NSF Funding
Collaborative Research: CISE-MSI: RPEP: CNS: Research Capacity and Partnerships Building in Next-Generation Communication Ecosystems with Vertical Intelligence
Principal Investigator, collaborative with Prairie View A&M University and Texas Southern University, National Science Foundation
ECCS-2302469, $250,000, 2023-2026
FW-HTF-R/Collaborative Research: FAIR4WISE: Future AI and Robotics for Women in Smart Engineering
Co-Principal Investigator, collaborative with University OF Tennessee, National Science Foundation
CMMI-2222810, $110,000, 2022-2022
Collaborative Research: SWIFT: Nonlinear and Inseparable Radar And Data (NIRAD) Transmission Framework for Pareto Efficient Spectrum Access in Future Wireless Networks
Principal Investigator, collaborative with University of Tennessee and the Princeton University, National Science Foundation
CNS-2128368, $249,999, 2021-2024
Collaborative Research: CNS Core: Medium: Exploiting New Degrees-of-Freedom in Wireless Networks with Reprogrammable Intelligent Metagratings
Principal Investigator, collaborative with University of California at Irvine and the City University of New York, National Science Foundation
CNS-2107216, $399,997, 2021-2024
Advanced Mean-Field Game Theory for Com-plex Physical & Soci-Economical Systems
CO-Principal nvestigator, collaborative with University of Cali-fornia at Los Angles, Princeton University, and University of Maryland at College Park, Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
$1,200,000
NeTS: Small: Collaborative Research: Hierarchical Framework with Distributed Resource Allocation for Mobile Fog Computing
Principal Investigator, collaborative with University of North Carolina at Charlotte, National Science Foundation
CNS-1717454, $249,999, 2017-2020
Collaborative Research: Energy-Efficient Heteroge-neous Network Virtualization with Spectrum-Power Trading
Principal Investigator, collaborative with Georgia Tech., National Science Foundation
CNS-1731424, $200,000, 2017-2020
WiFIUS: Collaborative Research: Ambient Re-Scatter Inspired Machine Type Communication for Heterogeneous IoT Systems
CO-Principal Investigator, collaborative with Aalto University, Finland, National Science Foundation
CNS-1702850, $150,000, 2017-2019
CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: DEUS: Distributed, Effcient, Ubiquitous and Secure Data Delivery Using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
CO-Principal Investigator, collaborative with Missouri University of Science and Technology, National Science Foundation
CNS-1646607, $150,000, 2016-2019
EARS: Collaborative Research: Full-Duplex Cognitive Radio: A New Design Paradigm for Enhancing Spectrum Usage
Principal Investigator, collaborative with Rice University
ECCS-1547201, $200,000, 2015-2018
Collaborative Research: WiFiUS: Heterogeneous Resource Allocation for Hierarchical Software-Defined Radio Access Networks at the Edge
Principal Investigator, collaborative with Arizona State University, University of Oulu, VTT Finland, National Science Foundation
CCF-1456921, $140,000, 2015-2017
Collaborative Research: Proactive Recovery of Electric Power Assets for Resiliency Enhancement (PREPARE)
Principal Investigator, collaborative with University of Denver, National Science Foundation
CMMI-1434789, $250,000 out of a total of $500,000, 2014-2017
EARS: Collaborative Research: Laying the Foundations of Social Network-Aware Cellular Device-to-Device Communications
Principal Investigator, collaborative with University of Florida and Virginia Tech., National Science Foundation
CNS-1443917, $234,001 out of a total of $680,000, 2015-2017
EAGER: Collaborative Research: Joint Adaptation of Multiple Cognitive Systems without Explicit Coordination
Principal Investigator, collaborative with Virginia Tech., National Science Foundation
CNS-1265268, funded, $150,000 out of a total of $500,000, 2013-2015.
NeTS: Small: Toward Wireless Co-existence For Safety-critical Applications
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
NS-1117560, funded, $300,000 out of a total of $500,000, 2011-2014.
CAREER: Mutual Bene?t in Cognitive Radio Net-works: A Coalitional Game Framework
Principal Investigator, Career Award, National Science Foundation
CNS-0953377, funded, $416,000, 2010-2015.
NeTS: Medium: Collaborative Research: Coopera-tive Beamforming for Effcient and Secure Wireless Communication
Principal Investigator, collaborative with Drexel University, Princeton University, and Colorado School of Mines, National Science Foundation
CNS-0905556, NeTS, funded, $150,000 out of a total of $675,000, 2009-2012.
Collaborative Research: Trusted Cooperative Transmission: Turning a Security Weakness into a Security Enhancement
Principal Investigator, collaborative with the University of Rhode Island, National Science Foundation
CNS-0910461, Cyber Trust, funded, $108,000 out of a total of $216,000, 2008-2011.
Other Federal Project
Distributed chemical sensing for sub-surface oil spill sensing
CO-Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of Interior – Minerals Management
Funded, $89,670 out of a total of $896,700, 2014-2015.
Novel Sensor System for the Early Detection and Monitoring of Offshore Oil Spills
CO-Principal Investigator, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative RFP-II
Funded, GoMRI-030, $112,500 out of a total of $750,000, 2012-2015.
Recofigurable Electronics and Non-Volatile Memory Research
CO-Principal Investigator, Air Force Office of Scientfic Research
FA9453-8-2-0252, funded, $100,000 out of a total of $2,500,000, 2008-2010
Industrial Projects
Understanding Consumers Attention on Online Advertisements: An Ambulatory Eye-Tracking Study with Machine Learning Techniques
Principal Investigator, Amazon Research Awards
$100,000, 2021.
Extended Reality-Assisted Connected Autonomous Vehicles with Edge Computing
Principal Investigator, gift, Toyota
$60,000, 2023.
Resilient Edge Computing and Machine Learning for Connected Vehicles based on System Optimization and Wearable AR Devices
Principal Investigator, gift, Toyota
$60,000, 2022.
Distributed Learning-assisted Scalable Data Transfer and Offloading for Connected Vehicles in Mobile Edge Computing
Principal Investigator, gift, Toyota
$60,000, 2021.
Big Data Optimization and Machine Learning for Connected Vehicles with Edge Computing for 5G, 6G, and Beyond
Principal Investigator, gift, Toyota
$70,000, 2020.
Low-cost Learning-assisted Resource Management for Connected Vehicles based on Mobile Edge/Fog Computing
Principal Investigator, gift, Toyota
$30,000, 2019.
Resource Management for Mobile Edge Computing
Principal Investigator, gift, Toyota
$50,000, 2018.
Deep Learning For Image Analytics In Energy Industry
Principal Investigator, Chevron
$50,000, 2017-2018.
Hierarchical Architectural Design Alternatives based on Edge Computing for Connected Vehicles
Principal Investigator, gift, Toyota
$47,500, 2017-2018.
Deep Transfer Learning Enabled Machine Vision Inspection and Its Applications in Exploration Geophysics
CO-Principal Investigator, Advanced Geophysical Technology Inc.
Based on SBIR 1746824, $45,000, 2017-2018.
Video Analytics for Quantifying the Cuttings at Shale Shaker
CO-Principal Investigator, Shell
$50,000, 2017-2018.
Electric Power Analytics Consortium
Founder, Current members: Cen-terpoint and Direct Energy
$200,000, 2012.
Teaching and Research Proposal for Texas Instrument Digital Signal Processor
Principal Investigator, Texas Instruments and Micron Technology
Funded, $151,580, 2007.
Other Projects
Reconstructing high-resolution infrared spectro-scopic images from high-speed multi- modal microscopes
CO-Principal Investigator, CACDS: Seed Funding For Advanced Computing, University of Houston
$40,000, 2017-2018.
A Context Aware Framework for Optimized Resource Management in Fourth Generation Wireless Systems
Principal Investigator, collaborative with American University of Beirut and Nanyang Technological University, Qatar National Research Fund
NPRP 4-347-2-127, funded, $125,000 out of a total of $400,000, 2012-2015.
Super-Resolution Signal Processing for Lidar
CO-Principal Investigator, Optical Air Data Systems, L.L.C.
Funded, $90,433, 2005
New Faculty Award
$6,000, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 2008.