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The Query/Hit Model for Sequential Hypothesis Testing
Mahshad Shariatnasab, Stefano Rini, Farhad Shirani +1
This work introduces the Query/Hit (Q/H) learning model. The setup consists of two agents. One agent, Alice, has access to a streaming source, while the other, Bob, does not have d…
CorBin-FL: A Differentially Private Federated Learning Mechanism using Common Randomness
Hojat Allah Salehi, Md Jueal Mia, S. Sandeep Pradhan +2
Federated learning (FL) has emerged as a promising framework for distributed machine learning. It enables collaborative learning among multiple clients, utilizing distributed data…
On Non-Interactive Simulation of Distributed Sources with Finite Alphabets
Hojat Allah Salehi, Farhad Shirani
This work presents a Fourier analysis framework for the non-interactive source simulation (NISS) problem. Two distributed agents observe a pair of sequences and drawn a…
Non-Linear Analog Processing Gains in Task-Based Quantization
Marian Temprana Alonso, Farhad Shirani, Neil Irwin Bernardo +1
In task-based quantization, a multivariate analog signal is transformed into a digital signal using a limited number of low-resolution analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). This pro…
Quantum Advantage in Non-Interactive Source Simulation
Hojat Allah Salehi, Farhad Shirani, S. Sandeep Pradhan
This work considers the non-interactive source simulation problem (NISS). In the standard NISS scenario, a pair of distributed agents, Alice and Bob, observe a distributed binary m…
The Privacy-Utility Tradeoff in Rank-Preserving Dataset Obfuscation
Mahshad Shariatnasab, Farhad Shirani, S. Sitharma Iyengar
Dataset obfuscation refers to techniques in which random noise is added to the entries of a given dataset, prior to its public release, to protect against leakage of private inform…
On Non-Interactive Source Simulation via Fourier Transform
Farhad Shirani, Mohsen Heidari
The non-interactive source simulation (NISS) scenario is considered. In this scenario, a pair of distributed agents, Alice and Bob, observe a distributed binary memoryless source $…
Non-Linear Analog Processing in MIMO Systems with Coarse Quantization
Marian Temprana Alonso, Xuyang Liu, Hamidreza Aghasi +1
Analog to digital converters (ADCs) are a major contributor to the power consumption of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) receivers in large bandwidth millimeter-wave systems.…
Optimal Fault-Tolerant Data Fusion in Sensor Networks: Fundamental Limits and Efficient Algorithms
Marian Temprana Alonso, Farhad Shirani, S. Sitharama Iyengar
Distributed estimation in the context of sensor networks is considered, where distributed agents are given a set of sensor measurements, and are tasked with estimating a target var…
Quantifying the Capacity Gains in Coarsely Quantized SISO Systems with Nonlinear Analog Operators
Farhad Shirani, Hamidreza Aghasi
The power consumption of high-speed, high-resolution analog to digital converters (ADCs) is a limiting factor in implementing large-bandwidth mm-wave communication systems. A mitig…
Lattices from Linear Codes: Source and Channel Networks
Farhad Shirani, S. Sandeep Pradhan
In this paper, we consider the information-theoretic characterization of the set of achievable rates and distortions in a broad class of multiterminal communication scenarios with…
Privacy Limits in Power-Law Bipartite Networks under Active Fingerprinting Attacks
M. Shariatnasab, F. Shirani, Z. Anwar
This work considers the fundamental privacy limits under active fingerprinting attacks in power-law bipartite networks. The scenario arises naturally in social network analysis, tr…
MIMO Systems with One-bit ADCs: Capacity Gains using Nonlinear Analog Operations
Farhad Shirani, Hamidreza Aghasi
Analog to Digital Converters (ADCs) are a major contributor to the energy consumption on the receiver side of millimeter-wave multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems with lar…
MIMO Networks with One-Bit ADCs: Receiver Design and Communication Strategies
Abbas Khalili, Farhad Shirani, Elza Erkip +1
High resolution analog to digital converters (ADCs) are conventionally used at the receiver terminals to store an accurate digital representation of the received signal, thereby al…
Fundamental Privacy Limits in Bipartite Networks under Active Attacks
Mahshad Shariatnasab, Farhad Shirani, Elza Erkip
This work considers active deanonymization of bipartite networks. The scenario arises naturally in evaluating privacy in various applications such as social networks, mobility netw…
On Graph Matching Using Generalized Seed Side-Information
Mahshad Shariatnasab, Farhad Shirani, Siddharth Garg +1
In this paper, matching pairs of stocahstically generated graphs in the presence of generalized seed side-information is considered. The graph matching problem emerges naturally in…
A Concentration of Measure Approach to Correlated Graph Matching
Farhad Shirani, Siddharth Garg, Elza Erkip
The graph matching problem emerges naturally in various applications such as web privacy, image processing and computational biology. In this paper, graph matching is considered un…
On the Joint Typicality of Permutations of Sequences of Random Variables
Farhad Shirani, Siddharth Garg, Elza Erkip
Permutations of correlated sequences of random variables appear naturally in a variety of applications such as graph matching and asynchronous communications. In this paper, the as…
A New Achievable Rate-Distortion Region for Distributed Source Coding
Farhad Shirani, S. Sandeep Pradhan
In this work, lossy distributed compression of pairs of correlated sources is considered. Conventionally, Shannon's random coding arguments -- using randomly generated unstructured…
Opportunistic Temporal Fair Mode Selection and User Scheduling for Full-duplex Systems
Shahram Shahsavari, Farhad Shirani, Mohammad A Khojastepour +1
In-band full-duplex (FD) communications - enabled by recent advances in antenna and RF circuit design - has emerged as one of the promising techniques to improve data rates in wire…
On the Rates of Convergence in Learning of Optimal Temporally Fair Schedulers
Farhad Shirani, Shahram Shahsavari, Elza Erkip
Multi-user schedulers are designed to achieve optimal average system utility (e.g. throughput) subject to a set of fairness criteria. In this work, scheduling under temporal fairne…
On Multiterminal Communication over MIMO Channels with One-bit ADCs at the Receivers
Abbas Khalili, Farhad Shirani, Elza Erkip +1
The fundamental limits of communication over multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks are considered when a limited number of one-bit analog to digital converters (ADC) are u…
Tradeoff Between Delay and High SNR Capacity in Quantized MIMO Systems
Abbas Khalili, Farhad Shirani, Elza Erkip +1
Analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are a major contributor to the power consumption of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication systems with large number of antennas. U…
On the Fundamental Limits of Multi-user Scheduling under Short-term Fairness Constraints
Shahram Shahsavari, Farhad Shirani, Elza Erkip
In the conventional information theoretic analysis of multiterminal communication scenarios, it is often assumed that all of the distributed terminals use the communication channel…