Publications

• [J] S. Thakor and H. Tiwari, "Distribution Construction Approaches for Constrained Entropy Vectors and Converse Results," IEEE Transactions on Communications.  IEEE Xplore

• [C] R. Lewis, S. Eghbal, B. N. Vellambi, and S. Thakor, "Entropy Vectors on a Four-dimensional Face of Γ_3," in IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), Sydney, Australia, Sept-Oct. 2025 (accepted).

• [J] S. Thakur and S. Thakor, "Secrecy Performance Optimization of SWIPT Wireless Networks in Partial Secrecy Regime," IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 936-947, Sept. 2025.  IEEE Xplore

• [C] M. Surya Vamsi and S. Thakor, "On the Capacity of Undirected Multiple Unicast Layered Networks With Asymmetric Demands," in IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 1-6, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Jun. 2025. IEEE Xplore

• [C] S. Thakur and S. Thakor, "Enhancing Security in SWIPT Wireless Networks with Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces," in IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), pp. 1-6, Guwahati, India, Dec. 2024.  IEEE Xplore

• [C] S. Thakor, "Constrained Entropy Vectors: Some Direct and Converse Results," in 58th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), pp. 1-6, Princeton, NJ, USA, March 2024.  IEEE Xplore

• [C] S. Thakor and M. I. Qureshi, "On Computing the Partition Bound for Undirected Multi-Source Unicast Network Information Flow," in 30th National Conference on Communications (NCC), pp. 1-6, Chennai, India, Feb. 2024.  IEEE Xplore

• [C] S. Thakor and D. Saleem, "A Quasi-Uniform Approach to Characterizing the Boundary of the Almost Entropic Region," in IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), pp. 541-545, Mumbai, India, Nov. 2022.  IEEE Xplore arXiv

• [J] M. I. Qureshi and S. Thakor, “A Bound on Undirected Multiple-Unicast Network Information Flow,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 4453-4469, July 2022.  IEEE Xplore

• [J] D. Saleem, S. Thakor, and A. Tiwari, "Recursive Algorithm to Verify Quasi-Uniform Entropy Vectors and Its Applications," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 874-883, Feb. 2021. IEEE Xplore

• [J] S. Alam, S. Thakor, and S. Abbas, "Inner Bounds for the Almost Entropic Region and Network Code Construction," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 19-30, Jan. 2021. IEEE Xplore

• [J] M. I. Qureshi and S. Thakor, "On the Information Capacity of Layered Undirected Unicast Networks," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 2715-2718, Dec. 2020. IEEE Xplore

• [C] M. I. Qureshi and S. Thakor, "On the Partition Bound for Undirected Unicast Network Information Capacity," in IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 1623-1628, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 2020.  IEEE Xplore arXiv

• [C] S. Alam, S. Thakor, and S. Abbas, "An Analysis of a Randomized Local Search Algorithm for the Entropy Space," in 4th International Conference on Information Systems and Computer Networks (ISCON), pp. 330-334, Mathura, India, Nov. 2019.

• [C] H. Tiwari and S. Thakor, "On Characterization of Entropic Vectors at the Boundary of Almost Entropic Cones," in IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), pp. 1-5, Gotland, Sweden, August 2019. IEEE Xplore arXiv

• [J] T. Chan, S. Thakor, and A. Grant, “Minimal Characterisation of Shannon-type Inequalities under Functional Dependence and Full Conditional Independence Structures,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 65, no. 7, pp. 4041-4051, July 2019. IEEE Xplore

• [C] S. Thakor and M. I. Qureshi, "Undirected Unicast Network Capacity: A Partition Bound," in IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 196-200, Paris, France, July 2019.  IEEE Xplore arXiv

• [J] P. Kumar and S. Thakor, “Performance of 3T-ANC based Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed-Optical Wireless Link With Pointing Error,” Journal of Optics, pp. 400-411, June 2019. Springer Link 

• [C] S. Alam, S. Thakor, and S. Abbas, “On Enumerating Distributions for Associated Vectors in the Entropy Space,” in International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA), pp. 65-69, Singapore, Oct. 2018. IEEE Xplore arXiv

• [C] T. Chan, S. Thakor, and A. Grant, "A Minimal Set of Shannon-type Inequalities for MRF Structures with Functional Dependencies," in IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 1759-1763, Vail, CO, USA, June 2018. IEEE Xplore

• [J] P. Kumar and S. Thakor, "Performance of OFDM-FSO link with Analog Network Coding," Photonic Network Communications, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 210-224, April 2018. Springer Link

• [J] S. Thakor, T. Chan, and A. Grant, "Capacity Bounds for Networks with Correlated Sources and Characterisation of Distributions by Entropies," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 3540-3553, June 2017. arXiv IEEE Xplore

• [C] S. Thakor, T. Chan, and A. Grant, "A Minimal Set of Shannon-type Inequalities for Functional Dependence Structures," in IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 679-683, Aachen, Germany, June 2017. arXiv IEEE Xplore

• [C] S. Thakor, T. Chan, and A. Grant, "Characterising Probability Distributions via Entropies," in International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA), pp. 723-727, Monterey, CA, USA, Oct. 2016. arXiv IEEE Xplore

• [C] S. Thakor and S. Abbas, "Upper Bounds on the Capacity of 2-Layer N-Relay Gaussian Network," in International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA), pp. 453-457, Monterey, CA, USA, Oct. 2016. arXiv IEEE Xplore

• [J] S. Thakor, A. Grant, and T. Chan, “Cut-set Bounds on Network Information Flow,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 1850-1865, April 2016. arXiv IEEE Xplore

• [J] X. Xu, S. Thakor, and Y. L. Guan, "Reduced Functional Dependence Graphs," IET Networks. vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 102-110, March 2015. IET

• [C] S. Thakor, T. Chan, and A. Grant, “Characterising Correlation via Entropy Functions,” in IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), pp. 1-2, Seville, Spain, Sept. 2013 (invited paper). IEEE Xplore (an extended version with detailed proofs: arXiv)

• [C] X. Xu, S. Thakor, and Y. L. Guan, "On the Mutual Information between Random Variables in Networks," in IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), pp. 1-5, Seville, Spain, Sept. 2013. IEEE Xplore

• [C] S. Thakor, T. Chan, and K. Shum, "Symmetry in Distributed Storage Systems," in IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 1244-1246, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2013. arXiv IEEE Xplore

• [C] X. Xu, S. Thakor, and Y. L. Guan, "Weighted Functional Dependence Bound for Network Coding Capacity," in International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA), pp. 187-191, Honolulu, HI, USA, Oct. 2012. IEEE Xplore

• [C] S. Thakor, A. Grant, and T. Chan, “Compact Representation of Polymatroid Axioms for Random Variables with Conditional Independencies,” in IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), pp. 267-271, Lausanne, Switzerland, Sept. 2012. IEEE Xplore

• [C] X. Xu, S. Thakor, and Y. L. Guan, "Reduced Functional Dependence Graphs and Their Applications," in the 2012 International Symposium on Network Coding (NETCOD), pp. 61-66, Boston, MA, USA, June 2012. IEEE Xplore

• [C] S. Thakor, A. Grant, and T. Chan, “On Complexity Reduction of the LP bound Computation and Related Problems,” in the 2011 International Symposium on Network Coding (NETCOD), pp. 1-6, Beijing, China, July 2011. IEEE Xplore

• [C] S. Thakor, T. Chan, and A. Grant, “Bounds for Network Information Flow with Correlated Sources,” in Australian Communication Theory Workshop (AusCTW), pp. 43-48, Melbourne, Australia, Jan.-Feb. 2011. IEEE Xplore

• [C] S. Thakor, A. Grant, and T. Chan, “Network Coding Capacity: A Functional Dependence Bound,” in IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 263-267, Seoul, South Korea, June-July 2009. IEEE Xplore arXiv

Theses

• S. Thakor, Characterization and Computation of Network Coding Capacity Bounds, Ph.D. thesis, Supervisors: Prof. Alex Grant and Prof. Terence Chan, Institute for Telecommunications Research, University of South Australia, September 2011.

• S. Thakor, Network Coding Implementation, M.Eng. thesis, Supervisor: Dr. Aruna Jayasuriya, Institute for Telecommunications Research, University of South Australia, December 2006.