MUNG CHIANG
Journal Articles, Selected Conference Papers, and Speeches

A. Books 

1. M. Chiang, 20 Questions About Networked Life, Cambridge University Press, 2012. 


B. Journal Articles

2. T. M. Cover and M. Chiang, 'Duality between channel capacity and rate distortion with two-sided state information,'  (Invited Paper), IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 1629 - 1638, June 2002.

3. M. Chiang and S. Boyd, ' Geometric programming duals of channel capacity and rate distortion,' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 245-258, February 2004.

4. M. Chiang, 'Balancing Transport and Physical Layers in Wireless Multihop Networks: Jointly Optimal Congestion Control and Power Control,' IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 104-116, January 2005 This paper becomes the Fast Breaking Paper in Computer Science in 2006 according to ISI citation frequency.

An ns-2 implementation of the jointly optimal congestion control and power control algorithm in the above paper can be found by clicking the above link.

5. A. Sutivong, M. Chiang, T. M. Cover, and Y. H. Kim, 'Pure information and state estimation for state-dependent Gaussian channels,' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 1486-1495, April 2005. Related IEEE ISIT 2002 Paper

6. M. Chiang, 'Geometric programming for communication systems', Short monograph in Foundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory, vol. 2, no. 1-2, pp. 1-154, August 2005. (One of the top 3 papers by authors under the age of 35 in the field of continuous optimization during 2004 – 2007 selected by Mathematical Programming Society)

A printed and bound version of this book is available at a 30% discount from Now Publishers. This can be obtained by entering the promotional code MC01005 on the order form at now publishers. You will then pay $45 including postage.

7. J. W. Lee, M. Chiang, and R. A. Calderbank, 'Jointly optimal congestion and contention control in wireless ad hoc networks,' IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 216-218, March 2006.

8. J. W. Lee, M. Chiang, and R. A. Calderbank, 'Price-based distributed algorithm for optimal rate-reliability tradeoff in network utility maximization', IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 962-976, May 2006.

9. F. Meshkati, M. Chiang, H. V. Poor, and S. Schwartz, 'A non-cooperative power control game for multi-carrier CDMA systems,' IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 1115-1129, June 2006.

10. S. Gezici, M. Chiang, H. V. Poor, and H. Kobayashi, 'Optimal and suboptimal finger selection algorithms for MMSE RAKE receivers in impulse radio ultra-wideband systems', EURASIP Transactions on Signal Processing, July 2006.

11. D. Palomar and M. Chiang, 'A tutorial on decomposition methods and distributed network resource allocation', IEEE Journal of Selected Aresa in Communications, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 1439-1451, August 2006.

12. M. Chiang, S. H. Low, A. R. Calderbank, and J. C. Doyle, 'Layering as optimization decomposition: A mathematical theory of network architectures', Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 255-312, January 2007. (Top 100 downloaded papers in IEEE Xplore in March 2007.) Related Tutorial , first presented at ISIT 2006. Shorter and older survey , Proc. CISS 2006. Q&A format , Proc. IEEE Milcom 2006.

13. J. He, M. Bresler, M. Chiang, and J. Rexford, 'Towards robust multi-layer traffic engineering', IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 868-880, June 2007.

14. A. Tang, J. Wang, S. H. Low, and M. Chiang, 'Equilibrium of heterogeneous congestion control protocols: Existence and Uniqueness', IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 824-837, July 2007.

15. M. Chiang, C. W. Tan, D. Palomar, D. O'Neill, and D. Julian, 'Power control by geometric programming', IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 7, 2640-2651, July 2007.

16. J. W. Lee, M. Chiang, and R. A. Calderbank, 'Utility-Optimal Random-Access Control' IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 7, pp. 2741-2751, July 2007.

17. J. W. Lee, A. Tang, J. Huang, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, 'Reverse engineering MAC: A game-theoretic model', IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communication, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 1135-1147, August 2007.

18. R. Cendrillon, J. Huang, M. Chiang, and M. Moonen, 'Autonomous Spectrum Balancing for Digital Subscriber Lines', IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 55, no. 8, pp. 4241-4257, August 2007.

19. J. He, J. Rexford, and M. Chiang 'Don't optimize existing protocols, design optimizable protocols', ACM Sigcomm Computer Communications Review, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 53-58, August 2007.

20. D. Palomar and M. Chiang, 'Alternative distributed algorithms for network utility maximization: Framework and applications', IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 52, no. 12, pp. 2254-2269, December 2007.

21. P. Hande, S. Zhang, and M. Chiang, 'Distributed rate allocation for inelastic flows,' IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1240-1253, December 2007.

22. J. Zhang, D. Zheng, and M. Chiang, 'The impact of stochastic noisy feedback on distributed network utility maximization', IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 645-665, February 2008.

23. M. Yu, Y. Yi, J. Rexford, and M. Chiang, 'Rethinking virtual network embedding: Support of path splitting and migration', ACM Computer Communication Review, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 17-29, April 2008.

24. J. Huang, Z. Li, M. Chiang, A. Katsaggelos, 'Joint source adaptation and resource pricing for multi-user wireless video streaming', IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 582-595, May 2008.

25. Y. Yi and M. Chiang, 'Stochastic network utility maximization: A tribute to Kelly's paper published in this journal a decade ago', European Transactions on Telecommunications, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 421-442, June 2008.

26. M. Chiang, P. Hande, T. Lan, C. W. Tan, 'Power control in wireless cellular networks', Foundations and Trends in Networking, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 381-533, July 2008.

27. D. Xu, Y. Li, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, 'Elastic service availability: Utility framework and optimal provisioning', IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 55-65,  August 2008.

28. J. Huang, Z. Han, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, 'Distributed power control and relay selection for cooperative transmission using auction theory', IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 1226-1237, September 2008.

29. X. Zhang, H. V. Poor, and M. Chiang, 'Optimal power allocation for distributed detection in wireless sensor networks', IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol.56, no.9, pp.4124-4140, September 2008.

30. P. Hande, S. Rangan, M. Chiang, and X. Wu 'Distributed uplink power control for optimal SIR assignment in cellular data networks'', IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 1430-1443, November 2008.

31. H. Mohsenian Rad, J. Huang, M. Chiang, and V. Wong, 'Utility-optimal random access: Reduced complexity, fast convergence, and robust performance', IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 898-911, February 2009.

32. H. Mohsenian Rad, J. Huang, M. Chiang, and V. Wong, 'Utility-optimal random access without message passing', IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 1073-1079, March 2009.

33. C. W. Tan, D. Palomar, M. Chiang, 'Robustness-energy tradeoff in cellular network power control', IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 912-925, May 2009.

34. Y. Li, M. Chiang, A. R. Calderbank, S. Diggavi, 'Optimal rate-reliability-delay tradeoff in networks with composite links ', IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 1390-1401, May 2009.

35. J. Liu, A. Proutiere, Y. Yi, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, 'Stability, fairness, performance: A flow-level study for arbitrary rate regions', IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 55, no. 8, pp. 3437-3456, August 2009.

36. H. Inaltekin, S. B. Wicker, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, 'The behavior of unbounded path loss models and the effect of singularity on computed network characteristics', IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 1078-1092, September 2009.

37. J. Liu, A. Stoylar, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, 'Queue based random access in wireless networks: Optimality and stability', IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 4087-4098, September 2009.

38. Y. Li, Z. Li, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, 'Content aware distortion fair video streaming in networks', IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 1182-1193, October 2009.

39. X. Ji, J. Huang, M. Chiang, G. Lafruit, and F. Catthoor, 'Scheduling and resource allocation for SVC streaming over OFDM downlink systems', IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technologies, vol. 19, no. 10, pp. 1549-1555, October 2009.

40. J. Liu, Y. Yi, A. Proutiere, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, 'Towards utility optimal random access without message passing', (Invited Paper) Wiley Journal on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Special Issue on Advances in Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 115-128, January 2010. 

41. Y. Li, C. Tian, S. Diggavi, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, 'Network resource allocation for competing multiple description transmissions', IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 1493-1504, May 2010.

42. A. Tang, D. Wei, S. H. Low, and M. Chiang, ‘Equilibrium of heterogeneous congestion control: Optimality and stability’, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 844-857, June 2010.

43. H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, 'Average message delivery time for small-world networks in the continuum limit', IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 56, no. 9, pp.4447-4470, September 2010.

44. Y. Li, A. Papchristodoulou, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, 'Congestion control and its stability in networks with delay-sensitive traffic', Computer Networks, vol. 55, no. 1, pp.20-32, January 2011.

45. W. Zhang, U. Mitra, and M. Chiang, 'Optimization of amplify-and-forward multicarrier two-hop transmission', IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 1434-1445, May 2011. 

46. T. Lan, X. Lin, M. Chiang, and R. B. Lee, 'Stability and benefits of suboptimal resource allocation', IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 19, no. 4, 1194-1207, June 2011.

47. S. Liu, S. Sengupta, M. Chen, M. Chiang, J. Li, and P. A. Chou, 'Streaming capacity of P2P', IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 57, no. 8, pp. 5072-5087, August 2011.

48. L. Fu, H. Kim, J. Huang, S. C. Liew, and M. Chiang, "Energy conservation and interference mitigation: From decoupling property to win win strategy," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 3943-3955, November 2011. 

49. D. Xu, M. Chiang, and J. Rexford, 'Achieving optimal traffic engineering with link-state routing and hop-by-hop forwarding', IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 1717-1730, November 2011.

50. C. W. Tan, M. Chiang, and R. Srikant, 'Maximizing sum rate and minimizing MSE on multiuser downlink: Optimality, fast algorithms, and equivalence via max-min SIR', IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 59, no. 12, pp. 6127-6143, December 2011.

51. H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang, H. V. Poor, and S. B. Wicker, 'On the asymptotic behavior of selfish transmitters sharing a common channel', IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 138-152, January 2012.  

52. S. Sorroshyari, C. W. Tan, and M. Chiang, 'Power control for cognitive radio networks', To appear in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2012.  

53. P. Tsiaflakis, Y. Yi, M. Chiang, and M. Moonen, 'Dynamics Spectrum Management for Green DSL', To appear in EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communications, 2012.  

54. C. Leberknight, F. Wong, and M. Chiang, 'Internet censorship: Taxonomy and survey', To appear in International Journal of E-Politics, 2012. 

55. W. Ouyang, A. K. S. Wong, C. T. Lea, and M. Chiang, 'Indoor location estimation with reduced calibration', To appear in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2012. 

56. C. Leberknight, H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, 'Online content trading', To appear in IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 2012. 

57. H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, 'Delay of social search on small world graphs', To appear in Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 2012. 

58. K. Yang, J. Huang, Y. Wu, M. Chiang, and X. Wang, "Distributed robust optimization I: Framework and applications," To appear in Journal of Optimization and Engineering, 2012. 

59. H. Kim, S. Ha, and M. Chiang, "Iterative resource pooling for bandwidth allocation in TDM-PON: Algorithms, convergence, and experimental evaluation," To appear in Photonic Network Communications, 2012. 

60. C. Joe-Wong, S. Sen, S. Ha, and M. Chiang, "Optimized day-ahead pricing for smart grid with device-specific scheduling flexibility," To appear in IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, 2012. 


C. Selected Conference Papers

IEEE INFOCOM

61. C. Joe-Wong, S. Sen, T. Lan, and M. Chiang, "Multiresource allocation: Fairness-efficiency tradeoffs in a unifying framework," Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Orlando, FL, March 2012. 

62. W. Jiang, M. Chen, S. Ha, T. Lan, and M. Chiang, "Joint VM placement and routing for data center traffic engineering," Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Orlando, FL, March 2012. 

63. B. Nardelli, J. Lee, K. Lee, Y. Yi, S. Chong, E. Knightly, and M. Chiang, "Experiment evaluation of optimal CSMA", Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Shanghai, China, April 2011. 

64. L. Yang, H. Kim, J. Zhang, M. Chiang, and C. W. Tan, "Pricing-based spectrum access control in cognitive radio networks with random access", Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Shanghai, China, April 2011.

65. Y. Wu, H. Kim, P. Hande, M. Chiang, and D. Tsang, "Revenue sharing among ISPs in two-sided markets", Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Shanghai, China, April 2011.

66. T. Lan, D. Kao, M. Chiang, and A. Sabharwal, 'An axiomatic theory of fairness', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, San Diego, CA, March 2010. 

67. P. Hande, M. Chiang, A. R. Calderbank, J. Zhang, 'Pricing under constraint in access networks: Revenue maximization and congestion management', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, San Diego, CA, March 2010. 

68. A. Proutiere, Y. Yi, T. Lan, and M. Chiang, 'Resource allocation over network dynamics without timescale separation', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, San Diego, CA, March 2010. 

69. P. Hande, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, 'Network rate allocation with content provider participation', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Rio, Brazil, April 2009. 

70. C. W. Tan, M. Chiang, and R. Srikant, 'Fast algorithms and performance bounds for sum rate maximization in wireless networks', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Rio, Brazil, April 2009. 

71. D. Xu, M. Chiang, and J. Rexford, 'Link-state routing with hop-by-hop forwarding can achieve optimal traffic engineering', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Phoenix, AZ, April 2008.

72. D. Xu, M. Chiang, and Elliot Anshelevich, 'On survivable access network design: Complexity and algorithms', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Phoenix, AZ, April 2008.

73. T. Lan, X. Lin, M. Chiang, and R. B. Lee, 'How bad is suboptimal rate allocation?' Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Phoenix, AZ, April 2008.

74. D. Xu, M. Chiang, and J. Rexford, 'DEFT: Distributed exponentially-weighted flow splitting', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007.

75. D. Xu, Y. Li, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, 'Optimal provision of elastic service availability', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007.

76. J. Zhang, D. Zheng, and M. Chiang, 'The impact of stochastic noisy feedback on distributed network utiilty maximization, Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007.

77. L. Chen, T. Ho, S. H. Low, M. Chiang, and J. C. Doyle, 'Optimization based rate control for multicast with network coding', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007.

78. C. W. Tan, D. Palomar, and M. Chiang, 'Exploiting hidden convexity for flexible and robust resource allocation in cellular networks', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007.

79. Y. Li, M. Chiang, and A. R. Calderbank, 'Optimal delay-rate-reliability tradeoff in networks with composite links', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007.

80. J. Huang, C. W. Tan, M. Chiang, and R. Cendrillon, 'Statistical multiplexing over DSL networks', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2007.

81. P. Hande, S. Rangan, and M. Chiang, 'Distributed algorithms for optimal QoS assignment in wireless cellular data networks', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Barcelona, Spain, April 2006.

82. D. Palomar and M. Chiang, 'Alternative decompositions for distributed maximization of network utility: framework and applications', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Barcelona, Spain, April 2006.

83. J. W. Lee, M. Chiang, and R. A. Calderbank, 'Optimal MAC design based on utility maximization: Reverse and forward engineering', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Barcelona, Spain, April 2006.

84. J. W. Lee, M. Chiang, and R. A. Calderbank, 'Network utility maximization and pricing-based distributed algorithms for rate-reliability tradeoff', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Barcelona, Spain, April 2006.

85. L. Chen, S. H. Low, M. Chiang, and J. C. Doyle, 'Jointly optimal congestion control, routing, and scheduling for wireless ad hoc networks', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Barcelona, Spain, April 2006.

86. A. Tang, J. Wang, S. H. Low, and M. Chiang, 'Equilibrium of heterogeneous congestion control protocols', (Best Paper Award Finalist), Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Miami, FL, March 2005.

87. M. Chiang, S. Zhang, and P. Hande, 'Distributed rate allocation for inelastic flows: optimization frameworks, optimality conditions, and optimal algorithms', Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Miami, FL, March 2005.

88. M. Chiang, 'To layer or not to layer: balancing transport and physical layers in wireless multihop networks,' Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Hong Kong, China, March 2004.

89. M. Chiang, 'Balancing supply and demand of bandwidth in wireless cellular networks: utility maximization over powers and rates,' Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Hong Kong, China, March 2004.

90. D. Julian, M. Chiang, D. O'Neill, and S. Boyd, ' QoS and fairness constrained convex optimization of resource allocation for wireless cellular and ad hoc networks,' Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, New York, NY, June 2002.

IEEE ICNP

91. A. Tang, D. Wei, S. H. Low, and M. Chiang, 'Bandwidth allocation for networks with heterogeneous congestion control protocols', Proc. IEEE ICNP, November 2006.

ACM Sigmetrics

92. W. Jiang, R. Zhang-Shen, J. Rexford, and M. Chiang, 'Cooperative traffic engineering and content distribution in an ISP network', Proc. ACM Sigmetrics, Seattle, WA, June 2009.

93. S. Liu, R. Zhang-Shen, W. Jiang, J. Rexford, and M. Chiang, 'Performance bounds for peer-assisted live streaming', Proc. ACM Sigmetrics, Annapolis, MD, June 2008.

94. J. Liu, A. Proutiere, Y. Yi, M. Chiang, and H. V. Poor, 'Flow-level stability of utility maximization under nonconvex and time-varying rate regions', Proc. ACM Sigmetrics, June 2007.

ACM MobiHoc

95. Y. Yi, J. Zhang, and M. Chiang, 'Effective throughput and delay in wireless scheduling: Vacation model for complexity', Proc. ACM MobiHoc, New Orleans, LA, May 2009.

96. Y. Yi, A. Proutiere, and M. Chiang, 'Complexity of wireless scheduling: Impact and tradeoffs', Proc. ACM MobiHoc, May 2008.

ACM CoNEXT

97. J. He, R. Zhang-Shen, Y. Li, C. Y. Lee, J. Rexford, and M. Chiang, 'DaVinci: Dynamically adaptive virtual networks for a customized Internet', Proc. ACM CoNEXT, Madrid, Spain, December 2008. 

98. J. He, M. Suchara, M. Bresler, M. Chiang, and J. Rexford, 'Rethinking Internet traffic management: from multiple decompositions to a practical protocol',Proc. ACM CoNEXT, December 2007.

IEEE ICDCS 

99. C. Joe-Wong, S. Ha, and M. Chiang, 'Time dependent broadband pricing: Feasibility and benefits', Proc. IEEE ICDCS, Minneapolis, MN, June 2011. 

100. M. Chen, S. Liu, S. Sengputa, M. Chiang, J. Li, and P. A. Chou, 'P2P streaming capacity under node degree bound', Proc. IEEE ICDCS, Genoa, Italy, June 2010. 


D. Plenary or Keynote Speeches 

IEEE 3rd Workshop on Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks, 'Power Control in Cellular Networks', Cyprus, April 2007. 

IEEE 5th Workshop on Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing, 'Beyond Optimality: New Trends in Network Optimization', Darmstadt, Germany, July 2008. 

IEEE 7th WiOpt (International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile Ad Hoc Wireless Networks) Conference, 'Wireless Scheduling', Seoul, Korea, June 2009. 

MIT LIDS Annual Student Conference, 'An Axiomatic Theory of Fairness', Cambridge, MA, January 2010. 

IEEE INFOCOM Plenary Panel, 'What is Good Research in Network Theory (The Ice Cream Speech)' (the text), San Diego, CA, March 2010. 

K. U. Leuven Simon Stevin Lecture, 'Optimization in Networking', Leuven, Belgium, July 2010. 

MPS 10th MOPTA (Modeling and Optimization Theory and Applications) Conference, 'Optimization in Networking', Lehigh, PA, August 2010. 

Southern California Conference on Network Economics and Game Theory, 'Engineering Your Monthly Bill', Los Angeles, CA, November 2010. 

IEEE GLOBECOM Plenary Panel, 'Massive Multimedia', Miami, FL, December 2010.