Dr. Lin Gao - The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Contact Information
Dr. Lin Gao
Room 825, Ho Sin-Hang Engineering Building
Department of Information Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Homepage: http://home.ie.cuhk.edu.hk/~lgao
Tel: (852) 3943-8382
Cell: (852) 6679-5733
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
Education and Working
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong
– Post-doctoral Research Associate, in Department of Information Engineering
August 2010 – Present
Advisor: Prof. Jianwei Huang
Research Topic: Interdisciplinary studies in wireless communications, networks, and economics
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China
– Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), in Communication and Information System
Sept. 2006 – July 2010
Advisor: Prof. Xinbing Wang and Prof. Youyun Xu
Thesis: Dynamic spectrum sharing in cognitive radio networks: a game theoretical approach
– Master of Science (M.S.), in Communication and Information System
Sept. 2004 – Jan. 2007
Advisor: Prof. Youyun Xu
Thesis: Research on adaptive resource allocation for MIMO-OFDM systems
Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing, China
– Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), in Information Engineering
Sept. 1998 - June 2002
Research Interest
• Wireless Communications and Networking
– Cognitive Radio
– Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
– Heterogeneous Wireless Network
– Mobile Crowdsourcing Technology
• Game Theory and Network Economics
– Network Game Modeling
– Market Mechanism Design
– Incentive and Economic Analysis
Selected Research Topics
• (1) Mobile Crowdsourcing Technology
April 2013 - Present
– Crowd-sourced Internet Connectivity, Crowd-sourced WiFi Community Network, Participatory Sensing
– Publications: IEEE Commu. Mag. [6], INFOCOM [16, 19, 20]
• (2) Heterogeneous Wireless Network Technology
March 2012 - Present
– Cellular-WiFi Inter-Networking, Mobile Data Offloading
– Publications: JSAC [3], TON [5], WiOpt [24] (Best Paper Award), Others [25]
• (3) TV White Space Technology and White Space Ecosystem
Nov. 2011 - Present
– Publications: JSAC [4], WiOpt [21] (Best Paper Award), INFOCOM [17], TMC [38∗],
(∗ under review)
• (4) Integrated Spot and Futures Spectrum Market Modeling and Analysis
– Publications: JSAC [8], INFORMS Operations Research [36∗], Others [27]
• (5) Cooperative Spectrum Sharing for Cognitive Radio Networks
– Publications: TMC [7], DySPAN [29], TMC [37∗], Others [30]
Oct. 2010 - Jan. 2013
(∗ under review)
June 2009 - Oct. 2012
(∗ under review)
• (6) Secondary Spectrum Market for Cognitive Radio Networks
May 2008 - July 2010
– Publications: JSAC [9], TMC [10], TCOM [12], Others [14, 31]
• (7) Dynamic Spectrum Sharing for Cognitive Radio Networks
May 2007 - July 2010
– Publications: TMC [11], TVT [13], MobiHoc [34], SECON [28], Others [32, 33, 35]
Awards
• Best Paper Award in WiOPT 2014
• Best Paper Award in WiOPT 2013
• Best Team Player Awards in the Network Communications and Economics Lab (NCEL), CUHK, during
2012-2013 and 2013-2014
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Curriculum Vitae
Working Experiences
• Post-doctoral Research Fellow
August 2010 – Present
– Network Communications and Economics Lab (NCEL), Host: Prof. Jianwei Huang
– Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
• Graduate Research Assistant
Sept. 2005 – Jan. 2010
– Institute of Wireless Communication Technology (IWCT),
– Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
• Visiting Researcher
Dec. 2007 – July 2008
– LTE Development Center, Huawei Technologies Corporation Limited, Shanghai, China
• Spring-Summer Intern
Feb. 2006 – Sept. 2006
– Communication Theory Center, Lenovo Corporate Research & Development, Shanghai, China
• Assistant Engineer
July 2002 – July 2004
– Network Management Center, China Mobile Communication Company Limited, Zhejiang, China
Teaching Experiences
• Guest Lecturer
Sept. 2013 – Dec. 2013
– Course: Networks: Technology, Economics, and Social Interactions (IERG 3280)
– Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
• Guest Lecturer
Jan. 2011 – May 2011
– Course: Network Economics (IERG 6280)
– Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
• Teaching Assistant
Sept. 2006 – July 2009
– Courses: Mobile and Wireless Networks (Graduate), Computer Networks (Undergraduate), C++
Programming (Undergraduate), Web Development Technology (Undergraduate), etc.
– Departments of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Professional Activities
• Membership
– Member, IEEE
• Chairing
– Symposium Chair (Pricing and Network Optimization Symposium) in the 5th International Conference
on Game Theory for Networks (GameNets 2014)
– Publicity Chair of the 4th IEEE Workshop on Smart Data Pricing (SDP 2015)
• Technical Program Committee (TPC) Members
– International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks
(WiOpt 2014), Hammamet, Tunisia, May 2014
– IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2014), Austin, USA, Dec. 2014
– International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks
(WiOpt 2013), Tsukuba Science City, Japan, May 2013
– IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2013), Atlanta, USA, Dec. 2013
– IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2012), Ottawa, Canada, June 2012
• Technical Reviewers
– IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC)
– IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC)
– IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
– IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC)
– IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM)
– IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT)
– IEEE Communications Magazine
– IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)
– ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc)
– IEEE Symposium on New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN)
– IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
– IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)
– IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)
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Curriculum Vitae
Publications
Book/Chapter
1. J. Huang and Lin Gao, Wireless Network Pricing, Synthesis Lectures on Communication Networks (Series
Editor Jean Walrand), Morgan & Claypool Publishers, July 2013 (Page Number: 160)
2. Y. Xu, D. Li, W. Zhong, and Lin Gao, Resource Management of Cognitive Radio Networks: Game Theoretic
Modeling and Performance Analysis (in Chinese), Publishing House of Electronics Industry, Beijing, China,
October 2013 (Page Number: 256)
Journal
3. Lin Gao, G. Iosifidis, J. Huang, L. Tassiulas, and D. Li, “Bargaining-based Mobile Data Offloading,” IEEE
Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), 2014 (to appear)
4. Y. Luo, Lin Gao, and J. Huang, “Price and Inventory Competition in Oligopoly TV White Space Markets,”
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), 2014 (to appear)
5. G. Iosifidis, Lin Gao, J. Huang, and L. Tassiulas, “A Double Auction Mechanism for Mobile Data Offloading
Markets,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON), 2014 (to appear)
6. G. Iosifidis, Lin Gao, J. Huang, and L. Tassiulas, “Incentive Mechanisms for User-Provided Networks,”
IEEE Communications Magazine, 2014 (to appear)
7. L. Duan, Lin Gao, and J. Huang, “Cooperative Spectrum Sharing: A Contract-Based Approach,” IEEE
Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol.13, no.1, pp.174-187, January 2014
8. Lin Gao, J. Huang, Y. Chen, and B. Shou, “An Integrated Contract and Auction Design for Secondary
Spectrum Trading,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol.31, no.3, pp.581-592,
March 2013
9. Lin Gao, X. Wang, Y. Xu, and Q. Zhang, “Spectrum Trading in Cognitive Radio Networks: A
Contract-Theoretic Modeling Approach,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC),
vol.29, no.4, pp.843-855, April 2011 (Top 1% most highly cited paper (7th of all 859 papers) in IEEE JSAC since
Jan. 2011 according to Web of Science (https://webofknowledge.com/))
10. Lin Gao, Y. Xu, and X. Wang, “MAP: Multi-Auctioneer Progressive Auction for Dynamic Spectrum
Access,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol.10, no.8, pp.1144-1161, 2011 (Top 1% most
highly cited paper (6th of all 714 papers) in IEEE TMC since Jan. 2011 according to Web of Science)
11. Lin Gao, X. Wang, and Y. Xu, “Multiradio Channel Allocation in Multihop Wireless Networks,” IEEE
Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol.8, no.11, pp.1454-1468, November 2009
12. L. Qian, F. Ye, Lin Gao, X. Gan, et al., “Spectrum Trading in Cognitive Radio Networks: An Agent-Based
Model under Demand Uncertainty,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.59, no.11, pp.3192-3203,
November 2011
13. H. Yu, Lin Gao, Z. Li, X. Wang, and E. Hossain, “Pricing for Uplink Power Control in Cognitive Radio
Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.59, no.4, pp.1769-1778, May 2010
14. Y. Xu, and Lin Gao, “Dynamic Spectrum Allocation in Cognitive Radio Networks Based on Auction,”
Journal of University of Science and Technology of China (in Chinese), vol.10, 2009
15. Lin Gao, Y. Xu, and X. Gan, “Linear Precoding for MIMO System Based on Imperfect CSIT,” Journal of
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (in Chinese), vol.11, 2007
Conference
16. Lin Gao, F. Hou, and J. Huang, “Providing Long-Term Participation Incentive in Participatory Sensing,”
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Hong Kong, 2015
17. Y. Luo, Lin Gao, and J. Huang, “HySIM: A Hybrid Spectrum and Information Market for TV White Space
Networks,” IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Hong Kong, 2015
18. M. M. Khalili, Lin Gao, J. Huang, and B. H. Khalaj, “Incentive Design and Market Evolution of Mobile
User-Provided Networks,” IEEE Workshop on Smart Data Pricing (SDP), Hong Kong, 2015
19. Lin Gao, G. Iosifidis, J. Huang, and L. Tassiulas, “Hybrid Data Pricing for Network-Assisted User-Provided
Connectivity,” IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Toronto,
Canada, April 2014
20. G. Iosifidis, Lin Gao, J. Huang, and L. Tassiulas, “Enabling Crowd-Sourced Mobile Internet Access,” IEEE
International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Toronto, Canada, April 2014
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Curriculum Vitae
21. Y. Luo, Lin Gao, and J. Huang, “Trade Information, Not Spectrum: A Novel TV White Space Information
Market Model,” International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless
Networks (WiOpt) (Best Paper Award), Hammamet, Tunisia, May 2014
22. Y. Luo, Lin Gao, and J. Huang, “Information Market for TV White Space,” IEEE Workshop on Smart Data
Pricing (SDP) (Invited Paper), Toronto, Canada, May 2014
23. Y. Luo, Lin Gao, and J. Huang, “White Space Ecosystem: A Secondary Network Operator’s Perspective,”
IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Atlanta, USA, December 2013
24. G. Iosifidis, Lin Gao, J. Huang, and L. Tassiulas, “An Iterative Double Auction for Mobile Data Offloading,”
International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks (WiOpt)
(Best Paper Award), Tsukuba Science City, Japan, May 2013
25. Lin Gao, G. Iosifidis, J. Huang, and L. Tassiulas, “Economics in Mobile Data Offloading,” IEEE Workshop
on Smart Data Pricing (SDP) (co-located with IEEE INFOCOM), Turin, Italy, April 2013
26. Y. Luo, Lin Gao, and J. Huang, “Spectrum Broker by Geo-location Database,” IEEE Global
Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Anaheim, USA, December 2012
27. Lin Gao, J. Huang, Y. Chen, and B. Shou, “ContrAuction: An Integrated Contract and Auction Design for
Dynamic Spectrum Sharing,” Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS) (Invited Paper),
Princeton, NJ, USA, March 2012
28. Lin Gao, X. Wang, G. Sun and Y. Xu, “A Game Approach for Cell Selection and Resource Allocation in
Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,” IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and
Networking (SECON), Utah, USA, June 2011
29. L. Duan, Lin Gao, and J. Huang, “Contract-Based Cooperative Spectrum Sharing,” IEEE Dynamic
Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), Aachen, Germany, May 2011
30. H. Wang, Lin Gao, X. Gan, X. Wang, and E. Hossain, “Cooperative Spectrum Sharing in Cognitive Radio
Networks: A Game-Theoretic Approach,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), South
Africa, May 2010
31. T. Chu, P. Cheng, Lin Gao, X. Wang, et al., “Spectrum Trading in Cognitive Radio Network: An
Agent-based Model under Demand Uncertainty,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM),
Miami, USA, December 2010
32. P. Xu, S. Gu, Lin Gao, H. Yu, et al., “Myopic Sensing for Multiple SUs in Multichannel Opportunistic
Access,” International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Caen,
France, June 2010
33. H. Yu, Lin Gao, Y. Li, X. Gan, et al., “Information Sharing in Spectrum Auction for Dynamic Spectrum
Access,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Hawaii, USA, December 2009
34. Lin Gao, and X. Wang, “A Game Approach for Multi-Channel Allocation in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks,”
ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), Hong Kong, 2008
35. Lin Gao, X. Wang, Y. Xu, and W. Chen, “Distributed Multi-radio Channel Allocation in Multi-Hop Ad Hoc
Networks,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Beijing, China, May 2008
Preprint
36. Lin Gao, J. Huang, Y. Chen, and B. Shou, “Combining Spot and Futures Markets: A Hybrid Market
Approach to Dynamic Spectrum Access,” INFORMS Operations Research, under 2nd round review
37. Lin Gao, L. Duan, and J. Huang, “Two-sided Matching based Cooperative Spectrum Sharing,” IEEE
Transactions on Mobile Computing, submitted
38. Y. Luo, Lin Gao, and J. Huang, “Business Modeling for TV White Space Networks,” IEEE Communications
Magazine, submitted
39. Q. Ma, Lin Gao, Y.F. Liu, and J. Huang, “A Game-Theoretic Analysis of User Behaviors in Crowdsourced
Wireless Community Networks,” International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc,
and Wireless Networks (WiOpt 2015), submitted
40. Lin Gao, G. Iosifidis, J. Huang, and L. Tassiulas, “Hybrid Data Pricing for Network-Assisted User-Provided
Connectivity,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, to be submitted
41. G. Iosifidis, Lin Gao, J. Huang, and L. Tassiulas, “Crowd-Sourced Mobile Internet Access,” IEEE/ACM
Transactions on Networking (TON), to be submitted
42. Y. Luo, Lin Gao, and J. Huang, “Information Market Model for TV White Space Networks,” IEEE
Transactions on Mobile Computing, to be submitted
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Curriculum Vitae
References
Prof. Jianwei Huang
– Associate Professor, in Department of Information Engineering
– The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, Tel: (852) 2609-8353
– Email: [email protected]
Prof. Xinbing Wang
– Professor, in Department of Electronic Engineering
– Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Tel: (86) 21-34204524
– Email: [email protected]
Prof. Ying-Ju Chen
– Assistant Professor, in Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
– University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1777 USA, Tel: (510) 642-2497
– Email: [email protected]