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  • 2017 - IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal “For fundamental contributions to signal processing and its application to digital communications.”
  • 2015 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2013 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2011 - IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award “For pioneering contributions to multiple access communications.”
  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2002 - OSA Fellows For contributions to the theory of optical communications, and in particular of optical code-division multiple-access networks.
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to signal detection and estimation and their applications in digital communications and signal processing.
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1987 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the theory of robust linear filtering applied to signal detection and estimation.
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Overview

H. Vincent Poor is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within engineering and computer science, focusing largely on wireless communication technologies and related fields.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Engineering
  • Computer Science

Subfields of their work cover:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Control and Systems Engineering

The core research topics identified in their publications are:

  • Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Wireless Communication Security Techniques
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Cooperative Communication and Network Coding
  • UAV Applications and Optimization

Recent papers authored or co-authored by H. Vincent Poor include:

  • Federated Learning With Differential Privacy: Algorithms and Performance Analysis, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
  • Towards 6G wireless communication networks: vision, enabling technologies, and new paradigm shifts, 2020, Science China Information Sciences
  • On the Road to 6G: Visions, Requirements, Key Technologies, and Testbeds, 2023, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
  • A Joint Learning and Communications Framework for Federated Learning Over Wireless Networks, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • 6G Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Survey, 2021, IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Zhu Han
  • Lajos Hanzo
  • Robert Schober
  • Zhiguo Ding
  • Hoang Duong Tuan

Common publication venues for the scientist's work are:

  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Book publications include:

  • Advanced Data Analytics for Power Systems, Cambridge University Press, 2021
  • Deep Learning for Security and Privacy Preservation in IoT, Springer Vienna, 2021

H. Vincent Poor has received several awards and honors, including:

  • IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (2017) for fundamental contributions to signal processing and its application to digital communications
  • IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award (2011) for pioneering contributions to multiple access communications
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2011)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2001) for contributions to signal detection and estimation and their applications in digital communications and signal processing
  • Fellowships from numerous organizations including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, The World Academy of Sciences, Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • OSA Fellow for contributions to the theory of optical communications, especially optical code-division multiple-access networks
  • Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • An Introduction to Signal Detection and Estimation

    H. Vincent Poor

  • An Introduction to Signal Detection and Estimation

    H. Vincent Poor

  • Channel Coding Rate in the Finite Blocklength Regime

    Yury Polyanskiy;H Vincent Poor;Sergio Verdu

  • Localization via ultra-wideband radios: a look at positioning aspects for future sensor networks

    S. Gezici;Zhi Tian;G.B. Giannakis;H. Kobayashi

  • On the Performance of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in 5G Systems with Randomly Deployed Users

    Zhiguo Ding;Zheng Yang;Pingzhi Fan;H. Vincent Poor

  • Iterative (turbo) soft interference cancellation and decoding for coded CDMA

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  • Application of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in LTE and 5G Networks

    Zhiguo Ding;Yuanwei Liu;Jinho Choi;Qi Sun

  • Federated Learning With Differential Privacy: Algorithms and Performance Analysis

    Kang Wei;Jun Li;Ming Ding;Chuan Ma

  • Towards 6G wireless communication networks: vision, enabling technologies, and new paradigm shifts

    Xiaohu You;Cheng-Xiang Wang;Jie Huang;Xiqi Gao

  • On the Road to 6G: Visions, Requirements, Key Technologies, and Testbeds

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  • Impact of User Pairing on 5G Nonorthogonal Multiple-Access Downlink Transmissions

    Zhiguo Ding;Pingzhi Fan;H. Vincent Poor

  • An introduction to signal detection and estimation (2nd ed.)

    H. Vincent Poor

  • Improving Wireless Physical Layer Security via Cooperating Relays

    Lun Dong;Zhu Han;A.P. Petropulu;H.V. Poor

  • Cooperative Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in 5G Systems

    Zhiguo Ding;Mugen Peng;H. Vincent Poor

  • MIMO Wireless Communications

    Ezio Biglieri;Robert Calderbank;Anthony Constantinides;Andrea Goldsmith

  • A Joint Learning and Communications Framework for Federated Learning Over Wireless Networks

    Mingzhe Chen;Zhaohui Yang;Walid Saad;Changchuan Yin

  • Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio : State-of-the-Art and Recent Advances

    E. Axell;G. Leus;E. G. Larsson;H. V. Poor

  • Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing With Index Modulation

    Ertugrul Basar;Umit Aygolu;Erdal Panayirci;H. Vincent Poor

  • 6G Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Survey

    Dinh C. Nguyen;Ming Ding;Pubudu N. Pathirana;Aruna Seneviratne

  • Active RIS vs. Passive RIS: Which Will Prevail in 6G?

    Unknown

  • Probability of error in MMSE multiuser detection

    H.V. Poor;S. Verdu

  • Robust techniques for signal processing: A survey

    S.A. Kassam;H.V. Poor

  • Information Theoretic Security

    Yingbin Liang;H. Vincent Poor;Shlomo Shamai

  • Application of Non-orthogonal Multiple Access in LTE and 5G Networks

    Zhiguo Ding;Yuanwei Liu;Jinho Choi;Qi Sun

  • Secure Communication over Fading Channels

    Yingbin Liang;H. Vincent Poor;Shlomo Shamai

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhiguo Ding
Zhiguo Ding Nanyang Technological University
Shlomo Shamai
Shlomo Shamai Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Zhu Han
Zhu Han University of Houston
Sanjeev R. Kulkarni
Sanjeev R. Kulkarni Princeton University
Holger Boche
Holger Boche Technical University of Munich
Yingbin Liang
Yingbin Liang The Ohio State University
Trung Q. Duong
Trung Q. Duong Memorial University of Newfoundland
Hoang Duong Tuan
Hoang Duong Tuan University of Technology Sydney
Walid Saad
Walid Saad Virginia Tech
Andrea Goldsmith
Andrea Goldsmith Stony Brook University

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