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Lifeng Lai Assistant Professor |
Biography
Lifeng Lai received the B.E. and M. E. degrees in Information Science and Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China in 2001 and 2004 respectively, and the PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the The Ohio State University at Columbus, OH, in 2007. He was a postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University from 2007 to 2009, and an assistant professor at University of Arkansas, Little Rock from 2009 to 2012. In Aug. 2012, he joined Worcester Polytechnic Institute as an assistant professor. His current research interest includes Information Theory, Stochastic Signal Processing, and their applications in Wireless Network Security, Wireless Communications and other related areas.Dr. Lai was a Distinguished University Fellow at the Ohio State Universtiy from 2004 to 2007. He received the Best Paper Award from IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom) in 2008, the Best Paper Award from IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) in 2011, the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation in 2011, Northrop Young Researcher Award from University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2012, and the Best Paper Award from IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm) in 2012.
Awards and Honors
- Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), 2012
- Northrop Young Researcher Award, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, 2012
- CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2011
- Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2011
- Best Paper Award, IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), 2008
- Best Student Paper Award, finalist, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), 2007
Publications (Google Profile, Recent Talks):
By Date
By Current Projects:
- Information Theoretic Security
- Statistic Analysis and Its Applications
- Visible Light Communications
Graduate Students
- Jun Geng (BS, MS, Harbin Institute of Technology, China), Spring 2011 -
- Heng Zhou (BS, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China; MS, Nanjing University, China) Spring 2012 -
- Bingwen Zhang (BS, University of Science and Technology of China, China) Fall 2012 -
- Ain-ul-Aisha (BS, MS, National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan) Spring 2013 -
Professional Services
- Editor, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2013-
- Guest Editor, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Special Issue on ``Signal Processing Techniques for Wireless Physical Layer Security'', 2012-2013
- Editorial Board, Physical Communication Journal, 2012-
- Editorial Board, Journal of Cyber Security and Mobility, 2011-
- Co-Chair, "Communication and Information Theory" Symposium, IEEE International Conference on Communications in China, Xi'an, China, 2013
- Co-Chair, "Wireless Networks and Security" Track, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Fall, Las Vegas, NV, 2013
Teaching
- Currently Teaching
ECE 539: Network Information Theory and Security, Spring 2013
ECE 596: Graduate Seminars, Spring 2013
- Previously offered
SYEN 3314: Probability Theory & Random Signals
SYEN 4358/5358: Cellular and Wireless Communications
SYEN 3354: Digital and Analog Communications
SYEN 7399: Advanced Wireless Communications
SYEN 7399: Information Theory
