Nirmal V. Shende

Research Work

DSP & ML Algorithms for NAND Flash Controller [P1, P2]

Lossy Compression of Point Processes [J6, C8]

Quantum Property Estimation [C6, J5]

Role of Feedback in Discrete Memoryless Channels [J4, C5, C7]

Multi-user Poisson Channels [C4, J3]

Half-duplex or Full-duplex Communications:  Comparison Analysis under Self-interference [C3, J2]

Throughput Analysis of Primary and Secondary Networks in a Shared IEEE 802.11 System [J1]

Publications & Patents (Google Scholar Profile)

Doctoral Thesis:

The Stochastic-Calculus Approach to Selected Topics in Information Theory

Patents:

[P2] Nirmal V. Shende, Nedeljko Varnica, and Mats Oberg "Adjacent-page-assisted memory decoder and method" US-12,271,593-B1  

[P1] Nirmal V. Shende, Nedeljko Varnica "Adaptive read recovery for NAND flash memory devices ", US-12,107,603-B1

Journal:

[J6] Nirmal V. Shende, Aaron B. Wagner "Functional Covering of Point Processes ", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory  3 (4), 687-698, 2022

[J5] Jayadev Acharya, Ibrahim Issa, Nirmal V. Shende, Aaron B. Wagner, "Estimating Quantum Entropy",  IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory 1 (2), 454-468, 2020

[J4] Aaron B. Wagner, Nirmal V. Shende,  and Yücel Altuğ, "A New Method for Employing Feedback to Improve Coding Performance", IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 66 (11), 6660-6681, 2020

[J3] Nirmal V. Shende and Aaron B. Wagner,  The Stochastic-Calculus Approach to Multi-Receiver Poisson Channels, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory , vol. 65, no. 8, Aug. 2019

[J2] Nirmal V. Shende, Ozgur Gurbuz, Elza Erkip,Half-Duplex or Full-Duplex Communications: Degrees of Freedom Analysis under Self-Interference,  IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 17, no. 2, Feb. 2018

[J1]  Santhosh Kumar, Nirmal Shende, Chandra R. Murthy, and Arun Ayyagari,  "Throughput Analysis of Primary and Secondary Networks in a Shared IEEE 802.11 System",   IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 1006-1017, March 2013

Conference:

[C8] Nirmal V. Shende and Aaron B. Wagner, "Functional Covering of Point Processes ," in ISIT, 2019

[C7] Nirmal V. Shende, Aaron B. Wagner, and Yücel Altuğ, "When Does Feedback Improve the Second-Order Coding Rate in Discrete Memoryless Channels?", in ISIT, 2018

[C6] Jayadev Acharya, Ibrahim Issa, Nirmal V. Shende, Aaron B. Wagner, "Measuring Quantum Entropy", in Conference on Quantum Information Processing, 2018,  and ISIT 2019

[C5] Nirmal V. Shende and Aaron B. Wagner, "On Very Noisy Channels with Feedback", in Allerton, 2017

[C4] Nirmal V. Shende and Aaron B. Wagner, "The Stochastic-Calculus Approach to Multi-Receiver Poisson Channels," in ISIT, 2016

[C3] Nirmal Shende, Ozgur Gurbuz, Elza Erkip, "Half-duplex or full-duplex relaying: A capacity analysis under self-interference," in CISS, 2013

[C2] N. Shende and B. S. Rajan, "On the achievable rate of AWGN relay channel with finite input constellations," in NCC, 2012

[C1] M. Khandwawala, N. Shende and C. R. Murthy, "Cooperative change detection using physical layer fusion,"  in UKIWCWS, 2009

Teaching Experience: 

I have been TA for

1.  Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition (Spring-17, Cornell University)

2. Signals and Information (Spring-16, Cornell University)

3. Matrix Analysis (Fall-10, IISc)

Miscellaneous :

I have been reviewer for IEEE Trans. on Comm., IEEE Trans. on Info. Theory, Int. Symp. on Info Theory, Nat. Conf. on Comm., Data Compr. Conf.  

I am a member of the IEEE Information Theory Society

My Erdős number is 4

Personal :

I am married to Yamini Bellare. 

I grew up in and around Nagpur .