Blough Research: Wireless Networks Opening

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Research Position Opening: Wireless Networks

I have an open position in my group, beginning Summer or Fall 2015, for a PhD student or a postdoc in the area of wireless networks. This position is not available to M.S. students. Please do not apply for this opening if you do not already have at least an M.S. degree.

The specific research topic for this position is the use of multiple access points (APs) and advanced physical layer techniques such as MIMO, multi-user MIMO, cooperative MIMO, and nonlinear techniques like successive interference cancellation in order to dramatically improve the performance of multi-AP wireless networks. Here are some background materials about this topic:

This is a draft paper from our group on using MIMO interference suppression to achieve both high performance and fairness in multi-AP settings: "MIMO Link Scheduling for Interference Cancellation in Dense Wireless Networks"
This is an MIT paper discussing MIMO on downlinks only in a similar setting: "Bringing Cross-Layer MIMO to Today's Wireless LANs"
This is another MIT paper discussing a combination of MIMO interference alignment and successive interference cancellation with multiple APs: "Interference Alignment and Cancellation"

If you are looking for a postdoc position for next year or applying to Georgia Tech as a PhD student for Fall 2015 and you are interested in this topic, please email me a copy of your CV and a short research proposal targeting this area. The proposal deadline is Feb. 15, 2015. Please refer to the above materials when writing your proposal. The ideal proposal length is 3-4 pages. Proposals much shorter than this will not be treated as serious. Proposals longer will not be read due to time constraints.

Finalists for the position will be notified shortly after the Feb. 15 deadline and will be required to submit at least two letters of recommendation.

If you are a current Georgia Tech PhD student, you are free to send me a proposal. As an alternative, if you convince me you are a serious applicant for the position, I might consider offering you an individual study opportunity for Spring with a mutual decision at the end of Spring whether to continue the work.

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