Di Niu: Education
Di Niu: Education
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sep 2008 — Sep 2012
Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
⊲ Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering. Award Date: April 2013
• Thesis: “Demand Forecast, Resource Allocation and Pricing for Multimedia Delivery from the Cloud” (see Publications for a pdf version)
• Advisor: Baochun Li
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sep 2006 — Sep 2008
Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
⊲ M.A.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Thesis: “On the Resilience of Network Coding in Peer-to-Peer Networks and its Applications” (see Publications for a pdf version)
• Advisor: Baochun Li
Graduate Courses taken at University of Toronto
ECE1500 Stochastic Processes - Ben Liang
ECE1501 Error Control Codes - Frank Kschischang
CSC2209 Computer Networks - Stefan Saroiu
CSC2600 Convex Optimization - Anthony Bonner
CSC2411 Linear Programming and Combinatorial Optimization - Avner Magen
CSC2515 Introduction to Machine Learning - Geoffrey Hinton
CSC2206 Systems Modeling and Analysis - Peter Marbach
CSC2203 Packet Switch and Network Architectures - Yashar Ganjali
ECE1724 Programming Massively Parallel Graphics Processors - Andreas Moshovos
ECE1771 Quality of Service - Baochun Li
Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou, China, September 2001 — July 2005
Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering
⊲ B.Eng., Communications Engineering
• Thesis: “A Study on Carrier Frequency Offset Estimation for OFDMA Systems”
• Thesis Advisor: Professor Xianhua Dai
Education History
GRE (June 2004, Paper-based Test, Guangzhou, China)
Quantitative 800 (92%), Verbal 580 (79%), Analytical Writing 5.5 (86%)
Standardized Exams