School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohsen Shiva

School of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Associate Professor

Email: mshiva [AT] ut.ac.ir

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Education

Ph.D.: Electrical Eng. (Communications), Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., 1986
M.Sc.: Electrical Eng. (Control), Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., 1979
B.Sc.: Physics, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran, 1977

Research Interests

Diverse Aspects of Mesh Networks
Diverse Aspects of Wireless Sensor Networks
Capacity Enhancement of the CDMA Cellular Systems
Satellite Communications
Spread Spectrum Communications
Synchronization Techniques

Current Researches

Diverse Aspects of Mesh Networks
Diverse Aspects of Wireless Sensor Networks
Capacity Enhancement of the CDMA Cellular Systems

Courses

Cellular Communications
Satellite Communications
Digital Signal Processing
Non-linear Control
Advanced Communications
Synchronization Techniques

Selected Publications

1) Z. Hajjarian Kashani and M. Shiva, "Power Optimised Channel Coding in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Low-Density Parity-Check Codes," Communications, IET, vol. 1, Issue 6, pp. 1256-1262, Dec. 2007

2) E. Vahedi, C. Lucas, R. A. Zoroofi, and M. Shiva, "A New Approach for Image Watermarking by Using Particle Swarm Optimization," in Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Signal Processing and Commun. (ICSPC), Dubai, UAE, 24-27 November 2007, pp. 1383-1386.

3) M. Maghami, ,B. N. Araabi, R. A. Zoroofi, and M. Shiva, "Facial Expression Recognition Using Conspicuous Features Selection and Comparison of the Performance of Different Classes, " in Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Signal Processing and Commun.(ICSPC), Dubai, UAE, 24-27 November 2007.

4) E. Vahedi, R. A. Zoroofi, and M. Shiva, "On Optimal Parameter Selection for Multiresolution-Based Image Watermarking," in Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-28 November 2007.

5) E. Vahedi, R. A. Zoroofi, and M. Shiva, "On Optimal Color Coordinate Selection for Wavelet-Based Color Image Watermarking," in Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-28 November 2007.

6) M. Maghami, R. A. Zoroofi, B. N. Araabi, M. Shiva, and E. Vahedi, "Kalman Filter Tracking for Facial Expression Recognition Using Noticeable Feature Selection," in Proc. of the Int. Con.e on Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-28 November 2007.

7) E. Vahedi, C. Lucas, R. A. Zoroofi, and M. Shiva, "A Bio-Inspired Content Adaptive Approach for Multiresolution-Based Image Watermarking," in Proc. of the Int. ICNC’07-FSKD’07 Conf., Haikou, China, 24-27 August 2007.

8) Mani Malekesmaeili, Mehdi Soltan, and Mohsen Shiva, "An Incremental Topology Control Algorithm for Wireless Mesh Networks," in Proc. of 7th Int. Conf. on Computational Science (ICCS), Beijing, China, 27-30 May 2007, pp. 490-497.

9) M. Malekesmaeili, M. Shiva, and M. Soltan, "Topology Optimization for Backbone Wireless Mesh Networks," in Proc. of 5th Annual Commun. Networks and Services research (CNSR), Frederiction, New Brunswick, Canada, 14-17 May 2007, pp. 221-230.

10) E. Karami and M. Shiva, "Blind Multi-Input Multi-Output Channel Tracking Using Decision Directed Maximum Likelihood Estimation," IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Tech., Vol. 56, Issue 3, pp. 1447-1454, May 2007.

11) N. Maleki, E. Karami, and M. Shiva, "Effects of Mutual Coupling on the Diversity Order of EGT Systems," in Proc. of 41st Annual Conf. on Intformation Sciences and Systems (CISS), Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 14-16 March 2007,pp. 505-510.

12) H. Najafi, F. Lahouti, and M. Shiva, "AR Modeling for Temporal Extension of Correlated Sensor Network Data," in Proc. of 14th Int. Conf. on Software, Telecommun. and Computer Networks (SoftCOM), Split – Dubrovnik, Crotia, 29 Sept. – 1 Oct. 2006, pp. 117-120.

13) V. Pourahmadi, S. H. Jamali, M. Shiva, and R. Safavi-Naeini, "Effects of Multi-Antenna Techniques on the IEEE 802.11b Throughput in a Slow Rayleigh Fading Channel," in Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Tech. Conf. (VTC), Montreal, Canada, 25-28 Sept. 2006, pp. 1-5.

14) E. Karami and M. Shiva, "A Very Near Optimum Interference Cancellation Algorithm for CDMA Signals," in Proc. of 17th Annual IEEE Int. Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun. (PIMRC), Helsinki, Finland, 11-14 Sept. 2006, pp. 1-5.

15) Haghbin, M. Shiva, and S. H. Jamali, "Performance Analysis of LDPC-based Space-Time Codes on Multi-Carrier CDMA Systems over Fading Channels," IEE Proceedings-Communications, vol. 153, no. 4, pp. 525-532, Aug. 2006.

16) Z. Hajjarian Kashani and M. Shiva, "Channel Coding in Multi-hop Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. of Sixth Int. Conf. on ITS Telecommun. (ITST), Chengdu, China, 21-23 June 2006, pp. 965-968.

17) A. Khadivi and M. Shiva, "FTPASC: A Fault Tolerant Power Aware Protocolwith Static Clustering for Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, Montreal, Canada, 19-21 June 2006, pp. 397-401.

18) R. Alizad, B. Alipanahi, A. Ghasemi, M. Shiva, S. H. Jamali, and S. Nader-Esfahani, "A Blind Channel Estimation Technique for TH-PPM UWB Systems," in Proceedings of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Commun. (ICC), Istanbul, Turkey, 11-15 June 2006, pp. 4717-4722.

19) H. Najafi, F. Lahouti, and M. Shiva, "AR Modeling for Spatially and Temporally Correlated Sensor Network Data," in Proc. of 13th Int. Conf. on Telecommun. (ICT2006), Funchal, Portugal, 9-12 May 2006.

20) Zeinab Hajjarian Kashani and Mohsen Shiva, "BCH Coding and Multi-hop Communication in Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proceedings of Third Int. Conf. on Wireless and Optical Commun. Networks (WOCN), Bangalore, India, 11-13 April 2006, pp. 1-5.

21) E. Karami and M. Shiva, "Decision-Directed Recursive Least Squares MIMO Channels Tracking," EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2006, Article ID 43275, 10 pages, 2006.

22) R. Alizad, B. Alipanahi, A. Ghasemi, M. Shiva, S. H. Jamali, and S. Nader-Esfahani, "A New Approach for UWB Channel Estimation," in Proc. of Fifth Int. Conf. on Information, Communication and Signal Processing (ICICS-05), Bangkok, Thailand, 6-9 Dec. 2005, pp. 291-295.

23) R. Niati, N. Yazdani, M. Shiva, and M. Nourani, "A Key Management Scheme for Dividing/Merging Cluster Based Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. of 13th IEEE Int. Conf. on Networks, 2005. Jointly held with 2005 IEEE 7th Malaysia Int. Conf. on Commun., 2005, Kualalumpur, Malaysia, 16-18 Nov. 2005, vol. 1, pp. 358-362.

24) M. Khadivi, M. Shiva, and N. Yazdani, "EPMPAC: An Efficient Power Management Protocol with Adaptive Clustering for Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, Wuhan, China, 23-26 Sept., 2005, vol. 2, pp. 1108-1111.

25) E. Karami and M. Shiva, "Multi-user Detection of CDMA Signals Using MMSE-MSIC Algorithm," in Proceedings of Int. Symp. on Telecommu., (IST 2005), Shiraz, Iran, 10-12 Sept. 2005, pp. 591-594.

26) A. Haghbin, M. Shiva, and H. R. Jamali, "LDPC-Based Space-Time Codes on Multi-Carrier CDMA Systems over Fading Channels," in Pro. of Int. Symp. on Telecommu., (IST 2005), Shiraz, Iran, 10-12 Sept. 2005, pp. 573-578.

27) N. Maleki, E. Karami and M. Shiva, "Optimization of Antenna Array Structure in Mobile Handsets," IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Tech., vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 1346-1351, July 2005.

28) E. Karami, M. Shiva, and M. Abtahi, "Coded CDMA in Cooperative Channels," in Proc. Of 61st IEEE Int. Conf. on Vehicular Tech., (VTC 2005-Spring), Stockholm, Sweden, May 30-June 1, 2005, vol.1, pp. 310-313.

29) E. Karami, M. Shiva, and M. Abtahi, "The Effect of Cooperation Level in Cooperative Systems," in Proc. of IEEE/Sarnoff Symp. on Advances in Wired and Wireless Commun., Princeton, NJ, April 18-19, 2005, pp. 204-205.

30) V. Gholampour and M. Shiva, "Adaptive Topology Control for Wireless Sensor Networks," in Proceedings of the Second IEEE and IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, WOCN 2005, Dubai, UAE, March 6-8, 2005, pp. 546-550.

31) A. Taherpour and M. Shiva, "Performance of Variable Spreading Gain CDMA in Multiple-Cell Environment," in Proceedings of the Second IEEE and IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, WOCN 2005, Dubai, UAE, March 6-8, 2005, pp. 514-517.

32) M. Akhavan-Bahabdi, and M. Shiva, "Double Orthogonal Codes for Increasing Capacity in MC-CDMA Systems," in Proceedings of Second IEEE and IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, WOCN 2005, Dubai, UAE, 6-8 March 2005,pp 468-471.