Ali Pusane was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1978. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 1999, and 2002, respectively. He received an M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2004, another M.Sc. degree in Applied Mathematics in 2006, and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2008 from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.

Ali Pusane is the recipient of the Werner von Siemens Excellence Award for his studies throughout his M.Sc. study at Istanbul Technical University. He also received a Best Student Paper Award with his paper entitled "Power control for orthogonal space-time coding with multiple receive antennas" presented at the 10th IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Applications Conference. He was a Summer Fellow of the Center for Applied Mathematics in summer of 2004, and a Graduate Fellow of the same center for the 2006-2007 academic year. He is a member of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and serves to several IEEE journals and conferences as a reviewer.

Curriculum Vitae (April 2009)

Education

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• PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, May 2008.
  Dissertation: Analysis of LDPC convolutional codes derived from LDPC block codes
  Advisor: Daniel J. Costello, Jr.
  GPA: 3.96 / 4.00
• MSc in Applied Mathematics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, May 2006.
  Advisor: Joachim Rosenthal
  GPA: 3.94 / 4.00
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• MSc in Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, May 2004.
  Advisor: Daniel J. Costello, Jr.
  GPA: 3.96 / 4.00
• MSc in Electronics and Communications Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2002.
  Thesis: Space-time coded multiple MSK schemes
  Advisor: Umit Aygolu
  GPA: 4.00 / 4.00
• BSc in Electronics and Communications Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, June 1999.
  GPA: 3.21 / 4.00

Research

My research is in the area of digital communications with special emphasis on coding theory and coded modulation. I was affiliated with the Coding Research Group during my time at Notre Dame. Recent projects include the development and analysis of LDPC convolutional coding techniques for reliable communication at rates near channel capacity.

Collaborators

I. Altunbas and U. Aygolu, Istanbul Technical University. S. Bates, Z. Chen, and L. Gunthorpe, University of Alberta. D. J. Costello, Jr. and T. E. Fuja, University of Notre Dame. D. Divsalar and C.R. Jones, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A. Jimenez-Feltstrom and K. Sh. Zigangirov, Lund University. D. G. M. Mitchell and N. Goertz, University of Edinburgh. M. Lentmaier, University of Dresden. E. Panayirci, Kadir Has University. R. Smarandache, San Diego State University. A. Sridharan, Seagate Technology. P. O. Vontobel, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories. D. K. Zigangirov, Institute for Problems of Information Transmission.

Publications

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Journal Papers and Preprints

• R. Smarandache, A. E. Pusane, P. O. Vontobel, and D. J. Costello, Jr., "Pseudo-codeword performance analysis for LDPC convolutional codes," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 55, No.6, pp. 2577-2598, June 2009.
• K. Sh. Zigangirov, A. E. Pusane, D. K. Zigangirov, and D. J. Costello, Jr., "On the error correcting capability of LDPC codes," Problems of Information Transmission (Problemy Peredachi Informatsii), Vol. 44, No.3, pp. 50-62, September 2008.
• S. Bates, Z. Chen, L. Gunthorpe, A. E. Pusane, K. Sh. Zigangirov, and D. J. Costello, Jr., "A low-cost serial decoder architecture for LDPC convolutional codes," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, Vol. 55, No.7, pp. 1967-1976, August 2008.
• A. E. Pusane, A. Jimenez-Feltstrom, A. Sridharan, M. Lentmaier, K. Sh. Zigangirov, and D. J. Costello, Jr., "Implementation aspects of LDPC convolutional codes," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 56, No.7, pp. 1060-1069, July 2008.
• E. Panayirci, U. Aygolu, and A. E. Pusane,"Sequence estimation with transmit diversity for wireless communications," International Journal of Electronics and Communications (AEU), Vol. 57, No.5, pp. 309-316, September 2003.

Papers in Conference Proceedings

• D. G. M. Mitchell, A. E. Pusane, and D. J. Costello, Jr., "Trapping set analysis of protograph-based LDPC convolutional codes," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Seoul, Korea, July 2009.
• D. G. M. Mitchell, A. E. Pusane, and D. J. Costello, Jr., "Asymptotic trapping set analysis of regular protograph-based LDPC convolutional code ensembles," in Proc. Information Theory and Applications Workshop, San Diego, CA, USA, February 2009. (Invited Paper)
• D. G. M. Mitchell, A. E. Pusane, N. Goertz, and D. J. Costello, Jr., "Free distance bounds for protograph-based regular LDPC convolutional codes," in Proc. International Symposium on Turbo Codes & Related Topics, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 2008.
• D. G. M. Mitchell, A. E. Pusane, K. Sh. Zigangirov, and D. J. Costello, Jr., "Asymptotically good LDPC convolutional codes based on protographs," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 2008.
• A. E. Pusane, R. Smarandache, P. O. Vontobel, and D. J. Costello, Jr., "On deriving good LDPC convolutional codes from QC LDPC block codes," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Nice, France, June 2007.
• D. J. Costello, Jr., A. E. Pusane, C. R. Jones, and D. Divsalar, "A comparison of ARA- and protograph-based LDPC block and convolutional codes," in Proc. Information Theory and Applications Workshop, San Diego, CA, USA, January 29-February 2, 2007. (Invited Paper)
• D. J. Costello, Jr. and A. E. Pusane, "LDPC convolutional codes: what are they? how do they work? are they any good?," in Book of Abstracts, AMS Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans, LA, USA, January 5-8, 2007.
• R. Smarandache, A. E. Pusane, P. O. Vontobel, and D. J. Costello, Jr., "Pseudo-codewords in LDPC convolutional codes," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Seattle, WA, USA, July 9-14, 2006.
• A. E. Pusane, K. Sh. Zigangirov, and D. J. Costello, Jr., "Construction of irregular LDPC convolutional codes with fast encoding," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006.
• S. Bates, L. Guntorphe, A. E. Pusane, Z. Chen, K. Sh. Zigangirov, and D. J. Costello, Jr., "Decoders for low-density parity-check convolutional codes with large memory," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Kos, Greece, May 2006.
• D. J. Costello, Jr., A. E. Pusane, S. Bates, and K. Sh. Zigangirov, "A comparison between LDPC block and convolutional codes," in Proc. Information Theory and Applications Workshop, San Diego, CA, USA, February 6-10, 2006. (Invited Paper)
• S. Bates, L. Guntorphe, A. E. Pusane, Z. Chen, K. Sh. Zigangirov, and D. J. Costello, Jr., "Decoders for low-density parity-check convolutional codes with large memory," in Proc. 12th NASA Symposium on VLSI Design, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, October 4 - 5, 2005.
• A. E. Pusane, M. Lentmaier, T. E. Fuja, K. Sh. Zigangirov, and D. J. Costello, Jr., "Multilevel coding/modulation using LDPC convolutional codes," in Proc. International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications, Parma, Italy, pp. 685-689, October 10 - 13, 2004.
• A. E. Pusane, M. Lentmaier, K. Sh. Zigangirov, and D. J. Costello, Jr., "Reduced complexity decoding strategies for LDPC convolutional codes," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Chicago, Illinois, USA, p. 490, June 27 - July 2, 2004.
• E. Panayirci, U. Aygolu, and A. E. Pusane, "EM-based sequence estimation for wireless systems with orthogonal transmit diversity," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, pp. 3210-3214, May 11-15, 2003.
• A. E. Pusane and U. Aygolu, "Power control for orthogonal space-time coding with multiple receive antennas," in Proc. 13th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 95-99, September 15-18, 2002.
• A. E. Pusane, U. Aygolu, and E. Panayirci, "Orthogonal space-time coded OFDM over correlated fading channels," in Proc. 10th IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Applications Conference, Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey, pp. 383-388, June 12-14, 2002.
• A. E. Pusane and U. Aygolu, "Power control for orthogonal space-time coding with multiple receive antennas," in Proc. 10th IEEE Signal Processing and Communication Applications Conference, Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey, pp. 743-788, June 12-14, 2002. (Best Student Paper Award)
• A. E. Pusane and U. Aygolu, "Space-time coded multiple MSK," in Proc. 8th International Conference on Advances in Communications and Control, Crete, Greece, pp. 25-35, June 25-29, 2001.
• A. E. Pusane, U. Aygolu, and E. Panayirci, "MSK modulated OFDM systems," in Proc. 9th IEEE Signal Processing and Applications Conference, Famagusta, Cyprus, pp. 318-323, April 25-27, 2001.
• A. E. Pusane and U. Aygolu, "Space-time coded multiple MSK modulation," in Proc. 9th IEEE Signal Processing and Applications Conference, Famagusta, Cyprus, pp. 312-317, April 25-27, 2001.
• A. E. Pusane, U. Aygolu, and I. Altunbas, "Performance analysis of trellis-coded MSK in two-ray fading channels," in Proc. First IEEE Balkan Conference on Signal Processing, Communications, Circuits and Systems, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2-3, 2000.

Theses and Reports

• "Analysis of LDPC convolutional codes derived from LDPC block codes," Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, April 2008.
• "NTRU public-key cryptosystem and lattice reduction algorithms," Master's Project Report, Department of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, April 2006.
• "Space-time coded multiple MSK schemes," Master's Thesis, Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2002.

Teaching

Recent courses

• Spring 2009 Advanced Digital Communications
• Fall 2008 Coding Theory

Courses I have taught in the past

• Spring 2002 Digital Communications
• Summer 2001 Digital Communications

Courses I have assisted in the past

Fall 2002 Introduction to Electrical Networks Summer 2002 Digital Communications Spring 2002 Communications Laboratory II Spring 2002 Communication Systems Fall 2001 Mobile and Personal Communication Systems Fall 2001 Introduction to Mobile Communications Fall 2001 Communication Theory Fall 2001 Communications Laboratory I

Spring 2001 Digital Communications Spring 2001 Communication Systems Fall 2000 Communications Laboratory I Fall 2000 Communication Theory Spring 2000 Communications Laboratory II Spring 2000 Communication Systems Fall 1999 Communications Laboratory I Fall 1999 Communication Theory

Professional Activities

Memberships

• IEEE
• IEEE Information Theory Society

Reviewer

To date, I have reviewed more than 70 journal and conference submissions for the following publications:

IEEE Transactions on Communications IEEE Transactions on Information Theory IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I IEEE Journal on Special Areas in Communications IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems IEEE Communications Letters IEEE Communications Magazine Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory IEEE International Conference on Communications IEEE Information Theory Workshop IEEE GLOBECOM IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference IEEE Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems International Symposium on Turbo Codes & Related Topics Milcom

Technical Program Committee Memberships

• IEEE Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium 2009