Research

Edited Book

  • V. Beresnevich, A. Burr, B. Nazer, S. Velani, Number Theory Meets Wireless Communications, Springer, 2021.
    [Publisher]

Book Chapters

  • S. H. Lim, B. Nazer, and M. Gastpar, Compute–Forward Strategies for Next-Generation Wireless Systems, Information-Theoretic Perspectives on 5G Systems and Beyond, Cambridge University Press, pp. 426-462, 2022.
    [Publisher]

  • O. Ordentlich and B. Nazer, Characterizing the Performance of Wireless Communication Architectures via Basic Diophantine Approximation Bounds, Number Theory Meets Wireless Communication, Springer, pp. 69-98, 2020.
    [Publisher]

  • B. Nazer and R. Zamir, Gaussian Networks, Lattice Coding for Signals and Networks, Cambridge University Press, pp. 313-371, 2014.
    [Publisher]

Tutorial Slides

  • Compute-and-Forward: An Explicit Link between Finite Field and Gaussian Interference Networks, 2014 European School of Information Theory.
    [Slides]

  • Algebraic Structure in Network Information Theory, 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory.
    [Slides]

  • Interference Alignment (for Interference Channels), 2011 Wireless Information Theory Summer School.
    [Slides]

Journal Papers

  • A. Pastore, S. H. Lim, C. Feng, B. Nazer, and M. Gastpar, A Unified Discretization Approach to Compute–Forward: From Discrete to Continuous Inputs, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 1-45, January 2023.
    [Journal] [arXiv]

  • R. A. Mount, S. Sridhar, K. R. Hansen, A. I. Mohammed, M. Abdulkerim, R. Kessel, B. Nazer, H. J. Gritton, X. Han, Distinct neuronal populations contribute to trace conditioning and extinction learning in the hippocampal CA1, eLife 2021 10, e56491, April 2021.
    [Journal]

  • A. Bhatt, B. Nazer, O. Ordentlich, and Y. Polyanskiy, Information-Distilling Quantizers, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 2472-2487, February 2021.
    [Journal] [arXiv] [Slides]

  • S. H. Lim, C. Feng, A. Pastore, B. Nazer, and M. Gastpar, Compute-forward for DMCs: Simultaneous Joint Typicality Decoding, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 66, no. 10, pp. 6242-6255, October 2020.
    [Journal] [arXiv] [Slides Part 1 Part 2]

  • I. El Bakoury and B. Nazer, Integer-Forcing Architectures for Uplink Cloud Radio Access Networks, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 2336-2351, April 2020.
    [Journal] [arXiv] [Slides]

  • S. H. Lim, C. Feng, A. Pastore, B. Nazer, and M. Gastpar, A Joint Typicality Approach to Compute–Forward, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 64, no. 12, pp. 7657-7685, December 2018.
    [Journal] [arXiv] [Slides]

  • K. Hansen, G. DeWalt, A. Mohammad, H. Tseng, V. Saligrama, B. Nazer, W. Eldred, X. Han, Mild Blast Injury Produces Acute Changes in Basal Intracellular Calcium Levels and Activity Patterns in Mouse Hippocampal Neurons, Journal of Neurotrauma, vol. 35, no. 13, pp. 1523-1536, July 2018.
    [Journal]

  • W. He, B. Nazer, and S. Shamai, Uplink-Downlink Duality for Integer-Forcing, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 1992-2011, March 2018.
    [Journal] [arXiv]

  • B. Nazer, V. Cadambe, V. Ntranos, and G. Caire, Expanding the Compute-and-Forward Framework: Unequal Powers, Signal Levels, and Multiple Linear Combinations, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 62, no. 9, pp. 4879-4909, September 2016.
    [Journal] [arXiv] [Slides] [MATLAB Code for Fig. 4]

  • J. Zhan, B. Nazer, U. Erez, and M. Gastpar, Integer-Forcing Linear Receivers, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 60, no. 12, pp. 7661-7685, December 2014.
    [Journal] [arXiv] [Slides]

  • O. Ordentlich, U. Erez, and B. Nazer, The Approximate Sum Capacity of the Symmetric K-User Gaussian Interference Channel, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 3450-3482, June 2014.
    [Journal] [arXiv] [Slides]

  • U. Niesen, B. Nazer, and P. Whiting, Computation Alignment: Capacity Approximation without Noise Accumulation, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 59, no. 6, pp. 3811-3832, June 2013.
    [Journal] [arXiv] [Slides]

  • B. Nazer, Y. Shkel, and S. C. Draper, The AWGN Red Alert Problem, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 2188-2200, April 2013.
    [Journal] [arXiv] [Slides]

  • B. Nazer, M. Gastpar, S. A. Jafar, and S. Vishwanath, Ergodic Interference Alignment, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 58, no. 10, pp. 6355-6371, October 2012.
    [Journal] [arXiv] [Slides]

  • B. Nazer and M. Gastpar, Compute-and-Forward: Harnessing Interference through Structured Codes, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 57, no. 10, pp. 6463-6486, October 2011.
    [Journal] [arXiv] [Slides]

  • B. Nazer, A. G. Dimakis, and M. Gastpar, Local Interference can Accelerate Gossip Algorithms, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, Special Issue on Gossiping Algorithms Design and Application, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 876-887, August 2011.
    [Journal]

  • B. Nazer and M. Gastpar, Reliable Physical-Layer Network Coding, Proceedings of the IEEE, Special Issue on Network Coding, vol. 99, no. 3, pp. 438-460, March 2011.
    [Journal] [arXiv]

  • B. Nazer and M. Gastpar, The Case for Structured Random Codes in Network Capacity Theorems, European Transactions on Telecommunications, Special Issue on New Directions in Information Theory, vol.19, no.4, pp. 455-474, June 2008.
    [Journal]

  • B. Nazer and M. Gastpar, Computation over Multiple-Access Channels, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Special Issue on Models, Theory, and Codes for Relaying and Cooperation in Communication Networks, vol. 53, no. 10, pp. 3498-3516, October 2007.
    [Journal]

Selected Conference Papers

(“journal-length” machine learning conference papers & papers not completely subsumed by a journal version)
  • A. Pastore, S. H. Lim, C. Feng, B. Nazer, and M. Gastpar, Distributed Lossy Computation with Structured Codes: From Discrete to Continuous Sources, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2023), Taipei, Taiwan, June 2023.

  • Z. K and B. Nazer, Detecting Correlated Gaussian Databases, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2022), Espoo, Finland, June 2022.
    [Proceedings] [arXiv]

  • A. Gangrade, B. Nazer, and V. Saligrama, Limits on Testing Structural Changes in Ising Models, Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2020), Online, December 2020.
    [Proceedings] [arXiv]

  • A. Gangrade, P. Venkatesh, B. Nazer, and V. Saligrama, Efficient Near-Optimal Testing of Community Changes in Balanced Stochastic Block Models, Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2019), Vancouver, Canada, December 2019.
    [Proceedings] [Poster]

  • S. H. Lim, C. Feng, A. Pastore, B. Nazer, and M. Gastpar, Towards an Algebraic Network Information Theory: Distributed Lossy Computation of Linear Functions, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2019), Paris, France, July 2019.
    [Proceedings]

  • I. El Bakoury and B. Nazer, Uplink-Downlink Duality For Integer-Forcing in Cloud Radio Access Networks, Proceedings of 56th Annual Allerton Conference on Communications, Control and Computing/, Monticello, IL, October 2018.
    [Proceedings]

  • C. Ionita, B. Nazer, C. Feng, and B. Aazhang, An Experimental Study on the Robustness of Integer-Forcing Linear Receivers, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2017), Budapest, Hungary, June 2017.
    [Proceedings]

  • W. He and B. Nazer, Integer-Forcing Source Coding: Successive Cancellation and Source-Channel Duality, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2016), Barcelona, Spain 2016.
    [Proceedings]

  • I. El Bakoury, W. He, and B. Nazer, Integer-Forcing Interference Alignment: Iterative Optimization via Aligned Lattice Reduction, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2015), Hong Kong, China, June 2015.
    [Proceedings]

  • I. El Bakoury and B. Nazer, The Impact of Channel Variation on Integer-Forcing Receivers, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2015), Hong Kong, China, June 2015.
    [Local PDF, corrects inconsistency between plots and stated parameters in published version]

  • M. Farag and B. Nazer, Matching Alignment, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2015), Hong Kong, China, June 2015.
    [Proceedings]

  • W. He, C. Feng, C. Ionita, and B. Nazer, Collision Scheduling for Cellular Networks, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2015), Hong Kong, China, June 2015.
    [Proceedings]

  • O. Ordentlich, U. Erez, and B. Nazer, Compute-and-Forward with Feedback, Proceedings of the IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW 2015), Jerusalem, Israel, April 2015. (Invited Paper.)
    [Proceedings]

  • O. Ordentlich, U. Erez, and B. Nazer, Successive Integer-Forcing and its Sum-Rate Optimality, Proceedings of the 51st Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computation, Monticello, IL, October 2013.
    [Proceedings]]

  • V. Ntranos, V. R. Cadambe, B. Nazer, and G. Caire, Integer-Forcing Interference Alignment, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2013), Istanbul, Turkey July 2013.
    [Proceedings]

  • V. Ntranos, V. R. Cadambe, B. Nazer, and G. Caire, Feedback Interference Alignment: Exact Alignment for Three Users in Two Time Slots, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2013), Budapest, Hungary, June 2013.
    [Proceedings]

  • M. Nokleby, B. Nazer, B. Aazhang, and N. Devroye, Relays that Cooperate to Compute, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS 2012), Paris, France, August 2012. (Invited Paper.)
    [Proceedings]

  • B. Nazer, Successive Compute-and-Forward, Proceedings of the 22nd Biennial International Zurich Seminar on Communication (IZS 2012)/, Zurich, Switzerland, March 2012. (Invited Paper.)
    [Local PDF]

  • Z. Takhirov, B. Nazer, and A. Joshi, Error Mitigation in Digital Logic using a Feedback Equalization with Schmitt Trigger (FEST) Circuit, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED 2012), Santa Clara, CA, March 2012.
    [Proceedings]

  • Y. Shkel, S. C. Draper, and B. Nazer, On the Cooperative Red Alert Exponent for the AWGN-MAC with Feedback, Proceedings of the 49th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computation, Monticello, IL, September 2011.
    [Proceedings]

  • O. Ordentlich, J. Zhan, U. Erez, M. Gastpar, and B. Nazer, Practical Code Design for Compute-and-Forward, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2011), St. Petersburg, Russia, August 2011.
    [Proceedings]

  • J. Zhan, B. Nazer, O. Ordentlich, U. Erez, and M. Gastpar, Integer-Forcing Architectures for MIMO: Distributed Implementation and SIC, Proceedings of the 44th Annual IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Monterey, CA, October 2010. (Invited Paper.)
    [Proceedings]

  • B. Nazer and R. D. Nowak, Sparse Interactions: Identifying High-Dimensional Multilinear Systems via Compressed Sensing, Proceedings of the 48th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computation, Monticello, IL, September 2010.
    [Proceedings]

  • B. Nazer, A. Sanderovich, M. Gastpar, and S. Shamai, Structured Superposition for Backhaul Constrained Cellular Uplink, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2009), Seoul, Korea, June 2009.
    [Proceedings]

  • B. Nazer and M. Gastpar, Structured Random Codes and Sensor Network Coding Theorems, Proceedings of the 20th Biennial International Zurich Seminar on Communication (IZS 2008), Zurich, Switzerland, March 2008. (Invited Paper.)
    [Local PDF]

  • B. Nazer and M. Gastpar, Lattice Coding Increases Multicast Rates for Gaussian Multiple-Access Networks, Proceedings of the 45th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computation, Monticello, IL, September 2007.
    [Local PDF] [Slides]

  • B. Nazer and M. Gastpar, Computing over Multiple-Access Channels with Connections to Wireless Network Coding, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2006), Seattle, WA, July 2006.
    [Proceedings] [Slides]

  • B. Nazer and M. Gastpar, Reliable Computation over Multiple-Access Channels, Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computation, Monticello, IL, September 2005.
    [Local PDF] [Slides]

Dissertation

  • B. Nazer, Exploiting Interference through Algebraic Structure, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, Fall 2009.
    [Local PDF] [Slides]