Min Dong
Min Dong
Research Excellence Chair
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Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering
Ontario Tech University
2000 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa, Ontario L1G 0C5, Canada
Office: ERC 3086
Tel: (905) 721-8668 Ext. 3840
Email: min.dong at ontariotechu.ca
Biography
Biography
Min Dong received a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a minor in Applied Mathematics from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in 2004 and a B.Eng. degree from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1998. From 2004 to 2008, she was with Corporate Research & Development at Qualcomm Research, Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA. Since 2008, she has been with the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Ontario Tech University, where she is now a Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering. She served as the Associate Dean (Academic) of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science from January 2017 to June 2017 (interim) and during 2021 and 2022. She also holds a status-only Professor appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto.
Prof. Dong is an IEEE Fellow. She is currently a Research Excellence Chair at Ontario Tech University. She received the Early Researcher Award from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation in 2012, the Best Paper Award at IEEE ICCC 2012, and the 2004 Best Paper Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society (Transactions). She is also a co-author of the Best Student Paper at IEEE SPAWC 2021 and the Best Student Paper of Signal Processing for Communications and Networks at IEEE ICASSP 2016. She is a recipient of the NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS award) in 2019.
Research Interests
Research Interests
Signal processing techniques, algorithms, and computational methods for wireless communication systems and networks
Learning techniques, communication techniques and systems for optimization and control applications in cyber-physical systems
Research Group
Research Group
Current
Current
Ahmed Al-mehdhar (Ph.D., U. of Toronto, co-supervised, 09/2022- )
Faeze Moradi-Kalarde (Ph.D., U. of Toronto, co-supervised, 09/2021- )
Chong Zhang (Ph.D., U. of Toronto, co-supervised, 09/2021- )
Mitra Hekmat (MASc., 01/2023 -)
Alumni
Alumni
Juncheng Wang (Ph.D., U. of Toronto, co-supervised, 09/2018- 05/2023), Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.
Niloofar Mohamadi (Ph.D., co-supervised, 01/2018- 03/2023), Principal Software Engineer at Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things, Northeastern University, United States
Yong Deng (Ph.D., 01/2018- 10/2021; Postdoc at U. of Toronto, 11/2021-12/2022), Assistant Professor at the Department of Software Engineering, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada
Sara Sharifi (Ph.D., co-supervised, 09/2017-04/2022), DSP Engineer at Ciena, Ottawa, Canada
Sharareh Kiani (Ph.D., co-supervised, 01/2016-01/2021 ), System Developer at Ericsson Canada
Zhiming Peter He (Postdoc, 01/2019-04/2020), Postdoc, Toronto Metropolitan University
Ahmad Abu Al Haija (Postdoc at U.of Toronto, co-supervised, 11/2016-04/2019), Huawei R&D Center, Canada
Meng-Hsi Chen (Ph.D., U.of Toronto, co-supervised, 09/2013-08/2017), Machine Learning Researcher at MediaTek Inc., Taiwan
Ali Ramezani-Kebrya (Ph.D., U.of Toronto, co-supervised, 09/2012-08/2017), Associate Professor at Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Finland
Ruhallah AliHemmati (Postdoc at U.of Toronto, co-supervised, 09/2014-12/2016), Connected Vehicle System architect at Ford Motor, Canada
Sun Sun (Ph.D., U.of Toronto, co-supervised, 09/2011-11/2015), Researcher at National Research Council Canada
Mahdi Hajiaghayi (Ph.D., U.of Toronto, co-supervised, 08/2008-08/2012), Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Microsoft, United States
Fatemeh (Sheida) Amirnavaei (Ph.D., 01/2013-06/2017), Senior Design Engineering at AMD Canada
Tianyi Li (Ph.D., 09/2011-09/2015; Research Associate, 10/2015-04/2016), TELUS, Canada.
Marjan Zandi (Ph.D., 01/2010-10/2014), full-time professor at Centennial College, Ontario
Reza Soleimanimajd (MASc., 09/2022 - 04/2025), with Hitachi Rail, Toronto, Canada
Shiqi Yin (MASc., 09/2021- 09/2023), IT Engineer, Toronto, Canada
Mohammad Ebrahimi (MASc., 09/2021- 09/2023), with Hitachi Rail, Toronto, Canada
Mehran Esmaeli (MASc., co-supervised, 09/2019- 11/2021), with Qualcomm, Toronto, Canada
Shadi Mohammady (MASc., co-supervised, 09/2019-09/2021, Research Assistant, 10/2021-12/2021), GenAI Developer at TELUS Communications, Toronto, Canada
Chong Zhang (MASc., U. of Toronto, co-supervised, 09/2019-08/2021), currently PhD student at U. of Toronto
Qiqi Wang (MASc., 09/2017- 09/2019; Research Assistant, 09/2019-01/2020), Research Engineer at Sunnybrook Research Institute
Jiawei Yu (MASc., 09/2016- 08/2018; Research Associate, 01/2019-08/2019), VR Developer at Neurofit VR
Zilong Yang (MASc., 09/2014-08/2016; Research Associate, 09/2016-11/2016), Senior Design Engineer at AMD Canada
Wen Li (MASc., 09/2014-08/2016; Research Associate, 09/2016-03/2017), RF Specialist at Xplornet Inc.
Mingchun Chang (MASc., 09/2012-08/2014), Senior RAN designer at Rogers Communications, Canada
Jiangwei Chen (MASc., 09/2012-09/2014), Engineer at WSP in Canada
Qiang Xiao (MASc., U.of Toronto, 09/2010-09/2012, co-supervised), LinkedIn Inc., USA
Min Zheng (MASc., 01/2010-03/2012), RAN Engineering Manager at Xplornet Inc.
Fangzhi Zuo (MASc., 09/2009-08/2011; Research Assistant, 01/2012-08/2012), Senior Software Engineer at AMD Canada
Teaching
Teaching
ENGR 5605: Convex Optimization (Fall 2023, Fall 2020, Winter 2019)
ENGR 5640: Advanced Wireless Communications (Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2017)
ELEE 4500: Wireless Communications (Winter 2024, Winter 2020, Winter 2019)
ELEE 4130: Digital Communications (Fall 2020, Fall 2017)
ELEE 3110: Signals and Systems (Fall 2023, Fall 2019, Fall 2018)
ENGR 1015: Introduction to Engineering (Fall 2016)
Senior Capstone Design Projects (2011- present)
Professional Activities
Professional Activities
Senior Area Editor, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 2024 - present
Associate Editor, IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, 2022 - present
Editor, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2018 - 2023
Steering Committee, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2019 - 2021
Elected member of IEEE Signal Processing Society Signal Processing for Communications and Networking Technical Committee (SPCOM-TC), 2013-2018
Associate Dean, Academic, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, 01/2021-06/2022.
Associate Dean, Academic (Interim), Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, 01/2017-06/2017.
Inaugural Program Director, Women in Engineering, 2013-2017.
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 2010-2014
Associate Editor, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 2009-2013
Publication Lead Co-Chair, ICASSP2016.
Lead Symposium Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm2014) -- Communications and Networks to Enable Smart Grid Symposium, 2014.
Finance Chair, IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC2014), 2014.
Technical Track Co-Chair, IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), Communication and Networking Symposium, 2011.
Member of Technical Program Committees for various international conferences
Technical reviewers for IEEE transactions and journals, EUROSIP journals, and IEEE international conferences.
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