Biography
Qing Zhao received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2001 from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
In August 2004, she joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Davis
where she is currently a Professor. Prior to that, she was a communications system engineer with Aware, Inc.,
Bedford, MA.
Qing Zhao received
the 2010 IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Best Paper Award and the 2000 Young
Author Best Paper Award from IEEE Signal Processing Society. She holds the title of UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellow and received
the 2008 Outstanding Junior Faculty Award from the UC Davis College of Engineering. She is also a co-author of two papers
that received student paper awards at IEEE ICASSP 2006 and IEEE Asilomar Conference 2006.
Research Interests
- Stochastic optimization and decision theory in dynamic systems.
- Statistical signal processing, algorithmic theory, and computational techniques.
- Infrastructure networks, communication systems, and social economic networks.
Current Research Projects
Past Research Projects
Research Group
Signal Processing and Adaptive Networking
Publications
Tutorial Slides and Source Code
- Tutorial on Networking Cognitive Radios for Dynamic Spectrum Access (presented at ICC'10,
ICASSP'08, DySPAN'08, MILCOM'08 slides (pdf) )
- Simulation Source Code for JSAC Paper on A POMDP Framework for Opportunistic Spectrum Access
( download )
- Slides of Selected Talks
Teaching
- EEC150A Signals and Systems, Winter 2011.
- EEC160 Signal Analysis and Communications, Fall 2011.
- EEC256 Stochastic Optimization in Dynamic Systems, Spring 2010.
- EEC265 Principles of Digital Communications, Winter 2011.
- EEC266 Information Theory, Spring 2011.
Outreach Activities
Angela Yeung, a student at Davis Senior High School, joined my research group in June 2008. Under my supervision, she has won
the following awards:
- the third place Grand Award in the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering category at the 2010
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair,
the world largest international science competition for students in grades 9–12, for her project
Distributed Learning for Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
in Cognitive Radio Networks: A Decision Theoretic Approach;
- one of the 40 finalists in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search,
the oldest and most prestigious precollege science competition in U.S., for her project
Distributed Learning for Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
in Cognitive Radio Networks;
- the first place in the Mathematics and Software category at the 2009
California State Science Fair for her project
Sharing Spectrum the Smart Way: Cognitive Radio for Relieving Overcrowding on the Airways;
- the first place in the Engineering category and the second place overall at the 2010 Sacramento Regional Science and Engineering Fair,
along with several special awards including Intel Excellence in Computer Science, Professional Engineers in California Government,
and US Air Force Award, for her project
Distributed Learning for Dynamic Spectrum Sharing in Cognitive Radio Networks;
- the first place at the 2009 Sacramento Regional Science and Engineering Fair,
along with several special awards including Professional Engineers in California Government, Ramesh Innovation Award,
and US Air Force Award, for her project
Sharing Spectrum the Smart Way.
Selected Professional Activities
Guiding Principles for Research and Teaching
"The theory must be natural and incisive enough that it generates recognizable
concepts; a theory which ends in an opaque jumble of formulae has served no
purpose." --- Peter Whittle
"If a topic cannot be explained in a freshman lecture, it is not yet fully understood." --- Richard Feynman
