Hoda Ayatollahi

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Rochester Hopeman 328 Rochester, NY 14627 Email: [email protected] Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/pub/hoda-ayatollahi/77/911/128/ Homepage: http://www.ece.rochester.edu/∼hayatoll/

Research Interests  Energy Balancing in Wireless Networks  MIMO Wireless Networks  Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks  Reinforcement Learning in Wireless Networks

Education  University of Rochester, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Networking and Communications), [2013 - Now]. Advisor: Prof. Wendi Heinzelman Thesis title: Energy balancing in MIMO wireless networks. GPA: 3.9/4 Relevant coursework: Wireless Communications, GPU Parallel Programming Using C/C++, Digital Signal Processing,Wireless Sensor Networks, Biomedical Sensors, Circuits, and Instru- ments, Information Theory.  Sharif University of Technology, Computer Engineering Department. M.Sc. in Computer Engineering (Networking and Communications), [2008-2010]. Advisors: Prof. Mohammad Khansari and Prof. Hamid Reza Rabiee Thesis title: Applying network coding in mesh-based peer-to-peer video streaming. GPA: 3.6/4 Relevant coursework: Operating Systems II (Distributed Systems), Stochastic Process, Advanced Computer Networks, Network based Processing (Interconnection Networks), Signal Processing, Game Theory, Multimedia Networking, Network Management (Advanced Topics in IT), Data Mining.  Alzahra University, Computer Engineering Department. B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (Software Engineering), [2002-2006]. GPA of Relevant Courses: 3.6/4 Relevant coursework: Operating systems, Computer Networks, Numerical Analysis, Computer Architecture, Algorithms Design, Engineering Mathematics, Internet Engineering, Software En- gineering I, Engineering Statistics and probability, Computer Graphics, Machine Languages and Programming, Electronic Circuits, Electrical Circuits.

Honors  First Prize Winner, Art of Science Competition, University of Rochester, 2017.  Outstanding TA Award, University of Rochester, 2014.  Student Travel Grant Award, Networking Networking Women (N2Women) Workshop, In con- junction with ACM SIGCOMM, August 2014.  Ranked 5th in GPA (M.Sc.) among 30 students, Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 2010.  Ranked as top 0.5% among almost 500,000 participants in Nationwide University Entrance Exam, Iran, 2002. Hoda Ayatollahi

Publications  Journal Papers  Hoda Ayatollahi, Mohammad Khansari, and Hamid R. Rabiee, “A Push-Pull Network Coding Protocol for Live Peer-to-Peer Streaming,” Elsevier Computer Networks (Accepted).  Hoda Ayatollahi, Cristiano Tapparello, Wendi Heinzelman “MAC-LEAP: Multi-Antenna, Cross Layer, Energy Adaptive Protocol,” IEEE Transaction on Mobile Computing (TMC) (Submitted).  Kofi S. Adu-Manu, Nadir Adam, Cristiano Tapparello, Hoda Ayatollahi, Wendi Heinzel- man “Energy-Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks (EH-WSNs): A Review, (Submitted).  Conference Papers  Hoda Ayatollahi, Cristiano Tapparello, Malitha N. Wijesundara, Wendi Heinzelman “En- ergy Conservation in Animal Tracking,” International Conference on Computing, Network- ing and Communications (ICNC), Maui, Hawaii, USA, Mar 5-8, 2018.  Hoda Ayatollahi, Cristiano Tapparello, Wendi Heinzelman “Reinforcement Learning In MIMO Wireless Networks with Energy Harvesting,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Paris, France, May 21-25, 2017.  Hoda Ayatollahi, Cristiano Tapparello, Wendi Heinzelman “Transmitter-Receiver Energy Efficiency: A Trade-off in MIMO Wireless Sensor Networks,” Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), New Orleans, LA, 2015.  Cristiano Tapparello, Hoda Ayatollahi, Wendi Heinzelman “Energy Harvesting Frame- work for Network Simulator 3 (ns-3),” 2nd International Workshop on Energy Neutral Sens- ing Systems (ENSsys 2014) in conjunction with ACM SenSys, Memphis, TN, 2014.  Hoda Ayatollahi, Hamid R. Rabiee, Mohammad Hossein Rohban, and Mostafa Salehi “Incorporating Betweenness Centrality in Compressive Sensing for Congestion Detection,” International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Vancou- ver, Canada, 2013.  Hoda Ayatollahi, Mohammad Khansari, and Hamid R. Rabiee, “LiveCod: A mesh-pull P2P Live Streaming System with XOR-based Network Coding,” IEEE GLOBECOM Work- shop on Complex and Communication Networks (CCNet), Miami, FL, 2010.  Hoda Ayatollahi, Mohammad Khansari, and Hamid R. Rabiee, “On the effect of random network coding in GIA-based P2P live streaming systems,” International Symposium of Telecommunications(IST), Tehran, Iran, 2010.  Posters  Hoda Ayatollahi, Cristiano Tapparello, Wendi Heinzelman “Energy Harvesting in Wire- less Sensor Networks,” Networking Networking Women (N2Women) Workshop, In conjunc- tion with ACM SIGCOMM, Chicago, IL, 2014.  Cristiano Tapparello, Hoda Ayatollahi, Wendi Heinzelman “Extending the Energy Frame- work for the Network Simulator 3 (ns-3),” The Workshop on NS3, Atlanta, GA, 2014.

Work Experience  Teaching Assistant  “Wireless Communications,” ECE Department, University of Rochester (Fall 2014 , Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017).  “Communication Systems,” ECE Department, University of Rochester (Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017).  “Circuits and Signals,” ECE Department, University of Rochester (Spring 2014).  “Signals and Systems,” ECE Department, University of Rochester (Fall 2013).  “Multimedia Networking,” CE Department, Sharif University of Technology (Spring 2011).  Research Assistant Hoda Ayatollahi

 Wireless Communications and Networking Group (WCNG) Laboratory, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 2013-Present. – Proposed a communication protocol for Multi-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless sensor networks in which the number of antennas are selected based on the receiver’s and the transmitter’s energy, simulated using MATLAB. – Implemented energy prediction using the real-data energy harvester modules for wireless sensor networks in ns-3 simulator.  Digital Media Laboratory, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2009-2011. – Proposed a new scheme of employing compressive sensing in network tomography, sim- ulated using MATLAB. – Proposed LiveCod, a push/pull live layered video streaming protocol on P2P networks simulated on an innovative simulation framework based on OMNET++.  Internships  Communications and Networking Center, Tehran, Iran, summer 2007. – Programmed Tandberg 770 MZP video camera specialized for auditorium (with JAVA).  Computer Management Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran, May 2005 - Jan. 2006. – Designed the database of the cancer and oncology center.  Additional Projects  Designed and implemented a multimedia streaming system for audio/video streaming be- tween two computers in an ad-hoc network.  Designed and implemented a client-server system for gathering audio information transfer- ring between two terminals.  Designed and implemented a client-server text-based chat system.  Compared the behavior of different data mining algorithms over more than 50 datasets. Skills  Programming Languages: MATLAB, Java, C, C#, C++, CUDA and GPU programming, PHP, HTML, ASP .NET, Basic, Pascal, Assembly, 8085 microprocessor.  Databases: MySQL.  Simulators: NS3, OMNet++, Oversim, and familiar with OPNET.  Network and Multimedia Tools: MRTG, Ethereal, TCPDump, MP4Box, FFmpeg, NetState, TraceRoute, EvalVid, VLC media streaming.  Software: MS Visual Studio, Adobe Flash, Adobe Premier, Adobe Photoshop, MS Office.  OS : Linux, Mac OS, MS Windows.  Other: Weka, Rational Rose, UML, XML. References  Prof. Wendi Heinzelman Affiliation: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Email : [email protected]  Prof. Paul Ampadu Affiliation: Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA . Email : [email protected]  Prof. Marvin Doyley Affiliation: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Email : [email protected]  Prof. Tolga Soyata Affiliation: University at Albany, Albany, NY. Email : [email protected]