Syed Ali Jafar

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Stanford University, Stanford CA

99-03

PhD in Electrical Engineering, GPA: 4.1
Advisor: Prof. Andrea J. Goldsmith
Thesis: Fundamental Capacity Limits of Multiple Antenna Wireless Systems

California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) , Pasadena, CA

98-99

M.S. in Electrical Engineering, GPA: 4.2

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

93-97

B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering, GPA: 9.3/10
Minor Area: Computer Science

Experience

University of California, Irvine , CA

04-

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Teaching
- Spring 2004, 2005, 2006: ECE 224 - Wireless Communications.
- Spring 2007, 2008: ECE 242 - Information Theory.
- Winter 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008: EECS 70A - Network Analysis.
- Winter 2005, 2006, 2007: EECS 150A - Continuous Time Signals and Systems.
Research Advising
- Cognitive Radio: S. Srinivasa.
- Memoryless Relay Networks: K. Gomadam.
- Interference Alignment: V.Cadambe.
- Interference Management for Wireless Networks: Chiachi Huang
- MIMO Interference Networks: Tiangao Gou

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA

03-04

Senior Engineer, Qualcomm Technology and Ventures Group
Access channel design for 4G cellular standard 802.20.

Lucent Bell Labs, Crawford Hill, NJ

2001

Summer Intern, Wireless Research Group
Cellular downlink admission control (PhantomNet).

Hughes Software Systems, India

97-98

Software Engineer, Satellite Networks Division
System software for cellular air to ground communication system.

Patents

Wireless communication system with interference compensation, United States Patent 6937843, Aug 30, 2005, Joint inventor with G. Foschini, Lucent Bell Labs.
Wireless communication system with imposed order on terminals, United States Patent 7006795, Feb 28, 2006, Joint inventor with G. Foschini, Lucent Bell Labs.

Tutorials

A. Goldsmith, S. Jafar, N. Jindal, S. Vishwanath, ``Capacity limits of MIMO systems'', IEEE Global Conference on Communications (GLOBECOM), 2005, St. Louis, MO.
A. Goldsmith, S. Jafar, N. Jindal, S. Vishwanath, ``Capacity limits of MIMO Systems'', IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, 2005, Adelaide, Australia.
A. Ghrayeb, G. Giannakis, A. Goldsmith, S. Jafar, N. Jindal, R. Valenzuela, S. Vishwanath, S. Zhou, ``Theory and practice of MIMO: Promises and Realities'', IEEE Global Conference on Communications (GLOBECOM), 2004, Dallas, TX.

Honors

ONR Young Investigator Award 2008.
NSF CAREER award 2006.
UCI Engineering Faculty of the Year 2006 for excellence in teaching.
Co-PI for DARPA ITMANET Young Investigator Team Award 2006.
Paper C48 among the two papers nominated for the best paper award for the Communication Theory Symposium at IEEE ICC 2008.
Paper J21 featured among the top 100 papers most-accessed among all IEEE Publications for November 2008.
Paper J20 featured among the top 10 publications of the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory for August, September 2008.
Paper J15 featured among top 100 IEEE publications for May, June, August 2007, among the top 10 IEEE Communications Society publications for June, August 2007, and among the top 10 publications for the IEEE Communications Magazine for July 2007.
Paper J13 featured among top 10 articles for IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) for June, July 2007.
Paper J11 awarded best student paper award by UCI EECS graduate committee 2007.
Paper J3 featured among the month's 10 most accessed publications on IEEEXplore in the area of communications and among top 100 across all IEEE publications for several months 2004-present.
Rank 7/144 in Stanford University EE PhD Qualifying Examination 2000.
7 times winner of institute merit prize, IIT Delhi 1993 - 1997.
Top undergraduate thesis in communications, IIT Delhi 1997.
University Gold Medal at AMU, India 1993
University Merit Scholarship at AMU, India 1992.

Service

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2004-Present.
Associate Editor, IEEE Communications Letters, May 2008-Present.
Guest Editor, Journal of Communication Networks (JCN), Special issue on "Cognitive Radio - a path in the evolution of wireless networks" 2008.
Co-Chair for Communication Theory Symposium, IEEE GLOBECOM 2009.
Technical Program Committee Member
- IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
- IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC) Fall 2005, 2007.
- Wireless-Com Conference 2005.
- IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2006, 2007, 2008.
- International Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing Conference 2006, 2007.
- IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS) 2006, 2007.
NSF grant review panel member 2006.
UC Discovery grant review panel member 2004, 2005, 2006.
UCI EECS Graduate Admissions committee member 2007-Present.
UCI EECS Department website committee member 2004-05.
UCI EECS committee member (and committee chair for Spring 2007) for systems area PhD qualifying exam.
UCI EECS preliminary exam panel member 2004, 2005, 2006.
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Communication Letters and most major IEEE communications and information theory conferences.

Publications

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Book Chapters

B1.

A. Goldsmith, S. Jafar, N. Jindal, S. Vishwanath, Chapter Title ``Capacity Limits of MIMO Systems'', Book Title: MIMO Wireless Communications , Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 2006.

Preprints

Chiachi Huang, Viveck R. Cadambe, Syed A. Jafar, On the Capacity and Generalized Degrees of Freedom of the X Channel , e-print, arxiv:0810.4741
Tiangao Gou, Syed A. Jafar, Degrees of Freedom of the K User M x N MIMO Interference Channel , e-print, arxiv:0809.0099
Syed A. Jafar, Sriram Vishwanath, Generalized Degrees of Freedom of the K user Symmetric Gaussian Interference Channel , arXiv:0804.4489.
Krishna S. Gomadam, Viveck R. Cadambe, Syed A. Jafar, Approaching the capacity of wireless networks through distributed interference alignment, arXiv: 0803.3816, e-print.
Krishna S. Gomadam, Syed A. Jafar, Duality of MIMO Multiple Access Channel and Broadcast Channel with Amplify-and-Forward Relays, Preprint
Chiachi Huang, Syed A. Jafar, Degrees of Freedom of the MIMO Interference Channel with Cooperation and Cognition , arXiv: 0803.1733, e-print.
Viveck R. Cadambe, Syed A. Jafar, Multiple Access Outerbounds and the Inseparability of Parallel Interference Channels , arXiv: 0802.2125, e-print.
Sudhir Srinivasa, Syed A. Jafar, Soft Sensing and Optimal Power Control for Cognitive Radio, Preprint
Viveck R. Cadambe, Syed A. Jafar, Capacity of Wireless Networks within o(log(SNR)) - the Impact of Relays, Feedback, Cooperation and Full-Duplex Operation , arXiv: 0802.0534, e-print.
Viveck R. Cadambe, Syed A. Jafar, Degrees of Freedom for Wireless X Networks, arXiv: 0711.2824, e-print.
Andrea J. Goldsmith, Syed A. Jafar, Ivana Maric, Sudhir Srinivasa, "Breaking Spectrum Gridlock with Cognitive Radios: An Information Theoretic Perspective", Accepted. To appear in the IEEE Proceedings.
Krishna S. Gomadam, Syed A. Jafar, The Effect of Noise Correlation in AF Relay Networks, Accepted. To appear in the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

Journal Publications

J23.	Viveck R. Cadambe, Syed A. Jafar, Shlomo Shamai (Shitz), Interference Alignment on the Deterministic Channel and Application to Fully Connected Gaussian Interference Networks , IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 55, No. 1, Jan 2009, Pages: 269-274.
J22.	Jeff Andrews, Nihar Jindal, Martin Haenggi, Randy Berry, Syed A. Jafar, Dongning Guo, Sanjay Shakkottai, Robert Heath, Michael Neely, Steven Weber, Aylin Yener, Rethinking Information Theory for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks , IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 46, No, 12, December 2008, Pages: 94-101.
J21.	Sudhir Srinivasa, Syed A. Jafar, How much Spectrum Sharing is Optimal in Cognitive Radio Networks? , IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Vol. 7, No. 10, October 2008, Pages:4010 - 4018.
J20.	Viveck R. Cadambe, Syed A. Jafar, Interference Alignment and the Degrees of Freedom for the K User Interference Channel, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Aug 2008, Vol. 54, Issue 8, Pages: 3425-3441.
J19.	Syed A. Jafar, Shlomo Shamai, Degrees of Freedom Region for the MIMO X Channel , IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 54, No. 1, Jan. 2008, Pages: 151-170.
J18.	Syed A. Jafar, S. Srinivasa, On the optimality of beamforming with quantized feedback, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 55, No. 12, Pages: 2288-2302, December 2007.
J17.	Syed A. Jafar, Krishna S. Gomadam, Chiachi Huang, Duality and Rate Optimization for Multiple Access and Broadcast Channels with Amplify-and-Forward Relays, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory special issue on Models, Theory, and Codes for Relaying and Cooperation in Communication Networks, October 2007, Vol. 53, No. 10, Pages: 3350-3371.
J16.	Syed A. Jafar, M. Fakhereddin, Degrees of Freedom for the MIMO Interference Channel, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, July 2007, Vol. 53, No. 7, Pages: 2637-2642.
J15.	S. Srinivasa, Syed A. Jafar, The throughput potential of cognitive radio - a theoretical perspective, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 45, no. 5, 2007.
J14.	S. Srinivasa, Syed A. Jafar, The optimality of transmit beamforming: a unified view, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Volume 53, No. 4, April 2007, Pages: 1558-1564.
J13.	Syed A. Jafar, S. Srinivasa, Capacity limits of cognitive radio with distributed and dynamic spectral activity, IEEE JSAC special issue on Adaptive, Spectrum Agile and Cognitive Wireless Networks, Volume 25, No. 3, April 2007, Pages: 529-537.
J12.	Syed A. Jafar, Capacity with Causal and Non-Causal Side Information - A Unified View, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, December 2006, Vol. 52, No. 12, Pages: 5468-5475
J11.	Krishna S. Gomadam, Syed A. Jafar, Optimal Relay Functionality for SNR Maximization in Memoryless Relay Networks, IEEE JSAC special issue on Cooperative Communications and Networking, Feb. 2007, Vol. 25, No. 2, Pages: 390-402.
J10.	Krishna S. Gomadam, Syed A. Jafar, Modulation and Detection for Simple Receivers in Rapidly Time Varying Channels, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume 55, No. 3, March 2007, Pages: 529-539.
J9.	Syed A. Jafar, A. J. Goldsmith, On the Capacity of Vector MAC With Feedback , IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, July 2006, Vol. 52, No. 7, Pages: 3259-3264.
J8.	Syed A. Jafar, Too Much Mobility Limits the Capacity of Wireless Ad-hoc Networks, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Nov. 2005, Vol. 51, No. 11, Pages: 3954-3965.
J7.	Syed A. Jafar and A. Goldsmith, Isotropic Fading Vector Broadcast Channels: The Scalar Upperbound and Loss in Degrees of Freedom, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 51, No. 3, March 2005, Pages: 848-857.
J6.	N. Jindal, W. Rhee, S. Vishwanath, Syed A. Jafar and A. J. Goldsmith, Sum Power Iterative Water-filling for Multi-Antenna Gaussian Broadcast Channels, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 51, No. 4, April 2005, Pages: 1570-1580.
J5.	Syed A. Jafar and A. J. Goldsmith, Multiple-Antenna capacity in correlated Rayleigh fading with channel covariance information, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 4, No. 3, May 2005, Pages: 990-997.
J4.	Syed A. Jafar and A. J. Goldsmith, Transmitter optimization and optimality of beamforming for multiple antenna systems with imperfect feedback, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, July 2004, Vol. 3, No. 4, Pages:1165-1175.
J3.	A. J. Goldsmith, Syed A. Jafar, N. Jindal, S. Vishwanath, Capacity limits of MIMO channels, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications , Vol. 21, No. 5, June 2003, Pages: 684-702. (Invited Paper)
J2.	Syed A. Jafar, G. Foschini, A. Goldsmith, PhantomNet:Exploring optimal multicellular multiple antenna systems, EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing. (Invited Paper), May 2004, No.5, Special Issue on MIMO Communications and Signal Processing, Pages:591-605.
J1.	Syed A. Jafar, A. Goldsmith, Adaptive multirate CDMA for uplink throughput maximization, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. March 2003, Vol.2, No. 2, Pages: 218-228.

Conference Publications

C61.	Chiachi Huang, Viveck Cadambe, Syed A. Jafar, Generalized Degrees of Freedom of the (Noisy) X Channel , Proceedings of 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Oct 2008 (Invited Paper).
C60.	Tiangao Gou, Syed A. Jafar, Degrees of Freedom of the K User MIMO Interference Channel, Proceedings of 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Oct 2008 (Invited Paper).
C59.	Sriram Sridharan, Amin Jafarian, Sriram Vishwanath, Syed A. Jafar, Shlomo Shamai, A Layered Lattice Coding Scheme for a Class of Three User Gaussian Interference Channels, Proceedings of 46th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, Sep 2008.
C58.	Tiangao Gou, Syed A. Jafar, On the Secure Degrees of Freedom of Wireless X Networks, Proceedings of 46th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, Sep 2008.
C57.	Sriram Sridharan, Amin Jafarian, Sriram Vishwanath, Syed A. Jafar, Capacity of Symmetric K-User Gaussian Very Strong Interference Channels , Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2008.
C56.	Tiangao Gou, Syed A. Jafar, Degrees of Freedom of 4 User SIMO Interference Channel, Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2008.
C55.	Krishna S. Gomadam, Viveck R. Cadambe, Syed A. Jafar, Approaching the Capacity of Wireless Networks through Distributed Interference Alignment, Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2008.
C54.	Viveck R. Cadambe, Syed A. Jafar, Multiple Access Outerbounds and the Inseparability of Parallel Gaussian Interference Channels , Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2008.
C53.	Chiachi Huang, Syed A. Jafar, Degrees of Freedom of the MIMO Interference Channel with Cooperation and Cognition, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) 2008.
C52.	Viveck R. Cadambe, Syed A. Jafar, Can Feedback, Cooperation, Relays and Full Duplex Operation Increase the Degrees of Freedom of Wireless Networks?, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) 2008.
C51.	Viveck R. Cadambe, Syed A. Jafar, Degrees of Freedom of Wireless X Networks , Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) 2008.
C50.	Viveck R. Cadambe, Syed A. Jafar, Duality and Stability Regions of Multi-rate Broadcast and Multiple Access Networks , Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) 2008.
C49.	Sriram Sridharan, Sriram Vishwanath, Syed A. Jafar, Shlomo Shamai (Shitz), On the Capacity of Cognitive Relay assisted Gaussian Interference Channel , Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) 2008.
C48.	Viveck R. Cadambe, Syed A. Jafar, Interference Alignment and Spatial Degrees of Freedom of the K user Interference Channel , Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2008, Beijing.
C47.	Viveck R. Cadambe, Syed A. Jafar, Degrees of Freedom of Wireless Networks - What a Difference Delay Makes , Proceedings of Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers 2007.
C46.	Krishna S. Gomadam, Syed A. Jafar, On the Duality of MIMO MAC and BC with AF Relays , Proceedings of Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, 2007.
C45.	Viveck R. Cadambe, Syed A. Jafar, Can 100 speakers talk for 30 minutes each in one room within one hour and with zero interference to each other's audience ? , Proceedings of 45th Annual Allerton Conference.
C44.	Sudhir Srinivasa, Syed A. Jafar, Cognitive Radio Networks: How much Spectrum Sharing is Optimal?, Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2007.
C43.	Sudhir Srinivasa, Syed A. Jafar, Soft Sensing and Optimal Power Control for Cognitive Radio , Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2007.
C42.	Syed A. Jafar, Shlomo Shamai (Shitz), Degrees of Freedom of the MIMO X Channel , Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2007.
C41.	K. Gomadam, Syed A. Jafar, Optimal Distributed Beamforming in Relay Networks with Common Interference , Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2007.
C40.	Syed A. Jafar, K. Gomadam, C. Huang, Capacity and Duality of AF Relay MAC and BC , Proceedings of 18th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) 2007.
C39.	Syed A. Jafar, C. Huang, K. Gomadam, Beyond Links - Soft Information Optimization for Memoryless Relay Networks, Proceedings of UCSD Workshop on Information Theory and its Applications (Invited Paper) .
C38.	S. Srinivasa, Syed A. Jafar, The throughput potential of cognitive radio: a theoretical perspective, Proceedings of Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, 2006 (Invited Paper) .
C37.	K. S. Gomadam, Syed A. Jafar, Optimizing soft information in relay networks, Proceedings of Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, 2006 (Invited Paper) .
C36.	S. Srinivasa, Syed A. Jafar, N. Jindal, On the capacity of the cognitive tracking channel, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), July 2006.
C35.	Syed A. Jafar, M. Fakhereddin, Degrees of freedom for the MIMO interference channel, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), July 2006.
C34.	Syed A. Jafar, S. Srinivasa, Capacity limits of cognitive radio with distributed and dynamic spectral activity, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2006.
C33.	S. Srinivasa, Syed A. Jafar, Spreading-Hopping tradeoff in wideband ad-hoc communications, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2006.
C32.	K. S. Gomadam, Syed A. Jafar, On the capacity of memoryless relay networks, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), June 2006.
C31.	K. S. Gomadam, Syed A. Jafar, Partially coherent detection in rapidly time varying channels, Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), April 2006.
C30.	K. S. Gomadam, Syed A. Jafar, Impact of mobility on cooperative communication, Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), April 2006.
C29.	Syed A. Jafar, Channel capacity with side information - a unified view, (Invited Paper) Workshop on Information Theory and Applications, UCSD, 2006.
C28.	Syed A. Jafar, Capacity bounds for multiuser communication with side information, Proceedings of 43rd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, Sep. 2005.
C27.	Syed A. Jafar, Degrees of Freedom in Distributed MIMO Communications, (Invited Paper) Proceedings of IEEE Communication Theory Workshop, Utah 2005.
C26.	S. Srinivasa, Syed A. Jafar, S. Vishwanath Does Beamforming achieve Outage Capacity with Quantized Feedback, (Invited Paper) IEEE Communication Theory Workshop 2005.
C25.	S. Vishwanath, Syed A. Jafar, Half-Duplex Relays: Cooperative Communication Strategies and Outer Bounds, Proceedings of WirelessCom 2005, Hawaii.
C24.	S. Srinivasa and Syed A. Jafar, Optimality of Beamforming - a Unified View, Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) St. Louis, 2005.
C23.	S. Srinivasa and Syed A. Jafar, Vector Channel Capacity with Quantized Feedback, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2005.
C22.	L. Zan and Syed A. Jafar, Combined opportunistic beamforming and receive antenna selection, Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, March 2005, Pages:1007-1011.
C21.	Syed A. Jafar, Too Much Mobility Limits the Capacity of Wireless Ad-hoc Networks, Proceedings of IEEE Globecom 2004, Dallas, Texas, Vol. 6, Pages:3436-3440.
C20.	S. Vishwanath and Syed A. Jafar, On the Capacity of Vector Gaussian Interference Channels, 2004 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, San Antonio, Texas, October 2004.
C19.	S. Srinivasa and Syed A. Jafar, Capacity region of the isotropic fading multiple antenna downlink with magnitude feedback, Proceedings of IEEE VTC, Pages: 2001-2005, Sep 2004, Los Angeles, USA.
C18.	Syed A. Jafar and A. J. Goldsmith, On the capacity region of the vector fading broadcast channel with no CSIT, Proceedings of IEEE ICC, June 2004, Pages: 468-472 Paris, France.
C17.	Syed A. Jafar and A. J. Goldsmith, On the capacity of vector Gaussian MAC and BC with feedback, Proceedings of 41st Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, October, 2003.
C16.	Syed A. Jafar and A. J. Goldsmith, Multiple-Antenna capacity in correlated Rayleigh fading with channel covariance information, Proceedings of ISIT 2003, Yokohoma, Japan.
C15.	N. Jindal, Syed A. Jafar, S. Vishwanath and A. J. Goldsmith, Iterative water-filling for vector broadcast channels, Proceedings of ISIT 2003, Yokohoma, Japan.
C14.	S. Vishwanath, G. Kramer, S. Shamai, Syed A. Jafar, A. Goldsmith, Outer bounds for Gaussian multi-antenna broadcast channels, Proceedings of DIMACS workshop on Signal Processing for Wireless Transmissions, Oct. 20 2002, Rutgers, NJ, USA. (Invited Paper)
C13.	N. Jindal, S. Vishwanath, Syed A. Jafar, A. Goldsmith, Duality, dirty paper coding, and capacity for multiuser wireless channels, Proceedings of DIMACS workshop on Signal Processing for Wireless Transmission, Oct. 20 2002, Rutgers, NJ, USA.. (Invited Paper)
C12.	Syed A. Jafar, G. J. Foschini, A. J. Goldsmith, PhantomNet: Exploring optimal multicellular multiple antenna systems, Proceedings of Fall VTC 2002, Vancouver BC, Canada.
C11.	Syed A. Jafar and A. J. Goldsmith, Optimal power allocation for multiuser multicellular multiple antenna systems, Proceedings of ISIT 2002, Lausanne, Switzerland.
C10.	N. Jindal, S. Vishwanath, A. Goldsmith, Sum power iterative water-filling for vector broadcast channels, Proceedings of Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, 2002.(Invited Paper)
C9.	Syed A. Jafar, Sriram Vishwanath, A. Goldsmith, Throughput maximization with multiple codes and partial outages, Proceedings of IEEE Globecom, 2001, San Antonio, USA.
C8.	S. Vishwanath, Syed A. Jafar, A. J. Goldsmith, Adaptive resource allocation in composite fading channels, Proceedings of Globecom 2001, San Antonio USA.
C7.	Syed A. Jafar, S. Vishwanath and A. J. Goldsmith, Channel Capacity and Beamforming for Multiple Transmit and Receive Antennas with Covariance Feedback, Proceedings of ICC2001, Helsinki, Finland.
C6.	Syed A. Jafar and A. J. Goldsmith, On Optimality of Beamforming for Multiple Antenna systems with Imperfect Feedback, Proceedings of ISIT 2001, Washington D.C. USA.
C5.	Syed A. Jafar and A. J. Goldsmith, Vector MAC Capacity Region with Covariance Feedback, (Talk slides) Proceedings of International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) 2001, Washington D.C. USA.
C4.	Syed A. Jafar and A. J. Goldsmith, Beamforming Capacity and SNR Maximization for Multiple Antenna Systems with Covariance Feedback, Proceedings of VTC 2001, Rhodes, Greece.
C3.	Syed A. Jafar and A. J. Goldsmith, Adaptive multicode CDMA for uplink throughput maximization, Proceedings of VTC 2001, Rhodes Island, Greece.
C2.	S. Vishwanath, Syed A. Jafar, A. J. Goldsmith, Optimal Power and Rate Allocation Strategies for Multiple Access Fading Channels, Proceedings of VTC 2001, Rhodes, Greece.
C1.	Syed A. Jafar and A. J. Goldsmith, Optimal Rate and Power Adaptation for Multirate CDMA, Proceedings of VTC, September 2000, Boston, USA.