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Current Research Team
 Graduate
Students
 Graduate
Students 
 Safwan Alfattani                  PhD
[16-] (registered at uOttawa; cosupervisor: Prof.
Abbas Yongacoglu)
Safwan Alfattani                  PhD
[16-] (registered at uOttawa; cosupervisor: Prof.
Abbas Yongacoglu) 
 Nesrine
Cherif                      PhD
[17-] (registered at uOttawa; cosupervisor: Prof.
Abbas Yongacoglu)
Nesrine
Cherif                      PhD
[17-] (registered at uOttawa; cosupervisor: Prof.
Abbas Yongacoglu)
 Aditya
Rajasekaran              PhD [18-]
Aditya
Rajasekaran              PhD [18-]
 Amin
Farajzadeh                  PhD
[19-]
Amin
Farajzadeh                  PhD
[19-]
 Mohamed
Hozayen              PhD
[20-]
Mohamed
Hozayen              PhD
[20-] 
 Hongzhao Zheng                  PhD
[20-] (cosupervisor: Prof. Mohamed Atia)
Hongzhao Zheng                  PhD
[20-] (cosupervisor: Prof. Mohamed Atia)
 Mohamad Alkadamani         PhD [20-]
Mohamad Alkadamani         PhD [20-]
 Afsoon Alidadi                    PhD
[21-]
Afsoon Alidadi                    PhD
[21-]
 Yin Lee                                 PhD
[21-]
Yin Lee                                 PhD
[21-]
 Jintao Liang                          MASc [19-]
Jintao Liang                          MASc [19-]
 Ammar Abdelsamie              MASc [20-]
Ammar Abdelsamie              MASc [20-]
 Zichao Zhang                       MASc [21-]
Zichao Zhang                       MASc [21-]
 Tuheen Ahmmed                  MASc [21-]
Tuheen Ahmmed                  MASc [21-]
 PDFs & Research Associates
 PDFs & Research Associates
       
                                                
 Dr.
Wael Jaafar –
NSERC PDF [December 2018 – ]
Dr.
Wael Jaafar –
NSERC PDF [December 2018 – ]
 Dr.
Sahabul Alam –
NRQNT PDF [August 2019 – ]
Dr.
Sahabul Alam –
NRQNT PDF [August 2019 – ]
 Dr.
Tasneem Darwish –
MITACS PDF [April 2020 – ], Research Associate
[September 2019 – March 2020]
Dr.
Tasneem Darwish –
MITACS PDF [April 2020 – ], Research Associate
[September 2019 – March 2020]
 Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim – PDF [January 2020 – ]
Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim – PDF [January 2020 – ]
 Dr.
Mohammad Khoshkholgh – PDF [April 2020 – ]
Dr.
Mohammad Khoshkholgh – PDF [April 2020 – ]
 Dr. Jean-Daniel De Medjo Biomo
– PDF [May 2020 – ]
Dr. Jean-Daniel De Medjo Biomo
– PDF [May 2020 – ]
 Dr.
Mohammed Younis Abdelsadek
– PDF [June 2020 – ]
Dr.
Mohammed Younis Abdelsadek
– PDF [June 2020 – ]
 Dr. Omid Abbasi – PDF [Oct 2020 – ]
Dr. Omid Abbasi – PDF [Oct 2020 – ]

 Dr.
Animesh Yadav – Senior Research Associate
[Oct 2020 – ]
Dr.
Animesh Yadav – Senior Research Associate
[Oct 2020 – ]  
 Visiting Professors, PDFs, and Scientists
 Visiting Professors, PDFs, and Scientists
 Visiting Graduate Students
 Visiting Graduate Students
                                                
 QiQi Ren – Visiting PhD student [October 2019
– October 2021]
QiQi Ren – Visiting PhD student [October 2019
– October 2021]
                                    Xidian University, China
 Undergraduate
Interns
 Undergraduate
Interns
                        
Past Researchers
 PDFs & Research Associates
 PDFs & Research Associates
 Dr.
Elham Kalantari – Research Associate [March – May 2020]
Dr.
Elham Kalantari – Research Associate [March – May 2020]
            Current
Employment: Ericsson, Canada
 Dr. Sahar Molla
Aghajanzadeh – Research Associate [November 2018
– July 2019]
Dr. Sahar Molla
Aghajanzadeh – Research Associate [November 2018
– July 2019]
Current Employment: Huawei Canada
Research Centre, Canada
 Dr. Jalal Khamse-Ashari, Research Associate [January – May 2019]
Dr. Jalal Khamse-Ashari, Research Associate [January – May 2019]
Current Employment: Huawei Canada
Research Centre, Canada
 Dr.
Sebastian Szyszkowicz – Postdoctoral Fellow [January 2015 –
April 2017]
Dr.
Sebastian Szyszkowicz – Postdoctoral Fellow [January 2015 –
April 2017]
                        Project
Manager, Telus-Carleton Collaborative Research
Project
                                                
 Dr.
Amr Fawzy El-Keyi, Postdoctoral Fellow [September
2015 – June 2017]
Dr.
Amr Fawzy El-Keyi, Postdoctoral Fellow [September
2015 – June 2017]
            Current
Employment: Ericsson, Canada 
 Dr.
Ebrahim Bedeer, Postdoctoral Fellow [September 2015 – May 2017]
(cosupervisor: Prof.
Mohamed Hossam Ahmed, MUN)
Dr.
Ebrahim Bedeer, Postdoctoral Fellow [September 2015 – May 2017]
(cosupervisor: Prof.
Mohamed Hossam Ahmed, MUN)
            Current
Employment: Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
 Dr.
Hamid Saber, Postdoctoral Fellow [September – November 2016]
(cosupervisor: Prof. Ian Marsland)
Dr.
Hamid Saber, Postdoctoral Fellow [September – November 2016]
(cosupervisor: Prof. Ian Marsland)
            Current
Employment: Samsung, USA
 Dr.
Ramy Gohary – Senior Research Associate [April 2010 – December
2016]
Dr.
Ramy Gohary – Senior Research Associate [April 2010 – December
2016]
            Project
Manager, Huawei-Carleton Collaborative Research Project [September 2014 –
October 2016]
Project Manager, RIM-Carleton
Collaborative Research Project [April 2010 – August 2014]
                                    Current
Employment: Assistant Professor, Carleton University 
 Dr.
Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir – Postdoctoral Fellow [September 2015 –
August 2016]
Dr.
Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir – Postdoctoral Fellow [September 2015 –
August 2016] 
                        Current Employment: Assistant
Professor, University of the West of Scotland, UK
 Dr.
Rainer Schoenen – Senior Research Associate [January 2011 –
August 2014]
Dr.
Rainer Schoenen – Senior Research Associate [January 2011 –
August 2014]
                                    Project
Manager, Huawei-Carleton Collaborative Research Project
                                    Current
Employment: Professor, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany
 Dr.
Petar Djukic –
Senior Research Associate [November 2008 – April 2010]
Dr.
Petar Djukic –
Senior Research Associate [November 2008 – April 2010] 
                                    Project
Manager, Huawei-Carleton Collaborative Research Project
                                    Current
Employment: Senior Advisor, CTO Office, Ciena,
Ottawa, Canada
 Dr.
Abdulkareem Adinoyi – Senior Research Associate [May – December
2006], [September 2007 – August 2009]
Dr.
Abdulkareem Adinoyi – Senior Research Associate [May – December
2006], [September 2007 – August 2009]
                                    Technical
Manager, Samsung Project
                                    Current
Employment: Senior Consultant, Saudi Telecom Company, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
 Dr.
Keivan Navaie – Senior Research Associate [December 2004 –
October 2006]
Dr.
Keivan Navaie – Senior Research Associate [December 2004 –
October 2006] 
Project Manager, EU FP6 WINNER Project
Current Employment: Senior Lecturer, School of
Computing & Communications, Lancaster University, UK
 Dr. Mohamed Hossam Ahmed
– Senior Research Associate [April 2001 - March 2003] (co-investigator:
Professor S. Mahmoud)
Dr. Mohamed Hossam Ahmed
– Senior Research Associate [April 2001 - March 2003] (co-investigator:
Professor S. Mahmoud) 
Project Manager, NCIT Project: “Resource
Management in Fixed Cellular Broadband Wireless (MMDS) Systems”
Visiting Professor [August 2005]
Current Employment: Professor, Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Canada 
 Dr. Eman Fituri
– Senior Research Associate [February – June 2006]
Dr. Eman Fituri
– Senior Research Associate [February – June 2006]
            Current
Employment: Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), Qatar
 Visiting PDFs and Scientists
 Visiting PDFs and Scientists
 Dr.
Lina Bariah – Visiting PDF [July –
August 2019]
Dr.
Lina Bariah – Visiting PDF [July –
August 2019]
            Current
Employment: PDF, Khalifa University, UAE
 Dr.
Eylem Erdogan  – Visiting
PDF [April - July 2016]
Dr.
Eylem Erdogan  – Visiting
PDF [April - July 2016]
            Current
Employment: Associate Professor, Istanbul Medeniyet
University, Turkey
 Dr.
Sergey Andreev –
Visiting PDF [May-June 2015]
Dr.
Sergey Andreev –
Visiting PDF [May-June 2015]
                        Current
Employment: Associate Professor, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere,
Finland
 Dr. Khalil Al Sobhi – Visiting Scientist
[August – October 2014]
Dr. Khalil Al Sobhi – Visiting Scientist
[August – October 2014]
            Current
Employment: King Abdulaziz City of Science and
Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
 Dr.
Daniel Calabuig  – Marie
Curie PDF [September 2010 – August 2012]
Dr.
Daniel Calabuig  – Marie
Curie PDF [September 2010 – August 2012]
                                    Current
Employment: Universidad Politecnica de Valencia,
Valencia, Spain
 Dr.
Gurhan Bulu – Visiting PDF [February 2011 – November 2011]
Dr.
Gurhan Bulu – Visiting PDF [February 2011 – November 2011] 
Current Employment: Research Associate,
Department of Electrical and Electronics, Hacettepe
University, Ankara, Turkey
 Dr.
Rainer Schoenen – Visiting PDF [January – December 2010]
Dr.
Rainer Schoenen – Visiting PDF [January – December 2010]
            ComNets,
Aachen University, Germany
            Supervisor:
Professor
Bernhard Walke
            Current
Employment: Professor, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany
 Visiting Professors
 Visiting Professors
 Dr.
Gunes Karabulut Kurt
– Visiting Professor [September 2019 – August 2020]
Dr.
Gunes Karabulut Kurt
– Visiting Professor [September 2019 – August 2020]
            Professor,
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
 Dr.
Zhaleh (Jale) Sadreddini 
– Visiting Professor [July – August 2019]
Dr.
Zhaleh (Jale) Sadreddini 
– Visiting Professor [July – August 2019]
            Assistant
Professor, Istanbul Arel University, Turkey
 Dr.
Eylem Erdogan  – Visiting
Professor [July 2019]
Dr.
Eylem Erdogan  – Visiting
Professor [July 2019]
            Associate
Professor, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey
 Dr.
Sami Muhaidat – Visiting Professor [July
2019]
Dr.
Sami Muhaidat – Visiting Professor [July
2019]
            Professor,
Khalifa University, UAE
 Dr.
Lina Mroueh – Visiting Professor [July
– September 2018]
Dr.
Lina Mroueh – Visiting Professor [July
– September 2018]
            Associate
Professor, Ecole d’Ingenieurs
du Numerique (ISEP), Paris, France
 Dr.
Ozgur Ercetin – Visiting Professor [September 2017 – July 2018]
Dr.
Ozgur Ercetin – Visiting Professor [September 2017 – July 2018]
            Professor,
Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
 Dr.
Amir Hossein Mohajerzadeh – Visiting
Professor [August 2017]
Dr.
Amir Hossein Mohajerzadeh – Visiting
Professor [August 2017]
            Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
 Dr.
Taimour Aldalgamouni – Visiting Professor [August 2016 – July
2017]
Dr.
Taimour Aldalgamouni – Visiting Professor [August 2016 – July
2017]
            Professor,
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
 Dr.
Amir Hossein Mohajerzadeh – Visiting
Professor [August 2016]
Dr.
Amir Hossein Mohajerzadeh – Visiting
Professor [August 2016]
            Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
 Dr.
Yasser Gadallah – Visiting Professor [July
– August 2016]
Dr.
Yasser Gadallah – Visiting Professor [July
– August 2016]
            American
University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
 Dr.
Pawel A. Dmochowski – Visiting Professor [September 2014 –
January 2015]
Dr.
Pawel A. Dmochowski – Visiting Professor [September 2014 –
January 2015]
            Victoria
University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
 Dr.
Ibrahim Abualhaol – Visiting Professor [June 2013 – August
2013]
Dr.
Ibrahim Abualhaol – Visiting Professor [June 2013 – August
2013]
            Khalifa University, Sharjah, UAE
 Dr. Mumtaz Yilmaz – Visiting Professor
[December 2012 – June 2013]
Dr. Mumtaz Yilmaz – Visiting Professor
[December 2012 – June 2013]
            Adnan
Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey
 Dr.
John Thompson – Visiting Professor, University of Edinburgh, UK [July
– October 2006]
Dr.
John Thompson – Visiting Professor, University of Edinburgh, UK [July
– October 2006]
Cooperative communications in relay networks
 Dr. Mohamed Adnan Al-Andalousi –
Visiting Professor [Summer 2002] (co-investigator: Dr. B. Hashem)
Dr. Mohamed Adnan Al-Andalousi –
Visiting Professor [Summer 2002] (co-investigator: Dr. B. Hashem) 
Wireless Multihop
Networks 
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi
Arabia 
 Visiting Graduate Students
 Visiting Graduate Students
                         Omid Abbasi
– Visiting PhD student [February 2019 – Sep 2020]
Omid Abbasi
– Visiting PhD student [February 2019 – Sep 2020]
                                    Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
 Yassine Hmamouche –
Visiting PhD student [August – November 2019]
Yassine Hmamouche –
Visiting PhD student [August – November 2019]
                                    IMT-Atlantique, France
 Hossein
Vaezy – Visiting PhD student [February 2018 – June 2019]
Hossein
Vaezy – Visiting PhD student [February 2018 – June 2019]
                                    Isfahan
University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
 Amin
Farajzadeh – Visiting MASc Student
[December 2017 – January 2019]
Amin
Farajzadeh – Visiting MASc Student
[December 2017 – January 2019]
                                    Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
 Mehdi
Abad – Visiting PhD Student [July – September 2018]
Mehdi
Abad – Visiting PhD Student [July – September 2018]
                                    Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
 Salime Bameri – Visiting PhD Student [February 2016
– August 2017] (cosupervisor: Dr. Ramy Gohary)
Salime Bameri – Visiting PhD Student [February 2016
– August 2017] (cosupervisor: Dr. Ramy Gohary)
Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran
 Margarita
Gapeyenko – Visiting
PhD Student [July – September 2016] (cosupervisor: Dr. Sebastian
Szyszkowicz)
Margarita
Gapeyenko – Visiting
PhD Student [July – September 2016] (cosupervisor: Dr. Sebastian
Szyszkowicz)
Tampere University of Technology, Finland
 Omer Haliloglu
– Visiting PhD Student
[April – August 2015]
Omer Haliloglu
– Visiting PhD Student
[April – August 2015]
            Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
            Current Employment:
Ericsson, Turkey
 Olga
Galinina – Visiting
PhD Student [May – June 2015]
Olga
Galinina – Visiting
PhD Student [May – June 2015]
                        Tampere
University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
                        Current
Employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere,
Finland
             Jing Guo
– Visiting PhD Student
[January – April 2015]
Jing Guo
– Visiting PhD Student
[January – April 2015]
                        Australian
National University, Canberra, Australia
                        Current
Employment: Assistant Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology, China 
 Ibrahim
Aydin – Visiting
PhD Student [October 2013 – September 2014]
Ibrahim
Aydin – Visiting
PhD Student [October 2013 – September 2014]
            Istanbul
Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
 Zakaria El-Moutaouakkil –
Visiting PhD Student [July 2013 – June 2014]
Zakaria El-Moutaouakkil –
Visiting PhD Student [July 2013 – June 2014]
                        Telecom
Bretagne, France
                        Current
Employment: Via Software, Tangier, Morocco
             Baris Yuksekkaya –
Visiting PhD Student [September 2013 – March 2014]
Baris Yuksekkaya –
Visiting PhD Student [September 2013 – March 2014]
                        Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
                        Current
Employment: Research Associate, Hacettepe University,
Turkey
 Oumar Alassane Barro – Visiting Master’s Student [April
– September 2013]
Oumar Alassane Barro – Visiting Master’s Student [April
– September 2013]
            Universite de Rennes 1, Rennes Cedex,
France
             David
Gonzalez G –
Visiting PhD Student [March – June 2013]
David
Gonzalez G –
Visiting PhD Student [March – June 2013]
                        Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Current Employment: Wireless Communication Researcher, Continental Automotive AG, Germany
             Davut Incebacak – Visiting PhD Student
[December 2012 – June 2013]
Davut Incebacak – Visiting PhD Student
[December 2012 – June 2013]
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
 Jorge
Cabrejas –
Visiting PhD Student [July – October 2012]
Jorge
Cabrejas –
Visiting PhD Student [July – October 2012]
            Universidad
Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
            Current
Employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, iTEAM, Universitat Politecnica de
Valencia (UPV), Spain
             Tariq Alshawi – Visiting Graduate Student [November
2010]
Tariq Alshawi – Visiting Graduate Student [November
2010] 
                        Current Employment: PhD student at
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia 
             Imran
Shafique Ansari – Visiting Graduate Student
[June – August 2010]
Imran
Shafique Ansari – Visiting Graduate Student
[June – August 2010]
            King
Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST)
            Supervisor:
Professor
Mohamed-Slim Alouini
            Current
Employment: Assistant Professor, University of Glasgow, UK 
 Houda Chafnaji – Visiting PhD Student [August 2008, July 2009]
Houda Chafnaji – Visiting PhD Student [August 2008, July 2009]
                                    Telecom
Bretagne, France, and INPT, Rabat, Morocco
                        Supervisors:
Professors Tarik Ait-Idir
(INPT) and Samir
Saoudi (Telecom-Bretagne)
                                    Current
Employment: Associate Professor, INPT, Rabat, Morocco
 Stefan
Valentin – Visiting PhD Student [October 2008]
Stefan
Valentin – Visiting PhD Student [October 2008]
            
                        Supervisor:
Professor Holger Karl
                        Current
Employment: Professor, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
 Jung-Min Park – Visiting Ph.D. Student [February 2008]
Jung-Min Park – Visiting Ph.D. Student [February 2008]
Radio Resource Management and
Optimization Lab
          
 School of Electrical and
Electronics Engineering
          
 Yonsei
University, Korea
          
 Supervisor: Professor Seong-Lyun
Kim 
 Basak Can – Visiting Ph.D. Student [January
– May, November 2007]
Basak Can – Visiting Ph.D. Student [January
– May, November 2007]
Department of Electronic Systems, 
Supervisors: Professors Hiroyuki Yomo, Elisabeth De Carvalho, and Ramjee Prasad
                             Current Employment: Intel, CA, USA
 Yijia (Richard) Fan – Visiting Ph.D. Student,
Yijia (Richard) Fan – Visiting Ph.D. Student, 
Supervisor: Prof. John Thompson 
Cooperative communications in relay networks
Current Employement: Askers, Founder & President
                                                                                                                                               
 Undergraduate
Interns
 Undergraduate
Interns
             Ammar Abdelsamie – Carleton
FED USRA (undergraduate summer research assistant) [May – August 2020]
Ammar Abdelsamie – Carleton
FED USRA (undergraduate summer research assistant) [May – August 2020]
Carleton University
             Mohamed
Hozayen – NSERC USRA (undergraduate summer research assistant) [May – August 2019]
Mohamed
Hozayen – NSERC USRA (undergraduate summer research assistant) [May – August 2019]
                        Carleton
University I-CUREUS intern [September 2018 – April 2019] 
 Mohammad Issa
– Undergraduate summer intern [June – July 2018]
Mohammad Issa
– Undergraduate summer intern [June – July 2018]
                        Carleton
University
 Rozhina
Ghanavi – Visiting Student [July – October 2017]
Rozhina
Ghanavi – Visiting Student [July – October 2017]
                                    Tehran
University, Iran
 Fizza Ahmad Sheikh – NSERC
USRA (undergraduate summer research assistant) [May – August 2017]
Fizza Ahmad Sheikh – NSERC
USRA (undergraduate summer research assistant) [May – August 2017]
                        Carleton
University
 Quoc-Nam Le-The – NSERC USRA (undergraduate summer research
assistant) [May – August 2016]
Quoc-Nam Le-The – NSERC USRA (undergraduate summer research
assistant) [May – August 2016]
            Carleton
University
 Daniel Rodrigues de Luna – Undergraduate Summer Intern
[May – August 2014]
Daniel Rodrigues de Luna – Undergraduate Summer Intern
[May – August 2014]
                        ScienceWithoutBorders Student, Brasil
 Sashini Senarath – Undergraduate
Summer Intern [May – August 2014]
Sashini Senarath – Undergraduate
Summer Intern [May – August 2014]
            McMaster
University, Hamilton, Canada
 Abdel Rahman El Beheri – Undergraduate
Summer Intern [May – August 2014]
Abdel Rahman El Beheri – Undergraduate
Summer Intern [May – August 2014]
            Carleton
University
 Tarek Hamouda – NSERC USRA
(undergraduate summer research assistant) [May – August 2012]
Tarek Hamouda – NSERC USRA
(undergraduate summer research assistant) [May – August 2012]
            Carleton
University
 Furkan Alaca – NSERC
USRA (undergraduate summer research assistant) [May – August 2008, May
– August 2009, May – August 2010]
Furkan Alaca – NSERC
USRA (undergraduate summer research assistant) [May – August 2008, May
– August 2009, May – August 2010]
            Carleton
University
 Talha Ahmad – NSERC USRA
(undergraduate summer research assistant) [May – August 2009]
Talha Ahmad – NSERC USRA
(undergraduate summer research assistant) [May – August 2009]
            Carleton University
 Graduates (Completed with Theses)
 Graduates (Completed with Theses) 
26. Rawan
Alkurd –
Ph.D., September 2020 (cosupervisor: Dr.
Ibrahim Abualhaol)
Big Data-driven AI-based
Wireless Network Personalization [thesis]
Current Employment: Larus, Ottawa, Canada
25. Irem
Bor-Yaliniz –
Ph.D., May 2020
Using Mobility for Agility:
Enhancing Wireless Networks with Aerial Access Nodes and User Involvement [thesis]
Current Employment: Huawei
Canada Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada
24. Elham
Kalantari –
Ph.D., University of Ottawa, January 2020
(co-supervisor: Prof. Abbas Yongacoglu, University of Ottawa) 
Placement of Air and Ground
Base Stations in Integrated Aerial and Terrestrial Cellular Networks [thesis]
Current Employment:
Ericsson, Ottawa, Canada
23. Monirosharieh Vameghestahbanati – Ph.D., January 2020
(co-supervisors: Prof. Ian Marsland and Prof. Ramy Gohary) 
Designing Multidimensional
Constellations and Efficient Detection Schemes for SCMA Systems [thesis]
Current Employment:
Huawei Canada Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada
22. Mohamed
Alzenad –
Ph.D., May 2019 
Integrated Aerial and
Terrestrial Wireless Access Architecture for Beyond-5G Networks [thesis]
Current Employment: Huawei Canada Research
Centre, Ottawa, Canada
21. Faraj
Lagum –
Ph.D., November 2018 (co-supervisor: Dr. Sebastian Szyszkowicz)
Stochastic Geometry-Based Tools for
Spatial Modeling and Planning of Future Cellular Networks: Opportunistic Cell
Switch-off and Strategic Deployment of Flying Base Stations [thesis]
Current Employment: PDF (supervisor:
Professor M. Ibnkahla), Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
20. Zakaria El-Moutaouakkil – Ph.D., IMT Atlantique, France, October 2018
(co-supervisors: Prof. Samir Saoudi, IMT Atlantique,
France, and Dr. Kamel Tourki, Huawei France)
Spectrum-Efficient Cognitive MIMO
Relaying: A Practical Design Perspective
Current Employment: Via Software,
Tangier, Morocco
19. Hossein
Khoshnevis –
Ph.D., September 2018 (co-supervisor: Prof. Ian Marsland)
Multilevel Polar
Coded-Modulation for Wireless Communications [thesis]
Current Employment: Huawei Canada Research
Centre, Ottawa, Canada
18. Yaser
Fouad –
Ph.D., June 2018 (co-supervisor: Prof. Ramy Gohary)
Number-Theoretic
Sequence Design for Uncoordinated Resource Block Assignments in Relay-Assisted
Machine-Type Communication Systems [thesis]
Current Employment: Samsung
Electronics, San Diego, California, USA
17. Mehmet
Cagri Ilter –
Ph.D., December 2017 
SNR-Adaptive
Constellation Design for Convolutional Codes [thesis]
Current Employment: PDF, University
of Aalto, Finland 
16. Hamza
Umit Sokun –
Ph.D., December 2017 (co-supervisor: Prof. Ramy Gohary)
Enhancing Energy and Spectral Efficiencies in Wireless
Cellular Networks [thesis]
Current Employment: Ericsson, Ottawa, Canada
15. Meisam
Mirahsan –
Ph.D., July 2017 
HetHetNets: Heterogeneous Wireless Cellular Networks with
Heterogeneous Traffic [thesis]
Current Employment: Nokia, Ottawa, Canada
14. Tamer
Beitelmal –
Ph.D., December 2016 (co-supervisor: Dr. Sebastian Szyszkowicz)
The Cell Switch-Off Approach for Energy
Efficient Cellular Networks [thesis]
Current Employment: March Networks, Ottawa
13. Rozita
Rashtchi –
Ph.D., January 2016 (co-supervisor: Dr. Ramy Gohary)
Joint Routing, Scheduling and Power Allocation in Generic Multihop Wireless Networks [thesis]
            Current
Employment: Ericsson, Ottawa, Canada
12. Kevin Wen Luo – Ph.D., September 2015 (co-supervisor: Dr. Ramy Gohary)
Enhancing Rates in Relay Channels [thesis] [slides]
            Current
Employment: Ericsson, Ottawa, Canada
11. Alireza
Sharifian –
Ph.D., September 2014
Utility-based Packet Scheduling and Resource
Allocation Algorithms with Heterogeneous Traffic for Wireless OFDMA Networks [thesis]
Current Employment: Self-employed
10. Akram Bin Sediq – Ph.D., August 2013
Towards Efficient and Fair Radio
Resource Allocation Schemes for Interference-Limited Cellular Networks [thesis] 
                        Current
Employment: Ericsson, Ottawa, Canada
9. Mahmudur Rahman – Ph.D., July 2011 
Dynamic Inter-Cell Interference Coordination in
Cellular OFDMA Networks [thesis] [slides]
                        Current
Employment: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Ottawa,
Canada 
8. Mohamed
Rashad Salem – Ph.D., January 2011 (co-supervisor: Prof. David Falconer)
Radio Resource Management in OFDMA-based
Cellular Relay Networks [thesis] [slides]
                    
   Current Employment:
Huawei Canada Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada
            7. Sebastian
Szyszkowicz –
Ph.D., January 2011 
Interference from Large Wireless Networks under
Correlated Shadowing [thesis] [slides]
Current Employment: Adjunct Research Professor,
Carleton University
6. Houda Chafnaji – Ph.D., Telecom Bretagne, France, November 2010 (co-supervisor: Prof. Samir Saoudi, Telecom
Bretagne, France)
Advanced Hybrid-ARQ Receivers for Broadband
MIMO Communications [thesis] [slides]
Current Employment: Associate Professor, INPT (Institut National des Postes et Telecommunications), Rabat, Morocco
5. Muhammad Aljuaid – Ph.D., July 2010
Interference Characterization and Spectrum
Sharing in Large Wireless Networks [thesis] [slides]
            Current
Employment: Saudi Aramco, Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia 
4. Saad Al-Ahmadi – Ph.D., July 2010
Composite Fading Channel Modeling and
Information Capacity of Distributed Antenna Architectures in Cellular Networks [thesis]
Current Employment: Associate Professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and
Minerals, Saudi Arabia
                        3. Furuzan Atay Onat – Ph.D., December 2008
Cooperative Diversity Relaying Techniques in
Wireless Communication Networks [thesis] 
                                    Current
Employment: Aselsan,
Ankara, Turkey
2. John Boyer
– Ph.D., September 2007 (co-supervisor: Prof. David D. Falconer)
Cooperative Connectivity Models and Bounds for
Wireless Relay Networks [thesis] 
                        Current
Employment: VP – Engineering, Bitzer Mobile, California, USA
1.    
Abdulkareem
Adinoyi –
Ph.D., May 2006
Multi-Antenna and Relaying Techniques in
Wireless Communication Networks [thesis] 
Current Employment: Senior Consultant, Saudi
Telecom Company, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
28. Nima
Palizban – M.A.Sc.,
August 2017 (cosupervisor: Dr. Sebastian Szyszkowicz)
Millimeter Wave Small Cell network Planning for
Outdoor Line-of-Sight Coverage
Current
Employment: Ericsson, Ottawa,
Canada
27. Ziwen Zhao – M.A.Sc.,
September 2016 (cosupervisor: Dr. Sebastian Szyszkowicz)
Spatial Clustering in Slotted ALOHA Two-Hop
Random Access for Machine Type Communications
Current Employment: AWS (Amazon Web Service),
Amazon, Vancouver, BC, Canada
26. Philip Reinhard Balogun – M.A.Sc., January 2016 (co-supervisors:
Prof. Ian Marsland and Dr. Ramy Gohary) 
            Multilevel
Polar Codes for Grassmannian Signaling 
Current
Employment: Ciena, Ottawa,
Canada
25. Inan Korkmaz – M.A.Sc., May 2015 
Fast Demand
Control in Smart Grid Communications with User-in-the-Loop (UIL) Method
Current
Employment: RidgeBlade Power Collective, Kingston,
ON, Canada
24.
Ziyang Wang – M.A.Sc., September 2014
(co-supervisor: Prof. Marc St-Hilaire)
Resource
Management in Wireless Cellular Networks with Heterogeneous Capacity Supply and
Heterogeneous Traffic Demand (HetHetNets)
Current
Employment: Ericsson, Ottawa
23. Jing Dang – M.A.Sc., September 2013
Distributed Multiple Access for the Uplink of Multi-Cell
OFDMA Networks
Current
Employment: Ericsson, Ottawa
22. Gencer Cili – M.A.Sc., September 2012 (co-supervisor: Prof. Richard Yu)
Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission Aided Cell
Switch Off Schemes for Energy Efficient Mobile
Cellular Networks
Current
Employment: Apple, California, USA
21. Furkan
Alaca – M.A.Sc., August 2012
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, University of
Toronto
20. Talha Ahmad
– M.A.Sc., July 2011
Current
Employment: March Networks, Ottawa
                        19. Yaser Fouad – M.A.Sc., July 2011 
Current
Employment: Samsung Electronics, Portland, Oregon, USA
18. Arshdeep Singh Kahlon – M.A.Sc., July 2011 (co-supervisor: Dr.
Shalini Periyalwar)
Outage
in Large Wireless Networks with Spectrum Sharing under Rayleigh Fading
                                    Current
Employer: Ericsson, Ottawa
17. Heba Eid –
M.A.Sc., May 2011
                                    Current
Employer: Cequens, Cairo, Egypy
16. Soumitra
Dixit – M.A.Sc., January 2010 (co-supervisor: Dr. Shalini
Periyalwar)
Current
Employment: Nokia, Ottawa,
Canada
15. Akram S. Bin Sediq – M.A.Sc., September 2008
Diversity Combining of Signals with Different
Modulation Levels and Constellation Rearrangement in Cooperative Relay Networks
Current Employment: Ericsson, Ottawa, Canada
Adaptive
Token Bank Fair Queuing Scheduling in the Downlink of 4G Wireless Networks
Current
Employment: Software QA Engineer, Amazon Lab126, Sunnyvale,
California, USA 
13. Sebastian S.
Szyszkowicz – M.A.Sc., January 2007 
Interference
in Cellular Networks: A Sum of Lognormals Modeling
Current
Employment: Adjunct Research Professor, Carleton University 
12. Omer Mubarek
- M.A.Sc., January 2005 (co-supervisor: Dr. Shalini
Periyalwar, Nortel Networks) 
Dynamic
Frequency Hopping in Cellular Fixed Relay Networks
Current
Employment: HERE, Chicago, USA 
11. Hakan
Bolukbasi - M.A.Sc., January 2005 (co-supervisor: Prof. David
D. Falconer) 
Feasibility
of Providing Ubiquitous High Data Rate Coverage in Cellular Fixed Relay
Networks
Current
Employment: Aselsan, Ankara, Turkey
10. Adrian
Florea - M.A.Sc., December 2004 
On the Efficiency
of Using Multiple Hops in Fixed Relay based Wireless Networks
Current
Employment: Senior Director, Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa,
Canada
9. Mahmudur
Rahman - M.A.Sc., May 2004 (co-supervisor: Prof. Samy Mahmoud) 
Current
Employment: Innovations, Science and Economic Development Canada, Ottawa,
Canada
8. Shoaev Hares -
M.A.Sc., January 2004 (co-supervisor: Dr. B. Hashem, Saudi Telecom Company) 
Current
Employment: Microsoft, USA
7. Donald Walsh -
M.A.Sc., January 2004 
Two-Hop
Relaying in CDMA Networks Using the Unlicensed Bands 
Current
Employment: Cosmic Frontier, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Current
Employment: Stackpole Limited, Toronto
5. Huining
(Vivien) Hu - M.A.Sc., September 2003
Performance
Analysis of Cellular Networks with Digital Fixed Relays
Current Employment: Electrical Engineer, Dulles
Transit Partners, Dallas, Texas, USA
4. Ehab
Armanious - M.A.Sc., January 2003 (co-supervisor: Prof. David
D. Falconer) 
Link
Adaptation Techniques for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems
3. Van Sreng -
M.A.Sc., January 2002 (co-supervisor: Prof. David D. Falconer) 
Capacity
Enhancement through Two-Hop Relaying in Cellular Radio Systems
Current
Employment: NIO, San Jose, CA, USA 
2. John Boyer -
M.A.Sc., 2001 (co-supervisor: Prof. David D. Falconer) 
Multihop
Wireless Communications Channels
Current
Employment: Oracle,
Ottawa
1. Salem Hamad
Salamah - M.A.Sc, 2000 (co-supervisor: Prof. David D.
Falconer) 
Transmit
Power Control in Fixed Cellular Broadband Wireless Systems
Current Position: Lecturer, College of Technological Studies, Kuwait
 Undergraduate (4th Year)
Project Students
Undergraduate (4th Year)
Project Students 
             2019-2020
2019-2020
                         BVLOS Control of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle by LTE Network for
Rapid-Response Emergency Medical Assistance
BVLOS Control of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle by LTE Network for
Rapid-Response Emergency Medical Assistance
                                    Haoyang Guo, Hassan Yusuf, Ian Harvey
 2017-2018
2017-2018
                         LTE-Controlled Drone
LTE-Controlled Drone
                                    Liam
Brown, Otonye Iyalla
 2016-2017
2016-2017
                         LTE-Controlled Drone
LTE-Controlled Drone
                                    Stephane
Ernst, Ryan Billard, Kaan Sozan
                        Farhan
Zaman, Asim Ahmed, Farhan Haq
 Multihop
Communications for Next-Generation Wireless Cellular Networks
Multihop
Communications for Next-Generation Wireless Cellular Networks
Karunathas
Balasubramaniam, Kabo Kgwarae, Tebatso Nage, Theresa Nguyen, Xin Zhang,
Jiesheng Zhu    
 Multihop
Communications for Future Wireless Cellular Networks
Multihop
Communications for Future Wireless Cellular Networks 
 Intelligent
Relaying Technologies in Future Wireless Cellular Networks
Intelligent
Relaying Technologies in Future Wireless Cellular Networks 
Jacek
Dmochowski, Rob Hamelin, Thayaparana Kumarasamy 
 Relaying
Technologies in Future Wireless Cellular Networks
Relaying
Technologies in Future Wireless Cellular Networks 
Araya
Abebe, Ahmed Al-Asaad, Ela Beres, Kasinathan Sivaratnam 
 Transmit
Power Control in CDMA Multimedia Systems
Transmit
Power Control in CDMA Multimedia Systems 
Bassey
Akan, Soheer Choudhry, Shoaev Hares, Mohammed Treif, Kaleswaran Visuvalingam,
Donald Walsh 
 Propagation
Measurements for Indoor Wireless Communication
Propagation
Measurements for Indoor Wireless Communication 
 Power
Control with CDMA Distributed Antenna Systems
Power
Control with CDMA Distributed Antenna Systems 
R.
Rajaratnam, M. Mahalingam, V. Thangarajah 
 Power
Control with CDMA Distributed Antenna Systems
Power
Control with CDMA Distributed Antenna Systems 
A.
Tharmalingam, S. Thirugnanasampanther 
 Indoor
Radio Coverage Analysis Using Distributed Antenna Systems
Indoor
Radio Coverage Analysis Using Distributed Antenna Systems 
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