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IMRAN SHAFIQUE ANSARI

University Avenue, University of Glasgow

Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom

E-MAIL: imran.ansari@glasgow.ac.uk

HOMEPAGE: https://sites.google.com/a/kaust.edu.sa/ansarimran/

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a challenging position that would utilize my educational background and develop my skills.

PROFESSIONAL:

• Lecturer (Assistant Professor), EEE with Communications, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom (August 2018 - Present)

• Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Department, Global College of Engineering and Technology (GCET) (affiliated with/moderated by University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) UK) (October 2017-July 2018)

• Postdoctoral Research Associate (PRA) at Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) (April 2015-November 2017)

EDUCATION:

• PhD at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) (June 2011-March 2015).

• Graduate Research Visitor at Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (June 2010-August 2010). Worked on Composite Fading Channels.

• Master's in Electrical Engineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) (August 2009-December 2010).

• Graduate Research Visiting Scholar at Michigan State University (MSU), Michigan, US (May 2009-August 2009). Completed couple of courses and a research project.

• Graduated from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (2005-2009) in February 2009 with GPA of 3.819 on 4-point scale in Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering degree.

TEACHING:

• Wireless and Optical Transmission Systems (WOTS) (Course Coordinator) - Fall 2019, 2020, 2021 (University of Glasgow)

• Engineering Project Management and Finance (EPMF) (Course Coordinator) - Spring 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 (University of Glasgow)

• Final Year Projects (FYP) (Coordinator) - 2020, 2021 (University of Glasgow)

• Engineering and the Law: New Product Creation and Business Plan - Fall 2018 (University of Glasgow)

• Satellite Communications (Course Coordinator) - Spring 2018 (GCET (UWE Bristol))

• C Programming (Course Coordinator) - Spring 2018 (GCET (UWE Bristol))

• Electrical and Electronic Principles B (Course Coordinator) - Spring 2018 (GCET (UWE Bristol))

• Mobile and Wireless Communications (Course Coordinator) - Fall 2017 (GCET (UWE Bristol))

• Communications (Course Coordinator) - Fall 2017 (GCET (UWE Bristol))

ELECTIVES TAKEN:

• Computer Networks

• Mobile Computing

• Engineering Economic Analysis

• Local Area Networks

• Internetwork Design and Management

• Network Security Engineering

• Principles of Management

CERTIFICATIONS:

• Passed iBT TOEFL in July 2008 with a score of 98 out 0f 120.

• Passed GRE (Graduate Record Examination) Test in June 2008.

• Passed Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a score of 240 out off 300 in January 2004.

• Passed International Computer Driving License (ICDL) in 2006.

RESEARCH GRANTS:

• UoG-UESTC-LTS-2021-Co-PI-Development of a student engagement framework through a holistic approach (11 Months)-$3,690.40

• UoG-UESTC-LTS-2020-PI-e-Marking: A greener approach (7 Months)-$38,433.50

• LTDF-2019-PI-Development of a framework for remote-supervision practices (10 Months)-$3,745

• JISC-2019-Co-PI-LoRaWAN-based smart campus (10 Months)-$12,933.10

• PDRA1-1227-13029-PI-Efficient spectrum utilization using mixed RF-FSO technology (2 Years)-$295,558.20

PROJECTS:

• Extensive study on the performance of asymmetric RF/FSO dual-hop transmission systems including diversity techniques.

• Unification of FSO channels.

• Performance analysis of MRC system under eta-mu fading.

• Performance analysis of MRC system under Gamma fading.

• Performance analysis of dual-diversity systems using special functions.

• Designed a Low-Pass Filter using MATLAB.

• Worked on implementation of Enabling Cooperative Communication and Diversity Combining in IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Networks Using Off-the-shelf Sensor Motes.

• Designed an Autonomous Sailing Vehicle (AVS) using Rabbit Microprocessor.

• Implemented a traffic light system using multi-hop ad hoc networks.

• Developed a Biometrics based Encryption Program.

• Designed the logical and physical network for a dummy hospital.

• Designed a complete datapath and control unit of a processor in Logisim.

• Designed a Robot Kinematics in MIPS.

• Designed a microprocessor system.

• Designed a shell (kernel) on Linux.

• Designed a 4-bit Ripple Carry Adder on WinSPICE Software.

• Designed the CRC Generation and Detection Technique on LabVIEW Software.

• Designed and implemented a Vending Machine on FPGA with the help of Xilinx Software.

• Interfaced a PC and FPGA to play a random number generator game through Xilinx Software.

• Interfaced two PCs to play a random number generator game through Assembly Language Programming.

• Developed a GPA (Grade Point Average) Calculator using Java.

• Built a Two-Transistor LED (Light Emitting Diode) Flasher.

• Designed a 4-bit Sequential Binary Multiplier using LogicWorks 4.0.

BOOKS:

1. F. Tariq, M. Khandaker, and I. S. Ansari, 6G Wireless: The Communication Paradigm Beyond 2030, CRC Press, 2023. ISBN: 9781003282211.

2. Imran Shafique Ansari, On the Performance of Free-Space Optical Systems, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2015. ISBN: 9783659513794.

3. Imran Shafique Ansari, Composite and Cascaded Generalized-K Channel Model and Some Analyses, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011. ISBN: 3845408634, 9783845408637.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

1. M. Usman, M. Qaraqe, M. R. Asghar, and I. S. Ansari, Demystifying Futuristic Satellite Networks: Requirements, Security Threats, and Issues, Wiley Publishing, DOI 10:1002/9781119751717.ch13, Print ISBN 978-1-119-xxxxx-x, Online ISBN 978-1-119-75171-7, 2021.

2. M. Usman, M. Qaraqe, M. R. Asghar, and I. S. Ansari, Role of D2D Communications in Mobile Health Applications: Security Threats and Requirements, Wiley Publishing, DOI 10.1002/9781119644316.ch9, Print ISBN 978-1-119-64424-8, Online ISBN 978-1-119-64431-6, 2021.

3. M. Usman, M. Usman, M. R. Asghar, I. S. Ansari, and F. Granelli, Integrating Public Safety Networks to 5G: Applications and Standards, Wiley Publishing, DOI 10.1002/9781119515579.ch11, Print ISBN 978-1-119-51553-1, Online ISBN 978-1-119-51557-9, 2019.

4. I. S. Ansari, H. AlQuwaiee, E. Zedini, and M.-S. Alouini, Information Theoretical Limits of Free-Space Optical Links, Springer Publishing, DOI 10:1007/978-3-319-30201-0_9, Print ISBN 978-3-319-30200-3, Online ISBN 978-3-319-30201-0, 2016.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

1. V. Ozduran, N. Nomikos, E. S.-Nasab, I. S. Ansari, and P. Trakadas, "Relay-aided uplink NOMA under non-orthogonal CCI and imperfect SIC in 6G networks," to appear in IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology.

2. S. M. AlHidai, M. R. Asghar, and I. S. Ansari, "Towards a cyber resilience quantication framework (CRQF) for IT infrastructure," to appear in Elsevier Computer Networks.

3. H. Lei, H. Yang, K.-H. Park, I. S. Ansari, G. Pan, and M.-S. Alouini, "Trajectory and power design for aerial CRNs with colluding eavesdroppers," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

4. Z. Xiao, L. Yang, P. S. Bithas, I. S. Ansari, X. Li, and M.-S. Alouini, "Performance analysis of mixed underwater acoustic/optical relaying systems," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

5. H. Lei, H. Ran, I. S. Ansari, K.-H. Park, and M.-S. Alouini, "DDPG-based aerial secure data collection," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Communications.

6. H. Lei, J. Jiang, I. S. Ansari, G. Pan, and M.-S. Alouini, "Trajectory and power design for aerial multi-user covert communications," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems.

7. M. K. Ghosh, M. K. Kundu, M. Ibrahim, A. S. M. Badrudduza, M. S. Anower, I. S. Ansari, and H. Yu, "Physical layer security in mixed UOWC-RF networks with energy harvesting relay against multiple eavesdroppers," to appear in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society.

8. H. Lei, S. Zhou, I. S. Ansari, Y. Li, G. Pan, and M.-S. Alouini, "On secure mmWave RSMA systems," to appear in IEEE Internet of Things Journal.

9. S. M. AlHidaifi, M. R. Asghar, and I. S. Ansari, "A survey on cyber resilience: Key strategies, research challenges, and future directions," to appear in ACM Computing Surveys.

10. M. A. Rakib, M. Ibrahim, A. S. M. Badrudduza, I. S. Ansari, S. Chakravarty, I. Ahmed, S. M. Razzak, "A RIS empowered THz-UWO relay system for air-to-underwater mixed network: Performance analysis with pointing errors," to appear in IEEE Internet of Things Juornal.

11. M. R. A. Ruku, M. Ibrahim, A. S. M. Badrudduza, I. S. Ansari, W. Khalid, and H. Yu, "Effects of co-channel interference on RIS empowered wireless networks amid multiple eavesdropping attempts," to appear in ICT Express.

12. H. Lei, C. Zhu, K.-H. Park, I. S. Ansari, W. Lei, H. Tang, and K. J. Kim, "Outage analysis of aerial semi-grant-free NOMA systems," to appear in Elsevier Digital Communications and Networks.

13. N. S. Mandita, M. K. Kundu, S. H. Islam, A. S. M. Badrudduza, and I. S. Ansari, "On secrecy performance of mixed a-n-u and Malaga RF-FSO variable gain relaying channel," to appear in SPIE Optical Engineering.

14. M. Qaraqe, M. Usman, A. Serbes, I. S. Ansari, and M.-S. Alouini, "Power hotspots in space: Powering cubeSats via inter-satellite optical wireless power transfer," to appear in IEEE Internet of Things Magazine.

15. A. Samir, M. Elsayed, A. El-Banna, K. M. Rabie, I. S. Ansari, and B. M. ElHalawany, "Performance analysis of dual-hop hybrid RF-UOWC NOMA systems," to appear in MDPI Sensors.

16. A. S. M. Badrudduza, S. H. Islam, M. K. Kundu, and I. S. Ansari, "Secrecy performance of a-k-u shadowed fading channel," to appear in Elsevier ICT Express.

17. D. Bremner, I. S. Ansari, J. MacDougall, S. Hussain, M. Ma, J. Ponciano, X. Liu, H. T. Abbas, K. A. A. Gamage, and M. A. Imran, "Looking back: Reviewing the challenges of policy development during the covid-19 pandemic for a TNE partnership in higher education," to appear in Frontiers in Education.

18. M. Usman, M. Qaraqe, M. R. Asghar, and I. S. Ansari, “Process mining and user privacy in D2D and IoT networks,” to appear in Springer Informatik Spektrum.

19. H. Savojbolaghchi, S. M. S. Sadough, M. T. Dabiri, and I. S. Ansari, “Generalized channel estimation and data detection for MIMO multiplexing FSO parallel channels over limited space,” to appear in Elsevier Optics Communications.

20. A. Akhlaq, I. S. Ansari, G. Lechner, M. Rice, and I. Ahmad, “Statistical characterisation and analysis of differential correlation based frame detector,” to appear in IET Communications.

21. V. K. Jagadeesh, I. S. Ansari, V. Palliyembil, P. M. Nathan, and K. A. Qaraqe, “Performance analysis of DF relay based RF-FSO communication system in the presence of pointing errors,” to appear in IET Signal Processing.

22. A. M. Magableh, O. S. Badarneh, I. S. Ansari, and T. Aldalgamouni, “Error analysis of TAS/MRC in Rayleigh fading channel with non-Gaussian noise,” to appear in Journal of The Franklin Institute.

23. J. Gupta, V. Dwivedi, V. Karwal, I. S. Ansari, and G. K. Karagiannidis, “Free space optical communications with distributed switch-and-stay combining,” to appear in IET Communications.

24. T. Shafique, O. Amin, M. Abdallah, I. S. Ansari, M.-S. Alouini, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Performance analysis of single photon avalanche diode underwater VLC system using ARQ," to appear in IEEE Photonics Journal.

25. H. Lei, J. Zhang, K.-H. Park, I. S. Ansari, G. Pan, and M.-S. Alouini, "Secrecy performance analysis of SIMO underlay cognitive radio systems with outdated CSI," to appear in IET Communications.

26. L. Yang, M. Hasna, and I. S. Ansari, "Unified performance analysis for multiuser mixed $\eta$-$\mu$ and M-distribution dual-hop RF/FSO systems," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Communications.

27. H. Zhang, H. Lei, I. S. Ansari, G. Pan, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Security performance analysis of DF cooperative relay networks over Nakagami-m fading channels," to appear in TIIS KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems.

28. H. Lei, Z. Huan, I. S. Ansari, G. Pan, R. Zhi, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Security performance analysis over SIMO generalized-K fading channels," to appear in Journal of Electronics & Information Technology.

29. P. Du, H. Lei, I. S. Ansari, J. Du, and X. Chu, "Distributionally robust optimization based chance-constrained energy management in hybrid energy powered cellular networks," to appear in Elsevier Digital Communications and Networks (DCN).

30. H. Lei, F. Yang, H. Liu, I. S. Ansari, K. J. Kim, and T. A. Tsiftsis, "On secure NOMA-aided semi-grant-free systems," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 74-90, Jan. 2024.

31. T. Ahmed, A. S. M. Badrudduza, S. M. R. Islam, S. H. Islam, M. Ibrahim, M. A. Al-Wadud, and I. S. Ansari, "Enhancing physical layer secrecy performance for RIS-assisted RF-FSO mixed wireless system," IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 127737-127753, 2023.

32. M. M. Rahman, A. S. M. Badrudduza, N. A. Sarker, M. Ibrahim, I. S. Ansari, and H. Yu, "RIS-aided mixed RF-FSO wireless networks: Secrecy performance analysis with simultaneous  eavesdropping," IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 126507-126523, 2023.

33. V. Ozduran, M. Mohammadi, I. S. Ansari, and N. Nomikos, "Performance analysis of uplink non-orthogonal multiple access in the presence of co-channel interference," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 9, pp. 11590-11602, Sep. 2023.

34. N. A. Sarker, A. S. M. Badrudduza, M. K. Kundu, I. S. Ansari, I. Ahmed, "Effects of eavesdropper on the performance of mixed n-u and DGG cooperative relaying system," IEEE Systems Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 4627-4638, Sep. 2023.

35. S. Chen, L. Yang, Q. Zhu, Y. Yuan, I. S. Ansari, and G. Zhu, "On the performance of the UAV RIS-assisted dual-hop PLC-RF systems," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 8, pp. 11035-11040, Aug. 2023.

36. H. Lei, H. Yang, K.-H. Park, I. S. Ansari, J. Jiang, and M.-S. Alouini, "Joint trajectory design and user scheduling for secure aerial underlay IoT systems," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 15, pp. 13637-13648, Aug. 2023.

37. H. Lei, F. Yang, I. S. Ansari, H. Liu, K. J. Kim, and T. A. Tsiftsis, "Secrecy outage performance analysis for uplink CR-NOMA systems with hybrid SIC," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 15, pp. 13181-13195, Aug. 2023.

38. H. Lei, C. Zhu, I. S. Ansari, K.-H. Park, and G. Pan, "Secrecy outage performance analysis of dual-hop RF-UOWC systems," IEEE Systems Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 2133-2144, Jun. 2023.

39. W. Lei, Y. Zhang, I. S. Ansari, H. Tang, and H. Lei, "Filter design and power allocation for uplink time-reversal NOMA," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 2074-2086, Apr. 2023.

40. M. Ibrahim, A. S. M. Badrudduza, M. S. Hossen, M. K. Kundu, I. S. Ansari, and I. Ahmed, "On effective secrecy throughput of underlay spectrum sharing  $\alpha$-$\mu$-/Malaga hybrid model under interference-and-transmit power constraints," IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 1-13, Apr. 2023.

41. H. Lei, S. Zhou, K.-H. Park, I. S. Ansari, H. Tang, and M.-S. Alouini, "Outage analysis of millimeter wave RSMA systems," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 1504-1520, Mar. 2023.

42. T. Hossain, S. Shabab, A. S. M. Badrudduza, M. K. Kundu, and I. S. Ansari, "On the physical layer security performance over RIS-aided dual-hop RF-UOWC mixed network," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 2246-2257, Feb. 2023.

43. H. Lei, X. She, K.-H. Park, I. S. Ansari, Z. Shi, J. Jiang, and M.-S. Alouini, "On secure CDRT with NOMA and physical-layer network coding," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 381-396, Jan. 2023.

44. G. Tang, P. Du, H. Lei, I. S. Ansari, and Y. Fu, "Trajectory design and communication resources allocation for wireless powered secure UAV communication systems," IEEE Systems Journal, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 6300-6308, Dec. 2022.

45. M. Ibrahim, A. S. M. Badrudduza, M. S. Hossen, M. K. Kundu, and I. S. Ansari, "Enhancing security of TAS/MRC based mixed RF-UOWC system with induced underwater turbulence effect," IEEE Systems Journal, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 5584-5595, Dec. 2022.

46. H. Lei, C. Zhu, K.-H. Park, W. Lei, I. S. Ansari, and T. A. Tsiftsis, "On secure NOMA-based terrestrial and aerial IoT systems," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 5329-5343, Apr. 2022.

47. N. A. Sarker, A. S. M. Badrudduza, S. M. R. Islam, S. H. Islam, M. K. Kundu, I. S. Ansari, and K.-S. Kwak, "On the intercept probability and secure outage analysis of mixed (a-k-u)-shadowed and Malaga turbulent models," IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 133849-133860, 2021.

48. N. H. Juel, A. S. M. Badrudduza, S. M. R. Islam, S. H. Islam, M. K. Kundu, I. S. Ansari, M. M. Mowla, and K.-S. Kwak, "Secrecy performance analysis of mixed a-u and exponentiated Weibull RF-FSO cooperative relaying system," IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 72342-72356, 2021.

49. A. S. M. Badrudduza, M. Ibrahim, S. M. R. Islam, M. S. Hossen, M. K. Kundu, I. S. Ansari, and H. Yu, "Security at the physical layer over GG fading and mEGG turbulence induced RF-UOWC mixed system," IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 18123-18136, 2021.

50. M. T. Dabiri, S. Kalantary, H. Sa, M. J. Piran, I. S. Ansari, D. Y. Suh, and M. Uysal, "Iterative signal detection under timing errors for optical wireless links with high mobility," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 11, pp. 11710-11720, Nov. 2021.

51. I. S. Ansari, L. Jan, Y. Tang, L. Yang, and M. H. Zafar, "Outage and error analysis of dual-hop TAS/MRC MIMO RF-UOWC systems," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 10, pp. 10093-10104, Oct. 2021.

52. M. T. Dabiri, S. K. Kalantary, M. J. Piran, I. S. Ansari, M. Uysal, W. Saad, and, C. S. Hong, "UAV-assisted free space optical communication system with amplify-and-forward relaying," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 70, no. 9, pp. 8926-8936, Sep. 2021.

53. L. Yang, Q. Zhu, S. Li, I. S. Ansari, and S. Yu, "On the performance of mixed FSO-UWOC dual-hop transmission systems," to appear in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 2041-2045, Sep. 2021.

54. S. H. Islam, A. S. M. Badrudduza, S. M. R. Islam, F. I. Shahid, I. S. Ansari, and M. K. Kundu, "Impact of correlation and pointing error on secure outage performance over arbitrary correlated Nakagami-m and M-turbulent fading mixed RF-FSO channel," IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 1-17, Apr. 2021.

55. T. R. Rasethuntsa and I. S. Ansari, "Applications of Meijer's factorization theorems in performance analyses of all-optical multi-hop FSO systems," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 2078-2091, Mar. 2021.

56. D.-T. Do, M.-S. V. Nguyen, F. Jameel, R. Jantti, and I. S. Ansari, "Performance evaluation of relay-aided CR-NOMA for beyond 5G communications," IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 134838-134855, 2020.

57. N. A. Sarker, A. S. M. Badrudduza, S. M. R. Islam, S. H. Islam, I. S. Ansari, M. K. Kundu, M. F. Samad, M. B. Hossain, and H. Yu, "Secrecy performance analysis of mixed hyper-Gamma and Gamma-Gamma cooperative relaying system," IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 131273-131285, 2020.

58. M. T. Dabiri, M. Rezaee, I. S. Ansari, and V. Yazdanian, "Channel modeling for UAV-based optical wireless links with nonzero boresight pointing errors," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 12, pp. 14238-14246, Dec. 2020.

59. H. Lei, R. Guo, K.-H. Park, I. S. Ansari, K. J. Kim, and M.-S. Alouini, "On secure downlink NOMA systems with outage constraint," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68, no. 12, pp. 7824-7836, Dec. 2020.

60. S. H. Islam, A. S. M. Badrudduza, S. M. R. Islam, F. I. Shahid, I. S. Ansari, M. K. Kundu, S. K. Ghosh, M. B. Hossain, A. S. M. S. Hosen, and G. H. Cho, "On secrecy performance of mixed generalized Gamma and Malaga RF-FSO variable gain relaying channel," IEEE Access, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 104127-104138, Dec. 2020.

61. Y. Ai, A. Mathur, H. Lei, M. Cheffena, and I. S. Ansari, "Secrecy enhancement of RF backhaul system with parallel FSO communication link," Elsevier Optics Communications, vol. 475, no. 126193, pp. 1-10, Nov. 2020.

62. H. Lei, H. Luo, K.-H. Park, I. S. Ansari, W. Lei, G. Pan, and M.-S. Alouini, "On secure mixed RF-FSO systems with TAS and imperfect CSI," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 4461-4475, Jul. 2020.

63. G. Wang, L. Yang, and I. S. Ansari, "Mixed dual-hop FSO-RF communication systems through reconfigurable intelligent surface," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 1558-1562, Jul. 2020.

64. D. R. Pattanayak, V. K. Dwivedi, V. Karwal, I. S. Ansari, H. Lei, and M.-S. Alouini, "On the physical layer security of a decode and forward based mixed FSO/RF cooperative system," IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 1031-1035, Jul. 2020.

65. G. Nauryzbayev, M. Abdallah, I. S. Ansari, N. Al-Dhahir, and K. Qaraqe, "Outage of cognitive electric vehicle networks over mixed RF/VLC channels with signal-dependent noise and imperfect CSI," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 6, pp. 6828-6832, Jun. 2020.

66. M. Usman, M. Qaraqe, M. R. Asghar, and I. S. Ansari, "Mitigating DDoS attacks in satellite networks," Wiley Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 1-9, Jun. 2020.

67. M. Usman, M. Qaraqe, M. R. Asghar, A. A. Gebremariam, I. S. Ansari, F. Granelli, and Q. Abbasi, "A business and legislative perspective of V2X and mobility applications in 5G networks," IEEE Access, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 67426-67435, Apr. 2020.

68. H. Lei, Y. Zhang, K.-H. Park, I. S. Ansari, G. Pan, and M.-S. Alouini, "Performance analysis of dual-hop RF-UWOC systems," IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 1-15, Apr. 2020.

69. H. Lei, W. Di, K.-H. Park, I. S. Ansari, J. Jiang, G. Pan, and M.-S. Alouini, “Safeguarding UAV IoT communication systems against randomly located eavesdroppers," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 1230-1244, Feb. 2020.

70. M. T. Dabiri, S. M. S. Sadough, and I. S. Ansari, “Tractable optical channel modeling between UAVs,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 68, no. 12, pp. 11543-11550, Dec. 2019.

71. H. Lei, Z. Yang, K.-H. Park, I. S. Ansari, Y. Guo, G. Pan, and M.-S. Alouini, “Secrecy outage analysis for cooperative NOMA systems with relay selection schemes,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 67, no. 9, pp. 6283-6298, Sep. 2019.

72. C. Christopoulou, H.G. Sandalidis, and I. S. Ansari, “Outage probability of a multisensor mixed UOWC-FSO setup,” IEEE Sensors Letters, vol. 3, no. 8, pp. 1-4, Aug. 2019.

73. H. Safi, A. A. Sharifi, M. Dabiri, I. S. Ansari, and J. Cheng, “Adaptive channel coding and power control for practical FSO communication systems under channel estimation error,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 68, no. 8, pp. 7566-7577, Aug. 2019.

74. M. Petkovic, I. S. Ansari, G. Djordjevic, and K. A. Qaraqe, “Error rate and ergodic capacity of RF-FSO system with partial relay selection in the presence of pointing errors,” Elsevier Optics Commmunications, vol. 438, pp. 118-125, May 2019.

75. L. Yang, M. Hasna, and I. S. Ansari, “Physical layer security for TAS/MRC systems with and without co-channel interference over η-µ fading channels,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 12, pp. 12421-12426, Dec. 2018.

76. M. Usman, M. R. Asghar, I. S. Ansari, and M. Qaraqe, “Security in wireless body area networks: From in-body to off-body communications,” IEEE Access, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 58064-58074, Dec. 2018.

77. M. Usman, M. R. Asghar, I. S. Ansari, F. Granelli, and K. A. Qaraqe, “Technologies and solutions for location-based services in smart cities: past, present, and future,” IEEE Access, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 22240-22248, Dec. 2018.

78. L. Yang, M.-S. Alouini, and I. S. Ansari, “Asymptotic performance analysis of two-way relaying FSO networks with nonzero boresight pointing errors over double-generalized Gamma fading channels,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 67, no. 8, pp. 7800-7805, Aug. 2018.

79. O. Kucur, G. K. Kurt, M. Z. Shakir, and I. S. Ansari, “Nonorthogonal multiple access for 5G and beyond,” Hindawi Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 2018, Jul. 2018.

80. B. Bag, A. Das, I. S. Ansari, A. Prokes, C. Bose, and A. Chandra, “Performance analysis of hybrid FSO systems using FSO/RF-FSO link adaptation,” IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 1-17, Jun. 2018.

81. O. S. Badarneh, F. S. Almehmadi, I. S. Ansari, and X. Yang, "Wireless energy harvesting in cooperative decode-and-forward relaying networks over mixed generalized $\eta$-$\mu$ and $\kappa$-$\mu$ fading channels," Wiley Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 1-18, Feb. 2018.

82. H. Lei, H. Zhang, I. S. Ansari, Z. Ren, G. Pan, K. A. Qaraqe, and M.-S. Alouini, "On secrecy outage of relay selection in underlay cognitive radio networks over Nakagami-m fading channels," IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. , 614-627, Dec. 2017.

83. N. H. Mahmood, I. S. Ansari, P. Popovski, P. Mogensen, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Physical-layer security with full-duplex transceivers and multiuser receiver at eve," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 65, no. 10, pp. 4392-4405, Oct. 2017.

84. H. Lei, J. Zhang, K.-H. Park, P. Xu, I. S. Ansari, G. Pan, B. Alomair, and M.-S. Alouini, "On secure NOMA systems with transmit antenna selection schemes," IEEE Access, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 17450-17464, Sep. 2017.

85. H. Lei, Z. Dai, I. S. Ansari, K.-H. Park, G. Pan, and M.-S. Alouini, "On secrecy performance of mixed RF-FSO systems," IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 1-14, Aug. 2017.

86. H. Lei, M. Xu, I. S. Ansari, G. Pan, K. A. Qaraqe, and M.-S. Alouini, "On secure underlay MIMO cognitive radio networks with energy harvesting and transmit antenna selection," IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 1-12, Jun. 2017.

87. H. Lei, I. S. Ansari, G. Pan, B. Alomair, and M.-S. Alouini, "Secrecy capacity analysis over $\alpha$-$\mu$ fading channels," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 1445-1448, Jun. 2017.

88. F. S. Al-Qahtani, A. H. Abd El-Malek, I. S. Ansari, R. M. Radaydeh, and S. A. Zummo, "Outage analysis of mixed underlay cognitive RF MIMO and FSO relaying with interference reduction," IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1-22, Apr. 2017.

89. H. Lei, C. Gao, I. S. Ansari, Y. Guo, Y. Zou, G. Pan, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Secrecy outage performance of transmit antenna selection for MIMO underlay cognitive radio systems over Nakagami-m channels," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 2237-2250, Mar. 2017.

90. I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz, M.-S. Alouini, and O. Kucur, “New results on the sum of Gamma random variates with application to the performance of wireless communication systems over Nakagami-m fading channels", Wiley Transactions on Emerging Technologies in Telecommunications, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 1-14, Jan. 2017.

91. H. Lei, H. Zhang, I. S. Ansari, C. Gao, Y. Guo, G. Pan, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Secrecy outage performance for SIMO underlay cognitive radio systems with generalized selection combining over Nakagami-m channels," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 10126-10132, Dec. 2016.

92. H. M. AlQuwaiee, I. S. Ansari, and M.-S. Alouini, "On the maximum and minimum of double generalized Gamma variates with applications to the performance of free-space optical communication systems," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 11, pp. 8822-8831, Nov. 2016.

93. H. Lei, I. S. Ansari, C. Gao, Y. Guo, G. Pan, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Physical-layer security over generalized-K fading channels," IET Communications, vol. 10, no. 16, pp. 2233-2237, Oct. 2016.

94. V. K. Jagadeesh, I. S. Ansari, V. Palliyembil, P. M. Nathan, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Channel capacity analysis of a mixed dual-hop radio-frequency-free space optical transmission system with Malaga distribution," IET Communications, vol. 10, no. 16, pp. 2119-2124, Oct. 2016.

95. H. Lei, C. Gao, I. S. Ansari, Y. Guo, G. Pan, and K. A. Qaraqe, "On physical layer security over SIMO generalized-K fading channel," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 7780-7785, Sep. 2016.

96. H. Lei, H. Zhang, I. S. Ansari, G. Pan, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Secrecy outage analysis for SIMO underlay cognitive radio networks over generalized-K fading channels," IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 1106-1110, Aug. 2016.

97. H. Lei, H. Zhang, I. S. Ansari, Y. Guo, C. Gao, G. Pan, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Performance analysis of physical layer security over generalized-K fading channels using a mixture Gamma distribution," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 408-411, Feb. 2016.

98. I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz, and M.-S. Alouini, "Performance analysis of free-space optical links over Málaga (M) turbulence channels with pointing errors," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 91-102, Jan. 2016.

99. H. M. AlQuwaiee, I. S. Ansari, and M.-S. Alouini, "On the performance of free-space optical communication systems over double generalized Gamma channel," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 33, no. 9, pp. 1829-1840, Sep. 2015.

100. I. S. Ansari, M.-S. Alouini, and J. Cheng, "Ergodic capacity analysis of free-space optical links with nonzero boresight pointing errors," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 4248-4264, Aug. 2015.

101. E. Zedini, I. S. Ansari, and M.-S. Alouini, “Performance analysis of mixed Nakagami-m and Gamma-Gamma dual-hop FSO transmission systems", IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, Dec. 2014.

102. I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz, and M.-S. Alouini, “Impact of pointing errors on the performance of mixed RF/FSO dual-hop transmission systems", IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 351-354, Jun. 2013.

103. I. S. Ansari, S. Al-Ahmadi, F. Yilmaz, M.-S. Alouini, and H. Yanikomeroglu, “A new formula for the BER of binary modulations with dual-branch selection over generalized-K composite fading channels”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 59, no. 10, pp. 2654–2658, Oct. 2011.

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS:

1. S. K. Yoo, P. C. Sofotasios, S. L. Cotton, L. Zhang, J. S. Song, I. S. Ansari, and Y. J. Chun, "Measurements based physical layer security in device to device mm-Wave  communications," in Proceedings of IEEE 97th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring' 2023), Florence, Italy, Jun. 2023.

2. S. K. Yoo, S. L. Cotton, L. Zhang, J. S. Song, I. S. Ansari, and P. C. Sofotasios, "On the secrecy capacity of F composite fading channels with multiple eavesdroppers," in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC' 2023), Rome, Italy, May-Jun. 2023.

3. S. K. Yoo, P. C. Sofotasios, S. L. Cotton, L. Zhang, J. S. Song, and I. S. Ansari, "Secure outage probability in the presence of two eavesdroppers and composite fading," in Proceedings of Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS' 2022), Argostoli, Kefalonia, Greece, Sep. 2022.

4. H. Lei, Z. Chen, K.-H. Park, W. Lei, and I. S. Ansari, "On secure downlink NOMA systems with aerial eavesdroppers," in Proceedings of 32nd Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC' 2021), Virtual, Sep. 2021.

5. S. Hussain, Q. H. Abbasi, M. U. Rehman, H. T. Abbas, I. S. Ansari, and M. A. Imran, "Student-staff partnership for co-creating tutorial based feedback approach," in Proceedings of 14th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, Jun. 2021.

6. M. U. Rehman, S. Hussain, I. S. Ansari, A. M. Abdulghani, A. Centeno, H. T. Abbas, H. Heidari, H. Ye, J. Ponciano, Q. H. Abbasi, J. Qadir, and M. A. Imran, "Assessment and feedback under disruptive circumstances in transnational education," in Proceedings of IEEE An International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Education (TALE' 2020), Online, Dec. 2020.

7. D. Bremner, I. S. Ansari, J. MacDougall, S. Hussain, M. Ma, J. Ponciano, X. Liu, and M. A. Imran, "A novel approach to policy development under disruptive circumstances using situation awareness and scenario planning in higher education," in Proceedings of IEEE An International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Education (TALE' 2020), Online, Dec. 2020.

8. M. Usman, M. Qaraqe, M. R. Asghar, I. S. Ansari, and F. Granelli, "Optimizing energy in WiFi direct based multi-hop D2D networks," in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM' 2020), Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 2020.

9. M. A. Iqbal, I. S. Ansari, S. Hussain, H. Xing, Q. H. Abbasi, J. Qadir, and M. A. Imran, "Teaching continuity of electrical and computer engineering courses under covid-19 pandemic," in Proceedings of ACM SigcommEdu' 2020, USA, Aug. 2020.

10. R. Ghannam and I. S. Ansari, "Interactive tree map for visualising transnational engineering curricula," in Proceedings of IEEE Transnational Engineering Education using Technology Workshop (TREET' 2020), Glasgow, UK, Jul. 2020.

11. H. Lei, R. Guo, K.-H. Park, I. S. Ansari, K. J. Kim, and M.-S. Alouini, "Security performance analysis for the downlink NOMA systems with outage constraint," in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC' 2020) Workshop on Non-Orthogonal Mulitple Access for 5G (NOMA5G), Dublin, Ireland, Jun. 2020.

12. H. Lei, Y. Zhang, K.-H. Park, I. S. Ansari, G. Pan, and M.-S. Alouini, "On the performance of dual-hop RF-UWOC system," in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC' 2020) Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications, Dublin, Ireland, Jun. 2020.

13. M. Usman, M. Qaraqe, M. R. Asghar, and I. S. Ansari, "Energy efficient wireless body area networks: Proximity-based clustering in medical implants," in Proceedings of The 8th International Conference on Communications and Networking (ComNet' 2020), Hammamet, Tunisia, Mar. 2020.

14. H. Lei, W. Di, K.-H. Park, I. S. Ansari, G. Pan, and M.-S. Alouini, “On secure UAV communication systems with randomly located eavesdroppers,” in Proceedings of IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC’ 2019), Changchun, China, Aug. 2019.

15. H. Lei, Z. Yang, K.-H. Park, I. S. Ansari, G. Pan, and M.-S. Alouini, “On physical layer security of multiple-relay assisted NOMA systems,” in Proceedings of 5th International Workshop on Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Techniques for 5G (NOMA5G) in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’ 2019), Shanghai, China, May 2019.

16. M. Usman, M. R. Asghar, I. S. Ansari, F. Granelli, and M. Qaraqe, “Trust-based DoS mitigation technique for medical implants in wireless body area networks,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’ 2019), Shanghai, China, May 2019.

17. S. Hussain, Q. H. Abbasi, I. S. Ansari, J. Qadir, and M. A. Imran, “Online interactivity tools to support student centered learning in large classes,” in Proceedings of 12th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, Apr. 2019.

18. M. Usman, M. R. Asghar, I. S. Ansari, M. Qaraqe, and F. Granelli, “An energy consumption model for WiFi direct based D2D communications,” in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM’ 2018), Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec. 2018.

19. I. U. Khan, I. M. Qureshi, M. A. Khan, S. B. H. Shah, I. S. Ansari, and M. H. Akhlaq, “Ant colony based optimization techniques to mitigate dynamic routing challenges in packet based networks,” in Proceedings of International Conference on Future Networks and Distributed Systems / International Workshop on Smart Technologies (ICFNDS / WOSTech’ 2018), Amman, Jordan, Jun. 2018.

20. M. Usman, M. R. Asghar, I. S. Ansari, F. Granelli, Q. Abbasi, and K. A. Qaraqe, “A marketplace for efficient and secure caching for IoT applications in 5G networks,” in Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC’ 2018), Barcelona, Spain, Apr. 2018.

21. V. K. Jagadeesh, V. Palliyembil, I. S. Ansari, P. M. Nathan, and K. A. Qaraqe, “Performance analysis of relay assisted mixed dual-hop RF-FSO transmission systems with pointing errors,” in Proceedings of International Telecommunications Conference (ITELCON’ 2017), Istanbul, Turkey, Dec. 2017.

22. V. K. Jagadeesh, V. Palliyembil, I. S. Ansari, P. M. Nathan, and K. A. Qaraqe, “Performance analysis of relaying FSO system over M-distributed turbulent channel with variable gain AF protocol,” in Proceedings of International Telecommunications Conference (ITELCON’ 2017), Istanbul, Turkey, Dec. 2017.

23. M. Usman, M. R. Asghar, I. S. Ansari, F. Granelli, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Towards energy efficient multi-hop D2D networks using WiFi direct," in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM' 2017), Singapore, Dec. 2017.

24. O. S. Badarneh, I. S. Ansari, M. Kadoch, and X. Yang, "Wireless power transfer in cooperative dual-hop relaying systems with beamforming over generalized fading channels," in Proceedings of 28th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio  Communications (PIMRC' 2017), Montreal, QC, Canada, Oct. 2017.

25. I. Sahnoun, I. S. Ansari, M. Abdallah, and K. Qaraqe, "Performance analysis of adaptive modulation in underwater visible light communications," in Proceedings of 24th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM' 2017), Split, Croatia, Sep. 2017.

26. H. Zhang, H. Lei, I. S. Ansari, G. Pan, Z. Ren, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Secrecy performance analysis with optimal DF relay selection of underlay CR networks over Nakagami-m fading channels," in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC' 2017), Paris, France, May 2017.

27. N. H. Mahmood, I. S. Ansari, P. Mogensen, and K. Qaraqe, "On the ergodic secrecy capacity with full duplex communication," in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC' 2017), Paris, France, May 2017.

28. M. Usman, M. R. Asghar, I. S. Ansari, and F. Granelli, "Towards bootstrapping trust in D2D using PGP and reputation mechanism," in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC' 2017), Paris, France, May 2017.

29. J. Zhang, X. Li, I. S. Ansari, Y. Liu, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Performance analysis of dual-hop DF satellite relaying over k-u shadowed fading channels," in Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC' 2017), San Francisco, CA, USA, Mar. 2017.

30. H. Lei, M. Xu, H. Zhang, G. Pan, I. S. Ansari, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Secrecy outage performance for underlay MIMO CRNs with energy harvesting and transmit antenna selection," in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM' 2016), Washington, DC, USA, Dec. 2016.

31. I. S. Ansari, M. M. Abdallah, M.-S. Alouini, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Outage analysis of asymmetric RF-FSO systems," in Proceedings of IEEE 84th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall' 2016),  Montreal, Canada, Sep. 2016.

32. H. Lei, I. S. Ansari, H. Zhang, K. A. Qaraqe, and G. Pan, "Security performance analysis of SIMO generalized-K fading channels using a mixture Gamma distribution," in Proceedings of IEEE 84th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall' 2016), Montreal, Canada, Sep. 2016.

33. N. H. Mahmood, I. S. Ansari, G. Berardinelli, P. Mogensen, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Analysing self interference cancellation in full duplex radios," in Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC' 2016), Doha, Qatar, Apr. 2016, pp. 1-6.

34. I. S. Ansari and M.-S. Alouini, "Asymptotic ergodic capacity analysis of composite lognormal shadowed channels," in Proceedings of IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring' 2015), Glasgow, Scotland, May 2015, pp. 1-5.

35. I. S. Ansari and M.-S. Alouini, "On the performance analysis of digital communications over Weibull-Gamma channels," in Proceedings of IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring' 2015), Glasgow, Scotland, May 2015, pp. 1-7.

36. I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz, and M.-S. Alouini, "Performance analysis of FSO links over unified Gamma-Gamma turbulence channels," in Proceedings of IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring' 2015), Glasgow, Scotland, May 2015, pp. 1-5.

37. E. Zedini, I. S. Ansari, and M.-S. Alouini, "Unified performance analysis of mixed line of sight RF-FSO fixed gain dual-hop transmission systems," in Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC' 2015), New Orleans, LA, USA, Mar. 2015, pp. 46-51.

38. E. Zedini, I. S. Ansari, and M.-S. Alouini, "On the performance of hybrid line of sight RF and RF-FSO fixed gain dual-hop transmission systems," in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM' 2014), Austin, TX, USA, Dec. 2014, pp. 2119-2124.

39. I. S. Ansari, M. M. Abdallah, M.-S. Alouini, and K. A. Qaraqe, "Outage performance analysis of underlay cognitive RF and FSO wireless channels," in Proceedings of 3rd International Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications (IWOW’ 2014), Funchal, Madeira Islands, Portugal, Sep. 2014, pp. 6-10.

40. I. S. Ansari, M.-S. Alouini, and J. Cheng, “On the capacity of FSO links under lognormal and Rician-lognormal turbulences”, in Proceedings of IEEE 80th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall’ 2014), Vancouver, Canada, Sep. 2014, pp. 1-6.

41. H. M. AlQuwaiee, I. S. Ansari, and M.-S. Alouini, "On the maximum and minimum of two modified Gamma-Gamma variates with applications," in Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC' 2014), Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 2014, pp. 269-274.

42. I. S. Ansari, M. M. Abdallah, M.-S. Alouini, and K. A. Qaraqe, "A performance study of two hop transmission in mixed underlay RF and FSO fading channels," in Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC' 2014), Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 2014, pp. 388-393.

43. H. M. AlQuwaiee, I. S. Ansari, and M.-S. Alouini, "On the performance of free space optical wireless communication systems over double generalized Gamma fading channel," in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Communications and Networking (COMNET' 2014), Hammamet, Tunisia, 19-22 Mar. 2014, pp. 1-5.

44. I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz, and M.-S. Alouini, “On the performance of hybrid RF and RF/FSO dual-hop transmission systems”, in Proceedings of 2nd International Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications (IWOW’ 2013), Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, Oct. 2013, pp. 45-59.

45. I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz, and M.-S. Alouini, “On the performance of mixed RF/FSO variable gain dual-hop transmission systems with pointing errors”, in Proceedings of IEEE 78th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall’ 2013), Las Vegas, USA, Sep. 2013, pp. 1-5.

46. I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz, and M.-S. Alouini, “On the performance of mixed RF/FSO dual-hop transmission systems”, in Proceedings of IEEE 77th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring’ 2013), Dresden, Germany, Jun. 2013, pp. -5.

47. I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz, and M.-S. Alouini, “On the sum of squared eta-mu random variates with application to the performance of wireless communication systems”, in Proceedings of IEEE 77th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring’ 2013), Dresden, Germany, Jun. 2013, pp. 1-6.

48. I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz, and M.-S. Alouini, “On the performance of hybrid RF and RF/FSO fixed gain dual-hop transmission systems," in Proceedings of The Second Saudi International Electronics, Communications and Photonics Conference (SIECPC' 2013), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Apr. 2013, pp. 1-6.

49. I. S. Ansari, F. Yilmaz, and M.-S. Alouini, “On the sum of Gamma random variates with application to the performance of maximal ratio combining over Nakagami-m fading channels”, in Proceedings of IEEE 13th Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC’ 2012), Cesme, Turkey, 17-20 June 2012, pp. 394-398.

50. I. S. Ansari, S. Al-Ahmadi, F. Yilmaz, M.-S. Alouini, and H. Yanikomeroglu, “An exact closed-form expression for the BER of binary modulations with dual-branch selection over generalized-K fading”, in Proceedings of IEEE 73rd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring’ 2011), Budapest, Hungary, 15-19 May 2011, pp. 1-4.

51. I. S. Ansari, “An implementation of traffic light system using multi-hop ad hoc networks”, in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems (NBIS/ISEUPS’ 2009), Indianapolis, Indiana, US, 19-21 Aug. 2009, pp. 177-181.

52. I. S. Ansari, and A. S. Qutbuddin, “Biometrics for home networks security”, in Proceedings of IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development 2009 (SCOReD’ 2009), Malaysia, 16-18 Nov. 2009, pp. 136-138.

DISSERTATION: I. S. Ansari, On the Performance of Free-Space Optical Systems over Generalized Atmospheric Turbulence Channels with Pointing Errors, Electrical Engineering Program, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 2015.

THESIS: I. S. Ansari, Composite and Cascaded Generalized-K Fading Channel Modeling and Their Diversity and Performance Analyses, Electrical Engineering Program, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 2010.

REPORTS:

• Prepared a technical paper on Social-Justice Issues.

• Prepared a technical report on WiMAX.

• Prepared a technical report on Tsunami.

• Prepared a technical report on Nanocomputing.

PRESENTATIONS:

• Coffee Chat on "Transitioning from Postdoc to Academic Career" for Carleton University - Aug. 2021

• Invited Webinar on "Pathway to Successful Research Career" for IET Hong Kong and Region - Oct. 2020

• Keynote Speaker on ”Free-Space Optical (FSO) Communications - Pathway to 6G” at ICST 2020 - Sep. 2020

• Invited Webinar on ”Free-Space Optical (FSO) Communications - Towards 5G and Beyond” for Dr M. G. R. Educational and Research Institute - Sep. 2020

• Talk on ”Free-Space Optical (FSO) Communications - 5G and Beyond” at Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB) - Oct. 2019

• Invited lecture on ”Special Functions in Wireless Communications” at KAUST - Jun. 2018

• Tutorial on "FD Comms for 5G & Some aspects of OWC" at WINCOM'2016, Fes, Morocco - Oct. 2016.

• Invited talk at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Muscat, Oman - Oct. 2016.

• Invited talk at National Training Institute (NTI), Muscat, Oman - Oct. 2016.

• Guest Lecture at Indian Institute of Technology-Gandhinagar (IITGn) on Optical Communications - Jul. 2016.

• Invited talk at the Taylor's University, Malaysia - May 2016.

• Invited talk on free-space optics (FSO) in KFUPM - May 2014.

• Presented my work in various conferences including IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE WCNCs, and IEEE VTCs, among many others.

• Presented work on Composite and Cascaded Fading Channels at 4th Seminar Day held at KFUPM on 1st June 2010.

• Participated in "1st KFUPM CIT Research Open Day (CITROD-08)". Talk title was "Biometrics for Home Networks Security".

• Gave a presentation on Biometrics.

• Gave a presentation on Social-Justice Issues.

• Gave a presentation on Nanocomputing.

• Gave a Speech on ‘Global Warming’ in the English Oratory Contest 2005.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Worked as a Network Engineer trainee/internee at Saleh & Abdulaziz Abahsain Co. Ltd. for 8-weeks in Summer 2008.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• Database Systems: MySQL.

• Operating Systems: MS Windows, UNIX (Linux), XubunTOS,MAC.

• Office Applications: MS Office, MS Access, MS Excel, MS Visio and MS PowerPoint.

• Software’s used: LaTeX, LEd, Mathematica, MAPLE, TinyOS 2.1, Rabbit C, Ethereal, SCM, ASDM, PRTG, MRTG, MATLAB, Logisim, MARS, Opnet, FreeMind, LogicWorks 4.0, kmap12, winplot, Multisim, Pspice9.1, WinLogiLab, LabVIEW 8.2, ConTEXT Editor, WinSPICE, Xilinx and Windows Debugger.

MISCELLANEOUS SKILLS:

• Organized, Creative and Artistic

• Superb oral and written communication

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

• Exemplary Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM) 2018, 2016

• Exemplary Reviewer for IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (WCL) 2017, 2014

• Outstanding Reviewer for Optik International Journal for Light and Electron Optics 2016 (Certificate attached below)

• Recognized Reviewer for Optics International Journal for Light and Electron Optics 2016 (Certificate attached below)

• TAMUQ Research Excellence Travel Grant Jul. 2016, 2017

• TAMUQ Research Excellence Award 2016, 2017

• Recognized Reviewer for Elsevier Optics Communications 2015

• Recognized Reviewer for OSA Publishing 2014

• Iconic Achiever by International Biographical Center (IBC) and Recipient of the International Einstein Award for Scientific Achievement 2015

• Recipient of Qatar National Research Foundation (QNRF) Post-Doctoral Research Award (PDRA) 1st Cycle 2014

• Recipient of KAUST Academic Excellence Award (AEA) 2014

• 2013 IEEE Richard E. Merwin Student Scholarship Award in July 2013

• First Honors Plaque for Undergraduate Studies from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in June 2009

• KAUST Fellowship Award for Graduate Studies in May 2009 from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

• KAUST Discovery Scholarship Award in January 2008 from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

• Certificate of Appreciation for being a First Honors Student in the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth semesters of my graduation

• Certificate of Appreciation for taking part in the Open Day for Computer Engineering Department during Academic Year 2007

• Name in ‘CCSE DEAN’S LIST OF HONOR STUDENTS’ of the Academic Year 2005 – 2006

• Second Place in the English Oratory Contest 2005 conducted by KFUPM in May 2005

SPORTS:

• Member of KFUPM Table-Tennis team (2005-2006)

• Member of IISD Basket-Ball team (2004)

• Play Volley-Ball and Cricket

SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• Member of IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) since January 2007.

• Member of IEEE Computer Society since 2013.

• Member of IET (The Institution of Engineering and Technology) since January 2007.

• Member of SIAM since January 2012.

• Member of SAICS-ACS (Saudi Arabian Chemical Society) from 2005 till 2008.

• Member of NACE for 2006. Sponsored by KFUPM.

EDITORIAL:

• Chair, Wireless Communications (WC) Symposium, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC' 2024)

• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Communication and Networks 2020-Present

• Editorial Board Member, MDPI Microwave and Wireless Communications 2020-Present

• Guest Editor, Elsevier Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems Special Issue on Sustainable Computing for Cyber-Physical Systems (SI: SUSCOMCPS) 2021

• Lead Guest Editor, Hindawi Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Special Issue on Optical Wireless Communications 2017-18

• Guest Editor, Hindawi Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Special Issue on Nonorthogonal Multiple Access for 5G and Beyond 2017-18

REVIEWER:

• CHIST-ERA Call 2022 SPiDDS Panel

• Irish Research Council Research Proposals

• EPSRC Research Proposals

• FWO Review College

• Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) Research Proposals

• IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

• IEEE Transactions on Communications (Exemplary Reviewer 2018, 2016)

• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

• IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

• IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

• IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

• IEEE Communications Letters

• IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (Exemplary Reviewer 2017, 2014)

• IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

• IEEE Access

• IEEE Potentials

• IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology

• IEEE/OSA Photonics Journal

• IEEE/OSA Photonics Technology Letters

• IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

• OSA Optics Letters

• OSA Applied Optics

• OSA Optics Express

• OSA Journal of the Optical Society of America A

• IET Communications

• Elsevier International Journal of Electronics and Communications

• Elsevier Optics Communications

• Elsevier Physical Communication

• Elsevier Optik – International Journal for Light and Electron Optics

• Elsevier Journal of Optics and Laser Technology

• Wiley Transactions on Emerging Technologies in Telecommunications

• Springer Photonic Network Communications

• EURASIP Journal of Wireless Communications and Networking

• De Gruyter Journal of Optical Communications

• Bentham Science

• International Journal of Communication Systems

• International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• International Journal of Applied Science and Engineering (IJASE)

• Journal of The Franklin Institute

• Taylor & Francis IETE Journal of Research

• MDPI Computers

• TELKOMNIKA

CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEE:

• IEEE CPE-POWERENG 2018

TPC MEMBER:

• IEEE ICC 2015-2024

• IEEE Globecom 2016-2024

• IEEE VTC 2015-2024

• IEEE PIMRC 2024

• IWCMC 2016-2022

• IEEE 5G World Forum 2018-2021

• CICN 2014, 2020, 2021

• IAICT 2021

• ICCSNIS 2021

• ICACCP 2021

• Unet 2018, 2019, 2021

• ICCAIS 2019, 2020, 2021

• BEEI 2020, 2021

• CSNT 2020, 2021

• SSD 2021

• SRC 2021

• CSIT 2021

• EduLearn 2021

• IJ-ICT 2021

• IJPEDS 2021

• IJEECS 2021

• IJECE 2021

• ECONF 2020

• COMNETSAT 2020

• 3ICT 2020

• ICOST 2019, 2020

• IJAAS 2020

• UCET 2019, 2020

• IAPCS 2020

• ICAIMAT 2020

• CSNet 2020

• IJEECSICED 2020

• TSP 2020

• BDAW 2020

• CoCoNet 2020

• IJRA 2020

• IJCDS 2020

• EECSI 2018, 2019, 2020

• ADICS-ESIT 2020

• ICoSSEET 2014, 2020

• CETEI 2020

• ICEELI 2020

• ICP 2020

• ICNC 2020 WAHS

• GIIS 2019

• ICERA 2019

• IEEE WCNC 2015, 2016, 2019

• CSSR 2018, 2019

• ICACCI 2019

• ICOMITEE 2019

• ICACCP 2019

• ICFIR 2019

• ICNC 2019 WAHS

• CMST 2019

• IEEE INFOCOM 2017, 2018 - SCAN Workshop

• ICITeS 2018

• IoTsm 2018

• ICACCI 2018

• ICP 2018

• ICCISN 2018

• ICoIESE 2017

• ICACCI 2017

• WCSAR 2015, 2016, 2017

• InConSET 2016

• EDUSTS 2016

• AnDIC 2016

• CCIS 2016

• CONCET 2016

• ICOED 2016

• IEEE ICUWB 2015

• ICEMIT 2015

• RAIEIC 2015

• CSSR 2015

• ICCAT 2015

• WCI 2015

• CECNet 2014, 2015

• ISSPIT 2014

• ISRADH 2014

• ICCAAD 2014

• ICCAAM 2014

• RDSP 2014

• ICoSTechs 2014

• GSCIT 2014

• IEEE MCSoC 2014

• AiCoBM 2014

• i-CADER 2014, 2015

• ICNC 2014

• IPCOST 2014

• SHUSER 2013, CHUSER 2012

• ISBEIA 2012 & 2013

• BEIAC 2013

• InCIEC 2013

• CoAST 2013

WORKSHOPS:

• Organized IWCMC WON Symposium 2019

• Co-Organized IEEE GLOBECOM' 2018, WCNC' 2016, 2017 Workshop on Green and Sustainable 5G Wireless Networks (GRASNET' 2016, 2017, 2018).

• Organized a 3-days optical wireless communications (OWC) workshop at KAUST in Jan. 2015.

MENTEES:

• Hessa Al-Quwaiee, PhD Student, KAUST - 2013/2014

• Emna Zedini, PhD Student, KAUST - 2013/2014

ACTIVITIES:

• Member, IET Council - 2021-2022; 2023-2026

• Member, IET Knowledge Services and Solutions Board (KSSB) - 2023-2026

• Member, IEEE European Public Policy Committee 2023-2024

• Member, IET Nominations and Successions Committee 2023-2024

• Member, LEOSatS, IEEE Future Directions 2022-2023

• Judge, IEEE ComSoc Student Competition - 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

• IET E&T Innovation Awards Judge - 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 (Chair)

• Judge, IET Volunteer Core Value Awards 2022

• Judge, International Aeronautical Congress (IAC) 2022 Student Paper Competition (via IET Satellite TN and British Interplanetary Society (BIS))

• Member-at-Large (MAL), IEEE Nominations & Appointments (N&A) Committee - February 2020 – December 2021

• Past-Chair of IET YPC (Young Professionals Committee) - October 2020 – September 2021

• Chair of IET YPC - October 2019 – September 2020

• Judge, IET Engineering & Technology Photographer of the Year Competition - September 2019

• Vice-Chair of IET YPC - October 2018 – September 2019

• Member of IET Member News Steering Group - December 2016 – November 2018

• Executive member of IET Satellite Systems & Applications (SSA) Technical Professional Network (TPN) - March 2016 – February 2019

• Co-organized IEEE ComSoc YP events during IEEE Globecom 2018, 2017, and IEEE ICC 2017.

• Co-organized IEEE ComSoc YP event (Panel Discussion and Best YP Paper Award) during IEEE WCNC 2017.

• Member of IEEE 5G Publications Editorial Board (since Feb. 2017).

• IET Mentor (since Feb. 2017).

• Co-organized IEEE YPs Panel Discussion during IEEE Globecom 2016.

• Financial lead for the IET CC-EMEA region taking care of all budgeting issues.

• Served as CC-EMEA representative member on the YPCC (Young Professionals Communities Committee).

• Honorary judge for IET annual global present around the world (PATW) presentation competitions.

• Co-organized and moderated IEEE YPs Panel Discussion on Trends in Communications during IEEE ICC 2016 (http://icc2016.ieee-icc.org/content/young-professionals).

• Honorary Judge for IET annual global satellite themed poster competitions.

• Served as member of IET CC-EMEA (Communities Committee – Europe, Middle-East and Africa) - Oct. 2015-Sep. 2018.

• Invited as a Speaker by International Conference and Business Expo on Wireless Communication 2015.

• Served as the Student Activities Vice-Chair for IEEE WSA Section (Feb. 2014-Jan. 2015).

• Served as the nominated and elected member of IET CC-EMEA (Oct. 2010-Sep. 2013).

• Served as Pioneering President of IET-KAUST Young Professionals Section (Jan. 2010-Dec. 2014).

• Served as a volunteer during WEP 2013, WEP 2014, and WEP 2015 for interfacing WEP with the ACADOX.

• Served as a KAUST GSOL (Graduate Students Orientation Leader) Coordinator in Orientations 2011, 2012, and 2013.

• Served as a member of the Graduate Life Committee under the KAUST Graduate Council from September 2009 through December 2011.

• Attended the “3rd International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology” held in Singapore during 22-26 April 2009.

• Invited attendee of IET Volunteers’ Weekend Conference held in London during 26-27 April 2008.

• Served as Pioneering President of IET-KFUPM Young Members Section from January 2007 till September 2008.

• Attended the 4th IEEE GCC Conference held in November 2007 in Bahrain.

• Attended First Saudi Engineering Forum 2006 held in KFUPM, Saudi Arabia.

• Member of College of Computer Science and Engineering Club, KFUPM from January 2007 till February 2009.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Free-Space Optical (FSO) Communication/Transmission Systems

• Underwater Optical Wireless Communications (UOWC)

• Channel Modeling

• Cognitive Radio Networks

• PHY Layer Security

• Wireless Communications

• Secure D2D Networks

INTERESTS AND HOBBIES:

• Always stay busy either with own work or helping others with their work.

• Adventurous activities like Sky Diving, Shark Cage Diving, Bungee Jumping, Hiking, Paragliding, Water-skiing and all their likes.

LANGUAGES:

Proficient in reading, writing and speaking English, Arabic, Urdu and Hindi.

REFERENCES:

• Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Professor

Electrical Engineering Program, KAUST
    Email: slim.alouini@kaust.edu.sa, mohamed.alouini@kaust.edu.sa; Tel: +966 (02) 808-0283

• Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, Professor

Systems and Computer Engineering Department, Carleton University
    Email: halim@sce.carleton.ca, halim.yanikomeroglu@sce.carleton.ca; Tel: +1 (613) 520-5734

• Prof. Khalid Qaraqe, Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ)
    Email: khalid.qaraqe@qatar.tamu.edu

• Dr. Aiman El-Maleh, Assistant Professor

Computer Engineering Department, K.F.U.P.M.
Email: aimane@kfupm.edu.sa; Tel: +966 (03) 860-2811

• Dr. Tareq Al-Naffouri, Associate Professor

Electrical Engineering Program, KAUST
      Electrical Engineering Department, KFUPM
    Email: tareq.alnaffouri@kaust.edu.sa, naffouri@kfupm.edu.sa

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Name: Imran Shafique Ansari

Sex: Male

Marital Status:  Married

Address: University Avenue, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.