Publications

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Selected Preprints

1. Federated Q-Learning: Linear Regret Speedup with Low Communication Cost
   Z. Zheng, F. Gao, L. Xue and J. Yang

2. Provably Efficient UCB-type Algorithms For Learning Predictive State Representations
   R. Huang, Y. Liang and J. Yang

3. Provable Benefits of Multi-task RL under Non-Markovian Decision Making Processes
   R. Huang, Y. Cheng, J. Yang, V. Tan and Y. Liang

4. Model-Free Algorithm with Improved Sample Efficiency for Zero-Sum Markov Games
   S. Feng, M. Yin, Y. Wang, J. Yang and Y. Liang

5. Differentially Private Wireless Federated Learning Using Orthogonal Sequences
   X. Wei, T. Wang, R. Huang, C. Shen, J. Yang and H. V. Poor

Book Chapters

1. Transmission Preemption for Information Freshness Optimization
   S. Feng, B. Wang, C. Deng and J. Yang, Chapter 16 in Age of Information: Foundations and Applications, Cambridge University Press, Feb. 2023.

2. Age Minimization in Energy Harvesting Communications
   A. Arafa, S. Feng, J. Yang, S. Ulukus, and H. V. Poor, Chapter 8 in Green Communications for Energy-Efficient Wireless Systems and Networks, IET Press: London, 2020.

Journal Publications

1. Reward Teaching for Federated Multi-armed Bandits
   C. Shi, W. Xiong, C. Shen, and J. Yang, IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, accepted.

2. Random Orthogonalization for Federated Learning in Massive MIMO Systems
   X. Wei, C. Shen, J. Yang, H. V. Poor, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, August 2023.

3. Precoding and Scheduling for AoI Minimization in MIMO Broadcast Channels
   S. Feng and J. Yang, IEEE Trans. on Information Theory, vol. 68, no. 8, pp. 5185 - 5202, August 2022.

4. Timely Status Updating Over Erasure Channels Using an Energy Harvesting Sensor: Single and Multiple Sources
   A. Arafa, J. Yang, S. Ulukus and H. V. Poor, IEEE Trans. on Green Communications and Networking, 6(1): 6-19, March 2022.

5. Data-driven Personal Thermal Comfort Prediction: A Literature Review
   Y. Feng, S. Liu, J. Wang, J. Yang, Y. Jao and N. Wang, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 161, March 2022.

6. Age of Information Minimization for an Energy Harvesting Source with Updating Erasures: Without and With Feedback
   S. Feng and J. Yang, IEEE Trans. on Communications, May 2021.

7. Cost-aware Cascading Bandits
   C. Gan, R. Zhou, J. Yang and C. Shen, IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, vol 68, pp. 3692 -3706, June 2020.

8. Age-Minimal Transmission for Energy Harvesting Sensors with Finite Batteries: Online Policies
   A. Arafa, J. Yang, S. Ulukus and H. V. Poor, IEEE Trans. on Information Theory, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 534-556, January 2020.

9. Non-Asymptotic Achievable Rates for Gaussian Energy-Harvesting Channels: Best-Effort and Save-and-Transmit
   S. Fong, J. Yang, and A. Yener, IEEE Trans. on Information Theory, vol. 65, no. 11, pp 7233-7252, November 2019.

10. Optimum Distributed Estimation of a Spatially Correlated Random Field
    Z. Wang, J. Wu, J. Yang and Y. Cao, IEEE Trans. on Signal and Information Processing over Networks, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 739-752, December 2019.

11. When to Preempt? Age of Information Minimization under Link Capacity Constraint
    B. Wang, S. Feng and J. Yang, Journal of Communications and Networks, Special issue on Age of Information, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 220-232, June 2019.

12. Cost-Aware Learning and Optimization for Opportunistic Spectrum Access
    C. Gan, R. Zhou, J. Yang and C. Shen, IEEE Trans. on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 15-27, March 2019.

13. Delay and Energy Efficiency Tradeoff for Information Pushing System
    S. Nath, J. Wu and J. Yang, IEEE Trans. on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 1027-1040, December 2018.

14. Optimal Status Update for Age of Information Minimization with an Energy Harvesting Source
    X. Wu, J. Yang and J. Wu, IEEE Trans. on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 193-204, March 2018.

15. Optimum Spectral and Energy Efficiency Tradeoff in Two-User Gaussian Interference Channel
    D. Cai, J. Wu, J. Yang and P. Fan, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 7, no. 3, June 2018.

16. Learning the Interference Graph of a Wireless Network
    J. Yang, S. Draper and R. Nowak, IEEE Trans. on Signal and Information Processing over Networks, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 631-646, September 2017.

17. Dynamic Sparse Sensing of Spatial-temporally Correlated Random Fields
    Z. Wang, J. Wu and J. Yang, IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 862-876, April 2017.

18. Non-Asymptotic Achievable Rates for Energy-Harvesting Channels using Save-and-Transmit
    S. Fong, V. T. Y Tan and J. Yang, IEEE Jour. on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 34, no. 12, pp. 3499 – 3511, December 2016.

19. Optimal Online Sensing Scheduling for Energy Harvesting Sensors with Infinite and Finite Batteries
    J. Yang, X. Wu and J. Wu, IEEE Jour. on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 1578-1589, May 2016.

20. Energy-Efficient Wireless Sensing for Level Set Estimations
    Z. Wang, J. Wu and J. Yang, IEEE Access, vol.3, pp 989-997, July 2015.

21. Energy Efficient Optimum Sensing With Energy Harvesting Power Sources
    J. Wu, I. Akingeneye and J. Yang, IEEE Access, vol.3, pp 989-997, July 2015.

22. Optimal Scheduling of Collaborative Sensing in Energy Harvesting Sensor Networks
    J. Yang, X. Wu and J. Wu, IEEE Jour. on Selected Areas in Communications, 33(3):512-523, March 2015.

23. On the Asymptotic Equivalence between Stochastic and Deterministic Energy Sources in Energy Harvesting Sensing Systems
    J. Wu and J. Yang, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, March 2015.

24. Energy Cooperation in Energy Harvesting Communications
    B. Gurakan, O. Ozel, J. Yang and S. Ulukus, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, 61(12):4884-4898, December 2013.

25. Optimal Transmission Schemes for Parallel and Fading Broadcast Channels with an Energy Harvesting Rechargeable Transmitter
    O. Ozel, J. Yang and S. Ulukus, Elsevier Computer Communications, 36(12):1360-1371, July 2013.

26. Optimal Broadcast Scheduling for an Energy Harvesting Rechargeable Transmitter with a Finite Capacity Battery
    O. Ozel, J. Yang and S. Ulukus, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, 11(6):2193-2203, June 2012.

27. Optimal Packet Scheduling in a Multiple Access Channel with Energy Harvesting Transmitters
    J. Yang and S. Ulukus, Journal of Communications and Networks, special issue on Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks, April 2012.

28. Broadcasting with an Energy Harvesting Rechargeable Transmitter
    J. Yang, O. Ozel and S. Ulukus, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, 11(2):571-583, February 2012.

29. Optimal Packet Scheduling in an Energy Harvesting Communication System
    J. Yang and S. Ulukus, IEEE Trans. on Communications, 60(1):220-230, January 2012.

30. Transmission with Energy Harvesting Nodes in Fading Wireless Channels: Optimal Policies
    O. Ozel, K. Tutuncuoglu, J. Yang, S. Ulukus and A. Yener, IEEE Jour. on Selected Areas in Communications, 29(8): 1732-1743, September 2011.

31. Trading Rate for Balanced Queue Lengths for Network Delay Minimization
    J. Yang and S. Ulukus, IEEE Jour. on Selected Areas in Communications, 29(5):988-996, May 2011.

32. Delay-minimal Transmission for Average Power Constrained Multi-access Communications
    J. Yang and S. Ulukus, IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, 9(9):2754-2767, September 2010.

Conference Publications

2023

1. Provably Efficient Algorithm for Nonstationary Low-Rank MDPs
   Y. Cheng, J. Yang and Y. Liang, The 37th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), December 2023.

2. Offline Reinforcement Learning for Wireless Network Optimization with Mixture Datasets
   K. Yang, C. Shen, J. Yang, S. Yeh and J. Sydir, The 57th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Oct. 2022. (Invited Paper)

3. Joint User Association and Wireless Scheduling with Smaller Time-Scale Rate Adaptation
   X. Wu, J. Yang, H. Zeng and B. Li, The 21th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt), August 2023.

4. Near-optimal Conservative Exploration in Reinforcement Learning under Episode-wise Constraints
   D. Li, R. Huang, C. Shen, J. Yang, The 40th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), July 2023.

5. Federated Linear Contextual Bandits with User-level Differential Privacy
   R. Huang, H. Zhang, L. Melis, M. Shen, M. Hejazinia and J. Yang, The 40th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), July 2023.

6. Non-stationary Reinforcement Learning under General Function Approximation
   S. Feng, M. Yin, R. Huang, Y. Wang, J. Yang and Y. Liang, The 40th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), July 2023.

7. Provably Efficient Offline Reinforcement Learning with Perturbed Data Sources
   C. Shi, W. Xiong, C. Shen, J. Yang, The 40th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), July 2023.

8. Exploiting Feature Heterogeneity for Improved Generalization in Federated Multi-task Learning
   R. Liu, C. Shen, J. Yang, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), June 2023.

9. Reward Teaching for Federated Multi-Armed Bandits
   C. Shi, W. Xiong, C. Shen, J. Yang, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), June 2023.

10. Safe Exploration Incurs Nearly No Additional Sample Complexity for Reward-free RL
    R. Huang, J. Yang and Y. Liang, The 11th International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), May 2023.

11. Improved Sample Complexity for Reward-free Reinforcement Learning under Low-rank MDPs
    Y. Cheng*, R. Huang*, J. Yang and Y. Liang, The 11th International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), May 2023. (* Equal contribution)

12. FLORAS: Differentially Private Wireless Federated Learning Using Orthogonal Sequences
    X. Wei, T. Wang, R. Huang, C. Shen, J. Yang, H. V. Poor, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Rome, Italy, May 2023.

2022

1. Provable Benefit of Multitask Representation Learning in Reinforcement Learning
   Y. Cheng, S. Feng, J. Yang, H. Zhang and Y. Liang, The 36th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), November 2022. (Spotlight)

2. Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Wireless User Scheduling: Performance, Scalablility, and Generalization
   K. Yang*, D. Li*, C. Shen, J. Yang, S. Yeh, and J. Sydir, The 56th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Oct. 2022. (* Equal contribution) (Invited Paper)

3. Cascading Bandits With Two-Level Feedback
   D. Cheng*, R. Huang*, C. Shen and J. Yang, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), June 2022. (* Equal contribution)

4. On Federated Learning with Energy Harvesting Clients
   C. Shen, J. Yang and J. Xu, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Singapore, May 2022. (Invited paper)

5. Random Orthogonalization for Federated Learning in Massive MIMO Systems
   X. Wei, C. Shen, J. Yang, H. V. Poor, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Seoul, South Korea, May 2022.

6. A Scalable Mixed Reality Platform for Remote Collaborative LEGO Design
   X. Yao, J. Chen, T. He, J. Yang and B. Li, IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), May 2022 (demo paper).

2021

1. Federated Linear Contextual Bandits
   R. Huang, W. Wu, J. Yang, C. Shen, The 35th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), December 2021.

2. Heterogeneous Multi-player Multi-armed Bandits: Closing the Gap and Generalization
   C. Shi, W. Xiong, C. Shen, J. Yang, The 35th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), December 2021.

3. Adaptive Surveillance Testing for Efficient Infection Rate Estimation
   S. Feng and J. Yang, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), June 2021.

4. Pooled Testing with Compressive Sensing
   J. Yang and A. Prater-Bennette, Defense + Commercial Sensing conference, April 2021.

5. Federated Multi-armed Bandits with Personalization
   C. Shi, C. Shen, J. Yang, The 24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), April 2021. (Oral Presentation, 48/1527 = 3%) Code

2020

1. Thresholded Wirtinger Flow for Fast Millimeter Wave Beam Alignment
   C. Gan, J. Yang and C. Shen, Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 2020. (Invited paper)

2. MIMO Receive Antenna Selection via Deep Learning and Greedy Adaptation
   C. Shen, D. Li and J. Yang, Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 2020. (Invited paper)

3. LSTM-based Quick Event Detection in Power Systems
   B. Wang, Y. Li and J. Yang, IEEE PES General Meeting, Montreal, Canada, August 2020.

4. AoI Minimization in Broadcast Channels with Channel State Information
   S. Feng and J. Yang, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Los Angles, CA, June 2020.

5. Stochastic Linear Contextual Bandits with Diverse Contexts
   W. Wu, J. Yang and C. Shen, The 23rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), Sicily, Italy, June 2020.

6. Decentralized Multi-player Multi-armed Bandits with No Collision Information
   C. Shi, W. Xiong, C. Shen, J. Yang, The 23rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), Sicily, Italy, June 2020.

7. Timely Synchronization with Sporadic Status Changes
   C. Deng, J. Yang and C. Pan, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dublin, Ireland, June 2020.

8. Information Freshness for Timely Detection of Status Changes
   S. Feng and J. Yang, 54th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Princeton, NJ, USA, March 2020. (Invited paper)

2019

1. Adaptive Coding for Information Freshness in a Two-user Broadcast Erasure Channel
   S. Feng and J. Yang, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Hawaii, USA, December 2019.

2. A Cascading Bandit Approach to Efficient Mobility Management in Ultra-Dense Networks
   Chao Wang, Ruida Zhou, Jing Yang and Cong Shen, IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP), Pittsburgh, PA, October 2019. (Invited paper)

3. Online Learning with Diverse User Preferences
   Chao Gan, Jing Yang, Ruida Zhou and Cong Shen, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Paris, France, July 2019.

4. Using Erasure Feedback for Online Timely Updating with an Energy Harvesting Sensor
   Ahmed Arafa, Jing Yang, Sennur Ulukus and H. Vincent Poor, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Paris, France, July 2019.

5. Age-Optimal Transmission of Rateless Codes in an Erasure Channel
   S. Feng and J. Yang, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Shanghai, China, May 2019.

2018

1. Online Timely Status Updates with Erasures for Energy Harvesting Sensors
   A. Arafa, J. Yang, S. Ulukus and H. V. Poor, 56th Annual Allerton Conference on Communications, Control and Computing, Monticello, IL, October 2018.

2. Cost-aware Cascading Bandits
   R. Zhou, C. Gan, J. Yang and C. Shen, The 27th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2018), Stockholm, Sweden, July 2018. (Acceptance rate: 710/3470 = 20.4%)

3. To Skip or to Switch? Minimizing Age of Information under Link Capacity Constraint
   B. Wang, S. Feng and J. Yang,19th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC 2018), Kalamata, Greece, June 2018. (Invited paper)

4. Minimizing Age of Information for an Energy Harvesting Source with Updating Failures
   S. Feng and J. Yang, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Vail, CO, USA, June 2018.

5. Non-Asymptotic Achievable Rates for Gaussian Energy-Harvesting Channels: Best-Effort and Save-and-Transmit
   S. Fong, J. Yang and A. Yener, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Vail, CO, USA, June 2018.

6. Sending Information Through Status Updates
   A. Baknina, O. Ozel, J. Yang, S. Ulukus and A. Yener, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Vail, CO, USA, June 2018.

7. Age-Minimal Online Policies for Energy Harvesting Sensors with Random Battery Recharges
   A. Arafa, J. Yang and S. Ulukus, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kansas City, MO, USA, May 2018.

8. Optimum Energy Efficiency and Age-of-Information Tradeoff in Multicast Scheduling
   S. Nath, J. Wu and J. Yang, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kansas City, MO, USA, May 2018.

9. Optimal Status Updating for an Energy Harvesting Sensor with a Noisy Channel
   S. Feng and J. Yang, IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)- Workshop on Age of Information, Hawaii, USA, April 2018.

10. Optimal Electric Vehicle Charging Scheduling with Time-varying Profits
    B. Wang and J. Yang, 52th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Princeton, NJ, USA, March 2018.

11. Age-Minimal Online Policies for Energy Harvesting Sensors with Incremental Battery Recharges
    A. Arafa, J. Yang, S. Ulukus and H.V. Poor, Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA), San Diego, USA, February 2018.

2017

1. Graph-based Multiple-Line Outage Identification in Power Transmission Systems
   B. Wang, C. Gan, J. Yang, C. Hedge and J. Wu, IEEE PES General Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 2017.

2. Optimum PMU Placement for Power System State Estimation
   I. Akingeneye, J. Wu and J. Yang, IEEE PES General Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 2017.

3. Optimizing Age-of-Information and Energy Efficiency Tradeoff for Mobile Pushing Notifications
   Samrat Nath, J. Wu and J. Yang, IEEE 18th International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), Sapporo, Japan, July 2017.

4. Optimal Transmission for Energy Harvesting Nodes under Battery Size and Usage Constraints
   X. Wu, J. Yang and J. Wu, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Aachen, Germany, June 2017.

5. Optimal Status Updating to Minimize Age of Information with an Energy Harvesting Source
   X. Wu, J. Yang and J. Wu, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Paris, France, May 2017.

6. Distributed Estimation of a Spatially Correlated Random Field in Decentralized Sensor Networks
   Z. Wang, J. Wu and J. Yang IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Paris, France, May 2017.

2016

1. Optimum Poisson Sensing with Energy Harvesting Power Sources
   I. Akingeneye, J. Wu, J. Yang, and H. Lin, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Washington DC, USA, December 2016.

2. Optimal Energy Management for Energy Harvesting Transmitters under Battery Usage Constraint
   X. Wu, J. Yang, and J. Wu, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Barcelona, Spain, July 2016.

3. A Non-Asymptotic Achievable Rate for the AWGN Energy-Harvesting Channel using Save-and-Transmit
   S. Fong, V. Tan, and J. Yang, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Barcelona, Spain, July 2016.

4. Optimal Energy Efficient Level Set Estimation of Spatially-Temporally Correlated Random Fields
   Z. Wang, J. Wu, J. Yang, and H. Lin, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2016.

2015

1. Optimal Level Set Estimation of a Time-Varying Random Field under a Power Constraint
   Z. Wang, J. Wu, J. Yang and H. Lin, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), San Diego, CA, December 2015.

2. Online Throughput Maximization in an Energy-Harvesting Multiple Access Channel with Fading
   J. Yang and J. Wu, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Hong Kong, China, June 2015.

3. Optimal Sensing of a Time-Varying Random Event with Energy Harvesting Power Sources
   J. Wu, I. Akingeneye and J. Yang, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Hong Kong, China, June 2015.

4. Adaptive Sensing Scheduling for Energy Harvesting Sensors with Finite Battery
   J. Yang, X. Wu and J. Wu, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, United Kingdom, June 2015.

5. The Effects of Flooding Attacks on Time-Critical Communications in the Smart Grid
   Q. Li, C. Ross, J. Yang, J. Di, J. C. Balda, and H. A. Mantooth, The Sixth Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT2015), Washington DC, February 2015.

2014

1. Optimal Sampling of Random Processes under Stochastic Energy Constraints
   J. Yang and J. Wu, IEEE GLOBECOM, Austin, TX, December 2014.

2. The Asymptotic Equivalence between Sensing Systems with Energy Harvesting and Conventional Energy Sources
   J. Wu and J. Yang, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Austin, TX, December 2014.

3. Level Set Estimation with Dynamic Sparse Sensing
   J. Yang, Z. Wang and J. Wu, IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP), Atlanta, GA, December 2014.

4. Prediction of Depressive Mood of College Students: An Elastic-Net Regularized Model
   F. Wang, S. Zhang, and J. Yang, INFORMS Workshop on Data Mining and Analytics, San Francisco, CA, November 2014.

5. Achievable Rate for Energy Harvesting Channel with Finite Blocklength
   J. Yang, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Honolulu, HI, July 2014.

6. Optimal Sensing Scheduling in Energy Harvesting Sensor Networks
   J. Yang, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Sydney, Australia, June 2014.

2013

1. Optimal Collaborative Sensing Scheduling with Energy Harvesting Nodes
   J. Yang, IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP), Austin, TX, December 2013.

2. Micro-trained Crowdsourcing: the Case where Common Sense No Longer Suffices
   T. Yan and J. Yang, CrowdScale Workshop, Los Angles, CA, November 2013.

3. Energy Cooperation in Energy Harvesting Two-Way Communications
   B. Gurakan, O. Ozel, J. Yang and S. Ulukus, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Budapest, Hungary, June 2013.

4. Participation Management for Mobile Crowdsensing
   T. Yan and J. Yang, ACM HotMobile 2013, Jekyll Island, GA. February 2013. (Poster)

2012

1. Two-Way and Multiple-Access Energy Harvesting Systems with Energy Cooperation
   B. Gurakan, O. Ozel, J. Yang and S. Ulukus, 46th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 2012.

2. Passive Learning of the Interference Graph of a Wireless Network
   J. Yang, S. Draper and R. Nowak, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Cambridge, MA, July 2012.

3. Energy Cooperation in Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications
   B. Gurakan, O. Ozel, J. Yang and S. Ulukus, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Cambridge, MA, July 2012.

4. Optimal Scheduling Policies with Mutual Information Accumulation in Wireless Networks
   J. Yang, Y. Liu and S. Draper, 31st IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Orlando, FL, March 2012. (Acceptance rate: 18%)

2011

1. Optimal Scheduling over Fading Broadcast Channels with an Energy Harvesting Transmitter
   O. Ozel, J. Yang and S. Ulukus, 4th International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 2011. (Best Student Paper Award Finalist)

2. Optimal Transmission Policies over Vector Gaussian Broadcast Channels with Energy Harvesting Transmitters
   O. Ozel, J. Yang and S. Ulukus, 45th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 2011.

3. Exploiting Route Diversity in Multi-packet Transmission using Mutual Information Accumulation
   Y. Liu, J. Yang and S. Draper, Allerton Conference on Communications, Control and Computing, Monticello, IL, September 2011.

4. Optimal Packet Scheduling in a Multiple Access Channel with Rechargeable Nodes
   J. Yang and S. Ulukus, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kyoto, Japan, June 2011.

5. Optimal Packet Scheduling in a Broadcast Channel with an Energy Harvesting Transmitter
   J. Yang, O. Ozel and S. Ulukus, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kyoto, Japan, June 2011.

6. Broadcasting with a Battery Limited Energy Harvesting Rechargeable Transmitter
   O. Ozel, J. Yang and S. Ulukus, 9th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt), Princeton, NJ, May 2011.

7. Resource Management for Fading Wireless Channels with Energy Harvesting Nodes
   O. Ozel, K. Tutuncuoglu, J. Yang, S. Ulukus and A. Yener, 30th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) - Mini Conference, Shanghai, China, April 2011. (Acceptance rate: 23.42%)

8. Adaptive Transmission Policies for Energy Harvesting Nodes in Fading Channels
   O. Ozel, K. Tutuncuoglu, J. Yang, S. Ulukus and A. Yener, Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Baltimore, MD, March 2011.

2010 and earlier

1. Delay Minimization with a General Pentagon Rate Region
   J. Yang and S. Ulukus, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Austin, TX, June 2010.

2. Transmission Completion Time Minimization in an Energy Harvesting System
   J. Yang and S. Ulukus, Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 2010.

3. Delay Minimization in Multiple Access Channels
   J. Yang and S. Ulukus, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Seoul, Korea, June 2009.

4. Delay-minimal Transmission for Average Power Constrained Multi-access Communications
   J. Yang and S. Ulukus, 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, October 2008. (Best Student Paper Award Finalist)

5. Delay-minimal Transmission for Energy Constrained Wireless Communications
   J. Yang and S. Ulukus, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Beijing, China, May 2008.

PhD Dissertations

1. On the Robustness, Efficiency and Information Freshness in Networked Systems
   Boyu Wang, Dept. of EE, Penn State University, December 2019.

2. Optimal Sensing and Transmission in Energy Harvesting Sensor Networks
   Xianwen Wu, Dept. of EE, University of Arkansas, December 2016.

3. Delay Minimization in Energy Constrained Wireless Communications
   J. Yang, Dept. of ECE, University of Maryland, October 2010.