Kamran Arshad
  • Kamran Arshad

  • Dean of Research and Graduate Studies
  • Ext: 6027

Prof. Kamran Arshad is the Dean of Research and Graduate Studies and a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Ajman University, UAE, with over 18 years of research and teaching experience in higher education. Before joining Ajman University in January 2016, he served as a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) and Program Director of MSc Wireless Mobile Communications Systems Engineering at the University of Greenwich, UK. Prof. Arshad is a Senior Member of IEEE (SM-IEEE), a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (SF-HEA), and an Associate Editor of the EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking. His research focuses on cognitive radio, LTE/LTE-Advanced, 5G, and cognitive Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications. He managed the European project QoSMOS at the University of Surrey, UK, leading the university’s team and collaborating with major industry players like British Telecom, Toshiba, Thales, NEC, Agilent, Alcatel Lucent, Nokia, and Ericsson. Prof. Arshad has an extensive global research network, contributing to multiple European and international large-scale projects and co-authoring numerous joint publications. He has supervised over five PhD graduates and more than 40 MSc theses. With 140+ peer-reviewed technical papers in top journals and international conferences, Prof. Arshad has received three best paper awards, one best R&D track award, and has chaired technical sessions at leading conferences. He has also authored/co-authored over 25 technical reports for the European Commission and served on the Technical Program Committee (TPC) of more than 100 international conferences. Prof. Arshad contributed to the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, further solidifying his impact in the field.

Education
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Middlesex University, London UK, 2007.
  • M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2003.
  • BEng in Electrical Engineering (with Distinction), NED University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan, 2000.
Experience
  • Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, Ajman University, UAE, March 2018 - Present.
  • Professor in Electrical Engineering, Ajman University, UAE, 2018 - Present.
  • Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering, Ajman University, UAE, 2016-2018.
  • Senior Lecturer & Program Director of MSc Wireless Mobile Communications Systems Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom, 2012-2016.
  • Project Manager and Research Fellow, Centre for Communication Systems Research (now Institute for Communication Systems), University of Surrey, United Kingdom, 2008–2012.
  • Research Officer, Institute of Advanced Telecommunications, Swansea University, United Kingdom, 2007-2008.
  • Lecturer (PT), Department of Computer and Communications Technology, Middlesex University, United Kingdom, 2005-2007.
  • Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2003-2005.
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2001-2003.
  • Network Engineer, Mobilink GSM (Motorola) Private Ltd., Pakistan, 2000-2001.
  • Lecturer in Electronic Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan, 2000.
Teaching Area
  • Signals and Systems
  • Principles of Communication
  • Probability and Random Process
  • Telecommunicaiton Systems and Networks
  • Electronic Circuits and Devices
  • Communication Engineering
Research
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
  • LTE/LTE-Advanced and 5G
  • Cognitive M2M
  • Radio Resource Management
  • Radio Wave Propagation Modelling
Publications
Conference Presentation
  • “Ultra-wideband Sensor Antenna Design for 5G/UWB Based Real Time Location Systems”, The International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT), 24-29 February 2020, Bucharest, Romania.
  • “Packet Length Optimization for Two Way Relaying” The International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference ( IWCMC 2019), 24-28 June 2019, Tangier, Morocco.
  • "Mobile Internet Activity Estimation and Analysis at High Granularity: SVR Model Approach" in 29th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC): IEEE PIMRC 2018, Bologna, Italy.
  • “Resource Allocation for Multi-Carrier Cellular Networks” at 2018 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC’18), 15-18 April 2018, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Keynote Speaker in International Symposium on Wireless Networks and Systems (ISWSN'17) , "How Cognitive M2M Solutions can Boost Pakistan Economy? Challenges and Opportunities" November 2017.
  • Keynote Speaker at the Mobile Deployable Conference, "M2M Communications in Whitespaces," February 2015, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Guest Speaker at University of Oklahoma, USA, "Cognitive Machine to Machine", December 2014, Tulsa OK USA.
  • Invited Speaker in Military Satellite Communication Conference, "Cognitive Radio: Are Licensed Users Protected?", August 2014, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Keynote Speaker at the Mobile Deployable Conference, "Cognitive Radio Technology," February 2014, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Invited Speaker at the Software Defined Radio Conference, "Spectrum Sensing for Future Networks," June 2012, London, UK.
  • Panel Member at IEEE PIMRC 2011, "Practical Scenarios and Opportunities for Future Cognitive Radio Systems," September 2011, Toronto, Canada.
  • "Energy efficient scheduling in LTE-advanced for Machine Type Communication" at International Conference and Workshop on Computing and Communication (IEMCON), Vancouver, BC, 2015.
  • "Self-Optimization of Cell Sizes in Cellular Networks" in Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), August 2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  • "System level power consumption model for mobile phones as part of E3F" in Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), August 2015, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
  • "LTE system level performance in the presence of CQI feedback uplink delay and mobility" in 2015 International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA), Feb. 2015, Sharjah, UAE.
  • "An adaptive hybrid scheduling algorithm for LTE-Advanced", in 2015 22nd International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), April 2015, Casablanca, Morroco.
  • "A joint resource allocation and link adaptation algorithm with carrier aggregation for 5G LTE-Advanced network", in 2015 22nd International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), April 2015, Sydney, Australia.
  • "A Joint Resource Allocation and Link Adaptation Algorithm with Carrier Aggregation for 5G LTE-Advanced Network", in 2015 22nd International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), April 2015, Sydney, Australia.
  • "Energy Efficient Carrier Aggregation for LTE-Advanced," IEEE GCC, February 2015, Muscat, Oman.
  • "LTE-Advanced, and the Way Forward," The 14th International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT), September 2014, Seoul, South Korea.
  • "Indoor Statistical Channel Modelling Using Agilent 8960" in Current Trends in Information Technology (CTIT), December 2013, Dubai, UAE.
  • "Robust Home Automation Scheme using Cognitive ZigBee Networks" in IEEE Conference on Information & Communication Technologies (ICT), May 2013, Casablanca, Morocco.
  • "Malicious Users Detection in Collaborative Spectrum Sensing using Statistical Tests" in International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN), July 2012, Phuket, Thailand.
  • "Statistical Models for Spectrum Opportunities in Cognitive Radio," IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE PIMRC), September 2011, Toronto, Canada.
  • "Efficient Spectrum Management among Spectrum Sharing UMTS Operators" in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Budapest, Hungry, May 2011.
  • "Cognitive Time Variant Power Control in Slow Fading Mobile Channels" in IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Budapest, Hungry, May 2011.
  • "Joint Rate and Power Optimization Using Distributed Power Control Algorithms in Cognitive Radio," Software Defined Radio Conference, December 2010, Washington, D.C., USA.
  • "Fusion Strategies in Collaborative Spectrum Sensing," European Reconfigurable Conference (ERRT), June 2010, Mainz, Germany.
  • "Optimization of Collaborative Spectrum Sensing with SIMO Cognitive Terminals Using Genetic Algorithm," IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE PIMRC), September 2009, Tokyo, Japan.
  • "Dynamic Spectrum Allocation Between Two UMTS Operators to Maximize Spectrum Opportunity Index," International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, September 2009, Sendai, Japan.
  • "Collaborative Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio" in IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dresden, Germany, June 2009.
  • "Impact of User Correlation on Collaborative Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio" in ICT Summit, Santander, Spain, June 2009.
  • "Finite Element Formulation of Radio Wave Propagation in Tunnels" in International Symposium on Antennas & Propagation (ISAP), Singapore, November 2006.
  • "A New Approach to Modeling EM Wave Propagation in the Troposphere Using Finite Elements," 5th WSEAS International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics, Wireless and Optical Communications (ELECTROSCIENCE'05), August 2005, Corfu Island, Greece.
  • "Performance of Wireless OFDM System Channel Estimation with Different Pilot Patterns," 8th IEEE International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications (ISSTA), September 2004, Sydney, Australia.
  • "Effect of Doppler Frequency on Pilot Arrangements in Wireless OFDM Systems" in 3rd International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies: from Theory to Applications (ICTTA), April 2004, Damascus, Syria.
Memberships, Awards and Honors
  • Senior Member - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Senior Fellow - UK Higher Education Academy (HEA)
  • Associate Editor - EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
  • Founding member - IEEE Special Interest Group on Green Smart Grid Communications
  • Senior Fellow - Greenwich Opportunities in Learning and Development (GOLD)
  • Editorial Board Member - Journal of Telecommunications System and Management (JTSM)
  • Editorial Board Member - Journal of Science, Technology and Development
  • Best Research Paper Award in Future Network and Mobile Summit conference 2011 (Warsaw Poland)
  • Best Paper in R&D Track Award - SDR Wireless Innovation Conference and Product Exhibition (SDR'11-WinnComm) (Washington DC, USA)
  • Inclusion of Biography in Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 9th Edition (March 2009)
  • Received Performance-Related Payment (PRP) from the University of Surrey for exceptional performance (November 2009)
  • Inclusion of Biography in the Dictionary of International Biography, IBC, Cambridge, United Kingdom (March 2008)
  • Best Paper Award - 6th International Conference on Telecommunications and Informatics, Dallas, USA (March 2007)
  • Best Paper Award in 5th International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics, Wireless and Optical Communications, Corfu Island, Greece (October 2005)
  • University Research Scholarship (URS) - Full scholarship for PhD studies awarded by Middlesex University, London, UK (August 2004)
  • Full scholarship for MSc studies awarded by the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (April 2001)
  • Merit Certificate of Academic Excellence awarded by the NED University of Engineering and Technology for academic performance (April 2001)
  • Awarded silver medal for securing first-class second position in the Department of Electrical Engineering at NED University (November 2000)
  • Lead Guest Editor of a Special Issue (Resource Management for 5G, M2M/IoT, and Beyond) in Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (2018)