Computer Science University of california, Santa barbara
Heather Zheng
I am an associate professor at Department of
Computer Science. I received
my PhD in
Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Maryland,
College Park in 1999. I joined UCSB after spending 6 years in industry labs
(Bell-Labs, NJ and Microsoft Research Asia). At UCSB, I lead the
LINK Lab, part of the Next
Generation Networking Group.
I was one of the
MIT Technology Reivew's TR
35 (2005) for my work on Cognitive Radios; my work was
featured by MIT Technology Review as one of the
10 Emerging Technologies (2006); I am a fellow of the
World Technology Network. More
details can be found from my Curriculum
Vitae.
I am looking for 1-2 talented and self-motivated graduate
students on wireless networking or social networks. Perspective students should first read the
Admission FAQ
page, and then email me your resume, 1--2 representative publications
(if any) with a subject line "UCSB Applicant.''
My Research
My general research area includes wireless networking and systems,
mobile computing and multimedia computing. I am also interested in
security, distributed systems and social networks. My current research is on cognitive radios
&
networking, dynamic spectrum sharing and auctions, with a particular
focus on improving network reliability and robustness. Detailed
information can be found from the Research
Overview
as well as the List of Publications.
I recently started to work on models of social
networks, collaborating with Prof. Ben Y.
Zhao's group, and our first result will appear in WWW 2010.
We thank the generous support of a number of funding agencies and
industry partners. My current sponsors include National Science
Foundation (NSF), Hisillicon, Intel, Microsoft and Samsung.
Recent
Publications:
- Social Networks
- Measurement-calibrated Graph Models for Social Network Experiments, WWW
2010, to appear [PDF]
- Decentralized Spectrum Sharing (USRP based Frequency-Agile Radio Testbed)
- Supporting Demanding Wireless Applications with
Frequency-agile Radios, NSDI 2010, to appear [PDF]
- Jello: Dynamic Spectrum Sharing in Digital Homes, Demo, Infocom 2010 [PDF][Photo]
- The Impact of Frequency-Agility on Dynamic Spectrum Sharing, DySPAN 2010,
to appear [PDF]
- Dynamic Spectrum
Auctions
- TRUST:
A General Framework for Truthful Double Spectrum Auctions, Infocom
2009 [ PDF
]
- eBay In the
Sky: Strategy-Proof Wireless Spectrum Auctions, MobiCom 2008 [ PDF
]
Finalist for Best Paper
- A
General
Framework
for Wireless Spectrum Auctions, DySPAN 2007 [ PDF
] Best Student Paper
- SINR-based Dynamic Spectrum
Access
- Optimus: SINR-driven Spectrum Distribution via Constraint Transformation, DySPAN
2010 [PDF]
- Physical Interference
Driven Dynamic Spectrum Management, DySPAN
2008 [ PDF
]
Past
Research: My research spreads across multiple layers. At
Microsoft Research Asia, I initiated and led the Nautilus
project on Open Spectrum
Systems; At Wireless Research Lab, Bell-Labs, I worked on Radio
Resource
Allocation for Broadband
Wireless Networks including MIMO/BLAST, Network Scheduling and TCP,
and Base
Station Router. My
Ph.D. thesis
research at Univ. of Maryland, College Park was on
multimedia communications, a cross layer design framework to provide
resource-efficient multimedia delivery over noisy networks. Here are
the links to some of my collection
of past
projects.
Teaching
[F09][F08]
CS30- Introduction to Computer
Systems : an introduction course on basic
computer organization and assembly language programming.
[W10] CS290N - All About
Wireless: Past, Present and Future Paradigms, an
advanced graduate networking class to study various wireless technologies.
[W09] CS290F - Cognitive Wireless Networking, a special-topic wireless
networking class.
[S09]
CS176C - Advanced
Topics in Networking: a undergradute course on advanced topics in
networking, with particular emphasis on wireless networks.
[S10] CS182/ECE160 - Multimedia Computing: a undergradate course on
multimedia computing and networking.
Professional Activities
Workshop Chair: SDR'09
Recent TPC Activities: MobiCom'10, MobiHoc'10, WoWMoM'10, DySPAN'10,
Infocom'10, SECON'10
MobiCom'09, Infocom'09, SECON'09
Journals: Trans. on Mobile Computing (Assoc. Editor, 2008-present), Trans. on Wireless
Communication (Editor, 2008-09), Physical Communication (Editorial Board &
Guest Editor)