About Me

I have joined Beihang University, China,
as an associate professor.
Please check here for my website in Chinese.

Contact Details

Qin Huang
BeiHang University
XueYuan Road No.37
HaiDian District, BeiJing, China
qinhuang@buaa.edu.cn

Research

 intrests

Channel Coding

LDPC Codes, Iterative Decoding, Soft-decision Decoding of Reed-Solomon Codes

FPGA Implementation

FPGA Implementation of LDPC Codes

Communications Systems

Data Storage

HDD and Flash memories

Hornors

Block Grant Fellowship, UC Davis, Spring Quarter 2010


Academic

activities

Reviwer

National Natural Science Foundation of China
IEEE Trans. on Inform. Theory, IEEE Trans. on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, IEEE Communications Letter, The Journal of Signal Processing Systems;IEEE ISIT, IEEE Globecom., IEEE ICC, IEEE PIMRC, IEEE ISCAS, IEEE AusCTW (more than 200 in total)

TPC/Co-Chair/Committee

DCOSS, Brazil, 2015
Information theory and coding workshop, Beijing, 2012
IEEE DSTC Best Paper Award

Work

Experience

Cadence, 2010

One of the first LDPC codes for NAND flash memories without error floor at BER 10-15

Link-A-Media, 2011

Powerful Nonbinary LDPC codes for HDD

Hobbies

Badminton

3rd, Men's Singles B, IM Badminton Open, UC Davis, 2009
2nd, Men's doubles B con., Xiyu Open, Fremont, 2010

Journal Papers

  1. M. Zhang, Q. Huang, Z. Wang, and S. Wang, "Time-invariant quasi-cyclic spatially coupled LDPC codes based on semi-BIBD," submitted to IEEE Trans. Commun..
  2. X. Qiang, and Q. Huang, "Trimming soft-input soft-output Viterbi algorithms," submitted to IEEE Trans. Commun..
  3. L. Song, Q. Huang, Z. Wang, and M. Zhang, "Two enhanced reliability based decoding algorithms for non-binary LDPC codes," accepted by IEEE Trans. Commun..
  4. Q. Huang and S. Yuan, "Bit reliability-based decoders for non-binary LDPC codes," accepted by IEEE Trans. Commun..
  5. H. Liu, Q. Huang, D. Geng, and J. Chen, "Quasi-cyclic representation and vector representation of RS-LDPC codes," accepted by IEEE Trans. Commun..
  6. L. Wang and Q. Huang, "Balanced Gray codes with flexible lengths," accepted by IEEE Commun. Lett..
  7. J. Shang, Z. Wang, and Q. Huang, "A robust algorithm for joint sparse recovery in presence of impulsive noise," IEEE Signal Process. Lett., vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 1166-1170, Aug. 2015.
  8. Q. Huang, L. Tang, and Z. Wang, "A low-complexity encoding of quasi-cyclic codes based on Galois Fourier transformation," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 62, no. 6, pp. 1757-1767, Jun. 2014.
  9. M. Zhang, Q. Huang, Z. Wang, S. Yuan, and Z, Liu, "Density optimisation of generator matrices of quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check codes and their rank analysis," IET Commun., vol. 8, no. 14, pp. 2547-2555, Sep. 2014.
  10. L. Yang, Z. Wang, Q. Huang, and L. Zhao, "Unambiguous tracking method based on a new combination function for BOC signals," IEICE Trans.Commun., vol. 97, no. 4, pp. 923-929, Apr. 2014.
  11. Q. Huang, S. Pan, M. Zhang, and Z. Wang, "A concatenation scheme of LDPC codes and source codes for flash memories," EURASIP Journal Advances in Signal Process., Vol. 208, pp. 1-6, Dec. 2012.
  12. Q. Huang, S. Lin, and K. Abdel-Ghaffar, "Cyclic and quasi-cyclic LDPC codes on row and column constrained parity-check matrices and their trapping sets," IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 2648 - 2671, May 2012.
  13. Q. Diao, Q. Huang, S. Lin, and K. Abdel-Ghaffar, "A matrix theoretic approach for analyzing quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check codes," IEEE Trans.Inf. Theory, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 4030-4048, Jun. 2012.
  14. Q. Huang, S. Lin, and K. Abdel-Ghaffar, "Error-correcting codes for flash coding," IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, vol. 57, no. 9, pp. 6097 - 6108, Sep. 2011.
  15. L. Zhang, Q. Huang, and S. Lin, "Iterative algorithms for decoding a class of two-step majority-logic decodable cyclic codes," IEICE Trans.Commun., vol.59, no.2, pp.416-427, Feb. 2011.
  16. J. Kang, Q. Huang, L. Zhang, B. Zhou, and S. Lin, "Quasi-cyclic LDPC codes: an algebraic construction," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 58, no. 5, pp.1383-1396, May 2010.
  17. J. Kang, Q. Huang, S. Lin, and K. A. Ghaffar, "An iterative decoding algorithm with backtracking to lower the error-floors of LDPC codes," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 99, no. 10, pp. 1-10, Oct. 2010.
  18. L. Zhang, Q. Huang, S. Lin, K. A. Ghaffar, and I. Blake, "Quasi-cyclic LDPC codes: an algebraic construction, rank analysis and codes on Latin Squares," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 58, no. 10, Oct. 2010.
  19. C. Y. Chen, Q. Huang, C. C. Chao, and S. Lin, "Two low-complexity reliability-based message-passing algorithms for decoding non-binary LDPC codes," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 58, no. 11, Nov. 2010.
  20. Q. Huang, J. Kang, L. Zhang, S. Lin, and K. Abdel-Ghaffar, "Two reliability-based iterative majority-logic decoding algorithms for LDPC codes," IEEE Trans. Commun., vol. 57, no. 12, pp. 3597-3606, Dec. 2009.

Conference Papers

  1. L. Song, Q. Huang and Z. Wang, "Multiple symbol-reliability based decoding algorithm for non-binary LDPC codes," submitted to Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun., 2016.
  2. L. Song, M. Zhang, Q. Huang, and Z. Wang, "Low error-floor majority-logic decoding based algorithm for non-binary LDPC codes," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun., London, England, Jun. 8-12, 2015, pp. 4072-4076.
  3. M. Zhang, L. Tang, Q. Huang, and Z. Wang, "Low complexity encoding algorithm of RS-based QC-LDPC codes," in Proc. IEEE Inf. Theory App. Workshop, San Diego, CA., USA, Feb. 9-14, 2014, pp. 1-4.
  4. L. Tang, Q. Huang, Z. Wang, and Z. Xiong, "Low-complexity encoding of binary quasi-cyclic codes based on Galois Fourier transform," in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory, Istanbul, Turkey, Jul. 7-12, 2013, pp. 131-135.
  5. Q. Huang, M. Zhang, X. Guo, and Z. Wang, "In praise of nontrivial redundant rows of algebraic LDPC codes," in Proc. IEEE Wireless Commun. and Signal Process., Huangshan, China, Oct. 25-27, 2012, pp. 1-4.
  6. Q. Huang, K. Liu, and Z. Wang, "Low-density arrays of circulant matrices: rank and row-redundancy, and QC-LDPC codes," in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory, Cambridge, MA., USA, Jul. 1-6, 2012, pp. 3073-3077.
  7. K. Liu, Q. Huang, and S. Lin, "Quasi-cyclic LDPC codes: Construction and rank analysis of their parity-check matrices," in IEEE ITA, San Diego, CA, USA, 2012.
  8. Q. Huang, S. Lin, and K. Abdel-Ghaffar, "Trapping sets of structured LDPC codes," in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, Jul. 31, 2011-Aug. 5, 2011, pp.1086-1090.
  9. Q. Diao, Q. Huang, S. Lin, and K. Abdel-Ghaffar, "A transform approach for computing the ranks of parity-check matrices of quasi-cyclic LDPC codes," in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, Jul. 31, 2011-Aug. 5, 2011, pp.366-370.
  10. Q. Huang, S. Lin, and K. Abdel-Ghaffar, "Cyclic and quasi-cyclic LDPC codes: new developments," in Proc. IEEE Inf. Theory App. Workshop, San Diego, CA., USA, Feb. 6-11, 2011, pp. 1-10.
  11. W. Fong, Q. Huang, S. Chang, and S. Lin, "Multiple phased-burst correcting superposition LDPC codes," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun., Kyoto, Japan, Jun. 5-9, 2011, pp. 1-5.
  12. Q. Huang, S. Lin, and K. Abdel-Ghaffar, "Flash coding scheme based on error-correcting codes," in Proc. IEEE GlobeCom., Miami, Florida, Dec. 6-10, 2010, pp. 1-6.
  13. Q. Huang, S. Lin, and K. Abdel-Ghaffar, "Circulant decomposition: cyclic, quasi-cyclic and LDPC codes," in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory App., Taichung, China, Oct.17-20, 2010, pp. 383-388.
  14. C. Y. Chen, Q. Huang, C. Chao, and S. Lin, "A message-passing decoding algorithm for q-ary LDPC codes with low-complexity," IEEE ISITA, Taichung, 2010.
  15. L. Zhang, Q. Huang, and S. Lin, "Iterative decoding of a class of cyclic codes," IEEE ITA, San Diego, CA, USA, 2010.
  16. L. Zhang, Q. Huang, S. Lin, K. Abdel-Ghaffar, and I. F. Blake, "Quasi-cyclic LDPC codes on Latin squares and the ranks of their parity-check matrices," IEEE ITA, San Diego, CA, USA, 2010.
  17. L. Zhang, Q. Huang, and S. Lin, "Two-stage iterative decoding algorithms for a class of cyclic codes," IEEE ITW, Dublin, 2010.
  18. Q. Huang, J. Kang, L. Zhang, S. Lin and K. Abdel-Ghaffar, "Two efficient and low-complexity iterative reliability-based majority-logic decoding algorithms for LDPC codes," in Proc. IEEE Inf. Theory Workshop, Taormina, Italy, 11-16 Oct. 2009.
  19. Q. Huang, J. Kang, L. Zhang, S. Lin and K. Abdel-Ghaffar, "An efficient and low-complexity iterative reliability-based majority-logic decoding algorithm for LDPC codes," in Proc. Inf. Theory App. Workshop, San Diego, CA., USA, Oct. 11-16, 2009, pp. 253 - 257.
  20. X. Chen, Q. Huang, S. Lin and A. Venkatesh, "FPGA-based low-complexity high-throughput tri-mode decoder for quasi-cyclic LDPC codes," IEEE Allerton, 2009, UIUC.
  21. C. Y. Chen, Q. Huang, J. Kang, L. Zhang, S. Lin, "A binary message-passing decoding algorithm for LDPC codes," IEEE Allerton, 2009, UIUC.
  22. B. Zhou, L. Zhang, J. Kang, Q. Huang, Y. Y. Tai, S. Lin, and M. Xu, "Non-binary LDPC codes vs. Reed-Solomon codes," in Proc. Inf. Theory App. Workshop, San Diego, CA., USA, Jan. 27, 2008-Feb. 1, 2008, pp. 175-184.
  23. B. Zhou, L. Zhang, J. Kang, Q. Huang, S. Lin, and K. Abdel-Ghaffar, "Array dispersions of matrices and constructions of quasi-cyclic LDPC codes over non-binary fields," in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory, Toronto, ON., Canada, Jul. 6-11, 2008, pp. 1158-1162.
  24. B. Zhou, L. Zhang, Q. Huang, S. Lin, and M. Xu, "Constructions of high performance non-binary quasi-cyclic LDPC codes," in Proc. IEEE Inf. Theory, 2008.
  25. Q. Huang, J. Wu, C. Zhao, and X. You, "Waterfilling-like multiplicity assignment algorithm for algebraic soft-decision decoding of Reed-Solomon codes," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun., Glasgow, Scotland, Jun. 24-28, 2007, pp. 6210 - 6213.
  26. B. Zhou, J. Kang, Y. Tai, Q. Huang and S. Lin, "High performance nonbinary quasi-cyclic LDPC codes on Euclidean geometries," in IEEE Military Commun. Conf., Orlando, FL., USA, Oct. 29-31, 2007, pp. 1-8.
  27. B. Zhou, S. Song, J. Kang, Y. Y. Tai, S. Lin, and Q. Huang, "Construction of nonbinary quasi-cyclic LDPC codes based on finite fields," HISC, Honolulu, HI, USA, 2007.
  28. S. Lin, S. Song, B. Zhou, J. Kang, Y. Y. Tai, and Q. Huang, "Algebraic constructions of nonbinary quasi-cyclic LDPC codes: Array masking and dispersion," ISCTA, 2007.
qinhuang@buaa.edu.cn