Pawel A Dmochowski - vita - School of Engineering and Computer ...

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Pawel A. Dmochowski
Senior Lecturer
School of Engineering and Computer Science
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600
Wellington 6140, New Zealand
tel: +64 4 463 5948
fax: +64 4 463 5045
email: pdmochowski@ieee.org
url: http://homepages.ecs.victoria.ac.nz/∼dmochopa
Born: 27 June 1974, Gdańsk, Poland
Research Interests
wireless communications and signal processing: multiple antenna systems, cognitive radio, timing
synchronization
Current Appointment
Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Victoria University of Wellington
Lecturer, School of Engineering and Computer Science, Victoria University of Wellington
Previous Appointments
Sessional Instructor, Carleton University, Canada
NSERC Visiting Fellow, Communications Research Centre Canada
Postdoctoral Fellow, Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada
Research Assistant, Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada
Teaching Fellow, Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada
Education
PhD, Electrical Engineering, Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada
(supervisor: Professor (Emeritus) Peter J. McLane)
MSc, Electrical Engineering, Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada
BASc (First Class), Engineering Physics (Electrical Option), University of British Columbia,
Canada
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Grants, Honours and Awards
Research Grants
Telecom New Zealand Reseach Contract ($32,000)
Royal Society of New Zealand, International Science and Technology (ISAT) Linkages Grant
($5,000)
BuildIT Travel Fund for Research Consortia Development ($1,100)
BuildIT Researcher Career Development Travel Fund Award ($4,500)
Victoria University New Researcher Grant ($4,890)
Honours, Awards and Scholarships
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada,
Visiting Fellowship in Government Laboratories (Postdoctoral)
Queen’s Graduate Award
Queen’s Graduate Fellowship
Publications
119 citations as of 04/2013 according to Google Scholar Citations.
Journal Articles Submitted
[JS2] J. Mirza, P. Dmochowski, P. Smith, and M. Shafi, “A Differential Codebook with Adaptive
Scaling for Limited Feedback MU MISO Systems,” IEEE Wireless Communications
Letters,
[JS1] P. Smith, P. Dmochowski, M. Chiani, and A. Giorgetti, “On The Number of Independent
Channels in Multi-antenna Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications,
Journal Articles
[J8] S. Singh, P. Teal, P. Dmochowski, and A. Coulson, “Interference Management in Cognitive
Radio Systems with Feasibility Detection,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technologies,
2013.
[J7] P. Smith and P. Dmochowski, “Exact Blocking Time Statistics for the Erlang Loss
Model,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 2013.
[J6] P. Dmochowski, “Low Complexity Symbol Timing Error Detection for Quasi-Orthogonal
Space-Time Block Codes,” IET Communications, 2012.
[J5] A. Firag, P. Smith, P. Dmochowski, and M. Shafi, “Analysis of the M/M/N/N Queue
with Two Types of Arrival Process: Applications to Future Mobile Radio Systems,”
Journal of Applied Mathematics, vol. 2012, pp. 1–14, 2012.
[J4] M. Hanif, P. Smith, and P. Dmochowski, “Statistical Interference Modelling and Deployment
Issues for Cognitive Radio Systems in Shadow Fading Environments,” IET
Communications, vol. 6, no. 13, pp. 1920–1929, 2012.
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[J3] P. Smith, P. Dmochowski, H. Suraweera, and M. Shafi, “The Effects of Limited Channel
Knowledge on Cognitive Radio System Capacity,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular
Technologies, 2012.
[J2] P. Dmochowski and P. McLane, “Timing Error Detector Design and Analysis for Orthogonal
Space-Time Block Coding Receivers,” IEEE Transactions on Communications,
vol. 56, pp. 1939–1949, Nov. 2008.
[J1] L. Smith, P. Dmochowski, D. Muir, and B. Kisilevsky, “Estimated Cardiac Vagal Tone
Predicts Fetal Responses to Mother’s and Stranger’s Voices,” Developmental Psychobiology,
vol. 49, pp. 543–547, Jun. 2007.
Refereed Conference Submissions
[CS4] R. Adeogun, P. Teal, and P. Dmochowski, “A Subspace-Based Joint Parameter Estimation
Scheme for Mobile MIMO-OFDM Systems,” in IEEE Global Communications
Conference (Globecom 2013).
[CS3] —, “Long Range Parametric Channel Prediction for Narrowband MIMO Systems with
Joint Parameter Estimation,” in IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom
2013).
[CS2] —, “Parametric Channel Prediction for Narrowband Mobile MIMO Systems Using Spatio-
Temporal Correlation Analysis,” in IEEE 78th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC
2013-Fall).
[CS1] P. Smith, C. Neil, P. Dmochowski, and M. Shafi, “On the Computation of Per-User
Rate Distributions From Sum-Rate Distributions,” in IEEE 78th Vehicular Technology
Conference (VTC 2013-Fall).
Refereed Conference Proceedings
[C27] J. Mirza, P. Dmochowski, P. Smith, and M. Shafi, “Limited Feedback Multiuser MISO
Systems with Differential Codebooks in Correlated Channels,” in IEEE International
Conference on Communications (ICC 2013), Jun. 2013.
[C26] S. Singh, P. Teal, P. Dmochowski, and A. Coulson, “Statistically Robust Cognitive Radio
Beamforming,” in Proc. Australian Communications Theory Workshop (AusCTW), Feb.
2013.
[C25] —, “Statistically Robust Cooperative Beamforming for Cognitive Radio Networks,” in
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2013), Jun. 2013.
[C24] R. Ustok, P. Dmochowski, P. Smith, and M. Shafi, “Aligned Interference Neutralisation
for 2x2x2 Interference Channel with Imperfect Channel State Information,” in IEEE
International Conference on Communications (ICC 2013), Jun. 2013.
[C23] P. Dmochowski, P. Smith, and M. Shafi, “Capacity Analysis for Closed and Open Access
Femto Cell Networks,” in Proc. 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor
and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Sydney, Australia, Sep. 2012, pp. 1722–
1727.
[C22] P. Dmochowski, P. Smith, M. Shafi, J. Andrews, and R. Mehta, “Interference Models
for Heterogenous Sources,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications
(ICC), Ottawa, Canada, Jun. 2012, pp. 4049–4054.
[C21] J. Mirza, P. Dmochowski, P. Smith, and M. Shafi, “Capacity Loss for Multilayer Codebook
Precoding in MIMO Systems,” in Proc. 23rd IEEE International Symposium on
Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Sydney, Australia, Sep.
2012, pp. 1890–1895.
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[C20] S. Singh, P. Teal, P. Dmochowski, and A. Coulson, “Interference Management in Cognitive
Radio Systems - a Convex Optimisation Approach,” in Proc. IEEE International
Conference on Communications (ICC), Ottawa, Canada, Jun. 2012, pp. 1884–1889.
[C19] —, “Power Allocation in Underlay Cognitive Radio Systems with Feasibility Detection,”
in Proc. Australian Communication Theory Workshop (AusCTW), Wellington,
New Zealand, Feb. 2012, pp. 135–139.
[C18] M. Zhang, P. Smith, M. Shafi, P. Dmochowski, and J. Mirza, “MIMO Capacity Gain
Analysis for General Channel Models,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications
(ICC), Ottawa, Canada, Jun. 2012, pp. 4846–4851.
[C17] P. Dmochowski, P. Smith, M.Shafi, and H. Suraweera, “On the Impact of Antenna
Selection on Cognitive Radio System Capacity,” in Proc. 6th International Conference
on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications (CROWNCOM),
Osaka, Japan, Jun. 2011, pp. 21–25.
[C16] M. Zhang, M. Shafi, P. Smith, and P. Dmochowski, “Precoding Performance with Codebook
Feedback in a MIMO-OFDM System,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on
Communications (ICC), Kyoto, Japan, Jun. 2011, pp. 1–6.
[C15] R. Dlugosz, T. Talaska, P. Przedwojski, and P. Dmochowski, “A Flexible, Low-Power,
Programmable Self Organizing Neural Network Based on Microcontrollers for Medical
Applications,” in Proc. 17th Electronics New Zealand Conference (ENZCon), Hamilton,
New Zealand, Oct. 2010, pp. 1–6.
[C14] P. Dmochowski, H. Suraweera, P. Smith, and M. Shafi, “Impact of Channel Knowledge
on Cognitive Radio System Capacity,” in Proc. IEEE 72nd Vehicular Technology
Conference (VTC 2010-Fall), Ottawa, Canada, Sep. 2010, pp. 1–5.
[C13] Y. Ren, P. Dmochowski, and P. Komisarczuk, “Analysis and Implementation of Reinforcement
Learning on a GNU Radio Cognitive Radio Platform,” in Proc. 5th International
Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications
(CROWNCOM), Cannes, France, Jun. 2010, pp. 1–6.
[C12] P. Smith, P. Dmochowski, A. Giorgetti, and M. Chiani, “On the Number of Independent
Channels in a Receive Diversity System,” in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and
Networking Conference (WCNC), Sydney, Australia, Apr. 2010, pp. 1–6.
[C11] M. Hanif, M. Shafi, P. Smith, and P. Dmochowski, “Interference and Deployment Issues
for Cognitive Radio Systems in Shadowing Environments,” in Proc. IEEE International
Conference on Communications (ICC), Dresden, Germany, Jun. 2009, pp. 1–6.
[C10] H. Jones, P. Dmochowski, and P. Teal, “Channel Sounding with Software Defined Radio,”
in Proc. 16th Electronics New Zealand Conference (ENZCon), Dunedin, New Zealand,
Nov. 2009, pp. 1–6.
[C9] P. Dmochowski and P. McLane, “Analysis of Timing Error Detectors for Orthogonal
Space-Time Block Codes,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications
(ICC), Glasgow, Scotland, Jun. 2007, pp. 2949–2955.
[C8] —, “Timing Error Detector Design and Analysis for Quasi-Orthogonal Space-Time
Block Coding,” in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference
(WCNC), Hong Kong, Mar. 2007, pp. 1166–1171.
[C7] —, “Design of Timing Error Detectors for Orthogonal Space-Time Block Codes,” in
Proc. 17th IEEE International Symposium on Personal,Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications
(PIMRC), Helsinki, Finland, Sep. 2006, pp. 1–6.
[C6] —, “Timing Synchronization for Real-Valued Orthogonal Space-Time Block Codes,”
in Proc. 23rd Queen’s Biennial Symposium on Communications (QBSC), Kingston,
Canada, May 2006, pp. 177–181.
[C5] —, “Joint Timing Epoch Tracking and Channel Estimation for Rayleigh Fading MIMO
Channels,” in Proc. 16th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile
Radio Communications (PIMRC), Berlin, Germany, Sep. 2005, pp. 36–41.
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[C4] —, “On the Properties of a Robust Timing Error Detector for Alamouti Space-Time
Coding in Flat Rayleigh Fading MIMO Channels with Randomly Distributed Timing
Drift,” in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), St. Louis,
USA, Dec. 2005, pp. 193–198.
[C3] —, “Robust Timing Epoch Tracking for Alamouti Space-Time Coding in Flat Rayleigh
Fading MIMO Channels,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications
(ICC), Seoul, South Korea, May 2005, pp. 2397–2401.
[C2] —, “Joint Timing and Pilot Symbol Channel Estimation for Diversity Receivers in
Rayleigh Fading Channels,” in Proc. 15th IEEE International Symposium on Personal,
Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), vol. 3, Barcelona, Spain, Sep. 2004,
pp. 1658–1663.
[C1] —, “Frequency Domain Equalization for High Data Rate Multipath Channels,” in Proc.
IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing
(PACRIM), vol. 2, Victoria, Canada, Aug. 2001, pp. 534–537.
Theses and Technical Reports
[T3] M.F.Hanif, P.A.Dmochowski, M.Shafi and P.J.Smith, “Aggregate Interference Statistics of
Cognitive Radio Systems in Shadowing Environments,” School of Mathematics, Statistics and
Operations Research, Research Report Series, 09-1, Victoria University of Wellington, New
Zealand, January 2009.
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[P12]
P.A.Dmochowski, “Design and Analysis of Pulse Shaped Space-Time Block Code Based Symbol
Timing Recovery Algorithms,” Ph.D. Thesis, Queen’s University, Canada, September 2006.
P.A.Dmochowski, “Frequency Domain Equalization for High Data Rate Multipath Channels,”
M.Sc. Thesis, Queen’s University, Canada, March 2001.
Presentations and Invited Talks
“Impact of Channel State Information on Cognitive Radio Capacity,” invited talk, 7th Technical
Meeting of WUN Cognitive Communications Consortium, 15 June 2012.
[P11] “Impact of Channel State Information on Cognitive Radio Capacity,” invited talk, ICNL/GCOE
Workshop on Advanced Wireless Communications Systems, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 3
June 2011.
[P10]
“On the Impact of Channel State Information on Cognitive Radio Capacity,” invited talk, Australian
Communications Theory Workshop, Melbourne, 1 February 2011.
[P8-P9] “On the Impact of Channel State Information on Cognitive Radio System Capacity,” invited talk,
IEEE Kingston Section Seminar, Kingston, Canada, 13 December 2010 and BCWS Seminar,
Carleton University, Ottawa, 15 December 2010.
[P6-P7] “Design and Analysis of Symbol Timing Error Detectors for Space-Time Block Codes,” seminar
talks, NZ Wireless Workshop, Christchurch, 5 September 2008 and Industrial Research Limited,
Lower Hutt, 2 September 2008.
[P5]
“Design and Analysis of Space-Time Block Code Based Symbol Timing Recovery Algorithms,”
seminar talk, Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, 17 October 2006.
[P3-P4] “Robust Timing Epoch Tracking for Orthogonal Space-Time Block Coded Receivers in Rayleigh
Fading MIMO Channels,” seminar talks, National ICT Australia, Canberra, 6 June 2005 and
University of Melbourne, 16 June 2005.
[P2]
“Timing Epoch Tracking for OSTBC in Flat Rayleigh Fading MIMO Channels,” seminar talk,
Samsung of Korea, Seoul, 16 May 2005.
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[P1] “Carrier Synchronization for Turbo Codes,” poster presentation, Canadian Institute for Telecommunications
Research Annual Research Conference, Ottawa, Oct 2001.
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Teaching Activities
Digital Electronics (ECEN 202)
Advanced Signal Processing (ECEN 421), new course, developed 12 lectures on Information
Theory
Communication Engineering (CSEN 303/ECEN 310), new course, developed 24 lectures and
supporting labs
Introductory Signal Processing (ELEN 303/ECEN 320)
Signals and Systems (ENGR 201/ECEN 220), new course, developed 12 lectures
Digital Signal Processing II (PHYS 421), developed 12 lectures
Problem Solving and Computers (ECOR 1606), as Sessional Lecturer, Carleton University,
Canada
Electrical and Computer Engineering Project (ELEC 490), as Teaching Fellow, Queen’s University
at Kingston, Canada
Professional Engineering Skills (APSC 190), as Tutor/Facilitator, Queen’s University at Kingston,
Canada
Research Students Supervised
Graduate Research Students
Callum Neil [PhD] , “3D Channel Modelling,” Apr 2013-
Refik Fatih Ustok [PhD] , “Interference Alignment in Cognitive Radio Networks,” Oct 2011-
Adeogun Ramoni Ojekunle [PhD] , “Multipath Extrapolation in MIMO Channel Estimation
and Prediction” Oct 2011-
Jawad Mirza [PhD], “Limited Feedback Beamforming in MIMO Systems,” 2011-
Sudhir Singh [PhD], “Convex Optimisation Techniques in MIMO Systems,” 2010- (secondary)
Ren Yu [MSc], “Analysis and Implementation of Reinforcement Learning on a GNU Radio
Cognitive Radio Platform,” 2009-2010 (secondary)
Honours and Summer Research Students
Lauchlan Robertson, BE Honours Project, “Proportional Fair Scheduling for LTE,” 2013
Ian Bane, BE Honours Project, “Capacity Performance of Massive MIMO Arrays,” 2013
Harsh Tataria, Summer Research Student, “Scheduling Techniques for Multiuser MIMO,” 2012-
2013
Callum Neil, BE Honours Project, “Limited Feedback Performance of Virtual MIMO Systems,”
2012
Kunthearak Heng, BE Honours Project, “Cooperative Eigenvalue-based Spectrum Sensing in
Cognitive Radio,” 2012
Callum Neil, Summer Research Student, “Performance Analysis of Open- and Closed-Access
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Kunthearak Heng, Summer Research Student, “Power Control in Underlay Cognitive Radio
Systems,” 2011-2012
Brett Ryan, Summer Research Student, “Experimental Investigation of Mutual Coupling Effects
in 700 MHz MIMO Systems,” 2010-2011
James Turner, Summer Research Student, “Mutual Coupling Effects in 700 MHz MIMO Systems,”
2010-2011
Matthew Bourne, Summer Research Student, “Effects of antenna spacing in 700 MHz MIMO
systems,” 2009-2010
Boris Shneider, Summer Research Student, “Software Defined Radio MIMO Platform,” 2009-
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Harry Jones, BSc Tech Honours Thesis, “Channel Sounding with Software Defined Radio,” 2009
(co-supervised) (best paper award at 2009 IEEE NZCS Student Paper Competition)
Administrative Duties
Faculty of Engineering Academic Committee (2009-2011 Engineering Academic Development
Committee)
Postgraduate Thesis Coordinator, School of Engineering and Computer Science
Counselor, Victoria University of Wellington IEEE Student Branch
Research Committee, School of Engineering and Computer Science
External Professional Activities
Professional Member (MIPENZ), Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ)
Senior Member (2011-), Member (2002-2011), IEEE and the IEEE Communications Society
Member, IEEE Communications Society Wireless Communications Technical Committee
Member, IEEE Communications Society Communications Theory Technical Committee
Chair, Australian Communications Theory Workshop (AusCTW) 2012
Deputy Chair, IEEE New Zealand Central Section
Secretary, IEEE New Zealand Central Section
Member, IEEE New Zealand Central Section Committee
Executive Committee Member, Electronics New Zealand Conference (ENZCon)
Member, Worldwide University Network Cognitive Communications Consortium (WUN-CogCom)
Member of the New Zealand Wireless Research Network (NZWRN)
External Assessment Moderator, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
Referee, Natural Sciences and Eng. Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, Discovery Grant
External PhD Thesis Examinator
• Abdulla Firag, University of Canterbury, February 2009
• Rachita Dahama, The University of Auckland, August 2012
• Dushyantha Basnayaka, University of Canterbury, September 2012
Technical Program Committee Member
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• IEEE Intern. Symp. on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT) 2012
• IEEE Intern. Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Comm. (PIMRC) 2011, 2012
• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2011-Fall, 2012-Fall
• IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2011, 2013
• Australian Communications Theory Workshop (AusCTW) 2011
• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2008, 2009, 2010
Session Chair
• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2010
• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2010 Fall) 2010
Reviewer for the following international journals
• IEEE Transactions on Communications
• IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
• IEEE Communications Letters
• IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
• International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
• Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
Reviewer for the following international conferences
• Intern. Conf. on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Netw. & Comm. (CROWNCOM) 2010
• IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2003, 2006
• IEEE Intern. Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Comm. (PIMRC) 2006
• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) 2006, 2009
• IEEE Intern. Conference on Communications (ICC) 2006, 2007, 2008
• Intern. Conf. on Information Science, Signal Proc. and their Applications (ISSPA) 2007
• Military Communications Conference (MILCOM) 2007
• IEEE Intern. Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN) 2010
• Electronics New Zealand Conference (ENZCon) 2010
Industry Experience
Network Support Engineer, BC Tel Mobility Cellular, Network Support Group, Vancouver
Guest Worker, National Research Council of Canada, Photonics Group, Ottawa
Last updated on 12 May 2013
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