[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), Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Jun. 2025 (accepted).
[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, LA, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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.