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Alberto Leon-Garcia

Alberto Leon-Garcia

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Computer Science

D-Index
44
Citations
16140
World Ranking
7382
National Ranking
293

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1999 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to multiplexing and switching of integrated services traffic.
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Alberto Leon-Garcia is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their work spans the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with a focus on several subfields including Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Management Science and Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence, and Management Information Systems.

Their research covers a variety of topics related to network architectures, optimization, and computational resource management. Key themes in their work include:

  • Software-Defined Networks and 5G
  • Auction Theory and Applications
  • Optimization and Search Problems
  • Caching and Content Delivery
  • Age of Information Optimization
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis

Recent papers authored by Alberto Leon-Garcia or closely associated with their research group include:

  • "Fog Computing: A Comprehensive Architectural Survey" (2020), published in IEEE Access
  • "Green Cloud Multimedia Networking: NFV/SDN Based Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking
  • "Charge Scheduling of Electric Vehicles in Smart Parking-Lot Under Future Demands Uncertainty" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
  • "Intelligent O-RAN Beyond 5G: Architecture, Use Cases, Challenges, and Opportunities" (2024), published in IEEE Access
  • "Online Combinatorial Auctions for Resource Allocation With Supply Costs and Capacity Limits" (2020), published in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Ali Tizghadam, Saeedeh Parsaeefard, Xiaoqi Tan, Simona Marinova, and Danny H. K. Tsang.

Their publications have appeared notably in several venues, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Access
  • IEEE Communications Magazine
  • Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction
  • IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking

Alberto Leon-Garcia's contributions have been recognized by professional organizations. They have been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012 and an IEEE Fellow in 1999 for their work on multiplexing and switching of integrated services traffic. They are also a member of The Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Autonomous Demand-Side Management Based on Game-Theoretic Energy Consumption Scheduling for the Future Smart Grid

    A Mohsenian-Rad;V W S Wong;J Jatskevich;R Schober

  • Optimal Residential Load Control With Price Prediction in Real-Time Electricity Pricing Environments

    A-H Mohsenian-Rad;A Leon-Garcia

  • Communication Networks

    Alberto Leon-Garcia;Indra Widjaja

  • Communication Networks : Fundamental Concepts and Key Architectures

    Alberto Leon-Garcia;Indra Widjaja

  • Estimation of shape parameter for generalized Gaussian distributions in subband decompositions of video

    K. Sharifi;A. Leon-Garcia

  • Probability Statistics and Random Processes for Electrical Engineering

    Alberto Leon-Garcia

  • Distributed Internet-Based Load Altering Attacks Against Smart Power Grids

    A-H Mohsenian-Rad;A. Leon-Garcia

  • Game-Theoretic Demand-Side Management With Storage Devices for the Future Smart Grid

    Hazem M. Soliman;Alberto Leon-Garcia

  • Information loss recovery for block-based image coding techniques-a fuzzy logic approach

    Xiaobing Lee;Ya-Qin Zhang;A. Leon-Garcia

  • Fog Computing: A Comprehensive Architectural Survey

    Pooyan Habibi;Mohammad Farhoudi;Sepehr Kazemian;Siavash Khorsandi

  • A Fog-Based Internet of Energy Architecture for Transactive Energy Management Systems

    Mohammad Hossein Yaghmaee Moghaddam;Alberto Leon-Garcia

  • Coordination of Cloud Computing and Smart Power Grids

    Amir-Hamed Mohsenian-Rad;Alberto Leon-Garcia

  • Autonomic traffic engineering for network robustness

    A. Tizghadam;A. Leon-Garcia

  • A source matching approach to finding minimax codes

    L. Davisson;A. Leon-Garcia

  • Performance of buffered banyan networks under nonuniform traffic patterns

    H.S. Kim;A. Leon-Garcia

  • On the Performance of Distributed and Cloud-Based Demand Response in Smart Grid

    Mohammad Hossein Yaghmaee;Alberto Leon-Garcia;Morteza Moghaddassian

  • A self-routing multistage switching network for broadband ISDN

    H.S. Kim;A. Leon-Garcia

  • SAVI testbed: Control and management of converged virtual ICT resources

    Joon-Myung Kang;Hadi Bannazadeh;Alberto Leon-Garcia

  • A generalized processor sharing approach to time scheduling in hybrid CDMA/TDMA

    M.A. Arad;A. Leon-Garcia

  • Routing Algorithms for Network Function Virtualization Enabled Multicast Topology on SDN

    Sai Qian Zhang;Qi Zhang;Hadi Bannazadeh;Alberto Leon-Garcia

  • Software Defined Networks

    Alberto Leon-Garcia;Peter Ashwood-Smith;Yashar Ganjali

Frequent Co-Authors

Leslie A. Rusch
Leslie A. Rusch Université Laval
Raouf Boutaba
Raouf Boutaba University of Waterloo
Sophie LaRochelle
Sophie LaRochelle Université Laval
Paul Chow
Paul Chow University of Toronto
Mark Chignell
Mark Chignell University of Toronto
Danny H. K. Tsang
Danny H. K. Tsang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yuan Wu
Yuan Wu University of Macau
Frank R. Kschischang
Frank R. Kschischang University of Toronto
James Won-Ki Hong
James Won-Ki Hong Pohang University of Science and Technology
Weihua Zhuang
Weihua Zhuang University of Waterloo

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