Education

PhD program (Aug 2005-- ), EECS department, UC Berkeley

GPA: 3.90

Master of Philosophy (July 2005), in Information Engineering in the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

Master thesis: Improving Capacity and Fairness by Elimination of Exposed and Hidden Nodes in 802.11 Networks

Bachelor of Engineering (July 2003), in Electronic Engineering & Information Science (EEIS) in University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

GPA:                      90.6/100             Rank: 3^rd out of 164

Undergraduate Thesis: "Frequency-domain and Time-domain Channel Estimation Techniques in OFDM Systems", University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Jul 2003

Research Areas

Wireless Networks and Communications, Game Theory, Network Economics

Research Experiences

·       Sep. 2005 – , working on wireless networks, game theory, network economics

·       Sep. 2003 – Jul. 2005, Research Assistant under the Supervision of Prof. Soung C. Liew in Department of Information Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Worked on mathematical modeling, protocol design and evaluation in wireless networks.

Research projects include: Improving throughput and fairness in wireless networks; capacity of wireless networks; Packet scheduling algorithms; a fresh look at Hidden-terminal & Exposed-terminal Problems. (See "Publications" for details) 

·       Oct 2001 – July 2003: Undergraduate Research Assistant in the laboratory of Personal Communication Networks & Spread Spectrum, USTC

Involved in the National Hi-Tech R&D Project "Beyond 3rd Generation Mobile Communication Systems". Proposed a new algorithm for Channel Estimation in OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) systems.

Publications

·         L. Jiang, V. Anantharam, J. Walrand, "Efficiency of Selfish Investment in Network Security", NetEcon'08 (Workshop on the Economics of Networks, Systems, and Computation), ACM SIGCOMM 2008.

·         L. Jiang, S. Parekh, J. Walrand, "Time-dependent Network Pricing and Bandwidth Trading", IEEE International Workshop on Bandwidth on Demand (BoD 2008), in conjunction with IEEE/IFIP NOMS 2008

·          L. Jiang, S. Parekh, J. Walrand, "Base Station Association Game in Multi-cell Wireless Networks", IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference, 2008

·          L. Jiang, J. Walrand, "Distributed Fair Scheduling using Variable Transmission Lengths in Carrier-Sensing-based Wireless Networks", Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, 2007

·          L. Jiang, S. C. Liew, "Hidden-node Removal and its Application in Cellular WiFi Networks," IEEE transaction on Vehicular Technology, Sep 2007.

·          L. Jiang, S. C. Liew, "Improving Throughput and Fairness by Reducing Exposed and Hidden Nodes in 802.11 Networks," IEEE transaction on Mobile Computing, Jan 2008.

·          L. Jiang, S. C. Liew, "Removing Hidden Node Problem in IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks," IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Fall 2005.

·          L. Jiang, S. C. Liew, "An Adaptive Round Robin Scheduler for 'Head-of-Line Blocking' problem in Wireless LANs," IEEE Wireless Communications & Networking Conference (WCNC 2005).

·          L. Jiang, S. C. Liew, "Proportional Fairness in Wireless LANs and Ad Hoc Networks," IEEE Wireless Communications & Networking Conference (WCNC 2005).

·          P. C. Ng, S. C. Liew, and L. Jiang, "Achieving Scalable Performance in Large-Scale IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks," IEEE Wireless Communications & Networking Conference (WCNC 2005).

·          P. C. Ng, S. C. Liew, and L. Jiang, "A Performance Evaluation Framework for IEEE 802.11 Ad-hoc Networks," ACM Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Network (PE-WASUN 2004), Oct 2004.

Course Projects

·          L. Jiang, "Localization in sensor networks using graphical model", project report, CS281A "Statistical Machine Learning", Spring 2007

·          L. Jiang, Assane Gueye, "Topology design for sensor networks", EE290Q, Spring 2007

·          L. Jiang, Assane Gueye, "Spectrum sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks: Sensing the primary transmitter or primary receiver," project report, EE224B-Wireless Communication, Spring 06.

·          L. Jiang, Youwei Zhang, "Distributed Firewall in Internet", project report, CS268-Computer Networks, Spring 2006

Awards and Honors

2001-2002, 1^st-Class Outstanding Student Scholarship, USTC

2000-2001, Hua Wei Scholarship, USTC: For students who rank No.1 in one entire academic year

1999-2000, Outstanding Student Scholarship, USTC

1999,     USTC Overseas Alumni Foundation Outstanding Student Scholarship: For 10 students out of 1800 with excellent performance in the College Entrance Examination

Professional Activities

Fall 2006, GSI for "Linear System Theory" in UC Berkeley

Sep 2003 – May 2005, Teaching Assistant in CUHK of the courses "Digital Communication" and "Multimedia Coding & Processing"

May 2004 – Apr 2005, Group leader of two undergraduate students in their Final Year Project (FYP) for their undergraduate theses.

Aug 2002, Summer Internship in Chinese Academy of Science.