Book
Y. Thomas Hou, Yi Shi, and Hanif D. Sherali, Applied Optimization Methods for Wireless Networks, Cambridge University Press, 2014. ISBN: 9781139088466.
Patents
Y.E. Sagduyu, T. Erpek, Y. Shi, and S. Ponnaluri, “Distributed network control and link activation for multi-user MIMO communication”, US Patent 11,705,943.
Y.E. Sagduyu, J. Li, Y. Shi, A. Grushin, and Z. El-Jamous, "Systems and means for generating synthetic social media data", US Patent 10,719,779.
Y.E. Sagduyu, Z. El-Jamous, M. Ding, V. Manikonda, and Y. Shi, "Systems and means for detecting automated programs used to generate social media input", US Patent 11,005,843.
Selected Book Chapters
Brain Kim, Yalin E. Sagduyu, Tugba Erpek, Yi Shi, and Sennur Ulukus, “Applications of GenAI on wireless and cybersecurity,” in Generative AI for Communications Systems: Fundamentals, Applications, and Prospects, edited by D.N. Nguyen, D.T. Hoang, O.A. Dobre, D. Niyato, P. Popovski, and N.H. Chu, pp. 239–260, John Wiley & Sons, January 2026.
Y.E. Sagduyu, Y. Shi, T. Erpek, W. Headley, B. Flowers, G. Stantchev, Z. Lu, and B. Jalaian, “Adversarial machine learning: A new threat paradigm for next-generation wireless communications,” in AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning: A Security Perspective, edited by F. Hu, X. Hei, CRC Press, pp. 35–52, June 2023.
Selected Journal papers
Naru Jai, Yi Shi, Masoud Olfat, Jeffrey H Reed, Luiz DaSilva, Wenjing Lou, and Y Thomas Hou, “An optimized move list for dynamic protection area in CBRS,” IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 11, issue 3, pp. 1382–1396, November 2024.
Yubo Wu, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, Jeffrey H. Reed, and Luiz A. DaSilva, “R3: A Real-time Robust MU-MIMO Scheduler for O-RAN,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, issue 11, pp. 17727–17743, November 2024.
Qingyu Liu, Chengzhang Li, Yi Shi, Boyang Zhou, Y. Thomas Hou, and Wenjing Lou, “Pistis: A scheduler to achieve ultra reliability for URLLC traffic in 5G O-RAN,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 11, issue 21, pp. 35405–35419, November 2024.
Poonam Lohan, Burak Kantarci, Mohamed A. Ferrag, Norbert Tihanyi, and Yi Shi, “From 5G to 6G Networks, a Survey on AI-Based Jamming and Interference Detection and Mitigation,” IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 5, pp. 3920–3974, June 2024.
Naru Jai, Yi Shi, Shaoran Li, Chengzhang Li, Y. Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, Jeffrey H. Reed, Masoud Olfat, Sastry Kompella, and Luiz DaSilva, “Modeling and optimization of channel allocation for PAL and GAA users in the CBRS band,” IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1–20, February 2024.
Y. Shi, P. Rahimzadeh, M. Costa, T. Erpek, and Y.E. Sagduyu, “Deep reinforcement learning for NextG radio access network slicing with spectrum coexistence,” IEEE Networking Letters Special Issue on Network Enablers for 6G Use Cases, vol. 5, pp. 149–153, September 2023.
Y. Shi and Y.E. Sagduyu, "Membership inference attack and defense for wireless signal classifiers with deep learning," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 22, pp. 4032–4043, July 2023.
Canming Jiang, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, and Sastry Kompella, "Bicriteria optimization in multi-hop wireless networks: Characterizing the throughput-energy envelope," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 12, issue 8, pp. 1866-1878, September 2013. (Selected as the Spotlight Paper for the September 2013 issue).
Selected Conference papers:
Yi-Hung Kao, Yi Shi, Shiva Acharya, Luiz DaSilva, Wenjing Lou, and Y. Thomas Hou, “An analytical framework for throughput maximization in LEO satellite communications,” in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Taipei, Taiwan, December 8–12 2025.
Fangtong Zhou, Yi Shi, Yubo Wu, Shiva Acharya, Luiz DaSilva, Sastry Kompella, Wenjing Lou, and Y. Thomas Hou, “WOS: An optimized scheduling scheme for federated learning in dynamic wireless networks,” in Proceedings of IEEE Military Communications (MILCOM), Los Angeles, CA, October 6–10, 2025.
Naru Jai, Yi Shi, Wenjing Lou, Luiz DaSilva, and Y. Thomas Hou, “Varuna: Maximizing 5G coverage with out-of-band interference protection for radio astronomy,” in Proceedings of IEEE Military Communications (MILCOM), Los Angeles, CA, October 6–10, 2025.
Naru Jai, Yi Shi, Yubo Wu, Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, Luiz DaSilva, “Taking turns: Toward revolving move lists for interference protection in CBRS,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), May 12–16, 2025.
Chaoyu Zhang, Hexuan Yu, Shanghao Shi, Shaoyu Li, Yi Shi, Eric W. Burger, Thomas Hou, and Wenjing Lou, “StarCast: A secure and spectrum-efficient group communication scheme for LEO satellite networks,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), May 12–16, 2025.
Naru Jai, Yi Shi, Yubo Wu, Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, Luiz DaSilva, “Revolving move lists for navy radar interference protection,” CCI Symposium, Richmond, MD, April 14–15, 2025.
Shanghao Shi, Ning Wang, Yang Xiao, Chaoyu Zhang, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, Wenjing Lou, “Scale-MIA: A scalable model inversion attack against secure federated learning via latent space reconstruction,” Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium, 20 pages, San Diego, CA February 24–28, 2025.
Naru Jai, Yi Shi, Wenjing Lou, Luiz DaSilva, and Y. Thomas Hou, “Out-of-band interference management to protect radio astronomy,” in Proceedings of IEEE Military Communications (MILCOM), pp. 1150–1155, Washington, DC, October 28–November 1, 2024. (National Spectrum Consortium Dr. Vanu Bose Best Paper Award).
Shanghao Shi, Yang Xiao, Changlai Du, Yi Shi, Chonggang Wang, Robert Gazda, Y. Thomas Hou, Eric W. Burger, Luiz DaSilva, and Wenjing Lou, “TriSAS: Toward dependable inter-SAS coordination with auditability,” in ACM ASIA Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), pp. 399–411, Singapore, July 1–5, 2024.
Naru Jai, Yi Shi, Masoud Olfat, Jeffery Reed, Luiz DaSilva, Wenjing Lou, and Y. Thomas Hou, “An optimized move list for DPA in CBRS,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), pp. 88–96, Washington, DC, May 13–16, 2024.
Hexuan Yu, Shanghao Shi, Yi Shi, Eric W. Burger, Y. Thomas Hou, and Wenjing Lou, “Pri-Share: Enabling inter-SAS privacy protection via secure multi-party spectrum allocation,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), pp. 347–356, Washington, DC, May 13–16, 2024.
Y.E. Sagduyu, T. Erpek and Y. Shi, “Securing NextG systems against poisoning attacks on federated learning: A game-theoretic solution,” in Proceedings of IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), pp. 815–820, Boston, MA, October 30–November 3, 2023.
Y. Shi, Y.E. Sagduyu, and T. Erpek, “Jamming attacks on decentralized federated learning in general multi-hop wireless networks,” in Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM Workshop on 5G and Beyond Wireless Security (Wireless-Sec), 6 pages, Hoboken, NJ, May 20, 2023.
Yi Shi, Liguang Xie, Y. Thomas Hou, and Hanif D. Sherali, "On renewable sensor networks with wireless energy transfer," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, pp. 1350-1358, Shanghai, China, April 10-15, 2011. (2023 INFOCOM Test of Time Paper Award).
Y. Shi, Y.E. Sagduyu, K. Davaslioglu, and J.H. Li, "Active deep learning attacks under strict rate limitations for online API calls," in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST), 6 pages, Crystal City, VA, May 2-3, 2018. (Best Paper Award).
Huacheng Zeng, Y. Thomas Hou, Yi Shi, Wenjing Lou, Sastry Kompella, and Scott F. Midkiff, "Shark-IA: An interference alignment algorithm for multi-hop underwater acoustic networks with large propagation delays," in Proc. ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems (WUWNet), article 6, Rome, Italy, November 12-14, 2014. (Best Student Paper Award).
Yi Shi, Jia Liu, Canming Jiang, Cunhao Gao, and Y. Thomas Hou, "An optimal link layer model for multi-hop MIMO networks," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, pp. 1916-1924, Shanghai, China, April 10-15, 2011. (The only Best Paper Award Runner-Up).
Yi Shi and Y. Thomas Hou, "Theoretical results on base station movement problem for sensor network," in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, pp. 376-384, Phoenix, AZ, April 14-17, 2008. (Best Paper Award).
Last updated: January 25, 2026