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== 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. <br /> {{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. <br /> {{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.<br /> {{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. <br />{{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. <br />{{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. <br />{{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.<br /> {{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. <br />{{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. <br />{{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. <br />{{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. <br />{{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. <br />{{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. <br />{{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. <br />{{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. <br />{{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.) <br />{{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. <br />{{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. <br />{{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. <br />{{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. <br />{{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. <br />{{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. <br />{{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. <br />{{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] <br />{{Open|https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.02911|arXiv}}