Publications

Google Scholar Citations

Table of Contents

Tutorial Presentations:

  1. Towards Distributed Autonomous Underwater Sensor Networks: Principles, Development, and Future on Acoustic Communications and Networking,” in CHINACOM, August 2011; OCEANS, Sept. 2011; GLOBECOM, Dec. 2011; GLOBECOM, Dec. 2013 (co-presented with J. Cui and M. Gerla).
  2. The Theory and Practice of MIMO: Promises and Realities,” GLOBECOM-04, Dallas, Texas, Nov. 2004; co-presented with A. Ghrayeb, G. B. Giannakis, A. Goldsmith, S. Jafar, N. Jindal, R. A. Valenzuela, S. Vishwanath.
  3. MIMO Communications with Partial Channel State Information,” VTC-03, Orlando, Florida, Oct. 2003; co-presented with G. B. Giannakis.

Book 

  1. S. Zhou and Z.-H. Wang, OFDM for Underwater Acoustic Communications, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014 (link to this book at Amazon).
  2. G. B. Giannakis, Z. Liu, X. Ma, and  S. Zhou, Space-Time Coding for Broadband Wireless Communications, John Wiley & Sons, Dec. 2006. (link to this book at Amazon)

Book Chapters

  1. S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “MIMO Communications with Partial Channel State Information,” chapter in the book Space-Time Processing for MIMO Communications, A.B. Gershman and N. Sidiropoulos, Editors, John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
  2. Z. Zhou, S. Zhou, J. Cui, and S. Cui, “Energy-Efficient Random Cooperative Communication“, chapter in Cooperative Communications for Improved Wireless Network Transmission: Frameworks for Virtual Antenna Array Applicationsedited by M. Uysal, IGI-Global, 2009.

Theses

  1. S. Zhou, “Multiple Access over Time- and Frequency-Selective Channels,” Ph.D thesis, University of Minnesota, twin cities, MN, May 2002 (pdf).
  2. S. Zhou, “Modulation and Demodulation Techniques for WCDMA Wireless Multimedia Systems,” M.Sc thesis, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China, July 1998.

Journal Papers (Appeared/To appear)

  1. E. Faulkner, Z. Yun, S. Zhou, Z. Shi, S. Han and G. B. Giannakis, “An Advanced GNU Radio Receiver of IEEE 802.15.4 OQPSK Physical Layer,” in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2021, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2021.3057472.(PDF file: paper_author_copy); GNU radio source code: GitHub – cloud9477/gr-advoqpsk: Advanced O-QPSK demodulator module for GNU Radio
  2. Y. Li, W. Zhou, and S. Zhou, “Forecast based handover in an extensible multi-layer LEO mobile satellite system,” IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 42768–42783, Mar. 2020.
  3. S. Abdel-Razeq, S. Zhou, R. Bansal, and M. Zhao, “Uplink NOMA transmissions in a cooperative relay network based on statistical channel state information,” IET Communications, 2019.
  4. S. Abdel-Razeq, S. Zhou, Z. Wang, and M. Zhao, “Superposition coded OFDM transmissions in a downlink cooperative relay network based on statistical channel state information,” IET Communications, 2019.
  5. Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, and Z. Wang, “Underwater distributed antenna systems: Design opportunities and challenges,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 56, no. 10, pp. 178–185, Oct. 2018.
  6. Y. Wang, M. Zhao, D. Deng, S. Zhou, and W. Zhou, “Fractional sparse code multiple access and its optimization,” IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 990–993, Dec. Dec. 2018; Date of Publication: 12 June 2018.
  7. J. Zhu, M. Zhao, and S. Zhou, “An optimization design of ultra dense networks balancing mobility and densification,” IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 32 339–32 348, June 2018.
  8. Y. Han, W. Zhou, M. Zhao, and S. Zhou, “Enabling high order SCMA systems in downlink scenarios with a serial coding scheme,” IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 33 796–33 809, May 2018.
  9. S. Abdel-Razeq, M. Zhao, S. Zhou, and Z. Wang, “Optimization of a two-hop network with energy conferencing relays,” International Journal of Wireless & Mobile Networks (IJWMN), vol. 10, pp. 35–50, Feb. 2018.
  10. W. Li, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Preamble detection for underwater acoustic communications based on sparse channel identification,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, Date of Publication: 12 December 2017.
  11. Y. Sun, M. Zhao, S. Zhang, J. Zhu, W. Zhou, and S. Zhou, “Aggregation transmission scheme for machine type communications,” Science China: Information Sciences, vol. 60, Oct. 2017.
  12. Q. Lu, Y. Bar-Shalom, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “Nonlinear observation models with additive Gaussian noises and efficient MLEs,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 545–549, May 2017.
  13. L. Ma, S. Zhou, G. Qiao, S. Liu, and F. Zhou, “Superposition coding for downlink underwater acoustic {OFDM},” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 175–187, Jan. 2017.
  14. M. Zhao, S. Zhou, W. Zhou, and J. Zhu, “An improved uplink sparse coded multiple access,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 176 — 179, Jan. 2017.
  15. X.-Y. Kuai, S. Zhou, Z.-H. Wang, and E. Chen, “Receiver design for underwater acoustic direct-sequence spread-spectrum communications based on per-survivor processing in clustered multipath channels,” The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 141, no. 3, pp. 1627–1642, Mar. 2017.
  16. Q. Lu, X.-Y. Hu, D.-Q. Wang, and S. Zhou, “A study of parallel combinatory multicarrier modulation in underwater acoustic communications,” IET Communications, Mar. 2017, DOI: 10.1049/iet-com.2016.0475.
  17. Q. Lu, Y. Bar-Shalom, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “Nonlinear observation models with additive Gaussian noises and efficient MLEs,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 545–549, May 2017.
  18. J. Liu, Z. Wang, J.-H. Cui, S. Zhou, and B. Yang, “A joint time synchronization and localization design for mobile underwater sensor networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 530 — 543, Mar. 2016.
  19. X. Cai, L. Wan, Y. Huang, S. Zhou, and Z. Shi, “Further results on multicarrier {MFSK} based underwater acoustic communications,” Elsevier Journal of Physical Communication, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 15�27, Mar. 2016.
  20. Y. Huang, P. Xiao, S. Zhou, and Z. Shi, “A half-duplex self-protection jamming approach for improving secrecy of block transmissions in underwater acoustic channels,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 16, no. 11, pp. pp. 4100–4109, June 2016.
  21. Y. Zhang, Y. Chen, S. Zhou, X. Xu, X. Shen, and H. Wang, “Dynamic node cooperation in an underwater data collection network,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 16, no. 11, pp. 4127–4136, June 2016.
  22. Y. Zhang, Y. Huang, L. Wan, S. Zhou, X. Shen, and H. Wang, “Adaptive {OFDMA} with partial {CSI} for downlink underwater acoustic communications,” Journal of Communications and Networking, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 387–396, June 2016.
  23. H. Zhou, X. Xu, L. Wei, S. Zhou, and J.-H. Cui, “A study on pulse-width-modulation-based power amplification for underwater acoustic {OFDM},” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 656–669, July 2016.
  24. Y. Huang, S. Zhou, Z. Shi, and L. Lai, “Channel frequency response based secret key generation in underwater acoustic systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, no. 9, pp. 5875 — 5888, Sept. 2016.
  25. X.-Y. Kuai, H. Sun, S. Zhou, and E. Chen, “Impulsive noise mitigation in underwater acousic {OFDM} systems,” IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Tech., vol. 65, no. 10, pp. 8190–8202, Oct. 2016.
  26. J. Liu, Z. Wang, J.-H. Cui, S. Zhou, and B. Yang, �A joint time synchronization and localization design for mobile underwater sensor networks,� IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 14, 2015 (in press).
  27. S. Choi, D. Crouse, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “Multistatic target tracking for passive radar in a DAB/DVB network: Initiation,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2014 (to appear).
  28. T. Orekan, Z. Zhao, P. Zhang, J. Zhang, S. Zhou, and J.-H. Cui, �Maximum life cycle tracking for tidal energy generation system,� Electric Power Components & Systems, vol. 43, no. 8-10, p. 1182 1192, May 2015.
  29. L. Wan, H. Zhou, X. Xu, Y. Huang, S. Zhou, Z. Shi, and J.-H. Cui, “Adaptive modulation and coding for underwater acoustic OFDM,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 327�336, Apr. 2015.
  30. Y. Chen, Z.-H. Wang, L. Wan, H. Zhou, S. Zhou, and X. Xu, “OFDM modulated dynamic coded cooperation in underwater acoustic channels,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 40, no. 1, pp.159�168, Jan. 2015.
    === 2014 ===
  31. L. Wan, H. Zhou, D. Wilson, J. Hanson, S. Zhou, and Z. Shi, �Analysis of underwater OFDM performance during a two-month deployment in Chesapeake Bay,� Marine Technology Society Journal, vol. 48, no. 6, November/December 2014.
  32. Y. Huang, L. Wan, S. Zhou, Z.-H. Wang, and J.-Z. Huang, “Comparison of sparse recovery algorithms for channel estimation in underwater acoustic OFDM with data-driven sparsity learning,” Elsevier Journal on Physical Communication, August 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.phycom.2014.08.001).
  33. P. Carroll, K. Mahmood, S. Zhou, H. Zhou, X. Xu, and J.-H. Cui, “On-demand asynchronous localization for underwater sensor networks,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 62, no. 13, pp. 3337 – 3348, July 2014.
  34. S. Choi, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “The PMHT for passive radar in a DAB/DVB network,” ISIF Journal of Advances in Information Fusion, vol. 9, no. 1, June 2014.
  35. J. Liu, Z.-H. Wang, M. Zuba, Z. Peng, J.-H. Cui, and S. Zhou, “DA-Sync: A Doppler assisted time synchronization scheme for mobile underwater sensor networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 582–595, Mar. 2014.
  36. S. Choi, D. Crouse, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “Approaches to Cartesian data association passive radar tracking in a DAB/DVB network,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 649–663, Jan. 2014.
  37. Y. Mao, J. Huang, B. Wang, J. Z. Huang, W. Zhou, and S. Zhou, “A new iterative LT decoding algorithm for binary and nonbinary Galois fields,” Journal of Communications and Networks, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 411–421, Aug. 2013.
  38. X. Song, W. Blair, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “Dominant-plus-Rayleigh models for RCS: Swerling III/IV vs. Rician,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 2058–2064, July 2013.
  39. X. Song, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “Bearings-only localization with distributed reflected AoAs,” ISIF Journal of Advances in Information Fusion, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 3–14, June 2013.
  40. X. Xu, S. Zhou, A. Morozov, and J. Preisig, “Per-survivor processing for underwater acoustic direct-sequence spread spectrum communications,” The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 133, no. 5, May 2013.
  41. X. Song, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “On Fisher information reduction for target localization with imperfect detection,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 3694 — 3702, Apr. 2013.
  42. J.-Z. Huang, S. Zhou, and Z.-H. Wang, “Performance results of two iterative receivers for distributed MIMO-OFDM with large Doppler deviations,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 347 — 357, Apr. 2013.
  43. Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, J. Catipovic, and P. Willett, “Asynchronous multiuser reception for OFDM in underwater acoustic communications,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 1050 — 1061, Mar. 2013.
  44. Z.-H. Wang, J. Huang, S. Zhou, and Z. Wang, “Iterative receiver processing for OFDM modulated physical-layer network coding in underwater acoustic channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 541 — 553, Feb. 2013.=== 2012 ===
  45. W. Tang, J. Huang, L. Wang, and S. Zhou, “A Nonbinary LDPC Decoder Architecture with Adaptive Message Control,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, vol. 20, no. 11, pp. 2118 — 2122, Nov. 2012.
  46. X. Song, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “Range Bias Modeling for Hyperbolic Frequency Modulated Waveforms in Target Tracking,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 670 — 679, Oct. 2012 (pdf).
  47. Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, J. Catipovic, and J. Huang, “Factor-Graph Based Joint IBI/ICI Mitigation For OFDM in Underwater Acoustic Multipath Channels with Long-Separated Clusters“, Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 680–694, Oct. 2012 (pdf).
  48. L. Liu, W. Zhou, and S. Zhou, “Design of nonbinary quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check codes by maximising the minimum distance,” Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Aug. 2012, doi:10.1002/ett.2564. (pdf)
  49. L. Liu, W. Zhou, and S. Zhou, “Nonbinary Multiple Rate QC-LDPC Codes With Fixed Information or Block Bit Length,” Journal of Communications and Networks,  vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 429–433, Aug. 2012.
  50. .L. Liu, J. Huang, W. Zhou, and S. Zhou, “Computing the Minimum Distance of Nonbinary LDPC Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2012, vol. 60, no. 7, pp. 1753–1758, July 2012. (pdf).
  51. P. Carroll, S. Zhou, H. Zhou, X. Xu, J.-H. Cui and P. Willett,  “Underwater Localization and Tracking of Physical Systems,” Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Special Issue on Underwater Communications and Networks, 2012 , doi:10.1155/2012/683919; (pdf,  online address)
  52. L. Wan, Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, TC Yang and Z. Shi, “Performance Comparison of Doppler Scale Estimation Methods for Underwater Acoustic OFDM,” Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Special Issue on Underwater Communications and Networks, 2012, doi:10.1155/2012/703243 (pdf,  online address).
  53. X. Xu, Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, and L. Wan, “Parameterizing both path amplitude and delay variations of underwater acoustic channels for block decoding of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 131, no. pp. 4672- 4679, June 2012 (pdfCopyright (2012) Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The article may be found at here: online URL).
  54. Z. Guo, J. Huang, B. Wang, S. Zhou, J.-H. Cui, and P. Willett, “A Practical Joint Network-Channel Coding Scheme for Reliable Communication in Wireless Networks,” Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 2084 – 2094, June 2012 (pdf).
  55. X. Song, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “Posterior Cramer-Rao Bounds for Doppler Biased Distributed Tracking,” ISIF Journal of Advances in Information Fusion, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 16–27, June 2012.
  56. Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, J. Preisig, K. R. Pattipati, and P. Willett, “Clustered Adaptation for Estimation of Time-Varying Underwater Acoustic Channels“, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 3079-3091, June 2012  (pdf)
  57. Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, J. Catipovic, and P. Willett, “Parameterized cancellation of partial-band partial-block-duration interference for underwater acoustic OFDM,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 1782-1795, Apr. 2012  (pdf).
  58. J.-Z. Huang, S. Zhou, J. Huang, J. Preisig, L. Freitag, and P. Willett, “Progressive Intercarrier and Co-channel Interference Mitigation for Underwater Acoustic MIMO-OFDM,” Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Feb 2012doi:10.1002/wcm.1251(pdf,  online address).
  59. M. Zuba, Z. Shi, Z. Peng, J.-H. Cui, and S. Zhou, “Vulnerabilities of Underwater Acoustic Networks to Denial-of-Service Jamming Attacks“, Security and Communication Networks, Feb. 2012, doi:10.1002/sec.
  60. X. Song, P. Willett, S. Zhou, and P. Luh, “The MIMO Radar and Jammer Games,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 687-699, Feb. 2012.
  61. X. Song, P. Willett, J. Glaz, S. Zhou, “Active Detection With A Barrier Sensor Network Using A Scan Statistic“, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 66-74, Jan. 2012 (pdf).
  62. Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, G. B. Giannakis, C. R. Berger, and J. Huang, “Frequency-Domain Oversampling for Zero-Padded OFDM in Underwater Acoustic Communications,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 14 – 24, Jan. 2012 (pdf).=== 2011 ===
  63. J.-Z. Huang, S. Zhou, J. Huang, C. Berger, P. Willett, “Progressive Inter-carrier Interference Equalization for OFDM Transmission over Time-varying Underwater Acoustic Channels,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, vol. 5, no. 8, pp. 1524 — 1536,  Dec. 2011 (pdf).
  64.  J. Huang, W. Zhou, and S. Zhou, “Structured Nonbinary Rate-Compatible Low-Density Parity-Check Codes,” IEEE Communications Letters,  vol. 15, no. 9, pp. 998–1000, Sept. 2011 (pdf).
  65. H. Yan, L. Wan, S. Zhou; Z. Shi, J.-H. Cui, J. Huang, H. Zhou, “DSP based Receiver Implementation for OFDM Acoustic Modems,” Elsevier Journal on Physical Communication, 2011 2011; doi:10.1016/j.phycom.2011.09.001. (URL).  (This article is featured online on Advances In Engineering, Aug. 2012)=== 2010 ===
  66. J. Huang, L. Liu, W. Zhou, and S. Zhou, “Large-Girth Nonbinary QC-LDPC Codes of Various Lengths,” IEEE Trans. on Communications, vol. 58, no. 12, pp. 3436 — 3447, Dec. 2010.
  67. C. R. Berger, Z.-H. Wang, J.-Z. Huang, and S. Zhou, “Application of Compressive Sensing to Sparse Channel Estimation,” IEEE Communications Magazine, (invited), vol. 48, no. 11, pp. 164-174, Nov. 2010 (pdf).
  68. X. Song, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Reducing the waveform cross-correlation of MIMO radar with space time coding,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,  vol. 58, no. 8, pp. 4213 – 4224, Apr. 2010.
  69. J. Huang, J.-Z. Huang, C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Iterative sparse channel estimation and decoding for underwater MIMO-OFDM,”  EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, vol. 2010, Article ID 460379, 11 pages, 2010. doi:10.1155/2010/460379 (pdf).
  70. Zhong Zhou, Jun-Hong Cui, and Shengli Zhou, “Efficient Localization for Large-Scale Underwater Sensor Networks,”  Ad Hoc Networks, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 267-279, May 2010 (pdf).
  71. C. R. Berger, W. Chen, S. Zhou, and J. Huang, “A Simple and Effective Noise Whitening Method for Underwater Acoustic Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing,” Journal of Acoustical Society of America, vol. 127, no. 4, pp. 2358-2367, April 2010 (pdf).
  72. J. Huang, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Structure, Property, and Design of Nonbinary Regular Cycle Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 58, no. 4, April 2010 (pdf).
  73. C. R. Berger, S. Choi, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Channel Energy Based Estimation of Target Trajectories Using Distributed Sensors with Low Communication Rate,” IEEE Trans. Signal Process., v   ol. 58, no. 4, pp. 2339-2350, April 2010 (pdf).
  74. C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, J. Preisig, and P. Willett, “Sparse Channel Estimation for Multicarrier Underwater Acoustic Communication: From Subspace Methods to Compressed Sensing,”IEEE Trans. Signal Process., vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 1708–1721, Mar. 2010 (pdf).
  75. C. R. Berger, B. Demissie, J. Heckenbach, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “Signal Processing for Passive Radar using OFDM Waveforms,” IEEE J. Select. Topics Signal Process., vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 226 -238, Feb. 2010.=== 2009 ===
  76. B. Li, J. Huang, S. Zhou, K. Ball, M. Stojanovic, L. Freitag, and P. Willett, “MIMO-OFDM for High Rate Underwater Acoustic Communications,” IEEE Journal on Oceanic Engineering, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 634–644, Oct. 2009. (pdf)
  77. C. R. Berger, M. Guerriero, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “PAC vs. MAC for decentralized detection using noncoherent modulation,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 57, no. 9, pp. 3562-3575, Sept. 2009.
  78. J. Huang, S. Zhou, J. Zhu, and P. Willett, “Group-Theoretic Analysis of Cayley-Graph-Based Cycle GF($2^p$) Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 57, no. 6, pp. 1560-1565, June 2009.
  79. Z. Wang, S. Zhou, and J. Wu, “Transmitter Optimization and Performance Gain for Multiple-Input Single-Output Systems with Finite-Rate Directional Feedback,” IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 2253-2258, May 2009.=== 2008 ===
  80. J. Huang, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Nonbinary LDPC Coding for Multicarrier Underwater Acoustic Communication,” IEEE JSAC Special Issue on Underwater Wireless Communications and Networks, vol. 26, no. 9, pp. 1684-1696, Dec. 2008. (pdf).
  81. S. Mason, C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Detection, Synchronization, and Doppler Scale Estimation with Multicarrier Waveforms in Underwater Acoustic Communication,” IEEE JSAC Special Issue on Underwater Wireless Communications and Networks, vol. 26, no. 9, pp. 1638-1649, Dec. 2008. (pdf).
  82. D. Crouse, C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Optimal Memoryless Relays with Non-Coherent Modulation,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 56, no. 12, pp. 5962 – 5975, Dec. 2008.
  83. C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, Y. Wen, P. Willett, and K. Pattipati, “Optimizing Joint Erasure- and Error-Correction Coding for Wireless Packet Transmissions ,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 11, pp. 4586-4595, November 2008 (pdf).
  84. Z. Zhou, S. Zhou, S. Cui, and J. Cui, “Energy-Efficient Cooperative Communication in Clustered Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vechicular Technology, vol. 57, no. 6, pp. 3618-3628, Nov. 2008 (pdf).
  85. C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, Z. Tian, and P. Willett, “Performance Analysis on an MAP Fine Timing Algorithm in UWB Multiband OFDM,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 56, no. 10, pp. 1606-1611, October 2008 (pdf)
  86. L. Liu, S. Zhou, and J. Cui, “Prospects and Problems of Wireless Communications for Underwater Sensor Networks,” Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol 8, no. 8, pp. 977-994, Oct. 2008 (invited). (pdf)
  87. Z. Zhou, S. Zhou, J. Cui, and S. Cui, “Energy-Efficient Cooperative Communication based on Power Control and Selective Single-Relay in Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 7, no. 8, August 2008.
  88. C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, P. Willett, and L. Liu, “Stratification Effect Compensation for Improved Underwater Acoustic Ranging,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 56, no. 8, August 2008 (pdf).
  89. B. Li, S. Zhou, M. Stojanovic, L. Freitag, and P. Willett, “Multicarrier Communication over Underwater Acoustic Channels with Nonuniform Doppler Shifts,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 33, no. 2, April 2008 (pdf).=== 2007 ===
  90. C. R. Berger, M. Eisenacher, S. Zhou, and F. Jondral, “Improving the UWB Pulseshaper Design Using Non-Constant Upper Bounds in Semidefinite Programming ,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, Special Issue on Performance Limits of Ultra-Wideband Systems, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 396–404, 2007 (pdf).
  91. S. Zhou and P. Willett, “Submarine Location Estimation via a Network of Detection-Only Sensors,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 55, no. 6, 3104-3115, June 2007. (pdf).
  92. C. R. Berger, P. Willett, S. Zhou, and P. F. Swaszek, “Deflection-Optimal Data Forwarding Over a Gaussian Multiaccess Channel,”  IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 11, no. 1, January 2007 (pdf).
    === 2006 ===
  93. S. Zhou, B. Li, and P. Willett, “Recursive and Trellis-based Feedback Reduction for MIMO-OFDM with Rate-Limited Feedback,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications,  vol. 5, no. 12, December 2006 (pdf).
  94. S. Zhou, X. Ma, and K. Pattipati, “A View on Full-Diversity Modulus-Preserving Rate-One Linear Space Time Block Codes,” Signal Processing, vol. 86, no. 8, pp. 1968-1975, August 2006 (pdf).
  95. J.-H. Cui, J. Kong, M. Gerla and S. Zhou, “Challenges: Building Scalable Mobile Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks for Aquatic Applications,”  IEEE Network special issue on Wireless Sensor Networking, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 12 – 18, May-June 2006  (pdf).
  96. S. Zhou, and B. Li, “BER Criterion and Codebook Construction for Finite-Rate Precoded Spatial Multiplexing with Linear Receivers,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 1653 -1665, May 2006 (pdf). (The precoder codebooks used in this paper are listed here).
  97. Q. Liu, S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “Cross-Layer Modeling of Adaptive Wireless Links for QoS Support in Heterogeneous Wired-Wireless Networks,’‘ ACM/Kluwer Journal on Wireless Networks (WINET), vol. 12, pp. 427-437, May 2006.
  98. X. Zhang, S. Zhou and P. Willett, “Loading for Parallel Binary Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.  54, no. 1, pp. 51-55, January 2006  (pdf).=== 2005 ===
  99. S. Zhou, Z. Wang and G. B. Giannakis “Quantifying the Power-Loss when Transmit-Beamforming relies on Finite Rate Feedback,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 1948-1957, July 2005 (pdf).
  100. P. Xia, S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “Achieving the Welch Bound with Difference Sets,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 51, pp. 1900-1907, May 2005 (pdf); (corrections).
  101. Q. Liu, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Cross-Layer Scheduling with Predictable QoS Guarantees in Adaptive Wireless Networks,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 1051-1066, May 2005 (pdf).
  102. Q. Liu, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Queuing with Adaptive Modulation and Coding over Wireless Links: Cross-Layer Analysis and Design,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 1142-1153, May 2005 (pdf).
  103. P. Xia, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Multi-Antenna Adaptive Modulation with Beamforming based on Bandwidth-Constrained Feedback,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 526-536, March 2005 (pdf).=== 2004 ===
  104. Q. Liu, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Cross-Layer Combining of Adaptive Modulation and Coding with Truncated ARQ over Wireless Links,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications,  vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 1746-1755, Sept. 2004 (pdf).
  105. S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “Adaptive Modulation for Multi-Antenna Transmissions with Channel Mean Feedback,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 1626-1636, Sept. 2004 (pdf).
  106. S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “How Accurate Channel Prediction Needs to be for Transmit-Beamforming with Adaptive Modulation over Rayleigh MIMO Channels?’‘ IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 1285-1294, July 2004 (pdf).
  107. Z. Wang, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Joint Coding-Precoding with Low-Complexity Turbo-Decoding,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications,  vol. 3, no. 3, May 2004 ( pdf ).
  108. X. Cai, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Group-Orthogonal Multi-Carrier CDMA,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 90-99, January 2004 ( pdf ).
  109. S. Zhou, P. Xia, G. Leus, and G. B. Giannakis, “Chip-Interleaved Block-Spread CDMA versus DS-CDMA for Cellular Downlink: A comparative study,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 176-190, January 2004 (pdf).
  110. P. Xia, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Adaptive MIMO OFDM based on Partial Channel State Information,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 202-213, January 2004 (pdf).=== 2003 ===
  111. P. Xia, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Bandwidth- and Power-Efficient Multi-Carrier Multiple Access,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 51, no. 11, pp. 1828-1837, November 2003 (pdf).
  112. G. Leus, S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “Orthogonal Multiple Access over Time- and Frequency-Selective Fading,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 49, no. 8, pp. 1442-1450, August 2003 (pdf).
  113. S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “Optimal Transmitter Eigen-Beamforming and Space-Time Block Coding based on Channel Correlations,’‘ IEEE Transactions on  Information Theory, vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 1673-1690, July 2003 (pdf).
  114. S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “Single-Carrier Space-Time Block Coded Transmissions over Frequency-Selective Fading Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 164-179, January 2003 (pdf).=== 2002 ===
  115. S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Optimal Transmitter Eigen-Beamforming and Space-Time Block Coding based on Channel Mean Feedback,‘ IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing , vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 2599-2613, October 2002 (pdf).
  116. S. Zhou, B. Muquet and G. B. Giannakis, “Subspace-based (Semi-) Blind Channel Estimation for Block Precoded Space-Time OFDM,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,  vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 1215-1228, May 2002 (pdf).
  117. S. Zhou, G. B. Giannakis and A. Swami, “Digital Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum versus Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum for Resistance to Jamming and Multipath,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 643-655, April 2002 (pdf).
  118. S. Zhou, G. B. Giannakis and C. Le Martret, “Chip-Interleaved Block-Spread Code Division Multiple Access,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 235-248, February 2002 (pdf) .=== 2001 ===
  119. S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “Space-Time Coding with Maximum Diversity Gains over Frequency-Selective Fading Channels,” IEEE Signal Processing Letters,  vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 269-272, October 2001 ( pdf ).
  120. S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “Finite-Alphabet based Channel Estimation for OFDM and related Multi-Carrier Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 49, no.8, pp. 1402-1414, August 2001 ( pdf ).
  121. S. Zhou, G. B. Giannakis and A. Scaglione, “Long Codes for Generalized FH-OFDMA in Unknown Multipath,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 721-733, April 2001 ( pdf ).
  122. Z. Liu, G. B. Giannakis, B. Muquet and S. Zhou, “Space-Time Coding for Broadband Wireless Communications,” Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 33-53, Wiley, January-March 2001 ( postscript ).

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Conference Papers

  1. X. Song, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “On parameter estimation of a Swerling IV target with Gaussian receiver noise,” in IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM), Rio de Janerio, July 10-13, 2016.
  2. A. Arikan, Y. Mao, X. Zhang, B. Wang, S. Zhou, and S. Han, “Network coding based transmission schemes in DTNs with group meetings,” in Proc. of 34th International Performance Computing and Communications Conference, Nanjing, China, December 14-16, 2015.
  3. S. Abdel-Razeq, S. Zhou, Z.-H. Wang, and Z. Wang, “Multipoint transmission scheduling in an underwater distributed antenna system,” in Proc. of the 10th ACM International Conference on UnderWater Networks and Systems (WUWNet), Washington, DC, Oct. 2015.
  4. Q. Lu, Y. Huang, Z.-H. Wang, and S. Zhou, “Characterization and receiver design for underwater acoustic channels with large Doppler spread,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS OCEANS conference, Washington, DC, Oct. 2015.
  5. C. Emanuel, D. Zaidi, S. Gupta, and S. Zhou, “Integrated command, control and communication for autonomous underwater vehicles,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS OCEANS conference, Washington, DC, Oct. 2015.
  6. P. Carroll, K. Domrese, H. Zhou, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Localization of mobile nodes in an underwater distributed antenna system,” in Proc. of the 9th ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems (WUWNet), Rome, Italy, Nov. 12-14, 2014.
  7. Y. Huang, S. Zhou, Z. Shi, and L. Lai, �Experimental study of secret key generation in underwater acoustic channels,� in Proc. of the Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Asilomar, California, Nov. 2-5, 2014.
  8. K. Domrese, A. Szajna, S. Zhou, and J.-H. Cui, �Comparison of the ranging function of three types of underwater acoustic modems,� in First National Workshop for REU Research in Networking and Systems, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 2014.
  9. J. Ordonez, K. Domrese, S. Zhou, and J.-H. Cui, �Wireless image transmission for AUV applications,� in First National Workshop for REU Research in Networking and Systems, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 2014.
  10. M. Samir, M. Kowalski, S. Zhou, and Z. Shi, �An experimental study of effective jamming in underwater acoustic links,� in First National Workshop for REU Research in Networking and Systems, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 2014.
  11. Y. Zhang, Y. Huang, L. Wan, H. Zhou, S. Zhou, X. Shen, and H. Wang, “Adaptive OFDMA for downlink underwater acoustic communications,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS OCEANS conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Sept. 14-19, 2014.
  12. X. Xu, S. Zhou, H. Sun, A. K. Morozov, and Y. Zhang, “Impulsive noise suppression in per-survivor processing based DSSS systems,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS OCEANS conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Sept. 14-19, 2014.
  13. Z. Peng, L.Wei, Z.Wang, L.Wan, M. Zuba, J.-H. Cui, S. Zhou, Z. Shi, and J. O�Donnell, �Ocean-TUNE UCONN Testbed: A Technology Incubator for Underwater Communication and Networking,� in Proc. of UComms, Sestri Levante, Italy, Sept. 3-5, 2014.
  14. Y. Chen, X. Xu, S. Zhou, H. Su, and L. Zhang, “Dynamic coded cooperative ARQ for multi-hop underwater acoustic networks,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS OCEANS conference, Taipei, Taiwan, April 7-10, 2014.
  15. H. Gao, X. Xu, D. Huang, C.-F. Huang, T. Yang, W.-H. Twan, J.-Y. Liu, and S. Zhou, “A sea test of mobile underwater localization,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS OCEANS conference, Taipei, Taiwan, April 7-10, 2014.
  16. L. Wan, H. Zhou, X. Xu, Y. Huang, S. Zhou, Z. Shi, and J.-H. Cui, “Field tests of adaptive modulation and coding for underwater acoustic OFDM,” in Proc. of the 8th ACM International Conference on UnderWater Networks and Systems (WUWNet), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 11-13, 2013.
  17. K. Mahmood, K. Domrese, P. Carroll, H. Zhou, X. Xu, and S. Zhou, “Implementation and field testing of on-demand asynchronous underwater localization,” in Proc. of the Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Asilomar, California, Nov. 3-6, 2013.
  18. L. Wei, Z. Peng, H. Zhou, J.-H. Cui, S. Zhou, Z. Shi, and J. O’Donnell, “Long Island Sound testbed and experiments,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS OCEANS conference, San Diego, CA, Sept. 23-26, 2013.
  19. J. Song, S. Gupta, J. Hare, and S. Zhou, “Adaptive cleaning of oil spills by autonomous vehicles under partial information,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS OCEANS conference, San Diego, CA, Sept. 23-26, 2013.
  20. X. Xu, S. Zhou, K. Mahmood, L. Wei, and J.-H. Cui, “Study of class-D power amplifiers for underwater acoustic OFDM transmissions,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS OCEANS conference, San Diego, CA, Sept. 23-26, 2013.
  21. Z. Zhao, P. Zhang,  J.-H. Cui, and S. Zhou, “Life-oriented control of tidal power generation,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS OCEANS conference, San Diego, CA, Sept. 23-26, 2013.
  22. Z. Peng, S. Le, M. Zuba, H. Mo, H. Zhou, J.-H. Cui, S. Zhou, Z. Jiang, and J. Schindall, “Field test experience of an underwater wireless network in the Atlantic ocean,” in Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conf., Bergen, Norway, June 10-13, 2013.
  23. X. Song, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “Jammer Detection and Estimation with MIMO Radar,” in Proc. of the Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Asilomar, California, Nov. 4-7, 2012.
  24. Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, Z. Wang, J. Catipovic, and P. Willett, “Outage performance of a distributed antenna system in underwater acoustic channels,” in Proc. of the Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Asilomar, California, Nov. 4-7, 2012.
  25. Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, Z. Wang, B. Wang, and P. Willett, “Dynamic block-cycling over a linear network in underwater acoustic channels,” in Proc. of the 7th ACM International Conference on UnderWater Networks and Systems (WUWNet), Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 5-6, 2012.
  26. S. Gupta, J. Hare, and S. Zhou, “Cooperative coverage using autonomous underwater vehicles in unknown environments,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS OCEANS conference, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Oct. 14-19, 2012.
  27. P. Carroll, S. Zhou, K. Mahmood, H. Zhou, X. Xu, and J.-H. Cui, “On-demand collaborative localization for underwater sensor networks,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS OCEANS conference, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Oct. 14-19, 2012.
  28. H. Sun, W. Shen, Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, X. Xu, and Y. Chen, “Joint carrier frequency offset and impulsive noise estimation for underwater acoustic OFDM with null subcarriers,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS OCEANS conference, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Oct. 14-19, 2012.
  29. Y. Chen, H. Sun, L. Wan, Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, and X. Xu, “Dynamic network coded cooperative OFDM for underwater data collection,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS OCEANS conference, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Oct. 14-19, 2012.
  30. L. Wan, S. Hurst, Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, Z. Shi, and S. Roy, “Joint linear precoding and nonbinary LDPC coding for underwater acoustic OFDM,” in Proc. of IEEE/MTS OCEANS conference, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Oct. 14-19, 2012.
  31. X. Song,  P. Willett, S. Zhou, and J. Glaz, “MIMO radar detection with heterogeneous propagation losses,” Proc. of IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop, Ann Arbor, MI, August, 2012.
  32. X. Song, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, Range bias modeling for hyperbolic frequency modulated waveforms in target tracking,” Proc. of IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop, Hoboken, NJ, June, 2012.  (Second-place best student paper award).
  33. X. Song, P. Willett, J. Glaz and S. Zhou, Distributed detection with a scan statistic: global to local inference, Proc. IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop, Hoboken, NJ, June, 2012.
  34. Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, J. Catipovic, and P. Willett, “Asynchronous Multiuser Reception for OFDM in Underwater Acoustic Communications,” Proc. of IEEE/MTS OCEANS conference, May 21-24, 2012.
  35. X. Song, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, Linear local data fusion for sequential testIEEE Radar Conference, Atlanta, GA, May 7-11, 2012.
  36. X. Song, P. Willett, S. Zhou, and P. B. Luh, The power game between a MIMO radar and jammer,” Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Kyoto, Japan, March, 2012.
  37. X. Song, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “Optimal power allocation for MIMO radars with heterogeneous propagation losses”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Kyoto, Japan, March, 2012.
  38. J. Liu, Z.-H. Wang, Z. Peng, M. Zuba, J.-H. Cui, and S. Zhou, “TSMU: A Time Synchronization Scheme for Mobile Underwater Sensor Networks,” Proc. of GLOBECOM, Houston, TX, Dec. 5-9, 2011.
  39. Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, J. Catipovic, and P. Willett, “Parameterized cancellation of partial-band partial-block-duration interference for underwater acoustic OFDM,” in Proc. of the ACM International Workshop on UnderWater Networks (WUWNet), Seattle, Washington, USA, Dec. 1 – 2, 2011 (pdf).
  40. J.-Z. Huang, S. Zhou, and Z.-H. Wang, “Robust Initialization with Reduced Pilot Overhead for Progressive Underwater Acoustic OFDM Receivers,” Proc. of MILCOM Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 7-10, 2011 (pdf).
  41. Z. Peng, H. Mo, J. Liu, Z. Wang, H. Zhou, X. Xu, S. Le, Y. Zhu, J.-H. Cui, Z. Shi, S. Zhou, “NAMS: A Networked Acoustic Modem System for Underwater Applications,” Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference, KONA, Hawaii, September 19-22, 2011 (pdf).
  42. W. Zhou, Z.-H. Wang, J. Huang, and S. Zhou, “Blind CFO Estimation for Zero-Padded OFDM over Underwater Acoustic Channels,” Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference, KONA, Hawaii, September 19-22, 2011 (pdf).
  43. Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, J. Preisig, K. Pattipati, and P. Willett, “Per-Cluster-Prediction Based Sparse Channel Estimation for Multicarrier Underwater Acoustic Communications,” IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Communications and Computing, Xi’an, China, September 14-16, 2011 (pdf).
  44. P. Carroll, S. Zhou, H. Zhou, J.-H. Cui, and P. Willett, “Localization and Tracking of Underwater Physical Systems,” Proc. of CHINACOM, August 17 – 19, 2011 (pdf).
  45. X. Song, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “Posterior Cramer-Rao Bounds for Doppler Biased Multistatic Range-only Tracking,” Proc. of the 14th International Conference on Information Fusion, Chicago, IL, July 5-8, 2011.
  46. J. Huang, Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, and Z. Wang, “Turbo Equalization for OFDM Modulated Physical Layer Network Coding,” The Twelfth IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), June 26-29, 2011 (pdf).
  47. W. Tang, J. Huang, L. Wang, and S. Zhou, “Nonbinary LDPC decoding by min-sum with adaptive message control,” Proc. of ICASSP, Prague, Czech Republic, May 22-27, 2011.
  48. X. Song, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “Target localization with NLOS circularly reflected AOAs,” Proc. of ICASSP, Prague, Czech Republic, May 22-27, 2011 (pdf).
  49. X. Song, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “Detection Performance for Statistical MIMO Radar with Identical and Orthogonal Waveforms,” Proc. of IEEE Radar Conference, Kansas City, May 23-27, 2011.
  50. Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, G. B. Giannakis, C. R. Berger, and J. Huang, “Frequency-Domain Oversampling for Zero-Padded OFDM in Underwater Acoustic Communications,” in Proc. of Global Communications Conference, Miami, Florida, USA, Dec. 6-10, 2010 (pdf).
  51. J. Z. Huang, S. Zhou, J. Huang, J. Preisig, L. Freitag, and P. Willett, “Progressive MIMO-OFDM reception over time-varying underwater acoustic channels,” in Proc. of 44th Asilomar Conf. Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 2010 (pdf).
  52. Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, J. Catipovic, and J. Huang, “OFDM in Deep Water Acoustic Channels with Extremely Long Delay Spread,” in Proc. of the ACM International Workshop on UnderWater Networks (WUWNet), Woods Hole, MA, September 31, 2010 (pdf).
  53. P. Carroll, S. Zhou, H. Zhou, J.-H. Cui, and P. Willett, “Underwater Localization Based on Multicarrier Waveforms,” in Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference, Seattle, Washington, September 20-23, 2010 (pdf).
  54. Z.-H. Wang, S. Zhou, J. Catipovic, and J. Huang, “A Factor-Graph based ZP-OFDM Receiver for Deep Water Acoustic Channels,” in Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference, Seattle, Washington, September 20-23, 2010 (pdf).
  55. W. Chen, J. Huang, Z.-H. Wang, and S. Zhou, “Blind Channel Shortening for Zero-Padded OFDM,” in Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference, Seattle, Washington, September 20-23, 2010 (pdf).
  56. R. Georgescu, J.-Z. Huang, D. Crouse, S. Choi, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Acoustic channel tracking with the cardinalized probability hypothesis density filter and the multiple hypothesis tracker,” In Proc. of European Underwater Acoustics Conference (ECUA), July 5-9, 2010.
  57. J.-Z. Huang, S. Zhou, J. Huang, C. R. Berger, and P. Willett, “Progressive inter-carrier interference equalization for OFDM transmission over time-varying underwater acoustic channels,” in Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference, Sydney, Australia, May 24–27, 2010 (pdf).
  58. J.-Z. Huang, C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, and J. Huang, “Comparison of basis pursuit algorithms for sparse channel estimation in underwater acoustic OFDM,” in Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference, Sydney, Australia, May 24–27, 2010 (pdf).
  59. H. Yan, S. Zhou, Z. Shi, J.-H. Cui, L. Wan, J. Huang, and H. Zhou, “DSP implementation of SISO and MIMO OFDM acoustic modems,” in Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference, Sydney, Australia, May 24–27, 2010 (pdf).
  60. X. Song, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “Waveform Interference Mitigation for a Shared Spectrum MIMO Radar System“, in Proc. of IEEE International Radar Conference, Washington DC, May 10-14, 2010.
  61. X. Song, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “The role of the ambiguity function in compressed sensing radar“, in Proc. of ICASSP, Dallas, TX, Mar. 14 -19, 2010.
  62. J. Huang, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Near-Shannon-Limit Linear-Time-Encodable Nonbinary Irregular LDPC Codes,” in Proc. of Global Telecommunications Conf., Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2009.
  63. P. Xie, Z. Zhou, Z. Peng, H. Yan, T. Hu, J.-H. Cui, Z. Shi, Y. Fei, and S. Zhou, “Aqua-Sim: An NS-2 Based Simulator for Underwater Sensor Networks,”  in Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA, Oct. 26-29, 2009.
  64. J. Huang, J.-Z. Huang, C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Iterative Sparse Channel Estimation and Decoding for Underwater MIMO-OFDM,” in Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA, Oct. 26-29, 2009.
  65. C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, W. Chen, and J. Huang, “A Simple and Effective Noise Whitening Method for Underwater Acoustic OFDM,” in Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA, Oct. 26-29, 2009.
  66. S. Choi, C. Berger, D. Crouse, P. Willett, and S. Zhou, “Target tracking for multistatic radar with transmitter uncertainty,” in Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 7445, August 2009 (pdf).
  67. C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, W. Chen, and P. Willett, “Sparse channel estimation for OFDM: Over-complete dictionaries and super-resolution, ” in IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, Perugia, Italy, June 21-24, 2009.
  68. C. R. Berger, M. Guerriero, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Decentralized detection using noncoherent modulation: Is MAC that good? ” in IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, Perugia, Italy, June 21-24, 2009.
  69. Z. Guo, J. Huang, B. Wang, J.-H. Cui, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “A Practical Joint Network-Channel Coding Scheme for Reliable Communication in Wireless Networks,” in 10th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing, New Orleans, May 18-21, 2009.
  70. S. Mason, C. Berger, S. Zhou, K. Ball, L. Freitag, and P. Willett, “Receiver comparisons on an OFDM design for Doppler spread channels, ” in Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference, Bremen, Germany, May 11-14, 2009. (pdf)
  71. C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, J. Preisig, and P. Willett, “Sparse channel estimation for multicarrier underwater acoustic communication: From subspace methods to compressed sensing,” in Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference, Bremen, Germany, May 11-14, 2009. (pdf)
  72. X. Song, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Enhanced MIMO Radar Resolution via STC,” in IEEE Radar Conference, Pasadena, California USA, May 4-8, 2009.
  73. S. Mason, C. Berger, S. Zhou, K. Ball, L. Freitag, and P. Willett, “An OFDM design for underwater acoustic channels with Doppler spread,” in Proc. of the 13th DSP Workshop, Marco Island, FL, January 4-7, 2009. (pdf).
  74. C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, P. Willett, B. Demissie, and J. Heckenbach, “Compressed sensing for OFDM/MIMO radar,” in Proc. of Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Oct. 2008.
  75. V. Ravindra, M. Guerriero, P. Willett, S. Zhou, and S. Coraluppi, “Removing ping timing ambiguity via data association,” in Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS conference, Quebec City, Canada, Sept. 15-18, 2008.
  76. B. Li, J. Huang, S. Zhou, K. Ball, M. Stojanovic, L. Freitag, and P. Willett, “Further results on high-rate MIMO-OFDM underwater acoustic communications,” in Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS conference, Quebec City, Canada, Sept. 15-18, 2008. (pdf).
  77. S. Mason, S. Zhou, W.-B. Yang, and P. Gendron, “A comparative study of differential and noncoherent direct sequence spread spectrum over underwater acoustic channels with multiuser interference,” in Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS conference, Quebec City, Canada, Sept. 15-18, 2008.
  78. C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Signal Extraction Using Compressed Sensing for Passive Radar with OFDM Signals,” Proc. of the Fusion Conference, Cologne, Germany, July 1-3, 2008.
  79. S. Choi, C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Estimation of Target Trajectories Based on Distributed Channel Energy Measurements,” Proc. of the Fusion Conference, Cologne, Germany, July 1-3, 2008.
  80. K. Jusufi, R. Behymer, M. Hoyer, and S. Zhou, “Designing a Three-Node Underwater Acoustic Relay Network,” Proceedings of The National Conference On Undergraduate Research (NCUR),April 10–12, 2008 (pdf).
  81. J. Huang, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Nonbinary LDPC Coding for Multicarrier Underwater Acoustic Communication,” Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS conference, Kobe, Japan, April 8-11, 2008 (pdf).
  82. S. Mason, C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Detection, Synchronization, and Doppler Scale Estimation with Multicarrier Waveforms in Underwater Acoustic Communication,” Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS conference, Kobe, Japan, April 8-11, 2008 (pdf).
  83. B. Li, S. Zhou, J. Huang, and P. Willett, “Scalable OFDM Design for Underwater Acoustic Communications,” Proc. of ICASSP, Las Vegas, NV, Mar. 20-Apr. 4, 2008 (pdf).
  84. J. Huang, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Structure of Non-Binary Regular LDPC Cycle Codes,” Proc. of ICASSP, Las Vegas, NV, Mar. 30-Apr. 4, 2008 (pdf).
  85. C. Berger, S. Zhou and P. Willett, “Aspect Aware UAV Detection and Tracking,” Prof. of SPIE Conference on Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets, March 2008.
  86. D. F. Crouse, C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, and P. Willett, “Optimal Memoryless Relays with Non-coherent Modulation,” Proc. of CISS, Princeton, NJ, Mar. 19-21, 2008 (pdf).
  87. Z. Zhou, S. Zhou, J. Cui, and S. Cui, “Energy-Efficient Cooperative Communications based on Power Control and Selective Relay in Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. of MILCOM , Orlando, Florida, Oct. 29-31, 2007 (pdf).
  88. B. Li, S. Zhou, M. Stojanovic, L. Freitag, J. Huang, and P. Willett, “MIMO-OFDM Over An Underwater Acoustic Channel,” Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sept. 29 – Oct. 4, 2007 (pdf).
  89. H. Yan, S. Zhou, Z. Shi, and B. Li, “A DSP Implementation of OFDM Acoustic Modem ,” Proc. of the ACM International Workshop on UnderWater Networks (WUWNet), Montr�al, Qu�bec, Canada, September 14, 2007 (pdf).
  90. H. Hou, W. Zhou, S. Zhou, and J. Zhu, “Cross-layer Resource Allocation for Heterogeneous Traffic in Multiuser OFDM Based on A New QoS Fairness Criterion,” Proc. of IEEE VTC, Baltimore, MD, Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2007.
  91. B. Li, S. Zhou, M. Stojanovic, L. Freitag, and P. Willett, “Non-uniform Doppler compensation for zero-padded OFDM over fast-varying underwater acoustic channels,” Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS conference, Aberdeen, Scotland, June 18-21, 2007 (pdf).
  92. Z. Zhou, J. Cui, and S. Zhou, “Localization for Large-Scale Underwater Sensor Networks,” Proc. of IFIP NETWORKING, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, May 14-18, 2007.
  93. S. Mason, R. Anstett, N. Anicette, and S. Zhou, “A broadband underwater acoustic modem implementation using coherent OFDM,” Proc. of National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR), San Rafael, California, April 2007. (This is the senior design project carried out in the 05-06 academic year; Full-length version conference paper | one-page description of the demonstration.)
  94. Z. Zhou, S. Zhou, S. Cui, and J. Cui, “Energy-efficient cooperative communication in clustered wireless sensor networks,” Proc. of MILCOM , Washington, DC, Oct. 23-24, 2006.
  95. B. Li, S. Zhou, M. Stojanovic, and L.Freitag, “Pilot-tone based ZP-OFDM demodulation for an underwater acoustic channel”, Proc. of MTS/IEEE OCEANS conference,, Boston, MA, Sept. 18-21, 2006 (pdf).
  96. C. R. Berger, S. Zhou, Z. Tian, and P. Willett, “Precise timing for multiband OFDM in a UWB system,” Proc. of International Conference on Ultra Wideband, Waltham, MA, Sept. 24-27, 2006 (pdf).
  97. S. Zhou, J. Wu, Z. Wang, and M. Doroslovacki, “Quantifying the performance gain of direction feedback in a MISO system,” Proc. of Conf. on Info. Sciences and Systems  (CISS),  Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, March 22-24, 2006 (pdf).
  98. S. Zhou and P. Willett,  “Submarine location estimation via a network of detection-only sensors,” Proc. of Conf. on Info. Sciences and Systems  (CISS),  Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, March 22-24, 2006 (pdf).
  99. S. Zhou, B. Li, and P. Willett, “Recursive and trellis-based feedback reduction for MIMO-OFDM with transmit beamforming,” Proc. of GLOBECOM, St. Louis, MO, USA, Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 2005 (pdf).
  100. S. Zhou and B. Li,  “BER criterion and codebook construction for finite-rate precoded spatial multiplexing,” Proc. of the 6th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), pp. 66-70, New York City, NY, USA, June 6-9, 2005 (pdf).
  101. P. Xia, S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “Achieving the Welch bound with difference sets,” Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, vol. 3,  pp. 1057-1060, Philadelphia, PA, USA, March 19-23, 2005 (pdf).
  102. Q. Liu, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Efficient bandwidth utilization guaranteeing QoS over adaptive wireless links,” Proc. of GLOBECOM Conf., vol. 4, pp. 2684 -2688, Dallas, TX, Nov. 29 – Dec. 3, 2004 (pdf).
  103. Q. Liu, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Cross-Layer Modeling of Adaptive Wireless Links for QoS Support in Multimedia Networks,” Proc. of 1st Intl. Conf. on QoS in Heterogeneous Wired/Wireless Networks, pp. 68-75, Dallas, TX, Oct. 18-20, 2004 (pdf).
  104. Q. Liu, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “TCP Performance in Wireless Access with Adaptive Modulation and Coding,” Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Communications, vol. 7, pp. 3989 -3993, Paris, France, June 20-24, 2004 (pdf).
  105. S. Zhou, Z. Wang and G. B. Giannakis, “Performance Analysis of Transmit-Beamforming with Finite-Rate Feedback,” Proc. of 38th Conf. on Info. Sciences and Systems, Princeton Univ., NJ, March 17-19, 2004 (pdf).
  106. P. Xia, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Multi-Antenna Adaptive Modulation with Transmit-Beamforming based on Bandwidth-Constrained Feedback,” Proc. of 37th Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 9-12, 2003.
  107. Q. Liu, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Cross-Layer Combining of Queuing with Adaptive Modulation and Coding over Wireless Links,” Proc. of MILCOM Conf., Boston, MA, October 13-16, 2003 (invited).
  108. Q. Liu, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Combining Adaptive Modulation and Coding with Truncated ARQ Enhances Throughput,” Proc. of Signal Proc. Workshop on Advances in Wireless Communications, pp. 587-591, Rome, Italy, June 15-18, 2003.
  109. P. Xia, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Adaptive MIMO OFDM based on Partial Channel State Information,” Proc. of Signal Proc. Workshop on Advances in Wireless Communications, pp. 559-563, Rome, Italy, June 15-18, 2003.
  110. S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Adaptive Modulation for Multi-Antenna Transmissions with Channel Mean Feedback,” Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Communications, vol. 4, pp. 2281-2285, Anchorage, Alaska, May 11-15, 2003.
  111. S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “How Accurate Channel Prediction Needs to be for Adaptive Modulation in Rayleigh MIMO Channels?‘ Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Hong Kong, April 6-10, 2003.
  112.  K. Peng, J. Kieffer, Q. Liu, and S. Zhou, “Embedded Image Transmission based on Adaptive Modulation and Constrained Retransmission over Block Fading Channels,” Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Hong Kong, April 6-10, 2003.
  113. P. Xia, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Bandwidth- and Power Efficient Multi-Carrier Multiple Access,” Proc. of Wireless Communications and Networking Conf., vol. 1, pp. 207-211, New Orleans, LA, March 16-20, 2003.
  114. P. Xia, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “MIMO OFDM with ST Coding and Beamforming adapted to Partial CSI,” Proc. of the 37th Conf. on Info. Sciences & Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, March 12-14, 2003.
  115. Q. Liu, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Jointly Adaptive Modulation and Packet Retransmission over Block Fading Channels with Robustness to Feedback Latency,” Proc. of the 37th Conf. on Info. Sciences & Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, March 12-14, 2003.
  116. X. Cai, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Group-Orthogonal Multi-Carrier CDMA,” Proc. of MILCOM Conf., pp. 596-601, Anaheim, CA, October 7-10, 2002.
  117. S. Zhou, P. Xia, G. Leus and G. B. Giannakis, “Chip-Interleaved Block-Spread CDMA for the downlink with inter-cell interference and soft hand-off,” Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Circuits and Systems, vol. I, pp. 841-844, Scottsdale, AZ, May 25-29, 2002 (pdf).
  118. S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Optimal Transmitter Eigen-Beamforming and Space-Time Block Coding based on Channel Mean,” Proc. of Intl. Conf.  on ASSP, vol. 3, pp. 2853-2856, Orlando, FL, May 13-17, 2002 (pdf).
  119. G. B. Giannakis, X. Ma, G. Leus, and S. Zhou, “Maximum-Diversity Space-Time Coded Transmissions over Time-Selective Fading Channels,” Proc. of Intl. Conf. on ASSP, vol. 3, pp. 2217-2220, Orlando, FL, May 13-17, 2002 (pdf).
  120. G. Leus, P. Xia, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Chip-Interleaved Block-Spread CDMA or  DS-CDMA for Cellular Dowlink?,” Proc. of Intl. Conf. on ASSP, vol. 3, pp. 2305-2308, Orlando, FL, May 13-17, 2002 (pdf).
  121. S. Zhou, Z. Wang, N. Bapat, and G. B. Giannakis, “Turbo-Decoding of Unitary Precoded and Coded OFDM,” Proc. of Vehicular Tech. Conf., vol. 3, pp. 1237-1241, Birmingham, AL, May 4 – 9, 2002 (pdf).
  122. S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Optimal Transmitter Eigen-Beamforming and Space-Time Block Coding based on Channel Correlations,” Proc. of Intl. Conf. on Communications, vol. 1, pp. 553-557, New York City, N.Y., April 28-May 2, 2002 (pdf) .
  123. Z. Wang, S. Zhou, and G. B. Giannakis, “Joint Coded-Precoded OFDM with Low-Complexity Turbo-Decoding,” Proc. of European Wireless Conf., Florence, Italy, February 25-28, 2002.
  124. G. Leus, S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “Multi-User Spreading Codes retaining Orthogonality through unknown Time- and Frequency-Selective Fading,” Proc. of GLOBECOM,  vol. 1, pp. 259-263, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 25-29, 2001 (pdf).
  125. S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “Space-Time Coded Transmissions with Maximum Diversity Gains over Frequency-Selective Multipath Fading Channels,” Proc. of GLOBECOM, vol. 1, pp. 440-444 , San Antonio, TX, Nov. 25-29, 2001 (pdf).
  126. G. Leus, S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “Multiple access regardless of time- and frequency-selective fading,” Proc. of 35th Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, pp. 1440-1444, Pacific Grove, CA, November 4-7, 2001 (pdf).
  127. S. Zhou, B. Muquet and G. B. Giannakis, “Semi-Blind Channel Estimation for Block Precoded Space-Time OFDM Transmissions,” Proc. of the 11th IEEE Workshop on Stat. Signal Proc., pp. 381-384, Singapore, August 6-8, 2001 (pdf).
  128. S. Zhou, G. B. Giannakis and A. Swami, “Comparison of Digital Multi-Carrier with Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum in the Presence of Multipath,” Proc. of Intl. Conf. on ASSP, vol. 4, pp. 2225-2228, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 7-11, 2001 (pdf).
  129. S. Zhou, G. B. Giannakis and A. Swami, “Digital Multi-Carrier Spread-Spectrum for Resistance against Jamming and Multipath,” Proc. of SPIE Digital Wireless Communications III, Orlando, FL, April 16-20, 2001 (pdf).
  130. S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “Chip-Interleaved Block-Spread Code Division Multiple Access,” Proc. of 35th Conf. on Info. Sciences and Systems, The Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, March 21-23, 2001 (pdf).
  131. G. B. Giannakis and S. Zhou, “Optimal Transmit-Diversity Precoders for Random Fading Channels,” Proc. of GLOBECOM, vol 3, pp. 1839-1843, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 27 – Dec. 1, 2000 (pdf).
  132. B. Muquet, S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “Subspace-based Estimation of Frequency-Selective Channels for Space-Time Block Precoded Transmissions,” Proc. of 34th Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, vol. 2, pp. 975-979, Pacific Grove, CA, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2000 (pdf).
  133. S. Zhou, G. B. Giannakis and A. Swami, “Frequency-hopped generalized MC-CDMA for multipath and interference suppression,” MILCOM 2000 , vol. 2, pp. 937-941, LA, CA, Oct. 22-25, 2000 ( pdf).
  134. S. Zhou, G. B. Giannakis and C. Le Martret, “Low-Complexity Bandwidth-Efficient MUI/ISI-resilient CDMA based on Block-Spreading,” Proc. of 38th Allerton Conf., Univ. of Illinois at U-C, Monticello, IL, Oct. 4-6, 2000 (pdf).
  135. S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “Generalized Frequency Hopping OFDMA through Unknown Frequency-Selective Multipath Channels,” Proc. of Wireless Communications and Networking Conf., vol. 1, pp. 56-60, Chicago, IL, September 23-28, 2000 ( pdf).
  136. S. Zhou and G. B. Giannakis, “Finite-Alphabet based Channel Estimation for OFDM and related Multi-Carrier Systems,” In Proc. of 34th Conf. on Info. Sciences and Systems (CISS’00), Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, March 15-17, 2000 (pdf).
  137. L. Qiu, J. Zhu, S. Zhou and G. Mei, “Channel design and performance analysis for W-CDMA wireless multimedia communication system,” in Proceedings of IEEE 5th International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications, volume 1, pages 304-308, Sun City, South Africa, Sept. 1998 (pdf).
  138. L. Qiu, S. Zhou, G. Mei, G. Wei and J. Zhu, “W-CDMA Wireless Multimedia Communication System,” in Proc. of Symposium on W-CDMA Technology and Development, Huangshan, P. R. China, May, 1997.

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