Current Research Interests
- Indoor Localization
- Visible Light Positioning (VLP)
- Machine Learning - Semi-supervised and Unsupervised
- 2D Direction-of-Arrival (DOA) Estimation
Education
- Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (Sep, 2016 to present)
Signal Processing and Communications
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- M.S. Electrical Engineering (May, 2014)
Signal Processing and Communications
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, KSA
- B.Sc. Electrical Engineering (First Div. with Honors) (Aug, 2009)
Electronics and Communications
University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore, Pakistan
Professional Experience
- Teaching Assistant (Sep, 2016 to Present)
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Lab Instructor (Sep, 2014 to May, 2016)
Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU), Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia
- Trainee Engineer (May, 2011 to Oct, 2011)
Wartsila Pakistan Pvt. Ltd.
- Lab Engineer cum Lecturer (Oct, 2009 to Apr, 2011)
University of Management and Technology Lahore, Pakistan
- Intern (Jun, 2008 to Aug, 2008)
Warid Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd., Pakistan
Graduate Courses, Ph.D. (McMaster)
- Matrix Computations in Signal Processing (Dr. Jim P. Reilly)
- Algorithms for Parameter and State Estimation (Dr. T. Kirubarajan)
- Multi-target Tracking and Sensor Information Fusion (Dr. Ratnasingham Tharmarasa)
- Engineering Optimization (Dr. Tim Davidson)
Graduate Courses, M.S. (KFUPM)
- Design of Digital Systems (Dr. Alaa El-Din Hussein)
- Digital Signal Processing I (Dr. Abdelmalek Zidouri)
- Stochastic Processes (Dr. Mohamed A. Deriche)
- Digital Communications I (Dr. Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri)
- Linear Control Systems (Dr. Ahmad A. Masoud)
- Detection and Estimation (Dr. Mohamed A. Deriche)
- Adaptive Filtering and Applications (Dr. Azzedine Zerguine)
- Independent Research (Dr. Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri)
- Special Topics in Signal Processing - Compressive Sensing (Attended Lectures only) (Dr. Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri)
Awards
- Three Minute Thesis (3MT) / Seminar Series (Dec 4, 2018)
5th place winner in the departmental 3MT/Seminar series held at ECE, McMaster, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Fully funded Graduate Student Scholarship (Feb, 2012 to May, 2014)
Offered by Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia
- Merit Scholarship (Sep, 2005 to Aug, 2009)
Offered by Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Merit Scholarship (Sep, 2003 to Jun, 2005)
Offered by Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Matriculation or Grade 10 Achievement (Mar, 2003)
Stood 1st in school (La Salle High School, Faisalabad, Pakistan) in Matriculation Examination