Teaching

• ICOM 5047, Computer Engineering Design, Fall 2011 (Link)
• INEL 4307, Communication between Computers, Fall 2011 (Link)
• ICOM 6505, Wireless Networks, Spring 2011
• ICOM 5026, Computer Networks, Spring 2011
• ICOM 5047, Computer Engineering Design, Fall 2010
• ICOM 5026, Computer Networks, Spring 2010
• INEL 4307, Communication between Computers, Spring 2010
• ICOM 4036, Programming Languages, Fall 2009
• ICOM 4015, Advance Programming, Fall 2009
• ICOM 6505, Wireless Networks, Spring 2009
• ICOM 5026, Computer Networks, Spring 2009
• Lecture slides for Capstone students, Spring 2009
• ICOM 4015, Advanced Programming, Fall 2008
• INEL 4307, Communication between Computers, Fall 2008
• Lecture slides for INEL 5316 Wireless Communications, Fall 2008
• ICOM 6505, Wireless Networks, Spring 2008
• ICOM 4075, Fundamentals of Computing, Fall 2007
• ICOM 5026, Computer Networks, Fall 2007
• ICOM 4015, Advance Programming, Spring 2007
• ICOM 4015, Advance Programming, Fall 2006
• INEL 4207, Digital Electronics, Spring 2006
• INEL 4207, Digital Electronics, Fall 2005
• ICOM 5026, Computer Networks, Fall 2005

Services

• Member of the ICOMSW Committee, 2005-current
• Member of the COMMSIG Committee, 2005-current
  • Coordinator, 2011-
• Member of the ICOM Steering Committee, 2010-current
• Member of the Graduate Committee, 2006-2010
  • Representative of the Graduate Committee in the CISE Committee, 2007-2010
  • Representative of the CISE Committee in the Curricula Revision Committee, 2007-2010

Education

• Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (major in Telecommunications), The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA, 2003
• M.S. Communications and Electronic Systems, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, 1997
• B.S. Telecommunications Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, 1994

Experience

• Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Jul. 2005 ~
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Florida, 2004-2005
• Research Assistant, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2001-2003
• Senior Software Engineer, Beijing Research Institute, Huawei Technologies, Beijing, China, 1998-2000
• Software Engineer, Gaohong Telecommunications, Beijing, China, 1997-1998
• Research Assistant, China Academy of Telecommunications Technology (CATT), Beijing, China, 1995-1997

Research Interests

• Computer and communications networks: architecture and protocol design, performance evaluation, network security, network coding
• Wireless communications: space-time coding, channel capacity, cooperative communication

Research Projects

• WALSAIP Project (wireless sensor network)
• Wireless Mesh Network Project (undergraduate research)
• Network Management Project (undergraduate research)
• CCLI Project (educational)

External Research Grants

• NSF-EPSCOR Start-Up Grant: $200,000, August 2005 - May 2007, PI: Project on "A Novel Medium Access Framework for Emerging Wireless Mesh Networks: Protocol Design, Theoretical Analysis, and Prototype Development".
• NSF CCLI Grant: $149,999, June 2008 – May 2011, PI, project title: “Improving the Curriculum of Electrical and Computer Engineering through Projects on Wireless Networks”.
• NSF MRI Grant: $589,970, September 2009 – August 2012, PI, project title: “MRI: Development of a Versatile Service-Oriented Wireless Mesh Network for Disaster Relief and Environmental Monitoring in Puerto Rico”.

Publications

• Link to all publications
• The following paper is the most accessed paper in July 2007 (rank #1), among all papers published in IEEE Communications Magazine . (Ranked #3 in all IEEE ComSoc papers and ranked #23 among all IEEE papers, in July 2007)
  • Kejie Lu, Yi Qian, and Hsiao-Hwa Chen, "A Secure and Service-Oriented Network Control Framework for WiMAX Networks," IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 124-130, May 2007.
• The following paper is one of the most accessed papers in July 2007 (rank #6), among all papers published in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
  • Bo Rong, Yi Qian, and Kejie Lu, "Integrated Downlink Resource Management for Multiservice WiMAX Networks," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp. 621-632, Jun. 2007.
• The following paper is one of the most accessed papers in August 2008 (rank #1), among all papers published in IEEE Network.
  • Kejie Lu, Yi Qian, Hsiao-Hwa Chen, and Shengli Fu, "WiMAX networks: from access to service platform," IEEE Network, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 38-45, May 2008.
• The following paper is one of the most accessed papers in August 2008 (rank #1), among all papers published in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. (Ranked #69 among all IEEE papers, in August 2008)
  • Bo Rong, Yi Qian, and Kejie Lu, Hsiao-Hwa Chen, and M. Guizani, "Call Admission Control Optimization in WiMAX Networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 2509-2522, Jul. 2008.

Students and Alumni

• Edwin Florez: Current PhD student
• Marines Chaparro-Acevedo: Current M.S. student
• Hillary Caituiro-Monge: Current PhD student (part time)
• Julio Castillo-Tito: Previous M.S. student (graduated in 2010), current employment: American Airline
• Hector M. Lugo-Cordero: Previous M.S. student (graduated in 2008), continuing PhD study at University of Central Florida (UCF)
• Omar Villavicencio: Previous M.S. student (graduated in 2008), current employment: Microsoft
• Miguel A. Erazo: Previous PhD student (2007), continuing PhD study at Florida International University (FIU)
• Dr. Bo Rong: Previous Postdoc scholar (2006-2007)
  • First employment after leaving: Research Scientist, IITelecom, Quebec, Canada
  • Current employment: Research Scientist, Communications Research Centre (CRC) Canada, (since 2009)
• Dr. Tao Jiang: Previous Postdoc scholar (2006)
  • First employment after leaving: Postdoc of Dr. W. Xiang at University of Michigan at Dearborn
  • Current employment: Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China (since 2008)

Professional Activities And Honors

• Senior Member of the IEEE (S'02, M'04, SM'07)
  • Member of IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc)
    • Technical Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC)
    • Optical Networking Technical Committee (ONTC)
    • Technical Committee on Communications Switching and Routing
    • Communications and Information Security Technical Committee (CIS TC)
      • Secretary (Jan. 2010 ~ Dec. 2011)
    • Radio Communications Committee (RCC)
    • Wireless Communications Techinical Committee (WTC)
• Panelist
  • NSF Proposal Review Panel
  • IEEE A&A Review Panel (reviewing applications for IEEE Senior Member Grade)
• Editor
  • Editor, IEEE Communications Society Survey & Tutorial [Link]
  • Associate Editor, Wiley Security and Communication Networks (SCN) [Link]
  • Associate Editor, Wiley International Journal of Communication Systems (IJCS) [Link]
  • Guest Editor, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, Special issue on "Service-Oriented Broadband Wireless Network Architecture," due on Dec. 1, 2008.
• Reviewer
  • Journals
    • Elsevier Computer Communications [Link]
    • Elsevier Computer Networks [Link]
    • Elsevier Information Science [Link]
    • Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA) [Link]
    • Elsevier Journal of Systems and Software [Link]
    • Elsevier Optics Communications [Link]
    • Elsevier Theoretical Computer Science A [Link]
    • EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking [Link]
    • IEICE Transactions on Communications [Link]
    • IEEE Transactions on Communication [Link]
    • IEEE Transactions on Computers [Link]
    • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing [Link]
    • IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems [Link]
    • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology [Link]
    • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications [Link]
    • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) [EDAS]
    • IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking [Link]
    • IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology [Link]
    • IEEE Communications Magazine [Link]
    • IEEE Network Magazine [By Email]
    • IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine [Link]
    • IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine [By Email]
    • IEEE Communication Letter [Link]
    • IEEE Signal Processing Letter [Link]
    • OMEGA - The International Journal of Management Science [Link]
    • OSA/IEEE Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN) [Link]
    • SPIE / Kluwer Optical Networks Magazine
    • Springer Journal of Computer Science and Technology [By Email]
    • Springer Wireless Networks [Link]
    • Wiley International Journal of Communication Systems (IJCS) [Link]
    • Wiley Security and Communication Networks (SCN) [Link]
    • Wiley Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (WCMC) [Link]
  • Conferences
    • IEEE INFOCOM
    • IEEE ICC
    • IEEE Globecom
    • IEEE WCNC
    • ...
• Conference Chairing
  • TPC chair
    • TPC co-chair of ISWPC 2007
  • Track chair
    • Track chair of Information Assurance and Security (IAS) track at IEEE MILCOM 2007
    • Track co-chair of Mobile / Wireless Applications and Services track at IEEE VTC2008-Spring
    • Track chair of Information Assurance and Security (IAS) track at IEEE MILCOM 2008
  • Sympoium chair
    • Symposium co-chair of the Wireless Communications Symposium in ICCCAS 2009
    • Symposium co-chair of the Communication and Information System Security (CISS) symposium in IEEE Globecom 2010
    • Symposium co-chair of the Communication and Information System Security (CISS) symposium in IEEE ICC 2013 (to be approved)
  • Publicity chair
    • Publicity chair of BroadWISE 2004
    • Publicity chair of GridNets 2004
    • Publicity vice chair of SPECTS 2005
    • Publicity co-chair of Valuetools 2006
  • Other chair
    • Special session chair of IASTED PDCS 2007
    • Workshop chair of SIMUTools 2008
    • Local chair of IEEE ICCCN 2008
• TPC member
  • IEEE INFOCOM (2010~2012)
  • IEEE Globecom (2006~2012)
  • IEEE ICC (2007~2012)
  • IEEE WCNC (2008~2012)
  • ... ...
• Honors
  • Outstanding Professor of UPRM (2008~2009)
  • NSF Student Travel Grant for SPIE Opticomm 2003
  • Doctoral Scholarship, The University of Texas at Dallas (2001-2003)
  • Texas Public Education Grant Scholarship, The University of Texas at Dallas (2001-2003)