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Jia Liu
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2040 Torgersen Hall
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Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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| Research
Interests |
- Wireless Communications, Power Control, MIMO, Multi-Carrier Communications, Software Radio, Information Theory
- Wireless Networking, Cross-Layer Optimization for Wireless Networks
- Mathematical Optimization Theory and Algorithms
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| Education |
- 09/2003 ~ Present, Ph.D. Student, Dept.
of Elecrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia
Tech, Current GPA: 3.97/4.0
- 03/1999, M.S. in Electrical Engineering,
South China Univ. of Tech.
GPA 3.9/4.0 (Summa Cum Laude)
- 07/1996, B.S. in Electrical Engineering,
South China Univ. of Tech.
GPA 3.8/4.0 (Cum Laude)
- 07/1996, B.S. in Computer Science,
South China Univ. of Tech.
GPA 3.7/4.0 (Cum Laude)
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| Research
& Working Experiences |
- Dept. of E.C.E., Virginia Tech, (09/2003~Present),
Research Assistant
Conduct research on cross-layer optimization of communication systems, with particuluar focus on joint optimization on routing and power control/allocation for MIMO ad hoc networks
- Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (05/2005~08/2005), Software Engineer (Summer Intern)
Developed the RapidIO© bus Linux driverss (for kernel 2.6)
- Bell Labs China, Lucent Tech. (05/2000~01/2003),
MTS
Participated in 3GPP2 and made contributions to various standards on cdma2000-1x/1xEV-DO/1xEV-DV
- BCS, Lucent Tech. China, (03/1999~05/2000),
System Engineer
Provided technical support on Lucent ATM/Frame Relay/Gigabit
Ethernet switches
- Dept. of E.E., South China Univ. of Tech(09/1996~03/1999),
Research Assistant
Developed the ATM flow control simulation system with
Neural Network techniques
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| Awards
& Honors |
- 2008 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Student Abroad
- IEEE ICC 2008 Best Paper Award
- NSF Student Travel Grant to IEEE INFOCOM 2008, Phoenix, Arizona
- NSF Student Travel Grant to IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), 2007
- Co-recipient of Bell Labs President Gold Award, The Highest Honor
in Recognition of R&D Teams in Bell Labs, 2001
- Excellent Instructor of Bell Labs China Wireless
Internal Training, Bell Labs China, 2001
- Midea Prize (8 out of 500 graduate students, merit-based),
South China University of Technology, 1999
- First Class Scholarship for Three Consecutive
Years, South China University of Technology, 1996-1999
- No. 1 overall (out of over 500 examinees) of Admission Entrance Exams to the Graduate School of South China University of Technology, 1996
- Winner of the Contest of Electronics
Design in SCUT, South China University of Technology, 1995
- Winner of the Contest of Advanced
Mathematics in SCUT, South China University of Technology,
1993
- Excellent Student Scholarship, First Prize, South
China University of Technology. Three consecutive years, 1992-1994
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| Professional
Skills |
- Languages: C/C++/C#, JAVA, Perl, PHP, Unix Shell, Delphi, HTML
- Tools: MATLAB, Visual Studio .NET, LINDO API, CPLEX, LaTeX, MySQL
- Standards and Protocols:
1) Phsical Layer: IS-95, cdma2000-1X/1xEV-DO/1xEV-DV
2) Link/MAC Layer: 802.11 a/b/g/e, 802.16, 802.15, 802.3
3) Network Layer: Mobile IP, IP, AODV/DSR/DSDV, ARP, OSPF, DHCP,
RIP, BGP
4) Transport Layer: TCP, UDP, Wireless TCP, RTP
5) Application Layer: SNMP, HTTP, RTSP
- Mathematics:
1) Optimization: Linear/Nonlinear/Integer Programming, Graph Theory
and Network Flows, Advanced Techniques for Large-Scale
Optimization Problems
2) Matrix Theory, Probability and Statistics, Statistical Inference,
Regression, Stochastic Processes, Real Analysis, Queuing Theory,
Game Theory
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| Teaching
Experiences |
- Spring 2005, Teaching Assistant of ECE Dept. at Virginia Tech
- 03/ 2001 - 01/2003, Instructor of Internal Trainings
on Wireless Technologies, Bell Labs China
- 03/1999 - 05/2000, Trainer of Lucent Certified
System Engineer (LCSE), Lucent Technologies China
- 09/1996 - 03/1999, Teaching Assistant of E.E.
Dept. at South China Univ. of Tech.
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| Professional Activites |
- IEEE Student Member/IEEE ComSoc Student Member (since 2003)
- Member of Tau Beta Pi, the National Engineering Honor Society
- Reviewer for Journals: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (2004, 2005), IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technologies (2004, 2005, 2006)
- Reviewer for Conferences: GLOBECOM (2004), WCNC (2005), VTC (2004, 2005), SECON (2005)
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