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Meisam Razaviyayn

Room 260, Packard Building E-mail: meisamr@stanford.edu 350 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-9515

Contact Information Research

Interests . Large scale data driven optimization problems

. Data driven problems in bioinformatics and biostatistics

. Theoretical analysis of multi-block and stochastic optimization methods . Computational issues in data communication and signal processing area

Education . Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Minor in Computer Science) University of Minnesota, September 2008 - May 2014

- Thesis: Successive Convex Approximation: Analysis and Applications - GPA: 4.0/4.0

- Advisor: Tom Luo

. M.S. in Electrical Engineering

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2014 - GPA: 4.0/4.0

- Advisor: Tom Luo . M.S. in Mathematics

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, 2013

- Thesis: Transceiver Design and Interference Alignment in Wireless Networks:

Complexity and Solvability - GPA: 4.0/4.0

- Advisor: Gennady Lyubeznik . B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, June 2008 - with 45 extra credits from Mathematics department

Appointments . Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Stanford University, September 2014 - Present - Advisor: David Tse

Honors and

Achievements . Honorable Mention of Best Dissertation Award, University of Minnesota, 2015 . Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award, December 2014 . Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2013 . One of the Three Finalists of the Best Paper Prize for Young Researcher in Contin-

uous Optimization, ICCOPT 2013

. Paper Shortlisted for Best Student Paper Award, SPAWC 2010

. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Fellowship, University of Min- nesota, Twin Cities, MN, 2008-2009

. Silver Medal Recipient in 20th National Mathematics Olympiad, Summer 2002

Graduate Level Coursework

. Electrical Engineering Department: Introduction to Nonlinear Optimization, Digital Communication, Information Theory and Coding, Detection and Estimation Theory, Adaptive Digital Signal Processing, Optimization Theory, Wireless Com- munications

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. School of Mathematics: Graph Theory, Theory of Probability and Measure I, Theory of Probability and Measure II, Algebraic Geometry, Combinatorial Theory, Advanced Stochastic Processes (Audited)

. Computer Science Department: Advanced Algorithms and Data Structures, Matrix Theory, Machine Learning, Numerical Linear Algebra in Data Exploration, Functional Genomics, Systems Biology and Bioinformatics

. Department of Economics: Game Theory for Engineers

. Industrial and Systems Engineering Department: Financial Decision Making (Audited), Conic Optimization (Audited)

Publications

Book Chapters:

. J.-S. Pang and M. Razaviyayn, “A Unified Distributed Algorithms for Non-Cooperative Games,” in Big Data over Networks, S. Cui, A. Hero, Z.-Q. Luo, and J. M. F. Moura, Editors, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2015.

Journal Publications:

. M. Razaviyayn, J. Guo, E. Tseng, D. Tse, “CONVEX: De novo Transcriptome Error Correction by Convexification,” in preparation, 2015.

. M. Razaviyayn, M. Hong, Z.-Q. Luo, and J.-S. Pang, “A Unified Algorithmic Frame- work for Block-Structured Optimization Involving Big Data,” Accepted for publica- tion in January 2016 issue of IEEE Signal Processing Magazine.

. J.-S. Pang, M. Razaviyayn, and A. Alvarado “Computing B-Stationary Points of Nonsmooth DC Programs”, Submitted to Mathematics of Operations Research in August 2015.

. Q. Shi, M. Razaviyayn, M. Hong, Z.-Q. Luo “SINR Constrained Beamforming for a MIMO Multi-user Downlink System,” Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing in August 2015.

. H. Baligh, M. Hong, W.-C. Liao, Z.-Q. Luo, M. Razaviyayn, M. Sanjabi, R. Sun

“Cross-Layer Provision of Future Cellular Networks: A WMMSE-based approach”, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 31, no. 6 (2014), pp. 56-68. [The order of authors is alphabetical]

. M. Hong, T.-H. Chang, X. Wang, M. Razaviyayn, S. Ma, and Z.-Q. Luo “A Block Successive Upper-bound Minimization Method of Multipliers for Linearly Constrained Convex Optimization”, Submitted to SIAM Journal on Optimization in January 2014.

. M. Hong, Z.-Q. Luo, and M. Razaviyayn “Convergence Analysis of Alternating Di- rection Method of Multipliers for a Family of Nonconvex Problems”, Submitted to SIAM Journal on Optimization in October 2014.

. M. Razaviyayn, M. Sanjabi, and Z.-Q. Luo “Stochastic Successive Minimization Method for Nonsmooth Nonconvex Optimization with Applications to Transceiver Design in Wireless Communication Networks”, Submitted to Mathematical Program- ming Series B in August 2014.

. M. Sanjabi, M. Razaviyayn, and Z.-Q. Luo “Optimal Joint Base Station Assign- ment and Beamforming for Heterogeneous Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol 62, no. 8 (2014), pp. 1950-1961.

. M. Razaviyayn, H. Baligh, A. Callard, and Z.-Q. Luo, “Joint User Grouping and Transceiver Design in a MIMO Interfering Broadcast Channel,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 62, no. 1 (2014), pp. 85-94.

. M. Razaviyayn, M. Hong, Z.-Q. Luo “A Unified Convergence Analysis of Block Successive Minimization Methods for Nonsmooth Optimization”, SIAM Journal on Optimization (SIOPT), vol. 23, no. 2 (2013), pp. 1126-1153.

. M. Hong, Z. Xu, M. Razaviyayn, Z.-Q. Luo “Joint User Grouping and Linear Virtual

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Beamforming: Complexity, Algorithms and Approximation Bounds”, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 31, no. 10 (2013).

. M. Razaviyayn, L. Gennady, and Z.-Q. Luo, “On the Degrees of Freedom Achievable Through Interference Alignment in a MIMO Interference Channel,” IEEE Transac- tions on Signal Processing, vol. 60, no. 2 (2012), pp. 812-821.

. M. Razaviyayn, M. Hong, Z.-Q. Luo “Linear Transceiver Design for a MIMO In- terfering Broadcast Channel Achieving Max-Min Fairness”, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 93, no. 12 (2012), pp. 3327-3340.

. M. Razaviyayn, Z.-Q. Luo, P. Tseng, and J.-S. Pang, “A Stackelberg Game Approach to Distributed Spectrum Management,” Mathematical Programming Series B, 2011 . M. Razaviyayn, M. S. Boroujeni, Z.-Q. Luo “Linear Transceiver Design for Interfer- ence Alignment: Complexity and Computation”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 58, no. 5 (2012), pp. 2896-2910.

. Q. Shi, M. Razaviyayn, Z.-Q. Luo, C. He, “An Iteratively Weighted MMSE Ap- proach to Distributed Sum-Utility Maximization for a MIMO Interfering Broadcast Channel,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 59, no. 9 (2011), pp. 4331- 4340.

Conference Publications:

. M. Razaviyayn, F. Farnia, and D. Tse, “Inference and Feature Selection via Maximal Correlation,” Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), 2015.

. F. Farnia, M. Razaviyayn, S. Kannan, and D. Tse, “Minimum HGR Correlation Principle: From Marginals to Joint Distribution,” IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), 2015

. M. Razaviyayn, M. Hong, Z.-Q. Luo, and J.-S. Pang, “Parallel Successive Convex Approximation for Nonsmooth Nonconvex Optimization,” Advances in Neural In- formation Processing Systems (NIPS), 2014

. M. Sanjabi, M. Hong, M. Razaviyayn, and Z.-Q. Luo, “Joint Base Station Cluster- ing and Beamformer Design for Partial Coordinated Transmission using Statistical Channel State Information,” Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communica- tions (SPAWC), 2014

. M. Hong, T.-H. Chang, X. Wang, M. Razaviyayn, S. Ma, and Z.-Q. Luo, “A Block Coordinate Descent Method of Multipliers: Convergence Analysis and Ap- plications,” International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2014

. M. Razaviyayn, H.-W. Tseng, and Z.-Q. Luo, “Dictionary Learning for Sparse Rep- resentation: Complexity and Algorithms,” International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2014

. X. Wang, M. Hong, T.-H. Chang, M. Razaviyayn, and Z.-Q. Luo, “Joint Day-Ahead Power Procurement and Load Scheduling Using Stochastic Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers,” International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2014

. M. Razaviyayn, M. Sanjabi, and Z.-Q. Luo, “A Stochastic Weighted MMSE Ap- proach to Sum Rate Maximization for a MIMO Interference Channel,” Signal Pro- cessing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), 2013

. M. Hong, M. Razaviyayn, R. Sun, and Z.-Q. Luo, “Joint Transceiver Design and Base Station Clustering for Heterogeneous Networks,” Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, 2012 (invited)

. Q. Shi, M. Razaviyayn, M. Hong, and Z.-Q. Luo, “SINR Constrained Beamform- ing for a MIMO Multi-user Downlink System,” Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, 2012 (invited)

. M. Sanjabi, M. Razaviyayn, Z.-Q. Luo, “Optimal Joint Base Station Assignment and Downlink Beamforming for Heterogeneous Networks,” International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2012

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. M. Razaviyayn, M. Hong, and Z.-Q. Luo, “Linear Transceiver Design for a Mimo Interfering Broadcast Channel Achieving Max-Min Fairness,” Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, 2011, (invited)

. M. Razaviyayn, H. Baligh, A. Callard, Z.-Q. Luo, “Joint Transceiver Design and User Grouping in a MIMO Interfering Broadcast Channel,” 45th Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, 2011

. Q. Shi, M. Razaviyayn, Z.-Q. Luo, C. He, “An Iteratively Weighted MMSE Ap- proach to Distributed Sum-Utility Maximization for a MIMO Interfering Broadcast Channel,” Accepted to International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2011

. M. Razaviyayn, Y. H. Morin, and Z.-Q. Luo “A Stackelberg Game Approach to Distributed Spectrum Management,” International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2010

. M. Razaviyayn, M. S. Boroujeni, Z.-Q. Luo “Linear Transceiver Design for Inter- ference Alignment: Complexity and Computation,” Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), 2010 (Shortlisted for SPAWC 2010s Best Stu- dent Paper Award)

. J. Lei, M. Razaviyayn, E. Song, Z.-Q. Luo, F. Y. Li “Power Allocation in Multi- Channel Cognitive Radio Networks with Channel Assembling,” Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), 2011

. M. Razaviyayn, L. Gennady, and Z.-Q. Luo, “On the Degrees of Freedom Achievable Through Interference Alignment in a MIMO Interference Channel,” Signal Process- ing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), 2011

. M. Khosravifard, M. Razaviyayn, and T.A. Gulliver, “On the Overall Performance of the Uniform Code, IEEE-GCC Conference on Innovative Engineering for Sus- tainable Environment, 2009

. M. Khosravifard, M. Razaviyayn, H. Narimani, and T.A. Gulliver, “The Overall Performance of the Shannon Code,” Proceedings International Symposium on In- formation Theory and Applications, 2008

Work

Experiences . Research Assistant at the University of Southern California, Daniel J. Ep- stein, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, June 2014-August 2014 Algorithm design for non-convex optimizations and non-convex game models . Research Intern at Huawei Technologies, Chicago, IL, June 2010-August 2010

Transceiver design in the physical layer and user grouping in multicell networks

Patents . M. Razaviyayn, H. Baligh, A. Callard, and Z.-Q. Luo, “System and Method for Transceiver Design”, US patent filed, 2012

. Z.-Q. Luo, H. Baligh, and M. Razaviyayn, “System and Method for Transceivers in a Wireless Network”, US patent filed, 2013

. M. Razaviyayn, H. Baligh, A. Callard, and Z.-Q. Luo, “Robust Transceiver Design”, US patent filed, 2013

. R. Sun, M. Hong, M. Baligh, Z.-Q. Luo, and M. Razaviyayn, “System and Method for Transmission Point (TP) Association and Beamforming Assignment in Hetero- geneous Networks”, US patent filed, 2013

Teaching

Experiences . Guest Lecturer for Statistical Methods in Electrical and Computer En- gineering, University of Minnesota, Fall 2013

. Guest Lecturer for Introduction to Nonlinear Optimization, University of Minnesota, Fall 2012

. Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Nonlinear Optimization, University

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of Minnesota, Fall 2011

. Teaching Assistant for Detection and Estimation Theory, University of Min- nesota, Spring 2011

. Teaching Assistant for Probability and Stochastic Processes, University of Minnesota, Fall 2010

. Teaching Mathematics in Isfahan Math House, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

. Teaching Assistant for Signals and System Course, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, Spring 2007

. Instructor of Combinatorics, A training course in combinatorics for NODET students, Isfahan Math House, Isfahan, Iran, 2005-2006

Professional

Service . Reviewer:

Journals:

. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing; IEEE Transactions on Information Theory; IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications; IEEE Transactions on Communications; IEEE Transactions on Networking; IEEE Journal on Se- lected Areas in Communications; IEEE Signal Processing Letters; IEEE Com- munications Letters; IEEE Wireless Communication Letters; Signal Processing - EURASIP; EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing; Mathemat- ics of Operations Research; SIAM Journal on Optimization; Pacific Journal of Optimization

Conferences:

. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory; IEEE International Con- ference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing; Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications; International Symposium on Wireless Communi- cation Systems; IEEE International Conference on Communications - Wireless Communications Symposium

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