Beatriz Lorenzo | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Assistant Professor

Office: 309G Knowles Engineering Bldg

Mailing Address:

309G Knowles Engineering Building

University of Massachusetts

151 Holdsworth Way

Amherst, MA 01003-9284

blorenzo@umass.edu

(413) 545-2374

Personal Academic Webpage

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Education

Ph.D degree, University of Oulu, Finland, 2012

M.Sc Telecommunication Engineering, University of Vigo, Spain, 2008

Research

wireless networks, AI-based network design, 5G/6G cellular networks, quantum networks, mobile computing, network economics, optimization theory

Research Area:

Networked Systems

Publications

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Journal Publications

A. Shams, S. Glisic, E. Hossain, B. Lorenzo, L. A. DaSilva. User-Centric Distributed Spectrum Sharing in Dynamic Network Architectures. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 15 - 28, 2019.
J. Garcia-Rois, B. Lorenzo, F. J. Gonzalez-Castano, F. Gil-Castineira, J. Wu. Slice Allocation and Pricing Framework for Virtualized Millimeter Wave Cellular Networks. IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 86349-86366, 2019.
J. Liu, C. Zhang, B. Lorenzo, Y. Fang. Pavatar: A Real-time Location Protection Framework for Incumbent Users in Cognitive Radio Networks. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, accepted, 2019
X. Li, H. Ding, M. Pan, B. Lorenzo, J. Wang, Y. Fang, Service-Oriented Hybrid-Database-Assisted Spectrum Trading: A Blueprint for Future Licensed Spectrum Sharing. IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, accepted, 2019.
H. Ding, X. Li, Y. Cai, B. Lorenzo, Y. Fang. Intelligent Data Transportation in Smart Cities: A Spectrum-Aware Approach. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 2598 - 2611, Dec. 2018.
I. Sugathapala, M. Fainan Hanif, B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic, M. Juntti, L.-N. Tran. Topology Adaptive Sum Rate Maximization in the Downlink of Dynamic Wireless Networks. IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 3501 - 3516, Aug. 2018.
H. Ding, C. Zhang, B. Lorenzo, Y. Fang. Access Point Recruitment in a Vehicular Cognitive Capability Harvesting Network: How Much Data Can Be Uploaded?. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 6438 - 6445, July 2018.
B. Lorenzo, A. Shams, J. Liu, F. J. Gonzalez-Castano, Y. Fang. Data and Spectrum Trading Policies in a Trusted Cognitive Dynamic Network Architecture. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 1502 - 1516, June 2018.
J. Garcia-Rois, F. J. Gonzalez-Castano, B. Lorenzo, J. C. Burguillo. Delay-Aware Optimization Framework for Proportional Flow Delay Differentiation in Millimeter-Wave Backhaul Cellular Networks. IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 2037 - 2051, May 2018.
B. Lorenzo, J. Garcia-Rois, X. Li, F. J. Gonzalez-Castano, Y. Fang. A Robust Dynamic Edge Network Architecture for the Internet-of-Things. IEEE Network, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 8 - 15, Jan.-Feb. 2018. Special Issue: Edge Computing for IoT.
A. Shams, B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic. Cross Layer Control Scheme for Quality of Service Aware Multicast Routing in Mobile Ad hoc Networks. Wireless Networks, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 329 - 343, Jan. 2018.
I. Kovacevik, A. Shams, S. Glisic, B. Lorenzo, Y. Fang. Reconfigurable Network Slicing for Guaranteed End-to-End Low Latency Communications in IoT Networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), under review, Sept. 2017.
H. Ding, X. Li, B. Lorenzo, Y. Fang. Spectrum-Aware Routing in a Software-Defined Intelligent Data Transportation Network. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), under review, Sept. 2017.
B. Lorenzo, F. J. Gonzalez-Castano, Y. Fang. A Novel Collaborative Cognitive Dynamic Network Architecture. IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 74 - 81, Feb. 2017. Special Issue: Architecture for Next Generation Wireless Networks: Scalability, Flexibility, and Interoperability.
J. Perez-Romero, J. Sanchez-Gonzalez, R. Agusti, B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic. Power efficient resource allocation in a heterogeneous network with cellular and D2D capabilities. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 11, pp. 9272 - 9286, November 2016.
B. Lorenzo, I. Kovacevic, A. Peleteiro, F. J. Gonzalez-Castano, J. C. Burguillo. Joint Resource Bidding and Tipping Strategies in Multi-hop Cognitive Networks. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 2, no 3, pp. 301 - 315, Aug. 2016.
B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic. Compressed Control of Complex Wireless Networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 5775 - 5788, Aug. 2016.
L. Gallucio, B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic. Sociality-aided new adaptive infection recovery schemes for multicast DTNs. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 3360 - 3376, May 2016.
A. Shams, B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic, J. Perez-Romero, L. DaSilva, A. Mackenzie, J. Roning. A framework for Dynamic Network Architecture and Topology Optimization. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 717 - 730, April 2016.
I. Sugathapala, I. Kovacevic, B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic, Y. Fang. Quantifying Benefits in Business Portfolio for Multi-Operator Spectrum Sharing. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 6635 - 6649, July 2015.
J. Garcia-Rois, F. Gomez-Cuba, M. R. Akdeniz, F. J. Gonzalez-Castano, J. C. Burguillo-Rial, S. Rangan, B. Lorenzo. On the Analysis of Scheduling in Dynamic Duplex Multi-hop mmWave Cellular Systems. IEEE Transactions Wireless Communications, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 6028 - 6042, June 2015.
A. Shams, B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic. Fuzzy Logic Based Rate Control Scheme for ODMRP in Mobile Ad hoc Networks. Journal for Control, Measurement, Electronics, Computing and Communications, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 199 - 206, June 2014.
B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic. Optimal Routing and Traffic Scheduling for Multihop Cellular Networks Using Genetic Algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 12, no. 11, pp. 2274 - 2288, Nov. 2013.
B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic. Context-Aware Nanoscale Modeling of Multicast Multihop Cellular Network. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 359 - 372, April 2013.
B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic. Traffic Adaptive Relaying Topology Control. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 8, issue 11, pp. 5612 - 5620, Nov. 2009.

Conference Publications

A. Shams, S. Glisic, B. Lorenzo. Dynamic Network Slicing for Flexible Radio Access in Tactile Internet. In Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2017, Dec 4-8, 2017, Singapore.
J. Garcia-Rois, B. Lorenzo, F. J. Gonzalez-Castano, J. C. Burguillo. Heterogeneous Millimeter-wave/Micro-wave Architecture for 5G Wireless Access and Backhauling. In Proc. of European Conference on Networks and Communications, EUCNC 2016, June 27 - 30, 2016, Athens, Greece.
B. Lorenzo, F.J. Gonzalez-Castano. A Matching Game for Data Trading in Operator-Supervised User-Provided Networks. In Proc. of IEEE ICC 2016, May 23 - 27, 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
B. Lorenzo, F. Gomez-Cuba, J. Garcia-Rois, F.J. Gonzalez-Castano, J.C. Burguillo. A Microeconomic Approach to Data Trading in User Provided Networks. In Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2015, Dec. 6 - 10, 2015, San Diego, CA.
B. Lorenzo, I. Kovacevic, F.J. Gonzalez-Castano, J.C. Burguillo. Exploiting Context-Awareness for Secure Spectrum Trading in Multi-hop Cognitive Cellular Networks. In Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM 2015, Dec. 6 - 10, 2015, San Diego, CA.
L. Galluccio, C. Giannini, B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic, C. Buratti, R. Verdone. Epidemic information dissemination in opportunistic scenarios: a realistic model obtained from experimental traces. In Proc. of the 12th International Symposium on Wireless Communications Systems (ISWCS), August 25-28, 2015, Brussels, Belgium.
I. Sugathapala, L.-N. Tran, M. Fainan Hanif, B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic, M. Juntti. SOCP Based Joint Throughput Maximization and User Association in Dynamic Networks. In Proc. IEEE ICC 2015, June 8-12, 2015, London, UK.
V. Sastri, A. Mackenzie, L. DaSilva, B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic. Data offloading for multi-hop cellular networks. In Proc. of 25th IEEE Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium, PIMRC 2014, Sept 2 - 5, 2014, Washington D.C.
C. W. Patterson, A. B. MacKenzie, S. Glisic, B. Lorenzo, J. Roning, and L. A. DaSilva. An Economic Model of Data Offloading between Mobile Network Operators and WLAN Operators. In Proc. of 12th Intl. Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks, WiOpt 2014, May 12-16, 2014, Hammamet, Tunisia.
B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic, L. Gallucio, Y. Fang. Adaptive Infection Recovery Schemes for Multicast Delay Tolerant Networks. In Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2013, Dec. 9 - 13, 2013, Atlanta, GA, USA.
S. Glisic, B. Lorenzo, I. Kovacevic, Y. Fang. Modeling Dynamics of Complex Wireless Networks. In Proc. of International Conf. on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2013, July 1 - 5, 2013, Helsinki, Finland.
B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic. Multi-Objective Optimization for Intercell Interference Management in Advanced Multihop Cellular Networks. In Proc. of 22th IEEE Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium, PIMRC 2011, Sept. 11-14, 2011, Toronto, Canada.
B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic. Joint Optimization of Cooperative Diversity and Spatial Reuse in Multihop Hybrid Cellular/Ad Hoc Networks. In Proc. 29th IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM 2010, Oct. 31 - Nov. 3, 2010, San Jose, CA.
B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic. Optimization of Common Air Interface in Cellular Multihop Wireless Networks. In Proc. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2010, 18-21 Apr. 2010, Sydney, Australia.
B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic. Genetic Algorithm for Cognitive Traffic Topology Control in Cellular Multihop Wireless Networks. In Proc. 12th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC 2009, Sept. 7 - 10, 2009, Sendai, Japan.
N. Milosevic, B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic, Z. Nikolic. Intercell Cooperative Dynamic Radio Resource Allocation. In Proc. 12th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC 2009, 7 - 10 Sept. 2009, Sendai, Japan.
N. Milosevic, B. Lorenzo, B. Nikolic, S. Glisic. Opportunistic Scheduling with Spatial Traffic Shaping. In Proc. 20th IEEE Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium, PIMRC 2009, 13 - 16 Sept. 2009, Tokyo, Japan.
B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic. Reconfigurable Relaying Topology in Cognitive Multihop Wireless Networks with Nonuniform Temporal and Spatial Traffic Distribution. In Proc. 6th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations, 2009. ITNG '09, Las Vegas, NV. 27-29 Apr. 2009, pp. 516 - 523.
B. Lorenzo, S. Glisic. Optimization of Relaying Topology in Cellular Multihop Wireless Networks. In Proc. 27th IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM, 2008. San Diego, CA. 16-19 Nov. 2008, pp. 1 - 8.
B. Lorenzo, H. Zhang, S. Glisic. Opportunistic Differential Scheduling in Cellular Multicast Channels. In Proc. 27th IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM, 2008. San Diego, CA. 16-19 Nov. 2008, pp. 1 - 7.
B. Lorenzo, I.M. Suliman, S. Glisic, A.M. Varela. On the Application of Network Utility Function Decomposition Techniques in Wireless Networks with Mobility and Channel Fading. In Proc. 11th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC 2008, 8-11 Sept. 2008, Lapland, Finland.
I. Suliman, J. Lehtomaki, B. Lorenzo. Teletraffic analysis of direct terminal-to-terminal communications with resource re-uses. In Proc. 11th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC 2008, 8-11 Sept. 2008, Lapland, Finland.

Books

S. Glisic, B. Lorenzo. Advanced Wireless Networks: 4G Cognitive Opportunistic and Cooperative Technology. 2e, John Wiley and Sons, June 2009.

Honors

Distinguished Researcher, University of Vigo, Spain (2019 - 2021)
Fulbright Visiting Scholar, University of Florida, USA (2016 - 2017)
Juan de la Cierva Fellowship, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain (2016 - 2017)
European Networking Grant, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain (2015 - 2016, 2018)
Nokia Foundation, Finland (2009, 2011)
Finnish Cultural Foundation (2010)
Infotech Oulu Graduate School, Finland (2010 - 2012)
Tauno Tonningin Foundation, Finland (2009, 2012)
Riitta and Jorma J. Takasen Foundation, Finland (2009, 2011)

Society Memberships:

IEEE, ACM

Links

Homepage:

https://blogs.umass.edu/blorenzo/

Lab Affiliation:

Network Science Lab

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