Research Associates
Current Post-Doctoral Research Associates
- Ibrahim Osman Ibrahim Mahmoud Alnahhal, Ph.D. (Memorial University, St. John’s, Canada)
Research Area: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Wireless Communications Systems
January 2021 – Present
Current Graduate Students
- Raphael Ahiaklo-Kuz
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis Topic: Resource Allocation in RIS-Aided Optical Wireless Communications Systems
Expected graduation: 2026 - Morteza Golzan
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis Topic: Design Automation for VLSI Circuits and Systems
Expected graduation: 2025 - Aseni Chamandika Jayarathne
Degree: Master
Thesis Topic: RIS-Assisted Integrated Sensing and Communication Systems
Expected graduation: 2024
Current Visiting Students
Former Post-Doctoral Research Associates
- Alain Richard Ndjiongue, Ph.D. (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
Research Area: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Optical Wireless Communications Systems
August 2020 – August 2022 - Ahmed Ibrahim, Ph.D. (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada)
Research Area: D2D Communications for 5G
September 2016 – August 2019 - Oluyemi Omomukuyo, Ph.D. (University College London, UK)
Research Area: Optical OFDM for OTN
May 2014 – August 2017 - Chinmoy Kundu, Ph.D. (India Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India)
Research Area: Physical Layer Security & Cooperative Communications for Cognitive Radio Systems
November 2015 – June 2016 - Ali Afana, Ph.D. (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada)
Research Area: Spatial Modulation & Cooperative Communications for Cognitive Radio Systems
September 2014 – August 2015.
Former Graduate Students
- Sylvester B. Aboagye
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis Topic: Design of VLC and Heterogeneous RF/VLC Systems for Future Generation Networks: An Algorithmic Approach
Graduated: 2022 - Mohamed Amir Khalil
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis Topic: Wireless Networks QoS Optimization Using Coded Caching and Machine Learning Algorithms
Graduated: 2022 - Alice Faisal
Degree: Master
Thesis Topic: Reflective Intelligence Surface Technology for Future Wireless Networks
Graduated: 2022 - Majid Hamoud Ahmed Khoshafa
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis: Physical Layer Security in 5G and Beyond Wireless Networks Enabling Technologies
Graduated: 2021 - Xiang Lin
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis: Advanced Digital Signal Processing for Next-Generation Flexible Optical Networks
Graduated: 2019 - Sylvester Aboagye
Degree: Master
Thesis: Energy Efficient Optimization in Millimeter Wave Backhaul Heterogeneous Networks
Graduated: 2018 - Alain Richard Ndjiongue (University of Johannesburg)
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis: Interfacing Power Line Communications and Visible Light Communications Based on Phase Shift Keying and Colour Shift Keying
Graduated: 2017
Former Visiting Students
- Ge Shi (Northwestern Polytechnical University, China)
Degree: Ph.D.
Graduated: 2021 - Maxence Lannuzel (University of Bretagne Occidental (UBO), Brest, France)
Degree: Master
Graduated: 2018 - Clet Boudehenn (University of Bretagne Occidental (UBO), Brest, France)
Degree: Master
Graduated: 2018 - Nhat-Quang Nhan (LAB-STICC Laboratory, University of Bretagne Occidental (UBO))
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis: Optimization of Linear Precoders for Decoded MIMO Systems with Iterative Receivers
Graduated: 2016