Office
Ultra-Intelligent Computing/Communication Laboratory
School of Computer Science and Engineering
College of Software
Chung-Ang University
221 Heukseok, Dongjak, Seoul, 156-756 South Korea

E-mail: demeke@uclab.re.kr

Tel: 070-7568-8419

Fax: +822 820-5301

Webpage: http://uc.cse.cau.ac.kr/demeke.html

Research Interests :

• Flying Ad Hoc Networks
• LEO Satellite
• Internet of Things

Education :

• B.S. : In Computer Science, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia, 2006.
• M.S. : In Computer Science, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2011.

List of Publications

International Journals
• D. -T. Hua, Q. -T. DO, N.-N. Dao, T.-V. Nguyen, D. S. Lakew, and S. Cho, "Learning-based Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-aided Rate-Splitting Multiple Access Networks," to appear in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2023. (IF: 10.238, Top 5.48%) [PDF]
• J. Oh, D. Lee, D. S. Lakew, and S. Cho, "DACODE: Distributed Adaptive Communication Framework for Energy Efficient Industrial IoT-based Heterogeneous WSN," Elsevier ICT Express, , 2023. (IF: 4.754, Top 30.49%) [PDF]
• A. Masood, T. Ha, D. S. Lakew, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "Intelligent TCP Congestion Control Scheme in Internet of Deep Space Things Communication," IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 1472-1486, May 2023. (IF: 5.033, Top 8.33%) [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• D. S. Lakew, A.-T. Tran, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "Intelligent Offloading and Resource Allocation in Heterogeneous Aerial Access IoT Networks," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 5704-5718, April 2023. (IF: 10.238, Top 5.48%) [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• D. S. Lakew, V.-D. Tuong, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "Adaptive Partial Offloading and Resource Harmonization in Wireless Edge Computing-Assisted IoE Networks," IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 3028-3044, September 2022. (IF: 5.033, Top 8.33%) [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• D. S. Lakew, W. Na, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, "Aerial Energy Orchestration for Heterogeneous UAV-Assisted Wireless Communications," IEEE Systems Journal, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 2483-2494, June 2022. (IF: 3.987, Top 19.87%) [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• N.-N. Dao, Q.-V. Pham, N. H. Tu, T. T. Thanh, V. N. Q. Bao, D. S. Lakew, and S. Cho, "Survey on Aerial Radio Access Networks: Toward a Comprehensive 6G Access Infrastructure," IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 1193-1225, February 2021. (IF: 23.70, Top 0.64%) [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• C. Lee, G. Jang, N.-.N. Dao, D. S. Lakew, C. Lee, and S. Cho, "Competitive Game Theoretic Clustering-Based Multiple UAV-Assisted NB-IoT Systems," Electronics, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 356, February 2021. (IF: 2.41, Top 46.99%) [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• A. Masood, D. S. Lakew, and S. Cho, "Security and Privacy Challenges in Connected Vehicular Cloud Computing," IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 2725-2764, July 2020. (IF: 23.70, Top 0.64%) [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• D. S. Lakew, U. Saad, N.-N. Dao, W. Na, and S. Cho, "Routing in Flying Ad Hoc Networks: A Comprehensive Survey," IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 1071-1120, March 2020. (IF: 22.93, Top 0.32%) [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• W. Na, D. S. Lakew, J. Lee, and S. Cho, "Congestion control vs. link failure: TCP behavior in mmWave connected vehicular networks," Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 101, pp. 1213-1222, December 2019. (IF: 4.290, Top 4.2%) [PDF]
• L. Park, S. Jeong, D. S. Lakew, J. Kim, and S. Cho, "New Challenges of Wireless Power Transfer and Secured Billing for Internet of Electric Vehicles," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 118-124, March 2019. (IF: 9.270, Top 1.346%) [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]

International Conferences
• D. S. Lakew, A. -T. Tran, A. Masood, N. -N. Dao and S. Cho, “A Review on AI-Driven Aerial Access Networks: Challenges and Open Research Issues,," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication (ICAIIC), Bali, Indonesia, February, 2023. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• D. T. Hua, D. Lee, A. -T. Tran, D. S. Lakew, Q. -T. Do and S. Cho, “Early-Exiting DNN MIMO Detector Design with Fast Signal Estimation Process,," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication (ICAIIC), Bali, Indonesia, February, 2023. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• A. Masood, D. Q. Tuan, D. S. Lakew, N. -N. Dao and S. Cho, “A Review on AI-Enabled Content Caching in Vehicular Edge Caching and Networks,," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication (ICAIIC), Bali, Indonesia, February, 2023. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• A. -T. Tran, D. S. Lakew, D. T. Hua, Q. -T. Do, N. -N. Dao and S. Cho, “A Review on Rate-Splitting Multiple Access-Assisted Downlink Networks: Energy Optimizations,," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication (ICAIIC), Bali, Indonesia, February, 2023. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• C. M. Ho, D. S. Lakew, A. -T. Tran, C. Lee, D. T. Hua and S. Cho, “A Review on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-based Networks and Satellite-based Networks with RSMA: Research Challenges and Future Trends," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication (ICAIIC), Bali, Indonesia, February, 2023. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• D.S. Lakew, A.-T. Tran, A. Masood, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, “A Review on Satellite-Terrestrial Integrated Wireless Networks: Challenges and Open Research Issues," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Bangkok, Thailand, January, 2023. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• A.-T. Tran, D.S. Lakew, D. T. Hua, Q. T. Do, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, “A Review on Rate-Splitting Multiple Access-Assisted Downlink Networks: Rate Optimizations," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Bangkok, Thailand, January, 2023. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• A. Masood, T. Ha, D.S. Lakew, N.-N. Dao, D. T. Hua, N. geeranuchand, and S. Cho, “A Review on Congestion Control for Internet of Deep Space Things Communication," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Bangkok, Thailand, January, 2023. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• Q. T. Do, D.S. Lakew, A.-T. Tran, D. T. Hua, and S. Cho, “A Review on Recent Approaches in mmWave UAV-Aided Communication Networks and Open Issues," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Bangkok, Thailand, January, 2023. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• H.-A. Duc Cap, T.-H. Do, D.S. Lakew, and S. Cho, “Building a Time-Series Forecast Model with Automated Machine Learning for Heart Rate Forecasting Problem," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC) , Seoul, Korea, October, 2022. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• A.-T. Tran, D.S. Lakew, N.-P. Tran, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, “Delay-Constrained Quality Maximization in RSMA-Based Video Streaming Networks," in Proc. of ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc) , Seoul, Korea, October, 2022. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• D. T. Hua, D.S. Lakew, and S. Cho, “DRL-Based Energy Efficient Communication Coverage Control in Hierarchical HAP-LAP Network," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Jeju, Korea, January, 2022. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• D.S. Lakew, A.-T. Tran, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, “Intelligent Offloading and Resource Allocation in HAP-Assisted MEC Networks," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), Jeju, Korea, October, 2021. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore] (Best Paper Award)
• A.-T. Tran, D.S. Lakew, T.-V. Nguyen, V.-D. Tuong, T.P. Truong, N.-N. Dao, and S. Cho, “Hit Ratio and Latency Optimization for Caching Systems: A Survey," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Jeju, Korea, January, 2021. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• U. Sa'ad, D.S. Lakew, and S. Cho, “Edge Caching for Content Sharing in Vehicular Networks: Technical Challenges, Existing Approaches, and Future Directions," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Jeju, Korea, January, 2021. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• T.-V. Nguyen, V.-D. Tuong, A.-T. Tran, T.P. Truong, D. S. Lakew, C. Lee, Y.S. Lee, and S. Cho, “User-Preference-based Proactive Caching in Edge Networks," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Jeju, Korea, January, 2021. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• V.-D. Tuong, T.-P. Truong, A.-T. Tran, A. Masood, D. S. Lakew, C. Lee, Y. Lee, and S. Cho, “Delay-Sensitive Task Offloading for Internet of Things in Nonorthogonal Multiple Access MEC Networks," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), Jeju, Korea, October 2020. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• D. S. Lakew, A. Masood, and S. Cho, "3D UAV Placement and Trajectory Optimization in UAV Assisted Wireless Networks," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Barcelona, Spain, January, 2020. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]
• A. Masood, D. S. Lakew, and S. Cho, "Learning based Content Caching for Wireless Networks," in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Barcelona, Spain, January, 2020. [PDF] [IEEE Xplore]