ECCE Research

Journal Papers

• Kraidy, G.M. (2016) On progressive edge-growth interleavers for turbo codes, IEEE Communications Letters.
• R. Atallah, M. Khabbaz and C. Assi, “Energy Harvesting in Vehicular Networks: A Contemporary Survey,” IEEE Wireless Communications, Vol. 23, Issue No. 2, April 2016.
• R. Atallah, M. Khabbaz and C. Assi, “Multi-Hop Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communications: A Feasibility Study, Modelling and Performance Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. PP, Issue No. 99, July 2016.
• M. Khabbaz and C. Assi, “Modelling and Analysis Of  A Novel Deadline-Aware Scheduling Scheme For Cloud Computing Data Centers,” IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, Vol. PP, Issue No. 99, September 2015.
• Issa, J. (2016) Performance Characterization and Analysis for Hadoop K-means Iteration. Journal of Cloud Computing: Advances, Systems and Applications, Springer Publisher. Volume 5, Issue 1 . ISSN: 2192-113X.
• Issa, J. (2015) Performance Evaluation and Estimation Model using Regression Method for Hadoop WordCount, IEEE Access Journal, Volume 3.Pages 2784-2793. ISSN: 2169-3536.
• J. Costantine, Y. Tawk, I. Maqueda, M. Sakovsky, G. Olson, S. Pellegrino, and C. G. Christodoulou, “UHF deployable helical antennas for cubesats,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 64, no. 9, 2016, pp. 1-8.

Conference Papers

• Kraidy, G. M. (2016) High-rate turbo code design for block-fading channels, 2016 IEEE 18th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON).
• Kraidy, G.M. (2015) Outage Approaching Turbo-Network Codes for the Multiple-Access Relay Channel. IEEE International Conference on Computing, Management, and Telecommunications, Da Nang, Vietnam.
• Missanda, K. Al-Haddad, and N. Mendalek, “Nonlinear Control of Three-Level Four-Wire NPC Converter”, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), pp. 1254-1259, March 2016.
• M. Khabbaz, K. Shaban, C. Assi and L. Qu, “Prioritizing Deadline-Constrained Data Flows In Cloud Datacenter Networks,” ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, Pisa, Italy, April 2016.
• M. Khabbaz and C. Assi, “Impact of Job Deadlines on The QoS Performance of Cloud Data Centers,” IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking, Niagara Falls, Canada, October 2015.
• Issa, J. (2016) A Performance Estimation Model for LS-DYNA Computation Workload. Proceeding of 3rd IEEE Future Technology Conference (IEEE/FTC 2016), San Francisco, USA (To Appear-December 2016).
• El Achkar, H; Zebian, M; Issa, J. (2016) C-Thru: The Intelligent Device for Autonomous Visually Impaired Individuals. IEEE/ACTEA, 3rd International Conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications, Notre Dame University, Lebanon.
• Issa, J. (2016) Processor Performance Modeling using Regression Method. Proceeding of 18th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (IEEE/MELECON 2016), Limassol, Cyprus. Pages 1-6.
• Issa, J. (2015) Performance Analysis for a Cloud Computing Application. Proceeding of 15th IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications (SEA 2015), ACTA Press, Marina Del Rey, California, USA.
• Mougharbel, M. Saad, and S. Georges, “Useful Global Model for Charging/Discharging Plugin Electrical Vehicles in a Parking Lot”, the International Conference on Sustainable Mobility Applications, Renewables and Technology (SMART2015), November 23-25, 2015, Kuwait.
• Bouakra, F. Slaoui, and S. Georges, “Voltage Control Of Power Distribution Networks With Photovoltaic Distributed Generations”, The 3rd International Conference on Renewable Energies in Developing Countries (REDEC 2016), July 13 – 15, 2016, NDU, Lebanon.
• Ali Al Takach, Mohammad Haidar, Mohammed Al-Husseini, Ali El-Hajj, and Elias Nassar, “Antenna Design for the GPR Detection and Classification of Landmines,” 22nd International LAAS Conference, April 14-15, 2016, Beirut, Lebanon.
• M. Al-Husseini, H. M. El-Misilmani, K. Y. Kabalan, A. El-Hajj, and E. Nassar, “Simple Design Method for Dielectric-Filled Low-Sidelobe Slotted Waveguide Antennas,” The 4th Advanced Electromagnetics Symposium, July 26-28, 2016, Malagua, Spain.
• GPR Detection, Ali Al Takach, Mohammed Al-Husseini, Ali El-Hajj, and Elias Nassar, “Linear to Circular Polarization Transformation of Vivaldi Antennas and Its Use in GPR detection” The Third IEEE Middle East Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Sep. 20-22, 2016, Beirut, Lebanon.
• C. G. Christodoulou, D. Doyle, C. Woehrle, J. Costantine and Y. Tawk, "Reconfigurable antennas for cognitive radio and space applications," Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference, Loughborough, 2015, pp. 1-3.
• J. Costantine, R. Kanj, Z. Ghorayeb, T. Al Bahar, Y. Itani, Y. Tawk, and C. G. Christodoulou, “A radiation pattern reconfigurable antenna for WLAN access,” IEEE URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, January 2016, pp. 1-2.
• A.Gupta, J. Costantine, Y. Tawk, C. G. Christodoulou, S. Pellegrino, and M. Sakovsky, “A deployable vivaldi-fed conical horn antenna for cubesats,” IEEE URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, January 2016, pp. 1-2.
• A.H. Ramadan, J. Costantine, Y. Tawk, K. Y. Kabalan and C. G. Christodoulou, "A reconfigurable RF front-end receiver for autonomous spectrum sensing cognitive radios," 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Davos, April 2016, pp. 1-2.
• M. Zamudio, T. Busani, Y. Tawk, J. Costantine, and C. G. Christodoulou, “Design of AZO film for optically transparent antennas,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS-URSI), Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26- July 1, 2016, pp. 127-128.
• M. Abdallah, J. Costantine, A. Ramadan, Y. Tawk, and C. G. Christodoulou, “A new RF rectifier for energy harvesting with enhanced dynamic power range,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS-URSI), Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26- July 1, 2016, pp. 605-607.
• F. Makhlouf, Y. Tawk, J. Costantine, and C. G. Christodoulou, “A four sectorial software controlled reconfigurable MIMO antenna system,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS-URSI), Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26- July 1, 2016, pp. 649-650.
• F. Ayoub, Y. Tawk, J. Costantine, C. G. Christodoulou, D. Murell, and S. Lane, “W/V band reconfigurable array using highly anisotropic liquid crystals,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS-URSI), Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26- July 1, 2016, pp. 695-696.
• J. Costantine, Y. Tawk, and C. G. Christodoulou, “Deployable antenna concepts for CubeSats,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS-URSI), Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26- July 1, 2016, pp. 1541-1542.
• F. Assadallah, J. Costantine, Y. Tawk, F. Ayoub, and C. G. Christodoulou, “A multiband and reconfigurable PIFA for mobile devices,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS-URSI), Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26- July 1, 2016, pp. 2179-2180.

Books

• Y. Tawk, J. Costantine, and C. G. Christodoulou, Antenna Design for Cognitive Radio, Artech House, June 2016.