Mouhamed Abdulla

Mouhamed Abdulla (ma14@ieee.org) received, respectively in 2003, 2006, and 2012, a B.Eng. degree (with Distinction) in Electrical Engineering, an M.Eng. degree in Aerospace Engineering, and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering all at Concordia University in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Since the fall-2015, his research is funded by the European Commission as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow (MSCA-IF) which he is pursuing with the Department of Signals and Systems at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Until 2015, he was an NSERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Québec in Montréal; and previously he was a Systems Engineering Researcher in the Wireless Design Laboratory of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Concordia University. Moreover, for nearly 7 years since 2003, he worked at IBM Canada Ltd. as a Senior Technical Specialist. Dr. Abdulla holds several awards, honors and recognition from international organizations, government, academia, and industry. He is professionally affiliated with IEEE, IEEE ComSoc, IEEE YP (S'02-GSM'09-M'12), ACM, AIAA, and OIQ. He was a member of the IEEE Executive Committee of the Montréal Section, where he was the Secretary in 2013, and the Treasurer of the Section in 2014 and 2015. In addition, he was the Secretary and Treasurer of IEEE ComSoc and ITSoc societies. Furthermore, he is an Associate Editor of IEEE Technology News Publication, IEEE AURUM Newsletter; and Editor of Elsevier Digital Communications and Networks, Journal of Next Generation Information Technology, and Advances in Network and Communications Journal. He regularly serves as a referee for a number of Canadian Granting Agencies and journal publications such as: IEEE, Wiley, Springer, EURASIP, Elsevier, ACM, IET and Hindawi. He also contributes as an examination writer for the IEEE/IEEE ComSoc WCET® Certification Program. Besides, he constantly serves as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for several international IEEE and Springer conferences. His research interest include: mobile communications, space/satellite communications, network performance, channel characterization and interference mitigation. Moreover, he has a particular interest in philosophical factors related to engineering education and research innovation. Since 2011, his biography is listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World publication. "