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Marwan Krunz [S’93, M'95, SM'04, F’10] is Regents Professor and the Kenneth Von-Behren Endowed Professor in ECE at the University of Arizona. He is the center director for BWAC, a multi-university NSF/ industry center that focuses on next-generation wireless technologies and applications. He previosuly served as the site director for the Connection One center. His research emphasis is on resource management, network protocols, and security for wireless systems. He has published more than 280 journal articles and peer-reviewed conference papers, and is a co-inventor on several patents. He is an Arizona Engineering Faculty Fellow and was an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer (2013–2015). He received the NSF CAREER award. Currently, he serves as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. He previously served as an Editor for numerous IEEE journals. He was TPC Chair for IEEE INFOCOM'04, SECON'05, WoWMoM'06, and Hot Interconnects 9. He was the General Vice-Chair for WiOpt 2016 and General Co-Chair for WiSec'12.

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Courses
  • WP
    Wireless Protocols

  • CSNE
    Computer System and Network Evaluation

  • ATCN
    Advanced Topics in Computer Networks

Grants
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    Collaborative Research: SWIFT: Coexistence and Interference Mitigation in the Mid-Band Spectrum: Analysis, Protocol Design, and Experimentation

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2022

    $375.0K
    Active
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    CNS Core: Small: Collaborative Research: A Stochastic Resource Allocation and Task Assignment Framework for Mobile Edge Computing

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2019

    $250.0K
    Active
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    Phase II IUCRC: Broadband Wireless Access and Applications Center (BWAC)

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2019

    $30.0K
    Active
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    Phase II IUCRC University of Arizona: Broadband Wireless Access and Applications Center (BWAC)

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2018

    $665.5K
    Active
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    SaTC: CORE: Small: Secure Cloud Storage Verification Methods

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2018

    $500.0K
    Active
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    Phase II IUCRC: University of Mississippi: Center for Broadband Wireless Access and Applications (BWAC)

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2018

    $50.0K
    Active
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    Phase II IUCRC The Catholic University of America Broadband Wireless Access and Applications Center

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2018

    $50.0K
    Active
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    Broadband Wireless Access Center (BWAC) Membership

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2013

    $1.9M
    Active
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    Broadband Wireless Access Center (BWAC) / Industry/University Cooperative Research Center

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2013

    $50.0K
    Active
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    Machine-Learning Based Sensing and Waveform Adaptation for SDRs Operating in Congested and Contested Environment

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2021

    $330.0K
Technologies / Patents
      News
      • ABOR Confirms 6 New Regents Professors at UArizona

        2021

      • UA Engineers Bring 5G Whiz to Cell Networks

        2019

      • UA Engineers Aim to Secure Wi-Fi, Shut Out Snoops

        2014

      • UA-Led Team Forging the Future of Wireless

        2013

      • No More Scrambled Internet Video or Garbled Audio

        2004

      Publications (155)
      Recent
      • Machine learning based protocol classification in unlicensed 5 GHz bands

        2022

      • Games of GANs: Game-theoretical models for generative adversarial networks

        2022

      • Intelligent attack on Wi-Fi preamble signaling and countermeasures

        2022

      • Signal Detection and Classification in Shared Spectrum: A Deep Learning Approach

        2021

      • 5G New Radio Unlicensed: Challenges and Evaluation

        2021

      • Program Placement Optimization for Storage-constrained Mobile Edge Computing Systems: A Multi-armed Bandit Approach

        2021

      • Adapting the contention window in CSMA/CA systems via machine learning

        2021

      • Application of adversarial machine learning in protocol and modulation misclassification

        2021

      • AI-based Robust Convex Relaxations for Supporting Diverse QoS in Next-Generation Wireless Systems

        2021

      • Secure linear precoding in overloaded MU-MIMO wireless networks

        2021

      • Towards ubiquitous artificial intelligence in 6G with federated learning

        2021

      • Adaptive Time-Frequency Synthesis for Waveform Discernment in Wireless Communications

        2021

      • CWmin Estimation and Collision Identification in Wi-Fi Systems

        2021

      • Stealthy adversarial attacks on machine learning based classifiers in wireless communications

        2021

      • Machine Learning for Robust Beam Tracking in Mobile Millimeter-Wave Systems

        2021

      • Misbehavior detection in Wi-Fi/LTE coexistence over unlicensed bands

        2021

      • Intelligent Jamming of Deep Neural Network Based Signal Classification for Shared Spectrum

        2021

      • Machine learning based latency prediction for delay- sensitive V2X applications

        2021

      • Beamwidth Optimization for 5G NR Millimeter Wave Cellular Networks: A Multi-armed Bandit Approach

        2021

      • “Opportunistic media streaming in the UHF digital TV white spaces

        2021

      • Learning-based friendly jamming with ICSI for security in MIMO wiretap channel

        2021

      • Sense-Bandits: AI-based Adaptation of Sensing Thresholds for Heterogeneous-technology Coexistence Over Unlicensed Bands

        2021

      • Adaptive Preamble Embedding with MIMO to Support User-defined Functionalities in WLANs

        2021

      • AdaptiveFog: A Modelling and Optimization Framework for Fog Computing in Intelligent Transportation Systems

        2021

      • Task Partitioning and User Association for Latency Minimization in Mobile Edge Computing Networks

        2021

      • Preamble Injection and Spoofing Attacks in Wi-Fi Networks

        2021

      • Distributed traffic synthesis and classification in edge networks: Federated self-supervised learning approach

        2021

      • Latency Prediction for Delay-sensitive V2X Applications in Mobile Cloud/Edge Computing Systems

        2020

      • A generative learning approach for spatiotemporal modeling in connected vehicular networks

        2020

      • Privacy-Utility Tradeoff in Dynamic Spectrum Sharing with Non-Cooperative Incumbent Users

        2020

      • A Generative Learning Approach for Spatio-temporal Modeling in Connected Vehicular Network

        2020

      • Intelligent Tracking of Network Dynamics for Cross-Technology Coexistence Over Unlicensed Bands

        2020

      • Economics of Strategic Network Infrastructure Sharing: A Backup Reservation Approach

        2020

      • MAMBA: A multi-armed bandit framework for beam tracking in millimeter-wave systems

        2020

      • Impact of beamforming on delay spread in wideband millimeter-wave systems

        2020

      • Intelligent tracking of network dynamics for crosstechnology coexistence over unlicensed bands

        2020

      • Expanding the role of preambles to support userdefined functionality in MIMO-based WLANs

        2020

      • Deep Learning Based Identification of Wireless Protocols in the PHY layer

        2020

      • Towards ubiquitous AI in 6G with federated learning

        2020

      • Expanding the Role of Preambles to Support User-defined Functionality in MIMO-based WLANs

        2020

      • Beamwidth-adaptive protocols for 5G NR millimeter wave cellular networks

        2019

      • Opportunistic media streaming in the UHF digital TV white spaces

        2019

      • On task partitioning and user association for mobile edge computing networks

        2019

      • Strategic Network Infrastructure Sharing through Backup Reservation in a Competitive Environment

        2019

      • Trading Privacy for Utility in Database-assisted Dynamic Spectrum Access

        2019

      • Effects of Beamforming on millimeter-wave channel characteristics and its implications for multicarrier systems

        2019

      • Efficient beam sweeping algorithms and initial access protocols for millimeter-wave networks

        2019

      • A novel compact reconfigurable broadband antenna for cognitive radio applications

        2019

      • Intelligent-CW: AI-based Framework for Controlling Contention Window in WLANs

        2019

      • Estimation of contention window and misbehavior countermeasures in CSMA/CA systems

        2019

      • MatchMaker: An inter-operator network sharing framework in unlicensed bands

        2019

      • Lightweight Machine Learning for Efficient Frequency-Offset-Aware Demodulation

        2019

      • Improving physical-layer security of machine-type communications by leveraging interference

        2019

      • Cognitive Networks with In-band Full-duplex Radios: Jamming Attacks and Countermeasures

        2019

      • Sense-Bandits: Distributed adaptation of sensing thresholds in 5G New Radio Unlicensed and Wi-Fi coexistence

        2019

      • Smartlink: Exploiting Channel Clustering Effects for Reliable Millimeter Wave Communications

        2019

      • Multi-operator network sharing for massive IoT

        2019

      • Linear precoding with friendly jamming in overloaded MU-MIMO wiretap networks

        2019

      • Online reinforcement learning for beam tracking and rate adaptation in millimeter-wave systems

        2019

      • AdaptiveFog: Empirical modelling and optimization for fog computing-based smart vehicles

        2019

      • Intelligent contention window adaptation in CSMA/CA systems

        2019

      • Beamwidth optimization for initial access in 5G NR millimeter wave cellular networks

        2019

      • Temporal channel characteristics and coherence time analysis at millimeter-wave frequencies under analog beamforming

        2019

      • Machine learning based latency prediction for delaysensitive V2X applications

        2019

      • Harmonious cross-technology coexistence with heterogeneous traffic in unlicensed bands: Analysis and approximations

        2019

      • Extensible preamble modulation for embedding application-specific information in MIMO-based WLANs

        2019

      • Multi-beam Transmissions for Blockage Resilience and Reliability in Millimeter-wave Systems

        2019

      • Driving in the Fog: Latency Measurement, Modeling, and Optimization of LTE-based Fog Computing for Smart Vehicles

        2019

      • Joint mode and rate adaptation for asymmetric full-duplex communications in WLANs

        2018

      • Application of machine learning in carrier-frequency-offset-aware demodulation

        2018

      • Adaptive demodulation for wireless systems in the presence of frequency-offset estimation errors

        2018

      • Provisioning QoS in Wi-Fi systems with asymmetric full-duplex communications

        2018

      • Distributed optimization for energy-efficient fog computing in the tactile Internet

        2018

      • Fastlink: An efficient initial access protocol for millimeter wave systems

        2018

      • Optimizing inter-operator network slicing over licensed and unlicensed bands

        2018

      • On modeling and optimizing LTE/Wi-Fi coexistence with prioritized traffic classes

        2018

      • Vulnerabilities of massive MIMO systems to pilot contamination attacks

        2018

      • Dynamic network slicing for scalable fog computing systems with energy harvesting

        2018

      • LTE misbehavior detection in Wi-Fi/LTE coexistence under the LAA-LTE standard

        2018

      • Distributed resource allocation for network slicing over licensed and unlicensed bands

        2018

      • Harvesting Short-Lived White Spaces via Opportunistic Traffic Offloading Between Mobile Service Providers

        2018

      • Distributed power control in single-stream MIMO wiretap interference networks with full-duplex jamming receivers

        2018

      • On the privacy and utility tradeoff in database-assisted dynamic spectrum access

        2018

      • Power games for secure communications in single-stream MIMO interference networks

        2018

      • PCF-Based LTE Wi-Fi Aggregation for Coordinating and Offloading the Cellular Traffic to D2D Network

        2018

      • Joint transmitter- and receiver-based friendly jamming in a MIMO wiretap interference network

        2017

      • Channel assignment for harmonious LTE/Wi-Fi coexistence: A stable matching approach

        2017

      • Pilot contamination attacks in massive MIMO systems

        2017

      • Exploiting Full-duplex Receivers for Achieving Secret Communications in Multiuser MISO Networks

        2017

      • Traffic decorrelation techniques for countering colluding eavesdroppers in WSNs

        2017

      • Friendly jamming control over an interference channel: Pure vs. mixed Nash equilibria

        2017

      • Improving PHY-layer security with probabilistic symbol extension

        2017

      • Full-duplex-based Rate/Mode Adaptation Strategies for Wi-Fi/LTE-U Coexistence: A POMDP Approach

        2017

      • TSRA: An Adaptive Mechanism for Switching between Communication Modes in Full-duplex Opportunistic Spectrum Access Systems

        2017

      • Distributed Spectrum Management in TV White Space Networks

        2017

      • QoE and power efficiency tradeoff for fog computing networks with fog node cooperation

        2017

      • Distributed secure beamforming and receiver-based friendly jamming with a limited dynamic range

        2017

      • Vulnerability of TDD-based massive MIMO systems for pilot contamination attacks

        2017

      • Rolling Preambles: Mitigating Stealthy FO Estimation Attacks in OFDM-based 802.11 Systems

        2016

      • QoS-aware Parallel Sensing/Probing Architecture and Adaptive Cross-Layer Protocol Design for Opportunistic Networks

        2016

      • Exploiting frame preamble waveforms to support new physical-layer functions in OFDM-based 802.11 systems

        2016

      • On the orchestration of robust virtual LTE-U networks from hybrid half/full-duplex Wi-Fi APs

        2016

      • Coexistence in wireless networks with heterogeneous self-interference cancellation capabilities

        2016

      • Price-based friendly jamming in a MISO interference wiretap channel

        2016

      • Distributed optimization of artificial-noise aided transmission in MIMO wiretap interference channel

        2016

      • Distributed bargaining mechanisms for MIMO dynamic spectrum access systems

        2016

      • Throughput-fairness tradeoff evaluation for next-generation WLANs with adaptive clear channel assessment

        2016

      • Full Frame Encryption and Modulation Obfuscation Using Channel-Independent Preamble Identifier

        2016

      • Joint Adaptation of Frequency Hopping and Transmission Rate for Anti-Jamming Wireless Systems

        2016

      • Non-maximally decimated filter banks enable adaptive frequency hopping for unmanned aircraft vehicles

        2016

      • Full-duplex or half-duplex: A Bayesian game for wireless networks with heterogeneous self-interference cancellation capabilities

        2016

      • Full-duplex MIMO radios: A greener networking solution

        2016

      • Distributed and coordinated spectrum access methods for heterogeneous channel bonding

        2016

      • Energy-Aware Cooperative Wireless Networks With Multiple Cognitive Users

        2016

      • Jamming attack on in-band full-duplex communications: Detection and countermeasures

        2016

      • Friendly jamming in a MIMO wiretap interference network: A non-convex game approach

        2016

      • Integrating full-duplex capabilities in heterogeneous spectrum sharing

        2016

      • Towards a strategic satisfactory sensing for QoS self-provisioning in cognitive radio networks

        2016

      • Full-duplex spectrum sensing and fairness mechanisms for Wi-Fi/LTE-U coexistence

        2016

      • Enabling media streaming over LTE-U small cells

        2016

      • Stochastic guard-band-aware channel assignment with bonding and aggregation for DSA networks

        2015

      • Power-controlled channel access protocol for wireless networks with full-duplex and OFDMA capabilities

        2015

      • Cross technology interference mitigation in body area networks: An optimization approach

        2015

      • Multicast rendezvous in fast-varying DSA networks

        2015

      • Receiver-based friendly jamming with single-antenna full-duplex receivers in a multiuser broadcast channel

        2015

      • Swift Jamming Attack on Frequency Offset Estimation: The Achilles’ Heel of OFDM Systems

        2015

      • Secrecy beyond encryption: Obfuscating transmission signatures in wireless communications

        2015

      • CORE: A combinatorial game-theoretic framework for coexistence rendezvous in DSA networks

        2015

      • Time-delayed broadcasting for defeating inside jammers

        2015

      • Exploiting cognitive radios for reliable satellite communications

        2015

      • Distributed spectrum management in TV white space cognitive radio networks

        2015

      • Incorporating self-interference suppression for full-duplex operation in opportunistic spectrum access systems

        2015

      • Be responsible: A novel communications scheme for full-duplex MIMO radios

        2015

      • Privacy-preserving and truthful detection of packet dropping attacks in wireless ad hoc networks

        2015

      • Friendly CryptoJam: A mechanism for securing physical-layer attributes

        2014

      • Maximizing quality of coverage under connectivity constraints in solar-powered active wireless sensor networks

        2014

      • Adaptive cross-layer protocol design for opportunistic WLANs over TVWS

        2014

      • Adaptive transmission-reception-sensing strategy for cognitive radios with full-duplex capabilities

        2014

      • Game theoretic anti-jamming dynamic frequency hopping and rate adaptation in wireless systems

        2014

      • A cooperative MIMO framework for wireless sensor networks

        2014

      • Spectrum bonding and aggregation with guard-band awareness in cognitive radio networks

        2014

      • Game-theoretic quorum-based frequency hopping for anti-jamming rendezvous in DSA networks

        2014

      • Packet recycling and delayed ACK for improving the performance of TCP over MANETs

        2014

      • IMPORTANT: Integrating multi-rate capability into opportunistic routing in UWB-based Ad hoc networks

        2014

      • Optimal channel assignment with aggregation in multi-channel systems: A resilient approach to adjacent-channel interference

        2014

      • Security vulnerability and countermeasures of frequency offset correction in 802.11a systems

        2014

      • Proposing Effective Schemes for WRANs

        2014

      • Analysis of a Markov-Modulated Fluid Model for Multimedia Traffic with Loss and Delay Priorities

        1994

      • Convergence and colored noise issues in bounding ellipsoid identification

        1992

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