Liang Dong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Baylor University
Waco, Texas 76798
Phone: +1-254-710-4589
Fax: +1-254-710-3010
E-mail:
liang_dong@baylor.edu
Web:
http://web.ecs.baylory.edu/faculty/dong
Available in pdf format.
Education
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor, August 2011 - Present
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Baylor University
- Associate Professor, August 2010 - July 2011
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Western Michigan University
- Assistant Professor, August 2004 - July 2010
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Western Michigan University
- Visiting Professor, 2007 - 2009
School of Microelectronics,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
- Research Associate, October 2002 - July 2004
Department of Electrical Engineering,
University of Notre Dame.
Research: multiuser MIMO systems, space-time coding, software-defined radio
Project: design and implementation of a baseband transceiver
- Research Assistant, January 2002 - September 2002
Wireless Systems Innovations Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin.
Research: array signal processing for communications, capacity of MIMO wireless channels, MIMO wireless systems using antenna polarization diversity
- Research Assistant, June 1999 - September 2002
Telecommunications Research Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin.
Research: mobile broadband communications,
adaptive beamforming, channel estimation and modeling
Project: acquisition module of a wideband smart antenna communications test bed
- Consultant, May 2000 - August 2000
Navini Networks, Inc., Richardson, Texas
Project: physical layer of a wireless local-area data network
- Engineer, June 1998 - May 1999
Cwill Telecommunications, Inc., Austin, TX.
Projects: DSP programming for a wireless local loop
- Research Assistant, August 1996 - May 1998
Telecommunications Research Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin.
Research: cellular/mobile communications, array signal
processing, blind channel equalization, mobile transmit power control
Project: DSP programming for the handset modem and vocoder of a smart antenna communications test bed
- Engineer, July 1995 - August 1995
IBM, Inc., Shanghai, China.
Courses Taught
At Baylor University:
- EGR 1302: Introduction to Engineering Analysis
- ELC 2330: Electronic Circuit Theory
- ELC 4350: Principles of Communication
- ELC 4351: Digital Signal Processing
- ELC 4438: Embedded Systems Design
- ELC 5356: Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing
- ELC 5396: Wireless Communications and Networking
At Western Michigan University:
- ECE 1000: Fundamentals of Circuits and Electronics
- ECE 2210: Electronics I
- ECE 3200: Electronics II
- ECE 3510: Engineering for Real-Time Systems
- ECE 3570: Computer Architecture
- ECE 4550: Digital Signal Processing
- ECE 5150: Real-Time Computing
- ECE 5510: Application-Specific Integrated Circuits Design
- ECE 5550: Advanced Digital Signal Processing
- ECE 7250: Doctoral Research Seminar
Awards and Grants
- ECS Research Initiation Award, Baylor University, 2013
- L-3 Communications Grant, 2012 - 2014
- Support for Faculty Scholars Award, Western Michigan University, 2011
- DENSO North America Foundation Grant, 2009 - 2010
- The US Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) Grant, 2008 - 2010
- Michigan Space Grant Consortium Grant, 2008 - 2009
- Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award, Western Michigan University, 2008
- Research Development Award, Western Michigan University, 2008
- International Education Faculty Development Fund, Western Michigan University, 2008
- Chun-Hui Ji-Hua Award, Ministry of Education of China, 2007
- Michigan Department of Transportation Grant, 2005 - 2006
- Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 1999-2000
- Hua-Xin Scholarship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1994
- President List of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1993
- Four-year recipient of Tang Jun-Yuan Award of Shanghai on scholastic excellence, 1992-1996
Professional Activities
- Professional Memberships
- Served as Referee:
- Served as Executive Board Member:
- IEEE West Michigan Section (Fall 2006 - Summer 2011)
- ASEE North Central Section (Summer 2007 - Spring 2008)
- Served as Committee Member:
- ECE Department Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (Fall 2004 - Spring 2011)
- ECE Department Assessment Committee (Spring 2005 - Spring 2007)
- ECE Department Scholarship Committee (Fall 2007 - Spring 2011)
- ECE Department Lab/Safety and Security Committee (Fall 2007 - Spring 2011)
- ECE Department Doctoral Qualifying Exam Sub-Committee (Fall 2007, Fall 2008)
- Engineering College Assessment Committee (Spring 2006)
- ECE Graduate Advisor (2008 - Spring 2011)
Publications (Google scholar publication list)
Journal Articles
- L. Dong and Y. Liu, Parallel sub-channel transmission for cognitive radios with multiple antennas, Wireless Personal Communications, Springer, vol. 79, no. 3, pp. 2069-2087, Dec 2014.
- Y. Liu and L. Dong, Spectrum sharing in MIMO cognitive radio networks based on cooperative game theory, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 4807-4820, Sept 2014.
- L. Dong, Receiver design for single-carrier block transmission over doubly selective channels, Wireless Personal Communications, Springer, vol. 77, no. 3, pp. 1833-1845, Aug 2014, DOI 10.1007/s11277-014-1611-8. (Advances in Engineering)
- A. I. Alshbatat, P. J. Vial, and L. Dong, Effect of polytetrafluoroethylene material on dynamic behaviour of an underactuated unmanned aerial vehicle, International Journal of Science and Advanced Technology, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 36-44, June 2014.
- M. Saleh and L. Dong, Real-time scheduling with security enhancement for packet switched networks, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 271-285, Sept 2013.
- L. Dong, Cooperative localization and tracking of mobile ad hoc networks, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 60, no. 7, pp. 3907-3913, July 2012.
- L. Dong, Opportunistic media access control and routing for delay-tolerant mobile ad hoc networks, Wireless Networks, Springer, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 946-965, Nov 2012, DOI: 10.1007/s11276-012-0444-1.
- J. Wang, L. Dong, and Y. Fu, Modeling of UHF voltage multiplier for radio-triggered wake-up circuits, International Journal of Circuits Theory and Applications, Wiley, vol. 39, no. 11, pp. 1189-1197, Nov 2011, DOI 10.1002/cta.692.
- A. Alshbatat and L. Dong, Low latency routing algorithm for unmanned aerial vehicles ad-hoc networks, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, vol. 5, no. 8, pp. 629-635, Aug 2011.
- L. Dong, Turbo equalization with prediction and iterative estimation of time-varying frequency-selective channels, Wireless Personal Communications, Springer, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 631-644, Dec 2010, DOI 10.1007/s11277-009-9824-y.
- A. Alshbatat and L. Dong, Performance analysis of mobile ad-hoc unmanned aerial vehicle communication networks with directional antennas, International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Hindawi, vol. 2010, Article ID 874586, 14 pages, 2010, DOI 10.1155/2010/874586.
- K. Ro, J. Oh, and L. Dong, A study on vehicular positioning technologies for smart/green cars, Journal of Korea Institute of Information and Telecommunication Facilities Engineering, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 92-101, Sept 2010.
- L. Dong, Open-loop beamforming for frequency-division duplex mobile wireless access, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 1845-1849, July 2007.
- L. Dong, H. Choo, R. W. Heath, and H. Ling, Simulation of MIMO channel capacity with antenna polarization diversity, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 1869-1873, July 2005.
- L. Dong, G. Xu, and H. Ling, Predictive downlink beamforming for wideband CDMA over Rayleigh fading channels, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 410-421, Mar 2005.
Book Chapters
- L. J. Brown, L. Dong, and A. G. Cerullo, "The evaluation of wireless communication devices: To improve in-flight security on-board commercial aircraft," in Technology Engineering and Management in Aviation: Advancements and Discoveries, IGI Global, July 2011.
Conference Papers
- B. Xu, F. Zhang, L. Dong, and Y. Li, Wideband propagation channel measurement in a hallway environment. in Proc. IEEE 2014 Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems (WMCS), Apr. 2014.
- Y. Liu, L. Dong, and R. J. Marks II, Joint reduction of out-of-band power and peak-to-average power ratio for non-contiguous OFDM systems, in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Dec. 2013.
- L. Dong, Y. Liu and R. J. Marks II, Reduction of out-of-band power and peak-to-average power ratio in OFDM-based cognitive radio using alternating projections, in Proc. IEEE 2013 Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems (WMCS), Apr. 2013.
- L. Dong, Single carrier block transmission with cyclic prefix over doubly selective channels, in Proc. IEEE 2013 Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems (WMCS), Apr. 2013.
- J. Grantner, B. Bazuin, C. Fajardo, R. Hathaway, J. Al-shawawreh, L. Dong, M. Castanier and S. Hussain, Linguistic model for engine power loss, in Proc. IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), Apr. 2013.
- Y. Liu and L. Dong, Network utility maximization of MIMO cognitive radio network with total interference-power constraints, in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Apr. 2013.
- Y. Liu, L. Dong, and R. J. Marks II, Common control channel assignment in cognitive radio networks using potential game theory, in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Apr. 2013.
- L. Dong, MIMO cognitive radio with channel covariance feedback, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Jun. 2012.
- M. Salen and L. Dong, Adaptive security-aware scheduling using multi-agent system, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Jun. 2012.
- J. Grantner, B. Bazuin, L. Dong, J. Al-shawawreh, R. Hathaway, C. Fajardo, M. Castanier, and S. Hussain, Linguistic model for axle fatigue. in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), June 2012.
- M. Saleh and L. Dong, Real-time scheduling with security awareness for packet switched networks, in Proc. IEEE Radio and Wireless Week (RWW), Jan 2012.
- S. Xi, M. D. Zoltowski, Y, Zhao, and L. Dong, Single-node MMSE for MMSE cooperative positioning (pdf), in Proc. SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 8061, April 2011.
- J. Grantner, B. Bazuin, L. Dong, J. Al-shawawreh, R. Hathaway, C. Fajardo, M. P. Castanier, and S. Hussain, Condition based maintenance for light trucks, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Oct 2010.
- A. Alja'afreh and L. Dong, Ground vehicle classification based on hierarchical hidden Markov model and Gaussian mixture model using wireless sensor networks, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology (EIT), May 2010.
- S. Xi, M. D. Zoltowski, and L. Dong, Iterative MMSE cooperative localization with incomplete pair-wise range measurements (pdf), in Proc. SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 7706, April 2010.
- A. Alshbatat and L. Dong, Cross layer design for mobile ad-hoc unmanned aerial vehicle communication networks, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC), Apr. 2010.
- A. Alshbatat and L. Dong, Adaptive MAC protocol for UAV communication networks using directional antennas, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC), Apr. 2010.
- A. Alja'afreh and L. Dong, Hidden Markov model based classification approach for multiple dynamic vehicles in wireless sensor networks, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC), Apr. 2010.
- A. Alja'afreh and L. Dong, Cooperative detection of moving targets in wireless sensor network based on fuzzy dynamic weighted majority voting decision fusion, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC), Apr. 2010.
- A. Alja'afreh and L. Dong, An evaluation of feature extraction methods for vehicle classification based on acoustic signals, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC), Apr. 2010.
- M. S. Saleh and L. Dong, Comparing FCFS & EDF scheduling algorithms for real-time packet switching networks, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC), Apr. 2010.
- L. Wu, Y. Fu, and L. Dong, End-to-end throughput optimization in multi-hop wireless ad hoc networks, in Proc. The 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications, Oct. 2009.
- L. Dong, Turbo equalization with channel prediction and iterative channel estimation, in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Apr. 2009.
- L. Dong, Cooperative network localization via node velocity estimation, in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Apr. 2009.
- Y. Zhao, L. Dong, J. Wang, B. Hu, and Y. Fu, Implementing indoor positioning system via ZigBee devices, in Proc. 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Oct. 2008.
- L. Dong, Doppler measurements rendering random routing, in Proc. 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Oct. 2008.
- S. H. Mousavinezhad and L. Dong, Digital signal processing: theory and practical considerations, in Proc. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2007.
- N. V. Khambekar, L. Dong, and V. Chaudhary, Utilizing OFDM guard interval for spectrum sensing, in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Mar. 2007.
- L. Dong and F. L. Severance, Position estimation with moving beacons in wireless sensor networks, in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Mar. 2007.
- Y. M. Chen, L. Dong, and J.-S. Oh, Real-time video relay for UAV traffic surveillance systems through available communication networks, in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Mar. 2007.
- K. Ro, J.-S. Oh, and L. Dong, Lessons learned: application of small UAV for urban highway traffic monitoring (pdf), in Proc. 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Jan. 2007.
- L. Dong and Y. Zhao, Frequency-domain Turbo equalization for single carrier mobile broadband systems, in Proc. IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Oct. 2006.
- L. Dong, Robust beamforming for FDD mobile systems over Rayleigh fading channels, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology (EIT), May 2005.
- L. Dong and M. Atashbar, An FPGA experience in ASIC design, in Proc. ASEE North Central Section Spring Conference, Apr. 2005.
- L. Dong, T. Li, and Y.-F. Huang, Opportunistic transmission scheduling for multiuser MIMO systems, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Apr. 2003, vol. 5, pp. 65-68.
- L. Dong, H. Ling, and R. W. Heath, Multiple-input multiple-output wireless communication systems using antenna pattern diversity, in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Nov. 2002, pp. 997-1001.
- L. Dong, G. Xu, and H. Ling, Prediction of fast fading mobile radio channels in wideband communication systems, in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Nov. 2001, pp. 3287-3291.
- L. Dong, G. Xu, and H. Ling, Subspace-based channel estimation for wideband CDMA communication systems, in Proc. IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Oct. 2001, pp. 1205-1209.
- L. Dong and G. Xu, Dynamic uplink power control for cellular radio systems over fast fading channel, in Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), May 2001, pp. 2849-2853.
Ph.D. Dissertation
Invited Talks and Seminars
- Cyber-physical systems: Enabling technologies and applications, Baylor University, Feb. 15, 2011.
- Dedicated short-range communication for intelligent transportation system, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Western Michigan University, September 28, 2009.
- Wireless sensor networks with energy harvesting technology - A green revolution, School of Microelectronics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, July 10, 2009.
- Pervasive communication and computing: Fusing the digital and physical worlds, School of Microelectronics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, July 18, 2008.
- Cognitive radio: Versatile wireless communication systems, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Western Michigan University, Oct. 15, 2007.
- Mobile broadband wireless access from a cross-layer perspective, Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University, Nov. 28, 2006.
- Software-defined radio: Reconfigurable wireless technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Western Michigan University, September 8, 2005.
- Transmit diversity in mobile broadband communication systems, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Western Michigan University, June 17, 2004.
- Improving link quality and capacity of wireless systems through transmit diversity, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, March 19, 2004.
- Exploring multiuser diversity for MIMO broadcast channels, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, August 20, 2003.
- Space-time processing for wireless communications, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, September 12, 2002.
- MIMO wireless systems using antenna pattern diversity, Wireless Networking and Communications Seminar, The University of Texas at Austin, April 5, 2002.