Siu Wai Ho

Grant-Funded Researcher (C)

School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology


My current research interests include visible light communications, indoor positioning, information theory, information-theoretic security, and biometric security systems.

  • Journals

    Year Citation
    2024 Ho, S. -W., & Bolding, G. (2024). On the Statistical Property of Hybrid E-Band/Free Space Optical Systems. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 23(9), 11109-11121.
    DOI Scopus2
    2024 Song, C., Ho, S. -W., Huang, W., & Tansu, N. (2024). Camera-based Positioning System for Battery-less Retroreflective Tags. IEEE Sensors Journal, 24(14), 22867-22876.
    DOI Scopus1
    2024 Wang, R., Niu, G., Cao, Q., Chen, C. S., & Ho, S. W. (2024). A Survey of Visible-Light-Communication-Based Indoor Positioning Systems. Sensors, 24(16), 26 pages.
    DOI Scopus4
    2024 Ho, S. -W., Mitchell, L., & Wang, V. (2024). Modelling Channel Attenuation in Hybrid Optical/E-band System. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 23(1`2), 18440-18455.
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    2023 Ho, S. W., Saed, A. A., Gorce, J. M., & Chen, C. S. (2023). Sinusoidal-Based Multiple Access Scheme for Visible Light Decentralized Asynchronous Systems. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 72(2), 2175-2188.
    DOI Scopus1
    2023 Wong, M. F., Guo, S., Hang, C. N., Ho, S. W., & Tan, C. W. (2023). Natural Language Generation and Understanding of Big Code for AI-Assisted Programming: A Review. Entropy, 25(6), 23 pages.
    DOI Scopus41 WoS2 Europe PMC3
    2020 Ho, S. -W., Ling, L., Tan, C. W., & Yeung, R. W. (2020). Proving and Disproving Information Inequalities: Theory and Scalable Algorithms. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION THEORY, 66(9), 5522-5536.
    DOI Scopus12 WoS7
    2020 Ho, S. W. (2020). The Interplay between Block Design Theory and Channel Estimation in Visible Light System. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 67(2), 991-1007.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS1
    2018 Zhou, Y., Chan, T. H., Ho, S. W., Ye, G., & Wu, D. (2018). Replicating coded content in crowdsourcing-based CDN systems. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 28(12), 3492-3503.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS6
    2018 Ho, S. W., Saed, A. A., Lai, L., & Sung, C. W. (2018). Coding and bounds for channel estimation in visible light communications and positioning. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 36(1), 34-44.
    DOI Scopus17 WoS12
    2018 Zhou, Y., Gu, X., Wu, D., Chen, M., Chan, T. H., & Ho, S. W. (2018). Statistical study of view preferences for online videos with cross-platform information. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 20(6), 1512-1524.
    DOI Scopus13 WoS8
    2018 Zhou, Y., Wu, J., Chan, T. H., Ho, S. W., Chiu, D. M., & Wu, D. (2018). Interpreting video recommendation mechanisms by mining view count traces. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 20(8), 2153-2165.
    DOI Scopus21 WoS10
    2017 Ho, S. W., Duan, J., & Chen, C. S. (2017). Location-based information transmission systems using visible light communications. Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 28(1), e2922-1-e2922-14.
    DOI Scopus18 WoS15
    2017 Chen, Y., Sung, C. W., Ho, S. W., & Wong, W. S. (2017). BER analysis and power control for interfering visible light communication systems. Optik, 151, 98-109.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS3
    2016 Parra, J. R., Chan, T. H., & Ho, S. W. (2016). Updatable encryption in distributed storage systems using key-homomorphic pseudorandom functions. International Journal of Information and Coding Theory, 3(4), 365.
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    2016 Hu, P., Wan Sung, C., Ho, S. W., & Chan, T. H. (2016). Optimal coding and allocation for perfect secrecy in multiple clouds. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 11(2), 388-399.
    DOI Scopus11 WoS7
    2016 Yasir, M., Ho, S. W., & Vellambi, B. N. (2016). Indoor position tracking using multiple optical receivers. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 34(4), 1166-1176.
    DOI Scopus106 WoS88
    2015 Lai, L., & Ho, S. W. (2015). Key generation algorithms for pairwise independent networks based on graphical models. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 61(9), 4828-4837.
    DOI Scopus9 WoS7
    2015 Nuwanpriya, A., Ho, S. W., Zhang, J. A., Grant, A. J., & Luo, L. (2015). PAM-SCFDE for Optical Wireless Communications. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 33(14), 2938-2949.
    DOI Scopus41 WoS31
    2014 Yasir, M., Ho, S. W., & Vellambi, B. N. (2014). Indoor positioning system using visible light and accelerometer. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 32(19), 3306-3316.
    DOI Scopus222 WoS180
    2014 Yang, S., Ho, S. W., Meng, J., & Yang, E. H. (2014). Capacity analysis of linear operator channels over finite fields. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 60(8), 4880-4901.
    DOI Scopus15 WoS10
    2013 Zhang, J. A., Collings, I. B., Chen, C. S., Roullet, L., Luo, L., Ho, S. W., & Yuan, J. (2013). Evolving small-cell communications towards mobile-over-FTTx networks. IEEE Communications Magazine, 51(12), 92-101.
    DOI Scopus14 WoS11
    2011 Lai, L., Ho, S. W., & Poor, H. V. (2011). Privacy–Security Trade-Offs in Biometric Security Systems—Part II: Multiple Use Case. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 6(1), 140-151.
    DOI Scopus38 WoS26
    2011 Lai, L., Ho, S. W., & Poor, H. V. (2011). Privacy–Security Trade-Offs in Biometric Security Systems—Part I: Single Use Case. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 6(1), 122-139.
    DOI Scopus81 WoS69
    2010 Ho, S. W., & Yeung, R. W. (2010). The interplay between entropy and variational distance. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 56(12), 5906-5929.
    DOI Scopus55 WoS46
    2010 Ho, S. W., & Yeung, R. W. (2010). On information divergence measures and a unified typicality. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 56(12), 5893-5905.
    DOI Scopus20 WoS15
    2010 Ho, S. W., & Verdú, S. (2010). On the interplay between conditional entropy and error probability. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 56(12), 5930-5942.
    DOI Scopus65 WoS56
    2009 Yeung, R. W., Cai, N., Ho, S. W., & Wagner, A. B. (2009). Reliable communication in the absence of a common clock. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 55(2), 700-712.
    DOI Scopus13 WoS10
    2009 Ho, S. W., & Yeung, R. W. (2009). On the discontinuity of the Shannon information measures. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 55(12), 5362-5374.
    DOI Scopus30 WoS29
  • Conference Papers

    Year Citation
    2023 Ho, S. W., & Chen, C. S. (2023). Visible Light Communication Based Positioning Using Color Sensor. In OGC 2023 - 8th Optoelectronics Global Conference (pp. 20-24). Online: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus2
    2019 Ling, L., Tan, C. W., Ho, S. W., & Yeung, R. W. (2019). Scalable Automated Proving of Information Theoretic Inequalities with Proximal Algorithms. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings Vol. 2019-July (pp. 1382-1386). online: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS3
    2019 Ho, S. W. (2019). The Interplay Between Block Design and Channel Estimation in VLC Systems. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings Vol. 2019-July (pp. 146-150). online: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS2
    2019 Mulinde, R., Kaushik, M., Dissanayake, D. W., Attygalle, M., Chan, T., Ho, S. W., & Aziz, S. M. (2019). DOA estimation of wideband LFM RADAR signals. In 2019 International Radar Conference, RADAR 2019 (pp. 1-6). online: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus6
    2018 Saed, A. A., Ho, S. W., Lai, L., & Sung, C. W. (2018). Combinational Code for Channel Estimation in Visible Light Communications and Positioning. In IEEE International Conference on Communications Vol. 2018-May (pp. 1-6). online: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus3
    2017 Saed, A. A., Ho, S. W., Gorce, J. M., & Chen, C. S. (2017). Minimal Noise Variance Decoder for Uncoordinated Multiple Access in VLC. In IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Vol. 2017-June (pp. 1-5). online: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus2
    2016 Chen, Y., Sung, C. W., Ho, S. W., & Wong, W. S. (2016). BER analysis for interfering visible light communication systems. In 2016 10th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, CSNDSP 2016 (pp. 1-6). online: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus21
    2016 Parra, J. R., Chan, T., & Ho, S. W. (2016). A noiseless key-homomorphic PRF: Application on distributed storage systems. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 9723 (pp. 505-513). Switzerland: Springer.
    DOI Scopus4
    2016 Saed, A. A., Yasir, M., Ho, S. W., & Sung, C. W. (2016). Coding for uncoordinated multiple access in visible light positioning systems. In 10th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems, ICSPCS 2016 - Proceedings (pp. 1-7). online: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus4
    2016 Saed, A. A., Ho, S. W., & Sung, C. W. (2016). Adaptive modulation for two users in VLC. In 2015 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2015 - Proceedings (pp. 1-6). online: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus12
    2016 Yasir, M., Saed, A. A., & Ho, S. W. (2016). Uncoordinated multiple access scheme for VLC systems with positioning capability. In 2016 Australian Communications Theory Workshop, AusCTW 2016 (pp. 118-123). online: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS2
    2016 Yasir, M., Ho, S., & Vellambi, B. (2016). Indoor position tracking using visible light. In 2015 IEEE 82nd Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Fall 2015 - Proceedings (pp. 5 pages). MA, Boston: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus2
    2016 Ho, S. W., & Sung, C. W. (2016). Uncoordinated multiple access schemes for visible light communications and positioning. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings Vol. 2016-August (pp. 350-354). Online: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS2
    2015 Chan, T. H., Ho, S. W., & Yamamoto, H. (2015). Private information retrieval for coded storage. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings Vol. 2015-June (pp. 2842-2846). Hong Kong, HONG KONG: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus118 WoS99
    2015 Huynh, T. D., Chen, C. S., & Ho, S. W. (2015). Localization method for device-to-device through user movement. In 2015 IEEE International Conference on Communication Workshop, ICCW 2015 (pp. 821-826). London, ENGLAND: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS2
    2015 Rodriguez Parra, J., Chan, T., Land, I., & Ho, S. W. (2015). Authentication for two-way relay channel with Physical-Layer Network coding. In ITW 2015 - 2015 IEEE Information Theory Workshop (pp. 49-53). Jeju, SOUTH KOREA: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus1
    2015 Huynh, T. D., Chen, C. S., & Ho, S. W. (2015). Exploiting user movement for position detection. In 2015 12th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2015 (pp. 513-518). Las Vegas, NV: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS1
    2015 Nuwanpriya, A., Ho, S. W., & Chen, C. S. (2015). Indoor MIMO Visible Light Communications: Novel Angle Diversity Receivers for Mobile Users. In IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications Vol. 33 (pp. 1780-1792). IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC.
    DOI Scopus216 WoS162
    2015 Ho, S. W., & Verdú, S. (2015). Convexity/concavity of renyi entropy and α-mutual information. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings Vol. 2015-June (pp. 745-749). Hong Kong, PEOPLES R CHINA: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus51 WoS36
    2014 Nuwanpriya, A., Ho, S. W., & Chen, C. S. (2014). Angle diversity receiver for indoor MIMO visible light communications. In 2014 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2014 (pp. 444-449). Austin, TX: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus30 WoS15
    2014 Hu, P., Sung, C. W., Ho, S. W., & Chan, T. H. (2014). Three-level storage and nested MDS codes for perfect secrecy in multiple clouds. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings (pp. 1356-1360). Honolulu, HI: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS1
    2014 Ho, S. W., Tan, C. W., & Yeung, R. W. (2014). Proving and disproving information inequalities. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings (pp. 2814-2818). Honolulu, HI: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus10 WoS8
    2014 Tan, C. W., Ho, S. W., Lin, S., & Yeung, R. W. (2014). Finding the capacity of next-generation networks by linear programming. In 2014 IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems, IEEE ICCS 2014 (pp. 192-196). Macau, PEOPLES R CHINA: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus1 WoS1
    2013 Yasir, M., Ho, S. W., & Vellambi, B. N. (2013). Indoor localization using visible light and accelerometer. In Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM (pp. 3341-3346). Atlanta, GA: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus29 WoS25
    2013 Ho, S. W., Cowley, W. G., Nguyen, K., & Duan, J. (2013). An integrated wireless system using visible light. In 2013 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, ICCC 2013 (pp. 61-67). IEEE.
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    2013 Uduwerelle, C., Chan, T., & Ho, S. W. (2013). The Kraft inequality for EPS systems. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings (pp. 1546-1550). Istanbul, TURKEY: IEEE.
    DOI WoS1
    2013 Ho, S. W., Lai, L., & Grant, A. (2013). Source coding with side information for error free perfect secrecy systems. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory: Proceedings (pp. 2214-2218). Istanbul, Turkey: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus1
    2013 Chan, T. H., & Ho, S. W. (2013). Robust multiple description coding - Joint Coding for source and storage. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings (pp. 1809-1813). Istanbul, TURKEY: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus1 WoS1
    2013 Nuwanpriya, A., Zhang, J., Grant, A., Ho, S. W., & Luo, L. (2013). Single carrier frequency domain equalization based on on-off-keying for optical wireless communications. In IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC (pp. 4272-4277). Shanghai, PEOPLES R CHINA: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus17 WoS9
    2012 Ho, S. W., Chan, T., & Grant, A. (2012). Non-entropic inequalities from information constraints. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings (pp. 1256-1260). MA, Cambridge: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus4
    2012 Uduwerelle, C., Ho, S. W., & Chan, T. (2012). Design of error-free perfect secrecy system by prefix codes and partition codes. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings (pp. 1593-1597). IEEE.
    DOI Scopus6
    2012 Uduwerelle, C., Ho, S. W., & Chan, T. (2012). Design of an error-free perfect secrecy system for unknown inputs. In 2012 Australian Communications Theory Workshop, AusCTW'12 (pp. 102-107). IEEE.
    DOI Scopus1
    2012 Luo, L., Chen, C. S., & Ho, S. W. (2012). On the peak-to-average power ratio of pre-equalized base-field Hartley OFDM. In 2012 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2012 (pp. 631-636). Anaheim, CA: IEEE.
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    2012 Nuwanpriya, A., Grant, A., Ho, S. W., & Luo, L. (2012). Position Modulating OFDM for optical wireless communications. In 2012 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2012 (pp. 1219-1223). Anaheim, CA: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus27 WoS18
    2012 Ho, S. W. (2012). Some optimization problems in error free perfect secrecy systems. In 2012 IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems, ICCS 2012 (pp. 215-219). Singapore, SINGAPORE: IEEE.
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    2012 Lai, L., & Ho, S. W. (2012). Simultaneously generating multiple keys and multi-commodity flow in networks. In 2012 IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW 2012) (pp. 627-631). Lausanne, Switzerland: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus13 WoS9
    2011 Huang, W. C., Ho, S. W., & Chan, T. H. (2011). Finite session codes in asynchronous channel. In Proceedings of the 2011 Australian Communications Theory Workshop, AusCTW 2011 (pp. 77-82). IEEE.
    DOI
    2011 Chan, T. H., & Ho, S. W. (2011). 2-Dimensional interval algorithm. In 2011 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2011 (pp. 633-637). IEEE.
    DOI Scopus1
    2011 Ho, S. W., Chan, T., & Uduwerelle, C. (2011). Error-free perfect-secrecy systems. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings (pp. 1613-1617). RUSSIA, St Petersburg: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus13 WoS9
    2011 Ho, S. W., Lai, L., & Grant, A. (2011). On the separation of encryption and compression in secure distributed source coding. In 2011 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2011 (pp. 653-657). IEEE.
    DOI Scopus3
    2010 Lai, L., Ho, S. W., & Poor, H. V. (2010). Privacy-security tradeoffs in reusable biometric security systems. In ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings (pp. 1722-1725). Dallas, TX: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS2
    2010 Ho, S. W., Chan, T., & Grant, A. (2010). The confidence interval of entropy estimation through a noisy channel. In 2010 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2010 - Proceedings (pp. 5 pages). Dublin, IRELAND: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS1
    2010 Yang, S., Ho, S. W., Meng, J., & Yang, E. H. (2010). Optimality of subspace coding for linear operator channels over finite fields. In IEEE Information Theory Workshop 2010, ITW 2010 (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
    DOI Scopus13
    2010 Ho, S. W. (2010). Markov lemma for countable alphabets. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings (pp. 1448-1452). Austin, TX: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus5 WoS3
    2009 Ho, S. W. (2009). Bounds on the rates of joint source-channel codes for general sources and channels. In 2009 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2009 (pp. 328-332). Taormina, ITALY: IEEE.
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    2009 Ho, S. W. (2009). On the interplay between shannon's information measures and reliability criteria. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings (pp. 154-158). Seoul, SOUTH KOREA: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS6
    2009 Lai, L., Ho, S. W., & Poor, H. V. (2009). An information theoretic framework for biometric security systems. In M. Tistarelli, & M. S. Nixon (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 5558 LNCS (pp. 879-888). Comp Vis Lab, Alghero, ITALY: SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN.
    DOI Scopus1
    2008 Ho, S. W., & Verdú, S. (2008). Conditional entropy and error probability. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings (pp. 1622-1626). Toronto, CANADA: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS2
    2008 Lai, L., Ho, S. W., & Poor, H. V. (2008). Privacy-security tradeoffs in biometric security systems. In 46th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (pp. 268-273). Monticello, IL: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus39 WoS13
    2007 Cai, N., Ho, S. W., & Yeung, R. W. (2007). Probabilistic capacity and optimal coding for asynchronous channel. In 2007 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, ITW 2007, Proceedings (pp. 54-59). Tahoe City, CA: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus12 WoS7
    2007 Ho, S. W., & Yeung, R. W. (2007). The interplay between entropy and variational distance. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings (pp. 491-495). Nice, FRANCE: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS3
    2006 Ho, S. W., & Yeung, R. W. (2006). On information divergence measures and a unified typicality. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings (pp. 113-117). Seattle, WA: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus5 WoS2
    2005 Ho, S. W., & Yeung, R. W. (2005). On the discontinuity of the Shannon information measures. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings Vol. 2005 (pp. 159-163). Adelaide, AUSTRALIA: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS2
    2004 Ho, S. W., & Yeung, R. W. (2004). On the relation between the Shannon entropy and the von Neumann entropy. In IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings (pp. 42). Chicago, IL: IEEE.
  • Preprint

    Year Citation
    2024 Ho, S. W., Mitchell, L., & Wang, V. (2024). Modelling Channel Attenuation in Hybrid Optical/E-band System.
    DOI
    2024 Wang, R., Niu, G., Cao, Q., Chen, C. S. C., & Ho, S. -W. (2024). A Survey of Visible Light Communication Based Indoor Positioning Systems.
    DOI
    2023 Ho, S. W., & Bolding, G. (2023). On the Statistical Property of Hybrid E-Band/Free Space  Optical Systems.
    DOI
    2023 Ho, S. W., & Bolding, G. (2023). On the Statistical Property of Hybrid Optical/E-Band Systems.
    DOI
  • Memberships

    Date Role Membership Country
    2003 - ongoing Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers United States
  • Position: Grant-Funded Researcher (C)
  • Phone: 83135082
  • Email: siuwai.ho@adelaide.edu.au
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