Dimitrios Koutsonikolas
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things
Northeastern University
Address: 805 Columbus Ave., 129 ISEC, Boston, MA 02115
Office: 424 ISEC
Phone: 617-3738046
Fax: 617-3737765
Email: d.koutsonikolas@northeastern.edu
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a member of the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at
Northeastern University . Between January 2011 and Decemebr 2020, I was in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the
University at Buffalo , first as an Assistant Professor (2011-2016) and then as an Associate Professor (2016-2020) and Director of Graduate Studies (2018-2020). I received my PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University
in 2010. Previously, I received my Bachelor's degree from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).
My research interests are broadly in experimental wireless networking and mobile computing, with a current focus on 5G networks and latency-critical applications (AR, VR, CAVs) over 5G, millimeter-wave networking, and energy-aware protocol design for smartphones. I lead the NU Wireless Networking and Systems Lab (NU WiNS Lab ).
I have served as the General Co-Chair for IEEE WoWMoM 2023 and ACM EWSN 2018 and TPC Co-Chair for IEEE LANMAN 2023, IEEE HPSR 2023, IEEE DCOSS 2022, IEEE WoWMoM 2021, and IFIP Networking 2021. I received the IEEE Region 1 Technological Innovation (Academic) Award in 2019, the UB Teaching Innovation Award in 2018, the NSF CAREER Award in 2016, the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Senior Teacher of the Year Award in 2017 and the Early Career Researcher of the Year Award in 2015, and the UB CSE Senior Researcher of the Year Award in 2019 and Early Career Faculty Teaching Award in 2015.
News
03/16/2024: I am giving a keynote at IFIP/IEEE Networking 2024 , in Thessaloniki, Greece, on June 3-6, 2024. 01/20/2024: I am serving as General Co-Chair for IEEE LANMAN 2024 , which will be held in Boston, on July 10-11, 2024.
Research
Current projects at NU
Past projects at NU
Past projects at UB
Past projects at Purdue
Selected Publications [Full list: by type ,
by year ]
5G networks and applications
How Mature is 5G Deployment? A Cross-Sectional, Year-Long Study of 5G Uplink Performance , IFIP/IEEE Networking 2024
An Open, Programmable, Multi-vendor 5G O-RAN Testbed with NVIDIA ARC and OpenAirInterface , IEEE INFOCOM NG-OPERA 2024
Performance of Cellular Networks on the Wheels , ACM IMC 2023
Can 5G mmWave Enable Edge-Assisted Real-Time Object Detection for Augmented Reality? , IEEE MASCOTS 2023
An In-Depth Study of Uplink Performance of 5G mmWave Networks , ACM SIGCOMM 5G-MeMU 2022
Demystifying Resource Allocation Policies in Operational 5G mmWave Networks , IEEE WoWMoM 2022
Can 5G mmWave Support Multi-User AR Apps? , PAM 2022
AR, VR, video streaming
Co-located Immersive Gaming: A Comparison between Augmented and Virtual Reality , IEEE CoG 2022
Throughput Prediction on 60 GHz Mobile Devices for High-Bandwidth, Latency-Sensitive Applications , PAM 2021 (Best Dataset Award )
An Analysis of Delay in Live 360o Video Streaming Systems , ACM Multimedia 2020
How to Evaluate Mobile 360o Video Streaming Systems , ACM HotMobile 2020
Millimeter wave networking
A Detailed Look at MIMO Performance in 60 GHz WLANs , SIGMETRICS 2022
802.11ad in Smartphones: Energy Efficiency, Spatial Reuse, and Impact on Applications , IEEE INFOCOM 2021
LiBRA: Learning-Based Link Adaptation Leveraging PHY Layer Information in 60 GHz WLANs , ACM CoNEXT 2020
Performance and Pitfalls of 60 GHz WLANs Based on Consumer-Grade Hardware , IEEE TMC 2020
MuSher: An Agile Multipath-TCP Scheduler for Dual-Band 802.11ad/ac Wireless LANs , ACM MobiCom 2019, IEEE/ACM ToN 2022
Multi-Stream Beam-Training for mmWave MIMO Networks , ACM MobiCom 2018
LiSteer: mmWave Beam Acquisition and Steering by Tracking Indicator LEDs on Wireless APs , ACM MobiCom 2018
Enabling Indoor Mobile Millimeter-wave Networks Based on Smart Reflect-arrays , IEEE INFOCOM 2018
LTE-WiFi co-existence
DeMiLTE: Detecting and Mitigating LTE Interference for Enterprise Wi-Fi in 5 GHz , ACM MobiHoc 2019
ELI: Empowering LTE with Interference Awareness in Unlicensed Spectrum , IEEE ICNP 2018
BLU: Blue-printing Interference for Robust LTE Access in Unlicensed Spectrum , ACM CoNEXT 2017
Wireless/mobile sensing
Automating CSI Measurement with UAVs: from Problem Formulation to Energy-Optimal Solution , IEEE INFOCOM 2019
Towards Environment Independent Device Free Human Activity Recognition , ACM MobiCom 2018
ABC: Enabling Smartphone Authentication with Built-in Camera , ISOC NDSS 2018
Messages Behind the Sound: Real-Time Hidden Acoustic Signal Capture with Smartphones , ACM MobiCom 2016, IEEE TMC 2019
WiDraw: Enabling Handsfree Drawing in the Air on Commodity WiFi Devices , ACM MobiCom 2015
IEEE 802.11 WLANs
Is WiFi 802.11mc Fine Time Measurement Ready for Prime-Time Localization? , ACM WiNTECH 2022 (Best paper award )
On Packet Loss Rates in Modern 802.11 Networks , IEEE INFOCOM 2017
Experimental Evaluation of WiFi Active Power/Energy Consumption Models for Smartphones , IEEE TMC 2017
AmorFi: Amorphous WiFi Networks for High-density Deployments , ACM CoNEXT 2016
A Walk on the Client Side: Monitoring Enterprise Wifi Networks Using Smartphone Channel Scans , IEEE INFOCOM 2016
Power-Throughput Tradeoffs of 802.11n/ac in Smartphones , IEEE INFOCOM 2015
Bringing Mobility-Awareness to WLANs using PHY layer information , ACM CoNEXT 2014
Crowdsourcing Access Network Spectrum Allocation Using Smartphones , ACM HotNets 2014
Wireless mesh networks
Comparison of Routing Metrics in 802.11n
Wireless Mesh Networks , IEEE INFOCOM 2013, IEEE TMC 2013
CCACK: Efficient Network Coding Based Opportunistic Routing Through Cumulative Coded Acknowledgments , IEEE INFOCOM 2010, IEEE/ACM ToN 2011
Pacifier : High-Throughput, Reliable
Multicast without "Crying Babies" in Wireless Mesh Networks, IEEE INFOCOM 2010, IEEE/ACM ToN 2012
TDM MAC Protocol Design and Implementation for Wireless Mesh Networks , ACM CoNEXT 2008
How To Evaluate Exotic Wireless Routing Protocols? ,
ACM HotNets 2008
Practical Service Provisioning
for Wireless Meshes , ACM CoNEXT 2007
Team
Postdoc
PhD Students
MS Students
PhD Graduates
Li Sun (PhD 2017, Best CSE PhD Dissertation Award 2017, VMware, Inc.)
Ramanujan Kotikanyakadanam Sheshadri (PhD 2018, Nokia Bell Labs)
Swetank Kumar Saha (PhD 2019, Best CSE PhD Dissertation Award 2019, Apple Inc.)
Shivang Aggarwal (PhD 2022, Outstanding PhD Research Award -- Northeastern University College of Engineering 2022, HP Labs)
MS Graduates (Thesis)
Birender Singh (MS February 2020, Zscaler)
Moinak Ghoshal (MS May 2022, PhD student at NU)
Teaching
Courses at NU
EECE 7374: Fundamentals of Networks (Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021).
EECE 2540: Fundamentals of Networks (Fall 2021).
EECE 7398: Wireless Network Systems and Applications (Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021).
Courses at UB
CSE 501 Introduction to Graduate Study in Computer Science & Engineering (Fall 2020, Fall 2019).
CSE 489/589 Modern Networking Concepts (Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012).
CSE 709 Seminar: Selected Topics in Wireless Networkings (Fall 2018).
CSE 709 Seminar: Millimeter-wave networking, sensing, and applications (Fall 2017, Spring 2017).
CSE 630 Advanced Wireless Networking Concepts (Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012).
CSE 709 Selected Topics in Cellular Networking (Spring 2016).
CSE 701/708 Seminar: Advanced Topics in Wireless Networks (Fall 2011, Spring 2011).
Software/Datasets
Software
MPTCP : MPTCP source code for a ROG Phone 2,
from our WiNTECH 2021 paper .
MuSher : Source code of our Musher MPTCP scheduler and a set of MPTCP instrumentation tools
from our MobiCom 2019 paper .
Networking Programming Assignments : a set of three networking programming assignments , along with an automated tester/grader,
available to both students and instructors. The assignments have been used in CSE 489/589 , a joint senior undergraduate/introductory graduate
class at UB.
Pacifier :
An application-layer implementation of our reliable, high-throughput multicast
protocol (presented at INFOCOM 2009 )
and the MORE protocol in Linux.
Datasets
Cellular dataset under driving from our IMC 2023 paper .
Uplink 5G mmWave dataset from our 5G-MeMU 2022 paper .
60 GHz MIMO dataset from our SIGMETRICS 2022 paper .
Multi-user AR over 5G dataset from our PAM 2022 paper .
60 GHz throuphput prediction dataset from our PAM 2021 paper . (Best Dataset Award )
60 GHz smartphone dataset from our INFOCOM 2021 paper .
60 GHz link adaptation dataset from our CoNEXT 2020 paper and MSWiM 2020 paper .
MPTCP performance characterization over 802.11ad/802.11ac dataset from our MobiCom 2019 paper .
X60 dataset (SNR, Impulse Response, Power Delay Profile, RSSI, Throughput, Phase, etc.) from our COMCOM 2018 paper .
WiFi dataset (scan results and connection status collected using the PhoneLab
smartphone testbed) from our INFOCOM 2016 paper .
Awards
Best Paper Award, IEEE GLOBECOM 2023.
Outstanding PC Member Award, ACM MobiCom 2022.
Best Paper Award, ACM WiNTECH 2022.
Best Dataset Award, PAM 2021.
UB CSE Outstanding Service Award, December 2020.
UB CSE Senior Researcher of the Year Award, December 2019.
Best Paper Award, ACM mmNets 2019.
IEEE Region 1 Technological Innovation (Academic) Award, September 2019.
UB Teaching Innovation Award, June 2018.
Distinguished TPC Member Award, IEEE INFOCOM 2018, 2017.
UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Senior Teacher of the Year Award, December 2017.
Best Paper Award Runner-Up, ACM CoNEXT 2017.
Best Paper Award Runner-Up, ACM WiNTECH 2017.
Best Paper Award, IEEE WCNC 2017.
NSF CAREER Award, February 2016.
UB CSE Early Career Faculty Teaching Award, December 2015.
UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Early Career Researcher of the Year Award, November 2015.
1st place in ACM Student Research Competition (SRC), MobiCom 2009.
3rd place in ACM Student Research Competition (SRC), MobiCom 2008.
Best Paper Award, SENSORCOMM 2007.
Professional
Service
Senior member of IEEE, ACM, member of USENIX, ACM SIGMOBILE, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Communications Society.
Steering Committee Member, ACM WiNTECH, December 2016 - present.
Steering Committee Member, ACM mmNets, November 2018 - present.
Editorial Board
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC ), Associate Editor, February 2017 - present.
IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC ), Guest Editor, Special Issue on "Millimeter Wave Networking ", 2019.
IEEE Networking Letters (LNET ), Editor, June 2018 - December 2021.
Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks (AHSWN ), Old City Publishing, 2011 - 2015.
General Co-Chair
TPC Co-Chair
Area/Track TPC Chair
IEEE ICNP 2024 .
IEEE ICDCS 2024 , Distributed Applications, Crowdsourcing and Video Analytics.
IEEE ICCCN 2024 , Network and Communication Architectures, Algorithms, Protocols, and Evaluation Track.
IEEE ICNP 2023 .
IEEE ICNP 2022 .
IEEE MASS 2022 , Emerging Technologies Track.
IEEE INFOCOM 2022 .
IEEE MASS 2021 , Experimental Evaluation and Testbeds Track.
IEEE ICNP 2021 .
IEEE MASS 2018 , Experimental Evaluation and Testbeds Track.
IEEE ICCCN 2018 , Wireless LAN, Ad Hoc, and Mesh Networks (WAM) Track.
Workshop Co-organizer/Co-Chair
MobiJob Event Chair, ACM MobiCom 2023 .
Workshop Co-Chair, IEEE WoWMoM 2019 .
SRC Chair, ACM MobiCom 2017 .
Posters/Demos Co-Chair, ACM MobiSys 2017 .
Student Travel Grants Chair/Co-Chair, ACM MobiSys 2018 , ACM MobiCom 2014 , ACM SIGCOMM 2014 .
Publicity Co-Chair, IEEE WoWMoM 2018 , ACM WiNTECH 2014 , IEEE MASS 2012 .
TPC Member
2024: ACM MobiSys , ACM IMC , ACM CoNEXT , IEEE INFOCOM , ACM SEC , IEEE WoWMoM , IFIP Networking .
2023: ACM MobiCom , ACM CoNEXT , IEEE INFOCOM , ACM PAM , IFIP Networking , IEEE PerCom .
2022: ACM MobiCom , ACM WWW , IEEE WoWMoM , IFIP Networking .
2021: ACM CoNEXT , IEEE INFOCOM , ACM WWW , IEEE ICDCS , IFIP WONS .
2020: IEEE INFOCOM , IEEE ICDCS , IEEE WoWMoM , IFIP Networking .
2019: ACM CoNEXT , IEEE INFOCOM , IEEE ICDCS , IEEE SECON , IEEE WoWMoM , IFIP Networking .
2018: ACM MobiCom , IEEE INFOCOM , IEEE ICDCS , IEEE SECON , IEEE WoWMoM , IFIP Networking , IEEE/IFIP WONS .
2017: ACM MobiCom , IEEE INFOCOM , IEEE ICDCS , IEEE SECON , IEEE WoWMoM , IFIP Networking , IEEE/ACM IWQoS , IEEE/IFIP WONS .
2016: ACM MobiCom , IEEE INFOCOM , IEEE ICDCS , IEEE SECON , IEEE WoWMoM , IFIP Networking ,
IEEE/ACM IWQoS , IEEE ICCCN , IEEE/IFIP WONS .
2015: IEEE INFOCOM , IEEE SECON , IEEE WoWMoM ,
IFIP Networking , IEEE/ACM IWQoS , IEEE ICCCN , IEEE ICNC .
2014: IEEE INFOCOM , IEEE ICNP ,
IEEE SECON , IEEE WoWMoM ,
IFIP Networking , IEEE/ACM IWQoS , IEEE/IFIP WONS ,
IEEE ICNC .
2013: IEEE INFOCOM , ACM CoNEXT , IEEE SECON ,
IEEE WoWMoM , IEEE MASS , IFIP Networking , IEEE/IFIP WONS , IEEE VTC-Spring .
2012: IEEE INFOCOM , IEEE SECON ,
IEEE WoWMoM , IEEE IWQoS , IEEE ICNC .
2011: IEEE ICDCS ,
IEEE WoWMoM ,
IEEE IWQoS , IEEE VTC-Fall .
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