Resume

• 1/2021 - 4/2024

University of Strathclyde

Ph.D. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Investigation and developing cutting-edge polynomial matrix factorization algorithms specifically designed to enhance efficiency in broadband sensor array applications.

• 9/2018 - 8/2019

University of Strathclyde

M.Sc. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Distinction & Best Academic Award)

Completed coursework in Advanced Signal Processing, FPGA,DSP systems, and Power Electronics for Energy Drives. Awarded Excellence Academic Award for outstanding performance.

• 9/2012 - 6/2016

Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Gold Medalist)

Specialized in electronics with coursework in signal processing, digital communication systems, and FPGA-based design. Executed a thesis project implementing RLSE filter on an FPGA for fNIRS signal processing, enabling brain activity detection.

• 9/2021 – 01/2022 & 9/2022 – 05/2203 at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland 

As a teaching assistant, I helped in tutorials, lab, project sessions, and overall assessment for signal and communication systems (BSc. level course) and Signal and Imaging Processing course  (M.Sc. level course)

• 9/2017– 01/2018 at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Science and Technology (GIKI) 

As a Lab engineering/teaching assistant, I conducted an instrumentation lab. My responsibilities included designing instrumentation lab tasks, teaching, managing instrumentation lab equipment, semester project assignments, and assessment of electrical engineering students. 

• 1/2018 – 09/2018 at National Institute of Electronics 

My duty as a Research Officer included performing electrical safety testing, calibration, EMC/EMI tests, and environmental tests of electrical equipment. Along with testing, making test and calibration reports with uncertainty calculation was also my responsibility. 

• FPGAs programming using System Generator, Vivado and Xilinx Design Suite.

• Signal Processing and Power Electronics design using MATLAB Simulink. 

• DPS Processor programming through Code Composer Studio in C and Linear Assembly

• Intermediate level skill with MATLAB, Verilog, C/C++

• Beginner level android app development skills with Eclipse/Android Studio.  

Articles

1.  Faizan A. Khattak, Ian K. Proudler, and Stephan Weiss, “ Scalable Analytic Eigenvalue Extraction Algorithm” IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 166652-166659. 

2. Faizan A. Khattak, Ian K. Proudler, and Stephan Weiss, Polynomial Power Method: An Extension of the Standard Power Method to Para-Hermitian Matrices, Science Talks, Volume 10, 2024.

3.  Stephan Weiss, Ian K. Proudler, Fraser K. Coutts, and Faizan A. Khattak, “Eigenvalue decomposition of a parahermitian matrix: Extraction of analytic eigenvectors,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 71, pp. 1642–1656, 2023. 

Conferences

1. Mohammed Bakhit, Faizan A. Khattak, Ian K. Proudler, and Stephan Weiss, Impact of Estimation Errors of a Matrix of Transfer Functions onto Its Analytic Singular Values and Their Potential Algorithmic Extraction, 2024 IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing Virtual Conference, Submitted.

2. Faizan A. Khattak, Ian K. Proudler, and Stephan Weiss, Scalable Approach for Analytic Polynomial Subspace Projection Matrices for a Space-Time Covariance Matrix, 2024 IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing Virtual Conference, Submitted.

3. Faizan A. Khattak, M. Bakhit, I. K. Proudler, and S. Weiss, Extraction of analytic singular values of a polynomial matrix, in 32nd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Lyon, France, accepted.

4.  Faizan A. Khattak, I. K. Proudler, and S. Weiss, Scalable extraction of analytic eigenvalues from a parahermitian matrix, in 32nd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Lyon, France, accepted.

5. Faizan A. Khattak, S. Weiss, I. K. Proudler, and J. G. McWhirter, “Space-Time Covariance Matrix Estimation: Loss of Algebraic Multiplicities of Eigenvalues,” in 56th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, Oct. 2022, pp. 975–979. (see presentation slides)

6. Faizan A. Khattak, I. K. Proudler, and S. Weiss, “Enhanced Space-Time Covariance Estimation Based on a System Identification Approach,” in Sensor Signal Processing for Defence Conference (SSPD), London, United Kingdom, Sep. 2022, pp. 1–5.  (see video/ see poster)

7.  Faizan A. Khattak, I. K. Proudler, and S. Weiss, “Extension of power method to para-Hermitian matrices: Polynomial power method,” in 31st European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Helsinki, Finland, 2023, pp. 1564–1568. (see presentation slides)

8.  Faizan A. Khattak, I. K. Proudler, and S. Weiss, “Generalized polynomial power method,” in Sensor Signal Processing for Defence Conference (SSPD), Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2023, pp. 1–5. (see presentation slides)

9.  Faizan A. Khattak, I. K. Proudler, and S. Weiss, “Low-rank para-Hermitian matrix EVD via polynomial power method with deflation,” in IEEE International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing (CAMSAP), San Jose, Costa Rica, 2023. (see poster)

10.  Faizan A. Khattak, S.Weiss, and I. K. Proudler, “Fast Givens rotation approach to second order sequential best rotation algorithms,” in Sensor Signal Processing for Defence Conference (SSPD), Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2021, pp. 1–5. (see lighting slide)

11.  Faizan A. Khattak, I. K. Proudler, J. G. McWhirter, and S. Weiss, “Generalised sequential matrix diagonalisation for the SVD of polynomial matrices,” in Sensor Signal Processing for Defence Conference (SSPD), Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2023, pp. 1–5. (see poster)

12.  Faizan A. Khattak, M. Bakhit, I. K. Proudler, and S.Weiss, “Smooth QR decomposition of polynomial matrices,” in IEEE International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing (CAMSAP), San Jose, Costa Rica, 2023. (see poster)

13.  Faizan A. Khattak, I. K. Proudler, and S. Weiss, “Support estimation of analytic eigenvectors of parahermitian matrices,” in International Conference on Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (RAEE & CS), Islamabad, Pakistan, 2022, pp. 1–6. (see presentation slides)

14. M. Bakhit, Faizan A. Khattak, I. K. Proudler, S. Weiss, and G. Rice, “Compact order polynomial singular value decomposition of a matrix of analytic functions,” in IEEE International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing (CAMSAP), San Jose, Costa Rica, accepted, 2023.

15.  Faizan A. Khattak, H. U. Rehman, “Improved Selective Harmonics Elimination Strategy for Multilevel Inverters with Optimal DC Values” in International Conference on Emerging Power Technologies (ICEPT), Topi, Pakistan, 2021

16.  Faizan A. Khattak, S. M. Rehan, M. F. Paracha, “Minimum Switching Transitions for Multi-Stage CHB Inverter to satisfy IEC 61000 (3–6 & 2–12) in Medium Voltage” in 23rd International Multitopic Conference (INMIC), Bahawalpur, Pakistan, 2020.

17.  Faizan A. Khattak, A. A. Khattak, “Optimal DC Sources and Switching Angles for THD Minimization in MLI using Unconstrained Simplex method” in International Symposium on Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering (RAEE), Islamabad, Pakistan, 2018.

18.  Faizan A. Khattak; U. Saif; A. B. Zahid; M. S. Nazir; M. Aqil, “Brain activity monitoring system with HDMI interface developed on an FPGA” in International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET), Islamabad, Pakistan, 2016.