Biography

Jeong-woo Cho received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea, in 2000, 2002, and 2005, respectively. From September 2005 to July 2007, he was with the Telecommunication R&D Center, Samsung Electronics, South Korea, as a Senior Engineer. From August 2007 to August 2010, he held postdoc positions in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, and at the Centre for Quantifiable Quality of Service in Communication Systems, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. He is now an assistant professor in the School of Information and Communication Technology at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. His current research interests include performance evaluation in various networks such as wireless local area network, cellular network, peer-to-peer network, and delay-tolerant network.

Research Interests

Area: Wi-Fi networks (IEEE 802.11), cellular networks, delay-tolerant networks, peer-to-peer networks.

Methodology: control theory, optimization theory, game theory, stochastic geometry, mean field theory (See some recent talks of Prof. Le Boudec.)


Invited Talks and Interviews

"Macroscopic insights into wireless networks: from mean field to stochastic geometry", POSTECH, South Korea, November 2016.

"Looking for insights behind the phenomena", Interview at ICT School, KTH, Sweden, February 2012.

"Mean field theory in networking: three facets of its application", Wireless@KTH Seminar Series, October 2011.


Publication (Also from KTH DiVA)

<Journal Papers>

[15] Hyojung Lee, Hyeryung Jang, Jeong-woo Cho and Yung Yi, "Traffic Scheduling and Revenue Distribution among Providers in the Internet: Trade-offs and Impacts", accepted for publication in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, November 2016.

[14] Jaeseong Jeong, Yung Yi, Jeong-woo Cho, Do Young Eun and Song Chong, "Energy-Efficient Wi-Fi Sensing Policy under Generalized Mobility Patterns with Aging", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 2416-2428, August 2016.

[13] Jeong-woo Cho and Yuming Jiang, "Fundamentals of the Backoff Process in 802.11: Dichotomy of the Aggregation", IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 1687-1701, April 2015.

[12] Jeong-woo Cho and Yung Yi, "On the Payoff Mechanisms in Peer-Assisted Services with Multiple Content Providers: Rationality and Fairness", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 731-744, June 2014.

[11] Jeong-woo Cho, Jean-Yves Le Boudec and Yuming Jiang, "On the Asymptotic Validity of the Decoupling Assumption for Analyzing 802.11 MAC Protocol", IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 58, no. 11, pp. 6879-6893, November 2012.

: In this paper, we dare to question the asymptotic validity of the decoupling assumption of the seminal work by Bianchi that has been cited 7139 times as of February 7, 2015.

[10] Jeong-woo Cho and Yung Yi, "On the Shapley-like Payoff Mechanisms in Peer-Assisted Services with Multiple Content Providers", Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (LNICST), vol. 75, pp. 397-412, 2012.

[9] Jeong-woo Cho, Jean-Yves Le Boudec and Yuming Jiang, "On the Validity of the Fixed Point Equation and Decoupling Assumption for Analyzing the 802.11 MAC Protocol", ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 36-38, September 2010.

[8] Hyang-Won Lee, Jeong-woo Cho and Song Chong, "Distributed Max-Min Flow Control for Multi-rate Overlay Multicast", Computer Networks, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 1727-1738, August 2010.

[7] Jeong-woo Cho and Yuming Jiang, "Basic Theorems on the Backoff Process in 802.11", ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 18-20, September 2009.

[6] Jeong-woo Cho, Jeonghoon Mo and Song Chong, "Joint Network-wide Opportunistic Scheduling and Power Control in Multi-cell Networks", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 1520-1531, March 2009.

[5] Jeong-woo Cho and Song Chong, "Utility Max-Min Flow Control Using Slope-Restricted Utility Functions", IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 963-972, May 2007.

[4] Jeong-woo Cho, Seong-Lyun Kim and Song Chong, "Capacity of Interference-Limited Ad Hoc Networks with Infrastructure Support", IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 16-18, January 2006.

[3] Jeong-woo Cho and Song Chong, "Stabilized Max-Min Flow Control Using PID and PII2 Controllers", IEICE Transactions on Communications, vol. E88-B, no. 8, pp. 3353-3364, August 2005.

[2] Hyung-Keun Ryu, Jeong-woo Cho and Song Chong, "Stabilized Edge-to-Edge Aggregate Flow Control", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3042, pp. 574-587, 2004.

[1] Jeong-woo Cho and Dong-ho Cho, "Dynamic Buffer Management Scheme Based on Rate Estimation in Packet-Switched Networks", Computer Networks, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 769-787, August 2002.

<Conference/Workshop Papers>

[18] Voravit Tanyingyong, Robert Olsson, Jeong-woo Cho, Markus Hidell and Peter Sjödin, "IoT-grid: IoT Communication for Smart DC Grids", IEEE Globecom 2016, Washington, D.C., December 2016.

[17] Abishek Sankararaman, Jeong-woo Cho and Francois Baccelli, "Performance-Oriented Association in Large Cellular Networks with Technology Diversity", 28th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC), Würzburg, Germany, September 2016. Available at arXiv and Simons Center on Communication, Information and Network Mathematics.

[16] Hyojung Lee, Hyeryng Jang, Yung Yi and Jeong-woo Cho, "On the Interaction Between Content-oriented Traffic Scheduling and Revenue Sharing Among Providers", 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Smart Data Pricing (SDP 2013) held in conjuction with IEEE Infocom 2013, Turin, Italy, April 2013.

[15] Jaeseong Jeong, Yung Yi, Jeong-woo Cho, Do Young Eun and Song Chong, "Wi-Fi Sensing: Should Mobiles Sleep Longer As They Age?", IEEE Infocom 2013, Turin, Italy, April 2013. (acceptance rate of a full paper: 17%)

[14] Hyojung Lee, Hyeryung Jang, Jeong-woo Cho and Yung Yi, "On the Stability of ISPs' Coalition Structure: Shapley Value Based Revenue Sharing", 46th Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Princeton University, New Jersey, March 2012.

[13] Jeong-woo Cho and Yung Yi, "On the Shapley-like Payoff Mechanisms in Peer-Assisted Services with Multiple Content Providers", GameNets 2011, Shanghai, China, April 2011. [PPT]

: This paper studies an incentive structure for cooperation and its stability in peer-assisted services when there exist multiple content providers, using a coalition game theoretic approach. An intriguing piece of news is that Prof. Sergiu Hart, who authored the key reference of our paper, is one of the plenary speakers at the conference.

[12] Jeong-woo Cho, Jean-Yves Le Boudec and Yuming Jiang, "On the Validity of the Fixed Point Equation and Decoupling Assumption for Analyzing the 802.11 MAC Protocol", ACM SIGMETRICS MAMA 2010, New York City, New York, June 2010. [PPT] [No Copyright Required]

[11] Jeong-woo Cho and Yuming Jiang, "Basic Theorems on the Backoff Process in 802.11", ACM SIGMETRICS MAMA 2009, Seattle, Washington, June 2009. [PPT] [No Copyright Required]

[10] Yuehong Gao, Xin Zhang, Yuming Jiang and Jeong-woo Cho, "System Spectral Efficiency and Stability of 3G Networks: A Comparative Study", IEEE ICC 2009, Dresden, Germany, June 2009.

[9] Jeong-woo Cho, Jeonghoon Mo and Song Chong, "Joint Network-wide Opportunistic Scheduling and Power Control in Multi-cell Networks", IEEE WoWMoM 2007, Helsinki, Finland, June 2007. (acceptance rate of an extended paper: 10.1%=15/148)

[8] Jeong-woo Cho, Yong Chang, Yuchul Kim and JaeHong Chon, "Analytic Optimization of HARQ Performance in Wireless Packet Data Systems", IEEE Globecom 2006, San Francisco, California, November 2006.

[7] Jeong-woo Cho and Song Chong, "Utility Max-Min Flow Control Using Slope-Restricted Utility Functions", IEEE Globecom 2005, Saint Louis, Missouri, November 2005, pp. 819-824.

[6] Jeong-woo Cho, Seong-Lyun Kim and Song Chong, "Infrastructure Support Increases the Capacity of Ad Hoc Wireless Networks", IEEE VTC 2005 Fall, Dallas, Texas, September 2005, pp. 2663-2668.

[5] Hyang-Won Lee, Jeong-woo Cho and Song Chong, "A Distributed Max-Min Flow Control Algorithm for Multi-rate Multicast Flows", IEEE Globecom 2004, Dallas, Texas, November 2004, pp. 1140-1146.

[4] Jeong-woo Cho and Song Chong, "Stabilized Max-Min Flow Control Using PID and PII2 Controllers", IEEE Globecom 2004, Dallas, Texas, November 2004, pp. 1411-1417.

[3] Hyung-Keun Ryu, Jeong-woo Cho and Song Chong, "Stabilized Edge-to-Edge Aggregate Flow Control", IFIP Networking 2004, Athens, Greece, May 2004, pp. 574-587.

[2] Jeong-woo Cho, Taesoo Kwon, Changhoi Koo, DS Park, Daegyun Kim and Dong-ho Cho, "Multiple Quality Control: A New Framework for QoS Control in Forward Link of 1xEV-DV Systems", IEEE VTC 2002 Spring, Birmingham, Alabama, May 2002, vol. 3, pp. 1165-1169.

[1] Jeong-woo Cho and Dong-ho Cho, "A Dynamic Buffer Management Scheme Based on Rate Estimation in Packet-Switched Networks", IEEE Globecom 2001, San Antonio, Texas, November 2001, pp. 2304-2310.

<Professional Services>

I have been revewing : IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Elsevier Computer Networks, Elsevier Computer Communications, IEEE Communications Letters, Journal of Communications and Networks, Annals of Telecommunications, Springer Wireless Networks, Springer Telecommunication Systems, ACM Mobicom, IEEE Infocom, IEEE ICC, IEEE Globecom, IEEE WCNC, IEEE VTC, ICOIN, IEEE ISWPC, ICCCN, APCC.

I have served as members of : Technical Program Committee of ICCCN 2012, ICCCN 2013, ICCCN 2014, and IEEE VTC 2014 Spring.

<Theses>

"A Control-Theoretic Approach to Flow Control in Communication Networks", Ph.D. Thesis, May 2005.

"Dynamic Buffer Management Based on Rate Estimation in IP Networks", M.S. Thesis, December 2001.

<Patents>

Jeong-woo Cho, Yong Chang, "Apparatus and method for scheduling users in a mobile communication system", USA Patent (Granted), US 8045924 B2, Filed in December 2007, Published in October 2011.

Jeong-woo Cho, Yu-Chul Kim, Yong Chang, Jae-Hong Chon, "Apparatus and method for performing HARQ transmission in a wireless communication system", USA Patent (Granted), US 8001440 B2, Filed in March 2007, Published in August 2011.

Beom-Sik Bae, Dong-Seek Park, Chang-Hoi Koo, Dae-Gyun Kim, Young-Wook Jung, Dong-Ho Cho, Jung-Woo Cho, "Reverse link controlling method in a mobile communication system", USA Patent (Granted), US 7324484 B2, Filed in October 2002, Published in January 2008.

Jeong-woo Cho, Yong Chang, "Apparatus and method for scheduling users in a mobile communication system", European Patent (Filed), EP 1933581 A3, Filed in December 2007, Published in August 2011.

Beom-Sik Bae, Dong-Ho Cho, Young-Wook Jung, Jung-Woo Cho, Tae-Soo Kwon, Jung-Su Jung, Chang-Hoi Koo, "Method of controlling reverse data transmission in a mobile communication system", USA Patent (Filed), US 20030125037 A1, Filed in December 2002, Published July 2003.

Beom-Sik Bae, Dong-Seek Park, Chang-Hoi Koo, Dae-Gyun Kim, Young-Wook Jung, Dong-Ho Cho, Jung-Woo Cho, "Reverse link controlling method in a mobile communication system", USA Patent (Filed), US 20030124988 A1, Filed in October 2002, Published July 2003.

<Awards and Grants>

December 2004, Student Travel Grants for IEEE Globecom 2004 (Competitive rate: 24.4%=11/45), IEEE Communications Society.

December 2005, Student Travel Grants for IEEE Globecom 2005 (Competitive rate: 41.7%=10/24), IEEE Communications Society.