Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University

 

Research Team

 Research Associates

Dr. Ramy Gohary – Senior Research Associate [April 2010 – ]

                                    Project Manager, RIM-Carleton Collaborative Research Project

Dr. Rainer Schoenen – Senior Research Associate [January 2011 – ]

                                    Project Manager, Huawei-Carleton Collaborative Research Project

                      Dr. Daniel Calabuig Soler – Marie Curie PDF [September 2010 – August 2012]

                       

 Recent Research Associates and Visiting Researchers

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]

            ComNets, Aachen University, Germany

            Supervisor: Professor Bernhard Walke

            Tarik Alshawi – Visiting Graduate Student [November 2010]

            Imran Ansari – Visiting Graduate Student [Summer 2010]

            King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST)

            Supervisor: Professor Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Furkan Alaca – NSERC USRA (undergraduate summer research assistant) [May – August 2008, May – August 2009, May – August 2010]

Dr. Petar Djukic – Senior Research Associate [November 2008 – April 2010]

                                    Project Manager, Huawei Project

                                    Current Employment: Huawei Ottawa R&D Centre, Canada

Dr. Abdulkareem Adinoyi – Senior Research Associate [May – December 2006], [September 2007 – August 2009]

                                    Technical Manager, Samsung Project

Talha Ahmad – NSERC USRA (undergraduate summer research assistant) [May – August 2009]

Stefan Valentin – Visiting PhD Student [October 2008]

            University of Paderborn, Germany

                        Supervisor: Professor Holger Karl

                        Current Employment: Bell Labs, Stuttgart, Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG

                        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: Assistant Professor, INPT, Rabat, Morocco

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]

Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Denmark

            Supervisors: Professors Hiroyuki Yomo, Elisabeth De Carvalho, and Ramjee Prasad

                             Current Employment: Intel, CA, USA

Prof. John Thompson – Visiting Professor, University of Edinburgh, UK [July – October 2006]

Cooperative communications in relay networks

Dr. Keivan Navaie – Senior Research Associate [December 2004 – October 2006]

WINNER Project Manager

Current Employment: Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Leeds, UK

Dr. Eman Fituri – Senior Research Associate [February – June 2006]

Yijia (Richard) Fan – Visiting Ph.D. Student, University of Edinburgh, UK [Summer 2005, Fall 2006]

Supervisor: Prof. John Thompson

Cooperative communications in relay networks

Current Employement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University

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: Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Dr. Mohamed Adnan Al-Andalousi – Visiting Professor [Summer 2002] (co-investigator: Dr. B. Hashem)

Wireless Multihop Networks

Current Employment: Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

 

 Current Graduate Students

Kevin Luo – PhD [07-] [OGSST award holder]

            Terminal Relaying in Wireless Networks

                      Akram Salem Bin Sediq – PhD [08-] [OGS and OGSST award holder]

                                    Intercell Interference Coordination in Wireless Networks

                     Alireza Sharifian – PhD [08-]

                                    QoS Delay Fairness in Wireless Cellular Networks

                        Tamer Beitelmal – PhD [10-]

Rozita Rashtchi – PhD [10-]

Yaser Fouad – PhD [11-]

Wenwei Chen – MEng [08-] (part-time)

Furkan Alaca – MASc [10-] [NSERC CGS award holder]

                        Tegbir Dhindsa – MASc [10-] (part-time)

                        Gencer Cili – MASc [10-] (part-time)

                        Jing Dang – MASc [11-]

 

 

 Graduates (Completed by Thesis)

            9. Mahmudur Rahman – Ph.D., July 2011

                   Dynamic Inter-Cell Interference Coordination in Cellular OFDMA Networks

                        Current Employment: Industry Canada, Ottawa, Canada

8. Mohamed Adel Rashad Salem – Ph.D., January 2011 (co-supervisor: Prof. David Falconer)

                   Radio Resource Management in OFDMA-based Cellular Relay Networks pdf slides         

                     Current Employment: Huawei Ottawa R&D Centre, Ottawa, Canada

            7. Sebastian Szyszkowicz – Ph.D., January 2011

                        Interference from Large Wireless Networks under Correlated Shadowing pdf slides

                        Current Employment: Industrial PDF, Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC)

6. Houda Chafnaji – Ph.D., November 2010

Advanced Hybrid-ARQ Receivers for Broadband MIMO Communications pdf slides

            Current Employment: Assistant 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 pdf 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 pdf

Current Employment: Assistant 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 pdf

                                    Current Employment: Aselsan, Turkey

                        2. John Boyer – Ph.D., September 2007 (co-supervisor: Prof. David D. Falconer)

                             Cooperative Connectivity Models and Bounds for Wireless Relay Networks pdf

                        Current Employment: Head of Special Projects, ActivIdentity

1. Abdulkareem Adinoyi – Ph.D., May 2006

          Multi-Antenna and Relaying Techniques in Wireless Communication Networks pdf

            Current Employment: Senior Consultant, Saudi Telecom Company, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

20. Talha Ahmad – M.A.Sc., July 2011

Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission for Interference Mitigation in Cellular Distributed Antenna Systems

Current Employment: Ericsson, Ottawa

                        19. Yaser Fouad – M.A.Sc., July 2011

                                    A Distributed Resource Block Assignment Scheme for Relay-Assisted Cellular Networks with Self-Organizing Terminal Relays

                                    Current Employment: PhD student, Carleton University

                        18. Arshdeep Singh Kahlon – M.A.Sc., July 2011 (co-supervisor: Prof. Shalini Periyalwar)

                                    Outage in Large Wireless Networks with Spectrum Sharing under Rayleigh Fading

                                    Current Employment: Ericsson, Montreal 

17. Heba Eid – M.A.Sc., May 2011

Inter-cell and Intra-cell Interference Coordination in a Cellular Network with Highly-Sectored Base Stations thesis slides

Current Employment: Alcatel-Lucent, Ottawa

16. Soumitra Dixit – M.A.Sc., January 2010 (co-supervisor: Dr. Shalini Periyalwar)

A Distributed Framework with a Novel Pricing Model for Dynamic Spectrum Access for Secondary Users in Infrastructure based Wireless Networks thesis slides

Current Employment: Alcatel-Lucent, Ottawa

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 [pdf]

Current Employment: Ph.D. candidate at Carleton University

14. Feroz Bokhari – M.A.Sc., December 2007 (co-supervisor: Dr. William Wong, Communications Research Centre)

Adaptive Token Bank Fair Queuing Scheduling in the Downlink of 4G Wireless Networks pdf

Current Employment: Research In Motion (RIM), Ottawa

13. Sebastian S. Szyszkowicz – M.A.Sc., January 2007

Interference in Cellular Networks: A Sum of Lognormals Modeling pdf

Current Employment: PDF

12. Omer Mubarek - M.A.Sc., January 2005 (co-supervisor: Dr. Shalini Periyalwar, Nortel Networks)

Dynamic Frequency Hopping in Cellular Fixed Relay Networks pdf

Current Employment: Research In Motion (RIM), Ottawa

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 pdf

Current Employment: Aselsan, Turkey

10. Adrian Florea - M.A.Sc., December 2004

On the Efficiency of Using Multiple Hops in Fixed Relay based Wireless Networks pdf

Current Employment: Industry Canada, Ottawa, Canada

9. Mahmudur Rahman - M.A.Sc., May 2004 (co-supervisor: Prof. Samy Mahmoud)

Adaptive Modulation & Coding-Based Packet Scheduling with Inter-Base Station Coordination in Fixed Cellular Broadband Wireless Networks pdf

Current Employment: Industry Canada, Ottawa, Canada

8. Shoaev Hares - M.A.Sc., January 2004 (co-supervisor: Dr. B. Hashem, Saudi Telecom Company)

Diversity and Adaptive Modulation & Coding Aware Routing in WLAN Multihop Networks with Centrally Scheduled Multiple Access pdf

Current Employment: Microsoft, USA

7. Donald Walsh - M.A.Sc., January 2004

Two-Hop Relaying in CDMA Networks Using the Unlicensed Bands pdf

Current Employment: Cosmic Frontier, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

6. Imran Abdul Bari Syed - M.A.Sc., December 2003 (co-supervisor: Prof. Mohamed H. Ahmed, Memorial University)

Performance Improvements through the Mesh Architecture in TDMA based Broadband Fixed Cellular Networks pdf

Current Employment: Stackpole Limited, Toronto

5. Huining Hu - M.A.Sc., September 2003

Performance Analysis of Cellular Networks with Digital Fixed Relays pdf

          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 pdf

3. Van Sreng - M.A.Sc., January 2002 (co-supervisor: Prof. David D. Falconer)

Capacity Enhancement through Two-Hop Relaying in Cellular Radio Systems pdf

Current Employment: Research In Motion (RIM), Ottawa

2. John Boyer - M.A.Sc., 2001 (co-supervisor: Prof. David D. Falconer)

Multihop Wireless Communications Channels pdf

Current Employment: Senior Vice President – Engineering, ActivIdentity

1. Salem Hamad Salamah - M.Eng. (now called M.A.Sc.), 2000 (co-supervisor: Prof. David D. Falconer)

Transmit Power Control in Fixed Cellular Broadband Wireless Systems pdf

Current Position: Teaching Assistant, Electronic Engineering Department, College of Technological Studies, Kuwait

Undergraduate (4th Year) Project Students

2008-2009

            Multihop Sensor Networks

                        Farhan Zaman, Asim Ahmed, Farhan Haq

2005-2006

            Multihop Communications for Next-Generation Wireless Cellular Networks

                        Karunathas Balasubramaniam, Kabo Kgwarae, Tebatso Nage, Theresa Nguyen, Xin Zhang, Jiesheng Zhu   

2003-2004

Multihop Communications for Future Wireless Cellular Networks

Kurt Yensen, Shingayi Bamhare

2002-2003

Intelligent Relaying Technologies in Future Wireless Cellular Networks

Jacek Dmochowski, Rob Hamelin, Thayaparana Kumarasamy

2001-2002

Relaying Technologies in Future Wireless Cellular Networks

Araya Abebe, Ahmed Al-Asaad, Ela Beres, Kasinathan Sivaratnam

2000-2001

Transmit Power Control in CDMA Multimedia Systems

Bassey Akan, Soheer Choudhry, Shoaev Hares, Mohammed Treif, Kaleswaran Visuvalingam, Donald Walsh

1999-2000

Propagation Measurements for Indoor Wireless Communication

W. Santhiapillai

Power Control with CDMA Distributed Antenna Systems

R. Rajaratnam, M. Mahalingam, V. Thangarajah

1998-1999

Power Control with CDMA Distributed Antenna Systems

A. Tharmalingam, S. Thirugnanasampanther

Indoor Radio Coverage Analysis Using Distributed Antenna Systems

S. Thiagarajah, S. Rajagopal


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