Current Postdoc:

• Dr. Mohammad Moltafet (jointly with Prof. Sadjadpour), May 2024 - 

Research Topics: 

• Data Encryption for Cloud Storage.

• Semantic Security.

Current Graduate Students:

• Xinyi Wu, PhD Student (Sep. 2020 to present), advanced to candidacy in May 2022.
  Thesis Title: A Framework to Learning-Based Cardiac Arrhythmia Detection/Prediction Using ECG Signals.

• Abd El Rahman Fikki, PhD Student (Jan. 2021 to present), advanced to candidacy in June 2023.

Thesis Title: Performance Limits of Space Optical Communications.

• Archana Singh, PhD Student (Sep. 2022 to present).

   Thesis Title: Quantum Secret-Key Generation.

• Abdulaziz Alatawi, PhD Student (Jan. 2021 to present), (Co-supervision).

Thesis Title (tentative): Enhancing Communication System Designs via Adaptive Learning Leveraging Existing Communication Paradigms.

• Li Xue, PhD Student (Jan. 2021 to present), (Co-supervision)
  Thesis Title (tentative): Enhancing Secure Data Network Access Leveraging Device Fingerprinting Along with Existing Threat Detection Mechanisms.

• Parisa Oftadeh, PhD Student (Sep. 2024 -)

Thesis Title: TBD 

Current Undergraduate Students:

• Victor Cheng
  Project Title: Intelligent Reconfigurable Surfaces for Efficient Relaying in Optical Wireless Communications.

• Adam Ramaha
  Project Title: Design of a space optical communication interface in Matlab GUI to reach out to K-12 students.

Previous Students:

• Morteza Soltani, PhD Student (Jan. 2017 - July 2020).
  Thesis Title: Performance Limits of Secure Optical Wireless Communications.

• Wael Fatnassi, Master Student (Aug. 2017 - May 2019).

Thesis Title: Learning-Based Communication Systems.

• Mohannad Abu-Romoh, Master Student (Aug. 2016 - May 2018).
  Thesis Title: Feature-Based Signal Classification Methods: Performance-Complexity Tradeoff.

• Ahmed Aboutaleb, Master Student (Aug. 2016 - May 2018).

Thesis Title: Performance Limits of Millimeter Wave Channels.

• Kangjia Lyu, Master Student (Nov. 2016 - May 2018), jointly with Prof. Alouini (KAUST).

Thesis Title: Interference Mitigation in Millimeter Wave Mesh Networks.

Previous Postdoc:

• Dr. Zain Ali.

Research Topics: 

• Enhancing Performance in Non-Terrestrial Networks via Learning-Based Designs.

• Optimizing Quantum Entanglement in Multi-hop Communication Systems.