Ammar Alhosainy

Email:

ammar.alhosainy (at) carleton (dot) ca

Office:

Minto Case Building, Room 7070

M.Sc. Electronics and Communications Engineering

(Arab academy for Science and Technology, AAST ) 2006.

B.Sc. Electronics and Communications Engineering

(Arab academy for Science and Technology, AAST ) 2009.

Research

I am currently working with Prof. Thomas Kunz on Cross-Layer optimization of MANETs. That is, jointly optimzing the performance of the mobile ad-hoc network layers.

Interests

Mobile ad-hoc networks.
Wireless sensor networks.
Cooperative communications.
Image processing and enhancement (2006-2009).
VLSI design & FPGA implementation (2005-2006).

Teaching

Instructor

2016 Network Management (NET 3006)
2014 Communications Systems Lab (SYSC 4701)

Teaching Assistant

2016 Computer Communications (SYSC 4602)
2015 Computer Communications (SYSC 4602)
2015 Communications Software (SYSC 4502)
2014 Computer Communications (SYSC 4602)
2013 Systems and Simulation (SYSC 3600)
2012 Systems and Simulation (SYSC 3600)
2011 Network Simulation (NET 4001)

Awards & Achievements

February 2016
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) 2016-2017.
April 2015
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) 2015-2016.
October 2014
Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology 2014-2015.
March 2012
Gabriel Warshaw Scholarship – Carleton University.
2011 - 2015
Systems and Computer Engineering Department Scholarship – Carleton University.
Dec. 2009
Best Teacher Assistant
Nominated by the Department of Electronics & Communications engineering – AAST.
2006 - 2009
AAST M.Sc. Graduate Tuition Waiver.
Aug. 2006
Graduated with the highest GPA (4.00/4.00), as the first top of my class (173 students).
2003-2006
AAST Undergraduate Distinction Scholarships.

Publications

Journal

Ammar Alhosainy and Thomas Kunz, "Robustness, Stability, and Gains of Utility Maximization Algorithms for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks," International Journal of Wireless Information Networks (2016) 23(3), Springer, pp. 16.

Conferences and Workshops

Ammar Alhosainy, Thomas Kunz, Li Li, and Philip Vigneron "Cross-Layer Design Gains in MANETs," The 13th IEEE IFIP Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med-Hoc-Net 2014), Piran, Slovenia, pp. 8-14, June 2-4, 2014.

Ammar Alhosainy, Thomas Kunz, and Li Li "Robustness and Stability of Utility Maximization Algorithms for MANETs," The 13th IEEE IFIP Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med-Hoc-Net 2014), Piran, Slovenia, pp. 15-22, June 2-4, 2014.

Ehab F. Badran and Ammar M. Alhosainy "Image denoising using Non-Local means algorithm and subbands mixing," The 28th National Radio Science Conference, NRSC 2011, March 26-28, 2011.

Ammar M. Alhosainy and Ehab F. Badran, "Adapted Non-Local means filter using variable window size," The International Conference on Information Technology ICIT 2009, June 3-5, 2009.

Sharaf El-Din El-Nahas, Ammar M. Alhosainy, and Magdy M. Saeb, "Design and implementation of cosine transforms employing a CORDIC processor," The 24th National Radio Science Conference, NRSC 2007, no. C16, March 13-15, 2007.

Master Thesis

Title: Optimized Non-Local Means Algorithm and Subbands Mixing for Image Denoising.

Supervisor: Professor Ehab Badran.

Year: February 2009.

College of Engineering and Technology

Arab Academy for Science and Technology & Maritime Transport Alexandria, Egypt.

Graduation Project

Title: Implementation of CORDIC Algorithm on an FPGA with Discrete Cosine Transform Application.

Advisors: Professor Magdy Saeb and Professor Sharaf El-Din El-Nahas.

Year: June 2006.

College of Engineering and Technology

Arab Academy for Science and Technology & Maritime Transport Alexandria, Egypt.