Mojtaba Soltanalian
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________________________________________ Assistant Professor in Information Systems, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director,
________________________________________ Office: SEO 1031 Email: msol at uic.edu |
I received the B.Sc. degree from Sharif University of Technology, Iran, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering (with specialization in signal processing) under the supervision of Prof. Peter Stoica at the Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Sweden, in Oct. 2014.
Before joining UIC, I held research positions at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) (working with Prof. Babak Hassibi), and SnT, University of Luxembourg (working with Prof. Björn Ottersten). My research interests lie in the interplay of signal processing, learning and optimization theory, and specifically different ways optimization theory can facilitate a better processing and design of signals for collecting information, communication, as well as to form a more profound understanding of data— whether it is in everyday applications or in large-scale, complex scenarios.
I am a Senior Member of IEEE, and serve as a member of the editorial board of Signal Processing, as well as the Vice Chair of the IEEE Signal Processing Society Chapter in Chicago. I have been a recipient of the 2017 IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) Young Author Best Paper Award, and the 2018 European Signal Processing Association (EURASIP) Best PhD Award.
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11/2019: Will serve as a Technical Area Chair for the 2020 Asilomar Conference.3/2019: Received the UIC Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) Seed Funding Program Award.
9/2018: Received the 2018 European Signal Processing Association (EURASIP) Best PhD Award.
7/2018: Received new 3-year NSF grant supporting our research efforts on "Waveform Design and Processing for Next-Generation Radar Systems".
5/2018: Visited and gave invited talks at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Tsinghua University, and Fudan University, during May and June 2018.
5/2018: Received the 2018 UIC College of Engineering Research Award.
12/2017: Received the 2017 IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) Young Author Best Paper Award.
5/2017: Received new 4-year NSF grant supporting our research efforts on "Low-Resolution Sampling with Generalized Thresholds".
9/2017: Received new DoD instrumentation grant- "Three Birds with One Stone: High-Frequency Instrumentation for Semiconductor Device Characterization, Radar and Communication System Measurements".
ISL Talk at Stanford.
Teaching: ECE 531- Detection and Estimation Theory.
Teaching: ECE 516- Adaptive Digital Filters.
Teaching: ECE 418- Statistical Digital Signal Processing.
Publications
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Ph.D. ThesisSignal Design for Active Sensing and Communications |
Journal Papers:
| Author(s) | Title | Journal | Info. | |
| J25 | S. Khobahi and M. Soltanalian | Model-Aware Deep Architectures for One-Bit Compressive Variational Autoencoding | IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | Submitted, 2020. |
| J24 | S. Khobahi and M. Soltanalian | One-Bit Signal Recovery via Adaptive Thresholding | Signal Processing | Submitted, 2020. |
| J23 | A. Bose, S. Khobahi and M. Soltanalian | Joint Optimization of Waveform Covariance Matrix and Antenna Selection for MIMO Radar With Application to Aerial Drones | IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems | Submitted, 2020. |
| J22 | S. Khobahi, M. Soltanalian, F. Jiang, and A. Swindlehurst | Optimized Transmission for Parameter Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks | IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks | no. 6, pp. 35-47, Oct. 2019. Appeared on the IEEE TSIPN Popular Articles list, Nov. 2019. |
| J21 | R. Lin, M. Soltanalian, B. Tang, and J. Li | Efficient Design of Binary Sequences with Low Autocorrelation Sidelobes | IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | no. 24, pp. 6397-6410, Dec. 2019. |
| J20 | A. Ameri, A. Bose, J. Li, and M. Soltanalian | One-Bit Radar Processing With Time-Varying Sampling Thresholds | IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | vol. 67, no. 20, pp. 5297-5308, Oct. 2019. Appeared on the IEEE TSP Popular Articles list, Sep. 2019. |
| J19 | M. Maleki, K. Mohamed-Pour, and M. Soltanalian | Large-System Mutual Information Analysis of Receive Spatial Modulation in Correlated Multi-Cell Massive MIMO Networks | IEEE Transactions on Communications | vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 6071-6084, Sep. 2019. |
| J18 | M. Maleki, K. Mohamed-Pour, and M. Soltanalian | Receive Spatial Modulation in Correlated Massive MIMO with Partial CSI | IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 1237-1250, Mar. 2019. |
| J17 | A. Gharanjik, M. Soltanalian, B. Shankar, and B. Ottersten | Grab-n-Pull: A Max-Min Fractional Quadratic Programming Framework with Applications in Signal and Information Processing | Signal Processing | vol. 160, pp. 1-12, Jul. 2019. |
| J16 | A. Bose and M. Soltanalian | Constructing Binary Sequences With Good Correlation Properties: An Efficient Analytical-Computational Interplay | IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | vol. 66, no. 11, pp. 2998-3007, June 2018. |
| J15 | H. Hu, M. Soltanalian, P. Stoica, and X. Zhu | Locating the Few: Sparsity-Aware Waveform Design for Active Radar | IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 651-662, Feb.1, 2017. Preprint |
| J14 | M. Soltanalian, M. M. Naghsh, N. Shariati, P. Stoica, and B. Hassibi | Training Signal Design for Correlated Massive MIMO Channel Estimation | IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications | vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 1135-1143, Feb. 2017. Preprint |
| J13 | A. Kalantari, M. Soltanalian, S. Maleki, S. Chatzinotas, and B. Ottersten | Directional Modulation via Symbol-Level Precoding: A Way to Enhance Security | IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing | vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 1478-1493, Dec. 2016. Preprint |
| J12 | M. M. Naghsh, M. Soltanalian, P. Stoica, M. Masjedi, and B. Ottersten | Efficient Sum-Rate Maximization for Large-Scale MIMO AF-Relay Networks | IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications | vol. 15, no. 9, pp. 6400-6411, Sept. 2016. Preprint |
| J11 | M. Soltanalian and P. Stoica | On Prime Root-of-Unity Sequences with Perfect Periodic Correlation | IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | vol. 62, no. 20, pp. 5458-5470, Oct, 2014. Appeared on the IEEE TSP Popular Articles list, Sep. 2014. Preprint |
| J10 | M. Soltanalian, H. Hu and P. Stoica | Single-Stage Transmit Beamforming Design for MIMO Radar | Signal Processing | vol. 102, pp. 132-138, Sep. 2014. Preprint |
| J9 | M. M. Naghsh, M. Soltanalian, P. Stoica and M. Hashemi | Radar Code Design for Detection of Moving Targets | IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems | vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 2762-2778, Oct. 2014. Appeared on the IEEE TAES Popular Articles list, Dec. 2014. Preprint |
| J8 | M. Soltanalian and P. Stoica | Designing Unimodular Codes via Quadratic Optimization | IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | vol. 62, no. 5, pp. 1221-1234, 2014. pdf |
| J7 | L. Dai, M. Soltanalian and K. Pelckmans | On the Randomized Kaczmarz Algorithm | IEEE Signal Processing Letters | vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 330-333, Mar. 2014. pdf |
| J6 | M. M. Naghsh, M. Hashemi, S. Shahbazpanahi, M. Soltanalian and P. Stoica | Unified Optimization Framework for Multi-Static Radar Code Design using Information-Theoretic Criteria | IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | vol. 61, no. 21, pp. 5401-5416, 2013. pdf |
| J5 | M. Soltanalian, M. M. Naghsh, and P. Stoica | On Meeting the Peak Correlation Bounds | IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | vol. 62, no. 5, pp. 1210-1220, 2014. pdf, Sequence Sets |
| J4 | M. M. Naghsh, M. Soltanalian, P. Stoica, M. Hashemi, A. De Maio and A. Aubry | A Doppler Robust Design of Transmit Sequence and Receive Filter in the Presence of Signal-Dependent Interference | IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 772-785, Feb. 2014. Appeared on the IEEE TSP Popular Articles list, Jan. 2014. pdf |
| J3 | M. Soltanalian, B. Tang, J. Li, and P. Stoica | Joint Design of the Receive Filter and Transmit Sequence for Active Sensing | IEEE Signal Processing Letters | vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 423-426, May 2013. pdf |
| J2 | M. Soltanalian, M. M. Naghsh, and P. Stoica | A Fast Algorithm for Designing Complementary Sets of Sequences | Signal Processing | vol .93, pp. 2096-2102, 2013. pdf |
| J1 | M. Soltanalian and P. Stoica | Computational Design of Sequences with Good Correlation Properties | IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 2180-2193, May 2012. pdf, Slides |
Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers:
| Author(s) | Title | Conference | Info. | |
| C50 | S. Khobahi, A. Bose, and M. Soltanalian | Deep Radar Waveform Design for Efficient Automotive Radar Sensing | 11th IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop | Hangzhou, China, 2019. Submitted. Invited. |
| C49 | C. Agarwal, S. Khobahi, A. Bose, M. Soltanalian, and D. Schonfeld | Deep-URL: A Model-Aware Approach to Blind Deconvolution Based on Deep Unfolded Richardson-Lucy Network | IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2020) | Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2020. Submitted. |
| C48 | S. Khobahi, A. Bose, and M. Soltanalian | Deep One-Bit Compressive Autoencoding | IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop (SSP 2020) | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2020. Submitted. Invited. |
| C47 | S. Sedighi, B. Shankar, M. Soltanalian, and B. Ottersten | One-Bit DoA Estimation via Sparse Linear Arrays | IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2020 | Barcelona, Spain, 2020. Invited. |
| C46 | A. Ameri, A. Bose, and M. Soltanalian | Waveform Design for One-Bit Radar Systems Under Uncertain Interference Statistics | Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers 2019 | Pacific Grove, CA, 2019. Invited. |
| C45 | A. Bose, S. Khobahi, and M. Soltanalian | Joint Optimization of Waveform Covariance Matrix and Antenna Selection for MIMO Radar | Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers 2019 | Pacific Grove, CA, 2019. |
| C44 | P. Wang, T. Koike-Akino, A. Bose, R. Ma, P. Orlik, W. Tsujita, K. Sadamoto, H. Tsutada, and M. Soltanalian | Learning-Based Shadow Mitigation for Terahertz Multi-Layer Imaging | 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) | Paris, France, 2019. |
| C43 | A. Bose, A. Kadu, H. Mansour, P. Wang, P. Boufounos, P. Orlik, and M. Soltanalian | THz Multi-Layer Imaging Via Nonlinear Inverse Scattering | 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) | Paris, France, 2019. |
| C42 | H. Shaw, et al. | Concepts for Utilization of Quantum Communications and Quantum Key Distribution | 70th International Astronautical Congress | Washington D.C., 2019. |
| C41 | N. Naimipour, H. Safavi, H. Shaw, and M. Soltanalian | Machine Learning Algorithms for Error Correction in Space Optical Communications Systems | 70th International Astronautical Congress | Washington D.C., 2019. |
| C40 | A. Ameri, A. Bose, and M. Soltanalian | Comprehensive Personalized Ranking Using One-Bit Comparison Data | IEEE Data Science Workshop (DSW) | Minneapolis, MN, 2019. |
| C39 | S. Khobahi, N. Naimipour, M. Soltanalian, and Y. C. Eldar | Deep Signal Recovery With One-Bit Quantization | IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2019 | Brighton, UK, 2019. |
| C38 | A. Ameri and M. Soltanalian | One-Bit Radar Processing for Moving Target Detection | Radar Conference (RadarConf) | Boston, MA, 2019. Invited. |
| C37 | N. Naimipour and M. Soltanalian | Graph Clustering Using One-Bit Comparison Data | Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers 2018 | Pacific Grove, CA, 2018. |
| C36 | S. Khobahi and M. Soltanalian | Signal Recovery from 1-Bit Quantized Noisy Samples via Adaptive Thresholding | Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers 2018 | Pacific Grove, CA, 2018. |
| C35 | I. A. Arriaga-Trejo, A. Bose, A. G. Orozco-Lugo, and M. Soltanalian | Design of Unimodular Sequence Sets with Good Correlation and Complementary Correlation Properties | IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP) 2018 | Anaheim, CA, 2018. |
| C34 | A. Ameri, J. Li, and M. Soltanalian | One-Bit Radar Processing and Estimation with Time-Varying Sampling Thresholds | IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM) 2018 | Sheffield, UK, 2018. Invited. |
| C33 | A. Bose, I. A. Arriaga-Trejo, A. G. Orozco-Lugo, and M. Soltanalian | Generalized Cyclic Algorithms for Designing Unimodular Sequence Sets with Good (Complementary) Correlation Properties | IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM) 2018 | Sheffield, UK, 2018. Invited. |
| C32 | A. Bose, A. Ameri, M. Klug, and M. Soltanalian | Low-Rank Matrix Recovery From One-Bit Comparison Information | IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2018 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2018. |
| C31 | N. Naimipour and M. Soltanalian | Efficient Non-Convex Graph Clustering for Big Data | IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2018 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2018. |
| C30 | S. Khobahi and M. Soltanalian | Optimized Transmission for Consensus in Wireless Sensor Networks | IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2018 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2018. |
| C29 | A. Bose, N. Mohammadi and M. Soltanalian | Designing Signals with Good Correlation and Distribution Properties | IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2018 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2018. |
| C28 | A. Bose and M. Soltanalian | Efficient Construction of Polyphase Sequences With Optimal Peak Sidelobe Level Growth | 5th IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP) 2017 | Montreal, Canada, 2017. |
| C27 | M. Mousaei, M. Soltanalian, and B. Smida | ComSens: Exploiting Pilot Diversity for Pervasive Integration of Communication and Sensing in MIMO-TDD Frameworks | MILCOM 2017 | Baltimore, MD, 2017. |
| C26 | A. Bose and M. Soltanalian | Non-Convex Shredded Signal Reconstruction via Sparsity Enhancement | IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2017 | New Orleans, LA, 2017. pdf |
| C25 | A. Kalantari, C. Tsinos, M. Soltanalian, S. Chatzinotas, W.-K. Ma, and B. Ottersten | MIMO Directional Modulation M-QAM Precoding for Transceivers Performance Enhancement | 18th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC) 2017 | Sapporo, Japan, 2017. |
| C24 | A. Kalantari, C. Tsinos, M. Soltanalian, S. Chatzinotas, W.-K. Ma, and B. Ottersten | Spatial Peak Power Minimization for Relaxed Phase M-PSK MIMO Directional Modulation Transmitter | 25th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) 2017 | Kos Island, Greece, 2017. |
| C23 | A. Gharanjik, B. Shankar, M. Soltanalian, and B. Ottersten | Max-Min Transmit Beamforming via Iterative Regularization | 50th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers | Pacific Grove, CA, 2016. |
| C22 | M. Soltanalian, B. Shankar, and B. Ottersten | Reliability Problems and Pareto-Optimality in Cognitive Radar (Invited Paper) | 24th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) 2016 | Budapest, Hungary, 2016. pdf |
| C21 | A. Gharanjik, B. Shankar, M. Soltanalian, and B. Ottersten | An Iterative Approach to Nonconvex QCQP with Applications in Signal Processing | IEEE 9th Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM) 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2016. pdf |
| C20 | M. Soltanalian, A. Gharanjik, B. Shankar, and B. Ottersten | Grab-n-Pull: An Optimization Framework for Fairness-Achieving Networks | IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2016 | Shanghai, China, 2016. pdf |
| C19 | M. M. Naghsh, M. Soltanalian, P. Stoica, M. Masjedi, and B. Ottersten | Rate Optimization for Massive MIMO Relay Networks: A Minorization-Maximization Approach | IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2016 | Shanghai, China, 2016. pdf |
| C18 | A. Kalantari, M. Soltanalian, S. Maleki, S. Chatzinotas, and B. Ottersten | Secure M-PSK Communication via Directional Modulation | IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2016 | Shanghai, China, 2016. pdf |
| C17 | E. Lagunas, S. Maleki, S. Chatzinotas, M. Soltanalian, A. Perez-Neira, and B. Ottersten | Power and Rate Allocation in Cognitive Satellite Uplink Networks | IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2016 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2016. pdf |
| C16 | M. Soltanalian and B. Hassibi | Beyond Semidefinite Relaxtion: Basis Banks and Computationally Enhanced Guarantees | IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) 2015 | Hong Kong, 2015. pdf |
| C15 | M. Soltanalian, P. Stoica and J. Li | Search for Costas Arrays Via Sparse Representation | 22nd European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2014 | Lisbon, Portugal, 2014. pdf |
| C14 | M. Soltanalian, P. Stoica, M. M. Naghsh and A. De Maio | Design of Piecewise Linear Polyphase Sequences with Good Correlation Properties | 22nd European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2014 | Lisbon, Portugal, 2014. pdf |
| C13 | H. Hu, M. Soltanalian, P. Stoica and X. Zhu | Sparsity-Aided Radar Waveform Synthesis | 22nd European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2014 | Lisbon, Portugal, 2014. pdf |
| C12 | E. Hidayat, M. Soltanalian, A. Medvedev and K. Nordström | Stimuli Design for Identification of Spatially Distributed Motion Detectors in Biological Vision Systems | 13th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, ICARCV 2014 | Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, 2014. pdf |
| C11 | M. Soltanalian and P. Stoica | MERIT: A Monotonically Error-Bound Improving Technique for Unimodular Quadratic Programming | IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2014 | Florence, Italy, 2014. pdf |
| C10 | M. Soltanalian, M. M. Naghsh and P. Stoica | Approaching Peak Correlation Bounds Via Alternating Projections | IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2014 | Florence, Italy, 2014. pdf |
| C9 | M. M. Naghsh, M. Soltanalian, P. Stoica, M. Hashemi, A. De Maio and A. Aubry | A Max-Min Design of Transmit Sequence and Receive Filter | IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2014 | Florence, Italy, 2014. pdf |
| C8 | M. M. Naghsh, M. Hashemi, A. Sheikhi, M. Soltanalian and P. Stoica | Unimodular Code Design for MIMO Radar Using Bhattacharyya Distance | IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2014 | Florence, Italy, 2014. pdf |
| C7 | A. Aubry, A. De Maio, M. Piezzo, M. M. Naghsh, M. Soltanalian and P. Stoica | Cognitive Radar Waveform Design for Spectral Coexistence in Signal-Dependent Interference | IEEE Radar Conference (RADARCON) 2014 | Cincinnati, OH, USA, 2014. pdf |
| C6 | M. M. Naghsh, M. Soltanalian, P. Stoica and M. Hashemi | Radar Code Optimization for Moving Target Detection | 21st European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2013 | Marrakech, Morocco, 2013. pdf, Poster |
| C5 | M. M. Naghsh, M. Hashemi, S. Shahbazpanahi, M. Soltanalian and P. Stoica | Majorization-Minimization Technique for Multi-Static Radar Code Design | 21st European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2013 | Marrakech, Morocco, 2013. Short-listed for the best paper award. pdf, Slides |
| C4 | M. Soltanalian and P. Stoica | Design of Perfect Phase-Quantized Sequences with Low Peak-to-Average-Power Ratio | European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO) | Bucharest, Romania, August 2012. pdf, Poster |
| C3 | M. Soltanalian and P. Stoica | Perfect Root-of-Unity Codes with Prime-Size Alphabet | IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) | Prague, Czech Republic, May 2011, pp. 3136-3139. pdf, Poster |
| C2 | M. Soltanolkotabi, M. Soltanalian, A. Amini, and F. Marvasti | A Practical Sparse Channel Estimation for Current OFDM Standards | International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT) | Marrakech, Morocco, May 2009, pp. 217-222. pdf |
| C1 | M. Soltanalian | Analysis and Optimization of the Generalized Caesar Encryption System | 11th Student Conference on Electrical Engineering (ISCEE) | 2008, In Persian. Link |
Technical Reports:
| T1 | M. Soltanalian and P. Stoica | A Recursive Method for Enumeration of Costas Arrays | arXiv:1404.0173 | 2014, Online. |
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BSc Thesis:
On the Reconstruction of 1D Signals from their Fourier Transform Phase or Magnitude — with a Focus on Sparse Signal Reconstruction, Sharif University of Technology, 2009. Abstract, A related draft