Irfan Azam                                Ph.D. (IT Convergence Engineering)

CAREER SUMMARY: Irfan Azam received his Ph.D. in IT Convergence Engineering from the Department of IT Convergence Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, South Korea. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Laboratory of Space Technologies, Embedded Systems, Navigation, and Avionics (LASSENA), ÉTS Montreal, Canada, where he investigates Signals of Opportunity, and Satellite Communications. He completed his M.S. in Computer Science from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2016, and his B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Peshawar, Pakistan, in 2013. He is a recipient of the prestigious FRQNT-PBEEE Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (2023–2024) at Polytechnique Montréal, by Fonds de recherche du Québec, the Gouvernement du Québec, Canada. His research interests include Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA), Index Modulation (IM), Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (mMIMO), Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS), UAV Networks, Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), Signals of Opportunity (SoOP), Satellite Communications, and Passive Radars.

CAREER TIMELINE:

2024-Present: Postdoctoral Fellow, at the Laboratory of Space Technologies, Embedded Systems, Navigation, and Avionics (LASSENA), Department of Electrical Engineering, École de technologie supérieure ÉTS, Montréal, QC, Canada

2023-2024: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada 

2022-2023: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of IT Convergence Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, South Korea 

2017-2018: Lecturer at Department of Computer Science, SZABIST, Islamabad, Pakistan (Supervised Final Year Projects, Organized competitions & workshops

2015-2016: Research Assistant at Comsens Lab., COMSATS Univesity Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan 

2012-2013: Software Developer (Team Lead) at KPITB, Directorate of Information Technology (DoIT), Incubation Center Batch-I, Government of KP, Pakistan   Developed Campus Information System for University of Peshawar

EDUCATION:

2018-2022: PhD in IT Convergence Engineering from Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, South Korea (Fully Funded Scholarship)

 PhD Thesis Title: User Pairing and Power Allocation in Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access under Mobility for 5G and Beyond

 Supervisor: Dr. Soo Young Shin (http://wens.re.kr/members/professor)

2014-2016: MS in Computer Science from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan

 MS Thesis Title: Balanced Load Distribution and Energy Efficient Routing to Avoid Energy Holes for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

 Supervisor: Dr. Nadeem Javaid (http://www.njavaid.com/)

2008-2013: Bachelor of Computer Science from University of Peshawar, Pakistan (Texpo 'Mentoring a Talent' Scholarship Award)

 BS Project Title: Personnel Information System for Capital City Police

 Supervisor: Dr. Azhar Rauf

2006-2008: Higher Secondary School Certificate in Computer Science from Islamia College Peshawar, B.I.S.E Peshawar, Pakistan