Curriculum Vitae of Mung Chiang

Address
B328, Engineering Quad, Olden Street, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Email chiangm@princeton.edu
Phone (609) 258-5071 Fax (609) 258-2158
Education
2003
2000
1999

Stanford University, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

Stanford University, M. S. in Electrical Engineering
Stanford University, B. S. (Honors) in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics

Appointments
2008-

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University

Affiliated Faculty of Applied and Computational Mathematics
Associated Faculty of Computer Science
2003-08 Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University

Research Areas

Optimization, control, and stochastic analysis of communication networks

Algorithms for wireless networks, broadband access networks, and the Internet
Applications to content distribution, social network, network economics, and green IT
Founded the Princeton EDGE Lab in 2009

Awards
2009
2008
2008
2007

Co-author of two IEEE GLOBECOM Best Paper Awards

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, White House OSTP
Selected Participant, National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
TR35 Young Innovator Award, Technology Review Magazine (35 top innovators in
biology, information, and material technologies in the world under the age of 35)
2007
Young Researcher Competition Runner-up, Mathematical Programming Society (one of 3
researchers in continuous optimization under the age of 35, selected once every 3 years)
2007
Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research
2007
Princeton Engineering Commendation List of Teaching
2007
Lead author of a paper in IEEE Xplore Top 100 Downloaded Papers
2006
Lead author of a Fast Breaking Paper in Computer Science (by ISI citation data)
2006
Co-author of IEEE GLOBECOM Best Student Paper Award
2005
Co-author of IEEE INFOCOM Best Paper Award finalist
2005
Howard B. Wentz Junior Faculty Award, Princeton University
2005
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
1999-03 Hertz Foundation Fellow
1999-03 Stanford Graduate Fellow
1999-02 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
1999
Terman Award for Scholastic Excellence in Engineering, Stanford University
1999
Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honors Society

Services to Professional Societies

Keynote Speech

IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, Math Programming Society MOPTA 2010, MIT LIDS Student
Conference 2010, IEEE WiOpt Conference 2009, IEEE SAM Workshop 2008, IEEE
RAWNET Workshop 2007.

Editorship

Book Series Co-editor, Springer Series on Optimization and Control of Communication

Systems, 2007 Now.
Lead Guest Editor, IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications Special Issue on
Nonlinear Optimization of Communication Systems, August 2006. Guest Editor, IEEE
Transactions on Information Theory and IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking Joint
Special Issue on Networking and Information Theory, June 2006.
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2006-2008. Associate
Editor, IEEE Transactions on Communication, 2008-2010. Associate Editor, Springer
Journal of Optimization and Engineering, 2008 -- .

Technical Program Committee

Program Co-Chair, 38th Conference on Information Science and Systems, March 2004.
Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE INFOCOM 2006-2010, ACM Mobihoc 2007,
IEEE ICNP 2009, EEE ISIT 2009, IEEE WiOpt 2006-2007, IEEE ICC 2004-2005, IEEE
GLOBECOM 2004-2006, IEEE WICON 2008, IEEE PCCCC 2006, IEEE
CollaborateComm 2005, International Conference on Duality, Complementarity, and
Global Optimization 2007.

Conference Organization

Founding General Co-Chair, First ACM Mobihoc Student Workshop on Wireless

Networking, May 2009.
Panel Chair, First ACM Workshop on Medical Grade Wireless Networking, May 2009.
Student Paper Award Co-Chair, Sarnoff Symposium, 2006.
Co-Chair, DIMACS Princeton-Rutugers Seminar Series on Computational Information
Theory and Coding, 2004. Chair, Cisco Speaker Series on New Paradigms of Networking
Research, Princeton University, 2003-2004.
Tutorial: IEEE GLOBECOM 2004, INFOCOM 2005, ISIT 2006.
Invited Session Co-Chair, IEEE Control and Decision Conference 2004, IEEE Computer
Communications Workshop 2005, International Conference on Complementarity, Duality,
and Global Optimization 2005, 2007, ACM Sigmetrics Hot Topic Session 2005, INFORMS
Annual Meeting 2005, 2006, Conf. Inform. Science and Systems 2006, 2008, IEEE
Communication Theory Workshop 2007, IEEE International Conference on Acoustic,
Speech, and Signal Processing 2007, International Conference on Continuous Optimization
2007.

Proposal Review

NSF CISE CCF and CNS 2005-2009.

Canadian National Science and Engineering Research Council 2006.
Hong Kong Government Grant Council 2006-2009.

Services to Princeton University

Princeton University

Committee on the Graduate School Student Life and Discipline Subcommittee 2009 now.
University Committee on Discipline 2006-2008.

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Project X Review Committee

Executive Committee of Strategic Planning on Information Technology 2003-2004.

Electrical Engineering Department

Director of Graduate Studies, 209 now.

Information Science and Systems group coordinator 2006-2007, 2008-2009.
ISS Seminar coordinator, 2003-2004, 2008.
EE IT Hiring Committee, 2008-2009.
Department academic advisor to 15 first year ISS graduate students 2003-2009.
Department academic advisor to 6 undergraduate students in Class of 2007.
Freshman advisor to 12 freshman students 2008 and 8 freshman students 2009.

Teaching Summary

ELE539A: Optimization of Communication Systems: Methodologies and Applications. Spring

2004-2008 (new course created in 2004). Lecture notes have been adopted in courses at MIT,
Cornell, Georgia Tech, Purdue, University of Washington, University of Toronto, Chinese
University of Hong Kong, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
ELE382: Distributed Algorithms and Optimization Methods for Engineering Applications.
Fall 2004-2009 (new version created in 2004).
ELE519: Information Science and Systems Seminar 2003-2004, 2008.
ELE514: Extramural Research Internship 2009-2010.
ELE597/598: Masetrs Project 2009-2010.
Average teaching evaluation score: 4.3/5.0.
NSF Combined Research and Curriculum Development Award 2004-2006.
School of Engineering Teaching Commendation List 2007.

Research Advisees
Post-doctoral Advisees

Dr. Jang-Won Lee (2004 2005, Now Assistant Professor in School of EE, Yonsei
University, Korea) Joint with Calderbank.
Dr. Daniel Palomar (2004-2006, Now Assistant Professor in Department of ECE, Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology) Joint with Verdu.
Dr. Jianwei Huang (2005 2007, Now Assistant Professor in Department of Information
Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong).
Dr. Dahai Xu (2005 2007, Now Senior Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Labs Research,
NJ).

Dr. Yung Yi (2006 2008, Now Assistant Professor in Department of EE, Korean Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology, Korea).
Dr. Rui Zhang-Shen (2006-2007, Now with Google, NY).
Dr. Shao Liu (2007 2008, Now with Microsoft Corporation, WA).
Dr. Hazer Inaltekin (2007 2009, Now Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne University) Joint
with Poor.
Dr. Hongseok Kim (2009 now)
Dr. Sangtae Ha (2009 now)
Dr. Christopher Leberknight (2010 now)

Ph.D. Students

Ying Li (2003 2008, Now Research Scientist at Samsung wireless standardization group,
TX) Joint with Calderbank.
Chee Wei Tan (2004 2008, Now Assistant Professor at City University of Hong Kong).
Jiayue He (2004-2008, Now Associate at McKinsey Consulting, NY), Joint with Rexford.
Jiaping Liu (2004 2009, Now Associate at Chadbourne and Parke, NY) Joint with Poor.
Prashanth Hande (2004-2009, Now Research Engineer at Qualcomm Flarion Technologies,
NJ) Joint with Calderbank.
Tian Lan (2005 now).
Wenjie Jiang (2006 now) Joint with Rexford.
Ioannis Kamitsos (2007 now).

Short-term Visitors

Dr. Kent Chen (Visiting postdoc from HKUST, Hong Kong, 2004-2005)
Dr. Maryam Fazel (Visiting postdoc from Caltech, July 2005)
Ao Tang (Visiting Ph.D. student from Caltech, July September 2005)
Dr. Mohammad Rezaien (Visiting postdoc from U. Melbourne, Australia, July 2005)
Dr. Raphael Cendrillon (Visiting postdoc from U. Queensland, Australia, November 2005)
Xin Wang (Visiting Ph.D. student from RPI, March August 2006)
Kai Yang (Visiting Ph.D. student from Columbia U., July August 2006)
Dr. Alexandre Proutiere (Visiting postdoc from ENS, France, August 2006)
Bjorn Johansson (Visiting Ph.D. student, KTH, Sweden, January March 2007)
Hamed Mohsenian (Visiting Ph.D. student, UBC, Canada, March July 2007)
Xin Ji (Visiting Ph.D. student, K.U.Leuven, Belgium, March July 2007)
Dr. Mikael Prytz (Visiting researcher, Ericsson Labs, Sweden, March July 2007)
Professor Junshan Zhang (Visiting faculty, Arizona State U., June 2007)
Paschalis Tsiaflakis (Visiting Ph.D. student, K.U.Leuven, Belgium, Sept. Nov. 2007)
Dr. Xing Jin (Visiting postdoc from HKUST, Hong Kong, Mar June 2008)
David Gao (Visiting Ph.D. student, Rice University, July August 2008)
Liqun Fu (Visiting Ph.D. student, CUHK, June November 2009)
Liping Qian (Visiting Ph.D. student, CUHK, June August 2009)
Victoria Zhang (Visiting Ph.D. student, HKUST, September December 2009)
Robin Ouyang (Visiting Ph.D. student, HKUST, September November 2009)
Yuan Wu (Visiting Ph.D. student, HKUST, September 2009 January 2010)

Undergraduate Research Advisees

Michael Yang (Spring Summer 2004)

Jason Bell (Spring 2004)

Daniel Chiou (Spring 2004 Spring 2005)
Ariel Lidow (Fall 2004 Summer 2005)
Aditi Shrivastava (Fall 2004 Spring 2005)
Ethan Leibowitz (Fall 2004 Spring 2005)
Yuen Yiu (Summer 2005)
Maayan Bresler (Fall 2005 Summer 2006)
John Phillips (Fall 2007 Spring 2008)
Scott Layne (Spring 2008)
Carlee Wang (Spring 2010)

Research Grants (Current ones in bold)

1. National Science Foundation Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) Grant CCF0440443. Distributed Optimization of Spatial Resources in Wireless Local Area Networks.
PI: M. Chiang. 2004 2005. .
2. National Science Foundation Combined Research and Curriculum Development (CRCD)
Grant CNS-0417607. Control and Optimization of Communication Networks. PI: S. H.
Low. 2004 2006. .
3. National Science Foundation Information Technology Research (ITR) Grant CNS-0427677.
FAST Copper: Dynamic Optimization of Resources in Frequency, Amplitude, Space, and
Time for Broadband Access Networks. PI: M. Chiang. 2004 2008.
4. Cisco. Seminar series in new paradigms of networking research. 2004.
5. National Science Foundation CAREER Award CCF-0448012. From Shannon to TCP:
Theory, Algorithms, and Applications of Nonlinear Optimization in Communication
Systems. PI: M. Chiang. 2005 2010.
6. National Science Foundation Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS) Grant CNS0519880. Network X-ities: Foundations and Applications. PI: J. Rexford. 2005 2009.
7. National Science Foundation/DARPA Cyber Trust Grant CNS-0430487. SecureCore for
Trustworthy Commodity Computing and Communications. PI: R. B. Lee. 2005 2007.
8. Qualcomm Flarion Technologies. Stipend and partial tuition support for graduate student.
2004 2008.
9. Cisco University Research Program (URP) Grant GH072605. IP Routing Optimization:
Scalability and Diagnosability, PI: J. Rexford. 2005 2006. .
10. DARPA Seedling Grant HR0011-06-1-0008. D-DOT:Network design by Duality,
Optimization, and Topology, PI: A. R. Calderbank. 2005 2006.
11. Princeton University SEAS Junior Faculty Award: Howard B. Wentz Junior Faculty Award.
2005 Now.
12. Air Force Office of Sponsored Research Grant FA9550-06-1-0297. IONS: Information and
Optimization of Network Science. PI: M. Chiang. 2006 2008.
13. DARPA Control Based Mobile Ad Hoc Networking (CBMANET) Program. MARCONI:
Mobility Aware Resource Coordination for Optimization of Network Infrastructure, PI:
Lockheed Martin. 2006-2007.
14. National Science Foundation Theoretical Foundation (TF) Grant CCF-0635034. Towards a
Theoretical Foundation of Network Architectures. PI: N. Shroff. 2006-2007.
15. National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Supplement. PI:
Chiang. 2006-2007.
16. DARPA Seedling Grant W911NF-07-1-0057. Design for optimizability in networking. PI:
M. Chiang. 2007.
17. Oxford Princeton Collaboration Grant. Analysis and Design for Complex Networks. PI: M.
Chiang. 2007-2008.

18. Siemens University Research Gift. Research in Wireless Local Area Networks. PI: A. R.
Calderbank. 2007.
19. Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program (ONR YIP) Grant N00014-07-1-0864.
A Mathematical Theory of Network Architectures. PI: M. Chiang. 2007-2010.
20. National Science Foundation Network Technology and Systems (NeTS) Future Internet
Network Research (FIND) Grant CNS-0720570. Towards a Theoretical Foundation of
Network Architectures PI: R. Srikant. 2007-2010.
21. The White House and Department of Defense, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists
and Engineers (PECASE) N00014-09-1-0449, Distributed Scheduling in MANET, PI: M.
Chiang. 2009-2013.
22. Air Force Office of Sponsored Research Complex Network FA9550-09-1-0134, Scheduling
in MANET: The Challenges of Nonconvexity, Stochastic Dynamics, and
Dimensionality, PI: M. Chiang. 2009-2012.
23. DARPA University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) N00014-09-1-0951,
Stochastic Network Utility Maximization, PI: M. Chiang. 2009-2010.
24. Princeton University Grand Challenge Grant, Green Information Technology, PI: M.
Martonosi. 2009-2011.
25. Qualcomm University Research Grant, Testbed for Wireless Networked End Users, PI:
M. Chiang. 2009-2012.
26. NSF Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI) CNS-0855144, The EDGE Lab, PI: M.
Chiang, 2009-2010.
27. AFOSR Multi-University Research Initiative (MURI) FA9550-09-1-0643, Information
Dynamics as Foundation for Network Management, PI: A. R. Calderbank. 2009-2014.
28. NSF Cross-Cutting Network Science and Engineering (NetSE) CNS-0905086, Robust SocioTechnological Networks, PI: M. Chiang. 2009-2013.
29. AFOSR STTR, Information Geometry, PI: Intelligent Automated Inc., 2009-2010.
30. Google University Research Gift, Energy-Aware Data Center, PI: M. Martonosi. 20092010.
31. Microsoft University Research Gift, The EDGE Lab, PI: M. Chiang, 2009-2010.
Publications
Book and Book Chapters
Book (Under contract): Optimization of Communication Systems, Cambridge University Press.
Book chapters:
1. M. Chiang, C. W. Tan, D. Palomar, D. O'Neill, and D. Julian, Geometric programming of power
control, Book chapter in Resource Allocation in Next Generation Wireless Networks, Ed., W. Li and
Y. Pan, Nova Sciences Publishers, June 2006.
2. M. Chiang, Nonconvex optimization of communication systems, Advances in Mechanics and
Mathematics, Special Volumn on Strang's 70th Birthday, Ed., D. Gao and H. Sherali, Springer, 2008.
3. A. Tang, L. Andrews, M. Chiang, and S. H. Low, Transport layer, Wiley Encyclopedia on
Computer Science and Engineering, Wiley, 2009.
4. J. He, J. Rexford, and M. Chiang, Internet Design for Optimizability, Algorithms for Next
Generation Networks, Ed. M. Thottan and G. Cormode, Springer, 2009.

5. Y. Yi and M. Chiang, Stochastic NUM and Wireless Scheduling, Next Generation Internet
Architectures and Protocols, B. Ramamurthy, G. Rouskas, and K. Sivalingam, Cambridge University
Press, 2010.
6. D. Xu, J. Dwoskin, J. Huang, T. Lan, R. B. Lee, and M. Chiang, Key management in wireless ad
hoc networks, Theoretical Aspects of Distributed Computing in Sensor Networks, Ed., S. Nikoletseas
and J. Rolim, Springer, 2010.
7. Y. Li, Z. Li, M. Chiang, and A. R Calderbank, Intelligent video network engineering by distributed
optimization, 2010.
Submitted Journal Papers
1. H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, Average message delivery time for small-world networks
in the continuum limit, Under revision for IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.
2. T. Lan, X. Lin, M. Chiang, and R. B. Lee, Suboptimal resource allocation: Stability and benefits,
Under revision for IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking.
3. D. Xu, J. Dwoskin, J. Huang, M. Chiang, and R. B. Lee, Secure key management architectures for
wireless ad hoc networks, Under revision for IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
4. W. Zhang, U. Mitra, and M. Chiang, Optimization of amplify-and-forward multicarrier two-hop
transmission, Under revision for IEEE Transactions on Communications.
5. S. Sorroshyari, C. W. Tan, and M. Chiang, Power control for cognitive radio networks, Submitted
to IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, July 2008.
6. L. Chen, T. Ho, M. Chiang, S. H. Low, and J. C. Doyle, Congestion control for multicast network
coding, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, October 2008.
7. H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang, H. V. Poor, and S. B. Wicker, On the asymptotic behavior of selfish
transmitters sharing a common channel, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Wireless
Communications, April 2009.
8. S. Sengupta, S. Liu, M. Chen, M. Chiang, J. Li, and P. A. Chou, P2P streaming capacity,
Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, April 2009.
9. P. Tsiaflakis, Y. Yi, M. Chiang, M. Moonen, Green DSL, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on
Signal Processing, December 2009.
10. D. Xu, M. Chiang, J. Rexford, Achieving optimal traffic engineering with link state routing and
hop by hop forwarding, Submitted to IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, December 2009.
11. D. Xu, M. Chiang, and E. Anshelevich, Survivable access network design: Complexity and
algorithms, Submitted to Springer Journal of Optimization and Engineering, December 2009.
12. K. Yang, J. Huang, Y. Wu, M. Chiang, X. Wang, Distributed robust optimization: Framework
and Applications, Submitted to Springer Journal of Optimization and Engineering, December 2009.

Journal Papers
1. T. M. Cover and M. Chiang, Duality between channel capacity and rate distortion with two-sided
state information, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 1629 - 1638, June
2002.
2. M. Chiang and S. Boyd, Geometric programming duals of channel capacity and rate distortion,
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 245-258, February 2004.
3. M. Chiang, Balancing Transport and Physical Layers in Wireless Multihop Networks: Jointly
Optimal Congestion Control and Power Control, IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications,
vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 104-116, January 2005. (ISI Citation Fast Breaking Paper in Computer Science
2006)
4. A. Sutivong, M. Chiang, T. M. Cover, and Y. H. Kim, Pure information and state estimation for
state-dependent Gaussian channels, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 51, no. 4, pp.
1486-1495, April 2005.
5. M. Chiang, Geometric programming for communication systems, Foundations and Trends in
Communications and Information Theory, vol. 2, no. 1-2, pp. 1-154, August 2005. (One of top 3
papers by authors under the age of 35 in the field of continuous optimization during 2004 2007
selected by Mathematical Programming Society)
6. J. W. Lee, M. Chiang, and R. A. Calderbank, Jointly optimal congestion and contention control in
wireless ad hoc networks, IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 216-218, March 2006.
7. J. W. Lee, M. Chiang, and R. A. Calderbank, Price-based distributed algorithm for optimal ratereliability tradeoff in network utility maximization, IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in
Communications, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 962-976, May 2006.
8. F. Meshkati, M. Chiang, H. V. Poor, and S. Schwartz, A non-cooperative power control game for
multi-carrier CDMA systems, IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 24, no. 6, pp.
1115-1129, June 2006.
9. S. Gezici, M. Chiang, H. V. Poor, and H. Kobayashi, Optimal and suboptimal finger selection
algorithms for MMSE RAKE receivers in impulse radio ultra-wideband systems, EURASIP
Transactions on Signal Processing, July 2006.
10. D. Palomar and M. Chiang, A tutorial on decomposition methods and distributed network
resource allocation, IEEE Journal of Selected Aresa in Communications, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 14391451, August 2006.
11. M. Chiang, S. H. Low, A. R. Calderbank, and J. C. Doyle, Layering as optimization
decomposition: A mathematical theory of network architectures, Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 95,
no. 1, pp. 255-312, January 2007. (Top 100 downloaded papers in IEEE Xplore in March May
2007.)
12. J. He, M. Bresler, M. Chiang, and J. Rexford, Towards robust multi-layer traffic engineering,
IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 868-880, June 2007.

13. A. Tang, J. Wang, S. H. Low, and M. Chiang, Equilibrium of heterogeneous congestion control
protocols: Existence and Uniqueness, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 15, no. 4, pp.
824-837, July 2007.
14. M. Chiang, C. W. Tan, D. Palomar, D. O'Neill, and D. Julian, Power control by geometric
programming, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 7, pp. 2640-2651, July
2007.
15. J. W. Lee, M. Chiang, and R. A. Calderbank, Utility-Optimal Random-Access Control, IEEE
Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 7, pp. 2741-2751, July 2007.
16 J. W. Lee, A. Tang, J. Huang, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, Reverse engineering MAC: A
game-theoretic model, IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communication, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 11351147, August 2007.
17. R. Cendrillon, J. Huang, M. Chiang, and M. Moonen, Autonomous Spectrum Balancing for
Digital Subscriber Lines, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 55, no. 8, pp. 4241-4257,
August 2007.
18. J. He, J. Rexford, and M. Chiang, Don't optimize existing protocols, design optimizable
protocols, ACM Sigcomm Computer Communications Review, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 53-58, August 2007.
19. D. Palomar and M. Chiang, Alternative distributed algorithms for network utility maximization:
Framework and applications, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 52, no. 12, pp. 22542269, December 2007.
20. P. Hande, S. Zhang, and M. Chiang, Distributed rate allocation for inelastic flows, IEEE/ACM
Transactions on Networking, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1240-1253, December 2007.
21. J. Zhang, D. Zheng, and M. Chiang, The impact of stochastic noisy feedback on distributed
network utility maximization, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 645-665,
February 2008.
22. M. Yu, Y. Yi, J. Rexford, and M. Chiang, Rethinking virtual network embedding: Support of path
splitting and migration, ACM Computer Communication Review, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 17-29, April
2008.
23. J. Huang, Z. Li, M. Chiang, A. Katsaggelos, Joint source adaptation and resource pricing for
multi-user wireless video streaming, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video
Technology, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 582-595, May 2008.
24. Y. Yi and M. Chiang, Stochastic network utility maximization: A tribute to Kellys paper
published in this journal a decade ago, European Transactions on Telecommunications, vol. 19, no.
4, pp. 421-442, June 2008
25. M. Chiang, P. Hande, T. Lan, and C. W. Tan, Power control in wireless cellular networks,
Foundations and Trends in Networking, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 381-533, July 2008.

26. D. Xu, Y. Li, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, Elastic service availability: Utility framework
and optimal provisioning, IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 5565, August 2008.
27. J. Huang, Z. Han, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, Distributed power control and relay selection for
cooperative transmission using auction theory, IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications,
vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 1226-1237, September 2008.
28. X. Zhang, H. V. Poor, and M. Chiang, Optimal power allocation for distributed detection in
wireless sensor networks, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 56, no. 9, pp. 4124-4140,
September 2008.
29. P. Hande, S. Rangan, M. Chiang, and X. Wu, Distributed uplink power control for optimal SIR
assignment in cellular data networks, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 16, no. 6, pp.
1430-1443, November 2008.
30. H. Mohsenian Rad, J. Huang, M. Chiang, and V. Wong, Utility optimal random access: Reduced
complexity, fast convergence, and robust performance, IEEE Transactions on Wireless
Communications, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 898-911, February 2009.
31. H. Mohsenian Rad, J. Huang, M. Chiang, and V. Wong, Utility optimal random access without
message passing, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 1073-1079,
March 2009.
32. Y. Li, M. Chiang, A. R. Calderbank, S. Diggavi, Optimal rate reliability delay tradeoff in
networks with composite links, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 57, no 5, pp. 1390-1401,
May 2009.
33. C. W. Tan, D. Palomar, and M. Chiang, Robustness-energy tradeoff in cellular network power
control, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 912-925, May 2009.
34. J. Liu, A. Proutiere, Y. Yi, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, Stability, fairness, performance: A flowlevel study for arbitrary rate regions, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 55, no. 8, pp.
3437-3456, August 2009.
35. H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang, H. V. Poor, S. B. Wicker, Behavior of unbounded path loss models and
the effect of singularity on computed network characteristics, IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in
Communications, vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 1078-1092, September 2009.
36. J. Liu, A. Stoylar, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, Queue based random access in wireless networks:
Optimality and stability, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 4087-4098,
September 2009.
37. Y. Li, Z. Li, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, Content aware distortion fair video streaming in
networks, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 1182-1193, October 2009.
38. X. Ji, J. Huang, M. Chiang, G. Lafruit, and F. Catthoor, Schedulng and resource allocation for
SVC streaming over OFDM downlink systems, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video
Technology, vol. 19, no. 10, pp. 1549-1555, October 2009.

39. J. Liu, Y. Yi, A. Proutiere, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, Convergence and tradeoff of utilityoptimal CSMA (Invited Paper), Wiley Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing,
Special Issue on Advances in Wireless Communications and Networking, December 2009.
40. Y. Li, C. Tian, S. Diggavi, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, Network resource allocation for
competing multiple description transmissions, To appear IEEE Transactions on Communications,
2010.
41. A. Tang, D. Wei, S. H. Low, and M. Chiang, Equilibrium of heterogeneous congestion control:
Optimality and stability, To appear IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2010.
Refereed and Invited Conference Papers
IEEE INFOCOM (17-20% acceptance rate, 9-13 page paper)
1. P. Hande, M. Chiang, A. R. Calderbank, J. Zhang, Pricing under constraints in access networks:
Revenue maximization and congestion management, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, San Diego, CA, March
2010.
2. T. Lan, D. Kao, M. Chiang, and A. Sahbarwal, An axiomatic theory of fairness in network
resource allocation, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, San Diego, CA, March 2010.
3. A. Proutiere, Y. Yi, T. Lan, and M. Chiang, Resource allocation over network dynamics without
timescale separation, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, San Diego, CA, March 2010.
4. P. Hande, M. Chiang, A. R. Calderbank, and S. Rangan, Network rate allocation with content
provider participation, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Rio, Brazil, April 2009.
5. C. W. Tan, M. Chiang, and R. Srikant, Fast algorithms and performance bounds for sum rate
maximization in wireless networks, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Rio, Brazil, April 2009.
6. D. Xu, M. Chiang, and J. Rexford, Link-state routing with hop-by-hop forwarding can achieve
optimal traffic engineering, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Phoenix, AZ, April 2008.
7. D. Xu, M. Chiang, and Elliot Anshelevich, On survivable access network design: Complexity and
algorithms, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Phoenix, AZ, April 2008.
8. T. Lan, X. Lin, M. Chiang, and R. B. Lee, How bad is suboptimal rate allocation? Proc. IEEE
INFOCOM, Phoenix, AZ, April 2008.
9. D. Xu, M. Chiang, and J. Rexford, DEFT: Distributed exponentially-weighted flow splitting,
Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007.
10. D. Xu, Y. Li, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, Optimal provision of elastic service availability,
Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007.
11. J. Zhang, D. Zheng, and M. Chiang, The impact of stochastic noisy feedback on distributed
network utility maximization, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007.

12. L. Chen, T. Ho, S. H. Low, M. Chiang, and J. C. Doyle, Optimization based rate control for
multicast with network coding, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007.
13. C. W. Tan, D. Palomar, and M. Chiang, Exploiting hidden convexity for flexible and robust
resource allocation in cellular networks, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007.
14. Y. Li, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, Optimal delay-rate-reliability tradeoff in networks with
composite links, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007.
15. J. Huang, C. W. Tan, M. Chiang, and R. Cendrillon, Statistical multiplexing over DSL networks,
Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007.
16. P. Hande, S. Rangan, and M. Chiang, Distributed algorithms for optimal QoS assignment in
wireless cellular data networks, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Barcelona, Spain, April 2006.
17. D. Palomar and M. Chiang, Alternative decompositions for distributed maximization of network
utility: framework and applications, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Barcelona, Spain, April 2006.
18. J. W. Lee, M. Chiang, and R. A. Calderbank, Optimal MAC design based on utility
maximization: Reverse and forward engineering, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Barcelona, Spain, April
2006.
19. J. W. Lee, M. Chiang, and R. A. Calderbank, Network utility maximization and pricing-based
distributed algorithms for rate-reliability tradeoff, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Barcelona, Spain, April
2006.
20. L. Chen, S. H. Low, M. Chiang, and J. C. Doyle, Jointly optimal congestion control, routing, and
scheduling for wireless ad hoc networks, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Barcelona, Spain, April 2006.
21. A. Tang, J. Wang, S. H. Low, and M. Chiang, Equilibrium of heterogeneous congestion control
protocols, (Best Paper Award Finalist), Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Miami, FL, March 2005.
22. M. Chiang, S. Zhang, and P. Hande, Distributed rate allocation for inelastic flows: optimization
frameworks, optimality conditions, and optimal algorithms, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Miami, FL,
March 2005.
23. M. Chiang, To layer or not to layer: balancing transport and physical layers in wireless multihop
networks, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Hong Kong, China, March 2004.
24. M. Chiang, Balancing supply and demand of bandwidth in wireless cellular networks: utility
maximization over powers and rates, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Hong Kong, China, March 2004.
25. D. Julian, M. Chiang, D. O'Neill, and S. Boyd, QoS and fairness constrained convex optimization
of resource allocation for wireless cellular and ad hoc networks, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, New York,
NY, June 2002.
ACM Sigmetrics (15-17% acceptance rate, 12 page paper)
26. W. Jiang, R. Zhang-Shen, J. Rexford, and M. Chiang, Cooperative traffic engineering and content
distribution in an ISP network, Proc. ACM Sigmetrics, Seattle, WA, June 2009.

27. S. Liu, R. Zhang-Shen, W. Jiang, J. Rexford, and M. Chiang, Performance bounds for peerassisted live streaming, Proc. ACM Sigmetrics, Annapolis, MD, June 2008.
28. J. Liu, A. Proutiere, Y. Yi, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, Flow-level stability of utility
maximization under nonconvex and time-varying rate regions, Proc. ACM Sigmetrics, San Diego,
CA, June 2007.
ACM MobiHoc (15% acceptance rate, 10 page paper)
29. Y. Yi, J. Zhang, and M. Chiang, Effective throughput and delay in wireless scheduling: Vacation
model for complexity, Proc. ACM MobiHoc, New Orleans, LA, May 2009.
30. Y. Yi, A. Proutiere, and M. Chiang, Complexity of wireless scheduling: Impact and tradeoffs,
Proc. ACM MobiHoc, Hong Kong, China, May 2008.
ACM Conference on emerging Network Experiments and Technologies (CoNEXT) (20%
acceptance rate, 14 page paper)
31. J. He, R. Zhang-Shen, Y. Li, C. Y. Lee, J. Rexford, and M. Chiang, DaVinci: Dynamically
adaptive virtual networks for a customized Internet, Proc. ACM CoNEXT, Madrid, Spain, December
2008.
32. J. He, M. Suchara, M. Bresler, M. Chiang, and J. Rexford Rethinking Internet traffic
management: from multiple decompositions to a practical protocol, Proc. ACM CoNEXT, New York,
NY, December 2007.
IEEE International Conference on Networking Protocols (ICNP) (14% acceptance rate, 12 page
paper)
33. A. Tang, D. Wei, S. H. Low, and M. Chiang, Bandwidth allocation for networks with
heterogeneous congestion control protocols, Proc. IEEE ICNP, Santa Barbara, CA, November 2006.

IEEE IWQoS (20% acceptance rate, 12 page paper)

34. S. Liu, M. Chiang, and J. Li, Congestion location detection: Framework, algorithms, and
applications, Proc. IEEE IWQoS, Charleston, SC, July 2009.
IEEE GLOBECOM
35. A. O. Kaya, M. Chiang, W. Trappe, P2P-ISP collaboration: Risks and mitigation in mult-ISP
networks, Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, Honolulu, HW, November 2009. (Best Paper Award in Next
Generation Internet Symposium)
36. T. Lan, R. B. Lee, and M. Chiang, Multipath key establishment against REM attacks in wireless
ad hoc network, Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, Honoluu, HW, November 2009. (Best Paper Award in
Network Security Symposium)
37. Y. Li, Z. Li, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, Content aware distortion fair video streaming in
networks, Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, New Orleans, LA, November 2008.

38. Y. Li, C. Tian, S. Diggavi, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, Network resource allocation for
competing multiple description transmissions, Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, New Orleans, LA,
November 2008.
39. P. Tsiaflakis, Y. Yi, M. Chiang, and M. Moonen, Throughput and delay of DSL dynamic
spectrum management with dynamic arrivals, Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, New Orleans, LA,
November 2008.
40. Y. Li, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, Congestion control in networks with delay sensitive
traffic, Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, Washington D.C., November 2007.
41. J. Huang, Z. Han, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, Auction-based distributed resource allocation for
cooperative transmission in wireless networks, Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, Washington D.C.,
November 2007.
42. J. Dwoskin, D. Xu, J. Huang, M. Chiang, and R. B. Lee, Secure key management architectures
against sensor-node fabrication attacks, Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, Washington D.C., November
2007.
43. J. He, M. Chiang, and J. Rexford, Can congestion control and traffic engineering be at odds?
(Best Student Paper Award), Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, San Francisco, CA, November 2006.
44. M. Fazel, D. Gayme, and M. Chiang, Transient analysis of power control, Proc. IEEE
GLOBECOM, San Francisco, CA, November 2006.
45. D. Palomar and M. Chiang, Choices of distributed algorithms for wireless network resource
allocation, Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, St. Louis, MO, November 2005.
46. C. W. Tan, D. Palomar, and M. Chiang, Solving nonconvex power control problems: low SIR
regime and distributed algorithms, Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, St. Louis, MO, November 2005.
47. M. Chiang and A. Sutivong, Efficient optimization of constrained nonlinear optimization, Proc.
IEEE GLOBECOM, San Francisco, CA, December 2003.
48. M. Chiang and R. Man, Jointly optimal congestion control and power control for wireless
multihop networks, Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, San Francisco, CA, December 2003.
49. M. Chiang and N. Bambos, Distributed network control through sum product algorithm on
graphs, Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, Taipei, ROC, November 2002.
50. M. Chiang, A. Sutivong, and S. Boyd, Efficient nonlinear optimization of queuing systems,
Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, Taipei, ROC, November 2002.
51. M. Chiang and G. Carlsson, LORA: simple and robust routing algorithms for wireless ad hoc
mobile networks, Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, San Antonio, TX, November 2001.
52. M. Chiang, D. O'Neill, D. Julian, and S. Boyd, Resource allocation for QoS provisioning in ad
hoc wireless networks, Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM, San Antonio, TX, November 2001.
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)

53. P. Tsiaflakis, Y. Yi, M. Chiang, and M. Moonen, Green DSL: Energy minimizing dynamic
spectrum management, Proc. IEEE ICC, Dresden, Germany, June 2009.
54. X. Ji, J. Huang, M. Chiang, and F. Catthoor, Downlink OFDM scheduling and resource allocation
for delay constrained SVC streaming, Proc. IEEE ICC, Beijing, China, May 2008.
55. Y. Yi and M. Chiang, Wireless scheduling algorithms with O(1) overhead for M-hop interference
model, Proc. IEEE ICC, Beijing, China, May 2008.
56. J. He, M. Chiang, and J. Rexford, TCP/IP interaction based on congestion prices: Stability and
optimality, Proc. IEEE ICC, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006.
57. H. Nama, M. Chiang, and N. Mandayam, Utility lifetime tradeoff in self regulating wireless
sensor networks: A cross-layer design approach, Proc. IEEE ICC, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006.
58. M. Chiang, B. Chan, and S. Boyd, Convex optimization of output link scheduling and active
queue management in QoS constrained packet switches, Proc. IEEE ICC, New York, NY, April
2002.
59. M. Chiang and G. Carlsson, Power control, admission control, and QoS analysis for ad hoc
wireless networks, Proc. IEEE ICC, Helsinki, Finland, June 2001.
IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT)
60. C. W. Tan, M. Chiang, and R. Srikant, Maximizing sum rate and minimizing MSE on multiuser
downlink: Optimality, fast algorithm, and equivalence via max-min SIR, Proc. IEEE ISIT, Seoul,
Korea, July 2009.
61. H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang, H. V. Poor, and S. B. Wicker, On the Asymptotic Behavior of Selfish
Transmitters Sharing a Common Channel, Proc. IEEE ISIT, Toronto, Canada, July 2008.
62. H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, Expected Message Delivery Time for Small World
Networks in the Continuum Limit, Proc. IEEE ISIT, Toronto, Canada, July 2008.
63. P. Tsiaflakis, C. W. Tan, Y. Yi, M. Chiang, and M. Moonen, Optimality Certificate of Dynamic
Spectrum Management in Multi-Carrier Interference Channels, Proc. IEEE ISIT, Toronto, Canada,
July 2008.
64. D. Xu, J. Huang, J. Dowskin, M. Chiang, and R. Lee, Reexamining probabilistic vs deterministic
key management in mobile ad hoc networks, Proc. IEEE ISIT, Nice, France, June 2007.
65. T. Lan, P. Hande, and M. Chiang, Jointly optimal beamforming and power control in wireless
cellular networks, Proc. IEEE ISIT, Nice, France, June 2007.
66. J. Huang, R. Cendrillon, M. Chiang, and M. Moonen, Autonomous Spectrum Balancing for
frequency selective interference channel, Proc. IEEE ISIT, Seattle, WA, July 2006.
67. J. W. Lee, M. Chiang, and R. A. Calderbank, Distributed algorithm for optimal rate-reliability
tradeoff in networks, Proc. ISIT, Adelaide, Australia, September 2005.

68. M. Chiang, Matching Air-interface with Backbone: End-to-end Resource Allocation in Hybrid
Networks, Proc. ISIT, Chicago, IL, July 2004.
69. M. Chiang, Rate distortion with two-sided state information: lower bounds and efficient
computation, Proc. ISIT, Yokahoma, Japan, July 2003.
70. M. Chiang and S. Boyd, Bounding, computing, and interpreting channel capacity from the dual,
Proc. ISIT, Yokahoma, Japan, July 2003.
71. A. Sutivong, T. M. Cover, M. Chiang, and Y. H. Kim, Rate vs. distortion tradeoff for channels
with state information, Proc. ISIT, Lausanne, Switzerland, July 2002.
72. M. Chiang and T. M. Cover, Unified duality between channel capacity and rate distortion with
state information, Proc. ISIT, Washington D.C., June 2001.
73. A. Sutivong, T. M. Cover, and M. Chiang, Tradeoff between message and state information
rates, Proc. ISIT, Washington D.C., June 2001.
74. W. Yu, A. Sutivong, D. Julian, T. M. Cover, and M. Chiang, Writing on colored paper, Proc.
ISIT, Washington D.C., June 2001.
IEEE Internatl Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless
Networks (WiOpt)
75. J. W. Lee, A. Tang, M. Chiang, and R. A. Calderbank, Reverse engineering for MAC protocol:
Non-cooperative game model, Proc. IEEE WiOpt, Boston, MA, April 2006.
ACM NetEcon Workshop
76. T. Lan, D. Kao, M. Chiang, and A. Sabharwal, An axiomatic theory of fairness, Proc. ACM
NetEcon Workshop, July 2009.
77. W. Jiang, R. Zhang-Shen, J. Rexford, and M. Chiang, Traffic engineering and server selection:
ISP-CDN interactions, Proc. ACM NetEcon Workshop, August 2008.
ACM GreenMetrics Workshop
78. P. Tsiaflakis, Y. Yi, M. Chiang, and M. Moonen, Fair greening of DSL, Proc. ACM
GreenMetrics Workshop, June 2009.
IEEE Packet Video Workshop
79. J. Huang, Z. Li, M. Chiang, and A. K. Katsaggelos, Pricing-based rate control and joint packet
scheduling for multi-user wireless upllink video streaming, Proc. IEEE Packet Video Workshop,
April 2006.
Conference on Information Science and System (CISS)
80. M. Chiang, Network distribution capacity and content-pipe gap (Invited paper), Proc. 42nd CISS,
March 2008.

81. A. Proutiere, Y. Yi, and M. Chiang, Tradeing-off efficiency and fairness using random backoff
MAC algorithms in wireless networks (Invited paper), Proc. 42nd CISS, March 2008.
82. M. Chiang, S. H. Low, A. R. Calderbank, and J. Doyle, Layering as optimization decomposition:
Current Status and Open Issues (Invited paper), Proc. 40th CISS, March 2006.
83. A. Tang, J. Wang, S. H. Low, and M. Chiang, Equilibrium of heterogeneous congestion control
protocols (Invited paper), Proc. 40th CISS, March 2006.
84. H. Nama, M. Chiang, and N. Mandayam, Utility-lifetime tradeoff in wireless sensor networks: A
distributed approach (Invited paper), Proc. 40th CISS, March 2006.
Allerton Conference
85. J. Lee, J. Lee, Y. Yi, S. Chong, A. Proutiere, and M. Chiang, Implementing utility optimal
CSMA, (Invited Paper), Proc. 47th Allerton Conference, September 2009.
86. M. Chen, M. Chiang, P. A. Chou, J. Li, S. Liu, and S. Sengupta, P2P streaming capacity,
(Invited Paper), Proc. 47th Allerton Conference, September 2009.
87. S. Liu, M. Chiang, J. Li, and P. A. Chou, Snowball algorithm for P2P streaming capacity
(Invited Paper), Proc. 46th Allerton Conference, September 2008.
88. M. Chiang, J. Huang, C. W. Tan, R. Cendrillon, and D. Xu, FAST Copper for broadband access
(Invited Paper), Proc. 44th Allerton Conference, September 2006.
89. M. Chiang, D. Shah, and A. Tang, Stochastic stability of network utility maximization: General
filesize distribution (Invited Paper), Proc. 44th Allerton Conference, September 2006.
90. A. Tang, D. Wei, S. H. Low, and M. Chiang, Bandwidth allocation by heterogeneous congestion
control protocols (Invited Paper), Proc. 44th Allerton Conference, September 2006.
91. X. Zhang, H. V. Poor, and M. Chiang, Power allocation in distributed detection with wireless
sensor networks (Invited Paper), Proc. 44th Allerton Conference, September 2006.
92. M. Chiang and M. Yang, Quantifying X-ities evolvability and scalability from a topological point
of view (Invited Paper), Proc. 42nd Allerton Conference, September 2004.
93. M. Chiang, To layer or not to layer: balancing physical and transport layers and a case study in
wireless networks (Invited Paper), Proc. 41st Allerton Conference, October 2003.
94. M. Chiang and S. Boyd, Shannon duality through Lagrange duality (Invited Paper), Proc. 40th
Allerton Conference, October 2002
IEEE International Conference on Acoustic, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)
95. J. Huang, Z. Han, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, Auction-based resource allocation for multi-relay
asynchronous cooperative networks, Proc. IEEE ICASSP, Las Vegas, NV, May 2008.

96. M. Chiang, J. Huang, D. Xu, C. W. Tan, and R. Cendrillon, FAST Copper: A brief overview,
Proc. IEEE ICASSP, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 2007.
97. C. W. Tan, D. Palomar, and M. Chiang, Decoupling coupled network utility maximization,
Proc. IEEE ICASSP, Tolousse, France, May 2006.
IEEE Control and Decision Conference (CDC)
98. M. Fazel and M. Chiang, Nonconcave network utility maximization through sum of squares
method, Proc. IEEE CDC, Seville, Spain, December 2005.
IEEE American Control Conference (ACC)
99. Y. Li, A. Papachristodoulou, and M. Chiang, Stability of congestion control schemes with delay
sensitive traffic, Proc. IEEE ACC, Seattle, WA, June 2008.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC)
100. J. W. Lee, M. Chiang, and R. A. Calderbank, Jointly optimal congestion and contention control
in wireless ad hoc networks, (Best Paper Award Finalist) Proc. IEEE VTC, Melbourne, Australia,
May 2006.
101. D. Julian, D. O'Neill, and M. Chiang, 'Robust and QoS constrained optimization of power control
in wireless cellular networks,' Proc. IEEE VTC, Atlantic City, NJ, October 2001.
IEEE MILCOM
102. A. H. Mohsenian-Rad, J. Huang, M. Chiang, V. W. S. Wong, Simple, fast, and robust random
access, Proc. IEEE MILCOM, San Diego, CA, November 2008.
103. M. Chiang, S. H. Low, A. R. Calderbank, J. Doyle, Layering as optimization decomposition:
Questions and Answers, Proc. IEEE MILCOM, Washington D.C., October 2006.
104. X. Zhang, H. V. Poor, and M. Chiang, Power allocation in distributed detection with wireless
sensor networks, Proc. IEEE MILCOM, Washtingon DC, October 2006.
Asilomar Conference
105. C. W. Tan, M. Chiang, and R. Srikant, Optimal power control and beamforming in multiuser
downlink systems, (Invited Paper), Proc. Asimloar Conference, November 2009.
BroadNets Conference
106. J. Liu, Y. Yi, A. Proutiere, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, Convergence and tradeoff in adaptive
CSMA without message passing (Invited Paper), Proc. BroadNets, September 2009.
IEEE Wireless Internet Conference (WICON)
107. H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, Geography-based random access game: Threshold
behavior, Proc. IEEE WICON, Hawaii, November 2008.

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)

108. F. Meshkati, M. Chiang, S. Schwartz, H. V. Poor, and N. B. Mandayam, A non-cooperative
power control game for multi-carrier CDMA systems, Proc. IEEE WCNC, March 2005.
109. S. Gezici, M. Chiang, H. V. Poor, and H. Kobayashi, Optimal and suboptimal finger selection
algorithms for MMSE RAKE receivers in impulse radio ultra-wideband systems, Proc. IEEE WCNC,
March 2005.
IEEE WirelessCom
110. S-H Son, M. Chiang, S. Kulkarni, and S. Schwartz, Value of clustering in distributed estimation
in sensor networks, Proc. IEEE WirelessCom, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2005.
IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME)
111. Y. Li, Z. Li, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, Distributed transmission scheduling for P2P live
streaming system, Proc. ICME, Hannover, Germany, June 2008.
IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC)
112. Y. Li, Z. Li, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, Energy-efficient video transmission scheduling
for wireless peer-to-peer live streaming, Proc. IEEE CCNC, Las Vegas, NV, January 2009.
IEEE ICME Workshop on Emerging Technology for Multimedia Communications
113. M. Chiang, Content-pipe divide, Proc. IEEE ICME Workshop on Emerging Technology for
Multimedia Communications, June 2009.
IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW)
114. M. Chiang, S. H. Low, A. R. Calderbank, J. C. Doyle, 'Layering As Optimization Decomposition:
Framework and Examples', (Invited Paper) Proc. IEEE ITW, Puerto Rico, March, 2006.
IEEE Workshop on Network Coding (NetCod)
115. Y. Wu, M. Chiang, and S. Y. Kung, Distributed utility maximization for network coding based
multicasting: A critical cut approach, Proc. IEEE NetCod, Boston, MA, April 2006.
IEEE International Symposium of Information Theory and its Applications (ISITA)
116. M. Chiang and T. M. Cover, Duality between channel capacity and rate distortion with state
information, Proc. ISITA, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 2000.
117. M. Chiang and T. M. Cover, Parallel Gaussian feedback channel, Proc. ISITA, Honolulu,
Hawaii, October 2000.
118. M. Chiang, A. Sutivong, and T. M. Cover, Capacity and state estimation, Proc. ISITA,
Honolulu, Hawaii, October 2000.

IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband

119. S. Gezici, M. Chiang, H. V. Poor, and H. Kobayashi, A genetic algorithm based finger selection
scheme for UWB MMSE Rake receivers, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband,
2005.
SPIE Optics East
120. M. Chiang, J. Huang, R. Cendrillon, C. W. Tan, and D. Xu, FAST Copper for broadband access:
Overview (Invited Paper), Proc. SPIE, Boston, MA, October 2006.
European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO)
121. S. Gezici, M. Chiang, H. Kobayashi, and H. V. Poor, Finger selection for UWB Rake receivers
(Invited Paper), Proc. 14th EUSIPCO, 2005.

Invited Presentations and Seminar Talks (65 Distinct Institutions or Meetings, 6 Keynote Speech)
1. Caltech, Information Science Seminar: From Shannon to TCP: Balancing Supply and Demand of
Communication Networks, December 2002.
2. U.C. Berkeley, DSP, Communications, Networking Seminar: From Shannon to TCP: Balancing
Supply and Demand of Communication Networks, April 2003.
3. Bell Labs: From Shannon to TCP: Balancing Supply and Demand of Communication Networks,
October 2003.
4. Yale University, Networking Seminar: Balancing Transport and Physical Layers in Wireless Ad
Hoc Networks: Jointly Optimal TCP Congestion Control and Power Control, October 2003.
5. Flarion Technologies: Balancing Transport and Physical Layers in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks:
Jointly Optimal TCP Congestion Control and Power Control, November 2003.
6. Chinese University of Hong Kong, Information Engineering Seminar: To Layer or Not To Layer:
Balancing Transport and Physical Layers in Wireless Multihop Networks, December 2003.
7. Rutger University, WINLAB Seminar: Wireless Network Utility Optimization: New Challenges,
Recent Advances, and Open Issues, April 2004.
8. Caltech, Information Science Seminar: Wireless Network Utility Optimization: New Challenges,
Recent Advances, and Open Issues, May 2004.
9. Naval Research Lab and NATO Workshop on Cross Layer Design: Source Rate Allocation and
Link Power Control: Jointly Optimal Algorithm for Wireless Multihop Networks, June 2004.
10. 1st International Conference on Continous Optimization, Geometric Programming for
Communication Systems, August 2004.
11. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Computer Science Colloquium, Advances in
Network Utility Maximization and Applications to Internet Rate Allocation, August 2004.

12. Internet0 Consortium Meeting, MIT Media Lab, Layering as Optimization Decomposition,
October 2004.
13. IEEE Computer Communications Workshop, END Tool: Automating evolvable network design
by dynamic programming, October 2004.
14. IEEE Communication Society New Jersey Chapter, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Network
Utility Maximization: General Frameworks and Recent Advances, October 2004.
15. Stanford University, Information Systems Laboratory Colloqium: Network Utility Maximization:
Advances and Applications, November 2004.
16. U.C. Berkeley, DSP, Communications, Networking Seminar: Network Utility Maximization:
Advances and Applications, November 2004.
17. University of Texas at Austin, Networking Seminar, Network Utility Maximization: Advances
and Applications, November 2004.
18. MIT, Laboratory of Information and Decision Systems Colloquium: Network Utility
Maximization: Some Recent Advances, January 2005.
19. Chinese University of Hong Kong, Information Engineering Seminar, Implications to Network
Utility from Phyiscal Layer and Medium Access Innovations, May 2005.
20. ACM Sigmetrics, Hot Topic Session: Network Utility Maximization: A Survey on Nonconvex
and Coupled Formulations, June 2005.
21. Computational Neuroscience Conference, Geometric Programming, Information Theoery, and
Communication Networks, July 2005.
22. International Conference on Complementarity, Duality, and Global Optimization, Layering As
Optimization Decomposition, August 2005.
23. University of Pennsylvania, EE Department Seminar, Layering as Optimization Decomposition,
September 2005.
24. Purdue University, Wireless Center Seminar, Layering as Optimization Decomposition, October
2005.
25. Northwestern University, Seminar Series on Communications and Networking, Layering as
Optimization Decomposition, October 2005.
26. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Layering as Optimization Decomposition, November 2005.
27. Cornell University, School of ECE Colloquium, Layering as Optimization Decomposition,
November 2005.
28. Cornell University, ECE Seminar, Games in Control of Congestion, Contention, and
Interference, November 2005.
29. Caltech, Information Sciences Seminar, Recent Results in Power Control, January 2006.

30. Arizona State University, ECE Department Seminar, Layering As Optimization Decomposition,
January 2006.
31. UCSD, ECE Department Seminar, Layering As Optimization Decomposition, May 2006.
32. IEEE Communication Theory Workshop, Layering As Optimization Decomposition, May 2006.
33. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, EE Department Seminar, Layering As
Optimization Decomposition, June 2006.
34. Chinese University of Hong Kong, Information Engineering Seminar, Power Control in
Broadband Access, July 2006.
35. Boston University, CISE Colloquium, Layering As Optimization Decomposition, September
2006.
36. INFORMS Annual Meeting, FAST Copper for Broadband Access, November 2006.
37. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Geometric Programming for Communication Systems,
November 2006.
38. University of Maryland, HyNet Colloquium, Optimization of Communication Networks:
Challenges, Progress, and New Ideas, December 2006.
39. University of Pennsylvania, EE Department Seminar, Optimization of Communication Networks:
Challenges, Progress, and New Ideas, December 2006.
40. Caltech, Information Sciences Seminar, Nonconvexity from an Engineering Point of View,
January 2007.
41. Rutgers, WINLAB Seminar, Nonconvexity from an Engineering Point of View, February 2007.
42. International Conference on Complementarity, Duality, and Global Optimization, Optimization
Beyond Optimality: New Trends in Networking Applications, February 2006.
43. IEEE 3rd Workshop on Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks, Keynote Talk, Power
Control in Cellular Networks, April 2007.
44. Stanford University, Information Systems Laboratory Colloquium, Beyond Optimality: New
Trends in Network Optimization, May 2007.
45. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, EE Seminar, Beyond Optimality: New Trends
in Network Optimization, May 2007.
46. Chinese Univesity of Hong Kong, Information Engineering Seminar, Beyond Optimality: New
Trends in Network Optimization, May 2007.
47. University of Cambridge, Statistics Laboratory Seminar, Beyond Optimality: New Trends in
Network Optimization, June 2007.

48. University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, Nonconvex Optimization in Networking from

Engineering Viewpoints, July 2007.
49. International Conference on Continuous Optimization, Young Researcher Award Session,
Geometric Programming for Communication Systems, August 2007.
50. NSF Workshop on Wireless Networking Research and Funding, Architecture, Complexity, and
Robustness, August 2007.
51. Annual Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT, Network Optimization: From Theory to
Impacts, September 2007.
52. Bell Labs Wireless Research Center, Beyond Optimality: New Trends in Network Optimization,
October 2007.
53. Cisco Lecture Series, Bigger Pipes, Stronger Protection, Smarter Connection in Access and Core
Networks, February 2008.
54. Air Force Office of Sponsored Research Workshop on Complex Networks, Simplicity in
Complex Networks, February 2008.
55. University of Washington Optimization Seminar Series, Beyond Optimality: New Trends in
Network Optimization, April 2008.
56. Center for Theoretical Information and Computer Science, Hong Kong, Content-Pipe Divide and
Network Distribution Capacity, April 2008.
57. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Content-Pipe Divide and Network
Distribution Capacity, April 2008.
58. Office of Naval Research Workshop on Communications: Simplicity in Complex Communication
Networks, May 2008.
59. SIAM 8th Conference on Optimization, Optimization and Game in Cellular and DSL
Communications, May 2008.
60. USC Invited Workshop on Wireless Networks, Bridging Theory Practice Gap, May 2008.
61. Microsoft Research Lab, Simplicity in Complex Communication Networks, June 2008.
62. IEEE 5th Workshop on Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing, Keynote talk,
Beyond Optimality: New Trends in Network Optimization, Darmstadt, Germany, July 2008.
63. Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics Workshop on Network of Networks, Content-Pipe
Divide, November 2008.
64. Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics Workshop on Mathematical Frontiers of Networking
Research, Distributed Scheduling, November 2008.
65. UCLA EE Department Seminar, Two Open Problems in Networking: Random Access
Performance and P2P Streaming Capacity, December 2008.

66. Air Force Office of Sponsored Research Complex Network Seminar, Can Random Access Be
Optimal? February 2009.
67. University of Toronto Networking Research Seminar, Wireless Scheduling, April 2009.
68. NSF FIND Workshop, Simplicity in Complex Networks, April 2009.
69. Microsoft Research Seminar, Wireless Scheduling, June 2009.
70. KAIST Information Science Seminar, Content-Pipe Divide, June 2009.
71. IEEE WiOpt Plenary Speech, Wireless Scheduling, June 2009.
72. IEEE ICME Workshop on Emerging Technologies for Multimedia Communications Keynote
Speech, Content-Pipe Divide, June 2009.
73. Mathematical Programming Society International Symposium on Optimization, Green DSL,
August 2009.
74. Mathematical Programming Society International Symposium on Optimization, P2P Streaming
Capacity, August 2009.
75. Telcordia Applied Research Seminar, Simplicity in Complex Networks, August 2009.
76. Center for Theoretical Information and Computer Science, Hong Kong, An Axiomatic Theory of
Fairness, August 2009.
77. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Computer Science Colloquium, An Axiomatic
Theory of Fairness, September 2009.
78. Broadnets Wireless Track, Utility optimal CSMA, September 2009.
79. NSF Workshop on Wireless Networking, Wireless Network Interference Management: From
Theory to Practice, November 2009.
80. DIMACS Workshop on Network Manageability, Design for Optimizability: A Case Study in
Internet Routing, November 2009.
81. Air Force Office of Sponsored Research Workshop on Mathematics of Networking, Wireless
Network Interference Management: From Theory to Practice, November 2009.
82. International Society of Global Optimization Winter Workshop, Wireless Network Interference
Management: From Theory to Practice, December 2009.
83. SPIE East Broadband Access Track: "Pricing Broadband Access", January 2010.
84. MIT LIDS Student Conference, An Axiomatic Theory of Fairness, January 2010.
85. Mathematical Programming Society MOPTA Plenary Speech, "Optimization in Networking",
August 2010.
86. IEEE GLOBECOM Plenary Panel, Content Pipe Divide, December 2010.