Engineering Electrical

Gareth Middleton

Rice University Rice MS-***

Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering PO Box 1892

Houston TX, 77251-1892

******@*****.***

tel 720-***-****

http://www.ece.rice.edu/~gbmidd/

Seeking a professional position in engineering, with opportunities for development projects in

Summary

large-scale optimization in wireless communications networks or comparable high-complexity

applications. Employment experience at Rice University Center for Multimedia Communi-

cations and with Nokia Technology Platforms in Finland, focusing on the e cient allocation

of resources in multi ow networks. Expertise in mathematical optimization techniques, com-

plex system modeling and simulation in a high-performance computing environment, and

corresponding algorithmic, software and hardware systems design for wireless network per-

formance improvement. Skilled in grantsmanship, teamwork and development tools, and

established contributor and reviewer in the communications engineering international pro-

fessional community.

Rice University, Houston, Texas.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, May, 2011.

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, May 2007.

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, May 2005, summa cum laude.

Bachelor of Arts in Quantitative Economics, May 2005, summa cum laude.

Scholarships

Texas Instruments Distinguished Student Fellowship (8/05 5/11)

Rice University ECE Department grant (8/05 7/06)

Mixed-integer optimization, non-convex programming, optimal resource allocation, wireless

Research

network design and realization, implementation of high-speed receiver architectures.

Interests

Rice University ECE Dept: 5/11 - present

Positions

Postdoctoral Research Associate: Senior leadership role in the research group: directed

undergraduate summer students and guided younger graduate students. Coordinated visits

of guest faculty, assisted in the selection of new faculty for our department. Instrumental

role in the authorship of two NSF proposals, both founded upon my PhD work.

Rice University ECE Dept: 5/04 - 5/11

Research Assistant at Center for Multimedia Communications: Developed, on a team of

four, the rst design for an OFDM transceiver implemented on custom hardware for the

Wireless Open-Access Research Platform (WARP). Independently developed the automatic-

gain control system for this platform, now used on all instantiations of WARP hardware and

marketed by Mango Communications.

Nokia Technology Platforms: 5/05 - 8/05, 5/07 - 8/07

Research Intern at Nokia in Oulu, Finland: worked on the development and analysis of

optimal resource allocation techniques for wireless communications systems.

Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP: 10/04 - 5/05

Consultant in a legal dispute pertinent to wireless communications.

Gareth Middleton

GB Middleton, B Aazhang and J Lilleberg, Balancing Overhead and Performance: Dis-

Recent

tributed Resource Management in Ad-Hoc Networks, in preparation for IEEE Trans. on

Publications

Wireless Communications, Jan 2012.

GB Middleton, B Aazhang and J Lilleberg, Link-Layer Management of Signal-Level Coop-

eration in Large Networks, under review at IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, Jan

2012.

GB Middleton, B Aazhang and J Lilleberg, A Flexible Framework for Polynomial-Time

Resource Allocation in Multi ow Wireless Networks, To appear in IEEE Trans. on Wireless

Communications, Jan 2012.

GB Middleton, B Aazhang and J Lilleberg, E cient Resource Management for Streaming

Multi ow Wireless Networks, IEEE International Conference on Communications, Cape

Town South Africa, May 2010.

National Science Foundation: Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention 5/05

Academic

Awards Texas Soc. of Professional Engineers: Most Outstanding Engineering Senior 4/05

Rice University Engineering Alumni: Distinguished Senior 4/05

Rice University President s Honor Roll 12/01 - 12/03, 12/04 - 5/05

Rice University School of Engineering: Teaching Assistant: prepare and conduct weekly

Teaching

two-hour review lectures reintepreting the week s material, hold weekly o ce hours, lecture

Experience

on behalf of the instructor, coordinate course activities.

ELEC 241: Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (Fall 2008)

Rice University ECE Dept: Course Assistant for ECE courses: conduct occasional review

lectures, hold o ce hours, grade homework and exams, be available for general question and

answer.

Honor Societies

Societies

Phi Beta Kappa - 5/05

Tau Beta Pi - 1/04

Eta Kappa Nu - 4/04

Service

Paper review - IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications, IEEE Trans. Mobile Comput-

ing, IEEE INFOCOM (on-going )

Conference Session Chair - School of Information Theory (8/10 ), Allerton (9/10 )

Rice Athletics Department tutoring - 9/09

Rice Graduate Student Council - 9/05

IEEE Student Member - 12/03

Running completed four marathons.

Skills and

Interests Pro cient in French, 5 years study.

Linux / UNIX, Windows XP / 7, Matlab 2009b, ns2, GAMS-AMPL, Verilog HDL, Cadence

Design Suite, C/C++, HTML-CSS, LabVIEW, Xilinx System Generator and EDK, L TEX.

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Available upon request.

References

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