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Dr. Cristina Comaniciu Personal Webpage Dr. Cristina Comaniciu Associate Professor & EE Graduate Program Director School:   Schaefer School of Engineering & Science Department:   Electrical and Computer Engineering Program:   Computer Engineering Research Center:   Center for Intelligent Networked Systems Location: 207 Burchard Building Phone: 201.216.5606 Fax: 201.216.8246 Email: ccomanic@stevens.edu Courses: EE 345 CPE 345 EE 653 EE 800 EE 672 CPE 604 Close EE 345:Modeling and Simulation Development of deterministic and non-deterministic models for physical systems, engineering applications and simulation tools for deterministic and non-deterministic systems. Case studies and projects. Close CPE 345:Modeling and Simulation Development of deterministic and non-deterministic models for physical systems, engineering applications, and simulation tools for deterministic and non-deterministic systems. Case studies and projects. Close EE 653:Cross-Layer Design for Wireless Networks Introduction to wireless networks and layered architecture, principles of cross-layer design, impact of cross-layer interactions for different architectures: cellular and ad hoc networks, model abstractions for layers in cross-layer design for different architectures (cellular and ad hoc networks), quality of service (QoS) provisioning at different layers of the protocol stack with emphasis on physical layer, medium access control (MAC) and network layers, examples of cross-layer design in the literature: joint optimizations involving beamforming, interference cancellation techniques, MAC protocols, admission control, power control, routing and adaptive modulation. Close EE 800:Special Problems in Electrical Engineering An investigation of a current research topic at the pre-master's level, under the direction of a faculty member. A written report is required, which should have the substance of a publishable article. Students with no practical experience who do not write a master's thesis are invited to take advantage of this experience. Close EE 672:Game Theory for Wireless Networks Part I: Introduction to game theory: games in strategic form and Nash equilibrium, Existence and properties of Nash equilibrium, Pareto efficiency, Extensive form games, repeated games, Bayesian games and Bayesian equilibrium, types of games and equilibrium properties, learning in games. Part II: Applications for wireless networks: resource allocation, enforcing cooperation in ad hoc networks, cognitive radios. Close CPE 604:Analytical Methods for Networks  This course is an introduction on modern information   networks with an emphasis on providing the student with the mathematical background   and required analytical skills for performance analysis of information   networks protocols. The material concentrates mostly on the bottom three   layers of the protocol stack, focusing on delay and throughput analysis.Topics   covered include an overview of the OSI layering model, data link layer   issues, medium access control, queueing analysis, mathematical models for   routing in broadcast and point-to-point networks, and flow and congestion control. Research & Education Research cross-layer design for wireless networks game theoretic approaches for design of energy aware wireless networks cooperative algorithms for interference mitigation radio resource management for cellular and ad hoc networks admission/access control for multimedia wireless systems multiuser detection.     Education Cristina Comaniciu received the M.S. degree in electronics from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest in 1993 Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Rutgers University in December 2001 Experience & Service Experience From 1998 to 2001 she was with the Wireless Information Network Laboratory (WINLAB) at Rutgers University, working on integrated access control and detection algorithms for multimedia CDMA systems. At WINLAB she worked under the supervision of Professor Narayan Mandayam  From 2002 to 2003 she was affiliated with the Electrical Engineering Department at Princeton University as a research associate, working with Professor H. Vincent Poor Since August 2003, she is with Stevens Institute of Technology, where she is currently and Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She also serves as Electrical Engineering Graduate Program Director. Professional Service She currently serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Communications Letters. Achievements & Professional Societies Honors & Awards She is a recipient of the WINSEC 2004 award for outstanding contributions. She won the 2007 IEEE Marconi Best Paper Prize Award in Wireless Communications for the paper "On the Capacity of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks with Delay Constraints", co-authored with H. Vincent Poor. Grants, Contracts & Funds Professor Comaniciu's work has been sponsored by several grants awarded by NSF, ONR, and the European Union.     Professional Societies Professor Comaniciu is member of IEEE.  Selected Publications Book Chapters N. Nie, K. Jaffres-Runser, C. Comaniciu. (Dec 2008). "On the tradeoffs of cross-layer protocols for cognitive radio networks", Yang Xiao and Fei Hu, Auerbach Publications, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. C. Comaniciu. (Nov 2007). "Cooperation for Cognitive Networks: A Game Theoretic Perspective", Frank Fitzek and Marcos Katz, Cognitive Wireless Networks: Concepts, Methodologies and Visions Inspiring the Age of Enlightenment of Wireless Communications, Springer. K. Jaffres-Runser, J-M. Gorce, C. Comaniciu. (Sep 2008). "A Multiobjective Tabu framework for the optimization and evaluation of wireless systems", Local Search Techniques: Focus on Tabu Search, Wassim Jaziri, I-Tech Education and Publishing. N. Nie, C. Comaniciu and P. Agrawal. (Nov 2006). "A Game Theoretic Approach to Interference Management in Cognitive Networks", Wireless Communications , P. Agrawal, D. M. Andrews, P. J. Fleming, G. Yin, and L. Zhang , IMA Volumes of Mathematics and its Applications, Springer.     Journals C. Comaniciu, H. Vincent Poor. (Aug 2006). "On the Capacity of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks with Delay Constraints", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. (this paper won 2007 IEEE Marconi Best Paper Prize Award in Wireless Communications). 5 (8), 2061 – 2071. N. Nie, C. Comaniciu. (2006). "Energy efficient AODV routing in CDMA ad hoc networks using beamforming ", Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking , art. no. 76709 . D. Wang, C. Comaniciu, U. Tureli. (2007). "Cooperation and fairness for slotted Aloha ", special issue on Wireless Personal Communications on Cooperation in Wireless Networks, Springer. 43 (1), 13-27 . H. Mahmood and C. Comaniciu. (2009). "Interference Aware Cooperative Routing for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks", Ad Hoc Networks, Elsevier. Ad Hoc Networks 7 (1), pp. 248-263 . 7 (1), 248-263. D. Wang, C. Comaniciu, M. Hlaing, N. Al-Dhahir. (Nov 2008). "A Game-Theoretic Approach for Exploiting Multiuser Diversity in Cooperative Slotted Aloha", Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE . 7 (11), 4215 - 4225 . C. Comaniciu, H. V. Poor. (Jan 2007). "Joint Power Control and Routing for Wireless Ad Hoc Data Networks", Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking , art. no. 60707. Y. Liu, C. Comaniciu, H. Man. (2006). "Modeling Misbehavior in Ad Hoc Networks: A Game Theoretic Approach for Intrusion Detection", International Journal of Security and Networks (IJSN),  Download  (306 KB PDF). N. Nie, C. Comaniciu. (2006). "Adaptive Channel Allocation Spectrum Etiquette for Cognitive Radio Networks", 11 (6), 779-797 .  Download  (526 KB PDF).