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Hua Sun

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Electrical Engineering

College: College of Engineering

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of California, Irvine, 2017
    Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Specialization: Information Theory
    Dissertation: Fundamental limits of private information retrieval
  • MS, University of California, Irvine, 2013
    Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • BE, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 2011
    Major: Communications Engineering

Current Scheduled Teaching

EENG 5940.602Advanced Topics in Electrical EngineeringSpring 2025
EENG 2621.001Signals and Systems LabSpring 2025
EENG 5890.012Directed StudyFall 2024
EENG 6940.011Individual ResearchFall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

EENG 5932.001InternshipSummer 10W 2024
EENG 5932.002InternshipSummer 10W 2024
EENG 5940.001Advanced Topics in Electrical EngineeringSpring 2024 SPOT
EENG 5890.010Directed StudySpring 2024
EENG 6940.810Individual ResearchSpring 2024
EENG 5932.001InternshipSpring 2024
EENG 2621.001Signals and Systems LabSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
EENG 4510.001Digital CommunicationsFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
EENG 5810.001Digital CommunicationsFall 2023 SPOT
EENG 5890.012Directed StudyFall 2023
EENG 6950.008Doctoral DissertationFall 2023
EENG 6940.011Individual ResearchFall 2023
EENG 5932.001InternshipFall 2023
EENG 2621.001Signals and Systems LabFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
EENG 5932.001InternshipSummer 10W 2023
EENG 5932.008InternshipSummer 8W1 2023
EENG 5940.001Advanced Topics in Electrical EngineeringSpring 2023 SPOT
EENG 5890.010Directed StudySpring 2023
EENG 6950.010Doctoral DissertationSpring 2023
EENG 5932.001InternshipSpring 2023
EENG 2621.001Signals and Systems LabSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
EENG 5890.012Directed StudyFall 2022
EENG 6950.008Doctoral DissertationFall 2022
EENG 5932.001InternshipFall 2022
EENG 5950.011Master's ThesisFall 2022
EENG 2621.001Signals and Systems LabFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
EENG 5820.001Wireless CommunicationsFall 2022 SPOT
EENG 5890.005Directed StudySummer 10W 2022
EENG 5932.007InternshipSummer 5W2 2022
EENG 5810.001Digital CommunicationsSpring 2022 SPOT
EENG 5810.600Digital CommunicationsSpring 2022 SPOT
EENG 5890.010Directed StudySpring 2022
EENG 6950.010Doctoral DissertationSpring 2022
EENG 5950.009Master's ThesisSpring 2022
EENG 2621.001Signals and Systems LabSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
EENG 5890.012Directed StudyFall 2021
EENG 6950.008Doctoral DissertationFall 2021
EENG 6940.011Individual ResearchFall 2021
EENG 5950.011Master's ThesisFall 2021
EENG 5900.011Special ProblemsFall 2021
EENG 5820.001Wireless CommunicationsFall 2021 SPOT
EENG 5820.600Wireless CommunicationsFall 2021 SPOT
EENG 5950.009Master's ThesisSummer 10W 2021
EENG 2610.002Circuit AnalysisSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
EENG 5810.001Digital CommunicationsSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
EENG 5810.005Digital CommunicationsSpring 2021 Syllabus
EENG 5810.600Digital CommunicationsSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
EENG 5890.010Directed StudySpring 2021
EENG 6940.013Individual ResearchSpring 2021
EENG 5950.009Master's ThesisSpring 2021
EENG 2610.001Circuit AnalysisFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
EENG 5890.013Directed StudyFall 2020
EENG 6950.008Doctoral DissertationFall 2020
EENG 6940.011Individual ResearchFall 2020
EENG 5950.011Master's ThesisFall 2020
EENG 6950.007Doctoral DissertationSummer SUM 2020
EENG 5810.001Digital CommunicationsSpring 2020
EENG 5810.600Digital CommunicationsSpring 2020
EENG 5890.010Directed StudySpring 2020
EENG 6950.010Doctoral DissertationSpring 2020
EENG 6940.013Individual ResearchSpring 2020
EENG 5950.009Master's ThesisSpring 2020
EENG 2620.001Signals and SystemsSpring 2020 Syllabus
EENG 6950.008Doctoral DissertationFall 2019
EENG 6940.011Individual ResearchFall 2019
EENG 5950.011Master's ThesisFall 2019
EENG 5820.001Wireless CommunicationsFall 2019 SPOT
EENG 6940.013Individual ResearchSpring 2019
EENG 6900.011Special ProblemsSpring 2019
EENG 5810.001Digital CommunicationsFall 2018 SPOT
EENG 5810.604Digital CommunicationsFall 2018 SPOT
EENG 5890.012Directed StudyFall 2018
EENG 6940.011Individual ResearchFall 2018
EENG 2980.002Experimental CourseSpring 2018 Syllabus
EENG 2620.001Signals and SystemsSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
EENG 6900.011Special ProblemsSpring 2018

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Conference Proceeding

  • Gholami, A., Wan, K., Jahani-Nezhad, T., Sun, H., Ji, M., Caire, G. (2024). On Multi-Message Private Computation. 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 945-950. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10619493
  • Zhang, Z., Liu, J., Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Caire, G. (2024). On the Optimality of Secure Aggregation with Uncoded Groupwise Keys Against User Dropouts and User Collusion. 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 2730-2735. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10619337
  • Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Mi, T., Caire, G. (2024). Optimal Information Theoretic Secure Aggregation with Uncoded Groupwise Keys. 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 2736-2741. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10619454
  • Zhang, X., Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Caire, G. (2023). A Novel Scheme for Cache-Aided Multiuser Private Information Retrieval with User-to-User Privacy. 2023 57th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers. 717-723. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10476849
  • Huang, W., Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Qiu, R.C., Caire, G. (2023). Fundamental Limits of Distributed Linearly Separable Computation under Cyclic Assignment. 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 2296 - 2301. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10206661
  • Wan, K., Yao, Y., Sun, H., Ji, M., Caire, G. (2023). GroupSecAgg: Information Theoretic Secure Aggregation with Uncoded Groupwise Keys. ICC 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Communications. 3890-3895. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10279171
  • Li, Z., Sun, H. (2023). On Extremal Rates of Storage over Graphs. 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 2039 - 2044. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10206619
  • Zhang, Z., Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Caire, G. (2023). Secure Aggregation with Uncoded Groupwise Keys Against User Collusion. 2023 8th International Conference on Computer and Communication Systems (ICCCS). 559-564. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10151414
  • Zhao, Y., Sun, H. (2023). The Optimal Rate of MDS Variable Generation. 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 832 - 837. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10206914
  • Li, Z., Zhao, Y., Sun, H. (2023). Weakly Secure Summation with Colluding Users. 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 2398 - 2403. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10206930
  • Gholami, A., Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Caire, G. (2022). Coded Caching With Private Demands and Caches. 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 1396-1401. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9834846
  • Zhang, X., Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Caire, G. (2022). Fundamental Limits of Cache-aided Multiuser PIR: The Two-message Two-user Case. 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 420-425. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9834425
  • Zhang, X., Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Caire, G. (2021). A New Design of Cache-aided Multiuser Private Information Retrieval with Uncoded Prefetching. 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 1766-1771. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9518072
  • Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Tuninetti, D., Caire, G. (2021). Cache-Aided Matrix Multiplication Retrieval. 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 2810-2815. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9518042
  • Sun, H. (2021). Compound Secure Groupcast: Key Assignment for Selected Broadcasting. 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 694-699. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9518149
  • Zhao, Y., Sun, H. (2021). Information Theoretic Secure Aggregation with User Dropouts. 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 1124-1129. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9517953
  • Li, Z., Sun, H. (2021). On the Linear Capacity of Conditional Disclosure of Secrets. 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 3202-3207. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9517867
  • Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Caire, G. (2021). Secure Distributed Linearly Separable Computation. 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 2149-2154. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9517896
  • Zhou, R., Tian, C., Sun, H., Plank, J.S. (2021). Two-Level Private Information Retrieval. 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 1919-1924. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9518167
  • Zhang, X., Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M. (2020). Cache-aided Multiuser Private Information Retrieval. 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 1095-1100. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9174083
  • Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Tuninetti, D., Caire, G. (2020). Cache-Aided Scalar Linear Function Retrieval. 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 1717-1722. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9173997
  • Li, Z., Sun, H. (2020). Conditional Disclosure of Secrets: A Noise and Signal Alignment Approach. 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 944-948. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9174262
  • Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Tuninetti, D., Caire, G. (2020). Device-to-Device Private Caching with Trusted Server. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). 1-6. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9149038
  • Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Tuninetti, D., Caire, G. (2020). Novel Converse for Device-to-Device Demand-Private Caching with a Trusted Server. 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 1705-1710. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9174279
  • Zhang, X., Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Caire, G. (2020). Private Cache-aided Interference Alignment for Multiuser Private Information Retrieval. 2020 18th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOPT). 1-8. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9155254
  • Zhou, Y., Wang, Q., Sun, H., Fu, S. (2020). The Minimum Upload Cost of Symmetric Private Information Retrieval. 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 1030-1034. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9174274
  • Mosquera, F., Gulur, N., Kavi, K.M., Mehta, G., Sun, H. (2020). CHASM: Security Evaluation of Cache Mapping Schemes. International Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling and Simulation.
  • Zhou, R., Tian, C., Liu, T., Sun, H. (2019). Capacity-Achieving Private Information Retrieval Codes from MDS-Coded Databases with Minimum Message Size. 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 370--374. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8849542
  • Tian, C., Sun, H., Chen, J. (2019). Capacity-Achieving Private Information Retrieval Codes with Optimal Message Size and Upload Cost. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). 1--6. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8761802
  • Zhou, Y., Sun, H., Fu, S. (2019). On the Randomness Cost of Linear Secure Computation. 2019 53rd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS). 1--6. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8692860
  • Yi, X., Sun, H. (2019). Opportunistic Topological Interference Management. 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 1287--1291. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8849458
  • Sun, H. (2019). Private Information Delivery. 2019 IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW). 1-5. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8989217
  • Wang, Q., Sun, H., Skoglund, M. (2019). Symmetric Private Information Retrieval with Mismatched Coded Messages and Randomness. 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 365--369. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8849351
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2019). The Capacity of Linear Computation Broadcast. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). 1--6. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8761676
  • Tian, C., Sun, H., Chen, J. (2018). A Shannon-Theoretic Approach to the Storage-Retrieval Tradeoff in PIR Systems. 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 1904--1908. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8437874/
  • Wang, Q., Sun, H., Skoglund, M. (2018). The $\epsilon$-error Capacity of Symmetric PIR with Byzantine Adversaries. 2018 IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW). 1--5. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8613332
  • Sun, H. (2018). The Capacity of Anonymous Communications. 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 751--755. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8437850/
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2018). The Capacity of Private Computation. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). 1--6. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8422963/
  • Wang, Q., Sun, H., Skoglund, M. (2018). The Capacity of Private Information Retrieval with Eavesdroppers. 2018 52nd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers. 1679--1683. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8645154
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2017). Private Information Retrieval from MDS Coded Data with Colluding Servers: Settling a Conjecture by Freij-Hollanti et al. 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 1893–1897. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8006858/
  • Jia, Z., Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2017). The Capacity of Private Information Retrieval with Disjoint Colluding Sets. GLOBECOM 2017-2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference. 1--6. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8254170/
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2016). Blind Interference Alignment for Private Information Retrieval. 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 560–564. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7541361/
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2016). The Capacity of Private Information Retrieval. 2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). 1–6. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7842315/
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2016). The Capacity of Private Information Retrieval with Colluding Databases. 2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP). 941–946. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7905981/
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2016). The Capacity of Symmetric Private Information Retrieval. 2016 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps). 1–5. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7849060/
  • Yuan, B., Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2015). On the Optimality of" Half the Cake" for K-User Rank-Deficient Mk x Mk Interference Channel. 2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). 1–5. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7417087/
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2015). On the Separability of GDoF Region for Parallel Gaussian TIN Optimal Interference Networks. 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 1054–1058. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7282616/
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2014). On the Optimality of Treating Interference as Noise for Parallel Deterministic Interference Networks. 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 841–845. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6874951/
  • Geng, C., Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2014). On the Optimality of Treating Interference as Noise: General Message Sets. 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory Proceedings (ISIT). 1777–1781. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6875139/
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2014). Topological Interference Management with Multiple Antennas. 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT). 1767–1771. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6875137/
  • Geng, C., Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2013). Multilevel Topological Interference Management. 2013 IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW). 1–5. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6691291/
  • Sun, H., Geng, C., Jafar, S.A. (2013). Topological Interference Management with Alternating Connectivity. 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory Proceedings (ISIT). 399–403. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6620256/
  • Sun, H., Geng, C., Gou, T., Jafar, S.A. (2012). Degrees of Freedom of MIMO X Networks: Spatial Scale Invariance, One-sided Decomposability and Linear Feasibility. 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory Proceedings (ISIT). 2082–2086. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6283728/
  • Wang, C., Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2012). Genie Chains and the Degrees of Freedom of the K-user MIMO Interference Channel. 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory Proceedings (ISIT). 2476–2480. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6283961/
  • Yang, Y., Zhao, H., Sun, C., Sun, H., Wang, W. (2011). Distributed Beamforming with Relay-aided Interference Alignment in Fully Connected Interference Network. 2011 IEEE GLOBECOM Workshops (GC Wkshps). 1347–1352. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6162406/
  • Journal Article

  • Gholami, A., Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Caire, G. (2024). Coded Caching With Private Demands and Caches. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 70 (2) 1087-1106. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10332248
  • Li, Z., Sun, H. (2024). On Extremal Rates of Storage Over Graphs. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 70 (4) 2464-2478. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10299679
  • Wan, K., Yao, X., Sun, H., Ji, M., Caire, G. (2024). On the Information Theoretic Secure Aggregation With Uncoded Groupwise Keys. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 70 (9) 6596-6619. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10580953
  • Zhao, Y., Sun, H. (2024). Secure Summation: Capacity Region, Groupwise Key, and Feasibility. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 70 (2) 1376-1387. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10359136
  • Tian, C., Sun, H., Chen, J. (2023). A Shannon-Theoretic Approach to the Storage–Retrieval Trade-Off in PIR Systems. Information. 14 (1) 14. MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/14/1/44
  • Li, Z., Sun, H. (2023). On Extremal Rates of Secure Storage Over Graphs. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 18 4721-4731. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10194964
  • Li, Z., Sun, H. (2023). On the Linear Capacity of Conditional Disclosure of Secrets. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 71 (12) 7218-7227. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10258335
  • Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Tuninetti, D., Caire, G. (2022). Cache-Aided Matrix Multiplication Retrieval. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 68 (7) 4301-4319. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9730908
  • Sun, H. (2022). Compound Secure Groupcast: Key Assignment for Selected Broadcasting. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory. 3 (2) 379-389. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9790842
  • Li, Z., Sun, H. (2022). Conditional Disclosure of Secrets: A Noise and Signal Alignment Approach. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 70 (6) 4052-4062. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9759301
  • Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Caire, G. (2022). Distributed Linearly Separable Computation. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 68 (2) 1259-1278. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9614153
  • Zhao, Y., Sun, H. (2022). Information Theoretic Secure Aggregation with User Dropouts. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 68 (11) 7471-7484. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9834981
  • Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Caire, G. (2022). On Secure Distributed Linearly Separable Computation. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 40 (3) 912-926. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9678313
  • Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Tuninetti, D., Caire, G. (2022). On the Fundamental Limits of Device-to-Device Private Caching Under Uncoded Cache Placement and User Collusion. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 68 (9) 5701-5729. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9770800
  • Sun, H. (2022). Secure Groupcast with Shared Keys. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 68 (7) 4681-4699. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9737507
  • Zhou, R., Tian, C., Sun, H., Plank, J. (2022). Two-Level Private Information Retrieval. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory. 3 (2) 337-349. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9790846
  • Zhao, Y., Sun, H. (2021). Expand-and-Randomize: An Algebraic Approach to Secure Computation. Entropy. 23 (11) 1461. MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/11/1461
  • Geng, C., Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2021). Multilevel Topological Interference Management: A TIM-TIN Perspective. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 69 (11) 7350-7362. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9507346
  • Zhang, X., Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Caire, G. (2021). On the Fundamental Limits of Cache-Aided Multiuser Private Information Retrieval. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 69 (9) 5828-5842. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9462140
  • Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Tuninetti, D., Caire, G. (2021). On the Optimal Load-Memory Tradeoff of Cache-Aided Scalar Linear Function Retrieval. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 67 (6) 4001-4018. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9378566
  • Wan, K., Sun, H., Ji, M., Caire, G. (2021). On the Tradeoff Between Computation and Communication Costs for Distributed Linearly Separable Computation. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 69 (11) 7390-7405. IEEE, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9521491
  • Du , J., Preston, S., Sun, H., Shegog, R., Cunningham, R., Boom, J., Savas, L., Amith, M., Tao, C. (2021). Using Machine Learning-Based Approaches for the Detection and Classification of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Misinformation: Infodemiology Study of Reddit Discussions.. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23 (8) e26478.
  • Zhou, R., Tian, C., Sun, H., Liu, T. (2020). Capacity-Achieving Private Information Retrieval Codes From MDS-Coded Databases With Minimum Message Size. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 66 (8) 4904-4916. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9018010
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2020). On the Capacity of Locally Decodable Codes. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 66 (10) 6566-6579. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9162130
  • Yi, X., Sun, H. (2020). Opportunistic Topological Interference Management. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 68 (1) 521-535. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8878131
  • Yi, X., Sun, H. (2020). Opportunistic Treating Interference as Noise. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 66 (1) 520-533. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8811604
  • Sun, H. (2020). Private Information Delivery. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 66 (12) 7672-7683. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9165216
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2020). On the Capacity of Computation Broadcast. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 66 (6) 3417-3434. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8933034
  • Sun, H., Tian, C. (2019). Breaking the MDS-PIR Capacity Barrier via Joint Storage Coding. Information. 10 (9) 16. MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/10/9/265
  • Tian, C., Sun, H., Chen, J. (2019). Capacity-Achieving Private Information Retrieval Codes with Optimal Message Size and Upload Cost. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 65 (11) 7613-7627. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8720234
  • Jia, Z., Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2019). Cross Subspace Alignment and the Asymptotic Capacity of X-Secure T-Private Information Retrieval. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 65 (9) 5783-5798. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8712409
  • Sun, H. (2019). The Capacity of Anonymous Communications. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 65 (6) 3871--3879. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8528492
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2019). The Capacity of Private Computation. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 65 (6) 3880--3897. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8580554
  • Wang, Q., Sun, H., Skoglund, M. (2019). The Capacity of Private Information Retrieval with Eavesdroppers. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 65 (5) 3198--3214. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8558509
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2019). The Capacity of Symmetric Private Information Retrieval. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 65 (1) 322--329. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8388267
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2018). Multiround Private Information Retrieval: Capacity and Storage Overhead. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 64 (8) 5743--5754. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8246575/
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2018). Private Information Retrieval from MDS Coded Data With Colluding Servers: Settling a Conjecture by Freij-Hollanti et al.. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 64 (2) 1000--1022. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8126852/
  • Yi, X., Sun, H., Jafar, S.A., Gesbert, D. (2018). TDMA is Optimal for All-Unicast DoF Region of TIM if and only if Topology is Chordal Bipartite. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 64 (3) 2065--2076. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8263176/
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2018). The Capacity of Robust Private Information Retrieval with Colluding Databases. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 64 (4) 2361--2370. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8119895/
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2017). Optimal Download Cost of Private Information Retrieval for Arbitrary Message Length. Other. 12 (12) 2920--2932. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7972899/
  • Yuan, B., Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2017). Replication-based Outer bounds and the Optimality of “Half the Cake” for Rank-Deficient MIMO Interference Networks. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 63 (10) 6607-6621. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7983397/
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2017). The Capacity of Private Information Retrieval. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 63 (7) 4075--4088. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7889028/
  • Wang, C., Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2016). Genie Chains: Exploring Outer Bounds on the Degrees of Freedom of MIMO Interference Networks. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 62 (10) 5573–5602. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7542164/
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2016). On the Optimality of Treating Interference as Noise for K-User Parallel Gaussian Interference Networks. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 62 (4) 1911–1930. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7422814/
  • Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2015). Index Coding Capacity: How Far Can One Go with Only Shannon Inequalities?. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 61 (6) 3041–3055. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7080889/
  • Geng, C., Sun, H., Jafar, S.A. (2015). On the Optimality of Treating Interference as Noise: General Message Sets. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 61 (7) 3722–3736. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7106540/
  • Sun, H., Krishnamurthy, S.R., Jafar, S.A. (2015). Rank Matching for Multihop Multiflow. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 61 (9) 4751–4764. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7134759/
  • Sun, H., Gou, T., Jafar, S.A. (2013). Degrees of Freedom of MIMO X Networks: Spatial Scale Invariance and One-Sided Decomposability. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 59 (12) 8377–8385. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6587510/

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Sun, H. (Principal), "Collaborative Research: CIF: Medium: Fundamental Limits of Cache-aided Multi-user Private Function Retrieval," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $365166 Funded. (2023 - 2027).
  • Sun, H. (Principal), "CAREER: Fundamental Limits of Cryptographic Primitives Through Network Information Theory," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $426707 Funded. (2021 - 2026).
  • Sun, H. (Principal), "Collaborative Research: CIF: Small: Communication, Storage, Complexity, and Security: A Holistic View on the Fundamental Limits and Code Designs for Private Information Retrieval," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $218259 Funded. (2020 - 2023).
  • Sun, H., "An Information Theoretic Approach to Big-Data Privacy," sponsored by Office for Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $1500 Funded. (2019 - 2021).
  • Sun, H. (Principal), "CAREER: Fundamental Limits of Cryptographic Primitives Through Network Information Theory," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2021 - 2026).
  • Sun, H. (Principal), "Collaborative Research: CIF: Small: Communication, Storage, Complexity, and Security: A Holistic View on the Fundamental Limits and Code Designs for Private Information Retrieval," sponsored by National Science Foundation, FED, Funded. (2020 - 2023).
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    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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