An updated version of my CV is available here.
Education:
The University of Texas at Austin, USA.
- PhD in Electrical Engineering (Aug. 2016 – Now).
- Advisors: Prof. Jeffrey Andrews and Prof. François Baccelli.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KSA.
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering (Aug. 2014 – May 2016).
- Advisor: Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini.
- GPA: 3.96/4.00.
The University of Jordan, Jordan.
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering (Aug. 2009 – Jan. 2014).
- GPA: 3.73/4.00, Valedictorian, Excellent with Honor.
Graduate Courses:
UT Austin:
- EE 381K: Wireless Communications (audit), Prof. Jeffrey Andrews.
- EE 381V: Stochastic Geometry, Prof. François Baccelli.
- CSE 384K: Theory of Probability, Prof. Gordan Žitković.
- EE 381K: Analysis and Design of Communications Networks (Queueing Theory), Prof. Gustavo de Veciana.
- EE 381M: Probability and Stochastic Processes II (Random Graphs), Prof. François Baccelli.
- EE 381K: Wireless Communications Lab, Prof. Robert Heath.
- EE 381J: Probability and Stochastic Processes I, Prof. Sanjay Shakkottai.
- EE 242: Digital Communication and Coding, Prof. Tareq Al-Naffouri.
- EE 244: Wireless Communications, Prof. Ahmed Sultan-Salem.
- EE 251: Digital Signal Processing, Prof. Ahmed Sultan-Salem.
- EE 343: Digital Communications Theory, Prof. Ahmed Sultan-Salem.
- EE 341: Information Theory, Prof. Tareq Al-Naffouri.
- AMCS 211: Numerical Optimization, Prof. Bernard Ghanem.
- AMCS 241: Probability and Random Processes, Mohamed-Slim Alouini.
- AMCS 243: Probability and Statistics, Prof. Marc Genton.
- CS 207: Programming Methodology and Abstractions.
Professional Experience:
Research Experience.
- Graduate research assistant in UT Austin (Aug. 2016 – Now).
- Visiting Researcher at INRIA, Paris, France. (Jan. 2020-Jul. 2020)
- Visiting Researcher at INRIA and LINCS, Paris, France. (Apr. 2019-Jul. 2019)
- Research intern at Samsung Research America, Richardson, TX. Project: Beamforming codebook design for 5G mobile phones (May 2018 – Aug. 2018).
- Research intern at Samsung Research America, Richardson, TX. Project: mmWaves integrated access and backhauling for 5G cellular networks (May 2017 – Aug. 2017).
- Graduate research assistant in the Communications Theory Lab (CTL) in KAUST (Aug. 2014 – May 2016).
- A technical program committee (TPC) for ICC 2018, WCSP 2018, ICC 2019, and ICC 2020. A reviewer for several other conferences.
- Technical Reviewer for IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transaction on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Access, Journal of Communications and Networks, SN Applied Sciences, and International Journal of Communication Systems.
Teaching Experience.
Teaching Assistant in:
- EE 381K: Wireless Communications, UT Austin, Fall 2018, with Prof. Jeffrey Andrews.
- EE 313: Linear Signals and Systems, UT Austin, Fall 2016, with Prof. Jeffrey Andrews.
- AMCS 241: Probability and Random Processes, KAUST, Fall 2015, with Prof. Ganesh Sundaramoorthi.
- AMCS 107: Programming with MATLAB and Mathematica, KAUST, Summer 2015, with Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini.
Honours and Awards:
- Student Leadership Award, awarded by the Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG) at UT Austin, 2020.
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Chateaubriand Fellow, awarded by the Embassy of France in the United States, 2019.
- Professional Development Award, awarded by the ECE department at UT Austin, 2019.
- Exemplary reviewer in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, 2018.
- Exemplary reviewer in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS, 2017.
- Exemplary reviewer in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, 2017.
- Best poster award in KAUST-NSF Research Conference on Electronic Materials, Devices and Systems for a Sustainable Future 2016.
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Fellowship. (Fall 2015 – Spring 2016)
- University of Jordan Award for Scientific Excellence (Top of Electrical Engineering 2014 class).
- Jordanian Ministry of Education Scholarship. (2011-2014)
- University of Jordan Scholarship for Scientific Excellence (Top of the class). (2009 – 2011)