Lu, Francis
Professor
Job title Professor
Name Lu, Francis
Office Tel No. +886-3-5712121 ext 54528
Email francis@mail.nctu.edu.tw
Professor Profile (S'98-M'04) Dr. Lu received the B.S. degree from Tatung University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 1993, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, in 1999 and 2003, respectively, all in electrical engineering.He was a postdoctoral research fellow at University of Waterloo, ON, Canada, during 2003-2004. In February 2004, he joined the Department of Communications Engineering, National Chung-Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in August 2007. Since August 2008, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, where he is currently a Full Professor. His research is in the area of algebraic coding theory and MIMO communication systems. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.Dr. Lu is a recipient of several research awards, including the 2006 IEEE Information Society Taipei Chapter and IEEE Communications Society Taipei/Tainan Chapter Best Paper Award for Young Scholars, the 2007 Wu Da You Memorial award from Taiwan National Science Council, the 2007 IEEE Communication Society Asia Pacific Outstanding Young Researchers Award, and the 2008 Academia Sinica Research Award for Junior Research Investigators.
Research expertise *Algebraic Coding Theory*MIMO Communication Systems
0
Year Paper Title
2013 H. F. Lu, “Remarks on Diversity-Multiplexing Tradeoffs for Multiple-Access and Point-to-Point MIMO Channels,” IEEE. Trans. Inform. Theory, Volume: 58   Issue: 2   Pages: 858-863   DOI: 10.1109/TIT.2011.2173250   Published: FEB 2012 .
2011 H. F. Lu, C. Hollanti, R. Vehkalahti, J. Lahtonen, “DMT Optimal Code Constructions for Multiple-Access MIMO Channel,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 57, no. 6, pp. 3594-3617, Jun. 2011.
2011 H. F. Lu, “Constructions of DMT optimal vector codes for asynchronous cooperative networks using decode-and-forward protocols,” IEEE Trans. on Wireless Comm., vol. 9, no. 7, pp.2392-2400, Jul 2010.
2011 H. F. Lu and C. Hollanti, “Optimal diversity-multiplexing tradeoff and code constructions of some constrained asymmetric MIMO systems,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 2121-2129, May. 2010
2011 H. F. Lu, R. Vehkalahti, C. Hollanti, J. Lahtonen, Y. Hong, and E. Viterbo, “New space-time code constructions for two-user multiple access channels,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 939-957, Dec. 2009.
2011 C. Hollanti and H. F. Lu, “Construction methods for asymmetric and multi-block space-time codes,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 1086-1103, Mar. 2009
2011 M. C. Chiu and H. F. Lu, “Accumulate codes based on 1+D convolutional outer codes,” IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 331-334, Feb. 2009.
2011 C. Hollanti, J. Lahtonen, H. F. Lu, “Maximal orders in the design of dense space-time lattice codes,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 4493-4510, Oct. 2008.
2011 H. F. Lu, “Constructions of multi-block space-time coding schemes that achieve the diversity-multiplexing tradeoff,” IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 54, no. 8, pp. 3790-3796, Aug. 2008.
2011 O. Moreno, R. Omrani, P. V. Kumar, and H. F. Lu, "A Generalized Bose-Chowla Family of Optical Orthogonal Codes and Distinct Difference Sets," IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 1907-1910, May 2007.
2011 H. F. Lu and M. C. Chiu, "Constructions of Asymptotically Optimal Space-Frequency Codes for MIMO-OFDM Systems", IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 1676-1688, May 2007.
2011 P. Elia, S. A. Pawar, K. Raj Kumar, P. V. Kumar, and H. F. Lu, "Explicit construction of space-time block codes achieving the diversity-multiplexing gain tradeoff," IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 52, no. 9, Sep. 2006.
2011 H. F. Lu, "On Constructions of Algebraic Space-Time Codes with AM-PSK Constellations Satisfying Rate-Diversity Tradeoff," IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 52, no. 7, pp. 3198-3209, Jul. 2006.
2011 H. F. Lu, "On the Conjectures of SU(3) and AB Unitary Space-Time Codes," IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 52, no. 7, pp. 3319-3324, Jul. 2006.
2011 H. F. Lu, "Space-time codes with AM-PSK signalings", IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 51, no. 12, pp. 4355-4358, Dec. 2005.
2011 H. F. Lu and P. V. Kumar, "A unified construction of space-time codes with optimal rate-diversity tradeoff," IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 1709-1730, May. 2005.
2011 H. F. Lu, P. V. Kumar and E.-H. Yang, "On the input-output weight enumerators of product accumulate codes," IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 520-522, Aug. 2004.
2011 H. F. Lu, P. V. Kumar, and H. Chung, "On orthogonal designs and space-time codes," IEEE Commun. Letters, vol. 8, no. 4, pp.220-222, Apr. 2004.
2011 H. F. Lu, Y. Wang, P. V. Kumar, and K. M. Chugg, "Remarks on space-time codes including a new lower bound and an improved code," IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 49, no. 10, pp. 2752 - 2757, Oct. 2003.
2011 H. F. Lu and P. V. Kumar, "Rate-diversity tradeoff of space-time codes with fixed alphabet and optimal constructions for PSK modulation," IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 49, no. 10, pp. 2747-2751, Oct. 2003
Year Paper Title
2011 H. F. Lu, "Constructions of Multi-Block Space-Time Coding Schemes That Achieve The Diversity-Multiplexing Tradeoff,"  Proc. IEEE ISIT 2006, Seattle, WA. July 2006
2011 M. C. Chiu and H. F. Lu, "Algebraic Constructions of Space-Frequency Codes and Their Decoding Algorithms," in Proc. ICC 2007, Glasgow, UK, Jun. 2007.
2011 H. F. Lu, "Optimal Code Constructions for SIMO-OFDM Frequency Selective Fading Channels", Proc. 2007 Information Theory Workshop, pp. 12-16, Bergen, Norway, 2007年07月
2011 C. Hollanti and H. F. Lu, ``Normalized Minimum Determinant Calculation for Multi-Block and Asymmetric Space-Time Codes,''  The 17th Int. Conf. on Applied Algebra, Algebraic Computation, and Error Correcting Codes (AAECC-17), Bangalore, India, Dec. 2007.
2011 H. F. Lu, “Diversity-Multiplexing Tradeoff Optimal Codes for OFDM-Based Asynchronous Cooperative Networks,” Proc. 2008 IEEE Int. Symp. on Inform. Theory (ISIT), Toronto, Canada, pp. 1701-1705, July 2008.
2011 H. F. Lu, “Constructions of Fully-Diverse High-Rate Space-Frequency Codes for Asynchronous Cooperative Relay Networks,” Proc. 2008 IEEE Int. Symp. on Inform. Theory (ISIT), Toronto, Canada, pp. 832-836, July 2008.
2011 H. F. Lu and C. Hollanti, “On the Construction of DMT-Optimal AST Codes with Transmit Antenna Selection,” Proc. 2008 IEEE Int. Symp. on Inform. Theory (ISIT), Toronto, Canada, pp. 2371-2375, July 2008.
2011 C. Hollanti and H. F. Lu, “Constructing Asymmetric Space-Time Codes with the Smart Puncturing Method,” Proc. 2008 IEEE Int. Symp. on Inform. Theory (ISIT), Toronto, Canada, pp. 1488-1492, July 2008.
2011 T. W. Tang, M. K. Chen, and H. F. Lu, "Improving the DMT Performances of MIMO Linear Receivers, in Proc. 2011 IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory (ISIT 2011), Saint Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 2011.
2011 R. Vehkalahti and H. F. Lu, "An algebraic look into MAC-DMT of lattice space-time codes," in Proc. 2011 IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory (ISIT 2011), Saint Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 2011.
2011 R. Vehkalahti and H. F. Lu, "Diversity-multiplexing Gain Tradeoff: a Tool in Algebra?" in Proc. 2011 ITW, Paraty, Brazil, Oct. 2011.
2011 P. Elia, S. A. Pawar, K. Raj Kumar, P. V. Kumar, B. S. Rajan, and H. F. Lu, "Diversity multiplexing tradeoff analysis of a few algebraic space-time constructions", in Proc. 42nd Annual Allerton Conf., Oct. 2004.
2011 H. F. Lu, “Diversity-multiplexing tradeoff in MIMO Gaussian interference channels,” in Proc. 2010 IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory (ISIT 2010), Austin, TX, Jun. 2010.
2011 H. F. Lu, J. Lahtonen, R. Vehkalahti, and Camilla Hollanti, "Remarks on the Criteria of Constructing MIMO-MAC DMT Optimal Codes,'' Proc. ITW 2010, Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 2010.
2011 J. Lahtonen, R. Vehkalahti, H. F. Lu, C. Hollanti, and E. Vitero, "On the Decay of the Determinants of Multiuser MIMO Lattice Codes," Proc. ITW 2010, Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 2010.
2011 C. Hollanti, H.F. Lu, and R. Vehkalahti, "An Algebraic Tool for Obtaining Conditional Non-Vanishing Determinants," Proc. 2009 IEEE Int. Symp. on Inform. Theory (ISIT), Seoul, Korea, July 2009.
2011 R. Vehkalahti, C. Hollanti, J. Lahtonen, and H. F. Lu, “Some Simple Observations on MISO Codes”, in Proc. 2010 ISITA, Taichung, Taiwan, Oct. 2010.
2011 H. F. Lu, “Approximately Universal MIMO Diversity Embedded Codes”, in Proc. 2010 ISITA, Taichung, Taiwan, Oct. 2010.
2011 H. F. Lu and P. V. Kumar, "A novel suboptimal CDMA multiuser detector," 38th annual Allerton Conf. on communication, control, and computing, vol. 2, pp. 845-846, Oct. 2000.
2011 H. F. Lu and P. V. Kumar, "On the distance distribution of CDMA multiuser signal set,"  Proc. IEEE ISIT 2001, Washington D.C., p. 174, June 2001.
2008 H. F. Lu and P. V. Kumar, "optimal space-time codes over various signal constellations", Globecom 2003, vol. 4, pp. 1973-1977, San Francisco. CA., 2003年12月
2008 P. V. Kumar and H. F. Lu, "A unified construction of space-time codes with optimal rate-diversity tradeoff", 2003 DIMACS Workshop on Algebraic Coding Theory and Information Theory, DIMACS Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ., 2003年12月
2008 H. F. Lu and P. V. Kumar, "Generalized unified construction of space-time codes with optimal rate-diversity tradeoff", Proc. 2004 IEEE Int. Symp. on Inform. Theory (ISIT), Chicago, IL., 2004年06月
2008 P. Elia, S. A. Pawar, K. Raj Kumar, P. V. Kumar, and H. F. Lu, "Space-Time Codes Optimal Under the Diversity-Multiplexing Gain Tradeoff", Proc. National Conference on Communications (NCC), Kharagpur, India, 2005年01月
2008 H. F. Lu, P. Elia, S. A. Pawar, K. Raj Kumar, and P. V. Kumar, "Space-Time Codes Meeting The Diversity-Multiplexing Gain Tradeoff With Low Signalling Complexity", Proc. CISS 2005, Baltimore, MD., 2005年03月
2008 P. Elia, S. A. Pawar, K. Raj Kumar, P. V. Kumar, and H. F. Lu, "Explicit, Minimum-Delay Space-Time Codes Achieving The Diversity-Multiplexing Gain Tradeoff", Proc. 2005 IEEE Int. Symp. on Inform. Theory (ISIT), pp. 896-900, Adelaide, Australia, 2005年09月
2008 P. V. Kumar, H. F. LU, T. Helleseth, and D. J. Smith, "On the large family of low correlation quaternary sequences S(2)", Proc. 2000 IEEE Int. Conf. Personal Wireless Communications, pp. 33-37, 2000年12月
2008 H. F. Lu, Y. Wang, P. V. Kumar, and K. M. Chugg, "On pairwise error probability of space-time codes", Proc. 2002 IEEE Int. Symp. on Inform. Theory (ISIT), Lausanne, Switzerland, p. 330, 2002年06月
2008 H. F. Lu, P. V. Kumar and H. Chung, "On orthogonal designs and space-time codes", Proc. 2002 IEEE Int. Symp. on Inform. Theory (ISIT), Lausanne, Switzerland, p.418, 2002年06月
2008 H. F. Lu, Y. Wang, P. V. Kumar, and K. M. Chugg, "On pairwise error probability of space-time codes", Proc. 2002 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, p. 49-52, Bangalore, India, 2002年10月
2008 H. F. Lu and P. V. Kumar, "Rate-diversity tradeoff of space-time codes with fixed alphabet and optimal constructions for PSK modulation", Proc. 2003 IEEE Int. Symp. on Inform. Theory (ISIT), p.242, Yokohama, Japan, 2003年06月
2008 O. Moreno, R. Omrani, P. V. Kumar, and H. F. Lu, "New constructions for optical orthogonal codes, distinct different sets, and difference triangle sets", Proc. 2003 IEEE Int. Symp. on Inform. Theory (ISIT), p.327, Yokohama, Japan, 2003年06月
2008 R. Omrani, H. F. Lu, P. V. Kumar, and O. Moreno, "Construction of LDPC codes from optical orthogonal codes", Proc. 2003 IEEE Int. Symp. on Inform. Theory (ISIT), p.60, Yokohama, Japan, 2003年06月
2008 H. F. Lu and P. V. Kumar, "Algebraic constructions of optimal space-time trellis codes", Globecom 2003, vol.4 pp.1984-1988, San Francisco, CA., 2003年12月
2008 P. Elia and H. F. Lu, "Packing related bounds on the distance distribution of binary unrestricted codes", Proc. 41th annual Allerton Conf. on communication, control, and computing, 2003年10月
2008 H. F. Lu and P. V. Kumar, "Design and performance analysis of space-time codes", Proc. Oberwolfach Coding Meeting, Kodierungstheorie, Germany, 2003年12月
2008 H. F. Lu and P. V. Kumar, "A unified construction of space-time codes with optimal rate-diversity tradeoff", Proc. 10th National Conference on Communications (NCC), Bangalore, India, 2004年01月
2008 H. F. Lu and P. V. Kumar, "Optimal construction of space-time block codes over multiple blocks", Proc. 2004 IEEE Int. Symp. on Inform. Theory (ISIT), Chicago, IL., 2004年06月
2008 P. V. Kumar and H. F. Lu, "On the decoding and diversity-multiplexing gain tradeoff of a recent multilevel construction of space-time codes", Proc. 2004 IEEE Int. Symp. on Inform. Theory (ISIT), Chicago, IL., 2004年06月
2008 H. F. Lu, "Generalized Super-Unified Constructions for Space-Time Codes", Proc. National Conference On Communications (NCC), Kharagpur, India, 2005年01月
2008 K. R. Kumar, S. A. Pawar, P. Vijay Kumar, and H. F. Lu, "Two Generalizations of the Rank-Distance Space-Time Code", Proc. National Conference on Communications (NCC), Kharagpur, India, 2005年01月
2008 H. F. Lu, "Generalized Super-Unified Constructions for Space-Time Codes", Proc. ICC'2005, Seoul, Korea, 2005年05月
2008 H. F. Lu and M. C. Chiu, "Constructions of Space-Frequency Codes for MIMO-OFDM Systems", Proc. 2005 IEEE Int. Symp. on Inform. Theory(ISIT), pp. 2085-2089, Adelaide, Australia, 2005年09月
2008 H. F. Lu, "Space-Time Codes with AM-PSK Signalings", ISCOM2005, Kaohsiung , 2005年10月
2008 H. F. Lu, "Binary Linear Network Codes", Proc. 2007 Information Theory Workshop, pp.223-227 Bergen, Norway, 2007年07月
2008 H. F. Lu, "Low Complexity Constructions of Multi-Block Space-Time Codes Achieving Diversity-Multiplexing Tradeoff", Globecom 2007, Washington D. C., 2007年11月
Year Book Title
2011 S. Boztas and H. F. Lu, Proc. AAECC-17 (17th Int. Conf. on Applied Algebra, Algebraic Computations, and Error Correcting Codes). LNCS 4851. Springer, Heidelberg 2007., 2011/12
2008 P. V. kumar, M. Z. Win, H. F. LU, and C. N. Georghiades, ""Chapter 17: Error-Control Coding Techniques and Applications," Optical Fiber Telecommunications IV", 2002年04月, 2008/09
Publish Date Patent Title
2011/12/05 H. F. Lu, H. Lin and L. Welch, "Galois Field Computation", US Patent 7,668,895, Feb. 23, 2010
2011/12/05 H. F. Lu and M. C. Chiu, "Encoding and decoding methods and systems,"  US Patent 7,774,689, Aug. 10, 2010.
Year Lab Title
Coding Science Laboratory
Country School Name Department Degree Duration
USA Univeristy of Southern California Electrical Engineering Ph. D. 2000.01 ~ 2003.08
USA Univeristy of Southern California Electrical Engineering Master 1998.08 ~ 1999.12
Taiwan Tatung Institute of Technology Electrical Engineering B.S. 1990.09 ~ 1994.07
Organization Title Department Job Title Duration
2010.08 ~ 0000.01
2009.01 ~ 0000.01
2008.08 ~ 2010.07
National Chung-cheng University Dept. of Communicaion Engineering Associate Professor 2007.08 ~ 2008.07
National Chung-cheng University Dept. of Communicaion Engineering Assistant Professor 2004.02 ~ 2007.07
University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2003.09 ~ 2004.01
Honor Category Year Award Name Awarding Unit
Internal Honor 2011
External Honor 2008 Academia Sinica Young Researcher Award Academia Sinica
External Honor 2007 Wu Ta You Memorial Award National Science Council
External Honor 2007 Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researchers Award IEEE Communications Society
External Honor 2006 Young Scholar Best Paper Award IEEE Information Theory & IEEE Communication Societies, Taipei/ Tainan Chapter