Priv.-Doz. Dr.-Ing. habil. Gholamreza Alirezaei
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Contact Information
website: www.alirezaei.com
email: alirezaei@ient.rwth-aachen.de
phone: +49 (0) 241 80 2 7680
fax: +49 (0) 241 80 22 196
Visiting Times
Semester break: Thursday, 10:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 16:00, by appointment
Room 33b
Mailing Address
Dr.-Ing. habil. Gholamreza Alirezaei
Institut für Nachrichtentechnik
RWTH Aachen
D-52056 Aachen
Research Topics
- Data Science, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence
- Molecular Communications, Bio-Inspired Systems, and Massive Sensor Systems
- Information Theory and Signal Processing
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- Detection, Estimation and Classification Theory
- Inequality Theory and Numerical Methods for Global Optimization
Awards
October 24, 2017: Gholamreza Alirezaei received the prestigious Vodafone prize for his contribution to sensor networks in Düsseldorf, Germany.
October 12, 2017: Jose A. L. Calvo, Gholamreza Alirezaei and Rudolf Mathar received the Best Paper Award for their contribution "Wireless Powering of Drone-Based MANETs for Disaster Zones" at the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE'17) in Montréal, Canada.
December 9, 2016: H. Alper Tokel, Gholamreza Alirezaei and Rudolf Mathar received the Best Paper Award for their contribution "Integrated Network Design for Measurement and Communication Infrastructures in Smart Grids" to the 26th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC 2016) in Dunedin, New Zealand.
November 27, 2015: Gholamreza Alirezaei received the Friedrich-Wilhelm Award of RWTH Aachen for his outstanding work "Optimizing Power Allocation in Sensor Networks with Application in Target Classification".
November 4, 2015: Gholamreza Alirezaei, Michael Reyer and Rudolf Mathar received the prestigious ITG Award 2015 for their paper "Optimum Power Allocation in Sensor Networks for Passive Radar Applications" at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
September 12, 2015: Gholamreza Alirezaei received the Borchers Badge for his outstanding work "Optimizing Power Allocation in Sensor Networks with Application in Target Classification" at the RWTH University.
November 21, 2013: Gholamreza Alirezaei and Rudolf Mathar received the Best Paper Award for their paper "Optimum Power Allocation for Sensor Networks that Perform Object Classification" at the IEEE Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC'13).
November 9, 2013: Gholamreza Alirezaei, Rudolf Mathar and Pouya Ghofrani received the Best Paper Award for their paper "Power Optimization in Sensor Networks for Passive Radar Applications" at the Wireless Sensor Systems Workshop (WSSW'13), co-located with IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE'13).
Publications
G. Alirezaei and R. Mathar, “There always is a discrete capacity-achieving distribution,” in Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA'20), (San Diego, California, USA), Feb. 2020. [ bib ]
G. Alirezaei, Information Theory for Nonlinear Communication Channels. Habilitation Theses at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Aachen, Germany: RWTH Aachen University, July 2019. [ bib ]
R. Alhalaseh, H. A. Tokel, S. Chakraborty, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “PMU placement with power grid partitioning for line outage detection,” in 4th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech'19), (Bol and Split, Croatia), June 2019. [ bib ]
G. Alirezaei and R. Mathar, “On the capacity of diffusion channels for molecular communication,” in Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA'19), (San Diego, California, USA), Feb. 2019. [ bib ]
R. Alhalaseh, H. A. Tokel, S. Chakraborty, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “Feature-Selection based PMU placement for detection of faults in power grids,” in 28th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC'18), (Sydney, Australia), pp. 1–6, Nov. 2018. [ bib ]
H. A. Tokel, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “A genetic algorithm for planning wams with a heterogeneous communication network,” in 3rd International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech'18), pp. 1–6, June 2018. [ bib ]
G. Alirezaei and R. Mathar, “On exponentially concave functions and their impact in information theory,” in Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA'18), (San Diego, California, USA), Feb. 2018. [ bib ]
H. A. Tokel, R. Alhalaseh, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “A new approach for machine learning-based fault detection and classification in power systems,” in IEEE Power Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT'18), (Washington DC, USA), Feb. 2018. [ bib ]
H. A. Tokel, R. Alhalaseh, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “A co-simulation framework for integrated planning and analysis of wide area measurement and protection systems,” Journal of Communications Software and Systems, 2018. [ bib ]
M. Mirz, L. Razik, J. Dinkelbach, H. A. Tokel, G. Alirezaei, R. Mathar, and A. Monti, “A co-simulation architecture for power system, communication and market in the smart grid,” Complexity - Special Issue: Complex Optimization and Simulation in Power Systems, 2018. [ bib ]
O. Taghizadeh, V. Radhakrishnan, G. Alirezaei, E. Zandi, and R. Mathar, “Optimal linear mmse design for passive distributed radar sensor network systems,” in The 2017 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE'17), (Montréal, Canada), Oct. 2017. [ bib ]
J. A. L. Calvo, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “Wireless powering of drone-based manets for disaster zones,” in The 2017 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE'17), (Montréal, Canada), Oct. 2017. Received the Best Paper Award. [ bib ]
A. Behboodi, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “On the discreteness of capacity-achieving distributions for the censored channel,” in 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT'17), (Aachen, Germany), pp. 1067–1071, June 2017. [ bib | DOI ]
H. A. Tokel, G. Alirezaei, T. Salzmann, and R. Mathar, “Using Co-Simulation for the integrated planning and analysis of wide area measurement systems,” in 2nd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Computer and Energy Science 2017 (SpliTech'17), (Split, Croatia), June 2017. [ bib ]
G. Alirezaei and R. Mathar, “Optimal one-bit quantizers are asymmetric for additive uniform noise,” in Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA'17), (San Diego, California, USA), Feb. 2017. [ bib | DOI ]
A. Behboodi, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “On the capacity of censored channels,” in 11th International ITG Conference on Systems, Communications and Coding (SCC'17), (Hamburg, Germany), Feb. 2017. [ bib ]
G. Alirezaei, O. Taghizadeh, and R. Mathar, “Optimizing lifetime and power consumption for sensing applications in extreme environments,” in Wireless Sensor Systems for Extreme Environments: Space, Underwater, Underground and Industrial (H. F. Rashvand and A. Abedi, eds.), ch. 3, pp. 45–64, John-Wiley & Sons, 2017. [ bib ]
H. A. Tokel, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “Integrated hierarchical network design for measurement and communication infrastructures in smart grids,” in 2016 26th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC'16), (Dunedin, New Zealand), pp. 258–264, Dec. 2016. Received the Best Paper Award. [ bib | DOI ]
H. A. Tokel, G. Alirezaei, S. Baig, and R. Mathar, “An optimization framework for planning of WAMS with a heterogeneous communication network,” in The 2016 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm'16), (Sydney, Australia), pp. 521–526, Nov. 2016. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei and R. Mathar, “On the information capacity of hinge functions,” in 2016 International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications (ISITA'16), (Monterey, California, USA), pp. 438–442, Oct. 2016. [ bib ]
E. Zandi, G. Alirezaei, O. Taghizadeh, and R. Mathar, “Power allocation for multi-target multi-fusion-rule sensor networks,” in The 2016 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE'16), (Aachen, Germany), pp. 19–24, Sept. 2016. [ bib | DOI ]
E. Zandi, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “Power allocation for multi-target sensor networks,” in The 2016 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE'16), (Aachen, Germany), pp. 13–18, Sept. 2016. [ bib | DOI ]
O. Taghizadeh, V. Radhakrishnan, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “Partial distributed beamforming design in passive radar sensor networks,” in The 2016 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE'16), (Aachen, Germany), pp. 7–12, Sept. 2016. [ bib | DOI ]
O. Taghizadeh, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “Lifetime and power consumption optimization for distributed passive radar systems,” in The 2016 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE'16), (Aachen, Germany), pp. 1–6, Sept. 2016. [ bib | DOI ]
H. A. Tokel, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “Modern heuristical optimization techniques for power system state estimation,” in The 2016 International Conference on Swarm Intelligence Based Optimization (ICSIBO'16), (Mulhouse, France), June 2016. [ bib ]
G. Alirezaei, O. Taghizadeh, and R. Mathar, “Comparing several power allocation strategies for sensor networks,” in The 20th International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA'16), (Munich, Germany), pp. 301–307, Mar. 2016. [ bib ]
G. Alirezaei and R. Mathar, “Sensitivity analysis of optimum power allocation in sensor networks that perform object classification,” Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, vol. 12, pp. 267–274, Dec. 2015. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei and R. Mathar, “An upper bound on the capacity of censored channels,” in The 9th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS'15), (Cairns (Barrier Reef), Australia), Dec. 2015. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei, O. Taghizadeh, and R. Mathar, “Lifetime and power consumption analysis of sensor networks,” in The IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE'15), (Orlando, Florida, USA), Dec. 2015. [ bib | DOI ]
O. Taghizadeh, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “Power allocation for distributed passive radar systems with occasional node failure,” in The IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE'15), (Orlando, Florida, USA), Dec. 2015. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei and D. Cappel, “Power allocation in sensor networks for surveilling security zones,” in The IEEE Sensors Conference (Sensors'15), (Busan, South Korea), pp. 1491–1494, Nov. 2015. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei and R. Mathar, “Optimum one-bit quantization,” in The IEEE Information Theory Workshop - Fall (ITW'15), (Jeju Island, Korea), pp. 357–361, Oct. 2015. [ bib | DOI ]
O. Taghizadeh, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “Optimal energy efficient design for passive distributed radar systems,” in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'15), (London, UK), pp. 6773–6778, June 2015. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei, O. Taghizadeh, and R. Mathar, “Optimum power allocation in sensor networks for active radar applications,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 14, pp. 2854–2867, May 2015. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei and R. Mathar, “Analytical bounds on the average error probability for Nakagami fading channels,” in Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA'15), (San Diego, California, USA), pp. 54–63, Feb. 2015. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei and R. Mathar, “Optimum power allocation for sensor networks that perform object classification,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 14, pp. 3862–3873, Nov. 2014. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei, O. Taghizadeh, and R. Mathar, “Optimum power allocation with sensitivity analysis for passive radar applications,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 14, pp. 3800–3809, Nov. 2014. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei and J. Schmitz, “Geometrical sensor selection in large-scale high-density sensor networks,” in The IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE'14), (Noordwijk, Netherlands), Oct. 2014. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei, Optimizing Power Allocation in Sensor Networks with Application in Target Classification. Berichte aus der Kommunikationstechnik, Aachen, Germany: Shaker Verlag, Sept. 2014. Received both the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Prize and the Vodafone Young Researcher Prize. [ bib | DOI ]
O. Taghizadeh, G. Alirezaei, and R. Mathar, “Complexity-reduced optimal power allocation in passive distributed radar systems,” in International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS'14), (Barcelona, Spain), Aug. 2014. [ bib ]
G. Alirezaei, M. Reyer, and R. Mathar, “Optimum power allocation in sensor networks for passive radar applications,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 13, pp. 3222–3231, June 2014. Received the ITG Literary-Prize. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei and R. Mathar, “Scrutinizing the average error probability for Nakagami fading channels,” in The IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT'14), (Honolulu, Hawai`i, USA), pp. 2884–2888, June 2014. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei and R. Mathar, “Optimum power allocation for sensor networks that perform object classification,” in Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC'13), (Christchurch, New Zealand), pp. 1–6, Nov. 2013. Received the Best Paper Award. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei, R. Mathar, and P. Ghofrani, “Power optimization in sensor networks for passive radar applications,” in The Wireless Sensor Systems Workshop (WSSW'13), co-located with the IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE'13), (Baltimore, Maryland, USA), Nov. 2013. Received the Best Paper Award. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei, R. Mathar, and D. Bielefeld, “Power allocation procedure for wireless sensor networks with integrated ultra-wide bandwidth communications and radar capabilities,” in Ultra-Wideband Radio Technologies for Communications, Localization and Sensor Applications (R. S. Thomä, R. H. Knöchel, J. Sachs, I. Willms, and T. Zwick, eds.), ch. 8, pp. 165–178, InTech, Mar. 2013. [ bib ]
G. Alirezaei and R. Mathar, “Channel capacity related power allocation for distributed sensor networks with application in object classification,” in International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC'13), (San Diego, California, USA), pp. 502–507, Jan. 2013. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei, “A sharp double inequality for the inverse tangent function,” 2013. [ bib | http ]
G. Alirezaei and R. Mathar, “Power allocation for power-limited sensor networks with application in object classification,” in Global Information Infrastructure Symposium (GIIS'12), (Choroní, Venezuela), pp. 1–5, Dec. 2012. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei, “Channel capacity related power allocation for ultra-wide bandwidth sensor networks with application in object detection,” in IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB'12), (Syracuse, NY, USA), pp. 115–119, Sept. 2012. [ bib | DOI ]
G. Alirezaei and Y. Rai, “Analytical bounds on the complementary error function,” in International Student Conference on Electrical Engineering, (Prague, Czech Republic), May 2012. [ bib ]
M. Dunkel and G. Alirezaei, “Boundary estimation for the numerical integration of the bivariate normal density function,” in International Student Conference on Electrical Engineering, (Prague, Czech Republic), May 2006. Received the Best Poster Award. [ bib ]
D. Borkowski, L. Brühl, C. Degen, W. Keusgen, G. Alirezaei, F. Geschewski, C. Oikonomopoulos, and B. Rembold, “Saba: A testbed for a real-time mimo system,” EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, vol. 2006, no. 1, pp. 1–15, 2006. [ bib | DOI ]
D. Borkowski, C. Oikonomopoulos, G. Alirezaei, C. Degen, and B. Rembold, “Saba: A real-time mimo testbed at x-band,” Frequenz, vol. 59, pp. 121–125, June 2005. [ bib | DOI ]
H. Hadinejad-Mahram and G. Alirezaei, “A linear receiver for wcdma downlink exploiting the coloration of the interference,” in The 10th International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT'03), vol. 2, (Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia), pp. 1157–1160, Feb. 2003. [ bib | DOI ]
H. Elders-Boll and G. Alirezaei, “On the influence of substream ordering for mimo decision-feedback detectors with higher order modulation,” in The 5th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC'02), vol. 2, (Honolulu, Hawai`i, USA), pp. 691–695, Oct. 2002. [ bib | DOI ]
H. Hadinejad-Mahram, H. Elders-Boll, and G. Alirezaei, “Performance evaluation of advanced receivers for wcdma downlink detection,” in The 5th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC'02), vol. 2, (Honolulu, Hawai`i, USA), pp. 367–371, Oct. 2002. [ bib | DOI ]
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