Narayan B. Mandayam: Advisees

Ph.D. students

  1. Sudhir Pattar
  2. Sijie Xiong (co-advised with A. Sarwate)
  3. Tejashri Kuber
  4. Neelakantan Krishnan
  5. Mohammad Yousefvand
  6. Mohsen Rajabpour
  7. Alireza Nooraiepour (co-advised with W. U. Bajwa)
















Postdoctoral fellows

  1. Kenza Hamidouche, Ph.D. CentraleSup´elec, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 2016
  2. S. Rasoul Etesami, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015
  3. Gokul Sridharan, Ph.D. University of Toronto, 2015
  4. Siun-Chuon Mau, Ph.D. Princeton University, 2000
  5. Paschalis Ligdas, Ph.D. University of Maryland, 1997

Ph.D. students

  1. Mohammad Hajimirsadeghi, Ph.D. September 2018, Thesis: “Game Theoretic Approaches for Design of Information Centric Networks (ICN) and Spectrum Sharing” (currently at Princeton University)
  2. Ahmed Alabdel A. Abass, Ph.D. May 2018, Thesis: “Evolutionary Games: Applications to Security and Resource Allocation” (currently at University of Thi-Qar, Iraq)
  3. Ratnesh Kumbhkar, Ph.D. December 2017, Thesis: “Opportunistic Access of Noncontiguous Spectrum - Exploring use of Noncontiguous OFDM transmission for Dynamic Spectrum Access” (currently at Marvell Semiconductors)
  4. Kai Su, Ph.D. May 2016, Thesis: “Algorithms and Protocols for Efficient Multicast, Transport, and Congestion Control in Wireless Networks” (currently at VMware) (Coadvisor: D. Raychaudhuri)
  5. Wenjia Yuan, Ph.D. September 2014, Thesis: “Computational Photography Methods for Visual MIMO” (currently at Google) (Co-advisors: K. Dana and M. Gruteser)
  6. Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Ph.D. September 2014, Thesis: “Noncontiguous Spectrum Access and Small Cell Network Design” (currently at Qualcomm)
  7. Ashwin Ashok, Ph.D. June 2014, Thesis: “Design, Modeling and Analysis of Visual MIMO Communication” (currently at CMU) (Co-advisor: M. Gruteser, K. Dana)
  8. Narayanan Krishnan, Ph.D. September 2013, Thesis: “Bandwidth Sharing and Massive MIMO for Next Generation Cellular Systems” (currently at Qualcomm) (Co-advisor: R. Yates)
  9. Tianming Li, Ph.D. September 2013, Thesis: “Cognitive Radio Networks: Resource Allocation and Effect of End-User Behavior” (currently at J. P. Morgan)
  10. Dan Zhang, Ph.D. September 2012, Thesis: “On the Dynamics of Random Network Coding” (currently at Qualcomm)
  11. Suhas Mathur, Ph.D. July 2010, Thesis: “Building Information-Theoretic Confidentiality and Traffic Privacy into Wireless Networks” (currently at AT&T), (Co-advisors: W. Trappe and L. Greenstein)
  12. Chandrasekharan Raman, Ph.D. February 2010, Thesis: “Relaying and Scheduling in Interference Limited Wireless Networks” (currently at Alcatel-Lucent), (Co-advisors: R. Yates and G. Foschini)
  13. Liang Xiao, Ph.D. March 2009, Thesis: “PHY-Techniques to Improve Higher-Layer Functions in Wireless Networks” (currently Associate Professor at Xiamen University), (Co-advisors: W. Trappe and L. Greenstein)
  14. Zhuyu Lei, Ph.D. December 2008, Thesis: “Utility-based Power Control for Packet- Switched Wireless Networks” (currently at Alcatel-Lucent, IL)
  15. Hongbo Liu, Ph.D. November 2007, Thesis: “Cross-layer Design for Reliable and Efficient Data Transmission over Multiple Antenna Mobile Infostation Networks” (currently at Spirent, NJ)
  16. Omer Ileri, Ph.D. June 2007, Thesis: “Dynamic Spectrum Access Models: Towards an Engineering Perspective in the Spectrum Debate” (currently at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH))
  17. Lalitha Sankaranarayanan, Ph.D. May 2007, Thesis: “Relay Cooperation in Multiaccess Networks” (currently Assistant Professor at Arizona State University, was a post-doc at Princeton University)
  18. Hitesh Nama, Ph.D. February 2007, Thesis: “Resource Allocation in Cooperative and Non-cooperative Energy-constrainedWireless Networks” (currently at Marvel Semiconductor)
  19. Salim Manji, Ph.D. September 2004, Thesis: “Rate Adaptation Strategies for Progressive Image Transmission over Fading Channels” (currently at Spirent Technologies, NJ)
  20. Nan Feng, Ph.D. July 2004, Thesis: “User Centric and Network Centric Radio Resource Management” (currently at Alcatel-Lucent Technologies, NJ)
  21. Dragan Samardzija, Ph.D. April 2004, Thesis: “Multiple AntennaWireless Systems and Channel State Information” (currently at Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent Technologies, NJ)
  22. Heng Wang, Ph.D. December 2002, Thesis: “Opportunistic Transmission for Wireless Data over Fading Channels under Energy and Delay Constraints” (currently at Qualcomm)
  23. Cristina Comaniciu, Ph.D., December 2001, Thesis: “Integrated Access Control and Detection for QoS in Multimedia CDMA Networks” (currently Associate Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology; was post-doc at Princeton University)
  24. Jie Lai, Ph.D., August 2001, Thesis: “Performance of Channel Coding on Temporally and Spatially Correlated Wireless Channels” (currently at Broadcom Inc.)
  25. Lei Song, Ph.D., August 2001, Thesis: “Resource Allocation Based on Hierarchical and Nonlinear Control in Wireless Networks” (currently at UTStar Telecom Inc.)
  26. Cem Saraydar, Ph.D., December 2000, Thesis: “Pricing and Power Control in Wireless Data Networks” (currently at GM Research)

M.S. students

  1. Leonard Park, M. S. April 2016, Thesis: “Psychophysics Testbed and Experiments for Assessing End-User Perception of Video QoS over Wireless Channels”
  2. Cyrus Gerami, M.S. May 2011, Thesis: “Spatio-Spectral Mapping of TV White Space in NJ”
  3. Tejaswy Hari, M.S. October 2009, Thesis: “Implementation of an Adaptive MIMOOFDM Cognitive Radio”
  4. Suhas Mathur, M. S. October 2006, Thesis: “Coalitional Games in Cooperative Networks”
  5. Omer Ileri, M. S. October 2003, Thesis: “Pricing for Enabling Forwarding in Wireless Adhoc Networks”
  6. Shrenik Patel, M.S., December 2002, Thesis: “Comparative Evaluation of OFDM and Single-Carrier Equalization Schemes for Infostation Channels” (currently at Time Domain Inc.)
  7. Andrej Domazetovic, M.S., September 2002, Thesis: “Propagation Models for Short- Range Wireless Channels with Predictable Path Geometries” (currently at Ibiquity Digital)
  8. Shaily Verma, M.S., July 2001, Thesis: “QoS Provisioning for Mobile Internet Access via GPRS/EDGE” (currently at Thomson Electronics)
  9. Dragan Samardzija, M.S., June 2000, Thesis: “Blind Interference Cancellation Schemes for DS-CDMA Systems” (currently at Lucent Technologies)
  10. Nan Feng, M.S., June 1999, Thesis: “Joint Power and Rate Optimization for Utility Maximization in Wireless Data Networks”,
  11. Kamesh Medapalli, M.S., December 1998, Thesis: “TDMA Interference Cancellation and Equalization using Tentative Decisions” (currently at Stanford University)
  12. Viral Shah, M.S., March 1998, Thesis: “Power Control forWireless Data Services based on Utility and Pricing” (currently at Qualcomm, Inc.)
  13. Deepa Ramakrishna, M.S., June 1997, Thesis: “Subspace Based Estimation of the Signal to Interference Ratio for CDMA Cellular Systems”