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 I am an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Houston.

 Coordinate:

 N324, Engineering Building 1,

 University of Houston,

 Houston, TX 77004.

 phone:  +1 713-743-4437

 Fax: +1 713-743-4444

 E-mail: zhan2@mail.uh.edu or hanzhu22@gmail.com 

 

Research

Please visit our Wireless Networking, Signal Processing and Security Lab.

Brief Biography

Zhu Han (Chinese character 韩竹) received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, in 1997, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1999 and 2003, respectively.

From 2000 to 2002, he is an R&D Engineer of JDSU, Germantown, Maryland. From 2002 to 2003, he was a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Maryland.  From 2003 to 2006, he was a Research Associate at the University of Maryland. From 2006 to 2008, he was an assistant professor in Boise State University, Idaho. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at University of Houston, Texas. In June-August 2006, he was a visiting scholar in Princeton University. In May-August 2007, he was a visiting professor in Stanford University. In May-August 2008, he was a visiting professor in University of Oslo, Norway and Supelec, Paris, France. In July 2009, he was a visiting professor in University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include wireless resource allocation and management, wireless communications and networking, game theory, wireless multimedia, and security.

Teaching

·         Fall 2008: ECE4371: introduction to telecommunication engineering; ECE4117: telecommunication lab

·         Spring 2008: ECE6331: advanced telecommunications

·         Fall 2009: ECE4371: introduction to telecommunication engineering; ECE4117: telecommunication lab; ECE6111: graduate seminar on communication

Students

·         Jia Meng, Ph.D. student

·         Fabian Rozario, Ph.D. student

·         Rajatha Raghavendra, Ph.D. student

·         Zhou Yuan, Ph.D. student

·         Yi (Max) Huang, Ph.D. student

·         Wenkai Wang, joint advised Ph.D. with University of Rhode Island

·         Walid Saad, joint advised Ph.D. with University of Oslo

·         Shrividya Sridharan, M.S. student

·         Sai Karthik Rajaraman, M.S. student

·         Alumnus

1.     Barsha Shrestha, MS. 2008, “Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments using Bit Torrent and Bargaining”, (jpg), currently in Ugobe, LLC.

 

 

Note for the future graduate student. The graduation requirement is as follows:

1.     Satisfying the course work and other department requirement.

2.     For MS student, one IEEE/ACM top conference paper.

3.     For Ph.D. student, 5 points are needed. Submission of one IEEE/ACM/Eurasip journal is 1 point, and acceptance is another 1 point. Acceptance of magazine/letter/book chapter is 1 point.

4.     For all graduate students, after defense, I need a 4 inch photo frame that represents your hometown style. I will put your graduation photo into it and post in my office, since I want to share one of the happiest time with you.

Visitors

·         Professor Dusit (Tao) Niyato, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nanyang University, Singapore, Feb-Mar. 2008

·         Professor Husheng Li, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tennessee, Oct. 2008, Oct. 2009

·         Professor Are Hjorungnes, UNIK, University of Oslo, Norway, Dec. 2008

·         Dr. Nam Tran Nguyen, University of New South Wales, Australia, Jan. 2009

·         Dr. Ninoslav Marina, University of Oslo, Norway, Feb. 2009

·         Professor Ekram Hossain, University of Manitoba, Canada, Feb. 2009

·         Professor Lijun Qian, Prairie View A&M University, Texas, Mar. 2009

·         Walid, Saad, UNIK, University of Oslo, Norway, Mar. 2009

·         Professor Ruhai Wang, Lamar University, TX, Sep. 2009

·         Professor Ju Bin Song, Kyung Hee University, South Korean, Aug. 2009 – Aug. 2010

 

We would like to thank all visitors for their contributions to the research program of UoH.

Award

·         Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Communications, Dresden, Germany, 2009.

·         Best Paper Award, 7th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks, (WiOpt09), South Korea 2009.

Publications

My c.v. in pdf. 

H-Factor 15 from Google Scholar by Nov. 2009.

Book:

1.    Zhu Han and K. J. Ray Liu, Resource Allocation for Wireless Networks: Basics, Techniques, and Applications, Cambridge University Press, 2008. (used by UCLA)

2.     Ekram Hossain, Dusit Niyato, and Zhu Han, Dynamic Spectrum Access in Cognitive Radio Networks, Cambridge University Press, 2009.

 

Book Chapter:

1.     Rajatha Raghavendra and Zhu Han, ``Friend or Foe in OFDM Interference Channel”, Game Theory for Wireless Communication and Theory, Auerbach Publications, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009.

2.     Guan-Ming Su and Zhu Han, ``Auction Based Resource Allocation for Cooperative Wireless Video Transmission”, Multimedia Analysis, Processing, and Communications, Springer, 2009.

3.       Jianwei Huang and Zhu Han, "Game Theory in Cognitive Radios", invited, Cognitive Radio Networks: Architectures, Protocols and Standards, Auerbach Publications, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008.

4.       Yan Sun and Zhu Han, "Trusted Cooperative Transmission: Turn a Security Weakness into Security Enhancement", Securing Wireless Communications at the Physical Layer, in preparation, Springer-Verlag, 2008. 

5.       Zhu Han and H. Vincent Poor, "Impact of Cooperative Transmission over Network Routing", Cooperative Wireless Communications, in print, Auerbach Publications, Taylor and Francis Group, 2008.

6.     Zhu Han, "Degrees of Cooperation in Dynamic Spectrum Access for Distributed Cognitive Radios", Cognitive Wireless Communication Networks, in print, Springer, 2007.

 

Journal Publication:

1.    Lun Dong, Zhu Han, Athina P. Petropulu and H. Vincent Poor, ``Cooperation For Improving Wireless Physical Layer Security Under Multiple Relays", accepted, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.

2.    Walid Saad, Zhu Han, Merouane Debbah, and Are Hjorungnes,``A Distributed Coalition Formation Framework for Fair User Cooperation in Wireless Networks", accepted, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

3.    Zhu Han and Yan Lindsay Sun, ``Distributed Cooperative Transmission with Unreliable and Distrustful Relay Channels", revision, accepted, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, special issue on Wireless Network Security.

4.    Dusit Niyato, Ekram Hossain, and Zhu Han, "Dynamic Spectrum Access in IEEE 802.22-Based Cognitive Wireless Networks: A Game Theoretic Model for Competitive Spectrum Bidding and Pricing", accepted, IEEE Communications Magazine.

5.    Ahmed K. Sadek, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, ``Relay-Assignment Protocols for Coverage Extension in Cooperative Communications over Wireless Networks", accepted, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.

6.    J. S. H. Tsai,  F. C. Lu, R. S. Provence, L. S. Shieh AND Z. Han, ``A New Approach for Adaptive Blind Equalization of Chaotic Communication: The Optimal Linearization Technique", accepted, Computers and Mathematics with Applications.

7.    Dusit Niyato, Ekram Hossain, Dong In Kim, and Zhu Han, ``Relay-Centric Radio Resource Management and Network Planning in IEEE 802.16j Mobile Multihop Relay Networks", accepted IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

8.    Wenkai Wang, Husheng Li, Yan (Lindsay) Sun, and Zhu Han, ``Securing Collaborative Spectrum Sensing against Untrustworthy Secondary Users in Cognitive Radio Networks", accepted, Eurasip Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, special issue on Advanced Signal Processing for Cognitive Radio Networks.

9.    Walid Saad, Zhu Han, Merouane Debbah, Are Hjorungnes, and Tamer Basar, ``Distributed Coalition Formation Games for Secure Wireless Transmission", invited, Mobile Networks and Applications, the Journal of Special Issues on Mobility of Systems, Users, Data and Computing, ACM/Springer.

10. Ramakant Komali, Juan E. Suris, Luiz DaSilva, Zhu Han, and Allen MacKenzie, ``Asymptotic Optimality for Distributed Spectrum Sharing using Bargaining",  IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8,  no. 10, p.p. 5225-5237, October 2009.

11. Zhu Han, Ninoslav Marina, Merouane Debbah, and Are Hjorungnes, “Physical Layer Security Game: Interaction between Source, Eavesdropper and Friendly Jammer", EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, special issue on Wireless Physical Layer Security, Volume 2009 (2009), June 2009.

12. Zhu Han, A. Lee Swindlehurst, and K. J. Ray Liu, ``Smart Deployment/Movement of Unmanned Air Vehicle to Improve Connectivity in MANET", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 58, no. 7, p.p. 3533-3546, September 2009. pdf

13. Walid Saad, Zhu Han, Merouane Debbah, Are Hjorungnes, and Tamer Basar, ``Coalitional Game Theory for Communication Networks", IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Special Issue on Game Theory, p.p. 77-97, September 2009. pdf

14. Zhu Han, Guan-Ming Su, Haohong Wang, Song Ci, and Weifeng Su, ``Auction Based Resource Allocation for Cooperative Video Transmission Protocols over Wireless Networks",  Eurasip Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Special Issue on Game Theory in Signal Processing and Communications, vol. 2009, Article ID 980304, 12 pages, 2009. pdf

15. Dusit Niyato, Ekram Hossain, and Zhu Han, “Dynamics of Multiple-Seller and Multiple Buyer Spectrum Trading in Cognitive Radio Networks: A Game Theoretic Modeling Approach",  IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 8, no. 8, p.p. 1009-1022, August 2009, pdf.

16. BeiBei Wang, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, “Stackelberg Game for Distributed Resource Allocation over Multiuser Cooperative Communication Networks", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol.8, no.7, p.p.975-990, July 2009, pdf.

17. Zhu Han, Thanongsak Himsoon, W. Pam Siriwongpairat, and K. J. Ray Liu, “Power Control with Collaborative Diversity over Multiuser OFDM Networks: Who Helps Whom and How to Cooperate", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Transactions, vol.58, no.6, p.p. 2378-2391, June 2009. pdf

18. Zhu Han, Rongfei Fan, and Jiang Hai, “Replacement of Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.8, no.6, p.p. 2819-2926, June 2009, pdf.

19. Zhu Han, Xin Zhang, and H. Vincent Poor, ``Cooperative Transmission Protocols with High Spectral Efficiency and High Diversity Order using Multiuser Detection and Network Coding", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.8, No.5, p.p.2352-2361, May 2009, pdf.

20. Zhu Han and H. Vincent Poor, "Coalition Games with Cooperative Transmission: A Cure for the Curse of Boundary Nodes in Selfish Packet-Forwarding Wireless Networks", Vol. 57, No. 1, P.P. 203-213, January 2009, pdf.

21. Ahmed Ibrahim, Zhu Han, and K. J.Ray Liu, "Distributed energy-efficient cooperative routing in wireless networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.7, no.10, p.p.3930-3941, October, 2008, pdf.

22. Rajiv Agarwal, Vinay Majjigi, Zhu Han, Rath Vannithamby, and John M. Cioffi, ``Low Complexity Resource Allocation with Opportunistic Feedback over Downlink OFDMA Networks", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas on Communications, Special Issue on Exploiting Limited Feedback in Tomorrow's Wireless Communication Networks, vol. 26,  no. 8, p.p. 1462-1472, October 2008, pdf.

23. Jianwei Huang, Zhu Han, Mung Chiang, and H. Vincent Poor, "Auction-Based Resource Allocation for Cooperative Communications", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas on Communications, Special Issue on Game Theory, vol. 26, no.7, p.p. 1226-1238, September 2008, pdf.

24. Charles Pandana, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Cooperation Enforcement and Learning for Optimizing Packet Forwarding in Autonomous Wireless Networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.7, no.8, p.p. 3150-3163, August 2008, pdf.

25. Zhu Han, Zhu Ji, and K. J. Ray Liu, ``A Cartel Maintenance Framework to Enforce Cooperation in Wireless Networks with Selfish Users", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 7, Issue: 5, Part 2, p.p. 1889-1899, May 2008, pdf.

26. Husheng Li, Zhu Han, and H. Vincent Poor, "Asymptotic Analysis of Cooperative Relay Networks Using Random Matrix Theory", EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, special issue on Wireless Cooperative Networks, April 2008, pdf.

27. Yan Lindsay Sun, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Defense of Trust Management Vulnerabilities in Distributed Networks", IEEE Communications Magazine, Special Issue, Security in Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks, Volume 46, Issue 2, p.p.112-119, February 2008, pdf. 

28. Zhu Han and H. Vincent Poor, "Lifetime Improvement in Wireless Sensor Networks via Collaborative Beamforming and Cooperative Transmission", IEE Proceedings of Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, Special Issue on Antenna Systems and Propagation for Future Wireless Communications, vol.1, no.6, p.p. 1103-1110, December, 2007, pdf.

29. Guan-Ming Su, Zhu Han, Min Wu, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Joint Uplink and Downlink Optimization for Real-Time Multiuser Video Streaming Over WLANs", IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing, vol.1. no.2, p.p.280-294, August 2007, pdf.

30. Zhu Han, Zhu Ji, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Non-Cooperative Resource Competition Game by Virtual Refereee in Multi-Cell OFDMA Networks", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Special Issue on Non-cooperative Behavior in Networking, vol.53, no.10, p.p.1079-1090, August 2007, pdf.

31. Thanongsak Himsoon, W. Pam Siriwongpairat, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Lifetime Maximization Framework by Cooperative Nodes and Relay Deployment in Wireless Networks", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, special issue on Cooperative Communications and Networking, vol. 25, no. 2, p.p.306-317, February, 2007, pdf.

32. W. Pam Siriwongpairat, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Power Controlled Channel Allocation for Multiuser Multiband UWB", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.6, no.2, p.p.583-592, February 2007, pdf.

33. Guan-Ming Su, Zhu Han, Min Wu, and K. J. Ray Liu, "A Scalable Multiuser Framework for Video Over OFDM Networks: Fairness and Efficiency", IEEE Transactions on Circuit and System for Video Technology, vol.16, no.10, p.p.1217-1231, October 2006, pdf.

34. Zhu Han, Xin Liu, Z.Jane Wang, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Delay Sensitive Scheduling Schemes with Short-Term Fairness for Heterogeneous QoS over Wireless Network", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication, vol.6, no.2, p.p. 423-428 February, 2007, pdf.

35. Zhu Han, Guan-Ming Su, Andres Kwasinski, Min Wu, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Multiuser Distortion Management of Layered Video over Resource Limited Downlink Multi-code CDMA", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.5, no.11, p.p.3056-3067, November, 2006, pdf.

36. Zhu Han, Andres Kwasinski, and K. J. Ray Liu, "A Near-Optimal Joint Source Channel Speech Resource Allocation Scheme over Downlink CDMA Networks", IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.54, no.9, p.p.1682-1692, September, 2006, pdf.

37. Guan-Ming Su, Zhu Han, Min Wu, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Multiuser Cross-Layer Resource Allocation for Video Transmission over Wireless Networks", IEEE Network Magazine, p.p.21-27, March/April, 2006, pdf.

38. Yan Lindsay Sun, Wei Yu, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Information Theoretic Framework of Trust Modelling and Evaluation for Ad Hoc Networks", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas on Communications, vol.24, no.2, p.p.305-317, February, 2006, pdf.

39. Zhu Han and K. J. Ray Liu, "Non-Cooperative Power Control Game and Throughput Game over Wireless Networks", IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.53, no.10, Oct. 2005, pdf.

40. Zhu Han, Zhu Ji, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Fair Multiuser Channel Allocation for OFDMA Networks Using Nash Bargaining and Coalitions", IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.53, no.8, pp.1366-1376, Aug. 2005. (Nominee of the Communications Society Stephen O. Rice Prize in the Field of Communications Theory, Best Paper Award for IEEE Transactions on Communication, 2005), pdf.

41. Z.Jane Wang, Zhu Han and K. J. Ray Liu, "MIMO-OFDM Channel Estimation via Probabilistic Data Association Based TOA Estimation", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.4, no.3, pp.1207-1213, May 2005, pdf.

42. Zhu Han and K. J. Ray Liu, "Power Minimization under Throughput Management over Wireless Networks with Antenna Diversity", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.3, no.6, pp.2170-2181, Nov. 2004, pdf.

43. Zhu Han, Farrokh R. Farrokhi, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Joint Power Control and Blind Beamforming over Wireless Networks: A Cross Layer Approach", EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, 2004:5, pp.751-761, Special Issue on MIMO Communications and Signal Processing, pdf.

44.  Zhu Han and K. J. Ray Liu, "Joint Adaptive Link Quality and Power Management with Fairness Constraint over Wireless Networks", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.53, no.4, pp.1138-1148, Jul. 2004, pdf.

 

Conference Publication:

1.    Zhu Han, Rong Zheng, and H. Vincent Poor, ``Repeated Auctions with Learning for Spectrum Access in Cognitive Radio Networks", invited, Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, 2009.

2.    Zhu Han, Ninoslav Marina, M{\'e}rouane Debbah, and Are Hjorungnes,  ``Improved Wireless Secrecy Capacity using Distributed Auction Theory", the 5th International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks, 2009.

3.    Jia Meng, Javad Ahmadi-Shokouh, Husheng Li, Zhu Han, Sima Noghanian, and Ekram Hossain, ``Sampling Rate Reduction for 60 GHz UWB Communication using Compressive Sensing",  Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems & Computers, 2009.

4.    Walid Saad, Zhu Han, Tamer Basar, and Are Hjorungnes, ``Coalitional Games for Distributed Eavesdroppers Cooperation in Wireless Networks", the Third International Workshop on Game Theory in Communication Networks, Gamecomm09, 2009.

5.    Walid Saad, Zhu Han, Tamer Basar and Are Hjorungnes, ``Network Formation Games for Wireless Multi-hop Networks in the Presence of Eavesdroppers", invited paper, Third International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing, 2009.

6.    Wenkai Wang, Husheng Li, Yan Sun, and Zhu Han, ``CatchIt: Detect Malicious Nodes in Collaborative Spectrum Sensing", IEEE Globe Communication Conference, 2009.

7.    Husheng Li and Zhu Han,  ``Dogfight in Spectrum: Jamming and Anti-Jamming in Multichannel Cognitive Radio Systems", IEEE Globe Communication Conference, 2009.

8.    Walid Saad, Quanyan Zhu, Tamer Basar, Zhu Han, and Are Hj{\o}rungnes, ``Hierarchical Network Formation Games in the Uplink of Multi-Hop Wireless Networks", IEEE Globe Communication Conference, 2009.

9.    Lun Dong, Zhu Han, Athina P. Petropulu and H. Vincent Poor, ``Cooperative Jamming for Wireless Physical Layer Security", in Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing, Cardiff, Wales, U.K. 2009.

10. Walid Saad, Zhu Han, Merouane Debbah, Are Hjorungnes, and Tamer Basar, “Physical Layer Security: Coalitional Games for Distributed Cooperation”, in Proceedings of 7th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks, (WiOpt09).

11. Zhifeng Luo, Deniz Gurkan, Zhu Han, Albert K. Wong, and Shuisheng Qiu, ``Cooperative Communication based on IDMA", in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2009.

12.  Walid Saad, Zhu Han, Merouane Debbah, Are Hjorungnes, and Tamer Basar, ``Coalitional Games for Distributed Collaborative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks", in Proceedings of IEEE Annual IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, INFOCOM, 2009.

13.  Dalei Wu, Zhu Han, Song Ci, Guan-Ming Su, Haohong Wang, and Weifeng Su, “Cooperative Video Summary Transmission over Wireless Networks", Sarnoff, 2009.

14.  Zhu Han, Ninoslav Marina, Merouane Debbah, and Are Hjorungnes, ``Physical Layer Security Game: How to Date a Girl with Her Boyfriend on the Same Table", International Conference on Game Theory for Networks, 2009.

15.  M. A. Vázquez Castro, Zhu Han, Are Hjorungnes, and Ninoslav Marina, ``Rate Allocation for Satellite Systems with Correlated Channels based on a Stackelberg Game", International Conference on Game Theory for Networks, 2009.

16. Walid Saad, Zhu Han, Tamer Basar, Merouane Debbah, and Are Hjorungnes, ``A Selfish Approach to Coalition Formation among Unmanned Air Vehicles in Wireless Networks", International Conference on Game Theory for Networks, 2009.

17. Jia Meng, Husheng Li, and Zhu Han, ``Sparse Event Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks using Compressive Sensing", the 43rd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), 2009.

18. Wenkai Wang, Husheng Li, Yan Lindsay Sun, and Zhu Han, ``Attack-Proof Collaborative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks", the 43rd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), 2009.

19. Beibei Wang, Zhu Han, K. J. Ray Liu, ``Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Game using Correlated Equilibrium", the 43rd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), 2009.

20. Ninoslav Marina, Zhu Han, Merouane Debbah, and Are Hjorungnes, ``Game Theory, Information Theory, and Random Matrix Theory: An Ever Closer Union", open problems session, Information Theory and Applications Workshop, San Diego, CA, Feb. 2009.

21. Lun Dong, Zhu Han, Athina P. Petropulu and H. Vincent Poor, ``Amplify-And-Forward Based Cooperation For Secure Wireless Communications", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2009.

22.  Mohamad Charafeddine, Zhu Han, Arogyaswami Paulraj, and John Cioffi, ``Crystallized Rates Region of the Interference Channel via Correlated Equilibrium with Interference as Noise", IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2009.

23.  Walid Saad, Zhu Han, Merouane Debbah, Are Hjorungnes, and Tamer Basar, ``A Game-Based Self-Organizing Uplink Tree for VoIP Services in IEEE 802.16j Networks", IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2009.

24.  Dusit Niyato, Ekram Hossain, Dong In Kim, and Zhu Han, ``Joint Optimization of Placement and Bandwidth Reservation for Relays in IEEE 802.16j Mobile Multihop Networks", IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2009.

25.  Lun Dong, Zhu Han, Athina P. Petropulu, and H. Vincent Poor, “Secure Collaborative Beamforming", Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Allerton, IL, October 2008.

26.  Walid Saad, Zhu Han, Are Hjorungnes, and Merouane Debbah, “Network Formation Games for Distributed Uplink Tree Construction in IEEE 802.16j Networks", IEEE Global Communications Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 2008.

27.  Barsha Shrestha, Dusit Niyato, Zhu Han and Ekram Hossain, “Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments Using Bit Torrent and Bargaining", IEEE Global Communications Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 2008.

28.  Zhu Han and Yan Sun, "Wave Cooperative Transmission Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Communications", IEEE International Conference on Communications, Beijing, China, May 2008.

29.  Walid Saad, Zhu Han, Merouane Debbah, and Are Hjorungnes, "Coalition Formation for Distributed-User Cooperation in Wireless Networks", IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshop on Cooperative Networks, Beijing, China, May 2008.

30.  Zhu Han and Jiang Hai, "Replacement of Spectrum Sensing and Avoidance of Hidden Terminal for Cognitive Radio", IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Las Vegas, NV, April 2008.

31.  Jianwei Huang, Zhu Han, Mung Chiang, and H. Vincent Poor, "Auction-Based Resource Allocation For Multi-Relay Asynchronous Cooperative Networks", invited, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech,
and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Las Vegas, NV, April 2008.

32.  Zhu Han and Yan Lindsay Sun, ``Securing Cooperative Transmission in Wireless Communications", First Workshop on the Security and Privacy of Emerging Ubiquitous Communication Systems, 2007.

33.  Zhu Han and Yan Lindsay Sun, ``Self-Learning Cooperative Transmission - Coping with Unreliability due to Mobility, Channel
Estimation Errors, and Untrustworthy Nodes", IEEE Globe Telecommunication Conference (Globecom), 2007.

34.  Ahmed S. Ibrahim, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, ``Distributed Power-Efficient Cooperative Routing in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks", IEEE Globe Telecommunication Conference(Globecom), 2007.

35.  Jianwei Huang, Zhu Han, Mung Chiang, and H. Vincent Poor, ``Auction-Based Distributed Resource Allocation for Cooperation Transmission in Wireless Networks", IEEE Globe
Telecommunication Conference (Globecom), 2007.

36.  Zhu Han and H. Vincent Poor, ``Lifetime Improvement of Wireless Sensor Networks by Collaborative Beamforming and Cooperative Transmission", in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications, Glasgow, Scotland, June 2007.

37.  Zhu Han, Xin Zhang, and H. Vincent Poor, ``Cooperative Transmission Protocols with High Spectral Efficiency and High Diversity Order using Multiuser Detection and Network Coding",
in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications, Glasgow, Scotland, June 2007.

38.  Juan E. Suris, Luiz DaSilva, Zhu Han, and Allen MacKenzie, ``Cooperative Game Theory Approach for Distributed Spectrum Sharing", in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications, Glasgow, Scotland, June 2007.

39.  Beibei Wang, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, ``Distributed Relay Selection and Power Control for Multiuser Cooperative Communication Networks Using Buyer / Seller Game", in Proceedings of Annual IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, INFOCOM, 2007.

40.  Zhu Han and H. Vincent Poor, ``Coalition Game with Cooperative Transmission: A Cure for the Curse of Boundary Nodes in Selfish Packet-Forwarding Wireless Networks", in Proceedings of 5th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks, (WiOpt07), 2007.

41.  Zhu Han, Charles Pandana, and K. J. Ray Liu, ``Distributive Opportunistic Spectrum Access for Cognitive Radio using Correlated Equilibrium and No-regret Learning", in Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2007.

42.  Beibei Wang, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Stackelberg Game for Distributed Resource Allocation over Multiuser Cooperative Communication Networks", IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, 2006.

43.  Yan Lindsay Sun, Zhu Han, Wei Yu, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Attacks on Trust Evaluation in Distributed Networks", invited paper, Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, 2006.

44.  Ahmed K. Sadek, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, "A Distributed Relay-Assignment Algorithm for Cooperative Communications in Wireless Networks", IEEE International Conference on Communications,  2006.

45.  Zhu Han, A. Lee Swindlehurst, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Smart Deployment/Movement of Unmanned Air Vehicle to Improve Connectivity in MANET",    IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2006.

46.   Ahmed K. Sadek, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Relay-Assignment for Cooperative Communications in Cellular Networks to Extend
Coverage Area",    IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference , 2006.

47.  Wipawee Siriwongpairat, Weifeng Su, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Coverage Enhancement for Multiband UWB Systems using Cooperative
Communications",    IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference , 2006.

48.  Thanongsak Himsoon, Wipawee Siriwongpairat, Zhu Han, and K. J.
Ray Liu, "Lifetime Maximization with Cooperative Diversity in Wireless Sensor Networks",   Wireless Communications and Networking Conference , 2006.

49.  Yan Sun, Zhu Han, Wei Yu, and K. J. Ray Liu, "A Trust Evaluation Framework in Distributed Networks: Vulnerability Analysis and Defense Against Attacks",   IEEE INFOCOM, 2006.

50.  Ahmed Sadek, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Multi-Node Cooperative Resource Allocation to Improve Coverage Area in Wireless Networks",   IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, 2005.

51.  Andres Kwasinski, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Cooperative Multimedia Communications: Joint Source Coding and Collaboration", IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, 2005.

52.  Yan Sun, Wei Yu, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Trust Modeling and Evaluation in Ad Hoc Networks",    IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, 2005.

53.  Andres Kwasinski, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Joint Source Coding Diversity and Cooperative Diversity for Multimedia Communications",   IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications , p.p. 111 - 115, June 2-8, 2005.

54.  Zhu Han, Thanongsak Himsoon, Wipawee Siriwongpairat, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Energy Efficient Cooperative Transmission over Multiuser OFDM Networks: Who Helps Whom and How to Cooperate",   IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, p.p. 1030 - 1035 Vol. 2, New Orleans, 2005.

55.  Zhu Han, Charles Pandana, and K. J. Ray Liu, "A Self-Learning Repeated Game Framework for Optimizing Packet Forwarding",   IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference , p.p. 2131 - 2136, Vol. 4, New Orleans, 2005.

56.  Wipawee Siriwongpairat, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Energy-Aware MAC Layer Resource Allocation for Multiuser Multiband UWB System",   IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference , p.p. 813 - 818 Vol. 2, New Orleans, 2005.

57.  Guan-Ming Su, Zhu Han, Min Wu, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Joint Uplink and Downlink Optimization for Video Conferencing over Wireless LAN",   IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing , vol. 2, p.p.1101 - 1104, Philadelphia, 2005.

58.  Zhu Han, Zhu Ji, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Dynamic Distributed Rate Control for Wireless Networks by Optimal Cartel Maintenance Strategy",   IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, Vol.6, PP.3454 - 3458, Dallas, Dec 2004.

59.  Zhu Han, Zhu Ji, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Low-Complexity OFDMA Channel Allocation with Nash Bargaining Solution Fairness", IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, Vol.6, PP.3726 - 3731, Dallas, Dec 2004.

60.  Zhu Han, Zhu Ji, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Power Minimization for Multi-Cell OFDM Networks Using Distributed Non-cooperative Game Approach",   IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, Vol.6, PP.3742 - 3747, Dallas, Dec 2004.

61.  Guan-Ming Su, Zhu Han, Min Wu, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Dynamic Distortion Control for 3-D Embedded Wavelet Video over Multiuser OFDM Networks",   IEEE  Global Telecommunications Conference , Vol.2 PP.650 - 654, Dallas, Dec 2004.

62.  Zhu Han, F.R. Farrokh, Zhu Ji, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Capacity Optimization Using Subspace Method over Multicell OFDMA Networks", IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference , vol. 4, pp.2393-2398, Atlanta, March 2004.

63.  Andres Kwasinski, Zhu Han, K. J. Ray Liu, and Nariman Farvardin, "Dynamic Real Time Distortion Management over Multimedia Downlink CDMA",   IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference , vol. 2, pp.650-654, Atlanta, March 2004.

64.  Zhu Han, Z.Jane Wang, K. J. Ray Liu, and Yue Wang, "Simultaneous Estimation of Kinetic Parameters and the Input Function from DCE-MRI Data: Theory and Simulation",   IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, pp. 996-999, Washington DC, June 2004.

65.  Z.Jane Wang, Zsolt Szabo, Zhu Han, Jozsef Varga, and K. J. Ray Liu, "Quantitative Imaging of Brain PET Studies", IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging , pp. 1381-1384, Washington DC, June 2004.

66.  Guan-Ming Su, Zhu Han, Andres Kwasinski, Min Wu, K. J. Ray Liu, and Nariman Farvardin, "Distortion Management of Realtime MPEG-4 FGS Video over Downlink Multi-code CDMA Networks", IEEE International Conference on Communications , pp. 3071 - 3075, Vol.5, Paris, June 2004.

67.  Z.Jane Wang, Zhu Han, K. J. Ray Liu, and Yue Wang, "Blind estimation of kinetic parameters and input function for tumor vascularity imaging with DCE-MRI",   NIH Symposium Digital Biology: the Emerging Paradigm , I-30, Bethesda, MD, Nov.6-Nov.7, 2003.

68.  Zhu Han, Andres Kwasinski, K. J. Ray Liu, and Nariman Farvardin, "Pizza Party Algorithm for Real-Time Distortion Management in Downlink Single-Cell CDMA Systems",   Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Oct. 2003.

69.  Zhu Han, Z.Jane Wang, and K. J. Ray Liu, "A Resource Allocation Framework with Credit System and User Autonomy Over Heterogeneous Wireless Networks",   IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference , vol.2, pp. 977 - 981, San Francisco, Dec 2003.

70.  Z.Jane Wang, Zhu Han, and K. J. Ray Liu, "MIMO-OFDM Channel Estimation via Probabilistic Data Association Based TOA Estimation",   IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference , vol. 2, pp. 626-630, San Francisco, Dec 2003.

71.  Zhu Han and K. J. Ray Liu, "Joint Power Control and Blind Beamforming in Wireless Networks",   IEEE International Conference on Communications, vol.3, pp.2144 - 2148, Anchorage, May 2003.

72.  Zhu Han and K. J. Ray Liu, "Throughput Maximization Using Adaptive Modulation in Wireless Networks with Fairness Constraint",   IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, vol.1, pp.243 - 246, New Orleans, March 2003.

73.  Andres Kwasinski, Zhu Han, K. J. Ray Liu, and Nariman Farvardin, "Power Minimization under Real-Time Source Distortion Constraints in Wireless Networks",   IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference ,  vol.1, pp.532 - 536, New Orleans, March 2003.

74.  Zhu Han and K. J. Ray Liu, "Power Minimization under Constant Throughput Constraint in Wireless Networks with Beamforming", IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference , fall, Vol 1 , pp.611 -615, Vancouver, Sep 2002.

75.  Zhu Han and K. J. Ray Liu, "Joint Adaptive Power and Modulation Management in Wireless Networks with Antenna Diversity",   IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel signal processing workshop, pp.278-282, Washington, DC, Aug 2002.

76.  Zhu Han and K. J. Ray Liu, "Adaptive Coding for Joint Power Control and Beamforming Over Wireless Networks",   SPIE Annual Conference, XII, Seattle, July, 2002.

77.  Zhu Han and K. J. Ray Liu, "Adaptive SINR Threshold Allocation for Joint Power Control and Beamforming over Wireless Networks", IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, III, 1548 - 1552, Atlantic City, Oct 2001.