KURKOSKI, Brian Michael Professor
Information Science, Computing Science
◆Degrees
B.S. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California (1993), M.S. University of California San Diego (2000), Ph.D. University of California San Diego (2004)
◆Professional Experience
2007 - 2012 : Associate Professor University of Electro-Communications (UEC), Tokyo, Japan.
2007 - : The University of Electro-Communications
2006 - 2007 : Research Associate University of Electro-Communications (UEC), Tokyo, Japan.
2004 - 2006 : Postdoctoral Researcher University of Electro-Communications (UEC), Tokyo, Japan.
2000 - : Visiting Researcher Hitachi Central Research Laboratory
1999 - 2004 : Graduate Student Researcher University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Center for Magnetic Recording Research.
◆Specialties
Communication and network engineering
◆Research Keywords
Coding for Data Storage, Coding Theory, Information Theory

■Publications

◆Published Papers
An Efficient Strategy for Applying Compute-and-Forward to the MARC
Mohammad Nur Hasan, Brian M. Kurkoski
Proceedings of 2018 International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications, ISITA 2018, 149-153, 2019
Reliability-Based Parametric LDLC Decoding
Warangrat Wiriya, Brian M. Kurkoski
Proceedings of 2018 International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications, ISITA 2018, 188-192, 2019
Shaping Gain of Lattices Based on Convolutional Codes and Construction A
Fan Zhou, Brian M. Kurkoski
Proceedings of 2018 International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications, ISITA 2018, 183-187, 2019
Construction D′ Lattices from Quasi-Cyclic Low-Density Parity-Check Codes
Siyu Chen, Brian M. Kurkoski, Eirik Rosnes
International Symposium on Turbo Codes and Iterative Information Processing, ISTC, 2018-December, -, 2019
Steepest Gradient-Based Orthogonal Precoder For Integer-Forcing MIMO.
Mohammad Nur Hasan, Brian M. Kurkoski, Amin Sakzad, Emanuele Viterbo
CoRR, abs/1904.09356, -, 2019
◆Conference Activities & Talks
Shaping high-dimensional lattice codes using low-dimensional lattices (invited).
Presented at Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, 2014
Low-density lattice-codes based on array codes
Information Theory and Applications Workshop, San Diego, California, USA, 2014
WOM Codes and Interference Channels
フラッシュメモリ符号化に関するワークショップ, 福井県あわら市, 2013
Jack Wolf, Information Theory and Teaching
電子通信情報学会 総合大会http://www.gakkai-web.net/gakkai/ieice/2013gpro/Settings/ab/at_03_004.html, 岐阜大学岐阜県, 2013
Write once memory codes and lattices for flash memories (invited)
Presentation at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 2012

■Teaching Experience

Coding Theory(E), Information Theory, 符号理論(E), 情報理論

■Contributions to  Society

◆Academic Society Affiliations
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)

■Academic  Awards

・ For service as an Editorial committee member of the English-language journal , the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) , 2012