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Overview

Ben Liang is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in computer science and engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields including computer networks and communications, electrical and electronic engineering, and artificial intelligence.

Liang's research focuses on topics such as advanced MIMO systems optimization, cooperative communication and network coding, privacy-preserving technologies in data, advanced bandit algorithms research, stochastic gradient optimization techniques, age of information optimization, and IoT and edge/fog computing.

The scientist has published papers in various high-impact venues including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
  • IEEE Transactions on Networking
  • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Liang include:

  • "Online Resource Procurement and Allocation in a Hybrid Edge-Cloud Computing System" (2020), IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • "Joint Observation and Transmission Scheduling in Agile Satellite Networks" (2021), IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
  • "Synergistic antibacterial study of nano-Cu2O/CuO@Ag-tetracycline composites" (2023), Materials Chemistry and Physics
  • "Robust Online Learning against Malicious Manipulation and Feedback Delay With Application to Network Flow Classification" (2021), IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • "Ultra-Low-Complexity Algorithms With Structurally Optimal Multi-Group Multicast Beamforming in Large-Scale Systems" (2023), IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Liang frequently collaborates with several researchers including Min Dong, Gary Boudreau, Juncheng Wang, Yahia Ahmed, and Ali Afana.

Their academic output includes 97 publications related to computer science and 60 in engineering, reflecting a significant contribution to both broad fields and specialized areas within them.

Best Publications

  • Predictive distance-based mobility management for PCS networks

    B. Liang;Z.J. Haas

  • Ad Hoc mobility management with uniform quorum systems

    Zygmunt J. Haas;Ben Liang

  • Predictive distance-based mobility management for multidimensional PCS networks

    Ben Liang;Zygmunt J. Haas

  • Signal threshold adaptation for vertical handoff in heterogeneous wireless networks

    Ahmed H. Zahran;Ben Liang;Aladdin Saleh

  • Wireless ad hoc networks

    Zygmunt J. Haas;Jing Deng;Ben Liang;Panagiotis Papadimitratos

  • Virtual backbone generation and maintenance in ad hoc network mobility management

    B. Liang;Z.J. Haas

  • Tuning the carrier sensing range of IEEE 802.11 MAC

    Jing Deng;Ben Liang;P.K. Varshney

  • CodeOR: Opportunistic routing in wireless mesh networks with segmented network coding

    Yunfeng Lin;Baochun Li;Ben Liang

  • Joint offloading and resource allocation for computation and communication in mobile cloud with computing access point

    Meng-Hsi Chen;Ben Liang;Min Dong

  • Joint offloading decision and resource allocation for multi-user multi-task mobile cloud

    Meng-Hsi Chen;Ben Liang;Min Dong

  • Data Persistence in Large-Scale Sensor Networks with Decentralized Fountain Codes

    Yunfeng Lin;Ben Liang;Baochun Li

  • Optimizing User Association and Spectrum Allocation in HetNets: A Utility Perspective

    Yicheng Lin;Wei Bao;Wei Yu;Ben Liang

  • Multi-User Multi-Task Offloading and Resource Allocation in Mobile Cloud Systems

    Meng-Hsi Chen;Ben Liang;Min Dong

  • A Distributed Framework for Correlated Data Gathering in Sensor Networks

    K. Yuen;Ben Liang;Li Baochun

  • Multi-Resource Fair Allocation in Heterogeneous Cloud Computing Systems

    Wei Wang;Ben Liang;Baochun Li

  • Dominant Resource Fairness in Cloud Computing Systems with Heterogeneous Servers

    Wei Wang;Baochun Li;Ben Liang

  • Stochastic analysis of network coding in epidemic routing

    Yunfeng Lin;Baochun Li;Ben Liang

  • Offloading Dependent Tasks with Communication Delay and Deadline Constraint

    Sowndarya Sundar;Ben Liang

  • Distributed Real-Time Power Balancing in Renewable-Integrated Power Grids With Storage and Flexible Loads

    Sun Sun;Min Dong;Ben Liang

  • Resource Sharing of a Computing Access Point for Multi-User Mobile Cloud Offloading with Delay Constraints

    Meng-Hsi Chen;Min Dong;Ben Liang

  • Stochastic Geometric Analysis of User Mobility in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

    Wei Bao;Ben Liang

  • SlideOR: Online Opportunistic Network Coding in Wireless Mesh Networks

    Yunfeng Lin;Ben Liang;Baochun Li

  • Efficient Network Coded Data Transmissions in Disruption Tolerant Networks

    Yunfeng Lin;Baochun Li;Ben Liang

Frequent Co-Authors

Min Dong
Min Dong University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Baochun Li
Baochun Li University of Toronto
Zygmunt J. Haas
Zygmunt J. Haas The University of Texas at Dallas
Jiandong Li
Jiandong Li Xidian University
Jing Deng
Jing Deng University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Sofiene Affes
Sofiene Affes Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Tony Q. S. Quek
Tony Q. S. Quek Singapore University of Technology and Design
Weihua Zhuang
Weihua Zhuang University of Waterloo
Min Sheng
Min Sheng Xidian University
Jun Li
Jun Li Nanjing University of Science and Technology

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