Publications

Recent Papers Submitted or In Press

• K. Tsianos and M. Rabbat, Distributed dual averaging for convex optimization under communication delays, submitted to the 2012 American Control Conference, September, 2011.
• Y. Zhao, N. Patwari, P. Agrawal, and M. Rabbat, Directed by directionality: Benefitting from the gain pattern of active RFID badges, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, accepted March 2011, first appeared online May 2011.
• K.I. Tsianos and M.G. Rabbat, Multiscale Gossip for Efficient Decentralized Averaging in Wireless Packet Networks, submitted, November, 2010. [Matlab code]

2012

• X. Zhu and M. Rabbat, Approximating signals supported on graphs, to appear, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), March, 2012.
• X. Zhu and M. Rabbat, Graph spectral compressed sensing for sensor networks, to appear, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), March, 2012. [Extended Technical Report]
• S.S. Tabatabaei, M. Coates, and M. Rabbat, GANC: Greedy agglomerative normalized cut, Pattern Recognition, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 831-843, February, 2012. [C++/Matlab code] [arxiv:1105:0974]

2011

• K. Tsianos and M. Rabbat, Distributed consensus and optimization under communication delays, Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Urbana-Champaign, September, 2011. [Matlab code]
• D. Üstebay, R. Castro, and M. Rabbat, Efficient decentralized approximation via selective gossip, IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 805-816, August, 2011.
• A. Daher, M.G. Rabbat, and V.K.N. Lau, Local silencing rules for randomized gossip, IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), Barcelona, June, 2011.
• D. Üstebay, M. Coates, and M. Rabbat, Distributed auxiliary particle filters using selective gossip, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Prague, May, 2011.
• A. Edelstein, X. Chen, Y. Li, and M. Rabbat, RSS-based node localization in the presence of attenuating objects, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Prague, May, 2011.
• X. Chen, A. Edelstein, Y. Li, M. Coates, M. Rabbat, and A. Men, Simultaneous sequential Monte Carlo RF tomographic tracking and node localization, in Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), Chicago, April, 2011.
• F. Thouin, M. Coates, and M. Rabbat, Large scale probabilistic available bandwidth estimation, Computer Networks, appeared online February, 2011. [arxiv:1007.0730]
• Y. Pointurier, M. Coates, and M. Rabbat, Cross-layer monitoring in transparent optical networks, IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 189--198, March, 2011.

2010

• A.G. Dimakis, S. Kar, J.M.F. Moura, M. Rabbat, and A. Scaglione, Gossip algorithms for distributed signal processing, Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 98, no. 11, pp. 1847-1864, November, 2010. [arxiv:1003.5309]
• K. Tsianos and M. Rabbat, Fast decentralized averaging via multi-scale gossip, in Proc. IEEE Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems, Santa Barbara, June, 2010. Received the Best Paper Award (Signal Processing and Information Theory Track).
• D. Üstebay, B. Oreshkin, M. Coates, and M. Rabbat, Greedy gossip with eavesdropping, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 58, no. 7, pp. 3765-3776, 2010. [Matlab code]
• B. Oreshkin, M. Coates, and M. Rabbat, Optimization and analysis of distributed averaging with short node memory, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 2850-2865, May, 2010. [Matlab code]

2009

• D. Üstebay, R. Castro, and M. Rabbat, Selective gossip, in Proc. IEEE Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing, Aruba, December, 2009.
• H. Li, L. Mason, and M. Rabbat, Learning optimal diverse paths for voice-over-IP in service overlay networks: A distributed, scalable, and robust solution, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 175-189, September, 2009.
• B. Oreshkin, M. Coates, and M. Rabbat, Optimization and analysis of distributed averaging with memory, in Proc. Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Urbana-Champaign, September, 2009.
• D. Üstebay, B. Oreshkin, M. Coates, and M. Rabbat, Multi-hop greedy gossip with eavesdropping, in Proc. International Conference on Information Fusion, Seattle, April, 2009.
• M. Kanso and M. Rabbat, Compressed RF tomography for wireless sensor networks: Centralized and decentralized approaches, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems, Marina Del Rey, June, 2009. 14 pages, acceptance rate 22% (26/116 papers accepted).
• F. Thouin, M. Coates, and M. Rabbat, Efficient network-wide feasible rate estimation, in ACM SIGMETRICS Workshop on Learning for Networking, Seattle, June, 2009.
• D. Üstebay, B. Oreshkin, M. Coates, and M. Rabbat, The speed of greed: Characterizing myopic gossip through network voracity, in Proc. IEEE ICASSP, Taipei, April, 2009.

2008

• T.C. Aysal, M.J. Coates, and M.G. Rabbat, Distributed average consensus with dithered quantization, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 56, no. 10, pp. 4905-4918, October, 2008.
• D. Üstebay, B. Oreshkin, M. Coates, and M. Rabbat, Rates of convergence for greedy gossip with eavesdropping, in Proc. Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Urbana-Champaign, September, 2008.
• M.G. Rabbat, M.A.T. Figueiredo, and R.D. Nowak, Network inference from co-occurrences, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 54, no. 9, pp. 4053-4068, September, 2008.
• H. Li, L. Mason, and M. Rabbat, Learning minimum delay paths in service overlay networks, in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications, Cambridge, MA, July, 2008.
• X. Zhu, A. Goldenberg, M. Rabbat, and R. Nowak, Learning bigrams from unigrams, in Proc. Association for Computational Linguistics Conference, Columbus, OH, June, 2008.
• D. Üstebay, M. Coates, and M. Rabbat, Greedy gossip with eavesdropping, in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing, San Torini, Greece, May, 2008.
• J.D. Haupt, W.U. Bajwa, M.G. Rabbat, and R.D. Nowak, Compressed sensing for networked data, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 92-101, March, 2008.

2007

• M. Coates, Y. Pointurier, and M. Rabbat, Compressed Network Monitoring for IP and All-Optical Networks, ACM Internet Measurement Conference, San Diego, California, October, 2007. 12 pages, 28% acceptance rate (39/140 papers accepted).
• T.C. Aysal, M.J. Coates, and M.G. Rabbat, Rates of Convergence for Distributed Average Consensus with Probabilistic Quantization, Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, September, 2007.
• M. Rabbat, On Spatial Gossip Algorithms for Distributed Averaging, IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop, Madison, Wisconsins, August, 2007.
• T.C. Aysal, M.J. Coates, and M.G. Rabbat, Distributed Average Consensus Using Probabilistic Quantization, IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop, Madison, Wisconsin, August, 2007.
• M.J. Coates, Y.P. Pointurier, and M.G. Rabbat, Compressed Network Monitoring, IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop, Madison, Wisconsin, August, 2007.
• M.G. Rabbat, M.A.T. Figueiredo, and R.D. Nowak, Genomic Network Tomography, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Honolulu, April, 2007.

2006

• Inferring Network Structure from Co-Occurrences
  M. Rabbat, M. Figueiredo, and R. Nowak. Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), December, 2006.
  (Paper - pdf)
• De Novo Signaling Pathway Reconstruction from Multiple Data Sources
  D. Zhu, M. Rabbat, A.O. Hero, R. Nowak, M. Figueiredo. In New Research on Signal Transduction, Ed. F. Columbus, Nova Publishers, 2006.
  (Paper - pdf)
• Network Inference from Co-Occurrences
  M. Rabbat, M. Figueiredo, and R. Nowak. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, May, 2006.
  (Paper - pdf; Extended Technical Report - pdf)
• Multiple Source Internet Tomography
  M. Rabbat, M. Coates, and R. Nowak. To appear, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2006.
  (Paper - pdf)
• Decentralized Compression and Predistribution via Randomized Gossiping
  M. Rabbat, J. Haupt, A. Singh, and R. Nowak. Presented at ACM/IEEE Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN'06), Nashville, TN, April, 2006.
  (Paper - pdf)

2005

• Generalized Consensus Algorithms in Networked Systems with Erasure Links
  M.G. Rabbat, R.D. Nowak, and J.A. Bucklew. Presented at the IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, New York, June 2005.
  (Paper - pdf)
• Quantized Incremental Algorithms for Distributed Optimization
  M. Rabbat and R. Nowak, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 798-808, April, 2005.
  (Paper - pdf)
• Understanding the Topology of a Telephone Network via Internally-Sensed Network Tomography
  M.G. Rabbat, J.R. Treichler, S.L. Wood, and M.G. Larimore, presented at IEEE ICASSP, Philadelphia, PA, March 2005.
  (Paper - pdf)
• Robust Decentralized Source Localization via Averaging
  M. Rabbat, R. Nowak, and J. Bucklew, presented at IEEE ICASSP, Philadelphia, PA, March 2005.
  (Paper - pdf)
• Tradeoffs in Decentralized Algorithm for Information Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks
  M. Rabbat, presented at the IEEE Infocom Student Workshop, Miami, FL, March, 2005.

2004

• Determining the Topology of a Telephone System Using Internally Sensed Network Tomography
  J.R. Treichler, M.G. Larimore, S.L. Wood, and M. Rabbat. Presented at the IEEE DSP Workshop, August, 2004.
  (Paper - pdf)
• Decentralized Source Localization and Tracking
  M. Rabbat and R. Nowak. Presented at IEEE ICASSP, May, 2004.
  (Paper - pdf)
• Distributed Optimization in Sensor Networks
  M. Rabbat and R. Nowak. Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award at IPSN, April, 2004.
  (Paper - pdf, ps; Slides - ppt, pdf)
• Multiple Source, Multiple Destination Network Tomography
  M. Rabbat, R. Nowak, and M. Coates. Presented at IEEE Infocom, March, 2004.
  (Paper - pdf; Slides - ppt)

2003

• Merging Logical Topologies Using End-to-end Measurements
  M. Coates, M. Rabbat, and R. Nowak. Presented at ACM Sigcomm Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), October 2003.
  (Paper - pdf, ps; Slides - ppt)
• Multiple Source Network Tomography: A Hypothesis-Testing Approach
  M. Rabbat, R. Nowak, and M. Coates. An invited paper at IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing, September 2003.
• Multiple Source Network Tomography
  M.S. Thesis, Rice University, May 2003
  (Thesis - pdf, Slides - ppt)

2002

• Network Tomography and the Identification of Shared Infrastructure
  M. Rabbat, M. Coates, and R. Nowak. Presented at the Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, November 2002.
• Discovering General Logical Network Topologies
  M. Rabbat, M. Coates, and R. Nowak. Technical Report TREE0202, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, November 2002.