selected publications academic article Xu, J., Hou, I., & Gautam, N. (2022). Age of Information for Single Buffer Systems With Vacation Server. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. 9(3), 1198-1214. Guo, D., & Hou, I. (2021). Scheduling Real-Time Information-Update Flows for the Optimal Confidence in Estimation. 39(5), 1339-1351. Hsu, Y., Hou, I., & Sprintson, A. (2021). Joint Index Coding and Incentive Design for Selfish Clients. 69(4), 2176-2190. Deng, H., Zhao, T., & Hou, I. (2019). Online Routing and Scheduling With Capacity Redundancy for Timely Delivery Guarantees in Multihop Networks. IEEE ACM Transactions on Networking. 27(3), 1258-1271. Kountouris, M., Popovski, P., Hou, I., Buzzi, S., Mueller, A., Sesia, S., & Heath, R. (2019). Guest Editorial Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications in Wireless Networks. 37(4), 701-704. Zhao, T., Hou, I., Leon, V. J., Ray, K., & Wang, J. (2018). An efficient revenue distribution method in a cyber-enabled manufacturing system. 17, 19-22. Hsieh, P., & Hou, I. (2018). Heavy-Traffic Analysis of QoE Optimality for On-Demand Video Streams Over Fading Channels. IEEE ACM Transactions on Networking. 26(4), 1768-1781. Zhao, T., Hou, I., Wang, S., & Chan, K. (2018). REd/LED: An Asymptotically Optimal and Scalable Online Algorithm for Service Caching at the Edge. 36(8), 1857-1870. Zhao, T., Ray, K., & Hou, I. (2018). A Non-Monetary Mechanism for Optimal Rate Control Through Efficient Cost Allocation. IEEE ACM Transactions on Networking. 26(3), 1418-1431. Deng, H., & Hou, I. (2018). Optimal Capacity Provisioning for Online Job Allocation With Hard Allocation Ratio Requirement. IEEE ACM Transactions on Networking. 26(2), 724-736. Hou, I., & Hsieh, P. (2017). The capacity of QoE for wireless networks with unreliable transmissions. Queueing Systems: Theory and Applications. 87(1-2), 131-159. Zuo, S., Hou, I., Liu, T., Swami, A., & Basu, P. (2017). Joint Rate Control and Scheduling for Real-Time Wireless Networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 16(7), 4562-4570. Zuo, S., Deng, H., & Hou, I. (2017). Energy Efficient Algorithms for Real-Time Traffic Over Fading Wireless Channels. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 16(3), 1881-1892. Deng, H., & Hou, I. (2017). On the Capacity-Performance Trade-Off of Online Policy in Delayed Mobile Offloading. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 16(1), 526-537. Jain, A., & Hou, I. (2016). R-PF: Enhancing Service Regularity for Legacy Scheduling Policy. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 15(1), 258-266. Hou, I. (2015). Broadcasting Delay-Constrained Traffic Over Unreliable Wireless Links With Network Coding. IEEE ACM Transactions on Networking. 23(3), 728-740. Hou, I., & Gupta, P. (2014). Proportionally Fair Distributed Resource Allocation in Multiband Wireless Systems. IEEE ACM Transactions on Networking. 22(6), 1819-1830. Hou, I. (2014). Scheduling Heterogeneous Real-Time Traffic Over Fading Wireless Channels. IEEE ACM Transactions on Networking. 22(5), 1631-1644. Hou, I., & Chen, C. S. (2013). An Energy-Aware Protocol for Self-Organizing Heterogeneous LTE Systems. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 31(5), 937-946. Hou, I., Liu, Y., & Sprintson, A. (2013). A Non-Monetary Protocol for Peer-to-Peer Content Distribution in Wireless Broadcast Networks with Network Coding. abs/1212.0286, 170-177. Hou, I., & Kumar, P. R. (2012). Queueing systems with hard delay constraints: a framework for real-time communication over unreliable wireless channels. Queueing Systems: Theory and Applications. 71(1-2), 151-177. Hou, I., & Kumar, P. R. (2012). REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION OVER UNRELIABLE WIRELESS LINKS: A THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS. IEEE Wireless Communications. 19(1), 48-59. book Hou, I., & Kumar, P. R. (2013). Packets with Deadlines. Ed. 6. Springer Nature. chapter Hou, J. C., Yau, D., Ma, C., Yang, Y., Zhang, H., Hou, I., Rao, N., & Shankar, M. (2009). Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks. Misra, S. C., Woungang, I., & Misra, S. (Eds.), Guide to Wireless Sensor Networks. (pp. 47-79). Springer Nature. conference paper Fan, S., Hou, I., Mai, V. S., & Benmohamed, L. (2022). Online Service Caching and Routing at the Edge with Unknown Arrivals. 2013 National Conference on Communications, NCC 2013. 383-388. Guo, D., Nakhleh, K., Hou, I., Kompella, S., & Kam, C. (2022). A Theory of Second-Order Wireless Network Optimization and Its Application on AoI. IEEE Infocom. 999-1008. Guo, D., Hsieh, P., & Hou, I. (2021). Optimal Wireless Scheduling for Remote Sensing through Brownian Approximation. IEEE Infocom. 1-10. Hou, I., Naghsh, N. Z., Paul, S., Hu, Y. C., & Eryilmaz, A. (2020). Predictive Scheduling for Virtual Reality. IEEE Infocom. 1349-1358. HasanzadeZonuzy, A., Hou, I., & Shakkottai, S. (2019). Broadcasting Real-Time Flows in Integrated Backhaul and Access 5G Networks. 124-131. Sasikumar, A., Zhao, T., Hou, I., & Shakkottai, S. (2019). Cache-Version Selection and Content Placement for Adaptive Video Streaming in Wireless Edge Networks. 306-313. Huang, L., Hou, I., Sapatnekar, S. S., & Hu, J. (2019). Improving QoS for Global Dual-Criticality Scheduling on Multiprocessors. 2019 IEEE 25TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EMBEDDED AND REAL-TIME COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS (RTCSA 2019). Guo, D., & Hou, I. (2019). On the Credibility of Information Flows in Real-time Wireless Networks. 242-249. Hsieh, P., & Hou, I. (2018). A Decentralized Medium Access Protocol for Real-Time Wireless Ad Hoc Networks With Unreliable Transmissions. International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems. 972-982. Yau, S., Hsieh, P., Bhattacharyya, R., Bhargav, K., Shakkottai, S., Hou, I., & Kumar, P. R. (2018). PULS: Processor-Supported Ultra-Low Latency Scheduling. 324-325. Huang, L., Hou, I., Sapatnekar, S. S., & Hu, J. (2018). Graceful Degradation of Low-Criticality Tasks in Multiprocessor Dual-Criticality Systems. 159-169. Yau, S., Hsieh, P., Bhattacharyya, R., Bhargav, K., Shakkottai, S., Hou, I., & Kumar, P. R. (2018). PULS: Processor-Supported Ultra-Low Latency Scheduling. 261-270. Zhao, T., Ray, K., & Hou, I. (2017). A Non-Monetary Mechanism for Optimal Rate Control Through Efficient Delay Allocation. IEEE ACM Transactions on Networking. 1418-1431. Deng, H., & Hou, I. (2017). On the Capacity Requirement for Arbitrary End-to-End Deadline and Reliability Guarantees in Multi-hop Networks. 15-16. Hsieh, P., Liu, X. i., Jiao, J., Hou, I., Zhang, Y., & Kumar, P. R. (2017). Throughput-Optimal Scheduling for Multi-Hop Networked Transportation Systems With Switch-Over Delay. 1-10. Hou, I., Zhao, T., Wang, S., & Chan, K. (2016). Asymptotically Optimal Algorithm for Online Reconfiguration of Edge-Clouds. 291-300. Deng, H., & Hou, I. (2016). A New Competitive Ratio for Network Applications with Hard Performance Guarantees. 2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SIGNAL PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATIONS (SPCOM). 1-5. Hsieh, P., & Hou, I. (2016). Heavy-Traffic Analysis of QoE Optimality for On-Demand Video Streams Over Fading Channels. IEEE Infocom. 1-9. Hou, I. (2016). On the Modeling and Optimization of Short-Term Performance for Real-Time Wireless Networks. IEEE Infocom. 1-9. Deng, H., & Hou, I. (2016). Online Job Allocation with Hard Allocation Ratio Requirement. IEEE Infocom. 1-9. Yau, S., Ge, L., Hsieh, P., Hou, I., Cui, S., Kumar, P. R., Ekbal, A., & Kundargi, N. (2015). WiMAC: Rapid Implementation Platform for User Definable MAC Protocols Through Separation. Computer Communications Review. 109-110. Hou, I. (2015). Packet Scheduling for Real-Time Surveillance in Multihop Wireless Sensor Networks With Lossy Channels. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 1071-1079. Kang, X., Hou, I., & Ying, L. (2015). On the Capacity Requirement of Largest-Deficit-First for Scheduling Real-Time Traffic in Wireless Networks. 217-226. Deng, H., & Hou, I. (2015). Online Scheduling for Delayed Mobile Offloading. IEEE Infocom. 1867-1875. Hou, I., & Hsieh, P. (2015). QoE-Optimal Scheduling for On-Demand Video Streams over Unreliable Wireless Networks. 207-216. Singh, R., Hou, I., & Kumar, P. R. (2014). Fluctuation Analysis of Debt Based Policies for Wireless Networks with Hard Delay Constraints. IEEE Infocom. 2400-2408. Zuo, S., & Hou, I. (2014). Online Scheduling for Energy Efficiency in Real-Time Wireless Networks. 327-334. Hou, I., Zhu, J., & Vannithamby, R. (2013). Incentive-Oriented Downlink Scheduling for Wireless Networks with Real-Time and Non-Real-Time Flows. 252-257. Singh, R., Him, I., & Kumar, P. R. (2013). Pathwise Performance of Debt Based Policies for Wireless Networks with Hard Delay Constraints. Proceedings of the ... IEEE Conference on Decision & Control / IEEE Control Systems Society. IEEE Conference on Decision & Control. 7838-7843. Hou, I. (2013). Providing End-to-End Delay Guarantees for Multi-hop Wireless Sensor Networks. 414-419. Hou, I., & Singh, R. (2013). Scheduling of access points for multiple live video streams. 267-270. Hsu, Y., Hou, I., & Sprintson, A. (2013). The Index Coding Problem: A Game-Theoretical Perspective. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings. 977-981. Hou, I., Hsu, Y., & Sprintson, A. (2013). Truthful and Non-Monetary Mechanism for Direct Data Exchange. 406-412. Hou, I., & Chen, C. S. (2012). Self-Organized Resource Allocation in LTE Systems with Weighted Proportional Fairness. 2013 National Conference on Communications, NCC 2013. 5348-5353. Hou, I., & Kumar, P. R. (2011). Broadcasting delay-constrained traffic over unreliable wireless links with network coding. 4. Hou, I., & Gupta, P. (2011). Distributed Resource Allocation for Proportional Fairness in Multi-Band Wireless Systems. 1975-1979. Hou, I., Anh, T., Chakraborty, S., & Kumar, P. R. (2011). Optimality of Periodwise Static Priority Policies in Real-time Communications. Proceedings of the ... IEEE Conference on Decision & Control / IEEE Control Systems Society. IEEE Conference on Decision & Control. 5047-5051. Hou, I., & Kumar, P. R. (2011). Scheduling Periodic Real-Time Tasks with Heterogeneous Reward Requirements. Proceedings - Real-Time Systems Symposium. 282-291. Hou, I., & Kumar, P. R. (2010). Utility-optimal scheduling in time-varying wireless networks with delay constraints. 31-40. Hou, I., & Kumar, P. R. (2010). Scheduling Heterogeneous Real-Time Traffic over Fading Wireless Channels. IEEE Infocom. 1-9. Hou, I., & Kumar, P. R. (2010). Utility Maximization for Delay Constrained QoS in Wireless. IEEE Infocom. 1-9. Hou, I., & Kumar, P. R. (2009). Admission control and scheduling for QoS guarantees for variable-bit-rate applications on wireless channels. 175-184. Hou, I., Borkar, V., & Kumar, P. R. (2009). A Theory of QoS for Wireless. IEEE Infocom. 486-494. Yang, Y., Hou, I., Hou, J. C., Shankar, M., & Rao, N. S. (2009). Sensor Placement for Detecting Propagative Sources in Populated Environments. IEEE Infocom. 1206-1214. Hou, I., Tsai, Y., Abdelzaher, T. F., & Gupta, I. (2008). AdapCode: Adaptive Network Coding for Code Updates in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Infocom. 2189-2197. thesis Nakhleh, K., Ganji, S., Hsieh, P., Hou, I., & Shakkottai, S. (2021). NeurWIN: Neural Whittle Index Network For Restless Bandits Via Deep RL
principal investigator on Distributed Network Algorithms for End-to-End Complex QoS Guarantees in Mission-Critical Multi-hop Mobile Networks awarded by United States Department of the Navy - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2018 - 2020 Towards End-to-End QoE Guarantees for Timely Video Delivery in Adversarial Multi-hop Battlefield Networks awarded by United States Army - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2018 - 2020 Modeling and Control of Information-Driven Smart Transportation Systems awarded by Qatar National Research Fund - (Doha, Qatar) 2016 - 2019 Towards Provably Timely and Reliable Battlefield Networks awarded by United States Army - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2015 - 2019 Equipment for Research in Networks and Systems awarded by United States Army - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2016 - 2017
co-principal investigator on ICN-WEN: Collaborative Research: SPLICE: Secure Predictive Low-Latency Information Centric Edge for Next Generation Wireless Networks awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2017 - 2020 EAGER: Cybermanufacturing: Pervasive Cyber-enabled Manufacturing awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2015 - 2018
teaching activities CSCE678 Distributed Sys & Cloud Comp Instructor ECEN248 Intro To Dgtl Sym Dsgn Instructor ECEN424 Fund Of Networking Instructor ECEN449 Microprocsr Sys Dsgn Instructor ECEN485 Directed Studies Instructor ECEN491 Hnr-research Instructor ECEN681 Seminar-dept Instructor ECEN684 Professional Internship Instructor ECEN684 Professional Internship: In-ab Instructor ECEN685 Directed Studies Instructor ECEN689 Sptp: Online Decision&learning Instructor ECEN689 Sptp:online Decision&learning Instructor ECEN691 Research Instructor ECEN732 Online Dec Making & Learning Instructor ECEN749 Microprocessor Systems Design Instructor ECEN757 Distributed Sys & Cloud Comp Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations Deng, Han (2017-07). A New Competitive Ratio for Network Applications with Hard Performance Guarantee. Hsieh, Ping-Chun (2018-06). Network Algorithms for Control and Communication for IoT Applications. Jain, Abhishek (2014-08). Reliable Downlink Scheduling for Wireless Networks with Real-Time and Non-Real Time Clients. Lin, Victor Hamilton (2018-12). PULS on WARP Platform - Detailed Investigation of Real-Time Scheduling Performance. Liu, Yao (2013-11). A Packet Scheduling Mechanism for Wireless Peer-to-Peer Content Distribution. Sharma, Gaurav (2016-07). Optimal Demand Response Schemes for Renewable Integration using Thermal Inertial Loads. Wu, Di (2018-11). Structured Sparsity Learning for Coevolution-Based Protein Contact Prediction. Yang, Yue (2018-11). A New Design of Q-CHAIN on WIMAC: A Throughput-Optimal Random Access MAC Protocol with Piggyback Transmissions. Yenamachintala, Sai Sourabh (2018-11). FPGA Spiking Neural Processors With Supervised and Unsupervised Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity.
education and training Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - (Urbana, Illinois, United States) 2011 M.S. in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - (Urbana, Illinois, United States) 2008 B.S. in Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University - (Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan) 2004
awards and honors C.W. Gear Outstanding Graduate Student, conferred by University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - (Urbana, Illinois, United States), 2010
mailing address Texas A&M University Electrical Engineering 3128 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3128 USA