Publications

Edited Books

1. N. Pappas, M. A. Abd-Elmagid, B. Zhou, W. Saad, H. S. Dhillon, "Age of Information: Foundations and Applications", Cambridge University Press, to appear. (Cambridge University Press)

Journal papers

1. M. A. Abd-Elmagid and H. S. Dhillon, “Joint Distribution of Ages of Information in Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 69, no. 9, pp. 5701-5722, Sep. 2023. (IEEE Xplore) (arXiv)

2. M. A. Abd-Elmagid, H. S. Dhillon, “Distribution of the Age of Gossip in Networks”, Entropy, vol. 25, no. 2, Feb. 2023. (Entropy Open Access)

3. G. Lee, W. Saad, M. Bennis, C. Kim, M. Jung, "An Online Framework for Ephemeral Edge Computing in the Internet of Things", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 1992-2007, Mar. 2023. (IEEE Xplore)

4. D. Gunduz, Z. Qin, I. E. Aguerri, H. S. Dhillon, Z. Yang, A. Yener, K. K. Wong, C.-B. Chae, “Beyond Transmitting Bits: Context, Semantics, and Task-Oriented Communications”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 41, no.1, pp. 5-41, Jan. 2023. (IEEE Xplore) (arXiv)

5. J. Thaliath, S. Niknam, S. Singh, R. Banerji, N. Saxena, H. S. Dhillon, J. H. Reed, A. K. Bashir, A. Bhat, A. Roy, “Predictive Closed-Loop Service Automation in O-RAN Based Network Slicing”, IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 8-14, Sep. 2022. (IEEE Xplore) (arXiv)

6. M. A. Abd-Elmagid and H. S. Dhillon, “Closed-form Characterization of the MGF of AoI in Energy Harvesting Status Update Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 3896-3919, Jun. 2022. (IEEE Xplore) (arXiv)

7. M. A. Abd-Elmagid and H. S. Dhillon, “Age of Information in Multi-source Updating Systems Powered by Energy Harvesting”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 98-112, Mar. 2022. (IEEE Xplore) (arXiv)

8. G. Sreya, S. Saigadha, P. Mankar, G. Das, H. S. Dhillon, “Adaptive Rate NOMA for Cellular IoT Networks”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 478-482, Mar. 2022. (IEEE Xplore) (arXiv)

9. P. D. Mankar, Z. Chen, M. A. Abd-Elmagid, N. Pappas, H. S. Dhillon, “Throughput and Age of Information in a Cellular-Based IoT Network”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 8248-8263, Dec. 2021. (IEEE Xplore) (arXiv)

10. J. K. Devineni and H. S. Dhillon, “Manchester Encoding for Non-coherent Detection of Ambient Backscatter in Time-Selective Fading”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 5, pp. 5109-5114, May 2021. (IEEE Xplore) (arXiv)

11. A. Ferdowsi, M. A. Abd-Elmagid, W. Saad, H. S. Dhillon, “Neural Combinatorial Deep Reinforcement Learning for Age-optimal Joint Trajectory and Scheduling Design in UAV-assisted Networks”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 1250-1265, May 2021. (IEEE Xplore) (arXiv)

12. J. K. Devineni and H. S. Dhillon, “Non-coherent Detection and Bit Error Rate for an Ambient Backscatter Link in Time-Selective Fading”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 602-618, Jan. 2021. (IEEE Xplore) (arXiv)

13. M. Chen, H. V. Poor, W. Saad, and S. Cui,  "Wireless Communications for Collaborative Federated Learning", IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 58, no. 12, pp. 48 - 54, Dec. 2020. (IEEE Xplore)

14. Z. Yang, M. Chen, W. Saad, C. S. Hong, and M. Shikh-Bahaei, "Energy Efficient Federated Learning Over Wireless Communication Networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 1935-1949, Nov. 2020. (IEEE Xplore)

15. A. Roy, F. H. Kumbhar, H. S. Dhillon, N. Saxena, S. Y. Shin, S. Singh, “Efficient Monitoring and Contact Tracing for COVID-19: A Smart IoT based Framework”, IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 17-23, Sep. 2020. (IEEE Xplore Open Access)

16. G. Lee, J. Park, W. Saad, and M. Bennis, "Performance Analysis of Blockchain Systems with Wireless Mobile Miners", IEEE Networking Letters, vol. 2, no. 3, Sep. 2020. (IEEE Xplore)

17. S. Niknam, H. S. Dhillon, J. H. Reed, “Federated Learning for Wireless Communications: Motivation, Opportunities, and Challenges”, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 46-51, Jun. 2020. (IEEE Xplore) (arXiv)

18. P. D. Mankar, H. S. Dhillon, “Downlink Analysis of NOMA-Enabled Cellular Networks With 3GPP-Inspired User Ranking”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 3796-3811, Jun. 2020. (IEEE Xplore) (arXiv)

Conference papers 

1. C. Kim, M. Chehimi, M. Jun, W. Saad, "Real-time Task Scheduling for Digital Twin Edge Network", in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 2023. 

2. M. A. Abd-Elmagid and H. S. Dhillon, “Moment Generating Function of the Age of Gossip in Networks”, in Proc. Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA, Oct. 2023.

3. M. Chehimi, S. Pouryousef, N. K. Panigrahy, D. Towsley and W. Saad, "Scaling Limits of Quantum Repeater Networks," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), Bellevue, WA, Sep. 2023. (IEEE Xplore) (arXiv) (Best Paper Award - Second Place)

4. M. A. Abd-Elmagid and H. S. Dhillon, “Joint Moment Generating Function of Ages of Information in Networks”, in Proc. WiOpt Workshops, Singapore, Aug. 2023. (IEEE Xplore)

5. F. Lohrabi Pour, H. Williams, M. Hicks, D. S. Ha, “RF Energy Harvesting in Minimization of Age of Information with Updating Erasures,” in Proc. IEEE ISCAS, May 2023. (IEEE Xplore)

6. E. Danson, D. S. Ha, “PZT Cantilever for Energy Harvesting and Vibration Sensing,” in Proc. IEEE ISCAS, May 2023. (IEEE Xplore)

7. J. Jalali, A. Khalili, A. Rezaei, J. Famaey, W. Saad, "Power-efficient Antenna Switching and Beamforming Design for Multi-User SWIPT with Non-Linear Energy Harvesting", IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference, Jan. 2023. (IEEE Xplore)

8. S. Niknam, A. Roy, H. S. Dhillon, S. Singh, R. Banerji, J. H. Reed, N. Saxena, S. Yoon, “Intelligent O-RAN for Beyond 5G and 6G Wireless Networks”, in Proc. IEEE Globecom Workshops, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 2022. (IEEE Xplore) (arXiv)

9. M. A. Abd-Elmagid and H. S. Dhillon, “A Stochastic Hybrid Systems Approach to the Joint Distribution of Ages of Information in Networks”, in Proc. WiOpt, Turin, Italy, Sept. 2022. (IEEE Xplore) (pdf from WiOpt)

10. M. A. Abd-Elmagid and H. S. Dhillon, “Distribution of AoI in EH-powered Multi-source Systems under Non-preemptive and Preemptive Policies”, in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM Age of Information Workshop, May 2022. (IEEE Xplore)

11. M. A. Abd-Elmagid and H. S. Dhillon, “Distribution of AoI in EH-powered Multi-source Systems with Source-aware Packet Management”, in Proc. IEEE ICC, Seoul, South Korea, May 2022. (IEEE Xplore)

12. M. Kim, W. Saad, M. Mozaffari, and M. Debbah, "On the Tradeoff between Energy, Precision, and Accuracy in Federated Quantized Neural Networks", in Proc. IEEE ICC, Seoul, South Korea, May 2022. (IEEE Xplore)

13. F. Lohrabi Pour, D. S. Ha, "An M-PSK Modulated Polar Transmitter Based on a Ring Oscillator with Low Power and Low Design Complexity for IoT Applications", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 2022. (IEEE Xplore)

14. R. Reed, F. Lohrabi Pour, D. S. Ha, "Design of a Multi-Tone Wireless Power Transmitter Using Second Harmonic Extraction of a Voltage-Controlled Oscillator", in Proc. IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Aug. 2021. (IEEE Xplore)

15. Z. Yang, M. Chen, K.-K. Wong, W. Saad, H. V. Poor, S. Cui, "Performance Optimization of Distributed Primal-Dual Algorithms over Wireless Networks", in Proc. IEEE ICC, Jun. 2021. (IEEE Xplore)

16. R. Reed, F. Lohrabi Pour, D. S. Ha, "An Energy Efficient RF Backscatter Modulator for IoT Applications", in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), May 2021. (IEEE Xplore)

17. R. Reed, F. Lohrabi Pour, and D. S. Ha, “An Efficient 2.4 GHz Differential Rectenna for Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting,” in Proc. IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), pp. 208-212, Aug. 2020. (IEEE Xplore)

18. G. Lee, M. Jung, A. T. Kasgari, W. Saad, and M. Bennis, "Deep Reinforcement Learning for Energy-Efficient Networking with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces", in Proc. IEEE ICC, Dublin, Ireland, June 2020. (IEEE Xplore)

19. P. D. Mankar, H. S. Dhillon, "Meta Distribution for Downlink NOMA in Cellular Networks with 3GPP-inspired User Ranking", in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Waikoloa, HI, Dec. 2019.

20. M. A. Abd-Elmagid, A. Ferdowsi, H. S. Dhillon, W. Saad, "Deep Reinforcement Learning for Minimizing Age-of-Information in UAV-assisted Networks", in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Waikoloa, HI, Dec. 2019.

21. Q. Zhang, W. Saad, M. Bennis, "Reflections in the Sky: Millimeter Wave Communication with UAV-Carried Intelligent Reflectors", in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Waikoloa, HI, Dec. 2019.

22. M. Naderi Soorki, W. Saad, M. Bennis, "Ultra-Reliable Millimeter-Wave Communications using an Artificial Intelligence-Powered Reflector", in Proc. IEEE Globecom, Waikoloa, HI, Dec. 2019.

Ph.D. Dissertations 

1. Mohamed A. Abd-Elmagid, "Age of Information: Fundamentals, Distributions, and Applications", Ph.D. Dissertation, Virginia Tech, May 2023.

2. Fariborz Lohrabi Pour, "High Performance RF Circuit Design: High Temperature, Ultra-Low Phase Noise, and Low Complexity", Ph.D. Dissertation, Virginia Tech, Dec. 2021.

3. Jaya Kartheek Devineni, "Ambient Backscatter Communication Systems: Design, Signal Detection and Bit Error Rate Analysis", Ph.D. Dissertation, Virginia Tech, Aug. 2021.

4. Gilsoo Lee, "Online Optimization for Edge Computing under Uncertainty in Wireless Networks", Ph.D. Dissertation, Virginia Tech, Mar. 2020.

M.S. Theses

1. Ryan Reed, "Wireless Information and Power Transfer Methods for IoT Applications", M.S. Thesis, Virginia Tech, Jun. 2021.

M.Eng. Project Reports

1. Navaneet Athreya, “Deep Learning-based Estimation of Mutual Information and End to End Communication System Design”, M.Eng. Project Report, Virginia Tech, 2021.