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Mohammad Heidari

PhD Candidate
ECE Dept. WPI, 100 Institute Rd.
Worcester , MA 01609 , USA
Tel :(508)831-5018
Fax :(508)831-5491
Email: mheidari<@>wpi.edu

.: Short Biography

Mohammad Heidari was born in Tehran, Iran in 1979. He received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, in 2002, M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, and currently pursuing his Ph.D. studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
He is presently on the research staff at Center for Wireless Information Network Studies (CWINS) working on indoor channel modeling focused on localization problem for indoor environment under supervision of Prof. Kaveh Pahlavan. His research of interests are in channel modeling, ad-hoc networks, information theory, localization and positioning.

.: Publication

M. Heidari and K. Pahlavan, "A Testbed for Real-Time Performance Evaluation of Indoor Geolocation Systems", Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference, WAMI, April, 2004.
M. Heidari and K. Pahlavan, "Performance Evaluation of Indoor Geolocation Systems Using PROPSim Hardware and Ray Tracing Software", International Workshop on Wireless Ad-hoc Networks, IWWAN, May - June, 2004.
M. Heidari and K. Pahlavan, "A Model for Dynamic Behavior of Ranging Errors in TOA-based Indoor Geolocation Systems" , Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC, September, 2006.
K. Pahlavan, F. Akgul, M. Heidari, A. Hatami, J. Elwell, and R. Tingley, "Indoor Geolocation in the Absence of Direct Path", Accepted to IEEE Wireless Communications Journal.
A. Hatami, K. Pahlavan, M. Heidari, and F. Akgul, "On RSS and TOA based Indoor Geolocation − A Comparative Performance Evaluation", Wireless Communication and Networking Conference, WCNC, April, 2006.

.: Research Interest

Channel Modeling
Information Theory
Ad-hoc Networks
Localization
Positioning