Nan Ma

I am a PhD student and a Research Assistant at the Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University. I am a member of the Information Systems and Sciences Lab (ISS) and the Center for Information and SYstems Engineering (CISE) at Boston University. My PhD advisor of prof. Prakash Ishwar.

My resume can be downloaded here.

I received my Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University, with Excellent Graduate Award, in July 2002. I also got my Master's degree in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University in Jan. 2005. From 2005 I became a PhD student at Boston University.

My current research projects is Distributed Function Computation using Interaction for two-terminal network and large wireless sensor network. Distributed function computation can be is much more efficient using alternating messages (interaction) than only using one-way message transfer. The fundamental information-theoretic limit of interaction with up to infinite messages, each of which has potentially an infinitesimal rate, is characterized using a novel convex-geometric technique. The scaling law in large network is also studied.

My previous research projects include Delayed Sequential Coding of Correlated Sources, Distributed Field Reconstruction with One-bit Sensors and Performance of 40Gbps optical transmission systems with different modulation formats. My technical interests include Communications, Information Theory, Signal Processing, Data/Sensor Networks, Image and Video Processing, Optimization.

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