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Behnaam Aazhang

Behnaam Aazhang

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Computer Science

D-Index
60
Citations
28091
World Ranking
3159
National Ranking
1530

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
60
Citations
27889
World Ranking
1588
National Ranking
646

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Behnaam Aazhang is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including Medicine, Neuroscience, and Engineering. They have contributed extensively to subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Signal Processing.

Their work covers a range of topics principally focused on EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, ECG Monitoring and Analysis, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization, Blind Source Separation Techniques, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, and Neural dynamics and brain function.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Mehdi Razavi, Allison Post, Anton Banta, Mathews John, and Romain Cosentino.

Behnaam Aazhang has published numerous papers in a number of journals and research venues. The most frequent venues include arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of Neural Engineering, Scientific Reports, Nature, and Heart Rhythm.

Recent significant papers include:

  • "Recent Advances in Electrical Neural Interface Engineering: Minimal Invasiveness, Longevity, and Scalability" (2020), published in Neuron
  • "Review of wearable technologies and machine learning methodologies for systematic detection of mild traumatic brain injuries" (2021), published in Journal of Neural Engineering
  • "Sub-scalp electroencephalography: A next-generation technique to study human neurophysiology" (2022), published in Clinical Neurophysiology
  • "Epileptic seizure prediction using spectral width of the covariance matrix" (2022), published in Journal of Neural Engineering
  • "Visuo-frontal interactions during social learning in freely moving macaques" (2024), published in Nature

Behnaam Aazhang was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • User cooperation diversity. Part I. System description

    A. Sendonaris;E. Erkip;B. Aazhang

  • User cooperation diversity. Part II. Implementation aspects and performance analysis

    A. Sendonaris;E. Erkip;B. Aazhang

  • Multistage detection in asynchronous code-division multiple-access communications

    M.K. Varanasi;B. Aazhang

  • On beamforming with finite rate feedback in multiple-antenna systems

    K.K. Mukkavilli;A. Sabharwal;E. Erkip;B. Aazhang

  • Increasing uplink capacity via user cooperation diversity

    A. Sendonaris;E. Erkip;B. Aazhang

  • Subspace-based channel estimation for code division multiple access communication systems

    S.E. Bensley;B. Aazhang

  • Near-optimum detection in synchronous code-division multiple-access systems

    M.K. Varanasi;B. Aazhang

  • Using predictable observer mobility for power efficient design of sensor networks

    Arnab Chakrabarti;Ashutosh Sabharwal;Behnaam Aazhang

  • Joint multipath-Doppler diversity in mobile wireless communications

    A.M. Sayeed;B. Aazhang

  • Parametric generalized Gaussian density estimation

    Mahesh K. Varanasi;Behnaam Aazhang

  • Neural networks for multiuser detection in code-division multiple-access communications

    B. Aazhang;B.-P. Paris;G.C. Orsak

  • Low density parity check codes for the relay channel

    A. Chakrabarti;A. de Baynast;A. Sabharwal;B. Aazhang

  • Cellular networks with an overlaid device to device network

    B. Kaufman;B. Aazhang

  • Neural Stimulation and Recording with Bidirectional, Soft Carbon Nanotube Fiber Microelectrodes

    Flavia Vitale;Samantha R. Summerson;Behnaam Aazhang;Caleb Kemere

  • Spectrum Sharing Scheme Between Cellular Users and Ad-hoc Device-to-Device Users

    B. Kaufman;J. Lilleberg;Behnaam Aazhang

  • Delay-bounded packet scheduling of bursty traffic over wireless channels

    D. Rajan;A. Sabharwal;B. Aazhang

  • Feedback gain in multiple antenna systems

    S. Bhashyam;A. Sabharwal;B. Aazhang

  • On the Capacity of 'Cheap' Relay Networks

    Mohammad Ali Khojastepour;Ashutosh Sabharwal;Behnaam Aazhang

  • A multiuser receiver for code division multiple access communications over multipath channels

    U. Fawer;B. Aazhang

  • Maximum-likelihood synchronization of a single user for code-division multiple-access communication systems

    S.E. Bensley;B. Aazhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ashutosh Sabharwal
Ashutosh Sabharwal Rice University
Joseph R. Cavallaro
Joseph R. Cavallaro Rice University
Elza Erkip
Elza Erkip New York University
Tarik Muharemovic
Tarik Muharemovic Texas Instruments (United States)
Akbar M. Sayeed
Akbar M. Sayeed Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Mahesh K. Varanasi
Mahesh K. Varanasi University of Colorado Boulder
Nitin Tandon
Nitin Tandon The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Richard G. Baraniuk
Richard G. Baraniuk Rice University
Don H. Johnson
Don H. Johnson Rice University
Aria Nosratinia
Aria Nosratinia The University of Texas at Dallas

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