Shalinee Kishore

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Education

  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Princeton University; January 2003.
  • M.A. in Electrical Engineering, Princeton University; May 2001.
  • M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Rutgers University; January 1999.
  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Rutgers University; May 1996.


Present Position

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrial & Computer Engineering
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, from January 2003.


 Research Interests

General Areas of Interest

  • Digital Communications
  • Communication Theory
  • Signal Processing
  • Wireless Communications

Specific Areas of Interest

  • Multitier Wireless Networks
  • Diversity Modeling for Wireless Communications
  • Cross-Layer Design in Cognitive Ad Hoc Networks
  • Energy Efficient Protocols for Wireless Networks


 Awards and Honors

  • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (2004)
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2004)
  • Kavli Frontiers Fellow, National Academy of Science (2006)
  • Alfred Noble Robinson Award (2006)
  • P.C. Rossin Assistant Professorship (2004)
  • Sigma Xi (inducted 2003)
  • AT&T Labs Fellowship (1997 to 2002)
  • Graduated with Highest Honors, Rutgers University (1996)
  • Eta Kappa Nu (inducted 1995)
  • Tau Beta Pi (inducted 1995)
  • Presidential Scholar, Rutgers University (1992 to 1996)
  • J. Edgar Bloustein Scholar (1992-1994)
  •  Rutgers University Honors Program (1992-1994)
  • Salutatorian, South Brunswick High School (1992)

Past Professional Experience

Visiting Researcher
Wireless Systems Research
AT&T Labs-Research, Middletown, NJ
September 2000-May 2002

  • Conducted research on two-tier CDMA cellular systems.
  • Developed analytical and simulation methods for performance study of single-carrier CDMA macrocell/microcell architectures.

Summer Manager
Wireless Systems Research
AT&T Labs-Research, Middletown, NJ
May 2000-September 2000, May 1999-September 1999

  • Investigated open issues in research of multitier CDMA systems.
  • Examined high data rates for DS-CDMA systems in multipath channels.
  • Simulated dispersive wireless fading channels to determine throughput performance of several equalization techniques.

Teaching Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
January 2001-May 2001

Assisted in The Wireless Revolution: Telecommunications for the 21st Century, an undergraduate interdisciplinary course on technological, regulatory, economic, and social issues arising in wireless communications.

Teaching Assistant
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
September 1996-May 1997

Taught labs for Digital Signal Processing Systems (senior undergraduate course on speech processing) and Elements of Electrical Engineering (undergraduate circuits course for non-electrical engineering majors).

Summer Manager
Advanced Communications Laboratory
AT&T Laboratories, Whippany, NJ
May 1997-September 1997

  • Investigated user terminal power-consumption of various wireless local area network multi-access (MAC) protocols.
  • Proposed and evaluated adaptive MAC, transmit power control, and video processing techniques for reducing terminal battery consumption.
  • Filed three patents.


Technical Associate
IC Design, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Allentown, PA
May 1995-December 1995

Performed experimental and theoretical study of IC package inductance and capacitance for the Ball Grid Array (BGA) and Pin Grid Array (PGA) IC's.

Summer Intern
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
Princeton, NJ
June 1993-August 1993, June 1992-August 1992

Developed software to analyze flux surfaces in the presence of impurities for the Tokamak Test Fusion Reactor.


 Other Professional Activities

  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • Reviewer for IEEE Journal in Selected Areas of Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, ACM WINET, EURASIP JWCN, JCN, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
  • Session Chair IEEE International Conference on Wireless Personal Communications 2000, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2003, IEEE Globecom 2003, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference 2004, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2007, IEEE Sarnoff Symposium 2007, Asilomar Conference on Signals and Systems (2008).
  • TPC, IEEE Globecom 2004, 2007, 2008, IEEE SPAWC 2005, IEEE WirelessCom 2005, IEEE Sarnoff Symposium 2007, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2007, ChinaComm 2008, IEEE International Conference on Communications 2007-2009, International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems 2008.
  • Symposium Chair, IEEE WirelessComm 2005.
  • Publication Chair, IEEE SPAWC 2005.
  • Student Paper Chair, IEEE Sarnoff Symposium 2007.
  • Invited Panelist, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2007: Future of Cooperative Communications.
  • Developed and administered Lehigh University Communications Internship and Development (LUCID) Summer Workshop on Wireless Communications, Montrose, PA, July 26 - August 3, 2004.

Teaching (Please click for complete list)


Thesis Advisors

Ph.D. Thesis: H. Vincent Poor (Princeton University), Stuart C. Schwartz (Princeton University), Larry J. Greenstein (WINLAB-Rutgers University).

Master’s Thesis: Roy Yates (Rutgers University), Chris Rose (Rutgers University).


 Collaborators

Prathima Agrawal (Telcordia Technologies)
Rosemary Berger (Lehigh University)
Rick Blum (Lehigh University)
J.C. Chen (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
Martin Clark (Mathworks)
Jitamitra Desai (Lehigh University)
Tiffany Jing Li (Lehigh University)
Parmesh Ramanathan (University of Wisconsin)
Krishna Sivalingam (University of Maryland-Baltimore County)
Zhiyuan Yan (Lehigh University)
Aylin Yener (Pennsylvania State University)

Past and Present Advisees

Zhenlei Shen (Ph.D.)
Yan Li (Ph.D.)
Yingda Chen (Ph.D.)
Gang Xiong (Ph.D.)
Norashikin Yahya (M.S.)
Dimitri Demergis (M.S.)
Andrew Reid (M.S.)
Sara Truesdale (M.S.)


Publications (Please click for complete list)


 Patents

· "Battery Power Level Driven Scheduling and Power Control Scheme for CDMA/TDM Wireless Networks," granted June 6, 2000, Patent Number: 6,072,784 (with P. Agrawal, J.C. Chen, and K. Sivalingam).

· "Dynamic Scheduling Priorities Based on Mobile Power Level in FDMA/TDM Wireless Local Area Networks," granted October 26, 1999, Patent Number: 5,974,327 (with P. Agrawal, K. Sivalingam).