Research Interests

Embedded systems, sensor networks, autonomous vehicles, nonlinear optimization, network intrusion detection, infrared imaging, genetic algorithms, scheduling, computer arithmetic, and neural networks.

1. Authored or co-authored more than 80 technical papers and book chapters in his research areas.
   

2. Co-author of the book, Computational Intelligence for Optimization, Kluwer Academic Press, 1997.
   

3. Participated in research grants in excess of $2 million as PI or co-PI.
   

Selected Recent Publications

1. S. H. Hou and E. Hou, “On a Recursion Formula Related to Confluent Vandermonde,” The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 122, No. 8, pp. 766-772, October 2015.
   

2. H. Pan, E. Hou, and N. Ansari, "Enhanced Name and Vote Separated E-voting system: an E-voting System that Ensures Voter Confidentiality and Candidate Privacy," Security and Communication Networks, vol. 7, pp. 2335-2344, December 2014.
   

3. J. Yang, E. Hou, M. C. Zhou, “Front Sensor and GPS-Based Lateral Control of Automated Vehicle,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 146-154, Mar. 2013.
   

4. J. Yang, E. Hou, “Kalman Filter and GPS-based Longitudinal Tire Force Estimation,” International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 199-206, Sept. 2011.
   

5. C. Zhang, E. Hou, and N. Ansari, “Node Clustering,” in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Networking Persepective, J. Zheng and A. Jamalipour (eds.), Wiley-IEEE Press, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-470-16763-2, pp.173-209.
   

6. N. Ansari, C. Zhang, R. Rojas-Cessa, P. Sakarindr, E. Hou, and S. De, “Networking for Critical Conditions,” IEEE Wireless Communications, Vol. 15, No. 2, April 2008, pp. 73-81.