Profiles

Principal Investigators

Tareq Al-Naffouri

Professor Al-Naffouri's research focuses on designing and analyzing wireless communication systems, particularly spectrum sharing, cognitive radio, energy efficiency and security within the context of advanced technologies like 5G.
Biography

Tareq Al-Naffouri is a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Program at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Al-Naffouri earned a B.S. (Hons.) in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 

During the summers of 2005 and 2006, Al-Naffouri was a visiting scholar at the California Institute of Technology, U.S. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Southern California, U.S., in 2008.

An IEEE Senior Member, he has produced over 370 publications in journals and conference proceedings and 24 issued/pending patents. Al-Naffouri received the IEEE Education Society Chapter Achievement Award (2008), the Almarai Award for Innovative Research in Communication (2009) and the Abdul Hameed Shoman Prize for Innovative Research in IoT (2022).

Research Interests

Inference and Learning and their applications to Wireless Communications, Localization, Smart Cities, and Smart Health

Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, United States, 2004
Master of Science (M.S.)
Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States, 1998

Research Scientists and Engineers

Ahmed Bader

Research Scientist, Electrical and Computer Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Managing Director in Insyab Wireless Limited, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Research Interests
  • Energy-efficient wireless multi hop networks.
  • Cross-layer protocol design.

  • Applications of stochastic geometry in performance analysis.

     

Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Electrical Engineering, École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (Telecom Paris Tech), France, 2013
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, United States, 2006
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical Engineering, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, 2003

Muhammad M. Rahman

Research scientist with Information Science lab (ISL), Electrical engineering department, KAUST, KSA
Research Interests
  • Molecular communication.
  • Terahertz Communications.
  • communication networks.
  • AI for healthcare.
  • Security and reliability analysis of next generation communication networks.
Education
PhD (Dr. rer. nat.)
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa, United States, 2013
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical Engineering, University of engineering and technology, Pakistan, 2007

Nour Kouzayha

Research Scientist at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.
Research Interests
  • Stochastic geometry.
  • Energy harvesting.
  • Internet of Things.
  • THz communications.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon, 2018
Master of Science (M.S.)
Information and Communication Technology, Lebanese University - Faculty of Engineering 1 - Tripoli, Lebanon, 2013
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Computer and Communication Engineering, Lebanese University , Lebanon, 2013

Tarig Ballal Khidir Ahmed

Research Scientist Laboratory for Nanomedicine, Computational Bioscience Research Center King Abdullah University of Science and Technology | KAUST
Research Interests
  • Digital Signal Processing & algorithms.
  • Low sampling & low complexity systems.
  • Image Processing.
  • Ultra-wideband (UWB) sensing and communications.
  • UWB channel impulse response estimation.
  • Acoustic sensing and communications.
  • Sonars and radars.
  • Movement detection and tracking using RF and acoustic waves.
  • Respiration detection and tracking.
  • Robust estimation and regularization.
  • Experimentation and testing.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Computer Science, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2011
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Telecommunications, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden, 2005
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical Engineering, University of Khartoum, Sudan, 2001

Research Staff

Mohammed Abdullah Hussaini

Senior Embedded System Engineer at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
Research Interests
  • Frequency Selective Surface.
  • Artificial Intelligence.
  • Embedded system.
  • Frequency selective surfaces.
     
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2024
Master of Science (M.S.)
Electronics and Communications Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, 2013
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electronics and Communications Engineering, Anjuman Engineering College, India, 2008
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electronics and Communications Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University, India, 2008

Postdoctoral Fellows

Muath Mahdi

Postdoctoral Fellow with the Electrical Engineering Department, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Research Interests
  • Statistical signal processing .
  • Signal  application .
  • OFDM systems..
  • Random matrix theory
  • Discriminant analysis.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Saudi Arabia, 2022
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia, 2014
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Khartoum, Sudan, 2013

Xing Liu

Postdoctoral researcher in Electrical and Computer Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Research Interests
  • GNSS Localization.
  • Attitude Determination.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, 2023
Master of Science (M.S.)
Information and Communication Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China, 2017
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), China, 2014

Yuchen Zhang

Post Doc Researcher at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
Biography
Honors & Awards
  • Academic Rising Stars Honor (Class 2024) of UESTC
  • People's Special Scholarship
  • First-Class Academic Scholarship
  • HUAWEI ‘Zhiyuan Class’ Challenge Project Scholarship
  • Instructor of Academic Pilot Program of Yingcai Honors College of UESTC
Current Position and Duration

PostDoc researcher at ISL, Sept. 2024

Visitor, July 31-October 31, 2024

Education Profile

Bachelor:

2014-2018 UESTC School of Information and Communications Engineering

Joint Master-PhD Program:

2018-2024 UESTC National Key Laboratory of Wireless Communications

 

Research Interests

My current research interests include LEO communication and positioning, radio localization, and ISAC.
 

Students

Abdulwahab Felemban

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering CEMSE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST),completed MSc under the supervision of Prof. Tareq Al-Naffouri.
Research Interests
  • Digital signal.
  • Image processing.
  • Machine learning
  • Wireless communications
Education
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Electrical Engineering, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), Saudi Arabia, 2023
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electronics and Communications Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2020

Adilya Bakambekova

PhD student at ISL group (Information Science Lab) , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology | KAUST · Department of Electrical Engineering
Research Interests
  • Neuromorphic engineering
  • spiking neural network
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, 2020
Ali Hanif

Ali Hanif

Ali Hanif is currently a PhD student at the Information Science Lab, in the Electrical Engineering Department, CEMSE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan, 2014
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan, 2021

Kalamkas Zhagyparova

MS/PhD Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST),
Research Interests
  • Sound source localization.
  • Transportation mode recognition.
  •  Locomotion analytics based on mobile network data.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, 2021

Mahmoud Hassan Ghazal

Visiting student at KAUST, under the supervision of Professor Tareq AlNaffouri ,PhD Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering ,King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Research Interests
  • Graph Theory
  • Matrix Theory and Applications
  • Randomly Projected Regression
Education
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Engineering, Lebanese University, Lebanon, 2019
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Pure Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Lebanon, 2020

Omar Khalifa

PhD student in the Electrical Engineering Department, CEMSE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) ,working under the supervision of Prof. Tareq Al-Naffouri.
Research Interests

 AI, IoT, Wireless Communications.

Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) , Saudi Arabia, 2022

Pinjun Zheng

PhD Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Tareq Al-Naffouri, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Research Interests
  • Signal processing
  • Estimation theory
  • Background of radio localization and communication.
Education
Master of Science (M.S.)
Electronic Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China, 2021
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Electronic Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China, 2019

Ruslan Zhagypar

MS/PhD Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Research Interests
  • Wireless networks.
  • Stochastic geometry, 
  • Machine learning,
  • Sound Source Localization.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, 2021

Vijith Varma Kotte

PhD student at the Information System Lab (ISL), in the Electrical Engineering Department, CEMSE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
Research Interests
  • MIMO Radar signal processing.
  • Wireless communications..
  • Deep Learning.
Education
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Telecommunications Engineering, I.I.T. Delhi, India, 2018
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electronics and Communications Engineering, Amrita University, India, 2015

Xiuxiu Ma

Ph.D. student at the ISL, in the Electrical Engineering Department, CEMSE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)..
Research Interests
  • TDOA Localization
  • Massive MOMO.
  • Computer Simulations.
  • Computer Programming.
Education
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Computer Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 2016
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Computer Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 2014

Xuexian Zheng

Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering in Compute, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). under the supervision of Professor Tareq Al-Naffouri.
Research Interests
  • Signal processing.
  • Learning method over complex.
  • Dynamic structures
  • Low-complexity and energy-efficient VLSI signal processing system design.
Education
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Electronic and Information Engineering, South China University of Technology , China, 2022
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Information Systems Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology , China, 2019

Alumni

Abdulwahab Felemban

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering CEMSE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST),completed MSc under the supervision of Prof. Tareq Al-Naffouri.
Research Interests
  • Digital signal.
  • Image processing.
  • Machine learning
  • Wireless communications
Education
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Electrical Engineering, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), Saudi Arabia, 2023
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electronics and Communications Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2020

Hussain Ali

Research Engineer, Information Science Lab at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Research Engineer at Dhahran Techno Valley, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia..
Research Interests
  • Compressed Sensing.
  • MIMO Radar.
  • Application.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia, 2017
Master of Science (M.S.)
Telecommunications, , King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia, 2013
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Telecommunications, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan, 2007

Members

Mhd. Emad Alolaby

Research Interests
  • Network Design.
  • Telecommunication.
  • 5G Network.
  • GSM.
  • Digital Communications.
  • Optical Fiber.
  • AI
  • Deep learning.
  • MATLAB
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Telecommunications, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia, 2024
Master of Science (M.S.)
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, United States, 2002
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical Engineering, Damascus University, Syrian Arab Republic, 1999

Former Members

Khaled Alhujaili

Exchange Student , Electrical Engineering at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)KAUST
Research Interests
  • MIMO.
  • Signal processing.
  • Detection and Estimation.
  • Convex optimization.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States, 2020
Master of Science (M.S.)
Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals - KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, 2008
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals - KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, 2006

Rabe Arshad

Visiting student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
Research Interests
  • Cellular Communication
  • Stochastic Geometry
  • Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
  • ​Cooperative networks
  • Handover management in wireless networks
  • Stochastic Geometry modeling of wireless networks
  • Performance evaluation of 5G cellular networks
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada, 2021
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2017
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electronics and Communications Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology,, Pakistan, 2010

Consultants

Visiting Scholars

Abdullah Ahmed Zayat

Visiting Student Research Program under the supervision of Professor Tareq Al-Naffouri ,Research Intern at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Research Interests
  • Wireless communication.
  • Signal processing.
  • Biomedical signal processing.
  • Indoor localization .
  • Machine learning 
Education
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Electrical Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada, 2023
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia, 2021

Abdulmajeed Aljaloud

Visiting Student Research Program ,Research Intern at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Research Interests
  • Python.
  • Machine Learning.
  • Data Analysis.
  • Artificial Intelligence.
Education
Master of Science (M.S.)
Computer Science, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), Saudi Arabia, 2019
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States, 2018

Ahmed Abdul Quadeer

Research Intern at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), The Hong Kong University of Engineering and Technology
Research Interests
  • Semi-blind Channel and Data Recovery in OFDM.
  • Statistical signal processing.
  • Computational biology.
  • Communication.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 2016
Master of Science (M.S.)
Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2008
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electronics, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan, 2006

Ala Ahmad Dahman

Visiting Student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Project Manager - Saudi Business Machines Ltd.
Research Interests
  • Semi-blind seismic deconvolution using orthogonal clustering.
  • Signal processing.
  • Channel estimation.
  • Adaptive filtering.
  • OFDM systems.
  • Wireless and mobile communications.
Education
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Telecommunications, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2010
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical Engineering, Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU), Palestine, 2004

Alam Zaib

Research Intern at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) ,Assistant Professor / COMSATS institute of information technology, Abbottabad.
Research Interests
  • Channel Estimation .
  • Massive MIMO.
  • Blind equalization.
  • Signal Processing.
  • Communications.
  • Adaptive filtering.
  • Machine learning.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia, 2016
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Electrical Engineering, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany, 2009
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering, and Technology, Pakistan, 2002

Ebrahim Al-Safadi

Internship at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
Biography

Current Position

•    Sr. Data Scientist, Cambia Health Solutions, Portland, Oregon Area, US.
•    PhD Candidate, OHSU | Oregon Health & Science University.

Research Interests
  • Machine learning.
  • Multi-modal transformer models.
  • Deep learning approaches.
  • Optimization.
  • Program synthesis.
  • Applications of compressive sensing for PAPR reduction in OFDM.
Education
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Telecommunications, University of Southern California, United States, 2014
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Telecommunications, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia, 2010