Seyedamirhossein (Amir) Hosseini
2 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY, 11201 Cell: (347)749-4057
Email: amirhs.hosseini@nyu.edu
Education
• NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York
PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering, Advisor: Prof. Shivendra Panwar.
• Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Jan 12 - present
Sep 07 - Jul 11
Research and Work Experience
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MAC layer design of next generation cellular networks with millimeter wave technology.
Sep 13 - present
o Design and evaluation of a new scheme for cell discovery, synchronization, and random access
(full initial access procedure) for millimeter wave cellular networks.
“Streamloading”, a new scheme for SVC based video streaming under strict copyright constraints.
Mar 13 - present
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Optimization of video delivery with Streamloading for single and multiuser scenarios.
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Game theoretic analysis of Streamloading to prove economic benefits.
Optimization and analysis of quality adaptation policies for SVC video delivery.
Aug 13 - present
o Derivation of optimal download policies for SVC video for the single user case.
o Feature Extraction from resulting policies to study the effect of channel variations and buffer
constraints on optimal download policies using Decision Tree classification.
o Applying Reinforcement Learning to extend the SVC optimal policies to multiuser cases.
Channel dependent pricing for data usage in cellular networks.
Sep 13 - Dec 13
o Designing a channel based data pricing scheme, which provides discounts for users in good
channel states to improve the spectral efficiency of the wireless carrier.
Scheduling algorithms for WiMAX networks. (Senior Design Project)
Jan 10 - Aug 10
o Studying and simulating various wire line and wireless queuing schemes.
o Propose a cross layer class aware scheduling scheme for WiMAX networks.
A review on coding schemes for synchronous CDMA systems.
Sep 10 - Dec 10
o A thorough survey on optimal overloaded codes, channel capacity, and power control for
synchronous CDMA systems.
o Based on research at Advanced Communication Research Institute, Sharif University of Technology.
Skills
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Programming Skills: C/C++, MATLAB, R, Python
Operating Systems: Linux (Ubuntu), MAC OSX, Microsoft Windows
Productivity Applications: Microsoft Office, Latex, PSpice, Simulink, LabView
Academic Skills: Wireless Networking and TCP/IP, Queuing Theory, Estimation Theory, Game Theory, Machine
Learning, Cellular Network Design, Optimization and Dynamic Programming, Mathematical Modeling.
Languages: Persian, German, English
Publications
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Fraida Fund, S. Amir Hosseini, Shivendra S. Panwar, “Under a cloud of uncertainty: Legal questions affecting Internet
storage and transmission of copyright-protected video content”, submitted to IEEE Networking Magazine, special issue
on Smart Data Pricing, August 2015
C. Nicolas Barati, S. Amir Hosseini, Marco Mezzavilla, Parisa Amir-Eliasi, Sundeep Rangan, Michele Zorzi, Thanasis
Korakis, Shivendra S. Panwar “Directional Initial Access for Millimeter Wave Cellular Systems”, accepted for
publication ASILOMAR November 2015
S. Amir Hosseini, Zheng Lu, Gustavo de Veciana, and Shivendra S. Panwar, “SVC-based Multi-user Streamloading for
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Wireless Networks”, submitted to IEEE JSAC, special issue on Video Distribution over Future Internet May 2015
S. Amir Hosseini, Fraida Fund, Shivendra S. Panwar, “(Not) yet another Policy for Scalable Video Delivery to Mobile
Users”, Proceedings of the 7th ACM International Workshop on Mobile Video. ACM, 2015.
C. Nicolas Barati, S. Amir Hosseini, Sundeep Rangan, Pei Liu, Thanasis Korakis, Shivendra S. Panwar, Theodore
Rappaport, “Directional Cell Discovery for Millimeter Wave Cellular Networks”, in Wireless Communications, IEEE
Transactions on , no.99, July 2015
C. Nicolas Barati, S. Amir Hosseini, Sundeep Rangan, Pei Liu, Thanasis Korakis, Shivendra S. Panwar, “Directional Cell
Search for Millimeter Wave Cellular Systems”, Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), 2014
IEEE 15th International Workshop on. IEEE, 2014
S. Amir Hosseini, Fraida Fund, Shivendra S. Panwar, “ Optimized Scalable Video Delivery for Streaming, Downloading,
and Hybrid Access Models”, Packet Video Workshop 2013 poster session.
Fraida Fund, S. Amir Hosseini, Shivendra S. Panwar, “More Bars, More Bang for the Buck: Smart Data Pricing for
Scalable Video Delivery to Mobile Users”, Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), 2014 IEEE
Conference on. IEEE, 2014.
Hosseini, Seyed Amirhossein, Omid Javidbakht, Pedram Pad, and Farrokh Marvasti. "A review on synchronous CDMA
systems: optimum overloaded codes, channel capacity, and power control." EURASIP Journal on Wireless
Communications and Networking 2011, no. 1 (2011): 122.
Teaching Experience
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Laboratory Instructor for “Internet Architecture and Protocols”
Laboratory Assistant for “Analog Circuits Lab”,
Laboratory Assistant for “Principles of Electrical Engineering”
Jan 13 - present (every semester)
Jan 10 - May 10
Sep 09 - Dec 09
Honors
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Ranked 45th among ~311000 participants in the Nationwide University Entrance Exam for Bachelors degree known as
Konkoor, 2007.
Member of the Iranian National Elite Foundation, since 2009.