Leonard J. Cimini, Jr.

Professor

Education

PhD | Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

About Leonard J. Cimini, Jr.

Prof. Cimini’s research interests focus on wireless communication, in particular the use of multiple antennas and multiple carriers to enhance the performance of multiuser wireless applications. The many innovations in wireless systems over the past ten years, such as OFDM, MIMO, and multiuser detection, have led to tremendous gains in performance, and to the promise of even more significant advances. For most of these techniques, maximum benefit is achieved only when information on the environment is complete and correct. Depending on the application scenario, this required information might include the characteristics of the radio channel (including interference), the structure of the network, and the global connection tables used for routing. However, in many practical situations, this information is either not available or not reliable. Thus, Prof. Cimini evaluates the effects of incomplete information on the performance and develops algorithms that work well in the presence of these uncertainties. He has developed and quantified both ad hoc and statistically robust algorithms. Prof. Cimini’s current work focuses on the MAC and network layers of the protocol stack, especially on adaptive resource allocation, OFDMA, cooperative and opportunistic networks, and physical-layer-based routing.

Awards

2010 Service Award from the Communication Theory Committee of the IEEE Communications Society

2010 Donald W. McLellan Meritorious Service Award from the IEEE Communications Society

2010 Stephen O. Rice Price from the IEEE Comm. Society for the best paper in the IEEE Trans. on Commun.

Elected IEEE Fellow for contributions to the theory and practice of high-speed wireless communications. Best Paper Awards at WCNC 2007, Chinacomm 2008, and ICC 2012.

National Science Foundation Fellowship (1978-1981); MIT Vinton Hayes Fellowship in Communications

Research Areas (h3)

PhD | Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
MS | Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Delaware
BS | Electrical Engineering, University of Delaware