Zhiyi Zhou

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General

I'm currently a fifth-year PhD candidate in Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at Northwestern University. I'm co-advised by Professor Dongning Guo and Professor Michael L. Honig .

I received my B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU) in 2013. I was a member of the Teaching Reform Class at SJTU.

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Education

• Northwestern University, Evanston, IL	Sep. 2013---Present
Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering
• Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China	Sep. 2009---Jun. 2013
B.S. in Electrical Engineering

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Awards

Terminal year fellowship	Northwestern University	2018
IEEE WCNC travel grant	IEEE WCNC	2017
IEEE WCNC Best Paper Award	IEEE WCNC	2017
Walter P. Murphy Fellowship	Northwestern University	2013
Professional Development Scholarship	Northwestern University	2013
Third Place Prize at the 27th National Undergraduate Physics Competition.		2010
Academic Excellence Scholarship of Shanghai Jiao Tong University	SJTU	2009, 2010

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Research

My research interests include a variety of topics from wireless communicatoin networks to resource allocation, network optimization, and signal processing.

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Skills

1. Programming Languages: Python, Matlab, C, VHDL.

2. Strong analytical and mathematical skills.

3. Machine learning and data mining.

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Publications

Working papers:

1. Zhiyi Zhou and Dongning Guo, "1000-cell global spectrum allocation, user association, and power control", to be submitted to ISIT 2018.

2. Zhiyi Zhou and Dongning Guo, "Centralized radio resource management for super large networks", to be submitted to IEEE Transactions on Networking.

3. Zhiyi Zhou, Rapeepat Ratasuk, Nitin Mangalvedhe and Amitava Ghosh, "Voice over NB-IoT", to be submitted to IEEE VTC 2018.

4. Zhiyi Zhou, Rapeepat Ratasuk, Nitin Mangalvedhe and Amitava Ghosh, "Scheduling design for uplink NB-IoT", to be submitted to IEEE VTC 2018.

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Published papers:

1. Z. Zhou , R. Ratasuk, N. Mangalvedhe, A. Ghosh, "Resource allocation for uplink grant-free ultra-reliable and low latency communications", to appear in IEEE VTC 2018.

2. Z. Zhou , D. Guo, "1000-cell global spectrum management", ACM MobiHoc, Chennai, India, 2017. Presentation video at ACM MobiHoc 2017.

3. Z. Zhou , X. Chen, D. Guo, M. L. Honig, "Sparse channel estimation for massive MIMO with 1-bit feedback per dimension", IEEE WCNC 2017.

4. Z. Zhou , D. Guo, M. L. Honig, "Licensed and unlicensed spectrum allocation in heterogeneous networks", in IEEE Transactions on Communication, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 1815-1827, 2017.

5. Z. Zhou , H. Ge, J. Liu, W. Xiao, "Load-based resource allocation and interference coordination for multi-carrier dense networks", IEEE VTC, Montreal, Canada, 2016.

6. H. Ge, Z. Zhou , J. Liu, W. Xiao, "Spectrum allocation in cellular networks with wireless in-band backhaul", IEEE VTC, Sydney, Australia, 2017.

7. Z. Zhou , D. Guo, M. L. Honig, "Allocation of licensed and unlicensed spectrum in heterogeneous networks", in Proc. IEEE Australian Communication Theory Workshop (AusCTW), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 2016.

8. Z. Zhou , F. Teng, J. Liu, W. Xiao, "Performance evaluation for coexistence of LTE and WiFi", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), Kauai, Hawaii, USA, 2016.

9. Z. Zhou , D. Guo, M. L. Honig, "A Message-Passing Approach to Combating Hidden Terminals in Wireless Networks", arXiv preprint, arXiv:1401.7374, 2014.

10. Z. Zhou , R. Du, C. Chen, B. Yang, X. Guan, "PackTrix: From data packing to reconstruction for a sensor network based structural health monitoring system," IEEE GLOBECOM, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2013.

11. R. Du, C. Chen, Z. Zhou , B. Yang, X. Guan, "L1/2-based iterative matrix completion for data transmission in lossy environment," IEEE INFOCOM, (Poster), pp. 2437-2438, Turin, Italy, 2013.