Journal Papers:    (In chronological order)

1. F. Alajaji and T. Fuja, ``The Performance of Focused Error Control Codes,'' IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 42, pp. 272-280, February 1994.   PDF

2. F. Alajaji and T. Fuja, ``A Communication Channel Modeled on Contagion,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 40, pp. 2035-2041, November 1994.   PDF

3. F. Alajaji, ``Feedback Does Not Increase the Capacity of Discrete Channels with Additive Noise,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 41, pp. 546-549, March 1995.   PDF

4. P.-N. Chen and F. Alajaji, ``Strong Converse, Feedback Capacity and Hypothesis Testing,'' Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Vol. 18, pp. 777-785, November 1995.   PS

5. F. Alajaji, N. Phamdo, N. Farvardin, and T. Fuja, ``Detection of Binary Markov Sources Over Channels with Additive Markov Noise,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 230-239, January 1996.   PDF

6. F. Alajaji, N. Phamdo, and T. Fuja, ``Channel Codes That Exploit the Residual Redundancy in CELP-Encoded Speech,'' IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing , Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 325-336, September 1996.   PDF

7. N. Phamdo, F. Alajaji, and N. Farvardin, ``Quantization of Memoryless and Gauss-Markov Sources Over Binary Markov Channels,'' IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 668-675, June 1997.   PDF

8. P. Burlina and F. Alajaji, ``An Error Resilient Scheme for Image Transmission Over Noisy Channels with Memory,'' IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 593-600, April 1998.   PDF

9. P.-N. Chen and F. Alajaji, ``Generalized Source Coding Theorems and Hypothesis Testing: Part I -- Information Measures,'' Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 283-292, May 1998.   PS

10. P.-N. Chen and F. Alajaji, ``Generalized Source Coding Theorems and Hypothesis Testing: Part II -- Operational Limits,'' Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Vol. 21, No.3, pp. 293-303, May 1998.   PS

11. F. Alajaji and N. Phamdo, ``Soft-Decision COVQ for Rayleigh Fading Channels,'' IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 162-164, June 1998.   PDF

12. P.-N. Chen and F. Alajaji, ``A Rate-Distortion Theorem for Arbitrary Discrete Sources,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 1666-1668, July 1998.   PDF

13. S. Al-Semari, F. Alajaji and T. Fuja, ``Sequence MAP Decoding of Trellis Codes for Gaussian and Rayleigh Channels,'' IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 1130-1140, July 1999.   PDF

14. A. Banerjee, P. Burlina and F. Alajaji, ``Image Segmentation and Labeling Using the Polya Urn Model,'' IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 8, No. 9, pp. 1243-1253, September 1999.   PDF

15. F. Alajaji, S. Al-Semari and P. Burlina, ``Visual Communication via Trellis Coding and Transmission Energy Allocation,'' IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 47, No. 11, pp. 1722-1728, November 1999.   PDF

16. P.-N. Chen and F. Alajaji, ``Optimistic Shannon Coding Theorems for Arbitrary Single-User Systems,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 45, No. 7, pp. 2623-2629, November 1999.   PS

17. H. Kuai, F. Alajaji and G. Takahara, ``A Lower Bound on the Probability of a Finite Union of Events,'' Discrete Mathematics, Vol. 215, pp. 147-158, March 2000.   PDF

18. F. Alajaji and N. Whalen, ``The Capacity-Cost Function of Discrete Additive Noise Channels with and without Feedback,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 1131-1140, May 2000.   PDF

19. N. Phamdo and F. Alajaji, ``Soft-Decision Demodulation Design for COVQ over White, Colored, and ISI Gaussian Channels,'' IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 48, No. 9, pp. 1499-1506, September 2000.   PDF

20. H. Kuai, F. Alajaji and G. Takahara, ``Tight Error Bounds for Non-Uniform Signaling over AWGN Channels,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 46, No. 7, pp. 2712-2718, November 2000.   PDF

21. P.-N. Chen and F. Alajaji, ``Csiszár's Cutoff Rates for Arbitrary Discrete Sources,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 330-338, January 2001.   PS

22. Z. Rached, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``Rényi's Divergence and Entropy Rates for Finite Alphabet Markov Sources,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 1553-1561, May 2001.   PDF

23. G.-C. Zhu and F. Alajaji, ``Soft-Decision COVQ for Turbo-Coded AWGN and Rayleigh Fading Channels,'' IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 257-259, June 2001.   PDF

24. F. Alajaji, P.-N. Chen and Z. Rached, ``A Note on the Poor-Verdú Upper Bound for the Channel Reliability Function,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 309-313, January 2002.   PDF

25. G.-C. Zhu and F. Alajaji, ``Turbo Codes for Non-Uniform Memoryless Sources over Noisy Channels,'' IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 64-66, February 2002.   PDF

26. M. Skoglund, N. Phamdo and F. Alajaji, ``Design and Performance of VQ-Based Hybrid Digital-Analog Joint Source-Channel Codes,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 708-720, March 2002.   PDF

27. A. Nazer and F. Alajaji, ``Unequal Error Protection and Source-Channel Decoding of CELP Speech,'' IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 38, No. 7, pp. 347-349, 28th March 2002.   PDF

28. G. Takahara, F. Alajaji, N. C. Beaulieu and H. Kuai, ``Constellation Mappings for Two-Dimensional Signaling of Non-Uniform Sources,'' IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 400-408, March 2003.   PDF

29. F. Alajaji, P.-N. Chen and Z. Rached, ``Csiszár's Cutoff Rates for the General Hypothesis Testing Problem,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 663-678, April 2004.   PDF

30. Z. Rached, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``The Kullback-Leibler Divergence Rate Between Markov Sources,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 917-921, May 2004.   PDF

31. G.-C. Zhu, F. Alajaji, J. Bajcsy and P. Mitran, ``Transmission of Non-Uniform Memoryless Sources via Non-Systematic Turbo Codes,'' IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 52, No. 8, pp. 1344-1354, August 2004.   PDF

32. L. Zhong, F. Alajaji and G. Takahara, ``Error Analysis for Nonuniform Signaling over Rayleigh Fading Channels,'' IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 39-43, January 2005.   PDF

33. F. Behnamfar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Image Transmission over the Polya Channel via Channel-Optimized Quantization,'' IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 728-733, February 2005.   PDF

34. Z. Raza, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Design of Sample Adaptive Product Quantizers for Noisy Channels,'' IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 576-580, April 2005.   PDF

35. F. Behnamfar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Tight Error Bounds for Space-Time Orthogonal Block Codes Under Slow Rayleigh Flat Fading,'' IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 53, No. 6, pp. 952-956, June 2005.   PDF

36. Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``On the Joint Source-Channel Coding Error Exponent for Discrete Memoryless Systems,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 1450-1468, April 2006.   PDF

37. G.-C. Zhu and F. Alajaji, ``Joint Source-Channel Turbo Coding for Binary Markov Sources,'' IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 1065-1075, May 2006.   PDF

38. M. Skoglund, N. Phamdo and F. Alajaji, ``Hybrid Digital-Analog Source-Channel Coding for Bandwidth Compression/Expansion,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 52, No. 8, pp. 3757-3763, August 2006.   PDF

39. F. Behnamfar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Channel-Optimized Quantization with Soft-Decision Demodulation for Space-Time Orthogonal Block-Coded Channels,'' IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 54, No. 10, pp. 3935-3946, October 2006.   PDF

40. F. Behnamfar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``An Efficient Algorithmic Lower Bound for the Error Rate of Linear Block Codes,'' IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 55, No. 6, pp. 1093-1098, June 2007.   PDF

41. L. Zhong, F. Alajaji and G. Takahara, ``A Binary Communication Channel with Memory Based on a Finite Queue,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 53, No. 8, pp. 2815-2840, August 2007.   PDF

42. Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``Joint Source-Channel Coding Error Exponent for Discrete Communication Systems with Markovian Memory,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 53, No. 12, pp. 4457-4472, December 2007.   PDF

43. L. Zhong, F. Alajaji and G. Takahara, ``A Model for Correlated Rician Fading Channels Based on a Finite Queue,'' IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 79-89, January 2008.   PDF

44. A. Cohen, F. Alajaji, N. Kashyap and G. Takahara, ``LP Decoding for Joint Source-Channel Codes and for the Non-Ergodic Polya Channel,'' IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 12, No. 9, pp. 678-680, September 2008.   PDF

45. F. Behnamfar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``MAP Decoding for Multi-Antenna Systems with Non-Uniform Sources: Exact Pairwise Error Probability and Applications,'' IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 242-254, January 2009.   PDF

46. H. Ebrahimzadeh Saffar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``COVQ for MAP Hard-Decision Demodulated Channels,'' IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 28-30, January 2009.   PDF

47. Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``Joint Source-Channel Coding Excess Distortion Exponent for Some Memoryless Continuous-Alphabet Systems,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 1296-1319, March 2009.   PDF

48. H. Al-Lawati and F. Alajaji, ``On Decoding Binary Perfect and Quasi-Perfect Codes Over Markov Noise Channels,'' IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 873-878, April 2009.   PDF

49. Y. Wang, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Hybrid Digital-Analog Coding with Bandwidth Compression for Gaussian Source-Channel Pairs, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 997-1012, April 2009.   PDF

50. Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``Error Exponents for Asymmetric Two-User Discrete Memoryless Source-Channel Coding Systems,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 55, No. 4, pp. 1497-1518, April 2009.   PDF

51. Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Random-Coding Lower Bounds for the Error Exponent of Joint Quantization and Watermarking Systems,'' IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 55, No. 7, pp. 3264-3283, July 2009.   PDF

52. C. Pimentel and F. Alajaji, ``Packet-Based Modeling of Reed-Solomon Block Coded Correlated Fading Channels via a Markov Finite Queue Model,'' IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 58, No. 7, pp. 3124-3136, September 2009.   PDF

Conference Papers:    (In reverse chronological order)

1. H. Behroozi, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Broadcasting Correlated Gaussian Sources with Bandwidth Expansion,'' Proceedings of the IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, October 2009.   PDF

2. N. Sen, F. Alajaji and S. Yüksel, ``Feedback Capacity of a Class of Symmetric Finite-State Markov Channels,'' Proceedings of the Forty-Seventh Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, Monticello, IL, September-October 2009.   PDF

3. B. Moore, G. Takahara and F. Alajaji, ``Pairwise Optimization of Modulation Constellations," Proceedings of the IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, Victoria, BC, August 2009.   PDF

4. H. Behroozi, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Hybrid Digital-Analog Joint-Source Channel Coding for Broadcasting Correlated Gaussian Sources,'' Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Seoul, Korea, June-July 2009.   PDF

5. C. Pimentel and F. Alajaji, ``A Discrete Channel Model for Capturing Memory and Soft-Decision Information: A Capacity Study,'' Proceedings of the Communications Theory Symposium, IEEE International Conference on Communications, Dresden, Germany, June 2009.   PDF

6. N. Sen, F. Alajaji and S. Yüksel, ``On the Feedback Capacity of a Discrete Non-Binary Noise Channel with Memory,'' Proceedings of the Eleventh Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Ottawa, May 2009.   PDF

7. H. Behroozi, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Does Analog Transmission Achieve OPTA in an Asymmetric Gaussian Sensor Network ?'' Proceedings of the Eleventh Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Ottawa, May 2009.   PDF

8. A. Cohen, F. Alajaji, N. Kashyap and G. Takahara, ``LP Decoding for Joint Source-Channel Codes and for the Non-Ergodic Polya Channel,'' Recent Results Poster Session, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Toronto, July 2008.   PDF

9. H. Behroozi, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``On the Optimal Power-Distortion Region for Asymmetric Gaussian Sensor Networks with Fading,'' Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Toronto, July 2008.   PDF

10. Y. Zhong, Y. Wang, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``On the Public Information Embedding Capacity Region Under Multiple Access Attacks,'' Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Toronto, July 2008.   PDF

11. C. Pimentel and F. Alajaji, ``Packet-Based Markov Modeling of Reed-Solomon Block Coded Correlated Fading Channels,'' Proceedings of the Ninth IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, Recife, Brazil, July 2008.   PDF

12. H. Ebrahimzadeh Saffar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Channel Optimized Vector Quantization Based on Maximum a Posteriori Hard Decision Demodulation,'' Proceedings of the 24th Biennial Symposium on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, June 2008.   PDF

13. H. Behroozi, J. Haghighat, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``On the Transmission of a Memoryless Gaussian Source Over a Memoryless Fading Channel,'' Proceedings of the 24th Biennial Symposium on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, June 2008.   PDF

14. H. Al-Lawati, F. Alajaji and C. Pimentel, ``When Can Interleaving Be Avoided for Reed-Solomon Coded Binary Markov Channels ?'' Proceedings of the IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, Victoria, BC, August 2007.   PDF

15. Y. Wang, Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``A Sufficient Condition for Private Information Hiding of Two Correlated Sources Under Multiple Access Attacks,'' Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Nice, France, June 2007.   PDF

16. Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``Error Exponents for Asymmetric Two-User Discrete Memoryless Source-Channel Systems,'' Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Nice, France, June 2007.   PDF

17. H. Al-Lawati and F. Alajaji, ``On Decoding Binary Quasi-Perfect Codes Over Markov Noise Channels,'' Proceedings of the Tenth Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Edmonton, June 2007.   PDF

18. Y. Wang, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``A Random Coding Error Exponent for Joint Quantization and Watermarking of Gaussian Sources Under Memoryless Gaussian Attacks,'' Proceedings of the Tenth Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Edmonton, June 2007.   PDF

19. Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``Source Side Information Can Increase the Joint Source-Channel Coding Error Exponent,'' Proceedings of the Tenth Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Edmonton, June 2007.   PDF

20. Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``On the Excess Distortion Exponent for Memoryless Gaussian Source-Channel Pairs,'' Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Seattle, July 2006.   PDF

21. Y. Wang, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Hybrid Digital-Analog Coding of Memoryless Gaussian Sources over AWGN Channels with Bandwidth Compression,'' Proceedings of the 23rd Biennial Symposium on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, May-June 2006.   PDF

22. Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``A Type Covering Lemma and the Excess Distortion Exponent for Coding Memoryless Laplacian Sources,'' Proceedings of the 23rd Biennial Symposium on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, May-June 2006.   PDF

23. F. Behnamfar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Improved Lower Bounds for the Error Rate of Linear Block Codes,'' Proceedings of the Fourty-Third Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, September 2005.   PDF

24. F. Behnamfar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Exact Pairwise Error Probability of Space-Time Codes under MAP Decoding with Applications,'' Proceedings of the Fourty-Third Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, September 2005.   PDF

25. L. Zhong, F. Alajaji and G. Takahara, ``A Queue-Based Model for Wireless Rayleigh Fading Channels with Memory,'' Proceedings of the IEEE 62nd Semiannual Vehicular Technology Conference, Fall 2005, Dallas, Texas, September 2005.   PS

26. Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``On the Joint Source-Channel Coding Error Exponent for Systems with Memory,'' Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Adelaide, Australia, September 2005.   PS

27. C. Nicola, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Decoding LDPC Codes Over Binary Channels with Additive Markov Noise,'' Proceedings of the Ninth Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Montreal, June 2005.   PS

28. Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``When Does Joint Source-Channel Coding Outperform Tandem Coding for Systems with Markovian Memory ?'' Proceedings of the Ninth Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Montreal, June 2005.   PS

29. Y. Wang, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Design of VQ-Based Hybrid Digital-Analog Joint Source-Channel Codes for Image Communication,'' Proceedings of the 2005 Data Compression Conference, Snowbird, Utah, March 2005.   PS

30. F. Behnamfar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Tight Bounds on the SER and BER of Space-Time Orthogonal Block Coded Channels Under MAP Decoding,'' Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications, Parma, Italy, October 2004.   PDF

31. F. Behnamfar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Transmission of Continuous-Alphabet Sources Over MIMO Channels,'' Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications, Parma, Italy, October 2004.   PDF

32. Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``On the Computation of the Joint Source-Channel Error Exponent for Memoryless Systems,'' Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Chicago, June-July 2004.   PS

33. L. Zhong, F. Alajaji and G. Takahara, ``An Approximation of the Gilbert-Elliott Channel via a Queue-Based Channel Model,'' Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Chicago, June-July 2004.   PS

34. Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``When Is Joint Source-Channel Coding Worthwhile: An Information Theoretic Perspective,'' Proceedings of the 22nd Biennial Symposium on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, June 2004.   PS

35. F. Behnamfar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Bonferroni-Type Bounds on the Frame and Bit Error Rates of Coded AWGN and Block Rayleigh Fading Channels,'' Proceedings of the 22nd Biennial Symposium on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, June 2004.   PS

36. L. Zhong, F. Alajaji and G. Takahara, ``A Queue-Based Model for Binary Communication Channels,'' Proceedings of the Forty-First Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, October 2003.   PS

37. F. Alajaji, P.-N. Chen and Z. Rached, ``Csiszár's Hypothesis Testing Reverse Cutoff Rate for General Sources with Memory,'' Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Yokohama, Japan, June-July 2003.   PS

38. F. Behnamfar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Error Analysis of Space-Time Codes for Slow Rayleigh Fading Channels,'' Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Yokohama, Japan, June-July 2003.   PS

39. G.-C. Zhu and F. Alajaji, ``Turbo Codes for Binary Markov Sources,'' Proceedings of the 2003 Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Waterloo, Ontario, May 2003.   PS

40. L. Zhong, F. Alajaji and G. Takahara, ``Performance Analysis for Nonuniform Signaling over Flat Rayleigh Channels,'' Proceedings of the 2003 Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Waterloo, Ontario, May 2003.   PS

41. F. Behnamfar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Soft-Decision COVQ Design for Space-Time Orthogonal Block Coded Channels,'' Proceedings of the 2003 Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Waterloo, Ontario, May 2003.   PS

42. F. Behnamfar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Performance Analysis of MAP Decoded Space-Time Orthogonal Block Codes for Non-Uniform Sources,'' Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Paris, France, March-April, 2003.   PS

43. G.-C. Zhu, F. Alajaji, J. Bajcsy and P. Mitran, ``Transmission of Non-Uniform Memoryless Sources over Wireless Fading Channels via Non-Systematic Turbo Codes,'' Proceedings of the Second IASTED International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications, Banff, Alberta, July 2002.   PS

44. F. Alajaji, P.-N. Chen and Z. Rached, ``Csiszár's Forward Cutoff Rate for Testing Between Two Arbitrary Sources,'' Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Lausanne, Switzerland, June-July 2002.   PS

45. L. Zhong, F. Alajaji and G. Takahara, ``A Comparative Study of Burst-Noise Communication Channel Models,'' Proceedings of the 21st Biennial Symposium on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, June 2002.   PS

46. F. Behnamfar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Image Coding for Binary Bursty Noise Channels,'' Proceedings of the 21st Biennial Symposium on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, June 2002.   PS

47. F. Behnamfar, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Progressive Image Communication over Binary Channels with Additive Bursty Noise,'' Proceedings of the Data Compression Conference, Snowbird, Utah, April 2002.   PS

48. Z. Rached, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``A Formula for the Divergence Rate Between Discrete Markov Sources,'' Proceedings of the Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, March 2002.   PS

49. G.-C. Zhu, F. Alajaji, J. Bajcsy and P. Mitran, ``Non-Systematic Turbo Codes for Non-Uniform I.I.D. Sources over AWGN Channels,'' Proceedings of the Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, March 2002.   PS

50. Z. Raza, F. Alajaji and T. Linder, ``Channel Optimized Sample Adaptive Product Quantization,'' Proceedings of the Thirty-Ninth Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, Monticello, IL, October 2001.   PS

51. G.-C. Zhu and F. Alajaji, ``Design of Turbo Codes for Non-Equiprobable Memoryless Sources,'' Proceedings of the Thirty-Ninth Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, Monticello, IL, October 2001.   PS

52. F. Alajaji, P.-N. Chen and Z. Rached, ``On the Poor-Verdú Conjecture for the Reliability Function of Channels with Memory,'' Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Washington DC, June 2001.   PS

53. M. Skoglund, N. Phamdo and F. Alajaji, ``Hybrid Digital-Analog Coding for Bandwidth Compression/Expansion Using VQ and Turbo Codes,'' Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Washington DC, June 2001.   PS

54. L. Zhong, F. Alajaji and G. Takahara, ``A Model for a Binary Burst-Noise Channel Based on a Finite Queue,'' Proceedings of the 2001 Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Vancouver, June 2001.   PS

55. Z. Rached, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``On the Rényi Divergence Rate for Finite Alphabet Markov Sources,'' Proceedings of the International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 2000.   PS

56. G.-C. Zhu and F. Alajaji, ``Soft-Decision COVQ Based on Turbo Codes,'' Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Turbo Codes, Brest, France, September 2000.   PS

57. P.-N. Chen and F. Alajaji, ``General Formulas for Csiszár's Source Coding Cutoff Rates,'' Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Sorrento, Italy, June 2000.   PDF

58. M. Skoglund, N. Phamdo and F. Alajaji, ``VQ-Based Hybrid Digital-Analog Joint Source-Channel Coding,'' Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Sorrento, Italy, June 2000.   PDF

59. G. Takahara, F. Alajaji, H. Kuai and N. C. Beaulieu, ``Constellation Mappings for Two-Dimensional Non-Uniform Signaling,'' Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Sorrento, Italy, June 2000.   PDF

60. H. Kuai, F. Alajaji and G. Takahara, ``Performance Bounds of Non-Uniform Signaling over AWGN Channels,'' Proceedings of CTMC'99, IEEE International Conference on Communications, Vancouver, June 1999.   PS

61. Z. Rached, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``Rényi's Entropy Rate for Discrete Markov Sources,'' Proceedings of the Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, March 1999.   PS

62. P.-N. Chen and F. Alajaji, ``On the Optimistic Capacity of Arbitrary Channels,'' Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, MIT, Boston, MA, August 1998.   PS

63. H. Kuai, F. Alajaji and G. Takahara, ``A Lower Bound on the Probability of a Finite Union of Events with Applications,'' Proceedings of the 19th Biennial Symposium on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, June 1998.   PS

64. A. Nazer and F. Alajaji, ``Source Optimized Channel Decoding and Unequal Error Protection of CELP Encoded Speech,'' Proceedings of the 19th Biennial Symposium on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, June 1998.   PS

65. A. Banerjee, P. Burlina and F. Alajaji, ``Contagion-Driven Image Segmentation and Labeling,'' Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision, Bombay, India, January 1998.   PDF

66. F. Alajaji and N. Phamdo, ``A Vector Quantizer for Additive White and Colored Gaussian Noise Channels,'' Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Ulm, Germany, June 1997.   PDF

67. F. Alajaji, S. Al-Semari and P. Burlina, ``An Unequal Error Protection Trellis Coding Scheme for Still Image Communication, '' Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Ulm, Germany, June 1997.   PDF

68. J. Cheng and F. Alajaji, ``Channel Optimized Quantization of Images Over Bursty Channels,'' Proceedings of the 1997 Canadian Workshop on Information Theory, Toronto, June 1997.   PS

69. A. Banerjee, P. Burlina and F. Alajaji, ``Image Segmentation and Labeling Using the Polya Urn Model'' Proceedings of the DARPA Image Understanding Workshop, New Orleans, LA, May 1997.   PS

70. F. Alajaji, P. Burlina and R. Chellappa, ``MAP Decoding of Gray-Level Images Over Binary Channels with Memory,'' Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 1996.   PDF

71. P.-N. Chen and F. Alajaji, ``Generalization of Information Measures,'' Proceedings of the International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications, Victoria, BC, September 1996.   PS

72. S. Al-Semari, F. Alajaji and T. Fuja, ``Sequence MAP Decoding of Trellis Codes for Gaussian and Rayleigh Channels,'' Proceedings of the International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications, Victoria, BC, September 1996.   PS

73. P.-N. Chen and F. Alajaji, ``The Reliability Function of Arbitrary Channels With and Without Feedback,'' Proceedings of the 18'th Biennial Symposium on Communications, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, June 1996.   PS

74. N. Phamdo and F. Alajaji, ``Performance of COVQ over AWGN/Rayleigh Channels with Soft-Decision BPSK Modulation,'' Proceedings of the Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, March 1996.   PS

75. N. Phamdo, F. Alajaji, S.-I. Chen, and T. Fuja, ``Source-Dependent Channel Coding of CELP Speech Over Land Mobile Radio Channels,'' Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Military Communications Conference, San Diego, CA, November 1995.   PDF

76. F. Alajaji, and P. Burlina, ``Image Modeling and Restoration Through Contagion Urn Schemes,'' Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Washington DC, October 1995.   PS

77. P. Burlina, F. Alajaji, and R. Chellappa, ``Transmission of Two-Tone Images Over Noisy Channels with Memory,'' Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Whistler, BC, September 1995.   PS

78. F. Alajaji, N. Phamdo, and T. Fuja, ``Channel Codes That Exploit the Residual Correlation in CELP-Encoded Speech,'' Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Whistler, BC, September 1995.   PDF

79. P.-N. Chen and F. Alajaji, ``Strong Converse, Feedback Capacity and Hypothesis Testing,'' Proceedings of the Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, March 1995.   PS

80. F. Alajaji and T. Fuja, ``Effect of Feedback on the Capacity of Discrete Additive Channels with Memory,'' Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Trondheim, Norway, June 1994.   PDF

81. F. Alajaji, N. Phamdo, N. Farvardin, and T. Fuja, ``MAP Detection of Binary Sources Over Discrete Markov Channels,'' Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Trondheim, Norway, June 1994.   PDF

82. F. Alajaji and T. Fuja, ``Feedback Can Increase the Capacity-Cost Function of Discrete Channels with Memory,'' Proceedings of the Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, March 1994.   PS

83. N. Phamdo, F. Alajaji, N. Farvardin, and T. Fuja, ``Quantization of Memoryless Sources Over Discrete Markov Channels,'' Proceedings of the Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, March 1994.   PS

84. F. Alajaji, ``Feedback Capacity of Discrete Additive Channels,'' Proceedings of the Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, March 1993.   PS

85. F. Alajaji and T. Fuja, ``A Communication Channel Modeled By the Spread of Disease,'' Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, San Antonio, Texas, USA, January 1993.   PDF

86. T. Fuja and F. Alajaji, ``The Rate/Performance Tradeoffs of Focused Error Control Codes,'' Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, San Diego, CA, January 1990.   PS

Technical Reports:    (In reverse chronological order)

1. Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``On the Joint Source-Channel Coding Excess Distortion Exponent for Memoryless Continuous-Alphabet Systems,'' Mathematics and Engineering Technical Report, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, July 2008.   PDF (500 KB)

2. H. Al-Lawati, F. Alajaji and C. Pimentel, ``Performance of Interleaved Non-Binary Block Codes Over Binary Channels with Memory,'' Mathematics and Engineering Technical Report, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, September 2007.   PDF (200 KB)

3. Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``Coding Error Exponents for Asymmetric Two-User Discrete Memoryless Source-Channel Systems,'' Mathematics and Engineering Technical Report, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, March 2007.   PDF (350 KB)

4. Y. Zhong, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``On the Joint Source-Channel Coding Error Exponent for Discrete Memoryless Systems: Computation and Comparison with Separate Coding,'' Mathematics and Engineering Technical Report, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, December 2005.   PDF (750 KB)

5. Z. Rached, F. Alajaji and L. L. Campbell, ``A Formula for the Kullback-Leibler Divergence Rate Between Discrete Markov Sources,'' Mathematics and Engineering Technical Report, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, November 2003.   PS (275 KB)

6. F. Alajaji, P.-N. Chen and Z. Rached, ``Csiszár's Hypothesis Testing Cutoff Rates for Arbitrary Sources with Memory,'' Mathematics and Engineering Technical Report, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, December 2002.   PS (550 KB)

7. G. Takahara, F. Alajaji, N. C. Beaulieu and H. Kuai, ``Mappings for Signaling of Non-Uniform Sources in Two-Dimensional Fixed Constellations,'' Mathematics and Engineering Technical Report, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, February 2001.

8. J. Cheng and F. Alajaji, ``Channel Optimized Quantization of Images over Binary Channels with Memory,'' Mathematics and Engineering Technical Report, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, April 1999.   PS (6.6 MB)

9. A. Nazer and F. Alajaji, ``Unequal Error Protection and Source-Channel Decoding of CELP Speech over Very Noisy Channels,'' Mathematics and Engineering Technical Report, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, March 1999.   PS (307 KB)

10. A. Banerjee, P. Burlina and F. Alajaji, ``Image Segmentation and Labeling Using the Polya Urn Model,'' Tech. Rep. CS-TR 3801 and CAR-TR-860, Center for Automation Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, May 1997.   PS (7 MB)

11. F. Alajaji, N. Phamdo and T. Fuja, ``Channel Codes that Exploit the Residual Redundancy in CELP-Encoded Speech,'' Institute for Systems Research Tech. Rep. TR 96-43, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, 1996.   PDF (1.1 MB)

12. P. Burlina, F. Alajaji and R. Chellappa, ``Transmission of Two-Tone Images over Noisy Communication Channels with Memory,'' Computer Vision Laboratory Tech. Rep. CS-TR-3604 and CAR-TR-814, Center for Automation Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, January 1996.   PDF (1.6 MB)

13. N. Phamdo, F. Alajaji and N. Farvardin, ``Quantization of Memoryless and Gauss-Markov Sources over Binary Markov Channels,'' Institute for Systems Research Tech. Rep. TR 94-79, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, 1994.   PDF (0.9 MB)

14. F. Alajaji, New Results on the Analysis of Discrete Communication Channels with Memory, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Electrical Engineering, Institute for Systems Research Thesis Report Ph.D. 94-8, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, June 1994.   PDF (3.1 MB)

15. P.-N. Chen and F. Alajaji, ``Strong Converse, Feedback Capacity and Hypothesis Testing,'' Institute for Systems Research Tech. Rep. TR 94-65, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, May 1994.   PDF (590 KB)

16. F. Alajaji, N. Phamdo, N. Farvardin and T. Fuja, `Detection of Binary Sources over Discrete Channels with Additive Markov Noise,'' Institute for Systems Research Tech. Rep. TR 94-31, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, 1994.   PDF (1.3 MB)

17. F. Alajaji, ``Feedback Does Not Increase the Capacity of Discrete Channels with Additive Noise,'' Institute for Systems Research Tech. Rep. TR 93-79, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, November 1993.   PDF (818 KB)

18. F. Alajaji and T. Fuja, ``A Communication Channel Modeled on Contagion,'' Institute for Systems Research Tech. Rep. TR 93-78, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, August 1993.   PDF (939 KB)

19. F. Alajaji and T. Fuja, ``The Performance of Focused Error Control Codes,'' Institute for Systems Research Tech. Rep. TR 90-65, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, October 1990.   PDF (852 KB)

20. F. Alajaji, On the Performance of Focused Error Control Codes, M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, June 1990.   PS (975 KB)

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