Majid Raissi-Dehkordi

Institute for Systems Research

University of Maryland

CollegePark , MD , 20742

(w) (301) 405-2958

(h) (301) 922-4516

majid@isr.umd.edu

HTTP://www.glue.umd.edu/~majid

Objective

Full-time position in the field of communication networks. Addressing the current and future problems and bringing practical solutions to them.

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park, (Graduating Fall 2002)

1996-2002, GPA 3.7/4.0. (Advisor: Professor John Baras).

M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, Sep 1994

	Major: Electrical Engineering, GPA : 17.17/20.
	M.Sc. thesis: Pattern Recognition in Aerial Photographs.

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Sep 1989

Research

Research associate, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland at College Park,

QoS and Routing problems in mobile ad-hoc networks, Resource allocation in satellite networks, Scheduling problems in broadcast systems, Jan. 2003 - present.

Research assistant, University of Maryland at College Park,

	Broadcast/multicast scheduling in information delivery systems. Dimensioning and throughput calculations of the Internet delivery systems considering the users' behavior, 2000-02.
	Statistical Modeling of the Internet traffic in an Internet-over-satellite network, 1999-2000.
	Partial Implementation of a CS-ACELP coder with Motorola DSP 56000, summer 1997.

Topics of Interest: Scheduling problems in broadcast and unicast environments, resource allocation and QoS in terrestrial and satellite networks, various problems in mobile ad-hoc networks, traffic modeling and analysis.

Industry

Internship, Hughes Network Systems, Gaithersburg, MD

Implementation of a data collection and monitoring system for the DirecPc system, Summer 2000.

Consultant Engineer, ioWave Co. Ltd.,

Design and implementation of a wireless T1 modem, June 97- Jan. 98.

Design Engineer, Iran,

A number of industrial projects involving microprocessor system design( special purpose hard disk system, factory-wide data acquisition system, …) , 1991-95.

Teaching

Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland at CollegePark,

	Communication systems Design Lab. (TMS320Cx DSP Procesor Family) Fall96 and Spring 97.
	Digital Electronics. Spring 97.

Research Assistant, University of Maryland at CollegePark,

Students' Mentor, REU (Research Experience for Undergraduate students) program,Summer 1996.

Awards:

Lockheed Martin Telecommunications Fellowship, Aug 2001- Dec 2002.

Skills

Communication Protocols: Knowledge of Physical, MAC and Upper layer protocols

Computer Languages: C, ASSEMBLY, Fortran, awk.

Software: OPNET, NS-2, MATLAB, SPLUS, Mathematica, SPICE, Electronic systems design packages, Verilog.

OS: Unix, DOS, Linux.

Hardware: DSP processors (Communication system design), Microprocessor system design, Analog and Digital Electronics.

Publications

M. Raissi-Dehkordi, K. Chandrashekar and J. S. Baras, "UAV placement for enhanced connectivity in wireless ad-hoc networks", Submitted to INFOCOM 2005. ,Technical Report Version.

K. Chandrashekar, M. Raissi-Dehkordi and J. S. Baras, "Providing Full Connectivity in Large Ad-Hoc Networks by Dynamic Placement of Aerial Platforms", Submitted to MILCOM 2004. ,Technical Report Version.

M. Raissi-Dehkordi and J. S. Baras, "Near-optimal scheduling policies for broadcast of files with unequal sizes in satellite systems", Allerton conference on communications, control, and computing, October 2003.

M. Raissi-Dehkordi and J. S. Baras, "Broadcast scheduling in information delivery systems", submitted to the IEEE transactions on Automatic Control. Dec. 2002.

M. Raissi-Dehkordi and J. S. Baras, "Dynamic optimization approach to the scheduling problem in satellite and wireless broadcast systems",Technical Report, Center for Satellite and Hybrid Communication Networks, University of Maryland at College Park, 2002.

M. Raissi-Dehkordi, J. S. Baras, "Broadcast scheduling in information delivery systems",Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM2002, Nov. 2002, Taipei, Taiwan.

M. Liu, M. Karir, M. Raissi-Dehkordi, J. S. Baras, "Hybrid Internet Simulation Testbed",Technical Report, Center for Satellite and Hybrid Communication Networks, University of Maryland at College Park, 1999.

F. Hariri, M. Raissi, A. R. Mirzai, G. H. Roeintan, "A parallel processing system based on LAN for image processing applications", Proc. SPIE Int. Conf. on. App. of Image Processing, SPIE 96, Denver, July 96. Vol.2847 p. 58-66.

M. Raissi, F. Hariri, A. H. Mirzai, G. H. Roeintan"Object Recognition using Simulated Annealing and Fourier Descriptors", Proc. SPIE Int. Conf. on. App. of Image Processing, SPIE 95, San Diego, July 95. Vol.2564 p. 204-14.

M. Raissi, F. hariri, A. R. Mirzai, G. H. Roeintan;" Object Recognition using Simulated Annealing", Proc. 2nd Iranian Conf. Elec. Eng., ICEE94, Tehran, May 94.