Dr. Derong Liu

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University of Illinois at Chicago
Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ProfessorAppointed: 1999
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Mailing Address

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois (M/C 154)
851 S. Morgan Street
Chicago, Illinois 60607
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (312) 355-4475
Fax: (312) 996-6465
dliu@ece.uic.edu
http://liu.ece.uic.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, Electrical Engineering, 1994.

Expertise and Research Interests

Computational neuroscience
Neural dynamic programming
Adaptive dynamic programming
Adaptive critic designs
Neural networks
Cellular neural networks
Adaptive and learning systems
Control systems
Call admission control for wireless networks
Management and control of communication networks
Multiuser detection in wireless systems
Network traffic modeling
Video traffic modeling for ATM networks

Other Expertise

Systems with saturation nonlinearities
Lyapunov stability theory
Adaptive control

Please see http://liu.ece.uic.edu/~dliu/main.html for a list of publications.

Future Research

Computational neuroscience
Intelligent systems and control
Wireless networks

Industrial Relevance

Telecommunications
Communications and networking
Control engineering
Automotive industry

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Computer and Information Sciences, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Electronics, Electronic Control Systems, Electronic Neural Network, Engineering, Health and Medicine, Natural and Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Technology, Traffic Engineering, Wireless Communication Systems.

Additional Terms:

Adaptive Critic Designs.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Chinese, Mandarin: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

Association for Computing Machinery
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
International Neural Network Society

Honors and Awards

1999, CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Broadband Network Traffic Control
1997, Harvey N. Davis Distinguished Teaching Award, Dean of the Faculty, Stevens Institute of Technology, Annual Teaching Award
1990-1991, Michael J. Birck Fellowship, Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, First Year Graduate Study

Previous Positions

1999-2002, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
1995-1999, Assistant Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
1993-1995, Research Staff, General Motors Research and Development Center, Electrical and Electronics

Funding Received

  • National Science Foundation (NSF): Qualitative Study of Time-Lagged Recurrent Networks, $116,285, Sep 1, 1998 to Aug 31, 2001.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): Power Control and Call Admission Policies for Multiclass Traffic in SIR-Based Power-Controlled DS-CDMA Cellular Networks, $305,656, Jul 1, 2002 to Jun 30, 2005.
  • General Motors: Adaptive Critic-Based Powertrain Control System Design, $100,000, Jan 1, 2003 to Dec 31, 2004.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): CAREER: Adaptive Critic Designs for Broadband Network Traffic Control, $225,000, Aug 1, 1999 to December 31, 2003.

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