireless networking has made unprecedented advances in the past decade, with fundamental contributions from both academia and industry. The National Science Foundation has played a pivotal role from the very beginning in nurturing research ideas from conception to reality. In this talk we will discuss new initiatives that will fuel the next generation of advances in wireless networking.

Bio: Dr. Monisha Ghosh joined NSF as a rotating Program Director in September 2017, in the Computer and Network Systems (CNS) division within the Directorate of Computer & Information Science and Engineering (CISE). She manages wireless networking research within the Networking Technologies and Systems (NeTS) program of CNS.  Dr. Ghosh is a Research Professor at the University of Chicago, with a joint appointment at the Argonne National Laboratories, where she conducts research on wireless technologies for the IoT, 5G cellular, next generation Wi-Fi systems, coexistence and machine learning for predictive oncology. Prior to joining the University of Chicago in September 2015, she worked at Interdigital, Philips Research and Bell Laboratories, on various wireless systems such as the HDTV broadcast standard, cable standardization and on cognitive radio for the TV White Spaces. She has been an active contributor to many industry standards and was recognized with a Certificate of Appreciation for her outstanding contributions to IEEE 802.22. She is a Fellow of the IEEE. 
She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1991, and her B. Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (India) in 1986.


Mentors

  • Vladimir Barash (Graphika, Inc)
  • Michelle Zhu (Montclair State University)
  • Anu Mercian (Hewlett Packard Enterprise)
  • Ali Imran (University of Oklahoma)
  • Teresa Kellett (Google)
  • Amardeep Kaur (Missouri University of Science & Technology)
  • Fengjun Li (University of Kansas)
  • Kira Theuer (National Instruments)

Lightning Talks

                                                                 Presentation Order - Lightning Talks
#
Title
Authors with affiliation and country
1
360 Video Caching In Mobile Edge Computing
Anahita Mahzari, Afshin Taghavi Nasrabadi, Aliehsan Samiei and Ravi Prakash (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
2
A Self-Adaptable System for DDoS Attack Prediction Based on the Metastability Theory
Andressa Vergütz and Mateus Pelloso (Federal University of Paraná, Brazil); Michele Nogueira (Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Brazil)
3
Performance Analysis of Three Hop Relay Assisted Hybrid VLC/FSO/VLC Network Design
Anshul Vats (Maharishi Dayanand University, India); Mona Aggarwal (Northcap University, Gurgaon, India); Swaran Ahuja (North Cap University, India)
4
Frequency planning for load balancing in Vehicular Networks
Avirup Das (University of Calcutta, India)
5
Content Delivery in Mobility-Aware D2D Caching Networks
Badiaa Fouad (Nile University, Egypt)
6
Packet Replication on Disjoint MPTCP Paths
Benevid Felix (UFPR, Brazil); Michele Nogueira (Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Brazil)
7
Reliable Bacterial Communication Networks
Bhuvana Krishnaswamy and Raghupathy Sivakumar (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
8
Efficient Data Dissemination in a Decentralized Online Social Network
Esra Erdin (University of Nevada, Reno, USA)
9
Unified Framework for Network Slices Allocation
Francesca Fossati (LIP6, France); Stefano Moretti (Université Paris Dauphine CNRS UMR, France); Patrice Perny (LIP6, France); Stefano Secci (Sorbonne Université, France)
10
TCP Throughput and Packet Delivery Ratio performances in an Underwater Wireless Sensor Network
Hajar Bennouri (ENSIAS, Morocco)
11
A multi-layered reliability approach in vehicular Ad- Hoc networks
Hasita Kaja (University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA); Cory Beard (University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA)
12
Protocol Heterogeneity Issues of Incremental Campus Wi-Fi Deployment
Haymanot Gebre-Amlak (University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA); Md Tajul Islam, Daniel Cummins, Mohammed Al Mansoori and Baek-Young Choi (University of Missouri - Kansas City, USA)
13
mmWave spatial analysis based on Graph Theory
Hemalatha Vulchi and Ana Garcia Armada (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
14
Faster Image Retrieval in Low-Bandwidth with Optimal Scan
Jannatun Noor (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh); Md. Golam Hossain (IPVision Limited, Bangladesh); A. B. M. Alim Al Islam (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh)
15
svLoad: An Automated Load Testing Architecture
Jannatun Noor (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh); Md. Golam Hossain (IPVision Limited, Bangladesh); Muhammad Ahad Alam (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh); Sriram Chellappan (University of South Florida, USA); A. B. M. Alim Al Islam (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh)
16
Contract-based Incentive Mechanism for LTE over Unlicensed Channels
Kenza Hamidouche (Supelec, France); Walid Saad (Virginia Tech, USA); Mérouane Debbah (Huawei, France)
17
Named Data Routing Strategy
Mahmuda Naznin (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh)
18
On Demand Zone Based Data Delivery in a Wireless Sensor Network
Mahmuda Naznin (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh); Abu Chowdhury (Washington State University, USA)
19
Beam Training and Data Transmission Optimization in Mm-Wave Vehicular Networks
Maria Scalabrin (University of Padova, Italy); Nicolò Michelusi (Purdue University, USA); Michele Rossi (University of Padova, Italy)
20
On the Choice of the Optimal Receiving Orientation Angle for Visible Light Communications
Máximo Morales-Céspedes and Ana Garcia Armada (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
21
Poisson Cluster Process-based Unified Model for Heterogeneous Cellular Networks
Mehrnaz Afshang (Virigina Tech, USA); Chiranjib Saha (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA); Harpreet S Dhillon (Virginia Tech, USA)
22
Identity Modulation (ID-M)
Monette Khadr (University at Albany, SUNY, USA); Hany Elgala (University at Albany, SUNY & NSF Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications ERC, USA)
23
Conforming Wi-Fi to Low-latency Requirements for Faulty Scenarios in Smart Grid
Nahla Ali and Francesco Gringoli (University of Brescia, Italy)
24
LANET: Software-defined Visible-light Ad Hoc Networks
Nan Cen, Zhangyu Guan and Tommaso Melodia (Northeastern University, USA)
25
Cyber Resilience of the Internet of Things via Bio-inspired Artificial Intelligence Techniques
Nistha Tandiya, Vuk Marojevic and Jeffrey Reed (Virginia Tech, USA)
26
Impact of Positioning Errors on V2V Networks Employing Beamforming
Nivetha Kanthasamy and Ruixiang Du (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA); Alexander Wyglinski (WPI, USA); Raghvendra Cowlagi (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)
27
Fundamental Limits in Heterogeneous Broadcast Caching Networks with Correlated Sources
Parisa Hassanzadeh (New York University, USA); Antonia Tulino (Bell Laboratories, USA & Università degli studi di Napoli, Italy); Jaime Llorca (Nokia Bell Labs, USA); Elza Erkip (New York University, USA)
28
Multi-user Beam-Alignment for Millimeter-Wave Networks
Rana A. Hassan and Nicolò Michelusi (Purdue University, USA)
29
Enabling Green and Agile NFV Environments through Model-based Analytics
Roberto Bruschi (CNIT, Italy); Franco R. Davoli (University of Genoa & National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT), Italy); Paolo Lago (CNIT, Italy); Jane Frances Pajo (University of Genoa, Italy)
30
Towards Smart Wireless Body-Centric Networks
Samiya M. Shimly (The Australian National University (ANU) & Data61, CSIRO, Australia); David B Smith (Data61 CSIRO & Australian National University, Australia)
31
An adaptive clustering protocol for Wireless Sensor Network protocol based on energy and location
Sara Kassan (University of Haute Alsace & UHA, France); Jaafar Gaber (UTBM, France); Pascal Lorenz (University of Haute Alsace, France)
32
AAHCC: Adaptation Aware Hybrid Client-Cache for DASH video QoE
Sheyda Kiani Mehr and Deep Medhi (University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA)
33
Big Data Architecture using a Profiling System applied to Agriculture
Soumaya Lamrhari (ENSIAS, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco); Hamid Elghazi (INPT, Morocco); Abdellatif El Faker (ENSIAS, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco)
34
Impulse response clustering for 60 GHz vehicular channels
Sucheta Bhaumik (National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India); Ales Prokes (Brno University of Technology & Sensor, Information and Communication Systems Research Centre, Czech Republic); Aniruddha Chandra (National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, WB, India)
35
Setting up MU-MIMO Experiments
Tejashri Kuber (WINLAB, Rutgers University, USA)
36
The Internet, an invaluable tool for Ghana and beyond
Timothy Kwadwo Asiedu (IEEE Member: Computer + Communication Society, Ghana)
37
Channel Modelling for 60GHz millimetre wave for in-vehicular communication
Ushasi Ghosh (National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India)
38
Toward Automated Spectrum Analysis of Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Spectrum
Vaishali Nagpure and Cynthia Hood (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA)
39
Hybrid Analog-Digital Beamforming for 5G massive MIMO systems
Xiaoguang Zhao and Florian Kaltenberger (Eurecom, France)
40
Rogue Edge Detection with Reinforcement Learning Based on Ambient Radio Signals in VANETs
Xiaozhen Lu, Xiaoyue Wan, Liang Xiao and Yuliang Tang (Xiamen University, P.R. China); Weihua Zhuang (University of Waterloo, Canada)

Accepted Posters

Title
Authors with affiliation and country
Named Data Routing Strategy
Mahmuda Naznin (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh)
On Demand Zone Based Data Delivery in a Wireless Sensor Network
Mahmuda Naznin (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh); Abu Chowdhury (Washington State University, USA)
Protocol Heterogeneity Issues of Incremental Campus Wi-Fi Deployment
Haymanot Gebre-Amlak (University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA); Md Tajul Islam, Daniel Cummins, Mohammed Al Mansoori and Baek-Young Choi (University of Missouri - Kansas City, USA)
TCP Throughput and Packet Delivery Ratio performances in an Underwater Wireless Sensor Network
Hajar Bennouri (ENSIAS, Morocco)
svLoad: An Automated Load Testing Architecture
Jannatun Noor (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh); Md. Golam Hossain (IPVision Limited, Bangladesh); Muhammad Ahad Alam (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh); Sriram Chellappan (University of South Florida, USA); A. B. M. Alim Al Islam (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh)
Unified Framework for Network Slices Allocation
Francesca Fossati (LIP6, France); Stefano Moretti (Université Paris Dauphine CNRS UMR, France); Patrice Perny (LIP6, France); Stefano Secci (Sorbonne Université, France)
Big Data Architecture using a Profiling System applied to Agriculture
Soumaya Lamrhari (ENSIAS, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco); Hamid Elghazi (INPT, Morocco); Abdellatif El Faker (ENSIAS, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco)
Toward Automated Spectrum Analysis of Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Spectrum
Vaishali Nagpure and Cynthia Hood (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA)
An adaptive clustering protocol for Wireless Sensor Network protocol based on energy and location
Sara Kassan (University of Haute Alsace & UHA, France); Jaafar Gaber (UTBM, France); Pascal Lorenz (University of Haute Alsace, France)
a multi-layered reliability approach in vehicular Ad- Hoc networks
Hasita Kaja (University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA); Cory Beard (University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA)
mmWave spatial analysis based on Graph Theory
Hemalatha Vulchi and Ana Garcia Armada (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
Fundamental Limits in Heterogeneous Broadcast Caching Networks with Correlated Sources
Parisa Hassanzadeh (New York University, USA); Antonia Tulino (Bell Laboratories, USA & Università degli studi di Napoli, Italy); Jaime Llorca (Nokia Bell Labs, USA); Elza Erkip (New York University, USA)
Faster Image Retrieval in Low-Bandwidth with Optimal Scan
Jannatun Noor (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh); Md. Golam Hossain (IPVision Limited, Bangladesh); A. B. M. Alim Al Islam (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh)
Content Delivery in Mobility-Aware D2D Caching Networks
Badiaa Fouad (Nile University, Egypt)
Enabling Green and Agile NFV Environments through Model-based Analytics
Roberto Bruschi (CNIT, Italy); Franco R. Davoli (University of Genoa & National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT), Italy); Paolo Lago (CNIT, Italy); Jane Frances Pajo (University of Genoa, Italy)
Reliable Bacterial Communication Networks
Bhuvana Krishnaswamy and Raghupathy Sivakumar (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Conforming Wi-Fi to Low-latency Requirements for Faulty Scenarios in Smart Grid
Nahla Ali and Francesco Gringoli (University of Brescia, Italy)
Mobility Aware Service Region Partition for Mobile Edge Computing
Xinjie Guan and Xili Wan (Nanjing Tech University, P.R. China); Baek-Young Choi (University of Missouri - Kansas City, USA)
Towards Smart Wireless Body-Centric Networks
Samiya M. Shimly (The Australian National University (ANU) & Data61, CSIRO, Australia); David B Smith (Data61 CSIRO & Australian National University, Australia)
AAHCC: Adaptation Aware Hybrid Client-Cache for DASH video QoE
Sheyda Kiani Mehr and Deep Medhi (University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA)
Hybrid Analog-Digital Beamforming for 5G massive MIMO systems
Xiaoguang Zhao and Florian Kaltenberger (Eurecom, France)
Frequency planning for load balancing in Vehicular Networks
Avirup Das (University of Calcutta, India)
Rogue Edge Detection with Reinforcement Learning Based on Ambient Radio Signals in VANETs
Xiaozhen Lu, Xiaoyue Wan, Liang Xiao and Yuliang Tang (Xiamen University, P.R. China); Weihua Zhuang (University of Waterloo, Canada)
360 Video Caching In Mobile Edge Computing
Anahita Mahzari, Afshin Taghavi Nasrabadi, Aliehsan Samiei and Ravi Prakash (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
Packet Replication on Disjoint MPTCP Paths
Benevid Felix (UFPR, Brazil); Michele Nogueira (Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Brazil)
The Internet, an invaluable tool for Ghana and beyond
Timothy Kwadwo Asiedu (IEEE Member: Computer + Communication Society, Ghana)
Multi-user Beam-Alignment for Millimeter-Wave Networks
Rana A. Hassan and Nicolò Michelusi (Purdue University, USA)
LANET: Software-defined Visible-light Ad Hoc Networks
Nan Cen, Zhangyu Guan and Tommaso Melodia (Northeastern University, USA)
A Novel Inter-Relay assisted Mixed RF-FSO System Design and Its Performance Analysis
Himanshu Khanna and Mona Aggarwal (Northcap University, Gurgaon, India); Swaran Ahuja (North Cap University, India)
A Self-Adaptable System for DDoS Attack Prediction Based on the Metastability Theory
Mateus Pelloso and Andressa Vergütz (Federal University of Paraná, Brazil); Michele Nogueira (Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Brazil)
On the Choice of the Optimal Receiving Orientation Angle for Visible Light Communications
Máximo Morales-Céspedes and Ana Garcia Armada (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
Cyber Resilience of the Internet of Things via Bio-inspired Artificial Intelligence Techniques
Nistha Tandiya, Vuk Marojevic and Jeffrey Reed (Virginia Tech, USA)
Beam Training and Data Transmission Optimization in Mm-Wave Vehicular Networks
Maria Scalabrin (University of Padova, Italy); Nicolò Michelusi (Purdue University, USA); Michele Rossi (University of Padova, Italy)
Performance Analysis of Three Hop Relay Assisted Hybrid VLC/FSO/VLC Network Design
Anshul Vats (Maharishi Dayanand University, India); Mona Aggarwal (Northcap University, Gurgaon, India); Swaran Ahuja (North Cap University, India)
Efficient Data Dissemination in a Decentralized Online Social Network
Esra Erdin (University of Nevada, Reno, USA)
Impulse response clustering for 60 GHz vehicular channels
Sucheta Bhaumik (National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India); Ales Prokes (Brno University of Technology & Sensor, Information and Communication Systems Research Centre, Czech Republic); Aniruddha Chandra (National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, WB, India)
Impact of Positioning Errors on V2V Networks Employing Beamforming
Nivetha Kanthasamy and Ruixiang Du (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA); Alexander Wyglinski (WPI, USA); Raghvendra Cowlagi (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Coverage Analysis for Opportunistic RF/VLC Large Scale Networks
Hina Tabassum and Ekram Hossain (University of Manitoba, Canada)
Identity Modulation (ID-M)
Monette Khadr (University at Albany, SUNY, USA); Hany Elgala (University at Albany, SUNY & NSF Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications ERC, USA)
Channel Modelling for 60GHz millimetre wave for in-vehicular communication
Ushasi Ghosh (National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India)
Setting up MU-MIMO Experiments
Tejashri Kuber (WINLAB, Rutgers University, USA)
Poisson Cluster Process-based Unified Model for Heterogeneous Cellular Networks
Mehrnaz Afshang (Virigina Tech, USA); Chiranjib Saha (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA); Harpreet S Dhillon (Virginia Tech, USA)
Cross-Layer Energy Model for Relay Assisted 802.15.4 Networks
Sankalita Biswas (Burdwan, West Bengal, India); Aniruddha Chandra (National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, WB, India)
Contract-based Incentive Mechanism for LTE over Unlicensed Channels
Kenza Hamidouche (Supelec, France); Walid Saad (Virginia Tech, USA); Mérouane Debbah (Huawei, France)

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