Stephen B. Wicker

Professor
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cornell University		  

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Theses

  • Wicker, S. B., “The Geometry of Error Correcting Codes,” Ph.D. Thesis, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, May 1987.

  • Wicker, S. B., “A Microprocessor Based Diagnostic System,” BS Thesis, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, May 1982.

Books

  • Wicker, S. B., Cellular Convergence and the Death of Privacy, Oxford University Press, 2013.

  • Wicker S. B. and Kim S., Fundamentals of Codes Graphs and Iterative Decoding, Boston: Kluwer Academic Press, 2002.

  • Heegard, C. and Wicker, S. B., Turbo Coding, Boston: Kluwer Academic Press, 1999.

  • Wicker, S. B., Error Control Systems for Digital Communication and Storage, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1995.

  • Wicker, S. B. and Bhargava, V. K. (editors), Reed-Solomon Codes and  Their Applications, Piscataway: IEEE Press, 1994.

  • Chmora, A., and Wicker, S. B. (editors), Error Control, Cryptology, and Speech Compression: Workshop on Information Protection, Moscow, Russia, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 829, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 1994.

Parts of Books

  • S. B. Wicker, "Privacy-Aware Design for the Monitoring, Control, and Protection of Critical Infrastructure," in Homeland Security Threats, Countermeasures, and Privacy Issues (ed. Giorgio Franceschetti), Artech House, 2010

  • Z. Haas, J. Y. Halpern, L. Li, and S. B. Wicker, “A decision-theoretic approach to resource allocation in wireless multimedia networks,” Resource Allocation in Next Generation Wireless Networks (W. Li and Y. Pan, eds.), Nova Science Publishers, 2005.

  • P. Samar and S.B. Wicker, "On the Behavior of Communication Links in a Multi-Hop Mobile Environment," Frontiers in Distributed Sensor Networks, S.S. Iyengar and R.R. Brooks (eds.), CRC Press, 2005.

  • B. Krishnamachari and S. B. Wicker, "Base Station Location Optimization in Cellular Wireless Networks using Heuristic Search Algorithms," book chapter in Soft Computing in Communications, Ed. L. Wang, Springer-Verlag, 2004.

  • Wicker, S. B., "Cyclic Codes" in Wiley Encyclopedia of Telecommunications, (ed: J. Proakis), 2002.

  • Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Stephen B. Wicker, Ramon Bejar, and Marc Pearlman, "Critical Density Thresholds in Distributed Wireless Networks," Advances in Coding and Information Theory, eds. H. Bhargava, H.V. Poor and V. Tarokh, Kluwer Publishers, 2002.

  • Carla Games, Xi Xie, Stephen B. Wicker, and Bart Selman, “Heavy Tails, Phae Transitions, and the Nature of Cutoff,” in Codes, Graphs, and Systems, Boston: Kluwer, 2002.

  • Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Xi Xie, Bart Selman, and Stephen B. Wicker,

  • "Analysis of Random Walk and Random Noise Algorithms for Satisfiability Testing," Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming - CP 2000.

  • Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 1894, Springer, September 2000.

  • Bhaskar Krishnamachari and Stephen B. Wicker, "Global Search Techniques for Problems in Mobile Communications," in Telecommunications Optimization: Adaptive and Heuristic Approaches, Eds. David Corne et al., John Wiley & Sons Publishers, October 2000.

  • Costello, D., Hagenauer, J., Imai, H., and Wicker, S. B., “Applications of Error Control Coding,” Information Theory: 50 Years of Discovery (S. Verdu and S. McLaughlin, ed), IEEE Press, 1999.

  • Wicker, S. B., “Deep Space Applications,” Handbook of Coding Theory, (Vera Pless and William Cary Huffman, ed.), Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1998.

  • Wicker, S. B. and Bhargava, V. K., “Introduction,” in Reed-Solomon Codes and Their Applications, (S. B. Wicker and V. K. Bhargava, ed.), IEEE Press, 1994.

  • Wicker, S. B. and Bartz, M., “Reed-Solomon Codes in Hybrid Automatic-Repeat-Request Protocols,” in Reed-Solomon Codes and Their Applications, (S. B. Wicker and V. K. Bhargava, ed.), IEEE Press, 1994.

  • Alabbadi, M. and Wicker, S. B., “Susceptibility of Digital Signature Schemes Based on Error-Correcting Codes to Universal Forgery,” in Error Control, Cryptology, and Speech Compression: Workshop on Information Protection, Moscow, Russia (A. Chmora and S. B. Wicker, ed.), Lecture Notes on Computer Science, Volume 829, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 1994.

  • Souissi, Slim and Wicker, S. B., "Application of Packet Combining Techniques to a DS/CDMA System Using Convolutional Encoding and Sequential Decoding", in Communication Theory and Applications II (B. Honary, M. Darnell, and P. Farrell, ed.) London: HW Communications Publishing Ltd, 1993.

  • Wicker, S. B., “Trellis Coded Hybrid-ARQ Protocols,” in Communication, Control, and Signal Processing, pp. 339-346, (Erdal Erikan, ed.), Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing (1990).

Referreed Journal Articles (Published or To Appear)

  • Wicker, S. B. and Santoso, S., “A Right to Internet Access,” Communications of the ACM, June 2013.

  • N. Karst, S. B. Wicker. "On Secure Rekeying Using Cover-Free Families," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 58, No. 10, October 2012, pp. 6667 - 6671.

  • S. B. Wicker, “The Loss of Location Privacy in the Cellular Age,” Communications of the ACM, Vol. 55, No. 8, August 2012, pp. 60 - 68.

  • S. B. Wicker, “Digital Telephony and the Question of Privacy,” Communications of the ACM, Vol. 54, No. 7, July, 2011, pp. 88 – 98.

  • S, B, Wicker and D. E. Schrader, “Privacy-Aware Design Principles for Information Networks,” Proceedings of the IEEE, February 2011, pp. 330 - 350.

  • Mikhail Lisovich, Deirdre Mulligan, and Stephen B. Wicker, “Inferring Personal Information from Demand-Response Systems,” IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine; January/February 2010.

  • Anna Kacewicz and Stephen B. Wicker, "Redundancy Minimizing Techniques for Robust Transmission in Wireless Networks," Journal of Communications and Networks, 11:564-573, 2009.

  • H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang, H. V. Poor and S.B. Wicker, “The behavior of unbounded path-loss models and the effect of singularity on computed network characteristics,” IEEE J. Selected Areas Communications, September 2009.

  • H. Inaltekin and S.B. Wicker, "A One-shot Random Access Game for Wireless Networks – Behavior of Nodes at Nash Equilibria" IEEE/ACM Trans. on Networking, December 2008.

  • H. Inaltekin and S. B. Wicker, "The analysis of Nash equilibriua of the one-shot random access game for wireless networks and the behavior of selfish nodes," IEEE/ACM Trans. on Networking, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 1094-1107, Oct. 2008.

  • S. Pai, M. Meingast, T. Roosta, S. Bermudez, S. Wicker, D. Mulligan, and S. S. Sastry, "Confidentiality in Sensor Networks: Transactional Information," IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine; July/August 2008.

  • H. Qu and S. B. Wicker, "A Combined Localization and Geographic Routing Algorithm for Rapidly-Deployed Wireless Sensor Networks", International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Volume 4, Issue 1 January 2008, pages 44 - 63.

  • H. Qu and S. B. Wicker, "Co-Designed Anchor-Free Localization and Location-Based Routing Algorithm for Rapidly-Deployed Wireless Sensor Networks", Information Fusion, 2008.

  • M. Meingast, S. Pai, S. Wicker, S. S. Sastry, "Privacy in Camera Networks, A Technical Perspective," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Technical Report UCB/EECS-2007-94, July 2007.

  • X. Zhang, J. Chen, S. B. Wicker, and T. Berger, "Successive Coding in Multiuser Information Theory", IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Volume 53, No. 6, June 2007, pp. 2246 – 2254.

  • P. Samar and S. B. Wicker, “Link Dynamics and Protocol Design in a Multi-Hop Mobile Environment,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, September 2006.

  • X. Zhang, S. B. Wicker, "On the Optimal Distribution of Sensors in a Random Field", ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, March 2006.

  • J. Chen, X. Zhang, T. Berger and S. B. Wicker "The Sum-Rate Distortion Function and Optimal Rate Allocation for the Quadratic Gaussian CEO Problem" IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications: Special Issue on Sensor Networks, Volume 22, No. 6, August 2004.

  • Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Rung-Hung Gau, Stephen B. Wicker, and Zygmunt J. Haas, "Optimal Sequential Paging in Cellular Networks," ACM/Baltzer Wireless Networks, Vol 10, No. 2, March 2004.

  • Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Stephen Wicker, Ramon Bejar and Cesar Fernandez, "On the Complexity of Distributed Self-Configuration in Wireless Networks," in Kluwer Journal on Telecommunication Systems, Special Issue on Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing, Eds. I. Stojmenovic and S. Olariu, Vol. 22, No. 1, January/April 2003.

  • B. Krishnamachari, Y. Mourtada, and S. Wicker, "The Energy-Robustness Tradeoff for Real-Time Information Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks," submitted to the Special Issue of Elsevier Computer Networks on Wireless Sensor Networks, October 2002.

  • Andrea Goldsmith And Stephen B. Wicker, "Design Challenges For Energy-Constrained Ad Hoc Wireless Networks," IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, August, 2002.

  • Allen B. MacKenzie and Stephen B. Wicker, "Game Theory and the Design of Self-Configuring, Adaptive Wireless Networks," IEEE Communications Magazine, November 2001.Buckley, M. E. and Wicker, S. B., “The Design and Performance of a Neural Network for Predicting Decoder Error in Turbo-Coded ARQ Protocols,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume 48, Number 4, pp. 566 - 576, April 2000.

  • Park, J. I., Wicker, S. B., and Owen, H. L., “Trellis-Based Soft Output Adaptive Equalization Techniques for TDMA Cellular Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, pp. 83 – 94, January 2000.

  • Wang, X.A., and Wicker, S. B., "The BCJR Trellis and the Design and Implementation of Trellis Decoders for Some BCH Codes," Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communication, and Computing, Volume 9, Number 6, 1999, pp. 521 - 546.

  • Buckley, M. E. and Wicker, S. B., “A Neural Network for Predicting Decoder Error in Turbo Decoders,” IEEE Communications Letters, Volume 3, Number 5, May 1999, pp. 145 - 147.

  • Tapp, T., Luna, A., Wang, X.A., and Wicker, S. B., “BCH Soft Decision Decoders for Mobile Data Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume 47, Number 3, pp. 333 – 337, March 1999.

  • Luna, A., Fontaine, F. and Wicker, S. B., “Iterative Maximum Likelihood Trellis Decoding for Block Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume 47, Number 3, pp. 338 – 342, March 1999.

  • Costello, D., Hagenauer, J., Imai, H., and Wicker, S. B., “Applications of Error Control Coding,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 50th Anniversary Issue, Volume 44, Number 6, pp. 2531 - 2560, October 1998.

  • Zaidan, M. Y. and Wicker, S. B., “Trellis Coded Modulation with s-Tree Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Volume 43, Number 6, pp. 2005 - 2012, November, 1997.

  • Hao, M.-J. and Wicker, S. B., “The Effect of Error Control Coding in Multichannel FSK Coherent Lightwave Communication Systems,” IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, Volume 14, Number 12, pp. 2648 - 2656, December, 1996.

  • Rasmussen, L. K., Bartz, M. J., and Wicker, S. B., “A Comparison of Trellis Coded and Reed-Solomon Coded Hybrid-ARQ Protocols over Slowly Fading Rayleigh Channels,” Wireless Personal Communications, Volume 2, Number 4, pp. 393-413, 1996.

  • Wang, X-A, and Wicker, S. B., “Generalized Soft Decision Decoding for Concatenated Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Volume 42, Number 2, pp. 543-553, March, 1996.

  • Wang, X-A, and Wicker, S. B., “The Analog Neural Net Viterbi Decoder,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume 44, Number 2, February, 1996, pp. 165 - 171.

  • Rasmussen, L. and Wicker, S. B., “Trellis Coded, Type-I Hybrid-ARQ Protocols Based on CRC Error-Detecting Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume 43, Number 10, October, 1995, pp. 2569 - 2575.

  • Hao, M.-J. and Wicker, S. B., “Performance Evaluation of  FSK and CPFSK Optical Communication Systems: A Stable and Accurate Method,” IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, Volume 13, Number 8, August 1995, pp 1613 - 1623.

  • Rasmussen, L. and Wicker, S. B., “A Comparison of Two Code Combining Techniques for Equal Gain, Trellis Coded Diversity Receivers,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Volume 44, Number 2, May, 1995, pp. 291 - 295.

  • Souissi, S. and Wicker, S. B., “A Diversity Combining DS/CDMA System with Convolutional Encoding and Viterbi Decoding,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Volume 44, Number 2, May, 1995, pp. 304 - 312.

  • Wicker, S. B. and Bartz, M., “Type-II Hybrid-ARQ Protocols Using Punctured MDS Codes,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 1431-1440, April 1994.

  • Rice, M. D. and Wicker S. B., “A Sequential Testing Scheme for Adaptive Error Control on Slowly Varying Channels” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 1533-1543, April 1994.

  • Harvey, B. A. and Wicker, S. B., “Packet Combining Systems Based on the Viterbi Decoder” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 1544-1557, April 1994.

  • Rice, M. D. and Wicker, S. B., “Adaptive Error Control for Slowly Varying Channels,”  IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 917- 926, March 1994.

  • Wicker, S. B. and Bartz, M., “The Design and Implementation of Type-I and Type-II Hybrid-ARQ Protocols Based on First-Order Reed-Muller Codes,”   IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 979-987, March 1994.

  • Rasmussen, L. and Wicker, S. B., “Trellis Coded Hybrid-ARQ Protocols over AWGN and Slowly Fading Rician Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Volume 40, Number 2, March 1994, pp. 418-428.

  • Rasmussen, L. and Wicker, S. B., “A Comparison of Two Retransmission Request Mechanisms for Trellis Coded Modulation,” Electronics Letters, Volume 29, Number 25, pp. 2162 - 2163, December 9, 1993.

  • Rice, M. D. and Wicker, S. B., "Modified Majority-Logic Decoding of Cyclic Codes in Hybrid-ARQ Systems, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume 40, Number 9, pp. 1413 - 1417, September, 1992.

  • Alabbadi, M. and Wicker, S. B., “Cryptanalysis of the Harn-Wang modification of the Xinmei signature scheme,” Electronics Letters, Volume 28, Number 18, pp. 1756 - 1757, August 27, 1992.

  • Wicker, S. B., “Reed-Solomon Error Control Coding for Data Transmission over Rayleigh Fading Channels with Feedback,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Volume 41, Number 2, pp. 124 - 133, May 1992.

  • Alabbadi, M. and Wicker, S. B., “The Security of Xinmei’s Digital Signature Scheme” Electronics Letters, Volume 28, Number 9, pp. 890 - 891, April 1992.

  • Wicker, S. B., “Adaptive Rate Error Control Through the Use of Diversity Combining and Majority-Logic Decoding in a Hybrid-ARQ Protocol,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume 39, Number 3, pp. 380 - 386,    March 1991.

  • Harvey, B and Wicker, S. B., “Error-Trapping Viterbi Decoding for Type-I Hybrid-ARQ Protocols,” Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Volume 16, Number 1, pp. 5 - 12, January 1991.

  • Wicker, S. B., “Muting Algorithms Based on the Use of Side Information Generated by Error Control Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Volume 39, No 2, pp. 171 - 176, May 1990.

  • Wicker, S. B., “Modified Majority-Logic Decoders for Use in Convolutionally Encoded Hybrid-ARQ Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, Volume 38, No. 3, pp. 263 - 266, March 1990.

  • Wicker, S. B., “High Reliability Data Transfer over the Land Mobile Radio Channel,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Volume 39, No 1, pp. 48 - 55, February 1990.

Referreed Conference Papers

  • Dipayan Ghosh, Jubo Yan, William Schulze, Dawn Schrader, and Stephen Wicker, "The Valuation of Smart Metering Privacy," HUPS, ACM SOUPS 2013, Newcastle, UK

  • Dipayan Ghosh, Stephanie Santoso, Stephen Wicker, Dawn Schrader, Jubo Yan, and William Schulze, "Risky Business: A Study on User Awareness and Valuation of Cellular Privacy Risks," U-PRISM, ACM MobileHCI 2013, Munich, Germany

  • Xiao-an Wang and Stephen B. Wicker, “Channel Estimation and Feedback in OFDM Systems,” to appear in the Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-2013), 2-5 June 2013, Dresden, Germany.

  • Dipayan P. Ghosh, Robert J. Thomas, and Stephen B. Wicker. “A Privacy-Aware Design for the Vehicle-to-Grid Framework,” in Proc. of the 46th Hawaiian Conference on System Science (HICSS-46), Maui, Hawaii, Jan. 2013.

  • Dipayan P. Ghosh, Dawn E. Schrader, William D. Schulze, and Stephen B. Wicker, “Economic Analysis of Privacy-Aware Advanced Metering Infrastructure Adoption ” in Proc. IEEE ISGT '12, January 2012.

  • Dipayan P. Ghosh, Stephen B. Wicker, and Lawrence E. Blume, “Game Theoretic Analysis of Privacy-Aware Advanced Metering Infrastructure ” in Proc. IEEE ISGT '11, December 2011.

  • Stephen B. Wicker and Robert J. Thomas, “A Privacy-Aware Architecture For Demand Response Systems” in Proc. of the 44 Hawaiian Conference on System Science (HICSS-44), Kauai, Hawaii, January 10, 2011.

  • Nominee for best paper award.Anna Kacewicz and Stephen B. Wicker, "Application of Reed-Muller Codes for Localization of Malicious Nodes, " in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’10), Cape Town, South Africa, May 23–27, 2010.

  • Sergio Bermudez and Stephen B. Wicker, “Partial connectivity of multi-hop two-dimensional finite hybrid wireless networks,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’10), Cape Town, South Africa, May 23–27, 2010.

  • Bennett C., Wicker S. B., “Decreased Time Delay and Security Enhancement Recommendations for AMI Smart Meter Networks.” 2010 PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference., Gaithersburg, Maryland, January 19th-21st, 2010.

  • Anna Kacewicz and Stephen B. Wicker, "Secrecy and Reliability using Raptor Codes in the Presence of a Wiretapper in a Multiple Path Wireless Network", Proceedings of International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing, Nanjing, China, Nov 13, 2009 - Nov 15, 2009.

  • Bennett C., Wicker S. B., Cardell J., “A Review of the Communication Protocols for Smart Grid AMI Systems.” Fifth Annual Carnegie Mellon Conference on the Electricity Industry: Smart Grids 2009., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2009.

  • S. Bermudez and S. B. Wicker, “Connectivity analysis under shadowing in wireless networks with data correlation topology control,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing (ISWPC’09), Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 11–13, 2009.

  • S. Bermudez and S. B. Wicker, “Connectivity of finite wireless networks with random communication range nodes,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’09), Dresden, Germany, Jun. 14–18, 2009.

  • Anna Kacewicz, Stephen B. Wicker, "Optimizing redundancy using MDS codes and dynamic symbol allocation in mobile ad hoc networks," Proceedings of the Conference on Information Science and Systems (CISS), 1093-1098, 2008.

  • S. A. Bermudez and S. B. Wicker, “On the connectivity of finite wireless networks with multiple base stations,” in Proc. 17th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN’08), Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Aug. 3–7, 2008.

  • H. Inaltekin, M. Chiang, H. V. Poor and S. B. Wicker, “On the asymptotic behavior of selfish transmitters sharing a common wireless communication channel,” Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Toronto, Canada, July 2008.

  • S. Bermudez and S. B. Wicker, "Taking Advantage of Data Correlation to Control the Topology of Wireless Sensor Networks," 15th International Conference on Telecommunications 16-19 June, 2008, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • M. Lisovich, S. Bermudez, and S. B. Wicker, "Reconfiguration in Heterogeneous Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks" Proceedings of the International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2008, 7-9 May, 2008, Santorini, Greece.

  • M. Lisovich and S. B. Wicker,  “Privacy Concerns in Upcoming Residential and Commercial Demand-Response Systems,” Clemson Power Systems Conference 2008, March 2008.

  • C. Bennett, J. Cardell, S. Wicker. "Residential Demand Response Wireless Sensor Network". Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Carnegie Mellon Conference on the Electricity Industry, Carnegie Mellon University Department of Electrical Engineering, 5, March, 2008.

  • S. Jiang, Y. Cao, S. Iyengar, P. Kuryloski, R. Jafari, Y. Xue, R. Bajcsy, S. Wicker.  "CareNet: An Integrated Wireless Sensor Networking Environment for Remote Healthcare," Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Body Area Networks (BODYNETS 2008), March 13-15, 2008.

  • T. Roosta, S. Pai, P. Chen, S. S. Sastry, S. Wicker, "The Inherent Security of Routing Protocols in Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks," Proceedings of the 50th Annual IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM'07), 26-30 November 2007, Washington, DC.

  • H. Inaltekin, C. Tavoularis and S. B. Wicker, "Event Detection Time Calculations for Mobile Sensor Networks Using First Passage Processes", Proceedings of the 50th Annual IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM'07), 26-30 November 2007, Washington, DC.

  • H. Inaltekin and S. B. Wicker, "Random access game over noisy channels with capture effect," 10th ACM International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, Crete island, Greece, Oct. 2007.

  • H. Inaltekin and S. B. Wicker, "Random Access Games: Selfish Nodes with Incomplete Information", Proceedings of IEEE MILCOM 2007, Orlando, Florida.

  • C. Tavoularis and S. B. Wicker, “Optimal sleep strategies with respect to traffic patterns in wireless sensor networks,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC ‘07), Scotland.

  • P. Kuryloski, S. Pai, S. Wicker, Y. Xue, "MedSN System for In-Home Patient Monitoring: Architecture, Privacy and Security" Proceedings of the Joint Conference on High Confidence Medical Devices, Software, and Systems (HCMDSS'07) and Medical Device Plug-and-Play Interoperability (MD PnP'07), 25-27 June 2007, Boston, MA.

  • H. Inaltekin and S.B. Wicker, "Random Access Game Under Incomplete Information", 4th Workshop on Embedded Networked Sensors 2007.

  • H. Inaltekin, T. Wexler, S.B. Wicker, "A Duopoly Pricing Game for Wireless IP Services", Proceedings of the Fourth Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON 2007), June 18 – 21, 2007, San Diego, CA.

  • H. Inaltekin and S. B. Wicker, "The Behavior of Unbounded Path-loss Models and the Effect of Singularity on Computed Network Interference", Proceedings of the Fourth Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON 2007), June 18 – 21, 2007, San Diego, CA.

  • S. Pai, P. Kuryloski, H. Yip, S. Yennamandra, S. Wicker, K. Boehner, and G. Gay, “Networks Of Sensors In Public Spaces: Combining Technology With Art,” Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Ubiquitous Computing and Intelligence (UCI’07), 21-23 May 2007, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

  • S. Pai, T. Roosta, S. Wicker, and S. S. Sastry, “Using Social Network Theory Towards Development Of Wireless Ad hoc Network Trust,” Proceedings of  3rd IEEE International Symposium on Security in Networks and Distributed Systems (SSNDS'07), 21-23 May 2007, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

  • H. Inaltekin and S. B. Wicker, "The Analysis of a Game Theoretic MAC Protocol for Wireless Networks", 3rd Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON 2006), September 25 – 28, Reston, VA.

  • Hui Qu and Stephen B. Wicker, “Anchor-free localization in rapidly-deployed wireless sensor networks,” in Proc. of 2006 IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), pp. 627--632.

  • Hui Qu and Stephen B. Wicker, “A combined localization and location-based routing algorithm for rapidly-deployable wireless sensor networks,” presented in the 2nd International Symposium on Innovations and Real-Time Applications of Distributed Sensor Networks, Crystal City, Washington DC, USA, October 16, 2006.

  • H. Inalketin, S. B. Wicker, “A One-shot Random Access Game For Wireless Networks,” The International Conference on Wireless Networks, Communications, and Mobile Computing (WirelessCom 2005), June 13-16, 2005, Maui, Hawaii.

  • X. Zhang, S. B. Wicker "Robustness vs. Efficiency in Sensor Networks,”, Proceedings of Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), Berkeley, 2005.

  • X. Zhang, S. B. Wicker "Robustness vs. Efficiency for the Quadratic Gaussian CEO Problem,”  Allerton Conference, 2004.

  • P. Samar and S.B. Wicker, "Characterizing the Communication Links of a Node in a Mobile Ad Hoc Network," Proceedings of ICC 2004, Paris, France.

  • X. Zhang, S. B. Wicker "How to distribute sensors in a random field," Proceedings of Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), Berkeley, 2004.

  • M. Roth, S. Wicker, “Route Filtering in Swarm Intelligent MANETs,” 10th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), Philadelphia, USA, 2004.

  • P. Samar and S.B. Wicker, "On the Behavior of Communication Links of a Node in a Multi-Hop Mobile Environment," accepted for presentation at The 5th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), Tokyo, Japan, 2004.

  • Y. Mourtada and S. Wicker, "LGMA: Localized Gradient Management Algorithm for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks," Proceedings of the Symposium on Defense & Security, April 04.

  • M. Roth, S.Wicker, “Termite: Emergent Ad-Hoc Networking,” Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Workshop on Ad-Hoc Networks, Medhia, Tunisia, 2003.

  • J. Chen, X. Zhang, T. Berger and S. B. Wicker "Rate Allocation in Distributed Sensor Network", Proceedings of the Allerton Conference 2003.

  • M. Roth, S. Wicker, Termite: Ad-Hoc Networking with Stigmergy, IEEE Globecom 2003, San Francisco, USA, 2003.

  • Sakk, E. and Wicker, S.B., Wavelet packets for error control coding, Proceedings of the SPIE 48th Annual Meeting (Wavelets X), San Diego, CA, August 3-8, 2003.

  • A. B. MacKenzie and S. B. Wicker, "Stability of Slotted Aloha with Multipacket Reception and Selfish Users," Proceedings of Infocom 2003.

  • B. Krishnamachari, Y. Mourtada, and S. Wicker, "The Energy-Robustness Tradeoff for Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks," Proceedings of IEEE 2003 International Conference on Communications, ICC 2003, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2003.

  • Y. Mourtada, M. Swanson, and S. Wicker, "Statistical Performance Analysis of Address-Centric Performance versus Data-Centric Directed Diffusion Approach in Wireless Sensor Networks," Aerosense 2003 Symposium on Battlespace Digitization and Network Centric Systems III, April 2003.

  • Yurong Chen and Stephen B. Wicker, On Selection of Optimal Transmission Power for Ad hoc networks, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICSS-36), Big Island, Hawaii, Jan. 6-9, 2003.

  • Y. Mourtada, and S. Wicker, "On the Effect on Robustness of Topological Factors in Wireless Sensor Networks", Proceedings of the Workshop on Mobile and Wireless Networks MWN 2003, December 2002.

  • Ewald Hueffmeier, Janak Sodha, and Stephen B. Wicker, "On the Termination of the BCJR Algorithm," Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks And Digital Signal Processing, Staffordshire, England, 15-17 July 2002.

  • Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Deborah Estrin, Stephen Wicker, ``The Impact of Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks," International Workshop on Distributed Event-Based Systems (DEBS '02), held in conjunction with IEEE ICDCS, Vienna, Austria, July 2002.

  • Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Ramon Bejar, and Stephen B. Wicker, "Distributed Problem Solving and the Boundaries of Self-Configuration in Multi-hop Wireless Networks," Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-35), January 2002.

  • Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Stephen B. Wicker, and Ramon Bejar, "Phase Transition Phenomena in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks" Proceedings of Symposium on Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks, GlobeCom2001, San Antonio, Texas, November 2001.

  • A. B. MacKenzie and S. B. Wicker, "Game Theory in Communications: Motivation, Explanation, and Application to Power Control," Proceedings of GlobeCom 2001, San Antonio, Texas, November 2001.

  • Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Rung-Hung Gau, Stephen B. Wicker, and Zygmunt J. Haas, "On the Performance of Sequential Paging for Mobile User Location," Proceedings of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall 2001), Atlantic City, New Jersey, October 2001.

  • Deepak Ganesan, Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Alec Woo, David Culler, Deborah Estrin, and Stephen Wicker, "Large-scale Network Discovery: Design Tradeoffs in Wireless Sensor Systems," student poster presented at the 18th ACM Symposium on Operating System Principles, Banff, Canada, October 2001.

  • A. B. MacKenzie and S. B. Wicker, "Selfish Users in Aloha: A Game-Theoretic Approach," Proceedings of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall 2001), Atlantic City, New Jersey, October 2001.

  • Sakk, E., Wicker, S.B., "Finite Field Wavelet Packets for Error Control Coding", Proceedings of 39th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, Urbana-Champaign, Il, October 2001.

  • Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Ramon Bejar, and Stephen B. Wicker, "Distributed Constraint Satisfaction and the Bounds on Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks" Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Communications Theory & Application (ISCTA01), Ambleside, UK, July 2001.

  • Gomes, C. P., Wicker, S. B., Xie, X., and Selman, B., "A Connection Between Phase Transitions in Complexity and Good Decoding," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 5 – 8, 2000.

  • Bhaskar Krishnamachari, and Stephen Wicker, "Fixed Network Design in Cellular Systems using Local Search Algorithms," Proceedings of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, September 2000.

  • Z. Haas, J. Y. Halpern, L. Li, and S. B. Wicker, “A decision-theoretic approach to resource allocation in wireless multimedia networks,” Proceedings of Dial M for Mobility, 2000, pp. 86-95.

  • Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Xi Xie, Bart Selman, and Stephen Wicker, "Analysis of Random Walk and Random Noise Algorithms for Satisfiability Testing," 6th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2000), Singapore, September  2000 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 1894, Springer-Verlag, September 2000).

  • M. E. Buckley, M. G. Ramos, S. H. Hemami, and S. B. Wicker, "Perceptually-Based Robust Image Transmission over Wireless Channels," Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on Image Processing, Vancouver, B.C., September 10-13, 2000.

  • M. E. Buckley, B. Krishnamachari, J. Hagenauer, and S. B. Wicker, "Improving Turbo Decoding via Cross-Entropy Minimization," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Sorrento, Italy, June 25-30, 2000.

  • X. Xie and S. B. Wicker, "Solving Large Scale Channel Allocation Problems with Splitting Algorithms," accepted for presentation at ICC 2000, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18-22, 2000.

  • B. Krishnamachari and S. Wicker, "Experimental Analysis of Local Search Algorithms for Optimal Base Station Location," Proceedings of the International Conference on Evolutionary Computing for Computer, Communication, Control and Power (ECCAP 2000), Chennai, India, January 2000.

  • S. Kim and S. B. Wicker, "Improved Turbo Decoding Through Belief Propagation," Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 5-9, 1999.

  • J. I. Park, Y. Choi, S. B. Wicker, and H. L. Owen, "Trellis Based Turbo Equalization Techniques for Mobile Radio Receiver," Proceedings of the 1999 International Conference on Telecommunication, Cheju, Korea, Jun. 15, 1999 - Jun. 18, 1999.

  • J. Kosmach and S. B. Wicker, "Reconfigurable Two-Stage Trellis Decoding for Reed-Solomon Codes," Proceedings of the International Conference on Communications, June 6 - 10, 1999, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.

  • J. Kosmach and S. B. Wicker, "Algebraic-Sequential Reed-Solomon Trellis Decoding," Proceedings of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, May 16 - 20, 1999, Houston, Texas.

  • T. Fine, S. B. Wicker, T. Berger, and J. Halpern, "Sensor-Assisted Multiple Access Protocols for Wireless Networks, " Proceedings of the 1998 International Conference on Universal Personal Communications, Florence, Italy, October 5 - 9, 1998.

  • S. Kim and S. B. Wicker, "An Exploration of the Relationship Between the Baum-Welch Algorithm and Turbo Decoding, " Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on Information Theory, Boston, MA, August 16-21, 1998.

  • T. Fine, S. B. Wicker, T. Berger, and J. Halpern, "Sensor-Assisted ALOHA for Wireless Networks, " Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on Information Theory, Boston, MA, August 16-21, 1998.

  • J. I. Park, S. B. Wicker, and H. L. Owen, “Soft Output Adaptive Equalization for GMSK Mobile Radio,” Proceedings of the IEEE Globecom ‘97, Phoenix, Arizona, November 4 - 8, 1997.

  • S. B. Wicker and J. J. Kosmach, “Advances in the Soft Decision Decoding of Reed-Solomon Codes,” Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference for Communications, Computers, and Signal Processing,  Victoria, British Columbia, August 20 - 22, 1997.

  • A. Luna and S. B. Wicker, “On Decreasing the Complexity of Trellis Decoding for Block Codes” Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Communication Theory and Applications, Ambleside, U. K., July 13 - 18, 1997.

  • P. Coulton, B. Honary, M. Darnell, and . B. Wicker, "Application of Turbo Codes to HF Data Transmission," Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on HF Radio Systems and Techniques, Nottingham, U. K., July 7 - 10, 1997.

  • I. Martin, B. Honary, G. Markarian, and S. B. Wicker, “Trellis Based Type-II Hybrid ARQ Protocols for Reed-Muller Codes” Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Ulm, Germany, June 29 - July 4, 1997.

  • M.J. Hao, S. B. Wicker, “Reed-Solomon Error Control Coding In Multichannel FSK Coherent Lightwave Systems” Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Ulm, Germany, June 29 - July 4, 1997.

  • Park, J. I., Wicker, S. B., and Owen, H. L., “Soft Output Equalization Techniques for p/4-DQPSK Mobile Radio,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications, Montreal, Quebec, June 8 - 12, 1997.

  • A. Luna and S. B. Wicker, “Sequential ML Trellis Decoding for Block Codes” Proceedings of  the 1997 Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, March 19 - 21, 1997.

  • Park, J.I., Wicker, S. B., and Owen, H. L., "TDMA Cellular Soft Output Adaptive Equalization Based on the Modified-MAP Algorithm," Proceedings of 1997 International Phoenix Conference on Computers and Communications, Phoenix, pp. 557-562, February, 1997.

  • Park, J.-I., Wicker, S. B., and Owen, H. L.,"Concatenation of MLSE Equalizer and Viterbi Decoder for TDMA Cellular Systems," pp. 723-727,  Proceedings of 1996 MILCOM, McLean, Virginia, October 1996.

  • Wang, X.-A., and Wicker, S. B., “The Design and Implementation of Optimal Trellis Decoders for Some BCH Codes,” Proceedings of the 1996 International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications,  pp. 700 - 703, Victoria, B. C., Canada, September 17 - 20, 1996.

  • Wang, X.-A., and Wicker, S. B., “Recent Results: The Design and    Implementation of Optimal Trellis Decoders for Some BCH Codes,” Abstracts, 1996 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, pg. 73, Haifa, Israel, June 9 - 13, 1996.

  • Tapp, T.,  Wang, X.-A., and Wicker, S. B., “Soft Decision Hybrid-ARQ Error Control for Mobile Data Networks,” Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Communications Technology, pp. 756 - 759, Beijing, China, May 5 - 7, 1996.

  • Hao, M. J., and Wicker, S. B., “The Effect of Error Control Coding in Multichannel FSK Coherent Lightwave Communication Systems” Proceedings of the 1996 IEE International Conference on Telecommunications, pp. 398 - 405, Istanbul, Turkey, April  14 - 17, 1996.

  • Souissi, S., and Wicker, S. B., “Dynamic Performance of a Random Access, Code Combining CDMA System,” Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, Toronto, Canada, September 27 - 29, 1995.

  • Wang, X.-A. and Wicker, S. B., “A Soft Output Decoding Algorithm for  Concatenated Systems,” Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, pg. 475, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, September 17 - 22, 1995.

  • Zaidan, M. Y., Barnes, C., and Wicker, S. B., “Tree-Structure Trellis Codes,” Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, pg. 185, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, September 17 - 22, 1995.

  • Wang, X.-A. and Wicker, S. B., “An Artificial Neural Net Viterbi Decoder,” Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, pg. 173, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, September 17 - 22, 1995.

  • Tapp, T.,  Wang, X.-A., and Wicker, S. B., “Soft Decision Decoders for Mobile Data Networks,” Proceedings of the Jamaican Conference on Communications, pp. 36 - 39, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, August 18 - 20, 1995.

  • Wang, X.-A. and Wicker, S. B. “A Neuralized Viterbi Decoder, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Communication Theory and Applications, Ambleside, England, 10 - 14 July, 1995.

  • Wang, X.-A. and Wicker, S. B. “Generation and Performance of Efficient Soft Outputs in Viterbi Decoding,” Proceedings of the Seventh Joint Swedish-Russian International Workshop on Information Theory, pp. 248 - 253, St.  Petersburg, Russia, June 17 - 22, 1995.

  • Wang, X.-A. and Wicker, S. B. “Viterbi Decoding with Soft Outputs and Adaptive Decoding Depth,” Proceedings of the Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, pp. 37 - 43, The Johns Hopkins University, March 22 - 24, 1995.

  • Wang, X.-A. and Wicker, S. B. “Generalized Soft Decision Decoding for Concatenated Systems,” Proceedings of the 3rd UK/Australian International Symposium on DSP for Communication Systems, Coventry, UK, 12 - 14 December, 1994.

  • Alabbadi, M., and Wicker, S. B., “A Digital Signature Scheme Based on Linear Block Codes,” Proceedings of ASIACRYPT’94, Sydney, Australia, November 28 - December 1, 1994.

  • Souissi, S., and Wicker, S. B., “Performance Analysis of a Random Access, Direct Sequence, Packet Combining, Code Division Multiple Access System,” Communications Theory Mini- Conference ‘94 (Globecom ‘94), San Francisco, CA, November 27 - December 1, 1994.

  • Alabbadi, M., and Wicker, S. B., “Combined Data Encryption and Reliability Using McEliece’s Public Key Cryptosystem,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications, pp. 263 - 268, Sydney, Australia, November 20-25, 1994.

  • Rasmussen, L. and Wicker, S. B., “A Performance Analysis for TCM Diversity Receivers Using Two Different Diversity Combining Techniques,” Proceedings of the IEEE Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Commmunications Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, September 19 – 23, 1994.

  • Souissi, S. and Wicker, S. B., “Packet Combining Error Control for CDMA Systems,” Proceedings of the IEEE Third International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications, pp. 248-252, July 4 - 6, 1994, Oulu, Finland.

  • Alabbadi, M. and Wicker, S. B., “Susceptibility of Digital Signature Schemes Based on Error-Correcting Codes to Universal Forgery,” Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Symposium of Information Theory, pg. 494, June 27 - July 1, 1994, Trondheim, Norway.

  • Rasmussen, L. and Wicker, S. B., “Performance Approximation for Trellis Coded Diversity Receivers over Slowly Fading Rayleigh Channels,” Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Symposium of Information Theory, pg. 25, June 27 - July 1, 1994, Trondheim, Norway.

  • Souissi, S. and Wicker, S. B., “A Diversity Combining DS/CDMA System with Convolutional Encoding and Viterbi Decoding,” Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Communications, pp. 1412 - 1416, May 1 - 5, 1994, New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • Rasmussen, L. and Wicker, S. B., "A Comparison of Two Error-Detection Schemes for Trellis Coded Hybrid-ARQ Protocols", Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on DSP in Communication Systems, 26-29 April, 1994, Adelaide, South Australia.

  • Rasmussen, L., Bartz, M., and Wicker, S. B., "A Comparison of Trellis Coded and Reed-Solomon Coded Hybrid-ARQ Protocols over Slowly Fading Channels", Proceedings of the International Conference on Universal Wireless Access, 18 - 19 April, 1994, Melbourne, South Australia.

  • Rasmussen, L. and Wicker, S. B., “A Performance Analysis of Trellis Coded, Hybrid-ARQ Protocols based on CRC Error-Detecting Codes,” Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference, pp. 86-90, Houston, Texas, December 1993.

  • Souissi, Slim and Wicker, S. B., "Application of Packet Combining Techniques to a DS/CDMA System Using Convolutional Encoding and Sequential Decoding", Proceedings of the Second UK-CIS International Symposium on Communication Theory and Its Applications,, pp. 167-174,  July 12 - 16, 1993, Charlotte Mason College, Ambleside, Lake District, United Kingdom.

  • Bartz, M. and Wicker, S. B., “Type-I and Type-II Reed-Muller Hybrid-ARQ Protocols” Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE International Communications Conference, pp. 1515-1520, May 23 - 26, 1993, Geneva, Switzerland.

  • Rasmussen, L. and Wicker, S. B., “A Performance Analysis of Trellis Coded, Adaptive Rate Hybrid-ARQ Protocols over AWGN Channels,” Proceedings of the 1993 International Symposium on Information Theory, pg. 384, San Antonio, Texas, January 17 - 22, 1993.

  • Alabbadi, M. and Wicker, S. B., “Digital Signature Schemes Based on Error- Correcting Codes,” Proceedings of the 1993 International Symposium on Information Theory, pg. 199, San Antonio, Texas, January 17 - 22, 1993.

  • Rasmussen, L. K. and Wicker, S. B., “A Performance Analysis of Trellis Coded Hybrid-ARQ Protocols in a Fading Environment,” Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, Orlando, Florida, December 6 - 9, 1992.

  • Wicker, S. B. and Alabbadi, M., “Integrated Security and Error Control for   Communication Networks Using the McEliece Cryptosystem,” Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE International Carnahan Conference on Security    Technology, pp. 172 - 178, Atlanta, Georgia, October 14 - 16, 1992.

  • Harvey, B. A. and Wicker, S. B., “Packet Combining Systems Based on the Viterbi Decoder,” Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE Military Communications  Conference, pp. 757 - 761, San Diego, California, October 11 - 14, 1992.

  • Rasmussen, L. K. and Wicker, S. B., “A Performance Analysis for Trellis    Coded Hybrid-ARQ Protocols,” Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE Communications Conference, pp. 647 - 651, Chicago, Illinois, June 14 - 17, 1992.

  • Wicker, S. B., “Adaptive Rate Convolutional Coding using the Viterbi  Decoder,” Proceedings of the International Winter Meeting on Coding and Information Theory, p. 25 (summary), Essen, Germany, December 15 - 17, 1991.

  • Wicker, S. B., “A Reed-Solomon Hybrid-ARQ Protocol with Erasure Decoding for Mobile Communication Networks,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, London, England, September 23 - 24, 1991.

  • Wicker, S. B. and Rice, M., “A Sequential Testing Scheme for Adaptive Error Control on Slowly Varying Channels” Proceedings of the 1991 International Symposium on Theory, Budapest, Hungary, pg. 30, June 23 - 28, 1991.

  • Cornett, K. G. and Wicker, S. B., “Bit Error Rate Estimation Techniques for Digital Mobile Radios,” Proceedings of the 41st Annual IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, May 19 - 22, 1991.

  • Wicker, S. B., “Reed-Solomon Error Control Coding for Data Transmission over Personal Communication Networks,” Proceedings of the IEEE Southeastcon 1991, Williamsburg, Virginia, pp. 437 - 441, April 7 - 10, 1991.

  • Rice, M. D. and Wicker, S. B., “Adaptive Rate Coding for Slowly Varying Channels.” Proceedings of the 1990 SBT/IEEE International Telecommunications Symposium, Rio de Janerio, Brazil, pp. 176 - 180, September 3 - 6, 1990.

  • Wicker, S. B., “Trellis Coded Hybrid-ARQ Error Control,” Proceedings of the 1990 Bilkent International Conference on New Trends in Communications, Control, and Signal Processing, Ankara Turkey, pp. 339 - 346, July, 2 1990.

  • Harvey A. B. and Wicker, S. B., “Error-Trapping Viterbi Decoding in a Type-I Hybrid-ARQ Protocol,” Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 332.5.1 - 332.5.5, April 16 - 19, 1990.

  • Rice, M. D. and Wicker, S. B.,  “Modified Majority-Logic Decoding of Cyclic Block Codes,”  Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 332.3.1 - 332.3.5, April 16 - 19, 1990.

  • Wicker, S. B. and Harvey B., “Error-Trapping Viterbi Decoding in Type-I Hybrid-ARQ Protocols” 1990 International Symposium on Theory, San Diego, California, Paper WA2-6, January 17, 1990.

  • Wicker, S. B., “Adaptive Rate Coding Using Reed-Solomon Codes in a Hybrid-ARQ Protocol,” Proceedings of the 1989 International Symposium on Signals, Systems, and Electronics, Nurnberg, West Germany, pp. 642 - 645, September 18, 1989.

  • Wicker, S. B.  “Hybrid-ARQ Reed-Solomon Coding in an Adaptive Rate System,” Proceedings of the 1989 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Boston, Massachusetts, pp. 45.5.1 - 45.5.5, June 11, 1989.

  • Wicker, S. B., “An Error Control Technique for High Data Rate Communication Networks,” Proceedings of the 1989 IEEE INFOCOM Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, pp. 594 - 601, April 25, 1989.

  • Wicker, S. B.,  “An Adaptive Type-I Hybrid-ARQ Technique Using the Viterbi Decoding Algorithm,” Proceedings of the 1988 IEEE Military Communications Conference, San Diego, California, pp. 15.5.1 - 15.5.5, October 23, 1988.Wicker, S. B.,  “Cyclic Codes and Rational Curves,” 1988 International Symposium on Information Theory, Kobe, Japan, Paper Number MC7-2, June 19, 1988.

  • Wicker, S. B. and Welch, L. R., “The Geometry of MDS Codes,” Proceedings of the 1987 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference for Communications, Computers, and Signal Processing, Victoria,  British Columbia, pp. 89 - 92, June 4, 1987.

Invited Conference Papers

  • Wicker, S. B., "Markov Chains, Error Control, and the Advent of Turbo Coding," IMA Workshop on Codes, Systems and Graphical Models, Minneapolis, MN, August 2-13, 1999.

  • Buckley, M. E. and Wicker, S. B., " Optimization, Neural Networks, and Turbo Decoding," Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Communication Theory and Applications, Ambleside, U. K., July 12 - 16, 1999.

    Kim, S. and Wicker, S. B., “A Connection Between the Baum-Welch Algorithm and Turbo Decoding,” Proceedings of the Information Theory Workshop, Killarney, Ireland, June 22-26, 1998.

    Wicker, S. B., “Error Control in Space Applications,” 1995 Central Section Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, Chicago, Illinois, March 24 - 25, 1995.

    Wicker, S. B., “Error Control Techniques for Voice and Data Communications over Cellular Mobile Channels,” Proceedings of the Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, pp. 444 - 453, September 28 – 30, 1994.

    Wicker, S. B. and Alabbadi, M., “Susceptibility of Digital Signature Schemes  Based on Error-Correcting Codes to Universal Forgery,” Workshop on Information Protection, Moscow, Russia, December 6 - 9, 1993.

    Wicker, S. B., “Reed-Solomon Error Control Systems for Bidirectional Fading Channels”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Selected Topics in Wireless Communication, pp. 76 - 79, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 25 - 26, 1992.

    Wicker, S. B., “Type-II Hybrid-ARQ Protocols Using Punctured Reed- Solomon Codes,” Proceedings of the 1991 IEEE Military Communications Conference, McLean, Virginia, pp. 52.2.1 - 52.2.6, November 4 - 6, 1991.

  • Wicker, S. B., “An Adaptive Rate Coding System Based on the Use of Majority-Logic Decoding in a Hybrid-ARQ Protocol,” Proceedings of the 1989 IEEE Military Communications Conference, Boston, Massachusetts,  pp. 29.6.1 - 29.6.6, October 15, 1989. 

Invited Seminar Presentations

  • Wicker S. B., Vanderbilt University, March 2009

  • Wicker S. B., Carnegie Mellon University, April 2008

  • Wicker S. B., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur January 2006.

  • Wicker S. B., Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi January 2006.

  • Wicker S. B., Chalmers University Sweden September 2004.

  • Wicker S. B., Queens University Canada May 2004.

  • Wicker S. B., McMaster University Canada February 2004.

  • Wicker S. B., University of the West Indies Barbados December 2002.

  • Wicker S. B., Dartmouth College October 2002.

  • Wicker S. B., University of the West Indies Barbados December 2001.

  • Wicker S. B., "Evolutionary Game Theory and Self–Configuring Wireless Networks," UCLA Los Angeles CA November 2 2000.

  • Wicker S. B., "Optimization Neural Networks and Turbo Decoding," University of Ulm Germany July 23 1999.

  • Wicker S. B., "Optimization Neural Networks and Turbo Decoding," Technical University of Munich Germany June 16 1999.

  • Wicker S. B., "The Baum–Welch Algorithm and Turbo Decoding," Technical University of Denmark Copenhagen March 20 1998.

  • Wicker S. B., "Maximum Likelihood Sequential Soft Decision Decoding for Block Codes," Jet Propulsion Laboratory/CalTech Pasadena California December 30 1997.

  • Wicker S. B., "Hard and Soft Decision Decoders for the FLEX Mobile Messaging Protocol," Motorola Paging Division Fort Worth Texas November 24 1997.

  • Wicker S. B., "Soft Decision and Turbo Error Control for Wireless Multimedia Networks," Motorola Paging Division Fort Worth Texas November 24 1997.

  • Wicker S. B., "Turbo Codes Bayesian Networks and the Future of Telecommunications," SUNY Buffalo Department of Electrical Engineering May 23 1997.

  • Wicker S. B., "Soft Decision Trellis Decoders for Block Codes: Thoughts on the State of the Art," Lancaster University Lancaster England January 14 1997.

  • Wicker S. B., "Introduction to the Cornell Wireless Multimedia Laboratory," Distinguished Seminar Series Queen\'s University November 13 1996.

  • Wicker S. B., "Introduction to the Cornell Wireless Multimedia Laboratory," GTR Corporate Research and Development Schenectady New York September 26 1996.

  • Wicker S. B., "Enabling Technologies for Wireless Multimedia Systems," Strathclyde University Glasgow Scotland August 15 1996.

  • Wicker S. B., "Wireless Technologies and the Evolution Toward the Universal Mobile Telecommunication System," National Technical University of Athens Athens Greece September 4 1995.

  • Wicker S. B., "Wireless Technologies and the Evolution Toward the Universal Mobile Telecommunication System," University of Athens Department of Telematics Athens Greece September 5 1995.

  • Wicker S. B., "Wireless Technologies and the Evolution Toward the Universal Mobile Telecommunication System," Telecommunications Systems Institute Chania Crete September 7 1995.

  • Wicker S. B., "Error Control Coding for Mobile Applications," Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California October 18 1994.

  • Wicker S. B., "Reed–Solomon Error Control Systems for Bidirectional Fading Channels," Lancaster University Lancaster England June 21 1994.

  • Wicker S. B., "Intelligent Systems for Error Control and Security," Defense Science and Technology Organization Adelaide South Australia May 2 1994.

  • Wicker S. B., "Reed–Solomon Error Control Systems for Bidirectional Fading Channels," Simon Fraser University British Columbia Canada June 24 1992.

  • Wicker S. B., "Reed–Solomon Error Control Systems for Bidirectional Fading Channels," University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada June 23 1992.

  • Wicker S. B., "Adaptive Error Control Using Convolutional and Trellis Codes," University of Victoria Victoria British Columbia Canada June 22 1992.

  • Wicker S. B., "Reed–Solomon Error Control Systems for Bidirectional Fading Channels," University of Victoria Victoria British Columbia Canada June 19 1992.

  • Wicker S. B., "Reed–Solomon Error Control Systems for Bidirectional Fading Channels," Institute of Communications Technology German Aerospace Research Establishment Oberpfaffenhofen Germany February 4 – 6 1992.

  • Wicker S. B., "The Application of Classical Algebraic Geometry to Error Correcting Codes," Department of Mathematics University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Puerto Rico December 9 – 15 1988.

Patents and Patent Applications

  • Wicker, S. B., “Private Overlay for Information Networks, patent pending, assigned to Cornell University.

  • Ober, C, O’Rourke, T, Spencer, M., Turner, J., Wicker, S., "Flexible Substrate Sensor System For Environmental And Infrastructure Monitoring," PCT WO 2008/140490, 20 November 2008, assigned to Cornell University

  • Fontaine, F. and Wicker, S., "Method and Apparatus for Turbo Decoding Block Codes," U.S. patent 7,243,288, June 10, 2007, assigned to Motorola.

  • Wicker S. and Fine T., "Sensor–Assisted ALOHA Multiple Access," U.S. patent 6404750 June 11 2002 assigned to Cornell University.

  • Wang X.-A. and Wicker S. B., "The Analog Neural Net Viterbi Decoder," U.S. patent 5548684 August 20 1996 assigned to Georgia Institute of Technology.

  • Tapp T. Wang X.-A. and Wicker S. B., "The Soft Decision (3121) BCH Decoder," patent pending assigned to MTEL/SkyTel.

Other Publications

  • Alabbadi M. and Wicker S. B., "Integration of Error Correction Encryption and Signature Using Linear Error–Correcting Block Codes," IEEE Information Theory Newsletter Volume 43 Number 4 p. 10 December 1993.

  • Rasmussen L. K. and Wicker S. B., "Trellis Coded Adaptive Rate Hybrid–ARQ Protocols over AWGN and Slowly Fading Rician Channels," IEEE Information Theory Newsletter Volume 43 Number 4 p. 10 December 1993.

  • Harvey B. A. and Wicker S. B., "Adaptive Rate Convolutional Coding Using the Viterbi Decoder," IEEE Information Theory Newsletter Volume 41 Number 3 p. 15 September 1991.

  • Rice M. D. and Wicker S. B., "Adaptive Error Control over Slowly Varying Channels," IEEE Information Theory Newsletter Volume 41 Number 2 pp. 20 June 1991.

Funded Research Projects

  • "TC: Privacy-Aware Design Strategies For Mobile Communications And Computing,” National Science Foundation, June 15, 2010 – June 14, 2013.

  • "STC: Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST)," National Science Foundation September 15 2005 –– September 15 2015.

  • "Nets–NOSS: NETS – NOSS: Ultra Low–Power Self–Configuring Wireless Sensor Networks," National Science Foundation September 15 2004 –– September 15 2007.

  • "ITR: Self–Configuring Sensor Networks for Disaster Mitigation and Recovery," National Science Foundation September 15 2003 –– September 15 2008.

  • "SENSORS: The Reachback Channel in Wireless Sensor Networks," (PI: Sergio Sevetto) National Science Foundation. September 15 2003 –– September 15 2006.

  • "The Ad Hoc Classroom: Integrating Emerging Wireless Communications and Networking Technologies into Mainstream Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Curricula," National Science Foundation–CRCD (PI: Gun Sirer) 2002 – 2005.

  • "The Ad Hoc Classroom: Integrating Emerging Wireless Communications and Networking Technologies into Mainstream Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Curricula," Microsoft (PI: Gun Sirer) 2002 – 2005.

  • "The Ad Hoc Classroom: Integrating Emerging Wireless Communications and Networking Technologies into Mainstream Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Curricula," Hewlett Packard (PI: Gun Sirer) 2002 – 2005.

  • "Self–Configuring Wireless Sensor Networks," DARPA ITO June 1 2000 – May 31 2003."Soft Decision Decoders for Wireless Systems," Motorola September 15 1998 – September 15 2000.

  • "Sensor–Assisted Wireless Multimedia Systems," National Science Foundation Grant NCR–9725251 September 15 1997 – August 31 2000 (with Terrence Fine and Joseph Halpern).

  • "Coded Diversity Combining and Channel Estimation for Wireless Data Communications," National Science Foundation Grant NCR–9706592 September 15 1997 – August 31 2000 (with Zygmunt Haas).

  • "AT&T/Lucent Technologies Foundation Special Purpose Grant November 20 1996.

  • "Adaptive Code Division Multiple Access Systems," National Science Foundation Grant Number Grant NCR–9505887 September 15 1995 – August 31 1998.

  • "Data Transport on Cellular Telephone Systems," Mobile Telecommunication Technologies International July 1 1995 – June 30 1996.

  • "European Data Transfer Protocols," Mobile Telecommunication Technologies International July 1 1994 – June 30 1995.

  • "Soft Decision Decoding For Block Codes Using Artificial Neural Networks," National Science Foundation Grant Number NCR–9216686 September 15 1993 – March 14 1996.

  • "Adaptive Bandwidth–Efficient Coding for Nonstationary Channels," National Science Foundation Grant NCR–9016276 September 15 1991 – March 14 1994.

  • "Cellular Mobile Telephony Laboratory," Mitsubishi Consumer Electronics (Equipment) May 29 1991.

  • "Adaptive Coding on Nonstationary Communication Channels with Feedback," National Science Foundation Grant NCR–9009877 September 15 1990 – September 14 1993.

  • "Young Faculty Grant," General Electric July 15 1989 – July 14 1990.

  • "Cellular Radio Diversity Simulation Study," Bell South Mobility Coprincipal Investigator: Gordon L. Stuber March 25 1989 – June 25 1989.

  • "An Investigation of Message Handling in Post 2000 Era," U. S. Army Signal Center Fort Gordon Coprincipal Investigator: Douglas W. Browning January 10 1989 – December 31 1989.

  • "Cellular Radio Simulation and Coding Study," Bell South Mobility December 15 1988 – March 15 1989.

  • "Cellular Radio Spectrum Study," Bell South Mobility September 25 1988 – December 15 1988.

  • "The Algebraic Foundations of Digital Communication," AT&T Foundation July 7 1988 – July 6 1989.

  • "Cellular Radio Spectrum Study," Bell South Mobility June 15 1988 – September 15 1988.

  • "Cellular Radio Spectrum Study," Bell South Mobility March 15 1988 – June 15 1988.

  • "Communication System Simulation Software Package," Space and Communications Group Hughes Aircraft Company (software) February 1 1988.

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