Yihan Zou
I am a research scientist at ByteDance/TikTok. Before joining ByteDance, I received my Ph.D. from ECE at Purdue University (Boiler Up!). My co-advisors are Prof. Xiaojun Lin and Prof. Mung Chiang. Before that, I received M.S. from Columbia University and B.Eng from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with First Class Honor.
My curriculum vitae is here.
Office
MSEE 280
501 Northwestern Ave
West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States
Email
zou59 [AT] purdue [DOT] edu
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Research Interests
My research interests include the modeling, analysis, control, and optimization in large-scale complex cyber-physical systems, e.g., Internet-of-Things and smart grid. My research goal is to bridge the theory and practices to provide provable performance guarantees on modern complex network systems.
News
[08/24/2021] Thanks for the newsletter from Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University. [Newsletter]
[07/26/2021] Our paper "Minimizing Age-of-Information in Heterogeneous Multi-Channel Systems: A New Partial-Index Approach" won the Best Paper Award at ACM MobiHoc 2021. Congratulations to the entire research team!
[05/17/2021] I attended the Commencement for Class of 2021 and received my diploma.
[05/02/2021] Our paper entitled "Minimizing Age-of-Information in Heterogeneous Multi-Channel Systems: A New Partial-Index Approach" has been accepted to MobiHoc'21!
[01/20/2021] I successfully defended my dissertation! Cheers!
[12/19/2020] Our work on age-of-information was submitted to MobiHoc'21. Thanks to all the collaborators. Fingers crossed!
[06/17/2020] I was volunteering as Zoom Master for ACM e-Energy 2020 virtual conference.
[06/08/2020] I was selected for INFOCOM 2020 Student Conference Award by IEEE ComSoc.
[04/29/2020] Our paper "Virtual Generator-Storage Pairing for Robust Multi-Stage Power Grid Operations" was submitted and under review.
[02/15/2020] Our paper "Leveraging Generators with Complementary Capabilities for Robust Multi-stage Power Grid Operations" was accepted to publication in IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems. Cheers!
[02/02/2020] Our paper "Low-overhead multi-antenna-enabled random access for machine-type communications with low mobility" was presented by Dr. Kwang Taik Kim in Information Theory and Application Workshop (ITA) 2020.
[12/09/2019] I presented my work "Low-overhead multi-antenna-enabled random access for machine-type communications with low mobility" in IEEE GLOBECOM 2019, Waikoloa, HI.
[12/05/2019] Our paper "Low-Overhead Joint Beam-Selection and Random-Access Schemes for Massive Internet-of-Things with Non-Uniform Channel and Load", has been accepted for inclusion in the IEEE INFOCOM 2020. Cheers!
[10/10/2019] I was selected to receive NSF Student Travel Grant to attend IEEE Globecom 2019.
[07/19/2019] I successfully passed the Preliminary Exam and became a Ph.D. Candidate!
[07/18/2019] Our paper "Low-overhead Multi-antenna-enabled Random Access for Machine-type Communications with Low Mobility" has been accepted at the IEEE GLOBECOM 2019.