Peng-Jun Wan
Department of Computer Science Illinois Institute of Technology 10 W. 31st Street Chicago, IL 60616	Office: Sturt Building 236F Tel: (312)567-5156 Fax: (312)567-5067 Email: wan@cs.iit.edu

Research Interests:

• Wireless Networking
• Algorithm Design and Analysis

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science, University of Minnesota, 1993--1997.
• M.S. in Applied Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China, 1990--1993.
• B.S. in Applied Mathematics, Tsinghua University, P. R. China, 1986--1990.

Working Experience

• Full Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2009--present.
• Senior Research Fellow, City University of Hong Kong, Summer 2008 and 2009.
• Visiting Associate Professor, Tsinghua University, Summer 2006 and 2007.
• Associate Professor (on sabbatical from IIT), City University of Hong Kong, 2004--2006.
• Associate Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2003--2009.
• Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1997--2003.
• Research Associate, Honeywell Technology Center, 1996--1997.
• Teaching/Research Assistant, University of Minnesota, 1993--1996.

Teaching

• CS547 Wireless Networking
• CS 455 Data Communications
• CS548 Broadband Integrated Services Networks
• CS 555 Analytic Models and Simulation of Computer Systems
• Distributed System Technologies and Programming
• Distributed Systems
• Topics on Computer Communications
• Algorithm for wireless networks

Monograph

• P.-J. Wan: Multichannel Optical Networks, Kluwer Academic Publishers, December 2000.

U.S. Patents and Patent Applications

• "Technique for Establishing a Virtual Backbone in an Ad Hoc Wireless Network". Filed by the Illinois Institute of Technology. U.S. Patent # 6,839,541. Issued January 4, 2005. (Patent jointly filed with K. Alzoubi and O. Frieder).
• "Optimal Placement of Wavelength Converters in Trees and Trees of Rings". Filed by the Illinois Institute of Technology. U.S. Patent # 6,772,102. Issued August 3, 2004. (Patent jointly filed with O. Frieder and L. Liu).
• "Process to Allocate Channels in a Sectorized Cellular Network". Filed by the Illinois Institute of Technology. Patent pending - application number 10/114,786, filed on April 3, 2002. (Patent jointly filed with V. Nguyen and O. Frieder).
• "Process to Allocate Channels in a Sectorized and Tiered Cellular Network". Filed by the Illinois Institute of Technology. Patent pending - application number 10/160,481, filed on May 31, 2002. (Patent jointly filed with V. Nguyen and O. Frieder).

Journal Papers

1. C.-W. Yi, P.-J. Wan, and L. Wang, Sharp Thresholds for Relative Neighborhood Graphs in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.
2. P.-J. Wan, C.-W. Yi, L. Wang, F. Yao, and X. Jia: Asymptotic Critical Transmission Radius for Greedy Forward Routing in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Communications.
3. P.-J. Wan, C.-W. Yi, and L. Wang: Asymptotic critical transmission radius and critical neighbor number for k-connectivity in wireless ad hoc networks, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.
4. P.-J. Wan, D.-Z. Du, P. Pardalos, and W. Wu, Greedy Approximations for Minimum Submodular Cover with Submodular Cost, to appear in Computational Optimization and Applications.
5. F. Zou, Y. Wang, X. Xu, H. Du, X. Li, P.-J. Wan, and W. Wu, New approximations for weighted dominating set and connected dominating set in unit disk graphs, to appear in Theor. Comput. Sci.
6. X. Xu, Y. Wang, H. Du, P.-J. Wan, F. Zhou, X. Li, and W. Wu, Approximations for Node-weighted Steiner tree in unit disk graphs. to appear in Journal of Optimization Letters.
7. P.-J. Wan, L. Wang, F.F. Yao, and C.-W. Yi, On The Longest RNG Edge of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, to appear in Discrete Mathematics, Algorithms and Applications, 2009.
8. D.Y. Li,, H.W. Du, P.-J. Wan, X.F. Gao, Z. Zhang, and W.L. Wu, Construction of strongly connected dominating sets in asymmetric multihop wireless networks, Theor. Comput. Sci. 410(8-10): 661--669, 2009.
9. C.-H. Huang, P.-J. Wan, J. Deng, and Y.S. Han, Broadcast Scheduling in Interference Environment, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing 7(11): 1338-1348, November 2008.
10. X.-Y. Li, P.-J. Wan, W.-Z. Song, and Y. Wu, Efficient Throughput for Wireless Mesh Networks by CDMA/OVSF Code Assignment, Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks 5(3-4) 265-291, 2008.
11. W.-P. Shang, F.F. Yao, P.-J. Wan, and X.-D. Hu, On minimum m-connected k-dominating set problem in unit disc graphs, J. Comb. Optim. 16(2): 99-106 (2008)
12. P.-J. Wan, X.-Y. Li, and O. Frieder: OVSF-CDMA Code Assignment in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, Algorithmica, 49(4): 264-285, December 2007.
13. H. Liu, X. Jia, P.-J. Wan, X. Liu, and F. Yao: A Distributed and Efficient Flooding Scheme Using 1-hop Information in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 18(5):658-671, May 2007.
14. H. Liu, X. Jia, P.-J. Wan, C.-W. Yi, S. Makki, and N. Pissinou: Maximizing Lifetime of Sensor Surveillance Systems, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 15(2):334-345, April 2007.
15. W.-P. Shang, P.-J. Wan, F. F. Yao, and X.D. Hu: Algorithms for minimum m-connected k-tuple dominating set problem, Theoretical Computer Science 381(1-3): 241-247 (2007)
16. G. C\alinescu and P.-J. Wan: On Ring Grooming in Optical Networks, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 13(2):103-122, February 2007.
17. P.-J. Wan, and C.-W. Yi: On The Longest Edge of Gabriel Graphs in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 18(1):111-125, Jan. 2007.
18. H. Liu, P.-J. Wan, and X. Jia: Maximal Lifetime Scheduling for Sensor Surveillance Systems with K Sensors to 1 Target, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 17(12):1526-1536, Dec. 2006.
19. H. Liu, P. Wan, and X. Jia: Maximal Lifetime Scheduling for K to 1 Sensor-Target Surveillance Networks, Computer Networks, 50:2839-2854, 2006.
20. P.-J. Wan, and C.-W. Yi: Coverage by Randomly Deployed Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 52(6):2658-2669, June 2006 (and IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 14:2658-2669, June 2006).
21. P.-J. Wan, and C.-W. Yi: Max-life power schedule for connectivity and biconnectivity in wireless ad hoc networks, ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications 10(6):997-1004, December 2005.
22. G. Calinescu, and P-J. Wan: Range Assignment for Biconnectivity and k-Edge Connectivity in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications, 11(2):121-128, April 2006.
23. Y.S. Li, M.T. Thai, F. Wang, C.-W. Yi, P.-J. Wan, and D.-Z. Du: On Greedy Construction of Connected Dominating Sets in Wireless Networks, Wiley Journal on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 5(8):927-932, December 2005.
24. G. Calinescu, A. Dumitrescu, H. Karloff, and P.-J. Wan: Separating points by axis-parallel lines, International Journal of Computational Geometry & Applications, 15(6):575-590, December 2005.
25. P.-J. Wan, C.-W. Yi, X. Jia, and D. Kim: Approximation Algorithms for Conflict-Free Channel Assignment in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, Wiley Journal on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 6(2):201-211, March 2006.
26. C.-W. Yi, P.-J. Wan, X.-Y. Li, and O. Frieder: Asymptotic Distribution of The Number of Isolated Nodes in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks with Bernoulli Nodes, IEEE Transactions on Communications, 54(3):510-517, March 2006.
27. H. Liu, P.-J. Wan, and X. Jia: On Optimal Placement of Relay Nodes for Reliable Connectivity in Wireless Sensor Networks, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization 11(2):249-260, March 2006.
28. X. Jia, D. Kim, S. Makki, P.-J. Wan, and C.-W. Yi: Power assignmenbt for k-connectivity in wireless ad hoc networks, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 9(2):213-222, March 2005.
29. P.-J. Wan, G. Calinescu, and C.-W. Yi: Minimum-Power Multicast Routing in Static Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 12(3):507-514, June 2004.
30. X.-Y. Li, Y. Wang, P.-J. Wan, and C.-W. Yi: Fault tolerant deployment and topology control in wireless ad hoc networks, Wiley Journal on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 4(1):109-125, February 2004.
31. P.-J. Wan, K.M. Alzoubi, and O.Frieder: Distributed Construction of Connected Dominating Set in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications, 9(2):141-149, 2004.
32. G. Calinescu, I. Mandoiu, P-J. Wan, and A. Zelikovsky: Selecting Forwarding Neighbors in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications, 9(2):101-111, 2004.
33. X.-Y. Li, G. Calinescu, P.-J. Wan, and Y. Wang: Localized Delaunay Triangulation with Applications in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 14(10):1035- 1047, Oct. 2003.
34. P.-J. Wan, K. M. Alzoubi, O. Frieder: A Simple Heuristic for Minimum Connected Dominating Set in Graphs, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, 14(2):323-333, 2003.
35. K. M. Alzoubi, P.-J. Wan, O. Frieder: Maximal Independent Set, Weakly Connected Dominating Set, and Induced Spanners for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, 14(2):287-303, 2003.
36. V. A. Nguyen, P.-J. Wan, and O. Frieder: Channel Alternation And Rotation for Trisectorized Cellular Systems, Telecommunication Systems, 22:77-94, 2003.
37. K. M. Alzoubi, X.-Y. Li, Y. Wang, P.-J. Wan, and O. Frieder: Geometric Spanners for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 14(4):408-421, April 2003.
38. X.-Y. Li, P.-J. Wan, and O. Frieder: Coverage in Wireless Ad-hoc Sensor Networks, IEEE Transaction on Computers, 52(6):753-763, 2003.
39. P.-J. Wan, L. Liu, and O. Frieder: Wavelength Assignment to Minimize Requirement on Tunable Range of Optical Transceivers in WDM Networks, Computer Communications, 26:774-779, 2003.
40. P.-J. Wan, O. Frieder, and L. Liu: Optimal Placement of Wavelength Converters in Trees, Tree-Connected Rings, and Tree of Rings, Computer Communications, 26:718-722, 2003.
41. P.-J. Wan, G. Calinescu, X.-Y. Li, and O. Frieder: Minimum Energy Broadcast Routing in Static Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, ACM/Springer Wireless Networks, 8(6):607-617, November 2002.
42. X.-Y. Li, L. Liu, P.-J. Wan and O. Frieder: Practical Traffic Grooming for Single Hub SONET/WDM Rings, Journal of High Speed Networks, 11(2)103-119, 2002.
43. A. Chowdhury, O. Frieder, and P.-J. Wan, On the Design, Development, Deployment, and Network Survivability Analysis of the Dynamic Routing System Protocol, Journal of Supercomputing, 21(3):243-260, March 2002.
44. K. M. Alzoubi, P.-J. Wan, O. Frieder: Distributed Heuristics for Connected Dominating Sets in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, Journal of Communications and Networks, 4(1):22-29, March 2002.
45. G. Calinescu, O. Frieder and P.-J. Wan: Minimizing Electronic Line Terminals for Automatic Ring Protection in General WDM Optical Networks, IEEE Journal of Selected Area on Communications, 20(1):183-189, January 2002.
46. G. Calinescu, and P.-J. Wan: Traffic Partition in WDM/SONET Rings to Minimize SONET ADMs, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 6(4):425-453, 2002.
47. G. Calinescu, and P.-J. Wan: Splitable Traffic Partition in WDM/SONET Rings to Minimize SONET ADMs, Theoretical Computer Science, 276(1-2):33-50, 2002.
48. O. Frieder, F. Harary, and P.-J. Wan: A Radio Coloring of a Hypercube, International Journal of Computer Mathematics, 79(6):665-670, 2002.
49. X.-Y. Li, and P.-J. Wan, Constructing Minimum Energy Mobile Wireless Networks, ACM Journal of Mobile Computing and Communication Survey, 5(4):55-67, October 2001.
50. X.-Y. Li, P.-J. Wan, S.-H. Teng, and A. Ungor: To Generate Good Triangular Meshes: Conforming to Control Spacing Requirements, Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences (CMES), 2(1):97-116, 2001.
51. C. Colbourn, P.-J. Wan: Minimizing Drop Cost for SONET/WDM Networks with 1/8 Wavelength Requirements, Networks, 37(2):107-116, 2001.
52. P.-J. Wan, L.-W. Liu, and Y. Yang: Optimal Routing Based on Super Topology in WDM Optical Parallel Interconnects, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 61(9):1209-1224, September 2001.
53. P.-J. Wan, G. Calinescu, L.-W. Liu, and O. Frieder: Grooming of Arbitrary Traffic in SONET/WDM Rings, IEEE Journal of Selected Area on Communications, 18(10):1995 -2003, October 2000.
54. P.-J. Wan, and Y. Yang: Load balanced routing in counter-rotated SONET rings, Networks, 35(4):279-286, July 2000.
55. P.-J. Wan: Optimal Conflict-free Channel Assignment for an Optical Cluster Interconnection Network Based on Rotator digraphs, Theoretical Computer Science, 207(1):193-201, 1998.
56. P.-J. Wan: TWDM Multichannel Lightwave Hypercube Networks, Theoretical Computer Science, 194(1-2):123-136, 1998.
57. A. Borchers, D.-Z. Du, B. Gao, and P.-J. Wan: The k-Steiner Ratio in The Rectilinear Plane, Journal of Algorithms, 29(1):1-17, 1998.
58. J. Huang, and P.-J. Wan: Criticality- and QOS-Based Multiresource Negotiation and Adaptation for Continuous Multimedia, Journal of Real-Time System, 15(3):249-273, 1998.
59. F.K. Hwang, P.-J. Wan, and D.-Z. Du: Comparing File Copies with at Most Three Disagreeing Pages, IEEE Transaction on Computers, 46(6):716-718, June 1997.
60. P.-J. Wan: Near-Optimal Conflict-free Channel Assignment for an Optical Cluster Hypercube Interconnection Network, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization 1(2):179-186, 1997.
61. P.-J. Wan, D.-Z. Du, and R.L. Graham: The Steiner Ratio on the Dual Normed Plane, Discrete Mathematics, 171(1-3):261-275, 1997.
62. P.-J. Wan, and D.-Z. Du : An (log₂3 + 1/2)-Competitive Algorithm for the Counterfeit Coin Problem, Discrete Mathematics, 163(1-3):173-200, 1997.
63. P.-J. Wan, Q.-F. Yang, and D. Kelly: A (3/2) log₂3-Competitive Algorithm for the Counterfeit Coin Problem, Theoretical Computer Science, 181(2):347-356, July 1997.
64. D.-Z. Du, B. Gao, R.L. Graham, Z.-C. Liu, and P.-J. Wan: Minimum Steiner trees in normed planes, Discrete & Computational Geometry, 9:351-370, 1993.

Conference Papers

1. P.-J. Wan, Multiflows in Multihop Wireless Networks, ACM MOBIHOC 2009.
2. P.-J. Wan, C.-H. Huang, L. Wang, Z.-Y. Wan, and X. Jia, Minimum-Latency Aggregation Scheduling in Multihop Wireless Networks, ACM MOBIHOC 2009.
3. P.-J. Wan, X. Xu, L. Wang, X. Jia, and E.K. Park, Minimum-Latency Beaconing Schedule in Multihop Wireless Networks, IEEE INFOCOM 2009.
4. R. Gandhi, Y.-A. Kim, S. Lee, J. Ryu, and P.-J. Wan, Approximation Algorithms for Data Broadcast in Wireless Networks, IEEE INFOCOM Mini-conference 2009.
5. X. Li, X. Xu, F. Zou, H. Du, P. Wan, Y. Wang, and W Wu, A PTAS for Node-Weighted Steiner Tree in Unit Disk Graphs, COCOA 2009.
6. P.-J. Wan, X. Jia, and F. Yao, Maximum Independent Set of Links under Physical Interference Model, WASA 2009.
7. P.-J. Wan, Z. Wang, Z. Wan, S.C.-H. Huang, and H. Liu, Minimum-Latency Schedulings for Group Communications in Multi-Channel Multihop Wireless Networks, WASA 2009.
8. P.-J. Wan, L. Wang, F. Yao, and C.-W. Yi, Two-Phased Approximation Algorithms for Minimum CDS in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE ICDCS 2008.
9. P.-J. Wan, L. Wang, and F. Yao, On The Longest RNG Edge of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE ICDCS 2008.
10. D.Y. Li, H.W. Du, P.-J. Wan, X.F. Gao, Z. Zhang, and W. Wu, Minimum Power Strongly Connected Dominating Sets in Wireless Networks, The International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN) 2008.
11. D.-Z. Du, R. L. Graham, P. M. Pardalos, P.-J. Wan, W. Wu, and W. Zhao, Analysis of Greedy Approximations with Nonsubmodular Potential Functions, SIAM SODA 2008.
12. C.-H. Huang, P.-J. Wan, X. Jia, H.W. Du, and W.P. Shang, Minimum-Latency Broadcast Scheduling in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE INFOCOM 2007.
13. C.-H. Huang, P.-J. Wan, and F. Yao, Nearly Constant Approximation for Data Aggregation Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE INFOCOM 2007.
14. W.-P. Shang, F. F. Yao, P.-J. Wan, and X.D. Hu: Algorithms for Minimum m-Connected k-Dominating Set Problem. COCOA 2007: 182-190.
15. C.-W. Yi, P.-J. Wan, K.-W. Lin, and C.-H. Huang, Asymptotic Distribution of The Number of Isolated Nodes in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks with Unreliable Nodes and Links, IEEE GLOBECOM 2006.
16. C.-H. Huang, P.-J. Wan, X. Jia, and H.W. Du: Low-Latency Broadcast Scheduling in Ad Hoc Networks, First International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, System, and Applications, 2006.
17. P.-J. Wan, C.-W. Yi, F. Yao, and X. Jia: Asymptotic Critical Transmission Radius for Greedy Forward Routing in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, ACM MOBIHOC 2006, pp 25-36.
18. H. Liu, P.-J. Wan, X. Jia, and F. Yao: Efficient Flooding Scheme Based on 1-hop Information in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE INFOCOM 2006.
19. P.-J. Wan, and C.-W. Yi: Coverage by Randomly Deployed Wireless Sensor Networks, The 4th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (IEEE NCA05).
20. X.-Y. Li, P.-J. Wan: Theoretically Good Distributed CDMA/OVSF Code Assignment for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, the 11th International Computing and Combinatorics Conference (COCOON05), Kunming, PRC, 16-19 August 2005.
21. H. Liu, P.-J. Wan, and X. Jia: Fault-Tolerant Relay Node Placement in Wireless Sensor Networks, the 11th International Computing and Combinatorics Conference (COCOON05), Kunming, PRC, 16-19 August 2005, pp 230-239.
22. H. Liu, P.-J. Wan, X. Jia, S. Makki, and N. Pissinou: Maximal Lifetime Scheduling in Sensor Surveillance Networks, IEEE INFOCOM, 2005.
23. X. Jia, D. Kim, S. Makki, P.-J. Wan, and C.-W. Yi: Power assignmenbt for k-connectivity in wireless ad hoc networks, IEEE INFOCOM, 2005.
24. P.-J. Wan, and C.-W. Yi, Asymptotic critical transmission ranges for connectivity in wireless ad hoc networks with Bernoulli nodes, IEEE WCNC, 2005.
25. P.-J. Wan, X.-Y. Li, and O. Frieder: OVSF-CDMA Code Assignment in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, ACM DIALM-POMC, 2004.
26. P.-J. Wan, and C.-W. Yi: Asymptotic critical transmission radius and critical neighbor number for k-connectivity in wireless ad hoc networks, ACM MOBIHOC 2004.
27. G. Calinescu, A. Dumitrescu, and P-J. Wan: Separating Points by Axis-parallel Lines, 16th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, 2004.
28. X.-Y. Li, Y. Wang, P.-J. Wan, and O, Frieder: Localized Low-Weight Graph and Its Applications in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE INFOCOM 2004.
29. X.-Y. Li, P.-J. Wan, Y. Wang, and C.-W. Yi, Fault tolerant deployment and topology control in wireless networks, ACM MobiHoc 2003, pp. 117-128.
30. G. Calinescu and P-J. Wan: Range Assignment for High Connectivitity in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, Adhoc-Now 2003.
31. K. M. Alzoubi, P.-J. Wan, O. Frieder: Weakly Connected Dominating Sets and Sparse Spanners for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, 2003.
32. C.-W. Yi, P.-J. Wan, X.-Y. Li, and O. Frieder: Asymptotic Distribution of The Number of Isolated Nodes in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks with Bernoulli Nodes, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2003.
33. X.-Y. Li, , Y. Wang, P.-J. Wan, C.-W. Yi and O. Frieder: Robust Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE ICC 2003.
34. P.-J. Wan, K. M. Alzoubi, O. Frieder: Distributed Construction of Connected Dominating Set in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE INFOCOM 2002.
35. X.-Y. Li, G. Calinescu, P.-J. Wan: Distributed Construction of Planar Spanner and Routing for Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE INFOCOM 2002.
36. K. M. Alzoubi, P.-J. Wan, O. Frieder: Message-Optimal Connected-Dominating-Set Construction for Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, ACM MOBIHOC 2002.
37. V. A. Nguyen, P.-J. Wan, O. Frieder: Directional 5*3 and 6*3 Reuse Plans for Trisectorized Cellular Systems, International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN), 2002.
38. X.-Y. Li, P.-J. Wan, O. Frieder: Coverage in Wireless Ad-hoc Sensor Networks, IEEE ICC 2002.
39. V. A. Nguyen, P. Wan, and O. Frieder: Channel alternation and rotation in Narrow-Beam Trisector Cellular systems, Proceedings of European Wireless, vol. 2, pp. 739-745, Feb. 2002
40. K. M. Alzoubi, P.-J. Wan, O. Frieder: New Distributed Algorithm for Connected Dominating Set in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, HICSS35, Hawaii, Janauary 2002.
41. X.-Y. Li, P.-J. Wan, W. Yu, O. Frieder: Sparse Power Efficient Topology for Wireless Networks, HICSS35, Hawaii, Janauary 2002, Best Paper for Software Technology Track.
42. G. Calinescu, I. Mandoiu, P-J. Wan, and A. Zelikovsky: Selecting Forwarding Neighbors in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, ACM DIALM 2001.
43. X.-Y. Li, P.-J. Wan: Constructing Minimum Energy Mobile Wireless Networks, ACM Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing 2001.
44. V.A. Nguyen, P.J. Wan: Channel Alternation and Rotation for Tri-Sectored Directional Antenna Cellular Systems, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 394-398, Oct. 2001.
45. V.A. Nguyen, O. Frieder, and P.J. Wan: A directional frequency reuse plan based on channel alternation and rotation, IEEE MILCOM, pp. 1139-1144, Oct. 2001.
46. X.-Y. Li, P.-J. Wan, W. Yu, O. Frieder: Constrained Shortest Paths in Wireless Networks, IEEE MILCOM 2001.
47. X.-Y. Li, P.-J. Wan, W. Yu: Power Efficient and Sparse Spanner for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE ICCCN 2001.
48. G. Calinescu and P-J. Wan: Traffic Partition in WDM/SONET Rings to Minimize SONET ADMs, 15th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, 2001.
49. C. Coutras, P.-J. Wan, O. Frieder: The Effect of Hidden Nodes and Capture on the Performance of the HIPERLAN CAC Layer Protocol, SCI 2001.
50. G. Calinescu and P-J. Wan: Wavelength Assignment in WDM Rings with Splitable Lightpaths, International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms and Networks, 2000.
51. P.-J. Wan, G. Calinescu, X.-Y. Li, and O. Frieder: Minimum Energy Broadcast Routing in Static Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, IEEE INFOCOM 2001.
52. L.-W. Liu, P.-J. Wan, O. Frieder: Optical Burst Switching, the Next IT Revolution Worth Multiple Billions, IEEE MILCOM 2000.
53. C. Coutras, P.-J. Wan and O. Frieder: Analytical modeling and performance evaluation of the HIPERLAN CAC layer protocol for real-time traffic, IEEE LCN 2000.
54. X.-Y. Li, L. Liu, P.-J. Wan and O. Frieder: Practical Traffic Grooming for Single Hub SONET/WDM Rings, IEEE LCN 2000.
55. X.-Y. Li, P.-J. Wan, L.-W. Liu: Select Line Speeds for Single-Hub SONET/WDM Ring Networks, IEEE ICC 2000.
56. X.-Y. Li, P.-J. Wan, S.-H. Teng, A. Ungor: Generate Good Mesh Respecting to Control Spacing, International Conference on Computational Engineering & Sciences 2000.
57. L.-W. Liu, X.-Y. Li, P.-J. Wan, O. Frieder: Wavelength Assignment in WDM Rings to Minimize SONET ADMs, IEEE INFOCOM 2000.
58. P.-J. Wan, L.-W. Liu, O. Frieder: Grooming of Arbitrary Traffic in SONET/WDM Rings, IEEE GLOBECOM, 1999.
59. P.-J. Wan, V. A. Nguyen, H. Bai: Advance Handovers Arrangement and Channel Allocation in LEO Satellite Systems, IEEE GLOBECOM, pp. 286-290, 1999.
60. P.-J. Wan, L.-W. Liu, O. Frieder: Optimal Placement of Wavelength Converters in Trees and Trees of Rings, IEEE ICCCN'99.
61. L.-W. Liu, P.-J. Wan, O. Frieder: Wavelength Assignment to Minimize Requirement on Tunable Range of Optical Transceivers in WDM Networks, IEEE ICCCN'99.
62. P.-J. Wan, Y. Yang: Load-Balancing in Counter-rotated Rings, ICPP, 1999.
63. C. Coutras, P.-J. Wan: Evaluating Performance of the HIPERLAN CAC Layer Protocol for Asynchronous Traffic, IEEE LCN, 1999.
64. P.-J. Wan, L.-W. Liu, Y. Yang: Optimal Routing Based on the Super-Topology in Hypercube WDM networks, IEEE LCN, 1999.
65. P.-J. Wan, L.-W. Liu: Maiximal Throughput in Wavelength-Routed Optical Networks, DIMACS Workshop on Optical Networks, April 1998.
66. P.-J. Wan: TWDM Multihop Lightwave Networks Based on Rotator Digraphs, Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE International Conference on Computer and Communication Networks, pp. 154-157, 1997.
67. P.-J. Wan: On the Number of Fiber Connections and Star Couplers in Multi-Star Single-Hop Networks, Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE Annual Conference on Local Computer Networks, 1997.
68. P.-J. Wan: Conflict-Free Channel Assignment for an Optical Cluster Interconnection Network Based on Star Graphs, Proceeding of the Nineth IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, 1997.
69. P.-J. Wan, D.-Z. Du, P.M. Pardalos: A New Algorithm for the Multi-Access Channel Problem, Minimax and its Applications (Erice Proceedings in ITALY), 1997.
70. P.-J. Wan: TWDM Lightwave Networks Based on Kautz Digraphs, Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Computer and Communication Networks, pp. 196-199, 1996.
71. P.-J. Wan, A. Pavan: TWDM Single-hop Lightwave Networks Using Multiple Fixed Transceivers at Each Station, Proceedings of the 21st IEEE Annual Conference on Local Computer Networks, pp. 486-490, 1996.
72. A. Pavan, P.-J. Wan, S.-R. Tong, D.H.C. Du: A New Multihop Lightwave Networks Based on Generalized de Bruijn Graphs, Proceedings of the 21st IEEE Annual Conference on Local Computer Networks, pp. 498-057, 1996.
73. P.-J. Wan: Conflict-free Channel Assignment for an Optical Cluster Interconnection Network Based on Rotator Digraphs, Proceeding of the Eighth IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, pp. 121-123, 1996.
74. J. Huang, P.-J. Wan: On Supporting Mission-critical Multimedia Applications, Proceeding of the Third IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems, 1996.
75. J. Huang, P.-J. Wan, V. Thomas: Quasi-durable Checkpointing: A Real-Time Fault-Tolerance Approach And Its Analysis, Proceeding of the Second IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS'96).
76. D.-Z. Du, E. Shragowitz and P.-J. Wan: Two Special Cases for Rectilinear Steiner Minimum Trees, Springer-Velag Lecture Notes Series.
77. P.-J. Wan, Q.-F. Yang, D. Kelly: A (3/2) log₂3-Competitive Algorithm for the Counterfeit Coin Problem, Proceedings of the First Annual International Conference on Computing and Combinatorics, pp. 436-445, 1995.

Book Editions and Book Chapters

1. P.-J. Wan, X.-Y. Li, O. Frieder: Minimum Energy Cost Broadcasting in Wireless Networks. Encyclopedia of Algorithms 2008.
2. H. Liu, X. Jia and P.-J. Wan, On Energy Efficiency in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks, Yang Xiao and Yi Pan (eds.), Nova Science Publishers, 2005, pp. 27-48.
3. P.-J. Wan, D.-Z. Du, P.M. Pardalos (Eds.): The Proceedings of the DIMACS Workshop on Optical Networks, American Mathematical Society, 1998.
4. P.-J. Wan: Optimization Problems in Optical Networks, in Handbook of Combinatorial Optimization D.-Z. Du and P.M. Pardalos (Eds.), 1998.
5. P.-J. Wan, F. Cao: Multichannel Lightwave Networks, in Advances in Algorithm, Language and Complexity, edited by D.-Z. Du and Ker-I Ko, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.
6. F. Cao, D.-Z. Du, B. Gao, P.-J. Wan: Minimax problems in combinatorial optimization, in Minimax and its Applications, edited by D.Z Du and P.M. Pardalos, Kluwer Academic Publishers, (1995), pp. 262-285.

Fundings

• NeTS-NECO: Minimizing Communication Latency with Multiple Channels And Radios in Multihop Wireless Networks, funded by NSF, $390,457, Principal Investigator: P.-J. Wan, Sep. 1, 2008 -- Aug. 31, 2011.
• Max-Lifetime Sleep Scheduling for Surveillance Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks, funded by HK RGC (CERG No. CityU 114307), HK$871,200, PI: Xiaohua Jia, CI: P.-J. Wan, Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2010.
• Random Geometric graphs and their applications, funded by HK RGC (CERG No. CityU 122807), HK$358,710, PI: Frances Yao, CI: P.-J. Wan, Jan. 2008-Dec. 2009.
• Minimum Latency Communication Schedules for Information Dissemination and Aggregation in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks, funded by HK RGC (CERG No. CityU 114006), HK$876,780, PI: Xiaohua Jia, CI: P.-J. Wan, Jan. 2007--Dec. 2009.
• Min-Power Scheduling for Variable Voltage Processors and Ad Hoc Networks, funded by HK RGC, HK$788,778, PI: Frances Yao, CI: P.-J. Wan, Aug. 2005--Jul. 2008.
• Scan Statistics and Their Applications in Wireless Ad Hoc/Sensor Networks, funded by CityU of HK, HK$150,000, PI: P.-J. Wan, Jan. 2005--Jun. 2006.
• Prefix-Free Vertex Coloring for Channel Assignment in OVSF-CDMA Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, funded by NSF, $187,474, Principal Investigators: P.-J. Wan, X.-Y. Li, Aug. 1, 2003 -- Jul. 31, 2007.

Professional Activities

• Technical Program Committee Chairs/Co-Chairs of the following conferences:
  1. The Ninth ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MOBIHOC), 2008.
  2. The Fourth International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN) 2008.
  3. The Second International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications (WASA), 2007.
  4. SPIE Optical Networking and Communications Conference, 2001.
• Co-Oranizers of the following workshops:
  1. The ASI (Advanced Study Institute) Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks 2006.
  2. The NSF Workshop on Theoretical Aspects of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Peer-to-Peer Networks, 2004.
  3. The NSF/DIMACS Workshop on Optical Networks, 1998.
• TPC Area Chair of IEEE INFOCOM 2010.
• Technical Program Committee members for numerous conferences and workshops including ACM MOBIHOC 2009 and 2008, IEEE INFOCOM 2009 and 2005, IEEE ICDCS 2008, AAIM 2007, MSN 2006.
• Panelists for NSF, 2003, 2004, and 2007.
• Editor of Optical Communications Magazine, 2001--2003.
• Co-Guest Editor of Special Issue of International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing (IJWMC), 2006.
• Co-Guest Editor of Special Issue of Optical Communications Magazine, 2002.
• Services at Department of Computer Science, IIT: PhD Coordinator, Graduate Admission Committee, Graduate Committee, Undergraduate Studies Committee, Faculty Recruiting Committee.
• Services at IIT: IIT Research Council.

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