Dr. Yao Ma, Assistant Professor
          3107 Coover Hall,
          Dept. of Electrial & Computer Engineering,
          Iowa State University,   Ames, IA, 50011
          Tel:  515-294-8382 (Office),    
          Fax: 515-294-3637,     E-mail:  mayao@iastate.edu
 

Working Experience:

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,  Iowa State University.

Post-doctorate Fellow, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University  of Toronto.

Member of Technical Staff,  Centre for Wireless Communications,  National University of Singapore.

Main Research interests:   

  Since I joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department of the Iowa State University (ISU) in August 2002, I have implemented research in communications, signal processing, and networking areas,  focusing on topics including multiuser and multicarrier resource allocation,  Cross Layer Design, Channel Estimation and effect of estimation errors, hybrid diversity combining, MIMO, UWB Communication, and fading channel modelling and analysis.

   These research effort  may be classified into  the following general topics:
 1) Fading channel receiver performance evaluation,
 2) Multiuser scheduling and resource allocation,
 3) Code-division multiple access (CDMA) multiuser detection, and
 4) Others topics.

 A list of my  publications 

Professional Activities:

 IEEE GlobeCom Conference 2007 Wireless Communication Symposium (Call for papers, temporary homepage)

Recent Presentations:

Education

    Ph.D., 2000, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,   National University of Singapore, Singapore.
     Major: Wireless Communications
     Thesis title: Diversity reception in fading channels and CDMA multiuser detection.

    Master of Science, 1996, University of Science and Technology of China , P. R. China.
    Major: Wireless and Personal Communications
    Thesis title: Joint Channel Estimation and Detection in CDMA Multiuser Communications.

    Bachaler of Engineering, 1993, Anhui University, Anhui, P. R. China.
    Major: Electrical Engineering and Information Science.

Current graduate students:

       Zhang, Dongbo,        Alex Leith

 Past graduate students:

     Jin, Jinghua  (co-advised with Dr. Aleksandar Dogandzic)    Zhao, Lei   

Teaching:

Course for Fall 2002:    EE523: Random Processes for Communications and Signal Processing

Course for Spring 2003:       EE520: Selected Topics in Communications and Signal Processing. 

Course for Fall 2003:     EE523: Random Processes for Communications and Signal Processing

Course for Spring 2004:    EE422: Communication Systems II,        

Courses for Fall 2004:         EE322: Probabilistic Methods for Electrical Engineers,   EE224 Lab (one session)    
                                                          EE 597: Seminar in Communications and Signal Processing

Courses for Spring 2005:    EE422: Communication Systems II,            
                                                           EE 597: Seminar in Communications and Signal Processing

Courses for Fall 2005:   EE523: Random Processes for Communications and Signal Processing
                                                        EE322: Probabilistic Methods for Electrical Engineers (off campus)

Course for Spring 2006:     EE422: Communication Systems II,

Course for Fall 2006:       EE520: Selected Topics in Wireless Multiuser Communications

Courses for Spring 2007:   EE422: Communication Systems II,
                                                             EE224 Lab: ( Sections C and D).

Courses for Fall 2007:       EE521:  Advanced Communications

Courses for spring2008     EE422: Communication Systems II,
                                           EE423, Communication system II Lab.
Courses for Fall 2008:       EE521:  Advanced Communications
                                           EE224 Lab:

 

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