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A list of recent books and journal papers by lab members. [[Conference and other publications]] are listed on a separate page.

Links to papers are either {{Open|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access|open access}} or {{Closed|https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/subscription|require subscription}}. A single asterisk (*) indicates that the version is not authoritative (e.g., preprint version).

Publications with {{HighlyCited}} have been cited at least 50 times (counts from Google Scholar).

Some publications have ''links'' to media coverage and other supplemental information.

''In compliance with the [http://www.science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_F6765465.html?OpenDocument Tri-Agency Open Access Policy], all journal publications since May 1, 2015 either have an open-access version, or were not supported by tri-agency funds (designated by **).''

''For publications prior to 2011, see: [[Older Publications]]''

== Books ==

* T. Nakano, A. W. Eckford, and T. Haraguchi, ''Molecular Communication (2nd edition)'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. {{Open|1=https://books.google.ca/books?id=uVhsAAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|2=Google Books|3=''(partial preview)''}} {{HighlyCited}}

== Journal Papers ==

=== 2025 ===
* T. Sajjad and A. W. Eckford, "Communication system design using synthetic photoisomerizable azobenzene-regulated K+ (SPARK) channel," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 451-461, Sep. 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08971|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11036327|IEEEXplore}}
* A. S. Moffett and A. W. Eckford, "Kelly bets and single-letter codes: Optimal information processing in natural systems," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 418-434, Sep. 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.14277|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11045141|IEEEXplore}}
* S. Bartlett, A. W. Eckford, M. Egbert, M. Lingam, A. Kolchinsky, A. Frank, and G. Ghoshal, "The physics of life: Exploring information as a distinctive feature of living systems," ''PRX Life,'' vol. 3, no. 3, 037003, 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.08683|arXiv|*}} {{Open|https://journals.aps.org/prxlife/abstract/10.1103/rsx4-8x5f|Physical Review Journals open access|}}
* A. S. Moffett, K. A. Ganzinger, and A. W. Eckford, "Comparing kinetic proofreading and kinetic segregation for T cell receptor activation," ''Physical Review Research,'' vol. 7, no. 2, 023003, 2025. {{Open|https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.023003|Physical Review Journals open access|}}
* D. Jing, L. Li, Z. Cheng, L. Lin and A. W. Eckford, "Energy efficient transmitter creation by consuming free energy in molecular communication," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 292-303, Jun. 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04805|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10896745|IEEEXplore|}}
* X. Chen, Y. Huang, M. Wen, S. Mumtaz, F. Gulec, A. Al-Dulaimi, and A. W. Eckford, "Empowering nanoscale connectivity through molecular communication: A case study of virus infection," ''IEEE Communications Magazine,'' vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 182-188, Mar. 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04415|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10829751|IEEEXplore|}}
* D. Jing, L. Li, L. Lin and A. W. Eckford, "Tradeoff Between the Number of Transmitted Molecules and the BER Performance in Molecular Communication Between Bionanosensors," ''IEEE Sensors Journal,'' vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 89-98, Jan. 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04466|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10723237|IEEEXplore|}}
* H. Elayan, S. Elmaadawy, A. W. Eckford, R. Adve and J. Jornet, "A Thermal Study of Terahertz Induced Protein Interactions," ''IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience,'' vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 78-88, Jan. 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.19521|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10581408|IEEEXplore|}}

=== 2024 ===
* Y. Qiu, Y. M. Kang, C. Korfmann, F. Pouyet, A. W. Eckford, and A. F. Palazzo, "The GC-content at the 5’ends of human protein-coding genes is undergoing mutational decay," ''Genome Biology,'' vol. 25, no. 219, 2024. {{Open|https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.12.584636v1.abstract|bioRxiv|*}} {{Open|https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-024-03364-x|Springer open access|}}
* D. Jing, L. Lin, and A. W. Eckford, "Performance analysis and ISI mitigation with imperfect transmitter in molecular communication," ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience,'' vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 428-438, Jul. 2024. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02383|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10466618|IEEEXplore}}
* F. Gulec, D. Y. Koda, B. Atakan, and A. W. Eckford, "Localization of a passive source with a sensor network based experimental molecular communication platform," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 223-235, Jun. 2024. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.16848|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10470431|IEEEXplore}}
* D. Jing, L. Lin, and A. W. Eckford, "Energy allocation for multi-user cooperative molecular communication systems in the internet of bio-nano things," ''IEEE Internet of Things Journal,'' vol. 11, no. 9, pp. 16303-16313, May 2024. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02286|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10398486|IEEEXplore}}
* Y. Parhizkar, G. Cheung, and A. W. Eckford, "Signal processing in the retina: Interpretable graph classifier to predict ganglion cell responses," ''IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing,'' vol. 5, pp. 303-311, 2024. {{Open|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10379097|IEEEXplore open access}}

=== 2023 ===
* H. Elayan, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, "Terahertz induced protein interactions in a random medium," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 435-446, Dec. 2023. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.14519|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10294246|IEEEXplore}}
* T. Sajjad and A. W. Eckford, "High-speed molecular communication in vacuum," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 382-390, Dec. 2023. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.11804|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10198389|IEEEXplore}}
* F. Gulec and A. W. Eckford, "A stochastic biofilm disruption model based on quorum sensing mimickers," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 346-350, Sep. 2023. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.13015|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10173543|IEEEXplore}}
* X. Chen, F. Ji, M. Wen, Y. Huang, and A. W. Eckford, "Mutual information rate of Gaussian and truncated Gaussian inputs on intensity-driven signal transduction channels," ''IEEE Communications Letters,'' vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 1989-1993, Aug. 2023. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.15421|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10163393|IEEEXplore}}
* D. Jing and A. W. Eckford, "Lightweight channel codes for ISI mitigation in molecular communication between bionanosensors," ''IEEE Sensors Journal,'' vol. 23, no. 13, pp. 13859-13867, Jul. 2023. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.14001|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10134568|IEEEXplore}}
* F. Gulec, F. Dressler, and A. W. Eckford, "A computational approach for the characterization of airborne pathogen transmission in turbulent molecular communication channels," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 9, no. 2, pp.124-134, Jun. 2023. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.01412|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10115295|IEEEXplore}}
* W. D. Hunt, N. A. McCarty, E. M. Marin, R. S. Westafer, P. R. Yamin, G. Cui, A. W. Eckford, and D. R. Denison, "A transistor model for the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator," ''Biophysical Reports'', vol. 3, no. 2, 100108, Jun. 2023. {{Open|https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667074723000095|ScienceDirect open access|}}
* H. Elayan, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, "Selectivity of protein interactions stimulated by terahertz signals," ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience,'' vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 318-328, Apr. 2023. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.01572|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9819908|IEEEXplore}}
* Y. Fang, S. T. Johnston, M. Faria, X. Huang, A. W. Eckford, and J. Evans, “Molecular communication for quorum sensing inspired cooperative drug delivery,” ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 100-105, Mar. 2023. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.08015|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10035488|IEEEXplore}}

=== 2022 ===
* D. Chen, A. G. Strang, A. W. Eckford, and P. J. Thomas, "Explicitly solvable continuous-time inference for partially observed Markov processes," ''IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,'' vol. 70, pp. 6232-6242, 2022. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.00843|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10007059|IEEEXplore}}
* A. S. Moffett, G. Cui, P. J. Thomas, W. D. Hunt, N. A. McCarty, R. S. Westafer, and A. W. Eckford, "Permissive and nonpermissive channel closings in CFTR revealed by a factor graph inference algorithm," ''Biophysical Reports'', vol. 2, no. 4, 100083, Dec. 2022. {{Open|https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667074722000404|ScienceDirect open access}}
* X. Chen, M. Wen, F. Ji, Y. Huang, Y. Tang, and A. W. Eckford, “Detection interval of aerosol propagation from the perspective of molecular communication: How long is enough?” ''IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications,'' vol. 40, no. 22, pp. 3255-3270, Nov. 2022. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.08636|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9913432|IEEEXplore}}
* X. Chen, F. Ji, M. Wen, Y. Huang, Y. Tang, and A. W. Eckford, "Low complexity first: Duration-centric ISI mitigation in molecular communication via diffusion," ''IEEE Communications Letters,'' vol. 26, no. 11, pp. 2665-2669, Nov. 2022. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.09565|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9840365|IEEEXplore}}
* A. S. Moffett, P. J. Thomas, M. Hinczewski, and A. W. Eckford, "Cheater suppression and stochastic clearance through quorum sensing," ''PLOS Computational Biology,'' vol. 18, no. 7, e1010292, Jul. 2022. {{Open|1=https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010292|2=PLOS Computational Biology|3=}} {{Media|https://phys.org/news/2022-07-reveals-spiteful-behaviour-bacteria.html|Phys.org}} {{Media|https://www.iflscience.com/bacteria-can-behave-spitefully-to-those-that-dont-support-the-colony-64775|IFLScience}} {{Media|https://www.sciencealert.com/even-bacteria-hate-freeloaders|ScienceAlert}}
* D. Jing, Y. Li, and A. W. Eckford, "An extended Kalman filter for distance estimation and power control in mobile molecular communication," ''IEEE Transactions on Communications,'' vol. 70, no. 7, pp. 4373-4385, Jul. 2022. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.09596|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9780147|IEEEXplore|}}
* A. S. Moffett and A. W. Eckford, "Minimal informational requirements for fitness," ''Physical Review E,'' vol. 105, no. 1, 014403, Jan. 2022. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/2112.02193|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.014403|Physical Review Journals|}}

=== 2021 ===
* X. Qian, M. Di Renzo, and A. W. Eckford, "K-Means Clustering-Aided Non-Coherent Detection for Molecular Communications," ''IEEE Transactions on Communications,'' vol. 69, no. 8, pp. 5456-5470, Aug. 2021. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.08929|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9415646|IEEEXplore|}}
* H. Awan, R. S. Adve, N. Wallbridge, C. Plummer, and A. W. Eckford, "Modelling the Role of Inter-cellular Communication in Modulating Photosynthesis in Plants," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communication,'' vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 94-99, Jun. 2021. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.15773|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9399099|IEEEXplore|}}
* Y. Fang, A. Noel. A. W. Eckford, N. Yang, and J. Guo, "Characterization of cooperators in quorum sensing with 2D molecular signal analysis," ''IEEE Transactions on Communications,'' vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 799-816, Feb. 2021. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.04706|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9252184|IEEEXplore|}}
* D. Jing, Y. Li, and A. W. Eckford, "Power control for ISI mitigation in mobile molecular communication," ''IEEE Communications Letters,'' vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 460-464, Feb. 2021. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.12368|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9184099|IEEEXplore|}}
* H. Elayan, A. W. Eckford, and R. Adve, "Information rates of controlled protein interactions using terahertz communication," ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience'', vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 9-19, Jan. 2021. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.01060|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9186627|IEEEXplore|}}

=== 2020 ===
* A. S. Moffett, N. Wallbridge, C. Plummer, and A. W. Eckford, "The fitness value of information with delayed phenotype switching: Optimal performance with imperfect sensing," ''Physical Review E,'' vol. 102, no. 5, 052403, Nov. 2020. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.00058|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.102.052403|Physical Review Journals|}}
* H. Awan, K. Zeid, R. S. Adve, N. Wallbridge, C. Plummer, and A. W. Eckford, "Communication in plants: Comparison of multiple action potential and mechanosensitive signals with experiments," ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience,'' vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 213-223, Apr. 2020. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.04895|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8890624|IEEEXplore|}} {{Media|https://www.embs.org/tnb/articles/communication-in-plants-comparison-of-multiple-action-potential-and-mechanosensitive-signals-with-experiments/|TNB Featured Article}}
* P. Hou, A. W. Eckford and L. Zhao, "Analysis and design of two-hop diffusion-based molecular communication with ligand receptors," ''IEEE Access'', vol. 8, pp. 189458-189470, 2020. {{Open|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9233383|IEEEXplore open access|}}

=== 2019 ===
* A. Noel, S. Monabbati, D. Makrakis, and A. W. Eckford, "Modeling interference-free neuron spikes with optogenetic stimulation," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 100-111, Nov. 2019. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.05678|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9040660|IEEEXplore|}}
* Y. Fang, A. Noel, N. Yang, A. W. Eckford, and R. A. Kennedy, "Symbol-by-symbol maximum likelihood detection for cooperative molecular communication," ''IEEE Transactions on Communications,'' vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 4885-4899, Jul. 2019. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.02890|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8685182|IEEEXplore|}}
* M. Mohseni, S. A. Banani, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, "Scheduling for VoLTE: Resource allocation optimization and low-complexity algorithms," ''IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications'', vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 1534-1547, Mar. 2019. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.02111|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8617701|IEEEXplore|}}
* H. Awan, R. S. Adve, N. Wallbridge, C. Plummer, and A. W. Eckford, "Communication and information theory of single action potential signals in plants," ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience'', vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 61-73, Jan. 2019. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.03612|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8533407|IEEEXplore|}}
* H. Awan, R. S. Adve, N. Wallbridge, C. Plummer and A. W. Eckford, "Information Theoretic Based Comparative Analysis of Different Communication Signals in Plants," ''IEEE Access'', vol. 7, pp. 117075-117087, 2019. {{Open|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8792048|IEEEXplore open access|}}
* N. Kim, N. Farsad, C. Lee, A. W. Eckford and C. Chae, "An experimentally validated channel model for molecular communication systems," ''IEEE Access'', vol. 7, pp. 81849-81858, 2019. {{Open|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8746073|IEEEXplore open access|}}
* X. Qian, M. Di Renzo and A. W. Eckford, "Molecular Communications: Model-Based and Data-Driven Receiver Design and Optimization," ''IEEE Access'', vol. 7, pp. 53555-53565, 2019. {{Open|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8695004|IEEEXplore open access|}}

=== 2018 ===
* A. Noel, D. Makrakis, and A. W. Eckford, "Distortion distribution of neural spike train sequence matching with optogenetics," ''IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering,'' vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 2814-2826, Dec. 2018. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.06641|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8325330|IEEEXplore|}} {{Media|https://web.archive.org/web/20190101043934/https://tbme.embs.org/|TBME featured article}}
* T. Furubayashi, Y. Sakatani, T. Nakano, A. W. Eckford, and N. Ichihashi, "Design and wet-laboratory implementation of reliable end-to-end molecular communication," ''Wireless Networks'', vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 1809-1819, Jul. 2018.** {{Closed|http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11276-016-1435-4|SpringerLink}}
* N. Farsad, Y. Murin, A. W. Eckford, and A. Goldsmith, "Capacity limits of diffusion-based molecular timing channels with finite particle lifetime," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications'', vol. 4, no. 2, Jun. 2018. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.07757|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8653985|IEEEXplore|}}
* A. W. Eckford and P. J. Thomas, "The channel capacity of channelrhodopsin and other intensity-driven signal transduction receptors," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications'', vol. 4, no. 1, Mar. 2018. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.04533|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8627967|IEEEXplore|}}
* W. Guo, Y. Deng, H. B. Yilmaz, N. Farsad, M. Elkashlan, C.-B. Chae, A. W. Eckford, and A. Nallanathan, "SMIET: Simultaneous molecular information and energy transfer," ''IEEE Wireless Communications,'' vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 106-113, Feb. 2018. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.09474|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8121862/|IEEEXplore|}}

=== 2017 ===
* N. Farsad, Y. Murin, W. Guo, C.-B. Chae, A. W. Eckford, and A. Goldsmith, "Communication system design and analysis for asynchronous molecular timing channels," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications'', vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 239-253, Dec. 2017. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.04476|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8561143/|IEEEXplore|}}
* Y. Fang, A. Noel, N. Yang, A. W. Eckford, and R. A. Kennedy, "Convex optimization of distributed cooperative detection in multi-receiver molecular communication," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications'', vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 166-182, Sep. 2017. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.05590|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8326548/|IEEEXplore|}}

=== 2016 ===
* P. J. Thomas and A. W. Eckford, "Capacity of a Simple Intercellular Signal Transduction Channel," ''IEEE Transactions on Information Theory'', vol. 62, no. 12, pp. 7358-7382, Dec. 2016. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1411.1650|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7539683/|IEEEXplore|}} {{HighlyCited}}
* S. A. Banani, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, “Analyzing dependent placements of small cells in a two-layer heterogeneous network with a rate coverage constraint,” ''IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology'', vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 9801-9816, Dec. 2016. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1609.06395|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7393879/|IEEEXplore}}
* N. Farsad, H. B. Yilmaz, A. W. Eckford, C.-B. Chae, and W. Guo, “A comprehensive survey of recent advancements in molecular communication,” ''IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials'', vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 1887-1919, third quarter 2016. {{Open|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7405285/|IEEEXplore open access|}} {{HighlyCited}}
* W. Guo, T. Asyhari, N. Farsad, H. B. Yilmaz, B. Li, A. W. Eckford, C.-B. Chae, “Molecular communications: Channel model and physical layer techniques,” ''IEEE Wireless Communications'', vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 120-127, Aug. 2016. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.07292|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7553035/|IEEEXplore|}} {{HighlyCited}}
* T. Furubayashi, T. Nakano, A. W. Eckford, Y. Okaie, and T. Yomo, “Packet fragmentation and reassembly in molecular communication,” ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience'', vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 284-288, Apr. 2016.** {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7406714/|IEEEXplore}}
* B. Koo, C. Lee, H. B. Yilmaz, N. Farsad, A. W. Eckford, and C.-B. Chae, “Molecular MIMO: From theory to prototype,” ''IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications'', vol. 34, no. 3, Mar. 2016. {{Open|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7397863/|IEEEXplore open access|}} {{HighlyCited}} {{Media|http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/wireless/for-best-results-send-molecular-messages-through-mimo|IEEE Spectrum}}

=== 2015 ===
* S. A. Banani, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, “Analyzing the impact of access point density on the performance of finite-area networks,” ''IEEE Transactions on Communications'', vol. 63, no. 12, pp. 5143-5161, Dec. 2015. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.03338|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7275153/|IEEEXplore}}
* N. Farsad, A. W. Eckford, and S. Hiyama, “Design and optimizing of on-chip kinesin substrates for molecular communication,” ''IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology'', vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 699-708, Jul. 2015. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.02202|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7105933/|IEEEXplore}}
* S. F. Bush, J. L. Paluh, G. Piro, V. Rao, V. Prasad, and A. W. Eckford, “Defining communication at the bottom,” ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications'', vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 90-96, Mar. 2015. {{Open|https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282526380_Defining_Communication_at_the_Bottom|ResearchGate|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7181713/|IEEEXplore|}} {{HighlyCited}}

=== 2014 ===
* N. Farsad, N.-R. Kim, A. W. Eckford, and C.-B. Chae, “Channel and noise models for nonlinear molecular communication systems,” ''IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications'', vol. 32, no. 12, pp. 2392-2401, Dec. 2014. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1311.6208|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6949065/|IEEEXplore|}} {{HighlyCited}}
* N.-R. Kim, A. W. Eckford, and C.-B. Chae, “Symbol interval optimization for molecular communication with drift,” ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience'', vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 223-229, Sep. 2014. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5776|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6881710/|IEEEXplore|}} {{HighlyCited}}
* N. Farsad, A. W. Eckford, and S. Hiyama, “A Markov chain channel model for active transport molecular communication,” ''IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing'', vol. 62, no. 9, pp. 2424-2436, May 2014. {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6766704/|IEEEXplore}}

=== 2013 ===
* N. Farsad, W. Guo, and A. W. Eckford, “Table-top molecular communication: Text messages through chemical signals,” ''PLOS ONE'', vol. 8, no. 12, 13 pp., Dec. 2013. {{Open|1=http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0082935|2=PLOS One|3=}} {{HighlyCited}} {{Media|https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2014/03/08/its-the-alcohol-talking|The Economist}} {{Media|https://www.wsj.com/articles/message-in-a-boozy-bottle-1388799352|The Wall Street Journal}} {{Media|http://news.nationalpost.com/news/how-canadian-scientists-used-a-mist-of-alcohol-to-develop-a-new-pheromone-inspired-way-to-send-text-messages|National Post}} {{Media|1=http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=263007|2=CTV News}}
* W. Guo, S. Wang, A. W. Eckford, and J. Wu, “Reliable communication envelopes of molecular diffusion channels,” ''Electronics Letters'', vol. 49, no. 19, pp. 1248—1249, 12 Sep. 2013. {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6612809/|IEEEXplore|}} {{Media|https://www.theiet.org/resources/journals/eletters/4919/data-in-the-wind.cfm|Electronics Letters featured article}}

=== 2012 ===
* N. Farsad, A. W. Eckford, S. Hiyama, and Y. Moritani, “On-chip molecular communication: Analysis and design,” ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience'', vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 304—314, Sep. 2012. {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6145759/|IEEEXplore|}} {{HighlyCited}}
* K. V. Srinivas, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, “Molecular communication in fluid media: The additive inverse Gaussian noise channel,” ''IEEE Transactions on Information Theory'', vol. 58, no. 7, pp. 4678—4692, Jul. 2012. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.0081|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6191345/|IEEEXplore|}} {{HighlyCited}}
* S. Kadloor, R. S. Adve, and A. W. Eckford, “Molecular communication using Brownian motion with drift,” ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience'', vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 89—99, Jun. 2012. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.3959|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6168841/|IEEEXplore|}} {{HighlyCited}}
* N. Farsad and A. W. Eckford, “Resource allocation via linear programming for fractional cooperation,” ''IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications'', vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 1633—1637, May 2012. {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6170859/|IEEEXplore|}}

=== 2011 ===
* N. Farsad, A. W. Eckford, S. Hiyama, and Y. Moritani, “Quick system design of vesicle-based active transport molecular communication by using a simple transport model,” ''Nano Communication Networks'', vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 175—188, 2011. {{Closed|http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878778911000391|ScienceDirect|}}

''For publications prior to 2011, see: [[Older Publications]]''

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Publications

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A list of recent books and journal papers by lab members. [[Conference and other publications]] are listed on a separate page.

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== Books ==

* T. Nakano, A. W. Eckford, and T. Haraguchi, ''Molecular Communication'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. {{Open|1=https://books.google.ca/books?id=uVhsAAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|2=Google Books|3=''(partial preview)''}} {{HighlyCited}}

== Journal Papers ==

=== 2025 ===
* T. Sajjad and A. W. Eckford, "Communication system design using synthetic photoisomerizable azobenzene-regulated K+ (SPARK) channel," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 451-461, Sep. 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08971|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11036327|IEEEXplore}}
* A. S. Moffett and A. W. Eckford, "Kelly bets and single-letter codes: Optimal information processing in natural systems," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 418-434, Sep. 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.14277|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11045141|IEEEXplore}}
* S. Bartlett, A. W. Eckford, M. Egbert, M. Lingam, A. Kolchinsky, A. Frank, and G. Ghoshal, "The physics of life: Exploring information as a distinctive feature of living systems," ''PRX Life,'' vol. 3, no. 3, 037003, 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.08683|arXiv|*}} {{Open|https://journals.aps.org/prxlife/abstract/10.1103/rsx4-8x5f|Physical Review Journals open access|}}
* A. S. Moffett, K. A. Ganzinger, and A. W. Eckford, "Comparing kinetic proofreading and kinetic segregation for T cell receptor activation," ''Physical Review Research,'' vol. 7, no. 2, 023003, 2025. {{Open|https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.023003|Physical Review Journals open access|}}
* D. Jing, L. Li, Z. Cheng, L. Lin and A. W. Eckford, "Energy efficient transmitter creation by consuming free energy in molecular communication," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 292-303, Jun. 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04805|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10896745|IEEEXplore|}}
* X. Chen, Y. Huang, M. Wen, S. Mumtaz, F. Gulec, A. Al-Dulaimi, and A. W. Eckford, "Empowering nanoscale connectivity through molecular communication: A case study of virus infection," ''IEEE Communications Magazine,'' vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 182-188, Mar. 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04415|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10829751|IEEEXplore|}}
* D. Jing, L. Li, L. Lin and A. W. Eckford, "Tradeoff Between the Number of Transmitted Molecules and the BER Performance in Molecular Communication Between Bionanosensors," ''IEEE Sensors Journal,'' vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 89-98, Jan. 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04466|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10723237|IEEEXplore|}}
* H. Elayan, S. Elmaadawy, A. W. Eckford, R. Adve and J. Jornet, "A Thermal Study of Terahertz Induced Protein Interactions," ''IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience,'' vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 78-88, Jan. 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.19521|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10581408|IEEEXplore|}}

=== 2024 ===
* Y. Qiu, Y. M. Kang, C. Korfmann, F. Pouyet, A. W. Eckford, and A. F. Palazzo, "The GC-content at the 5’ends of human protein-coding genes is undergoing mutational decay," ''Genome Biology,'' vol. 25, no. 219, 2024. {{Open|https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.12.584636v1.abstract|bioRxiv|*}} {{Open|https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-024-03364-x|Springer open access|}}
* D. Jing, L. Lin, and A. W. Eckford, "Performance analysis and ISI mitigation with imperfect transmitter in molecular communication," ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience,'' vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 428-438, Jul. 2024. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02383|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10466618|IEEEXplore}}
* F. Gulec, D. Y. Koda, B. Atakan, and A. W. Eckford, "Localization of a passive source with a sensor network based experimental molecular communication platform," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 223-235, Jun. 2024. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.16848|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10470431|IEEEXplore}}
* D. Jing, L. Lin, and A. W. Eckford, "Energy allocation for multi-user cooperative molecular communication systems in the internet of bio-nano things," ''IEEE Internet of Things Journal,'' vol. 11, no. 9, pp. 16303-16313, May 2024. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02286|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10398486|IEEEXplore}}
* Y. Parhizkar, G. Cheung, and A. W. Eckford, "Signal processing in the retina: Interpretable graph classifier to predict ganglion cell responses," ''IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing,'' vol. 5, pp. 303-311, 2024. {{Open|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10379097|IEEEXplore open access}}

=== 2023 ===
* H. Elayan, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, "Terahertz induced protein interactions in a random medium," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 435-446, Dec. 2023. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.14519|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10294246|IEEEXplore}}
* T. Sajjad and A. W. Eckford, "High-speed molecular communication in vacuum," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 382-390, Dec. 2023. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.11804|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10198389|IEEEXplore}}
* F. Gulec and A. W. Eckford, "A stochastic biofilm disruption model based on quorum sensing mimickers," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 346-350, Sep. 2023. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.13015|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10173543|IEEEXplore}}
* X. Chen, F. Ji, M. Wen, Y. Huang, and A. W. Eckford, "Mutual information rate of Gaussian and truncated Gaussian inputs on intensity-driven signal transduction channels," ''IEEE Communications Letters,'' vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 1989-1993, Aug. 2023. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.15421|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10163393|IEEEXplore}}
* D. Jing and A. W. Eckford, "Lightweight channel codes for ISI mitigation in molecular communication between bionanosensors," ''IEEE Sensors Journal,'' vol. 23, no. 13, pp. 13859-13867, Jul. 2023. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.14001|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10134568|IEEEXplore}}
* F. Gulec, F. Dressler, and A. W. Eckford, "A computational approach for the characterization of airborne pathogen transmission in turbulent molecular communication channels," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 9, no. 2, pp.124-134, Jun. 2023. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.01412|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10115295|IEEEXplore}}
* W. D. Hunt, N. A. McCarty, E. M. Marin, R. S. Westafer, P. R. Yamin, G. Cui, A. W. Eckford, and D. R. Denison, "A transistor model for the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator," ''Biophysical Reports'', vol. 3, no. 2, 100108, Jun. 2023. {{Open|https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667074723000095|ScienceDirect open access|}}
* H. Elayan, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, "Selectivity of protein interactions stimulated by terahertz signals," ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience,'' vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 318-328, Apr. 2023. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.01572|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9819908|IEEEXplore}}
* Y. Fang, S. T. Johnston, M. Faria, X. Huang, A. W. Eckford, and J. Evans, “Molecular communication for quorum sensing inspired cooperative drug delivery,” ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 100-105, Mar. 2023. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.08015|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10035488|IEEEXplore}}

=== 2022 ===
* D. Chen, A. G. Strang, A. W. Eckford, and P. J. Thomas, "Explicitly solvable continuous-time inference for partially observed Markov processes," ''IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing,'' vol. 70, pp. 6232-6242, 2022. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.00843|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10007059|IEEEXplore}}
* A. S. Moffett, G. Cui, P. J. Thomas, W. D. Hunt, N. A. McCarty, R. S. Westafer, and A. W. Eckford, "Permissive and nonpermissive channel closings in CFTR revealed by a factor graph inference algorithm," ''Biophysical Reports'', vol. 2, no. 4, 100083, Dec. 2022. {{Open|https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667074722000404|ScienceDirect open access}}
* X. Chen, M. Wen, F. Ji, Y. Huang, Y. Tang, and A. W. Eckford, “Detection interval of aerosol propagation from the perspective of molecular communication: How long is enough?” ''IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications,'' vol. 40, no. 22, pp. 3255-3270, Nov. 2022. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.08636|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9913432|IEEEXplore}}
* X. Chen, F. Ji, M. Wen, Y. Huang, Y. Tang, and A. W. Eckford, "Low complexity first: Duration-centric ISI mitigation in molecular communication via diffusion," ''IEEE Communications Letters,'' vol. 26, no. 11, pp. 2665-2669, Nov. 2022. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.09565|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9840365|IEEEXplore}}
* A. S. Moffett, P. J. Thomas, M. Hinczewski, and A. W. Eckford, "Cheater suppression and stochastic clearance through quorum sensing," ''PLOS Computational Biology,'' vol. 18, no. 7, e1010292, Jul. 2022. {{Open|1=https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010292|2=PLOS Computational Biology|3=}} {{Media|https://phys.org/news/2022-07-reveals-spiteful-behaviour-bacteria.html|Phys.org}} {{Media|https://www.iflscience.com/bacteria-can-behave-spitefully-to-those-that-dont-support-the-colony-64775|IFLScience}} {{Media|https://www.sciencealert.com/even-bacteria-hate-freeloaders|ScienceAlert}}
* D. Jing, Y. Li, and A. W. Eckford, "An extended Kalman filter for distance estimation and power control in mobile molecular communication," ''IEEE Transactions on Communications,'' vol. 70, no. 7, pp. 4373-4385, Jul. 2022. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.09596|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9780147|IEEEXplore|}}
* A. S. Moffett and A. W. Eckford, "Minimal informational requirements for fitness," ''Physical Review E,'' vol. 105, no. 1, 014403, Jan. 2022. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/2112.02193|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.014403|Physical Review Journals|}}

=== 2021 ===
* X. Qian, M. Di Renzo, and A. W. Eckford, "K-Means Clustering-Aided Non-Coherent Detection for Molecular Communications," ''IEEE Transactions on Communications,'' vol. 69, no. 8, pp. 5456-5470, Aug. 2021. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.08929|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9415646|IEEEXplore|}}
* H. Awan, R. S. Adve, N. Wallbridge, C. Plummer, and A. W. Eckford, "Modelling the Role of Inter-cellular Communication in Modulating Photosynthesis in Plants," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communication,'' vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 94-99, Jun. 2021. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.15773|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9399099|IEEEXplore|}}
* Y. Fang, A. Noel. A. W. Eckford, N. Yang, and J. Guo, "Characterization of cooperators in quorum sensing with 2D molecular signal analysis," ''IEEE Transactions on Communications,'' vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 799-816, Feb. 2021. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.04706|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9252184|IEEEXplore|}}
* D. Jing, Y. Li, and A. W. Eckford, "Power control for ISI mitigation in mobile molecular communication," ''IEEE Communications Letters,'' vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 460-464, Feb. 2021. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.12368|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9184099|IEEEXplore|}}
* H. Elayan, A. W. Eckford, and R. Adve, "Information rates of controlled protein interactions using terahertz communication," ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience'', vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 9-19, Jan. 2021. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.01060|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9186627|IEEEXplore|}}

=== 2020 ===
* A. S. Moffett, N. Wallbridge, C. Plummer, and A. W. Eckford, "The fitness value of information with delayed phenotype switching: Optimal performance with imperfect sensing," ''Physical Review E,'' vol. 102, no. 5, 052403, Nov. 2020. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.00058|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.102.052403|Physical Review Journals|}}
* H. Awan, K. Zeid, R. S. Adve, N. Wallbridge, C. Plummer, and A. W. Eckford, "Communication in plants: Comparison of multiple action potential and mechanosensitive signals with experiments," ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience,'' vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 213-223, Apr. 2020. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.04895|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8890624|IEEEXplore|}} {{Media|https://www.embs.org/tnb/articles/communication-in-plants-comparison-of-multiple-action-potential-and-mechanosensitive-signals-with-experiments/|TNB Featured Article}}
* P. Hou, A. W. Eckford and L. Zhao, "Analysis and design of two-hop diffusion-based molecular communication with ligand receptors," ''IEEE Access'', vol. 8, pp. 189458-189470, 2020. {{Open|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9233383|IEEEXplore open access|}}

=== 2019 ===
* A. Noel, S. Monabbati, D. Makrakis, and A. W. Eckford, "Modeling interference-free neuron spikes with optogenetic stimulation," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 100-111, Nov. 2019. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.05678|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9040660|IEEEXplore|}}
* Y. Fang, A. Noel, N. Yang, A. W. Eckford, and R. A. Kennedy, "Symbol-by-symbol maximum likelihood detection for cooperative molecular communication," ''IEEE Transactions on Communications,'' vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 4885-4899, Jul. 2019. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.02890|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8685182|IEEEXplore|}}
* M. Mohseni, S. A. Banani, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, "Scheduling for VoLTE: Resource allocation optimization and low-complexity algorithms," ''IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications'', vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 1534-1547, Mar. 2019. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.02111|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8617701|IEEEXplore|}}
* H. Awan, R. S. Adve, N. Wallbridge, C. Plummer, and A. W. Eckford, "Communication and information theory of single action potential signals in plants," ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience'', vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 61-73, Jan. 2019. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.03612|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8533407|IEEEXplore|}}
* H. Awan, R. S. Adve, N. Wallbridge, C. Plummer and A. W. Eckford, "Information Theoretic Based Comparative Analysis of Different Communication Signals in Plants," ''IEEE Access'', vol. 7, pp. 117075-117087, 2019. {{Open|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8792048|IEEEXplore open access|}}
* N. Kim, N. Farsad, C. Lee, A. W. Eckford and C. Chae, "An experimentally validated channel model for molecular communication systems," ''IEEE Access'', vol. 7, pp. 81849-81858, 2019. {{Open|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8746073|IEEEXplore open access|}}
* X. Qian, M. Di Renzo and A. W. Eckford, "Molecular Communications: Model-Based and Data-Driven Receiver Design and Optimization," ''IEEE Access'', vol. 7, pp. 53555-53565, 2019. {{Open|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8695004|IEEEXplore open access|}}

=== 2018 ===
* A. Noel, D. Makrakis, and A. W. Eckford, "Distortion distribution of neural spike train sequence matching with optogenetics," ''IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering,'' vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 2814-2826, Dec. 2018. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.06641|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8325330|IEEEXplore|}} {{Media|https://web.archive.org/web/20190101043934/https://tbme.embs.org/|TBME featured article}}
* T. Furubayashi, Y. Sakatani, T. Nakano, A. W. Eckford, and N. Ichihashi, "Design and wet-laboratory implementation of reliable end-to-end molecular communication," ''Wireless Networks'', vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 1809-1819, Jul. 2018.** {{Closed|http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11276-016-1435-4|SpringerLink}}
* N. Farsad, Y. Murin, A. W. Eckford, and A. Goldsmith, "Capacity limits of diffusion-based molecular timing channels with finite particle lifetime," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications'', vol. 4, no. 2, Jun. 2018. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.07757|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8653985|IEEEXplore|}}
* A. W. Eckford and P. J. Thomas, "The channel capacity of channelrhodopsin and other intensity-driven signal transduction receptors," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications'', vol. 4, no. 1, Mar. 2018. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.04533|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8627967|IEEEXplore|}}
* W. Guo, Y. Deng, H. B. Yilmaz, N. Farsad, M. Elkashlan, C.-B. Chae, A. W. Eckford, and A. Nallanathan, "SMIET: Simultaneous molecular information and energy transfer," ''IEEE Wireless Communications,'' vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 106-113, Feb. 2018. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.09474|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8121862/|IEEEXplore|}}

=== 2017 ===
* N. Farsad, Y. Murin, W. Guo, C.-B. Chae, A. W. Eckford, and A. Goldsmith, "Communication system design and analysis for asynchronous molecular timing channels," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications'', vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 239-253, Dec. 2017. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.04476|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8561143/|IEEEXplore|}}
* Y. Fang, A. Noel, N. Yang, A. W. Eckford, and R. A. Kennedy, "Convex optimization of distributed cooperative detection in multi-receiver molecular communication," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications'', vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 166-182, Sep. 2017. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.05590|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8326548/|IEEEXplore|}}

=== 2016 ===
* P. J. Thomas and A. W. Eckford, "Capacity of a Simple Intercellular Signal Transduction Channel," ''IEEE Transactions on Information Theory'', vol. 62, no. 12, pp. 7358-7382, Dec. 2016. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1411.1650|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7539683/|IEEEXplore|}} {{HighlyCited}}
* S. A. Banani, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, “Analyzing dependent placements of small cells in a two-layer heterogeneous network with a rate coverage constraint,” ''IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology'', vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 9801-9816, Dec. 2016. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1609.06395|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7393879/|IEEEXplore}}
* N. Farsad, H. B. Yilmaz, A. W. Eckford, C.-B. Chae, and W. Guo, “A comprehensive survey of recent advancements in molecular communication,” ''IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials'', vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 1887-1919, third quarter 2016. {{Open|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7405285/|IEEEXplore open access|}} {{HighlyCited}}
* W. Guo, T. Asyhari, N. Farsad, H. B. Yilmaz, B. Li, A. W. Eckford, C.-B. Chae, “Molecular communications: Channel model and physical layer techniques,” ''IEEE Wireless Communications'', vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 120-127, Aug. 2016. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.07292|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7553035/|IEEEXplore|}} {{HighlyCited}}
* T. Furubayashi, T. Nakano, A. W. Eckford, Y. Okaie, and T. Yomo, “Packet fragmentation and reassembly in molecular communication,” ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience'', vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 284-288, Apr. 2016.** {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7406714/|IEEEXplore}}
* B. Koo, C. Lee, H. B. Yilmaz, N. Farsad, A. W. Eckford, and C.-B. Chae, “Molecular MIMO: From theory to prototype,” ''IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications'', vol. 34, no. 3, Mar. 2016. {{Open|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7397863/|IEEEXplore open access|}} {{HighlyCited}} {{Media|http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/wireless/for-best-results-send-molecular-messages-through-mimo|IEEE Spectrum}}

=== 2015 ===
* S. A. Banani, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, “Analyzing the impact of access point density on the performance of finite-area networks,” ''IEEE Transactions on Communications'', vol. 63, no. 12, pp. 5143-5161, Dec. 2015. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.03338|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7275153/|IEEEXplore}}
* N. Farsad, A. W. Eckford, and S. Hiyama, “Design and optimizing of on-chip kinesin substrates for molecular communication,” ''IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology'', vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 699-708, Jul. 2015. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.02202|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7105933/|IEEEXplore}}
* S. F. Bush, J. L. Paluh, G. Piro, V. Rao, V. Prasad, and A. W. Eckford, “Defining communication at the bottom,” ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications'', vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 90-96, Mar. 2015. {{Open|https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282526380_Defining_Communication_at_the_Bottom|ResearchGate|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7181713/|IEEEXplore|}} {{HighlyCited}}

=== 2014 ===
* N. Farsad, N.-R. Kim, A. W. Eckford, and C.-B. Chae, “Channel and noise models for nonlinear molecular communication systems,” ''IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications'', vol. 32, no. 12, pp. 2392-2401, Dec. 2014. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1311.6208|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6949065/|IEEEXplore|}} {{HighlyCited}}
* N.-R. Kim, A. W. Eckford, and C.-B. Chae, “Symbol interval optimization for molecular communication with drift,” ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience'', vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 223-229, Sep. 2014. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5776|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6881710/|IEEEXplore|}} {{HighlyCited}}
* N. Farsad, A. W. Eckford, and S. Hiyama, “A Markov chain channel model for active transport molecular communication,” ''IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing'', vol. 62, no. 9, pp. 2424-2436, May 2014. {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6766704/|IEEEXplore}}

=== 2013 ===
* N. Farsad, W. Guo, and A. W. Eckford, “Table-top molecular communication: Text messages through chemical signals,” ''PLOS ONE'', vol. 8, no. 12, 13 pp., Dec. 2013. {{Open|1=http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0082935|2=PLOS One|3=}} {{HighlyCited}} {{Media|https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2014/03/08/its-the-alcohol-talking|The Economist}} {{Media|https://www.wsj.com/articles/message-in-a-boozy-bottle-1388799352|The Wall Street Journal}} {{Media|http://news.nationalpost.com/news/how-canadian-scientists-used-a-mist-of-alcohol-to-develop-a-new-pheromone-inspired-way-to-send-text-messages|National Post}} {{Media|1=http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=263007|2=CTV News}}
* W. Guo, S. Wang, A. W. Eckford, and J. Wu, “Reliable communication envelopes of molecular diffusion channels,” ''Electronics Letters'', vol. 49, no. 19, pp. 1248—1249, 12 Sep. 2013. {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6612809/|IEEEXplore|}} {{Media|https://www.theiet.org/resources/journals/eletters/4919/data-in-the-wind.cfm|Electronics Letters featured article}}

=== 2012 ===
* N. Farsad, A. W. Eckford, S. Hiyama, and Y. Moritani, “On-chip molecular communication: Analysis and design,” ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience'', vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 304—314, Sep. 2012. {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6145759/|IEEEXplore|}} {{HighlyCited}}
* K. V. Srinivas, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, “Molecular communication in fluid media: The additive inverse Gaussian noise channel,” ''IEEE Transactions on Information Theory'', vol. 58, no. 7, pp. 4678—4692, Jul. 2012. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.0081|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6191345/|IEEEXplore|}} {{HighlyCited}}
* S. Kadloor, R. S. Adve, and A. W. Eckford, “Molecular communication using Brownian motion with drift,” ''IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience'', vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 89—99, Jun. 2012. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.3959|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6168841/|IEEEXplore|}} {{HighlyCited}}
* N. Farsad and A. W. Eckford, “Resource allocation via linear programming for fractional cooperation,” ''IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications'', vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 1633—1637, May 2012. {{Closed|http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6170859/|IEEEXplore|}}

=== 2011 ===
* N. Farsad, A. W. Eckford, S. Hiyama, and Y. Moritani, “Quick system design of vesicle-based active transport molecular communication by using a simple transport model,” ''Nano Communication Networks'', vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 175—188, 2011. {{Closed|http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878778911000391|ScienceDirect|}}

''For publications prior to 2011, see: [[Older Publications]]''

''[[Conference and other publications]] are now listed on a separate page.''

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'''Molecular Communication and Information Theory Laboratory'''

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'''EckfordLab''', the Molecular Communication and Information Theory Laboratory under the supervision of Professor Andrew Eckford, is located in the [http://www.lassonde.yorku.ca Lassonde School of Engineering] at [http://www.yorku.ca York University], Toronto, Canada. The lab is concerned with problems involving molecular communication, computational biology, and information theory.

<center>'''[[Prof. Andrew Eckford | Principal Investigator]]''' | '''[[Members]]''' | '''[[Publications]]''' | '''[[Available Positions]]''' | '''[[News and Events]]''' | '''[[EckfordLab in the News | EckfordLab in the Media]]''' | '''[[Contact Info]]'''</center>

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'''Latest Published Papers'''

* T. Sajjad and A. W. Eckford, "Communication system design using synthetic photoisomerizable azobenzene-regulated K+ (SPARK) channel," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 451-461, Sep. 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08971|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11036327|IEEEXplore}}
* A. S. Moffett and A. W. Eckford, "Kelly bets and single-letter codes: Optimal information processing in natural systems," ''IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications,'' vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 418-434, Sep. 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.14277|arXiv|*}} {{Closed|https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11045141|IEEEXplore}}
* S. Bartlett, A. W. Eckford, M. Egbert, M. Lingam, A. Kolchinsky, A. Frank, and G. Ghoshal, "The physics of life: Exploring information as a distinctive feature of living systems," ''PRX Life,'' vol. 3, no. 3, 037003, 2025. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.08683|arXiv|*}} {{Open|https://journals.aps.org/prxlife/abstract/10.1103/rsx4-8x5f|Physical Review Journals open access|}}

[[Publications | Full List of Publications ...]]

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'''Lab News'''

* We are helping to organize the [http://mbmcworkshop.org/2026/ 3rd Workshop on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications], to be held in Glasgow, Scotland, UK in May 2026.

[[News and Events | More News ...]]

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EckfordLab is affiliated with the [http://ical.lassonde.yorku.ca/ Centre for Innovation in Computing @ Lassonde].

Eecs6002

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= EECS 6002 =

This page contains information related to the information theory reading course, EECS 6002, for the Fall 2025 term.

== Course News and Announcements ==

* The first meeting of the course will take place on September 9, 2025.
* Shared folder: [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZO2gs7DLrvIOlVh3hqj4Z22b1JmZYqBR?usp=sharing Google Drive]

== Course Outline ==

=== Course Description ===

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of information theory, as well as methods for achieving information-theoretic results using source codes and channel codes. Three main topics will be covered: the source coding theorem and lossless source coding, the channel coding theorem and error-correcting codes, and rate-distortion theory and lossy source coding. Additional applications may be covered if time permits.

=== Meeting Time and Location ===

This course will be offered with live online lectures.

* Tuesdays: 12 PM - 1:30 PM
* Fridays: 1 PM - 2:30 PM

[https://yorku.zoom.us/j/96353414287?pwd=3zaBZx3gt21LgxzRZl2j4RkmxpQnFM.1 Zoom link]

'''Attendance policy:''' Occasional absence for any reason is not a problem. However, if a student expects to miss a significant number of classes, they should bring this to the attention of the instructor. The instructor and student can formulate a plan so that the student continues to follow the material. If in the judgment of the instructor, a student has missed too many lectures, a written warning will be given. After the warning is given, if the student continues to miss lectures, the instructor may assign a failing grade, regardless of the student's performance on graded items.

=== Grade Breakdown ===

* Survey paper: 50%
* Project: 50%

Details on the survey paper and project will be made available later.

Students taking the course for credit may replace the project with a written test, at their option.

See also the attendance policy, above.

=== Textbook ===

I will be teaching from the following textbook: T. Cover and J. Thomas, ''Elements of Information Theory, 2nd ed.'', Wiley, 2006.

We will be covering roughly chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 10.

If you attend lectures and take good notes, it should not be necessary to purchase the textbook.

Available Positions

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This page contains a list of conference and other publications by group members.

For journal publications and books, please see the main [[Publications]] page.

== Conference Papers ==

=== 2023 ===

* D. Jing, L. Lin, and A. W. Eckford, “Thermodynamic energy cost and bit error rate of imperfect transmitters in molecular communication,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023.
* T. Sajjad and A. W. Eckford, “Designing a light-based communication system with a biomolecular receiver,” in Proc. 10th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (NanoCom), Coventry, UK, 2023.
* H. Elayan, S. Elmaadawy, A. W. Eckford, R. S. Adve, and J. M. Jornet, “The thermal impact of THz signalling in protein nanonetworks,” in Proc. 10th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (NanoCom), Coventry, UK, 2023.
* F. Gulec and A. W. Eckford, “Stochastic modeling of biofilm formation with bacterial quorum sensing,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Rome, Italy, 2023.

=== 2022 ===

* F. Gulec, F. Dressler, and A. W. Eckford, "Characterization of Airborne Pathogen Transmission in Turbulent Molecular Communication Channels," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2022.
* H. Elayan, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, "Toward Establishing Molecular Interfaces Using Terahertz Radiation" (invited paper), in Proc. IEEE 16th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), online, 2022.
* X. Chen, M. Wen, F. Ji, Y. Huang, Y. Tang, and A. W. Eckford, "Detection Interval Optimization for Diffusion Molecular Communication," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Seoul, South Korea, 2022.
* H. Elayan, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, "Terahertz Intra-body Propagation through LOS and NLOS Links," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Seoul, South Korea, 2022.
* T. Sajjad and A. W. Eckford, "Molecular communication in vacuum," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Seoul, South Korea, 2022.

=== 2021 ===

* D. Jing, Y. Li, and A. W. Eckford, "Distance and Velocity Prediction by Extended Kalman Filter in Mobile Molecular Communication," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), Madrid, Spain, 2021.

=== 2020 ===

* H. Elayan, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, "Regulating Molecular Interactions Using Terahertz Communication," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), online, 2020.

=== 2019 ===

* H. Awan, R. S. Adve, N. Wallbridge, C. Plummer, and A. W. Eckford, "Characterizing communication properties of mechanosensitive signals," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Waikoloa, Hawaii, 2019.
* Y. Fang, A. Noel, A. W. Eckford, and N. Yang, "Expected density of cooperative bacteria in a 2D quorum sensing based molecular communication system," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Waikoloa, Hawaii, 2019.
* G. Hessler, A. W. Eckford, and P. J. Thomas, "Linear noise approximation of intensity-driven signal transduction channels," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Waikoloa, Hawaii, 2019. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.10897|arXiv|*}}
* M. Medra, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, "Total power minimization: Joint antenna selection and beamforming design," in Proc. 53rd Annual Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, California, 2019.
* M. Medra, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, "The effect of channel uncertainty on max-min goodput," in Proc. 53rd Annual Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, California, 2019.
* H. Awan, R. S. Adve, N. Wallbridge, C. Plummer, and A. W. Eckford, “Impact of multiple action potentials on communication properties of plants,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Shanghai, China, 2019.
* H. Awan, R. S. Adve, N. Wallbridge, C. Plummer, and A. W. Eckford, “Impact of population on the mutual information of action potential driven communication in plants,” in Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Marrakech, Morocco, 2019. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.03612|arXiv|*}}

=== 2018 ===

* H. Awan, R. S. Adve, N. Wallbridge, C. Plummer, and A. W. Eckford, “Characterizing information propagation in plants,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2018. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.06336|arXiv|*}}
* A. W. Eckford, B. Kuznets-Speck, M. Hinczewski, and P. J. Thomas, "Thermodynamic properties of molecular communication," in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Vail, CO, USA, 2018. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.03535|arXiv|*}}
* A. Noel, S. Monabbati, D. Makrakis, and A. W. Eckford, "Timing control of single neuron spikes with optogenetic stimulation," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kansas City, MO, USA, 2018. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.11569|arXiv|*}}
* Y. Fang, A. Noel, N. Yang, A. W. Eckford, and R. A. Kennedy, "Maximum likelihood detection for cooperative molecular communication," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kansas City, MO, USA, 2018. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.05623|arXiv|*}}
* M. Medra, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, "Updating beamformers to respond to changes in users," in Proc. 29th Biennial Symposium on Communications, Toronto, ON, 2018. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.04038|arXiv|*}}
* M. Medra, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, "Low-complexity weighted sum-rate maximization approach with per-antenna power constraints," in Proc. 52nd Annual Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, 2018.
* H. Awan and A. W. Eckford, "Impact of choices of measurement in RSK based molecular communication system," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO), Cork, Ireland, 2018.
* P. Hou, L. Zhao, and A. W. Eckford, "Improving receiver performance of diffusion-based molecular MIMO communication," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO), Cork, Ireland, 2018.

=== 2017 ===
* A. Noel, D. Makrakis, and A. W. Eckford, "Root mean square error of neural spike train sequence matching with optogenetics," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Singapore, 2017. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.04795|arXiv|*}}
* A. Noel, Y. Fang, N. Yang, D. Makrakis, A. W. Eckford, "Effect of local population uncertainty on cooperation in bacteria," in Proc. IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2017. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.06305|arXiv|*}}
* L. Wang and A. W. Eckford, "Nonnegative code division multiple access techniques in molecular communication," in Proc. 15th Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Quebec City, QC, Canada, 2017.
* A. Noel and A. W. Eckford, "Asynchronous peak detection for demodulation in molecular communication," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Paris, France, 2017. {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.00459|arXiv|*}}

=== 2016 ===
* Y. Fang, A. Noel, N. Yang, A. W. Eckford, and R. A. Kennedy, "Distributed cooperative detection for multi-receiver molecular communication," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Washington, DC, USA, 2016. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1604.03660|arXiv|*}}
* N. Farsad, Y. Murin, W. Guo, C.-B. Chae, A. W. Eckford, and A. Goldsmith, "On the impact of time-synchronization in molecular timing channels," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Washington, DC, USA, 2016. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1609.02109|arXiv|*}}
* A. W. Eckford, T. Furubayashi, and T. Nakano, “RNA as a nanoscale data transmission medium: Error analysis,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO), Sendai, Japan, 2016. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1609.07329|arXiv|*}}
* N. Farsad, Y. Murin, A. W. Eckford, and A. Goldsmith, “On the capacity of diffusion-based molecular timing channels,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Barcelona, Spain, 2016. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1604.06409|arXiv|*}}
* P. J. Thomas and A. W. Eckford, “Shannon capacity of signal transduction for multiple independent receptors,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Barcelona, Spain, 2016. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1604.03508|arXiv|*}}
* A. W. Eckford, K. Loparo, and P. Thomas, “Finite-state channel models for signal transduction in neural systems,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Shanghai, China, 2016. (Invited paper.) {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1609.05517|arXiv|*}}

=== 2015 ===
* T. Furubayashi, T. Nakano, A. W. Eckford, and T. Yomo, “Reliable End-to-end Molecular Communication with Packet Replication and Retransmission,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), San Diego, CA, USA, 2015.
* N. Farsad, W. Guo, C.-B. Chae, and A. W. Eckford, “Stable distributions as noise models for molecular communication,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), San Diego, CA, USA, 2015. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1512.01921|arXiv|*}} {{HighlyCited}}
* S. A. Banani, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, “A perturbed hexagonal lattice to model basestation locations in real-world cellular networks,” in Proc. IEEE GC 2015 Workshop on 5G Heterogeneous and Small Cell Networks (HetSNets), San Diego, CA, USA, 2015.
* A. W. Eckford and P. Thomas, “Information theory of intercellular signal transduction,” in Proc. 49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, 2015. (Invited paper.)
* S. Qiu, N. Farsad, Y. Y. Dong, A. W. Eckford, and W. Guo, “Under-water molecular signaling: A hidden transmitter and absent receivers problem,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, UK, 2015.
* B. Koo, H. B. Yilmaz, C.-B. Chae, and A. W. Eckford, “Detection algorithms for molecular MIMO,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, UK, 2015. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.03600|arXiv|*}}
* N.-R. Kim, N. Farsad, C.-B. Chae, and A. W. Eckford, “A universal channel model for molecular communication systems with metal-oxide detectors,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, UK, 2015. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.02809|arXiv|*}}
* L. Wang, N. Farsad, W. Guo, S. Magierowski, and A. W. Eckford, “Molecular barcodes: Information transmission via persistent chemical tags,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, UK, 2015. {{Open|1=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nariman_Farsad/publication/270645305_Molecular_Barcodes_Information_Transmission_via_Persistent_Chemical_Tags/links/5501bab90cf24cee39f8c48f.pdf?origin=publication_detail|2=ResearchGate|3=*}}
* C. Lee, B. Koo, N.-R. Kim, B. Yilmaz, N. Farsad, A. W. Eckford, and C.-B. Chae, “Molecular MIMO communication link” (demonstration paper), in Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Hong Kong, pp. 14-15, 2015. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.04921|arXiv|*}}

=== 2014 ===
* S. A. Banani, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, “The penalty for random deployment in hexagonal lattice networks with perturbed interferers,” in Proc. IEEE 6th Int. Workshop on Heterogeneous and Small Cell Networks (HetSNets), Austin, TX, 2014.
* A. W. Eckford and C.-B. Chae, “Scaling laws for molecular communication,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Honolulu, HI, 5 pp., 2014. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1404.0346|arXiv|*}}
* N.-R. Kim, N. Farsad, C.-B. Chae, and A. W. Eckford, “A realistic channel model for molecular communication with imperfect receivers,” in Proc. IEEE international Conference on Communications (ICC), Sydney, Australia, pp. 3987-3992, 2014.
* N. Farsad, W. Guo, and A. W. Eckford, “Molecular communications link” (demonstration paper), in Proc. IEEE Intl. Conf. on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Toronto, ON, pp. 107-108, 2014.
* S. A. Banani, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, “Required number of small cells in heterogeneous networks with non-uniform traffic distribution,” in Proc. Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, 6 pp., 2014.

=== 2013 ===
* A. W. Eckford and P. J. Thomas, “Capacity of a simple intercellular signal transduction channel,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Istanbul, Turkey, 5 pp., 2013. {{Open|http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.2245|arXiv|*}}
* X. Yan, W. Gage, and A. W. Eckford, “Integrating prior knowledge in time series alignment: Prior optimized time warping,” in Proc. 13th Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Toronto, ON, 4 pp., 2013.

=== 2012 ===
* K. V. Srinivas, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, “Fractional cooperation in femtocell networks,” in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), Anaheim, CA, 6 pp., 2012.
* N. Farsad, A. W. Eckford, and S. Hiyama, “Modeling and design of polygon-shaped Kinesin substrates for molecular communication,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, Birmingham, UK, 5 pp., 2012.
* A. W. Eckford, K. V. Srinivas, and R. S. Adve, “The peak constrained additive inverse Gaussian noise channel,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Boston, MA, 5 pp., 2012.
* N. Farsad, A. W. Eckford, and S. Hiyama, “A mathematical channel optimization formula for active transport molecular communication,” in Proc. 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Molecular and Nanoscale Communications, Ottawa, ON, 5 pp., 2012.

=== 2011 ===
* N. Farsad, A. W. Eckford, and S. Hiyama, “Channel design and optimization of active transport molecular communication,” in Proc. International Conference on Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems, York, UK, 12 pp., 2011.
* A. Calce, N. Farsad, and A. W. Eckford, “An experimental study of fractional cooperation in wireless mesh networks,” in Proc. 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Toronto, ON, 5 pp., 2011.
* L. Cui and A. W. Eckford, “The delay selector channel: Definition and capacity bounds,” in Proc. 12th Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Kelowna, BC, 4 pp., 2011.
* J. P. K. Chu, A. W. Eckford, and R. S. Adve, “Distributed optimization of the Bhattacharyya parameter in wireless relay networks,” in Proc. 12th Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Kelowna, BC, 6 pp., 2011.
* N. Farsad, A. W. Eckford, S. Hiyama, and Y. Moritani, “A simple mathematical model for information rate of active transport molecular communication,” in Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Molecular and Nano-scale Communications, Shanghai, China, 6 pp., 2011.
* K. V. Srinivas, R. S. Adve, A. W. Eckford, and Y. Lostanlen, “Towards fractional cooperation in femtocells,” in Proc. CWiND 3rd International Workshop on Femtocells, Luton, UK, 3 pp., 2011.

''For publications prior to 2011, see: [[Older Publications]]''

== Other ==

=== 2016 ===
* A. W. Eckford and P. J. Thomas, "Entropy of the sum of two independent, non-identically-distributed exponential random variables," arXiv:1609.02911 [cs.IT] {{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.02911|arXiv}}

Andreweckford:

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'''Andrew Eckford''' is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at York University, Toronto, Ontario. His research interests include the application of information theory to biology, and the design of communication systems using molecular and biological techniques. His research has been covered in media including ''The Economist'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', and ''IEEE Spectrum''. His research received the 2015 IET Communications Innovation Award, and was a finalist for the 2014 Bell Labs Prize. He is also a co-author of the textbook ''Molecular Communication'', published by Cambridge University Press.

Andrew received the B.Eng. degree from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1996, and the M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto in 1999 and 2004, respectively, all in Electrical Engineering. Andrew held postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Toronto, prior to taking up a faculty position at York in 2006. He has held courtesy appointments at the University of Toronto and Case Western Reserve University. In 2018, he was named a Senior Fellow of Massey College, Toronto.

== Contact information ==

* Mailing address: Dept. of EECS, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
* Office location: Room 3026, Lassonde building
* Email: aeckford@yorku.ca

* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx2EoHXp6-WWrDSoRI8s-nw Official YouTube channel]

== Prof. Eckford's TEDxYorkU Talk on Molecular Communication ==

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