Wenyuan Tang

USC Annenberg Fellow
Network Control, Optimization & Games (NetCOG) Group
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering
Viterbi School of Engineering
University of Southern California

Address: 3740 McClintock Ave, EEB 337, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Email: wenyuan at usc dot edu

Education | Research | Courses | Teaching | Honors | Miscellaneous

I am a second year PhD student in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. My primary research area is networking, under the supervision of Prof. Rahul Jain. My current focus is on developing a Network Market Design theory for resource allocation in various networks.


Education

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Expected May 2014
M.A., Applied Mathematics, Expected Dec 2013
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Aug 2010

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
B.E., Electrical Engineering, Jul 2008


Research

W. Tang and R. Jain, "Hierarchical auction mechanisms for network resource allocation", accepted for publication in the IEEE JSAC on Economics of Communication Networks and Systems, 2012.
W. Tang and R. Jain, "Stochastic resource auctions for renewable energy integration", Proceedings of the 49th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Sep 2011.
W. Tang and R. Jain, "Hierarchical auctions for network resource allocation", Proceedings of the 2nd International ICST Conference on Game Theory for Networks, April 2011.

Reviewer for: PIMRC 2010, INFOCOM 2011, GameNets 2011, SECON 2011, IJDSN, NetGCooP 2011, INFOCOM 2012, IEEE ICC 2012, JSAC, SPCOM 2012, W-PIN 2012


Courses

Course ID Course Title Instructor
EE 450Introduction to Computer NetworksAli Zahid
EE 464Probability Theory for EngineersKeith Chugg
EE 483Introduction to Digital Signal ProcessingRichard Leahy
EE 532Wireless Internet and Pervasive ComputingKai Hwang
EE 555Broadband Network ArchitecturesJohn Silvester
CS 571Web TechnologiesMarco Papa
EE 550Design and Analysis of Computer Communication NetworksMichael Neely
EE 599Network Economics and Game TheoryRahul Jain
EE 562aRandom Processes in EngineeringRobert Scholtz
MATH 425aFundamental Concepts of AnalysisRobert Sacker
EE 556Stochastic Systems and FinanceRahul Jain
EE 649Stochastic Network OptimizationMichael Neely
IOM 674Queueing and Stochastic NetworksAmy Ward
MATH 525aReal AnalysisIgor Kukavica
ECON 503Microeconomic Theory IJuan Carrillo
MATH 525bReal AnalysisGary Rosen
ECON 603Microeconomic Theory IIMichael Magill


Teaching

I love teaching and expect to do some teaching assistantships during my PhD studies.

I did the following graderships at USC:
Semester Course ID Course Title Instructor
Spring 2009EE 450Introduction to Computer NetworksCauligi Raghavendra
Fall 2009EE 450Introduction to Computer NetworksAli Zahid
Fall 2009EE 301Introduction to Linear SystemsMichael Enright
Spring 2010EE 301Introduction to Linear SystemsMichael Enright
Spring 2010EE 465Probabilistic Methods in Computer Systems ModelingMichael Neely


Honors

Annenberg Graduate Fellowship, University of Southern California, 2010-2014
Academic Achievement Award, University of Southern California, Apr 2010
EE MS Honors Scholarship, University of Southern California, Nov 2009
Shuping Scholarship, China, 2002-2007


Miscellaneous

I am a lucky guy who was born in China, one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations, and who is pursuing his PhD in the United States, one of the world's most developed countries. My life experiences are even more exciting: 18 years in Shanghai, 4 years in Beijing, 3 years (and 3 years or so in future) in Los Angeles, all of which are vigorous international metropolises.

I am strongly sympathetic to the motto, "Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind." (Bertrand Russell)

My hobbies include:
Swimming: I choose swimming as the everyday exercise for weight loss.
Piano: I am teaching myself piano.
American sitcoms/comedy-dramas: Friends, Desperate Housewives, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, etc.
Astrology: I favor such mysterious stuff. Is it more about art or science? Whatever, just for fun (and gossips? ^_^)! BTW, my zodiac sign is scorpio.
Traveling: In the United States, I have been to San Francisco, Las Vegas, San Diego, D.C., Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Miami, New Orleans, Houston, Austin and San Antonio.


Last updated: May 16, 2012