Daniel E. Lucani

PhD. Candidate
Research Laboratory for Electronics

Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

dlucani at mit dot edu

 

Research

I am working with Prof. Muriel Médard and Prof. Milica Stojanovic on network coding and underwater acoustic communications and networks.

Research Interests

  • Network coding.
  • Underwater acoustic communications and networks
  • Wireless communications and networks.
  • Scaling laws of wireless networks.

Education

  • M.S. (Honors), Electronics Engineering (Communications), Universidad Simón Bolívar, 2006.
  • B.S. (Honors), Electronics Engineering, Universidad Simón Bolívar, 2005.

 

Journal Publications

 

1.      LUCANI, D., MÉDARD, M., STOJANOVIC, M., “Underwater Acoustic Networks: Channel Models and Network Coding based Lower Bound to Transmission Power for Multicast”, IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 26, Issue 9, pp. 1708 - 1719, December 2008.

 

2.      LUCANI, D., MÉDARD, M., STOJANOVIC, M., “Capacity Scaling Laws for Underwater Networks”, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

 

3.      LUCANI, D., MÉDARD, M., STOJANOVIC, M., “On Coding for Delay - New Approaches Based on Network Coding in Networks with Large Latency,” in preparation for submission to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

Conference Publications

 

1.      LUCANI, D., MÉDARD, M., STOJANOVIC, M., “Random Linear Network Coding for Time Division Duplexing: Field Size Considerations", accepted to GLOBECOM 2009, Hawaii, USA, Dec. 2009.

 

2.      LUCANI, D., MÉDARD, M., STOJANOVIC, M., KARGER, D. R., “Sharing Information in Time-Division Duplexing Channels: A Network Coding Approach", in Proc. 47th annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, Illinois, USA, Sept. 2009.

 

3.      LUCANI, D., FITZEK, F. H. P., MÉDARD, M., STOJANOVIC, M., “Network Coding For Data Dissemination: It Is Not What You Know, But What Your Neighbors Don’t Know,” in Proc. Fifth Workshop on Resource Allocation, Cooperation and Competition in Wireless Networks (RAWNET/WNC), Seoul, Korea, Jun. 2009.

 

4.      LUCANI, D., MÉDARD, M., STOJANOVIC, M., “Broadcasting in Time-Division Duplexing: A Random Linear Network Coding Approach," in Proc. NetCod 2009, Lausanne, Switzerland, Jun. 2009.

 

5.      LUCANI, D., MÉDARD, M., STOJANOVIC, M., “Random Linear Network Coding for Time Division Duplexing: Queueing Analysis," in Proc. ISIT 2009, Seoul, Korea, Jun. 2009.

 

6.      LUCANI, D., STOJANOVIC, M., MÉDARD, M., “Random Linear Network Coding for Time Division Duplexing: Energy Analysis," in Proc.  ICC 2009, Dresden, Germany, Jun. 2009.

 

7.      LUCANI, D., STOJANOVIC, M., MÉDARD, M., “Random Linear Network Coding for Time Division Duplexing: When To Stop Talking And Start Listening," in Proc. INFOCOM 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Apr. 2009.

 

8.      LUCANI, D., MÉDARD, M., STOJANOVIC, M., “On Coding for Delay - New Approaches Based on Network Coding in Networks with Large Latency,” in Proc. ITA Workshop, San Diego, Feb., 2009.

 

9.      LUCANI, D., MÉDARD, M., STOJANOVIC, M., “A Lower Bound to Transmission Power for Multicast in Underwater Networks using Network Coding,” in Proc. of the IEEE ISITA 2008, Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 2008.

 

10.      LUCANI, D., MÉDARD, M., STOJANOVIC, M., “Capacity Scaling Laws for Underwater Networks,” in Proc. 42nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, California, USA, Oct. 2008.

 

11.      LUCANI, D., STOJANOVIC, M., MÉDARD, M., “On the Relationship between Transmission Power and Capacity of an Underwater Acoustic Communication Channel,” in Proc. IEEE Oceans 2008, Kobe, Japan, April. 2008.

 

12.      LUCANI, D., MÉDARD, M., STOJANOVIC, M., “Network Coding Schemes for Underwater Networks: The Benefits of Implicit Acknowledgement,” in Proc. ACM WUWnet 2007, Montréal, Canada, Sept. 2007.

 

13.      LUCANI, D., BADRA, R., BIANCHI, C. M., “Increasing VoIP capacity on WiFi networks through the use of the FAIR algorithm for MAC,” in Proc. 66th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference. Baltimore, USA, Sept. 2007.

 

14.  LUCANI, D., CATALDO, G., CRUZ, J., WONG, S., VILLEGAS, G. “A portable ECG monitoring device with Bluetooth and Holter capabilities for telemedicine applications,” in Proc. of the 28th IEEE EMBS Annual International Conference. New York, USA. Aug. 2006.

 

15.  BOADAS, L., CATALDO, G., HARIMA, K., LUCANI, D., URBANO, L. “The use of ICT as supporting tool in Basic Electronics Laboratory for engineers: experience of its practical application,” in Proc. International Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation Symposium, Maribor, Slovenia, Jun. 2006.  

 

16.  LUCANI, D., CATALDO, G., CRUZ, J., MEDINA, E., VILLEGAS, G. “Tele-Electrocardiógrafo Inalámbrico,” in Proc. II Venezuelan Bioengineering Conference. Mérida, Venezuela. Jul. 2004.