Chi Zhou

  • Associate Professor of Electrical and Computing Engineering

Education

Ph.D., ECE, Northwestern University, IL, 2002
M.S., ECE, Northwestern University, IL, 2000
B.S. in Business Administration, Tsinghua University, China, 1997
B.S. in Automation, Tsinghua University, China, 1997

Research Interests

Chi Zhou joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2006. Her research interests lie in wireless communications and mobile networks in general, especially in power control/resource allocation for various wireless networks, integration of heterogeneous networks, and reliable communications over OFDM or MIMO systems.

Publications

Yu Liu, Bin Guo, Chi Zhou, and Yu Cheng, 鈥淎 CDS based Cooperative Information Repair Protocol with Network Coding in Wireless Networks鈥, in IEEE Globecom 2010, Miami, FL, December 2010

Bin Guo, Kanchan Vardhe, Yu Liu, Chi Zhou, and Yu Cheng, 鈥淥utage Performance of DF Network Coded (DFNC) Multi-User Cooperative Diversity in Orthogonal Uplink Channels鈥, in IEEE Globecom 2010, Miami, FL, December 2010

Kanchan Vardhe, Chi Zhou, and Daryl Reynolds, 鈥淓nergy efficiency analysis of multistage cooperation in sensor networks鈥, in IEEE Globecom 2010, Miami, FL, December 2010

Hongkun Li, Yu Cheng, Chi Zhou, Pengjun Wan, 鈥淢ulti-dimensional conflict graph based computing for optimal capacity for MR-MC wireless networks鈥, in the 30th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Genoa, Italy, June 2010

Bin Guo, Hongkun Li, Chi Zhou, Yu Cheng, 鈥淕eneral Network Coding Conditions in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks 鈥, in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Cape Town, South Africa, May 2010

Abiodun Iwayemi, Peizhong Yi, Peng Liu, Chi Zhou, 鈥淎 Perfect Power Demonstration System鈥, in IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, Washington DC, Jan. 2010

Peizhong Yi, Abiodun Iwayemi, Chi Zhou, 鈥淔requency Agility in a ZigBee Network for Smart Grid Applications鈥, in IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, Washington DC, Jan. 2010

Yu Liu, Chi Zhou, and Yu Cheng, 鈥淚ntegrated BS/ONU placement in hybrid EPON-WiMax access networks鈥, in IEEE Globecom 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 2009

Seyed Alavi, Chi Zhou, and Yu Cheng, 鈥淟ow complexity Resource Allocation Algorithm for IEEE 802.16 OFDMA System鈥, in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dresden, Germany, June 2009

Hongkun Li, Yu Cheng, and Chi Zhou, 鈥淢inimizing End-to-End Delay: A Novel Routing Metric for Multi-Hop Wireless Mesh Networks鈥, in IEEE Infocom conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 2009

Expertise

Wireless communications and mobile networks in general, specifically power control/resource allocation for various wireless networks, integration of heterogeneous networks, and reliable communications over OFDM or MIMO systems.

Chi Zhou

Contact Information

312.567.7998 3301 South Dearborn, Siegel Hall 130