Sirin Nitinawarat, Ph.D.

Lecturer
02-218-6422
Sirin.N@chula.ac.th
Profile Summary
 
Dr. Sirin Nitinawarat obtained the B.S.E.E. degree from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, with first class honors, and the M.S.E.E. degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA.  He was a postdoctoral research associate at the Coordinated Science Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA.
   
He then turned his career to the industry working as a senior systems engineer at Qualcomm Technologies, San Diego, California, USA, where he helped invented network technologies for cutting-edge smartphones for three years.
   
He then returned to Thailand as a lecturer at the International School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University. 

His current research interests are on data science, digital transformations, information security, information theory, public health, health and wellness, telemedicine, telecommunication and signal processing.

I am looking for talented and enthusiastic Ph.D. students/postdocs with a lifelong learning mind. I am also look for eager ISE students to start doing work for their projects earlier than only in the last year.  Please reach out by email.
 

Education
 
2004-2010   Ph.D. Electrical Engineering,
                    University of Maryland, College Park​, MD, USA
                    Advisor: Prof. Prakash Narayan, Ph.D.
                              Dissertation: "Information Theoretic Secret Key Generation: Structured
                              Codes and Tree Packing"
 
2001-2003   M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin,
                    Madiso​n, WI, USA
                    Advisor: Prof. James A. Bucklew, Ph.D.
                              Research topic: Universal Simulation Distributions
 
2001            B.S. Electrical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University,
                    Bangkok, Thailand
                    First Class Honors
 
 
Work Experiences
 
2017-Present    Lecturer, International School of Engineering,
                         Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

2014-2017        Senior Systems Engineer, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.,
                         San Diego, CA, USA

2011-2014        Coordinated Science Laboratory Electrical and
                         Computer Engineering, Post Doctoral Research Associate,
                         University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
                         Advisor: Venugopal V. Veeravalli, Ph.D.
 
 
Courses Taught
 
  • Systems Dynamics and Control​​
  • Principles of Information System
  • Advanced Computer Programming Laboratory
  • Computer Programming Laboratory
                                                                                       
Publications
 
Journal Papers
 
In Print
 
  • Bucklew, J.A., Nitinawarat, S. & Wierer, J. (November, 2004). “Universal Simulation Distributions,” IEEE  Trans. Inf. Theory, vol. 50, no.11, pp. 2674-2685.
  • Nitinawarat, S., Ye, C., Barg, A.,Narayan, P. & Reznik, A. (December, 2010). “Secret Key Generation for a Pairwise Independent Network Model,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, vol. 56, no. 12, pp. 6482-6489.
  • Nitinawarat, S. & Narayan, P. (December, 2010). “Perfect Omniscience, Perfect Secrecy and Steiner Tree   Packing,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, vol. 56, no. 12, pp. 6490-6500.
  • Nitinawarat, S. & Narayan, P. (June, 2012). “Secret Key Generation for Correlated Gaussian Sources,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 3373-3391.
  • Nitinawarat, S. (May, 2013). “On the Deterministic Code Capacity Region of an Arbitrarily Varying Multiple-Access Channel Under List Decoding,” IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 2683-2693.
  • Nitinawarat, S., Atia, G. K. & Veeravalli,V.V. (October, 2013). “Controlled Sensing for Multihypothesis Testing,” IEEE Trans. Autom. Control, vol. 58, no. 10, pp. 2451-2464.
  • Li, Y., Nitinawarat,S. & Veeravalli, V.V. (July, 2014). “Universal Outlier Hypothesis Testing,” IEEE  Trans. Inf. Theory, vol. 60, no. 7, pp. 4066-4082.
  • Nitinawarat, S. & Veeravalli, V.V. (January, 2015). “Controlled Sensing for Sequential Multihypothesis Testing with Controlled Markovian Observations and Non-Uniform Control Cost,” Sequential Analysis: Design Methods and Applications, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 1-24.
  • Nitinawarat, S. & Veeravalli, V.V. (August, 2017). “Universal Scheme for Optimal Search and Stop,” Bernoulli, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 1759-1784.
  • Li,Y., Nitinawarat, S. & Veeravalli, V.V. (September, 2017). “Universal Sequential Outlier Hypothesis Testing,” Sequential Analysis: Design Methods and Applications, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 309-344.
  • Triukose, S., Nitinawarat, S., & Poovorawan,Y. et al. (February, 2021). “Effects of Public Health Interventions on the Epidemiological Spread During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Thailand,” PLOS ONE, 16 (2): e0246274. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal, corresponding author.
 
 
Conference Papers
 
  • Rashataprucksa, K., Chuangchaichatchavarn, C., Triukose, S., Nitinawarat, S., Pongprutthipan, M. & Piromsopa, K. (2020). “Acne Detection with Deep Neural Networks,” to be presented at the 2020 2nd International Conference on Image Processing and Machine Vision on August 5-7, pp. 53-56.
  • Nitinawarat, S., Meylan, A. & Veerepalli, S. (2016). “TCP Mitigation for Concurrent RAT-Capable User Equipments,” QTech, Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, USA, June 28-30.
  • Nitinawarat, S. & Veeravalli, V.V. (2015). “Universal Quickest Outlier Detection and Isolation,” presented at IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory, Hong Kong, China, June 14-June 19.
  • Li, Y., Nitinawarat, S. & Veeravalli, V.V. (2015). “Universal Outlier Hypothesis Testing: Application to Anomaly Detection,” presented at IEEE Int. Conf. Acoust., Speech, and Signal Process., Brisbane, Australia, April 19-24, invited paper.
  • Nitinawarat, S. & Veeravalli, V.V. (2015). “Universal Scheme for Optimal Search and Stop,” Proc. Inf. Theory  and Applicat. Workshop, San Diego, CA, February 1-6, pp. 1-5, invited paper.
  • Li, Y., Nitinawarat, S. & Veeravalli, V.V. (2014). “Universal Sequential Outlier Hypothesis Testing,” Proc. 48th Annu. Asilomar Conf. Signals, Syst. and Comput., Pacific Grove, CA, USA, November 2-5, pp. 281-285, invited paper.
  • Li, Y., Nitinawarat, S. & Veeravalli, V.V. (2014). “Universal Sequential Outlier Hypothesis Testing,” Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory, Honolulu, HI, USA, June 29-July 4, pp. 3205-3209 (same title as 3; the former has additional results).
  • Li, Y., Nitinawarat, S. & Veeravalli, V.V. (2013). “Universal Multiple Outlier Hypothesis Testing,” Proc. 5th IEEE Int. Workshop Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Process., Saint Martin, December 15-18, pp. 177-180.
  • Nitinawarat, S. & Veeravalli, V.V. (2013). “Controlled Sensing for Sequential Hypothesis Testing with Non-Uniform Sensing Cost,” Proc. 47th Annu. Asilomar Conf. Signals, Syst. and Comput., Pacific Grove, CA, USA, November 3-6, pp. 1095-1099.
  • Nitinawarat, S. & Veeravalli, V.V. (2013). “Controlled Sensing for Multihypothesis Testing Based on Markovian Observations,” Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory, Istanbul, Turkey, July 7-12, pp. 2199-2203.
  • Li, Y., Nitinawarat, S. & Veeravalli, V.V. (2013). “Universal Outlier Hypothesis Testing,” Proc.IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory, Istanbul, Turkey, July 7-12, pp. 2666-2670.
  • Li, Y., Nitinawarat, S. & Veeravalli, V.V. (2013). “Universal Outlier Detection,” Proc. Inf. Theory and Applicat. Workshop, San Diego, CA, February 10-15, 2013, pp. 1-5, invited paper.
  • Nitinawarat, S., Atia, G. K. & Veeravalli, V.V. (2012). “Controlled Sensing for Hypothesis Testing,” Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Acoust., Speech, and Signal Process, Kyoto, Japan, March 25-30, pp. 5287-5280.
  • Nitinawarat, S., Atia, G. K. & Veeravalli, V.V. (2011). “Efficient Target Tracking using Mobile Sensors,” Proc. 4th IEEE Int. Workshop Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Process, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 13-16, pp. 405-408.
  • Nitinawarat, S. (2011). “On Maximal Error Capacity Regions of Symmetric Gaussian Multiple-Access Channels,” Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory, Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 31-August 5, pp. 2269-2273.
  • Nitinawarat, S. (2010). “On the Deterministic Code Capacity Region of an Arbitrarily Varying Multiple-Access Channel Under List Decoding,” Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory, Austin, TX, USA, June 13-18, pp. 290-294, finalist for best student paper award.
  • Nitinawarat, S. & Narayan, P. (2010). “Perfect Secrecy and Combinatorial Tree Packing,” Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory, Austin, TX, USA, June 13-18, pp. 2622-2626.
  • Nitinawarat, S., Ye, C., Barg, A., Narayan, P. & Reznik, A. (2009). “Perfect Secrecy, Perfect Omniscience and Steiner Tree Packing,” Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory, Seoul, Korea, June 28-July 3, pp. 1288-1292.
  • Nitinawarat, S., Ye, C., Barg, A., Narayan, P. & Reznik, A. (2008). “Common Randomness, Multiuser Secrecy and Tree Packing,” Proc. 46th Annu. Allerton Conf. Commun., Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, USA, September 23-26, pp. 217-220, invited paper.
  • Nitinawarat, S. (2008). “Secret Key Generation for Correlated Gaussian Sources,” Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 6-11, pp. 702-706, invited paper.
  • Nitinawarat, S., Ye, C., Barg, A., Narayan, P. & Reznik, A. (2008). “Secret Key Generation for a Pairwise Independent Network Model,” Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 6-11, pp. 1015-1019.
  • Nitinawarat, S. (2007). “Secret Key Generation for Correlated Gaussian Sources,” Proc. 45th Annu. Allerton Conf. Commun., Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, USA, September 26-28, pp. 1054-1058 (same title as 17; the former has additional results).
  • Nitinawarat, S. & Boston, N. (2005). “A Complete Analysis of Space-time Group Codes,” Proc.  43th Annu. Allerton Conf. Commun., Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, USA, September 28-30.
 
 
Patents
 
  • Venkatsuresh, A., Mitra, A., Mudireddy, S.R., Chhabra, G.S., Meylan, A., Nitinawarat, S., Kumar, V., Nair, S. and Somani, N. (2018). “Transport Protocol Communications Reduction,” U. S. Granted, 9876613, January 23.
 
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