CommIT Group at NYU

Professor of ECE@ NYU

Former Members

Researchers

  • Shirin Jalali, Faculty Fellow, January 2013-January 2014.
    • Now with Rutgers University.
  • David Ramirez, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, January 2017-September 2018.
    • Now with Docomo Innovations.
  • Farhad Shirani, Research Assistant Professor.
    • Now with Florida International University.

PhD Graduates

  • Fabrizio Carpi, PhD August 2024.
    • Thesis: Learned Task-Aware Compression Methods in Communication Systems.
    • Now with Samsung Research.
  • Jyotish Robin, PhD April 2024.
    • Thesis: Active User Identification for Massive Random Access in Next Generation Wireless Networks.
    • Now with Interdigital.
  • Serhat Bakirtas, PhD April 2024.
    • Thesis: Information-Theoretic Foundations of Database De-Anonymization.
    • Now with Qualcomm.
  • Abbas Khalili, PhD September 2022.
    • Now with Samsung Research.
  • Parisa Hassanzadeh, PhD September 2019.
    • Now with Samsung SDS America.
  • Shahram Shahsavari, PhD September 2019.
    • Now with Huawei R&D.
  • Anil Kocak, PhD October 2017.
    • Thesis: Reliable Online Prediction with Refuse Option.
    • Now with Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
  • Farideh Rezagah, PhD December 2015.
    • Thesis: Compression in Networks: From Source Acquisition to Interactive Computation.
    • Now with Goldman Sachs.
  • Oner Orhan, PhD December 2015.
    • Thesis: Energy Neutral and Low Power Wireless Communications.
    • Now with Apple.
  • Yuanpeng Liu, PhD May 2013.
    • Thesis: Information Theoretic Perspective for Rate and Delay in Interference Limited Wireless Networks.
    • Now with Goldman Sachs.
  • Xi Liu, PhD January 2013.
    • Thesis: Fairness, Security and Energy Efficiency in Interference and Sensor Networks.
    • Now with Bloomberg.
  • Feilu Liu, PhD May 2012.
    • Thesis: Small Cell Wireless Communications Over Licensed and Unlicensed Bands.
    • Now with Qualcomm.
  • Kagan Bakanoglu, PhD January 2011.
    • Thesis: Resource Allocation and Interference Mitigation for Cooperative Networks.
    • Now with i2x, Germany.
  • Ozgu Alay, PhD June 2010 (co-advised with Yao Wang).
    • Thesis: Cooperative Layered Video Multicast.
    • Now with University of Oslo.
  • Onur Sahin, PhD October 2009.
    • Thesis: Relaying in Interference Limited Networks: Models, Bounds and Strategies.
    • Now with Apple.
  • Melda Yuksel, PhD August 2007.
    • Thesis: Reliability, Rate and Security in Cooperative Networks.
    • Now with Middle East Technical University, Turkey.
  • Deniz Gunduz, PhD November 2007.
    • Thesis: Source and Channel Coding for Wireless Networks.
    • Now with Imperial College London.
  • Zinan Lin, PhD July 2006.
    • Thesis: Coded Cooperation: Partner Choice and Rate Adaptation.
    • Now with Apple.

MS Graduates

Faculty Visitors

Student Visitors