LIUQING YANG
Associate Professor

 

Education:

PhD, ECE, University of Minnesota, 2004
MS, ECE, University of Minneosta, 2002
BS, EE, Huazhong University of Science & Technology

Contact Information:

Email: lqyang@ece.ufl.edu
Phone: 352-392-9469
Office: 455 New Engineering Building
Homepage: www.yang.ece.ufl.edu

Program Affiliation:

Area:  Signals & Systems
Lab:   Wireless Information Networking Group

Fields of Interest:

• Communications, signal processing, and networking
• Timing acquisition, channel estimation, multi-user detection, space-time coding, and networking aspects of single-and multi-carrier UWB systems

Employment:

2009 - Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida
2004 - Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Univesity of Florida

Refereed Journals in the Last 3 Years:

2008
M. Ouertani, H. Xu, L. Yang, and H. Besbes, “Timing and Differential (De-)Modulation for Orthogonal Bi-Pulse UWB,” ELSEVIER Physical Communication (PHYCOM), vol. 1, no. 4, December 2008.

W. Cho, R. Cao and L. Yang, “Optimum Resource Allocation for Amplify-and- Forward Relay Networks with Differential Modulation,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 56, no. 11, pp. 5680-5691, November 2008.

F. Qu, D. Duan, L. Yang and A. Swami, “Signaling with Imperfect Channel State Information: A Battery Power Efficiency Comparison,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 56, no. 9, pp. 4486-4495, September 2008.

W. Cho and L. Yang, “Optimum resource allocation for relay networks with differential modulation,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 531–534, April 2008.

H. Xu and L. Yang, “Differential UWB Communications with Digital Multicarrier Modulation,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 284–295, January 2008.

H. Xu and L. Yang, “Timing with Dirty Templates for Low-Resolution Digital UWB Receivers,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 54–59, January 2008.

2007
Q. Tang, L. Yang, G. B. Giannakis and T. Qin, “Battery Power Efficiency of PPM and FSK in Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 1308–1319, May, 2007.

L. Yang, G. B. Giannakis and A. Swami, “Non-Coherent Ultra-Wideband Radios,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 810–819, April, 2007.

L. Yang and F. Wang, “Driving into Intelligent Spaces with Pervasive Computing and Communications,” IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 12–15, January/February, 2007.

Honors and Awards:

2009 - NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award
2009 - Jack Wessel Excellence Award, University of Florida
2008 - Dean's Honor Roll for Teaching, University of Florida
2007 - Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program Award
2006 - IEEE Senior Member
2006 - Best Paper Award at the International Conference on UWB, Boston
2005 - Best Dissertation Award in Physical Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota

Patents:

• US patent #7,342,972, “Timing Synchronization Using Dirty Templates in UltraWideband (UWB) Communications” with G. Giannakis, issued March 11, 2008.
• US patent application #20060083338, "Non-coherent Ultra-Wideband Radios," with G. Giannakis, April 20, 2006
• US patent application #20050105594, "Pulse shaper design for ulta-wideband communications," with G. Giannakis and X. Luo, May 25, 2005
• US patent application #20050105588, "Digital-Carrier Multi-Band User Codes for Baseband UWB Multiple Access," with G. Giannakis, May 19, 2005
• US patent application #20040240527, "Multi-user interference resilient ultra wideband (UWB) communication," with G. Giannakis, December 2, 2004
• US patent application #20040202256, "Space-time coding for multi-antenna ultra-wideband transmissions," with G. Giannakis, October 14, 2004.
• Docket # Z04024, "Designing Optimal Pulse-Shapers for Ultra-Wideband Radios," filed Sept. 2004.
• Docket # Z03134", Timing Acquisition in Ultra-Wideband Communications," filed Feb. 2003.
• Docket # Z03132", Analog Space-Time Coding for Multi-Antenna Ultra-Wideband Transmissions," filed Feb. 2003
• Docket # Z03115, "Optimal Pilot Waveform Assisted Modulation for Ultra-Wideband Communications," filed Jan. 2003
• Docket # Z03114, "Single- and Multi-Carrier Multiple Access for UWB Communications," filed Jan. 2003