Journal Publications
- X. Xu, Q. Zhao
Memory-Constrained No-Regret Learning in Adversarial Bandits
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 2371 – 2382, March, 2021. - W. Chao, K. Cohen, Q. Zhao
Information-Directed Random Walk for Rare Event Detection in Hierarchical Processes
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 1099 – 1116, February, 2021. - X. Xu, S. Vakili, Q. Zhao, A. Swami
Multi-Armed Bandits on Partially Revealed Unit Interval Graphs
IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 1453 – 1465, 2020. - S. Eshghi, V.M. Preciado, S. Sarkar, S.S. Venkatesh, Q. Zhao, R. D’Souza, A. Swami
Spread, then Target, and Advertise in Waves: Optimal Capital Allocation Across Advertising Channels
IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 750 – 763, 2020. - X. Xiao, Q. Zhao
Distributed No-Regret Learning in Multi-Agent Systems
IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 37 , no. 3, pp. 84-91, May, 2020. - B. Hemo, T. Gafni, K. Cohen, Q. Zhao
Searching for Anomalies over Composite Hypotheses
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 68, pp. 1181 – 1196, February, 2020. - A. Gurevich, K. Cohen, Q. Zhao
Sequential Anomaly Detection under a Nonlinear System Cost
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 67, no. 14, pp. 3689 – 3703, July, 2019. - B. Huang, K. Cohen, Q. Zhao
Active Anomaly Detection in Heterogeneous Processes
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 2284-2301, April, 2019. - S. Baltaoglu, L. Tong, Q. Zhao
Algorithmic Bidding for Virtual Trading in Electricity Markets
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 535-543, January, 2019. - W. Chao, Q. Zhao, C-N. Chuah
Optimal Nested Test Plan for Combinatorial Quantitative Group Testing
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 992 – 1006, February, 2018. - L. Ferrari, Q. Zhao, A. Scaglione
Utility Maximizing Sequential Sensing Over a Finite Horizon
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 65, no. 13, pp. 3430-3445, July, 2017. - J. Gao, Q. Zhao, A. Swami
The Minimum Information Dominating Set Problem for Opinion Sampling in Social Networks
IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 299-311, October, 2016.
Also available at arXiv.org - S. Vakili, Q. Zhao
Risk-Averse Multi-Armed Bandit Problems under Mean-Variance Measure
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (JSTSP): Special Issue on Financial Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Electronic Trading, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 1093-1111, September, 2016.
Also available at arXiv.org - J. Gao, Q. Zhao, W. Ren, A. Swami, R. Ramanathan, A. Bar-Noy
Dynamic Shortest Path Algorithms for Hypergraphs
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 1805-1817, December, 2015.
Also available at arXiv.org - J. Gao, Q. Zhao, A. Swami
The Thinnest Path Problem
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 1176-1189, August, 2015.
Also available at arXiv.org - K. Cohen, Q. Zhao
Asymptotically Optimal Anomaly Detection via Sequential Testing
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 63, no. 11, pp. 2929-2941, June, 2015.
Also available at arXiv.org - K. Cohen, Q. Zhao
Active Hypothesis Testing for Anomaly Detection
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 1432-1450, March, 2015.
Also available at arXiv.org. - K. Cohen, Q. Zhao, A. Swami
Optimal Index Policies for Anomaly Localization in Resource-Constrained Cyber Systems
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 62, no. 16, pp. 4224-4236, August, 2014.
Also available at arXiv.org. - W. Ren, Q. Zhao, A. Swami
Temporal Traffic Dynamics Improve the Connectivity of Ad Hoc Cognitive Radio Networks
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 124-136, February, 2014. - S. Vakili, K. Liu, Q. Zhao
Deterministic Sequencing of Exploration and Exploitation for Multi-Armed Bandit Problems
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing (JSTSP), vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 759 – 767, October, 2013.
Also available at arXiv.org. - W. Ren, Q. Zhao, R. Ramanathan, J. Gao, A. Swami, A. Bar-Noy, M. Johnson, P. Basu
Broadcasting in Multi-Radio Multi-Channel Wireless Networks using Simplicial Complexes
ACM/Springer Journal of Wireless Networks, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 1121-1133, August, 2013. - L. Li, A. Scaglione, A. Swami, Q. Zhao
Consensus, Polarization and Clustering of Opinions in Social Networks
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 1072-1083, June, 2013. - H. Liu, K. Liu, Q. Zhao
Learning in A Changing World: Restless Multiarmed Bandit with Unknown Dynamics
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 1902-1916, March 2013.
Also available at arXiv.org. - P. Tehrani, L. Tong, Q. Zhao
Asymptotically Efficient Multichannel Estimation for Opportunistic Spectrum Access
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 60, no. 10, pp. 5347 – 5360, October, 2012. - K. Liu, Q. Zhao
Cooperative Game in Dynamic Spectrum Access with Unknown Model and Imperfect Sensing
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 1596-1604, April, 2012. - P. Tehrani, K. Liu, Q. Zhao
Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Unslotted Primary Systems
Journal of The Franklin Institute, vol. 349, no. 3, pp. 985 – 1010, 2012 (invited). - W. Ren, Q. Zhao
A Note on Algorithms for Connected Set Cover Problem and Fault-Tolerant Connected Set Cover Problem
Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 412, no. 45, pp. 6451-6454, October 2011. - W. Ren, Q. Zhao, A. Swami
Connectivity of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 57, no. 7, pp. 4315-4332, July, 2011.
Also available at arXiv.org. - W. Ren, Q. Zhao, A. Swami
On the Connectivity and Multihop Delay of Ad Hoc Cognitive Radio Networks
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 805-818, April, 2011.
Also available at arXiv.org. - Q. Zhao, J. Ye
Quickest Detection in Multiple On-Off Processes
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 58, no. 12, pp. 5994-6006, December, 2010. - K. Liu, Q. Zhao
Distributed Learning in Multi-Armed Bandit with Multiple Players
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 58, no. 11, pp. 5667-5681, November, 2010.
Also available at arXiv.org. - K. Liu, Q. Zhao
Indexability of Restless Bandit Problems and Optimality of Whittle Index for Dynamic Multichannel Access
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 56, no. 11, pp. 5547-5567, November, 2010.
Also available at arXiv.org. - K. Liu, Q. Zhao, B. Krishnamachari
Dynamic Multichannel Access with Imperfect Channel State Detection
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 58, No. 5, pp. 2795 – 2808, May, 2010. - T. Zhao, Q. Zhao
Lifetime Maximization Based on Coverage and Connectivity in Wireless Sensor Networks
Journal of Signal Processing Systems, vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 385-400, December, 2009. - W. Ren, Q. Zhao, A. Swami
Power Control in Cognitive Radio Networks: How to Cross a Multi-Lane Highway
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 27, No. 7, pp. 1283-1296, September, 2009.
Also available at arXiv.org. - S.H. Ahmad, M. Liu, T. Javidi, Q. Zhao, B. Krishnamachari
Optimality of Myopic Sensing in Multichannel Opportunistic Access
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 55, No. 9, pp. 4040-4050, September, 2009.
Also available at arXiv.org. - X. Xiao, K. Liu, Q. Zhao
Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Self Similar Primary Traffic
EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, March, 2009 (invited). - Y. Chen, Q. Zhao, A. Swami
Distributed Spectrum Sensing and Access in Cognitive Radio Networks with Energy Constraint
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 783-797, February, 2009. - M. Maskery, V. Krishnamurthy, Q. Zhao
Decentralized Dynamic Spectrum Access for Cognitive Radios: Cooperative Design of a Non-cooperative Game
IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 459-469, February, 2009. - Q. Zhao, B. Krishnamachari, K. Liu
On Myopic Sensing for Multi-Channel Opportunistic Access: Structure, Optimality, and Performance
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 5431-5440, December, 2008.
Also available at arXiv.org. - Y. Chen, Q. Zhao, A. Swami
Joint Design and Separation Principle for Opportunistic Spectrum Access in the Presence of Sensing Errors
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 2053-2071, May, 2008.
Also available at arXiv.org. - Y. Chen, C. Chuan, Q. Zhao
Network Configuration for Optimal Utilization Efficiency of Wireless Sensor Networks
Journal on Ad Hoc Networks, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 92-107, January, 2008. - Q. Zhao, L. Tong, D. Counsil
Energy-Aware Adaptive Routing for Large-Scale Ad Hoc Networks: Protocol and Performance Analysis
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 6, no. 9, pp. 1048-1059, September, 2007. - Q. Zhao, A. Swami
A Decision-Theoretic Framework for Opportunistic Spectrum Access
IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine: Special Issue on Cognitive Wireless Networks, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 14-20, August, 2007. - Y. Chen, Q. Zhao
An Integrated Approach to Energy-Aware Medium Access for Wireless Sensor Networks
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 55, no. 7, pp. 3429-3444, July, 2007. - Q. Zhao, B.M. Sadler
A Survey of Dynamic Spectrum Access
IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 79-89, May, 2007.
Also available at arXiv.org. - Y. Chen, Q. Zhao, V. Krishnamurthy, D. Djonin
Transmission Scheduling for Optimizing Sensor Network Lifetime: A Stochastic Shortest Path Approach
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 2294-2309, May, 2007. - Q. Zhao, L. Tong, A. Swami, Y. Chen
Decentralized Cognitive MAC for Opportunistic Spectrum Access in Ad Hoc Networks: A POMDP Framework
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 589-600, April, 2007.
(Download Simulation Source Code) - Q. Zhao, L. Tong
Energy-Efficient Information Retrieval for Correlated Source Reconstruction in Sensor Networks
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 157-165, January, 2007. - G. Mergen, Q. Zhao, L. Tong
Sensor Networks with Mobile Access: Energy and Capacity Considerations
IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 2033-2044, November, 2006. - Q. Zhao, A. Swami, L. Tong
The Interplay between Signal Processing and Networking in Sensor Networks
IEEE Signal Processing Magazine: Special Issue on Distributed Signal Processing in Sensor Networks, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 84-93, July, 2006. - Y. Chen, Q. Zhao
On the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks
IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 976 – 978, November, 2005. - Q. Zhao, L. Tong
Energy Efficiency of Large-Scale Wireless Networks: Proactive vs. Reactive Networking
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), vol. 23, pp. 1100-1112, May, 2005. - Q. Zhao, L. Tong
Opportunistic Carrier Sensing for Energy-Efficient Information Retrieval in Sensor Networks
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, no. 2, pp. 231-241, May, 2005. - Q. Zhao, L. Tong
A Dynamic Queue Protocol for Multiaccess Wireless Networks with Multipacket Reception
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 2221-2231, November, 2004. - Q. Zhao, L. Tong
A Multi-Queue Service Room MAC Protocol for Wireless Networks with Multipacket Reception
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 125-137, February, 2003. - L. Tong, Q. Zhao, G. Mergen
Multipacket Reception in Random Access Wireless Networks: From Signal Processing to Optimal Medium Access Control
IEEE Communications Magazine, pp. 108-112, November, 2001. - Q. Zhao, L. Tong
Semi-Blind Collision Resolution in Random Access Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 48, no. 9, pp. 2910-2920, October, 2000. - Q. Zhao, L. Tong
Adaptive Blind Channel Estimation by Least Squares Smoothing
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 3000–3012, November, 1999. - L. Tong, Q. Zhao
Joint Order Detection and Blind Channel Estimation by Least Squares Smoothing
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 2345–2355, September, 1999.