• Associate Department Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Zixiang Xiong

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – 1996

Research Interests

    • Distributed source coding for sensor networks, data hiding, and network information theory
    • Joint source-channel coding, networked multimedia and data compression
    • Genomic signal processing
    • Network traffic smoothing and modeling
    • Biomedical engineering - medical image processing

Certifications & Memberships

  • Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Awards & Honors

  • CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
  • Young Investigator Program Award, the University of Arizona
  • Young Investigator Program Award. Office of Naval Research

Selected Publications

  • Z. Xiong, "Distributed video coding," Multimedia Image and Video Processing, L. Guan, Y. He, and S.-Y. Kung (Eds.), CRC, 2012.
  • Z. Xiong, A. Liveris, and Y. Yang, "Distributed source coding," Handbook on Array Processing and Sensor Networks, S. Haykin and K. J. R. Liu (Eds.), Wiley, 2009.
  • Z. Xiong and K. Ramchandran, "Wavelet image compression," The Essential Guide to Image Processing, A. Bovik, ed., Elsevier, 2009.
  • V. Stankovic, A. Host-Madsen, and Z. Xiong, "Cooperative diversity: Capacity bounds and code designs," Adaptive Signal Processing for Wireless Communications, M. Ibnkahla (Ed.), CRC Press, 2008.
  • R. Hamzaoui, V Stankovic, Z. Xiong, K. Ramchandran, R. Puri, A. Majumdar, and J. Chou "Channel protection and joint source channel coding techniques," Multimedia over IP and Wireless Networks: Compression, Networking, and Systems, M. van der Schaar and P. Chou (Eds.), Academic Press, 2007.
  • R. Hamzaoui, V Stankovic, and Z. Xiong, "Forward error control for packet loss and corruption," Multimedia over IP and Wireless Networks: Compression, Networking, and Systems, M. van der Schaar and P. Chou (Eds.), Academic Press, 2007.
  • Z. Xiong and K. Ramchandran, "Wavelet image compression," Handbook of Image and Video Processing, A. Bovik, ed., 2nd edition, Academic Press, 2005.
  • Z. Xiong and K. Ramchandran, "Wavelet image compression," Handbook of Image and Video Processing, A. Bovik, ed., Academic Press, 2000.