Dr. Farahmand

Journal Publications:
 

[1] S.Farahmand, Georgios B. Giannakis, Geert Leus, and Zhi Tian, “Tracking target signal strengths on a grid using sparsity,” EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, vol. 2014, no. 7, Jan. 2014.
[2] S. Farahmand and G. B. Giannakis, “Robust RLS in the presence of correlated noise using outlier sparsity,” IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 3308 – 3313, June 2012.
[3] S. Farahmand, G. B. Giannakis, and D. Angelosante, “Doubly robust smoothing of dynamical processes via outlier sparsity constraints,” IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, vol. 59, no. 10, pp. 4529 – 4523, Oct. 2011.
[4] S. Farahmand, S. I. Roumeliotis, and G. B. Giannakis, “Set-membership constrained particle filter: Distributed adaptation for sensor networks,” IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, vol. 59, no. 9, pp. 4122 – 4138, Sept. 2011.
[5] S. Farahmand, X. Luo, and G. B. Giannakis, “Orthogonally-spread block transmissions for ultra-wideband impulse radios,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 3668 – 3673, Oct. 2008.
[6] S. Farahmand, X. Luo, and G. B. Giannakis, “Demodulation and tracking with dirty templates for UWB impulse radios: Algorithm and performance,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 1595 – 1608, Sept. 2005.

Conference Publications:

[1] S. Farahmand, G. B. Giannakis, G. Leus, and Z. Tian, “Sparsity-aware Kalman tracking of target signal strengths on a grid,” Proc. of Conf. on Information Fusion, Chicago, IL, July 2011.
[2] G. B. Giannakis, G. Mateos, S. Farahmand, V. Kekatos, and H. Zhu, “USPACOR: Universal sparsity-controlling outlier rejection,” Proc. of ICASSP, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2011.
[3] S. Farahmand, D. Angelosante, and G. B. Giannakis, “Doubly robust Kalman smoothing by controlling outlier sparsity,” Proc. of Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 2010.
[4] S. Farahmand, S. I. Roumeliotis, and G. B. Giannakis, “Particle filter adaptation for distributed sensors via set-membership,” Proc. of ICASSP, Dallas, Tx, March 2010.
[5] S. Farahmand, A. Cano, and G. B. Giannakis, “Anti-jam distributed MIMO decoding using wireless sensor networks,” Proc. of ICASSP, Las Vegas, NV, April 2008.
[6] S. Farahmand, G. B. Giannakis, and X. Wang, “Max-min strategies for power-limited games in the presence of correlated jamming,” Proc. of CISS, Baltimore, MD, March 2007.
[7] S. Farahmand and G. B. Giannakis, “A high-rate differential UWB radio,” Proc. of GlobeCom, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 2006.
[8] S. Farahmand, Z.-Q. Luo, G. B. Giannakis, and R. D’Andrea, “An affine approximation to the robust beamforming problem,” Proc. of CAMSAP, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Dec. 2005.
[9] S. Farahmand, X. Luo, and G. B. Giannakis, “Demodulation with dirty templates for UWB impulse radios,” Proc. of GlobeCom, St. Louis, MO, Nov. 2005.
[10] S. Farahmand, X. Luo, and G. B. Giannakis, “Asymptotic performance of timing with dirty templates for UWB impulse radios,” Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Ultra-Wideband, Zurich, Switzerland, Sept. 2005.

Theses:

[1] S. Farahmand, “Distributed and Robust Tracking by Exploiting Set-Membership and Sparsity,” PhD Thesis, ECE Dept., University of Minnesota, June 2011.
[2] S. Farahmand, “Low-complexity Synchronization & Demodulation Algorithms for Ultra-wideband Impulse Radios,” MSc Thesis, ECE Dept., University of Minnesota, June 2006.
[3] S. Farahmand, “Implementation issues for voice over IP (VoIP),” BSc Thesis, EE Dept., Sharif University of Technology, Aug. 2003.

Surveys:

[1] S. Farahmand, “Feedback capacity of multiple-access and broadcast channels,” Multi-User Information Theory Course Project, ECE Dept., University of Minnesota, May 2005.
[2] S. Farahmand, “Medium access protocols for wireless ad-hoc networks using directional antennas,” Telecommunication Networks Course Project, ECE Dept., University of Minnesota, Dec. 2004.

Accomplished Projects:

[1] Shervin Amiri (manager), Mohamad Naseri Tehrani, and Shahrokh Farahmand, “A feasibility study (phase 1) on the implementation of wireless sensor networks and mobile ad-hoc networks using cognitive radio techniques,” IROST Project, March – Sept. 2014.

Successfully Funded Proposals:

[1] Robust and connectivity-based localization of nodes in wireless sensor networks with low complexity, IROST Internal Funding, Sept 2012.
[2] Implementation of wireless sensor networks and mobile ad-hoc networks using cognitive radio techniques, SaIran Company, Feb. 2014.
[3] Design of fixed and mobile equipment for detection and localization of unauthorized transmit/receive networks for WiFi, WiMax, point-to-point and point-to-multipoint wireless connections, Iran Regulatory Organization for RF Communications (Equivalent to US FCC), August 2014.

Courses Taught:

[1] Probability and Stochastic Processes, IROST MSc Program, Feb. – June 2013.
[2] Probability and Stochastic Processes, IUST Graduate Program, Sept. 2017 – Jan. 2018.

Reviewer for the Following Journals:

[1] IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
[2] IEEE Signal Processing Letters
[3] IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
[4] IEEE Transactions on Communications

References:

1) Prof. Georgios B. Giannakis, Professor, Endowed Chair in Wireless Telecommunications, and McKnight Presidential Chair in ECE Department, University of Minnesota Tel: +1 (612) 625 4287 Email: georgios@umn.edu
2) Prof. Stergios I. Roumeliotis, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota Tel: +1 (612) 626 7507 Email: stergios@cs.umn.edu
3) Prof. Geert Leus, Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) Tel: +31 (15) 27 84327 Email: g.j.t.leus@tudelft.nl
4) Dr. Gholamreza Mohammadkhani, Assistant Professor, Head of Information Technology Center, Iran Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST) Tel: +98 (912) 860 2044 Email: mohammadkhani@irost.ir
5) Dr. Shervin Amiri, Associate Professor, Electrical and Information Technology Institute, Iran Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST) Tel: +98 (912) 196 2340 Email: amiri@irost.ir