Chi Zhou, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Office: Siegel Hall 134
Phone: 312.567.7998
Fax: 312.567.8976
Email: zhouc@ece.iit.edu
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Expertise

Education

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

Research

Dr. 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.

Current Projects

Awards/Honors

Patents

Books

Selected Publications

C. Zhou, M. L. Honig, and S. Jordan, “Utility-Based Power Control for a Two-Cell CDMA Data Network”, in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 4, num. 6, pp. 2764 - 2776, November 2005.

C. Zhou, P. Zhang, M. L. Honig, and S. Jordan, “Two-Cell Power Allocation for Downlink CDMA”, in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.

3, num. 6, pp. 2256 – 2266, November 2004.

C. Liu and C. Zhou, “QoS Provisioning in 802.11 WLAN Coupled with UMTS Network”, in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Las Vegas, NV, March, 2006

C. Liu and C. Zhou, “Providing Quality of Service in IEEE 802.11 WLAN”, in The IEEE 20th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, Vienna, Austria, April, 2006.

D. Qian, C. Zhou, and J. Zhang, “Cooperation Enforcement in Ad Hoc Networks with Penalty”, in Proc. of Second IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS'05), Washington, DC, October, 2005.

C. Liu and C. Zhou, “An improved architecture for UMTS-WLAN Tight Coupling”, in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, New Orleans, LA, March, 2005

C. Zhou, D. Qian, and H. Lee, “Utility-Based Routing in Wireless Ad hoc Networks”, in Proc. of First IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS'04), Pages 588 - 593, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, October, 2004.

C. Zhou, D. Qian, N. Pissinou, and K. Makki, “Resource Allocation Based on Pricing for Wireless Multimedia Networks”, in IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, March 2004.

C. Zhou, M. L. Honig, S. Jordan, and R. Berry, “Forward-Link Resource Allocation for a Two-Cell Voice Network with Multiple Service Classes”, in Proceedings 2003 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, March, 2003

C. Zhou, M. L. Honig, S. Jordan, and R. Berry, “Utility-Based Resource Allocation for Wireless Networks with Mixed Voice and Data Services”, in Proceedings Eleventh International Conference on Computer Communications Networks, Pages 485 – 488, October 2002

C. Zhou, M. L. Honig, and S. Jordan, “Two-Cell Power Allocation for Wireless Data Based on Pricing”, in Proceedings 39th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Pages 1088 – 1097, October, 2001

C. Zhou, M. L. Honig, and S. Jordan, “Two-Cell Utility-Based Resource Allocation for a CDMA Voice Service”, in Proceedings IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, October, 2001.