Jelena Diakonikolas, née Marašević

I have recently moved to Boston University for a postdoc. Please see my new webpage here.

I am a Ph.D. student at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, where I am co-advised by Prof. Gil Zussman and Prof. Cliff Stein.

I graduated with the B.Sc. degree from University of Belgrade, School of Electrical Engineering, in 2011 and started my M.S./Ph.D. program at Columbia University right after.

My main research interests are in the area of optimization algorithms, with applications in wireless networks. The wireless networking applications I am currently interested in are energy harvesting networks and full-duplex networks.

General

I am a Ph.D. student at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University. I am advised by Prof. Gil Zussman and Prof. Cliff Stein. My full CV can be found here.

Research Interests

• Iterative convex optimization algorithms
• Combinatorial optimization
• Distributed algorithms
• Full-duplex wireless systems
• Energy harvesting networks

Publications

Journal Publications

• J. Marašević, C. Stein, and G. Zussman, “Max-min Fair Rate Allocation and Routing in Energy Harvesting Networks: Algorithmic Analysis,” Algorithmica (to appear), 2016.
• J. Marašević, J. Zhou, H. Krishnaswamy, Y. Zhong, and G. Zussman, “Resource Allocation and Rate Gains in Practical Full-Duplex Systems,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (to appear), 2016.

Conference Proceedings

• J. Marašević, C. Stein, and G. Zussman, “A Fast Distributed Stateless Algorithm for α-Fair Packing Problems,” in Proc. ICALP'16, 2016. [arXiv]
• J. Marašević and G. Zussman, “On the Capacity Regions of Single-Channel and Multi-Channel Full-Duplex Links,” in Proc. ACM MobiHoc'16, 2016. [arXiv]
• J. Marašević, J. Zhou, H. Krishnaswamy, Y. Zhong, and G. Zussman, “Resource Allocation and Rate Gains in Practical Full-Duplex Systems,” in Proc. ACM SIGMETRICS'15, 2015. [arXiv]
• J. Marašević, C. Stein, and G. Zussman, “Max-min Fair Rate Allocation and Routing in Energy Harvesting Networks: Algorithmic Analysis,” in Proc. ACM MobiHoc’14, 2014. [pdf][arXiv]

Workshops and Demos

• J. Marašević, T. Chen, J. Zhou, N. Reiskarimian, H. Krishnaswamy, G. Zussman, “Full-Duplex Wireless: Algorithms and Rate Improvement Bounds for Integrated Circuit Implementations,” ACM HotWireless'16, 2016 (to appear), invited paper. [pdf]
• T. Chen, J. Zhou, N. Grimwood, R. Fogel, J. Marašević, H. Krishnaswamy, and G. Zussman, “Demo: Full-duplex Wireless based on a Small-Form-Factor Analog Self-Interference Canceller,” in Proc. ACM MobiHoc’16, 2016. [pdf]
• J. Zhou, J. Marašević, G. Zussman, and H. Krishnaswamy, “Co-design of Full-duplex RFIC and Resource Allocation Algorithms,” IEEE PA Symposium, Sept. 2015.
• J. Marašević, J. Janak, H. Schulzrinne, and G. Zussman, “WiMAX in the Classroom: Designing a Cellular Networking Hands-on Lab,” The Second GENI Research and Educational Experiment Workshop (GREE2013) Workshop co-located with the 16^th GENI Engineering Conference (GEC16), 2013, best educational paper award. [pdf]

Manuscripts and Technical reports

• J. Marašević, J. Janak, H. Schulzrinne, and G. Zussman, “WiMAX in the Classroom: Designing a Cellular Networking Hands-on Lab,” Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, Tech. Rep. CUEE2013-03-14, Mar. 2013. [pdf]

Honors & Awards

• 10 Women in Networking/Communications That You Should Watch (2016)
• Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (2015)
• MIT EECS Rising Star (2015)
• Millman Award (Outstanding TA) (2013)
• Columbia University M.S. Award of Excellence (2013)
• GREE2013 Best Educational Paper Award (2013)
• Nova Srbija, The City of Kraljevo, "Dr Miloš Babić" Scholarship Award (2013)
• Yahoo! Yodel Your Thoughts Scholarship Award (2012)
• Government of the Republic of Serbia, Ministry of Youth and Sports – Dositeja Fellowship (2010/2011)
• Government of the Republic of Serbia, Ministry of Education and Science – Republic Foundation for the Development of Scientific and Artistic Youth Fellowship (2009/2010)
• 1^st place in Telecommunications at international EE students competition (2010)
• 2^nd place in Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (Circuit analysis) at international EE students competition (2009)

Talks

• “A Fast Distributed Algorithm for α-Fair Packing Problems”, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, April 2016, RSRG seminar
• “Full-Duplex Wireless: Resource Allocation and Rate Gains for Realistic Hardware Models”, Bell-Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, Nov. 2015, invited talk
• “A Fast Distributed Algorithm for α-Fair Packing Problems”, Google Research, New York, NY, June 2015, invited talk
• “Full-Duplex Wireless: Resource Allocation and Rate Gains for Realistic Hardware Models”, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, May 2015, CS colloquium talk
• “A Fast Distributed Algorithm for α-Fair Packing Problems”, Microsoft Research Redmond Theory Group, Redmond, WA, May 2015, invited talk
• “Full-Duplex Wireless: Resource Allocation and Rate Gains for Realistic Hardware Models”, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, May 2015, CS colloquium talk
• “GENI in the Classroom: Teaching Cellular Networking with WiMAX Hands-on Labs”, 19th GENI Engineering Conference (GEC19), Atlanta, GA, Mar. 2014, invited talk

Teaching

Teaching assistant for:

• ELENE6950 Wireless and Mobile Networking I (Fall 2015)
• ELENE6951 Wireless and Mobile Networking II (Summer 2014)
• ELENE6951 Wireless and Mobile Networking II (Spring 2014)
• ELENE6951 Wireless and Mobile Networking II (Summer 2013)
• ELENE6951 Wireless and Mobile Networking II (Spring 2013)
• ELENE6951 Wireless and Mobile Networking II (Summer 2012)
• ELENE6951 Wireless and Mobile Networking II (Spring 2012)
• ELENE3801 Signals and Systems (Fall 2011)
• ELENE3804 Signals and Systems Laboratory (Fall 2011)

Miscellanous

• FlexICoN project website.
• My profile on the MIT EECS Rising Stars webpage.
• Columbia Electrical Engineering article about my participation as a young researcher in the 3rd Heidelberg Laureate Forum.
• Columbia Electrical Engineering article about Tugce, Dessi, and myself being selected for the MIT EECS Rising Stars Workshop.
• Columbia Engineering article about our winning of the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship 2015 award.
• Interview for the City of Kraljevo magazine (in Serbian)
• Some of the newspaper alrticles about winning the "Dr Miloš Babić" scholarship award: Kraljevačke novosti, Večernje novosti, Glas javnosti.
• Interview for the Serbian online magazine "Sta zene zele" (in Serbian)
• My lecture notes on distributed matching for the "Matchings" class.

8/18/2016:

I was listed as one of the 10 Women in Networking/Communications That You Should Watch!

8/3/2016:

We will have an invited paper at ACM HotWireless'16!

7/18/2016:

I successfully defended my Ph.D. thesis!

4/15/2016:

Our paper titled “A Fast Distributed Stateless Algorithm for α-Fair Packing Problems” just got accepted to ICALP.

4/13/2016:

I presented our work on distributed and stateless α-fair packing at an RSRG seminar at Caltech.

4/1/2016:

Our paper titled “On the Capacity Regions of Single-Channel and Multi-Channel Full-Duplex Links” just got accepted to MobiHoc'16 (18.7% acceptance rate).

11/6/2015:

I presented our work on full-duplex at Bell-Labs.

10/7/2015:

My profile is now live on the MIT EECS Rising Stars webpage.

9/24/2015:

Jin Zhou and I presented our work on full-duplex at the PA Symposium.

4/20/2015:

I have been selected as a participant to attend the 3rd Heidelberg Laureate Forum. So excited to meet other young researchers and Abel, Fields, and Turing laureates!

4/17/2015:

The story about our winning of the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship Award is live on the Columbia Engineering webpage.

4/14/2015:

Jin Zhou and I won the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship 2015 award!

2/8/2015:

Our paper titled “Resource Allocation and Rate Gains in Practical Full-Duplex Systems” has been accepted to ACM SIGMETRICS'15 (acceptance rate 13.4%).

12/15/2014:

My joint project proposal with Jin Zhou from CoSMIC lab, Columbia University, has been selected as one of the finalists for the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship 2015 award.

7/14/2014:

I have been selected for an N^2 Women Fellowship award to organize an N^2 Women event at ACM MobiHoc 2014.

6/5/2014:

Our paper titled "Max-min Fair Rate Allocation and Routing in Energy Harvesting Networks: Algorithmic Analysis" was accepted to ACM MobiHoc 2014 (18.9% acceptance rate)!

2/5/2014:

I was invited to present our work on teaching cellular networking with WiMAX hands-on labs at the 19th GENI Engineering Conference (GEC19) held in Atlanta, Georgia, March 17-19.

10/17/2013:

I have been invited to attend a dinner and networking reception for the Engineering Consortium Career Fair as a student leader and representative of GradSWE!

5/11/2013:

I was awarded the Millman Award for Outstanding TA and the MS Award of Excellence from the EE department of Columbia University!

4/24/2013:

I was accepted into a summer school on green communications and networking, GreenComNet, being held in Boston May 28-31. I was also awarded full financial support to attend it!

3/22/2013:

Our paper on teaching with WiMAX won the Best Educational Paper Award at GREE2013.

2/23/2013:

My paper titled "WiMAX in the Classroom: Designing a Cellular Networking Hands-on Lab" has been accepted to The Second GENI Research and Educational Experiment Workshop (GREE2013), co-located with GEC16.

2/19/2013:

I was awarded a travel grant to attend The 16th GENI Engineering Conference (GEC16) in Salt Lake City, Utah.

2/12/2013:

I was awarded "Dr Milos Babic" Scholarship by the City of Kraljevo!

12/12/2012:

I was appointed the Corporate Chair position in the GradSWE executive board for 2013!

11/2/2012:

As of October 17, 2012, I hold an MS degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.

10/5/2012:

I will be attending CIAN Retreat October 21-23 in Manhattan Beach, CA.

10/2/2012:

I won Yahoo! Yodel Your Thoughts Scholarship Award!

Office: 801 Schapiro Center (CEPSR)

Email: [email protected]

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