Texas A&M University, Doha, Qatar June 12 Aug 12 Visiting Researcher

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1 Momin Ayub Uppal Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering LUMS Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering, Sector U, DHA, Lahore. Ph: +92 (42) ; Fax: +92 (42) ; momin.uppal@lums.edu.pk; Web: EDUCATION Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Aug 2006 Aug 2010 Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA. Research Chair: Prof. Zixiang Xiong Cumulative GPR : 4.00/4.00 Dissertation Title: Coding for cooperative communications M.S. Electrical Engineering Jan 2004 Aug 2006 Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA. Cumulative GPR : 3.76 / 4.00 Thesis title : Code designs for MIMO Broadcast Channels B.S. Electronic Engineering Aug 1998 May 2002 GIK Institute of Engg. Sciences and Technology, Topi, Pakistan. Graduated with Highest Distinction Cumulative GPA : 3.92 / 4.00; Class Rank : 2 nd in 46 WORK EXPERIENCE LUMS School of Science and Engineering, Lahore, Pakistan Oct 2010 Present Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Texas A&M University, Doha, Qatar June 12 Aug 12 Visiting Researcher Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA. Jan 06 Aug 07, May Aug 10 Graduate Research Assistant Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA. Aug 2007 May 2010 Graduate Teaching Assistant NEC Labs America, Inc, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. May 2009 Aug 2009 Research Assistant Comsats Institute of Info. Tech., Abbottabad, Pakistan. Sept 2003 Dec 2003 Junior Lecturer GIK Institute of Engg. Sciences and Tech., Topi, Pakistan. June 2002 June 2003 Lab Engineer Communication Enabling Technologies, Islamabad, Pakistan. May 2001 Aug 2001 Summer Intern 1

2 RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE Momin s research interests and expertise lie in the areas of wireless communications, signal processing, and information theory in general, and channel/source coding in particular. More specifically, some of Momin s research has focused on the areas of coding for cooperative communication networks, Wyner-Ziv/Slepian-Wolf coding, dirty-paper coding, and coding for MIMO broadcast channels. PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles Published/Accepted [J1] M. Uppal, G. Yue, Y. Xin, X. Wang, and Z. Xiong, A robust multi-level design for dirty-paper coding, IEEE Trans. Communications, to appear. [J2] A. Høst-Madsen, M. Uppal, and Z. Xiong, On outage capacity in the low power regime, IEEE Trans. Information Theory, vol. 58, pp , February [J3] M. Uppal, G. Yue, X. Wang, and Z. Xiong, A rateless coded protocol for half-duplex wireless relay channels, IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, vol. 59, pp , January [J4] M. Uppal, Z. Yang, A. Høst-Madsen, and Z. Xiong, Cooperation in the low power regime for the MAC using multiplexed rateless codes, IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, vol. 58, pp , September [J5] M. Uppal, Z. Liu, V. Stanković, and Z. Xiong, Compress-forward Coding with BPSK Modulation for the Half-duplex Gaussian Relay Channel, IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, vol. 57, pp , November [J6] M. Uppal, V. Stanković, and Z. Xiong, Code design for MIMO Broadcast Channels, IEEE Trans. Communications, vol. 57, pp , April [J7] Y. Sun, M. Uppal, A. Liveris, S. Cheng, V. Stankovi`c, and Z. Xiong, Nested turbo codes for the Costa problem, IEEE Trans. Communications, vol. 56, pp , March Conference Papers Published/Accepted [C1] M. Uppal, K. Qaraqe, and Z. Xiong, Joint Slepian-Wolf/Dirty-paper coding, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Budapest, Hungary, June [C2] F. Khalid, M. Uppal, and S. Masud, Design and implementation of an ML decoder for tailbiting convolutional code, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Beijing, China, May [C3] T. Ahmed, M. Uppal, and A. Muhammad, Improving efficiency and reliability of gunshot detection systems, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Vancouver, Canada, May [C4] J. Amjad, M. Uppal, and S. Qaiser, Multi-level compress and forward coding for halfduplex relays, Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Los-Angeles, CA, December

3 [C5] T. Khan, M. Uppal, A. Høst-Madsen, and Z. Xiong, Rateless-Coded Hybrid Amplify/Decode Forward Cooperation for a Wireless Multicast Channel, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Boston, MA, July [C6] M. Uppal, G. Yue, X. Wang, and Z. Xiong, A multi-level design for dirty-paper coding with applications to the cognitive radio channel, Proc. IEEE GlobeComm, Houston, TX, December [C7] G. Yue, M. Uppal, and X. Wang, Doped LT decoding with application to wireless broadcast service, Proc.IEEE International Conference on Communications, Kyoto, Japan, June [C8] M. Uppal, G. Yue, X. Wang, and Z. Xiong, A rateless coded protocol for half-duplex wireless relay channels, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Austin, TX, June [C9] M. Uppal, A. Høst-Madsen, and Z. Xiong, Outage capacity of the broadcast channel in the low power regime, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Austin, TX, June [C10] M. Uppal, G. Yue, Y. Xin, X. Wang, and Z. Xiong, A dirty-paper coding scheme for the cognitive radio channel, Proc. IEEE International Communications Conference (ICC), Cape town, South Africa, May [C11] M. Uppal, A. Høst-Madsen, and Z. Xiong, Cooperation in the MAC channel using frequency division multiplexing, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Seoul, South Korea, June 2009, pp [C12] Z. Liu, M. Uppal, V. Stanković, and Z. Xiong, Compress-forward coding with BPSK modulation for the half-duplex Gaussian relay channel, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Toronto, Canada, July 2008, pp [C13] M. Uppal, A. Høst-Madsen, and Z. Xiong, Practical rateless cooperation in multiple access channels using multiplexed Raptor codes, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Nice, France, June 2007, pp [C14] P. Bhagawat, W. Wang, M. Uppal, G. Choi, and Z. Xiong, An FPGA implementation of dirty-paper precoding, IEEE Proc. IEEE International Communications Conference (ICC), Glasgow, Scotland, June 2007, pp [C15] M. Uppal, A. Høst-Madsen, and Z. Xiong, Practical rateless cooperation schemes for a three-user multiple-access channel, Proc. Hawaii and SITA Joint Conference on Information Theory, Honolulu, HI, May 2007, pp [C16] M. Uppal, V. Stanković, and Z. Xiong, Code designs for MIMO broadcast channels, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Seattle, WA, July 2006, pp [C17] M. Uppal, V. Stanković, A. Høst-Madsen, and Z. Xiong, Code design for transmitter cooperation, Poster presented at MSRI Workshop on Mathematics of Relaying and Cooperation in Communication Networks, Berkley, CA, April [C18] F. Khan, M. Uppal, W. Song, M. Kang, and A. Mirza, FGPA implementation of a neural network for character recognition, ISSN (3), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3973, pp , Springer, April

4 [C19] M. Uppal, Z. Liu, V. Stanković, A. Høst-Madsen, and Z. Xiong, Capacity bounds and code designs for cooperative diversity, Proc. IEEE Information Theory and Applications (ITA), San Diego, CA, February Available online at [C20] P. Bhagawat, M. Uppal and G. Choi, FPGA based implementation of decoder for array low density parity check codes, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Philadelphia, PA, March 2005, pp [C21] F. Khan, A. Mirza and M. Uppal, Implementation of neural networks for character recognition in field programmable gate array, Proc. The 8th Joint Symposium of Cheju National University and Nagasaki University of Science and Technology, Jeju Korea, June [C22] Y. Zafar, M. Uppal, and N.D. Gohar, A self controlling asynchronous processor A system on programmable chip, Proc. IEEE International Multi-Topic Conference (INMIC), December 2002, pp PATENTS 1. Z. Xiong, Y. Sun, M. Uppal, A. Liveris, S. Cheng, and V. Stankovi`c, Nested Turbo Codes for the Costa Problem, Filed September 2009, USA. 2. M. Uppal, G. Yue, and X. Wong, Transmission Protocol for Half-Duplex Relay in Fading Channel and Rateless Code Design, Filed February 2011, USA. 3. G. Yue, M. Uppal, and X. Wong, LT Decoding and Retransmission for Wireless Broadcast, Filed March 2011, USA. Funded Projects and Grants 1. Design and implementation of an experimental platform for cognitive cooperative communication network, awarded by National ICT R&D Fund, June 2013 (Pak Rs. 11,794,837). 2. Gun-shot localization and detection system, National Grassroots ICT Research Initiative, ICT R&D Fund, March 2013 (Pak Rs. 87,538). 3. A cost-effective EEG based non-invasive brain computer interface, LUMS faculty initiative fund, January 2012 (Pak Rs. 300,000). 4. HEC Travel Grant, for oral presentation at IEEE Globecom, December 2011 (Pak Rs. 279,000). 5. Research start-up grant, Lahore University of Management Sciences, October 2010 (Pak Rs. 2,400,000). TALKS / SEMINARS 1. Cooperative Communications Research at ADCOM Lab, LUMS, invited talk at (a) GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, February (b) NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Islamabad, March (c) Center of Advanced Studies in Engineering, Islamabad, March

5 2. A multi-level design for dirty-paper coding with applications to the cognitive radio channel, at IEEE Global Communications Conference Houston, TX, December Distributed data compression, invited talk at Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering (CASE), Islamabad, July Source coding with side-information for dummies, at LUMS School of Science and Engineering, Lahore, December Error control coding: Why, What and How?, invited talk at Foundation University Institute of Engineering and Management Sciences, Rawalpindi, September Compress-forward coding for the Gaussian relay channel, at NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), Islamabad, September Outage capacity of the broadcast channel in the low-power regime, at International Symposium on Information Theory, Austin, TX, June A rateless coded protocol for half-duplex wireless relay channel, at International Symposium on Information Theory, Austin, TX, June Code designs for cooperative communications, at LUMS School of Science and Engineering, Lahore, March Practical rateless cooperation in multiple access channels using Raptor Codes, at The Hawaii and SITA Joint Conference on Information Theory, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, May Code designs for MIMO broadcast channels, at International Symposium on Information Theory, Seattle, WA, July TEACHING EE582 - Error Correction Coding (Spring 2013) Instructor Evaluation: 4.94/5.0 CMPE570 - Digital Communication Principles (Fall 2011) Instructor Evaluation: 4.50/5.0 EE310 - Signals and Systems (Fall 2012) Instructor Evaluation: 4.75/5.0 (Fall 2013) EE321 - Data Acquisition and Interfacing (Spring 2011) Instructor Evaluation: 4.04/5.0 (Spring 2012) Instructor Evaluation: 4.53/5.0 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Member Technical Program Committee IEEE WCNC 2013 Reviewer IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Communication Letters and many IEEE conferences. 5