Publications

Postdoc Publications

  • S. Mehraban and M. Tahmasbi “Quadratic Lower bounds on the Approximate Stabilizer Rank: A Probabilistic Approach,” presented at QIP 2024, to be presented at STOC 2024, available at arxiv:2305.10277

  • M. Bullock, A. Sheikholeslami, M. Tahmasbi, R. Macdonald, S. Guha, B. Bash Covert “Communication over Classical-Quantum Channels,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, available at arxiv: 1601.06826

  • L. Farr`as, J. Has, M. Ozol, C Schaffner, M. Tahmasbi “Parallel repetition of local simultaneous state discrimination”, submitted to Quantum, available at arxiv:2211.06456

  • C Majenz, C Schaffner, M. Tahmasbi “Limitations on Uncloneable Encryption and Simultaneous One-Way-to-Hiding”, available at arxiv:2103.14510

  • C Majenz, M Ozols, C Schaffner, M. Tahmasbi “Local Simultaneous State Discrimination”, presented at QIP 2022, to be published in Physical Review A, available at arxiv:2111.01209

Journal Publications

  • M. Tahmasbi, A. Shahrasbi and A. Gohari, “Critical Graphs in Index Coding,” in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 225-235, Feb. 2015.

  • M. Tahmasbi and M. R. Bloch, “First and Second Order Asymptotics in Covert Communication,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 2190–2212, Apr. 2019.

  • M. Tahmasbi and M. R. Bloch, “Framework for Covert and Secret Key Expansion over Classical-Quantum Channels,” Physical Review A, vol. 99, no. 5, p. 052329, May 2019

  • M. Tahmasbi, M. R. Bloch, “Covert Secret Key Generation with an Active Warden,” IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 15, pp. 1026 - 1039, Aug. 2019.

  • M. Tahmasbi, M. R. Bloch and A. Yener, “Learning Adversary's Actions for Secret Communication,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 1607-1624, March 2020.

  • M. Tahmasbi, A. Savard and M. R. Bloch, “Covert Capacity of Non-Coherent Rayleigh-Fading Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 1979-2005, Apr. 2020.

  • M. Tahmasbi and M. R. Bloch, “Covert and secret key expansion over quantum channels under collective attacks," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 66, no. 11, pp. 7113–7131, Nov. 2020.

  • I. A. Kadampot, M. Tahmasbi, and M. R. Bloch, “Multilevel-Coded Pulse-Position Modulation for Covert Communications over Binary-Input Discrete Memoryless Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 66, no. 10, pp. 6001–6023, Oct. 2020.

  • M. Tahmasbi and M. R. Bloch, “Steganography Protocols for Quantum Channels,” Journal of Mathematical Physics, vol. 61, no. 8, p. 082201, Aug. 2020.

  • M. Tahmasbi and M. R. Bloch, “Towards Undetectable Quantum Key Distribution over Bosonic Channels,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 585–598, Aug. 2020.

  • M. Tahmasbi and M. R. Bloch, “On Covert Quantum Sensing and the Benefits of Entanglement,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 352–365, Mar. 2021.

Conference Papers

  • M. Tahmasbi, A. Shahrasbi and A. Gohari, “Critical Graphs in Index Coding,” in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Honolulu, HI, 2014, pp. 281-285.

  • M. Tahmasbi and F. Fekri, “On the Capacity Achieving Probability Measures for Molecular Receivers,” in Proc. of IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Jeju, 2015, pp. 109-113.

  • M. Tahmasbi and M. R. Bloch, “Second-Order Asymptotics of Covert Communications over Noisy Channels,” in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Barcelona, Spain, Jul. 2016, pp. 2224–2228.

  • M. Tahmasbi and M. R. Bloch, “Second-Order Asymptotics for Degraded Wiretap Channels: How Good Are Existing Codes?,” in 54th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL, Sep. 2016, pp. 830–837.

  • M. Tahmasbi, M. R. Bloch and A. Yener, “Learning Adversary's Actions for Secret Communication,” in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Aachen, Germany, Jun. 2017, pp. 2713–2717.

  • K. S. Kumar Arumugam, I. A. Kadampot, M. Tahmasbi, S. Shah, M. Bloch and S. Pokutta, “Modulation Recognition Using Side Information and Hybrid Learning,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), Piscataway, NJ, Mar. 2017, pp. 1–2.

  • M. Tahmasbi, M. R. Bloch and V. Y. F. Tan, “Error Exponent for Covert Communications over Discrete Memoryless Channels,” in Proc. of IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 2017, pp. 304–308.

  • M. Tahmasbi and M. R. Bloch, “Covert Secret Key Generation,” in Proc. of IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security, Workshop on Physical-Layer Methods for Wireless Security, Las Vegas, NV, Oct. 2017, pp. 540–544.

  • I. A. Kadampot, M. Tahmasbi and M. R. Bloch, “Multilevel-Coded Pulse-Position Modulation for Covert Communications,” in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Vail, CO, Jun. 2018, pp. 1864–1868.

  • I. A. Kadampot, M. Tahmasbi, and M. R. Bloch, “Codes for Covert Communication over Additive White Gaussian Noise Channels,” in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Paris, France, Jul. 2019, pp. 977–981

  • M. Tahmasbi and M. Bloch, “Steganography Protocols for Quantum Channels,” in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Paris, France, Jul. 2019, pp. 2179–2183.

  • M. Tahmasbi, M. Bloch, and A. Yener, “In-Band Sensing of the Adversary’s Channel for Secure Communication in Wireless Channels.” in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Paris, France, Jul. 2019, pp. 2184–2188

  • M. Tahmasbi and M. Bloch, “Covert Communication with Unknown Code at Warden,” to be appeared in Proc. of Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton)

  • M. Tahmasbi and M. R. Bloch, “Active Covert Sensing,” in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, Los Angeles, CA, Jun. 2020, pp. 840–845