2023
05/23: In an IEEE Communications Magazine paper, we are defining the challenges and potentials of reinforcement learning-based interference management in 3D networks arXiv.
04/22: I gave an invited talk on deep learning-based constellation design at Carleton University.
04/23: Former Ph.D. student, Yue Qi, received the 2023 College of Engineering Outstanding Doctoral Student Award. Congratulations Dr. Qi!
04/23: Master's student Ryan Szlosek received the 2023 College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Award.
Congratulations Ryan!
04/23: I received the IEEE Wireless Communications Letters Exemplary Reviewer Award in 2022.
03/23: Our paper K-receiver wiretap channel: Optimal encoding order and signaling design is accepted in the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
01/23: The paper Multi-dimensional joint constellation and precoding design for MIMO systems will appear in the IEEE Wireless
Communications Letters.
01/23: The paper IRS-assisted physical layer security in MIMO-NOMA networks is accepted for publication in the IEEE
Communications Letters.
2022
11/22: Congratulations to Xinliang Zhang for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis. Xinliang is joining Samsung Research America.
11/22: Our work on Alamouti-NOMA for satellite-terrestrial networks will appear in the IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
Link
09/22: I presented a half-day tutorial on NOMA at PIMRC 2022.
07/22: I gave an invited talk on deep learning for interference management at MIT.
06/22: Yue Qi successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis. She is joining Samsung Electronics.
Congratulations Dr. Qi!
06/22: Our new submission K-receiver wiretap channel: Optimal encoding order and signaling design is available on
arXiv.
04/22: Ph.D. student Yue Qi received IEEE ComSoc Student Travel Grant for the ICC 2022. Congratulations Yue!
04/22: Ph.D. student Xinliang Zhang received NSF Student Travel Grant for the ICC 2022. Congratulations Xinliang!
03/22: Delivered an invited talk on deep learning for end-to-end communication at Virginia Tech.
02/22: The paper Cellular, wide-area, and non-terrestrial IoT: A
survey on 5G advances and the road towards 6G will appear in the IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. arXiv
02/22: I am serving as a TPC member for four Symposiums (CT, WC, MLC, and CRAEN) at GLOBECOM'22.
01/22: Received the College of Engineering career development award.
2021
12/21: I gave an invited talk (virtual) on deep learning for communications at Ajou University, Korea.
12/21: Our recent work on MIMO-NOMA security is now available on arXiv. (to appear in the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing)
11/21: Our new paper on deep autoencoder-based end-to-end MIMO is available on arXiv. (accepted in ICC 2022)
10/21: Congratulations to the undergrad research student Jordan Pauls for the publication of his work in the IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.
09/21: Our work on over-the-air experimental NOMA will appear in the IEEE Access.
08/21: Madan Dahal has joined my Group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome, Madan!
07/21: Our survey paper on Cellular, wide-area, and non-terrestrial IoT features IoT road towards 6G. arXiv
05/21: All three undergraduate research students (Jordan Pauls, Anthony Etim, and Kaixuan Ji) earned their B.Sc. and were on the Dean's List for the class of 2021. Congratulations to all!
05/21: The paper Multi-objective DNN-based precoder for MIMO communications will appear in the IEEE Transactions on Communications.
arXiv
04/21: I gave an invited talk (virtual) on deep learning-based precoding at Purdue University.
03/21: I was named the 2021 IEEE Philadelphia Section Delaware Valley Engineer of the Year Award.
02/21: I received the IEEE Transactions on Communications Exemplary Reviewer Award in 2020 (top < 2%).
02/21: I'm serving as a TPC member for four Symposiums (CT, WC, MLC, and CRAEN) at GLOBECOM'21.
2020
12/20: Watch our lab's USRP-based experimental results on NOMA.
video
11/20: Our project is funded by L3Harris Technologies. Thank you, L3Harris! Featured on Villanova Engineer
10/20: The paper A rotation-based method for precoding in Gaussian MIMOME channels is accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Communications.
arXiv
09/20: I'm serving as a TPC member for Machine Learning for Communications Symposiums at ICC'21.
08/20: The paper Secure transmission in MIMO-NOMA networks will appear in the IEEE Communications Letters. [pdf]
08/20: Sitting on the IEEE Senior Member Review Panel.
07/20: A new paper on machine learning for communications: Multi-objective DNN-based precoder for MIMO communications.
06/20: Keynote Talk at IEEE ICC'20 NOMA workshop: What role can deep learning play in NOMA?
05/20: Received the 2020 IEEE Communications Society Fred W. Ellersick Prize for joint work with W. Shin, B. Lee, D. Love, J. Lee, and H. V. Poor.
05/20: Ph.D. student Yue Qi is selected to receive IEEE ComSoc Student Grant to attend the IEEE ICC'20. Congratulations, Yue!
04/20: Three recent publications of Dr. Vaezi are among the
Best Readings of the IEEE Communications Society.
03/20: Co-authored the chapter ‘‘UAV-enabled Cellular Networks'' for a book titled 5G and Beyond: Fundamentals and Standards.
02/20: I'm serving as a TPC member for four Symposiums (CT, WC, CRAEN, and MLC) at GLOBECOM'20.
01/20: I will serve as a Guest Editor of the IEEE OJ-COMS special issue NOMA for 5G and Beyond. Please consider submitting your contributions.
2019
12/19: Dr. Vaezi gave an invited Lightning Talk on NOMA myths and misunderstandings at GLOBECOM'19.
11/19: The 6th NOMA Workshop at ICC'20 is now accepting papers. Please submit your novel contributions by January 20, 2020.
11/19: Congratulations to Ph.D. student Yue Qi on receiving IEEE ComSoc Women in Communications Engineering Travel Grant.
10/19: The paper A rotation-based precoding for MIMO broadcast
channels with integrated services is accepted for publication in the IEEE Signal Processing Letters.
09/19: The paper ‘‘Power allocations in cache-aided NOMA systems: Optimization
and deep learning approaches'' is accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Communications.
arXiv
09/19: Our paper Deep learning based precoding for the MIMO Gaussian wiretap channel is listed in the Research Library of the IEEE Machine Learning For Communications Emerging Technologies Initiatives.
09/19: Co-organizing the 6th Workshop on NOMA for 5G and Beyond at ICC'20, in Dublin.
08/19: Our invited journal paper Interplay between NOMA and other emerging technologies: A survey is accepted for publication.
06/19: The tutorial paper NOMA: Common myths and
critical questions will appear in the IEEE Wireless Communications.
05/19: I am appointed as an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Communications.
03/19: Our paper ‘‘Secure relaying in non-orthogonal multiple access: Trusted and untrusted scenarios'', is accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security.
03/19: Our paper ‘‘Impact of beam misalignment on hybrid beamforming NOMA for mmWave communications'', is accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Communications.
02/19: I am a Guest Editor of the IEEE Access special issue on Advances in Signal Processing for NOMA. Please consider submitting your contributions.
02/19: I have received the University Summer Grant Fellowship for the summer of 2019.
02/19: I will serve as a TPC member for two Symposiums (Wireless Communications, and Cognitive Radio and AI-Enabled Networks) at GLOBECOM '19.
01/19: I received the IEEE Communications Letters Exemplary Editor Award in 2018.
2018
12/18: I am a keynote speaker at GLOBECOM'18 NOMA Workshop.
11/18: Ph.D. student Yue Qi received Villanova Engineering Research support for Spring 2019. Congratulations to Yue!
11/18: The 5th NOMA Workshop at ICC'19 is now accepting papers.
10/18: I am serving as a TPC member for two Symposiums and two Workshops at ICC'19.
09/18: Read up on NOMA myths in our new submission: NOMA: Common Myths and Critical Questions.
08/18: Our book Multiple Access Techniques for 5G Wireless Networks and Beyond (the first book on NOMA) is now live! (6,000+ downloads)
08/18: Yue Qi and Xinliang Zhang have joined my Group as Ph.D. students. Welcome both!
08/18: Co-organizing the 5th Workshop on NOMA for 5G at ICC'19, in Shanghai.
08/18: Our paper Secure relaying in non-orthogonal multiple access: Trusted and untrusted scenarios is posted on arXiv.
08/18: Our paper Hybrid beamforming NOMA for mmWave communications is posted on arXiv.
07/18: Delivered an invited talk at Huawei Noah’s Ark Lab on Machine Learning for Communications: Paving the Way for Beyond 5G.
06/18: I have been elevated to the grade of IEEE Senior Member.
04/18: Co-organizing the 4th NOMA Workshop at GLOBECOM '18 in Abu Dhabi.
03/18: The paper Social-aware user cooperation in full-duplex and half-duplex multi-antenna systems is accepted in IEEE Transaction on Communications.
02/18: I will serve as a TPC member for two Symposiums (Wireless Comm. & Comm. Theory) at GLOBECOM'18.
01/18: I have joined The ECE Department of Villanova University as an Assistant Professor.
01/18: With Prof. Poor and Prof. Ding, I am editing a book titled Multiple Access Techniques for 5G Wireless Networks and Beyond.