Dr. Mouhamed Abdulla

Mouhamed Abdulla is a Professor of Electrical Engineering with the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of the Faculty of Applied Science and Technology at Sheridan Institute of Technology in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Since the fall-2015 he was an EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow (MSCA-IF) affiliated with the Electrical Engineering Dept. of Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. While in Europe, he was the principal investigator (PI) of the EU-H2020-MARSS-5G project focusing on ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) for V2X use cases. In addition, he was involved with other European Commission funded projects, including the EU-H2020-HIGHTS project. His 5G research on C-V2X was also supported by Ericsson Research Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2017, he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Dept. of Electronic Engineering of Tsinghua University in Beijing, P.R. China. With support from the EU-H2020-is3DMIMO project, under the EU-H2020-MSCA-RISE program, he conducted short visits to Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Harbin Institute of Technology in Shenzhen, Huawei Hong Kong, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Meanwhile, until 2015, he was an NSERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Dept. of Electrical Engineering of the University of Québec in Montréal working on interference mitigation techniques for satellite communications. Prior to that, he worked as a Systems Engineering Researcher in the Wireless Design Laboratory of the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Concordia University. Moreover, for nearly 7 years since 2003, he was employed at IBM Canada Ltd. as a Senior Technical Specialist working on IBM's ThinkPad units.

Dr. Abdulla received, respectively in 2003, 2006, and 2012, a B.Eng. degree (with Distinction) in Electrical Engineering, an M.Eng. degree in Aerospace Engineering, and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering all at Concordia University in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He holds several awards from international organizations, government, academia, and industry. He is professionally affiliated with IEEE, IEEE ComSoc, IEEE YP (S'02-GSM'09-M'12), ACM, AIAA, OIQ, GK, and MCAA. He was an IEEE Executive Committee member of the Montréal Section, where he held the Secretary position in 2013 and the Treasurer in 2014-2015. In addition, he was the Secretary and Treasurer of IEEE ComSoc and ITSoc societies. He is on the Editorial Board of various journal publications. He constantly serves as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member of flagship international conferences. And he is a regular reviewer of journal publications such as: IEEE, IET, Wiley, Springer, EURASIP, Elsevier, ACM and Hindawi. Furthermore, he regularly serves as a referee for several Canadian and European Granting Agencies, including as EU Expert Evaluator for the H2020-MSCA-IF program. He also contributes  as an examination writer for the IEEE/IEEE ComSoc WCET® Certification Program, and he is a member of the committee overseeing the update of this certification. Moreover, he is a member of the IEEE Connected, Automated and Intelligent Vehicles Working Group with the mandate to draft the "IEEE P2040 Standard", which is the first ever standard of its kind for autonomous vehicles. Since 2020, he is appointed by IEEE Canada Board (R7) as a member of the IEEE Industry Committee with the mandate to strengthen partnership with Industry by promoting IEEE Standards on emerging technologies. His research interest includes: vehicular communications, mobile communications, space/satellite communications, performance analysis, channel characterization, and machine learning algorithms for wireless systems. Moreover, he has an interest in pedagogical research focusing on engineering education, engineering design, course development, and the implementation of CDIO within the engineering curriculum. Since 2011, his biography is listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World publication. He has an Erdős number of 4.

To find out more regarding his professional qualifications please visit www.DrMoe.org

Credentials

• Prof. of Elec. Eng. (2018-Present, Sheridan, ON, Canada)
• Visiting Research Fellow (2017, Tsinghua Univ., P.R. China)
• EU Marie-Curie Fellowship (2017, Chalmers Univ. of Tech., Sweden)  
• NSERC PostDoc (2015, ETS, Univ. of Quebec, QC, Canada)
• Ph.D. Degree in Elec. Eng. (2012, Concordia Univ., QC, Canada)
• Sr. System Eng. (2003-2010, IBM Canada Ltd., QC, Canada)
• M.Eng. Degree in Mech. & Industrial Eng. (2006, Concorda Univ., QC, Canada)
• B.Eng. Degree in Elec. Eng. (2003, Concordia Univ., QC, Canada)

Past/Present Research Funding

• Bell Canada
• Ericsson Research
• European Commission
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
• Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Québec (CRIAQ)
• Various University Departments: Concordia, ÉTS, Chalmers, Sheridan

Invited Podcast, Seminars, Panels and Visits

• Podcast Interview: Data Skeptic Podcast
• North America: Sheridan Creates 2022, IEEE London/UWO, Sheridan 5G Summit, Sheridan Creates 2021, Concordia Univ., McGill Univ., École Polytechnique, Univ. of Montréal, ÉTS, Univ. of Québec, UQAM, EMICA, Univ. of Ottawa, Carleton Univ., McMaster Univ., Univ. of Toronto, Ryerson Univ., Dalhousie Univ., MUN.
• Europe: Chalmers Univ. of Tech., International Science Festival of Gothenburg, KTH Royal Institute of Tech., Halmstad Univ., Univ. of Pisa.
• Asia: Tsinghua Univ., BUPT, Harbin Institute of Tech., Westlake Univ., Huawei Hong Kong, Nanyang Tech. Univ.
• Middle East: Univ. of Dubai, Univ. of Sharjah.

IEEE Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member

• IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM, ComSoc)
• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC, ComSoc)
• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC, VTS)
• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC, ComSoc)
• IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC, ComSoc)
• IEEE Int. Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE)
• IEEE Virtual Conference on Communications (VCC, ComSoc)
• IEEE European Wireless (EW)
• etc.

Selected Peer-reviewed Publications

Engineering Education:

• H. Nabovati, P. Ogg, M. Abdulla, and J. Berge "Development of Outcome-Based Assessment Metric for Engineering Program Accreditation," In Proc. of the 14th Conference on Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA'23), pp. 1-5, Univ. of British Colombia (UBC), Kelowna, British Colombia, Canada, Jun. 17-21, 2023. Link
• M. Abdulla and W. Ma, "Remote Teaching and Learning in Applied Engineering: A Post-Pandemic Perspective," in Applied Degree Education and the Future of Learning, C. Hong and W.W.K. Ma, Eds. Singapore: Springer Nature, 2022, ch. 9, pp. 167–182. ISBN: 978-981-16-9811-8 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-9812-5_9 (arXiv:2108.02714)
• M. Abdulla, M. Troop, and A. Majeed, "Framework for an Integrated Learning Block with CDIO-led Engineering Education," In Proc. of the 16th International CDIO Conference (CDIO'20), pp. 150-159, hosted on-line by Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, Jun. 8-10, 2020. ISBN Digital: 978-91-88041-28-9 (arXiv:2006.03150) (Video, Link)
• M. Abdulla, Z. Motamedi, and A. Majeed, "Redesigning Telecommunication Engineering Courses with CDIO geared for Polytechnic Education," In Proc. of the 10th Conference on Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA'19), pp. 1-5, Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Jun. 9-12, 2019. DOI: 10.24908/PCEEA.VI0.13855 (arXiv:1905.02951) (Video)
• M. Abdulla and Y. R. Shayan, "On the Peculiarities of Design: An Engineering Perspective," In Proc. of the 4th Conference on Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA'13), pp. 1-5, Univ. of Montréal, École Polytechnique, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Jun. 17-20, 2013. DOI: 10.24908/PCEEA.V0I0.4823 (arXiv:1305.4148)
• M. Abdulla and Y. R. Shayan, "Can Research be Taught?," In Proc. of the 6th Conference on Canadian Design Engineering Network and the Canadian Congress on Engineering Education (CDEN/C2E2'09), pp. 288-292, McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Jul. 27-29, 2009. DOI: 10.24908/PCEEA.V0I0.3706 (arXiv:1306.1288)
• Y. R. Shayan and M. Abdulla, "Design Based Teaching for Science and Engineering Students," In Proc. of the 5th Conference on Canadian Design Engineering Network (CDEN'08), pp. 1-4, Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Jul. 27-29, 2008. DOI: 10.24908/PCEEA.V0I0.3741 (arXiv:1306.1604)

IoT for Smart Cities:

• A. Ramoutar, Z. Motamedi, and M. Abdulla, "Latency of Concatenating Unlicensed LPWAN with Cellular IoT: An Experimental QoE Study," In Proc. of the 94th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2021-Fall), pp. 1-6, virtual conference, Sep. 27-30, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/VTC2021-Fall52928.2021.9625483 (arXiv:2105.10852)
• A. Ramoutar, Z. Motamedi, and M. Abdulla, "Dataset for End-to-end Latency Measurements of Standalone and Concatenated LPWAN Architectures with LoRa and LTE-M Networks", IEEE Dataport, May. 2021. DOI: 10.21227/zzax-g919 

Vehicular Communications:

• M. Abdulla and H. Wymeersch, "Fine-Grained vs. Average Reliability for V2V Communications around Intersections," In Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM'17), pp. 1-5, Singapore, Dec. 4-8, 2017. DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOMW.2017.8269131 (arXiv:1707.03297)
• M. Abdulla and K. Wu, "5G Connected Vehicles: the Missing Link to Highly Autonomous Vehicles," Routes et transports Magazine, l'Association québécoise des transports (AQTr), vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 122-127, Oct. 2017. ISSN Print: 0319-3780
• M. Abdulla and H. Wymeersch, "Fine-Grained Reliability for V2V Communications around Suburban and Urban Intersections," arXiv:1706.10011, pp. 1-27, Jul. 2017.
• M. Abdulla, E. Steinmetz, and H. Wymeersch, "Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications with Urban Intersection Path Loss Models," In Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM'16), pp. 1-6, Washington DC, USA, Dec. 4-8, 2016. DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOMW.2016.7849078 (arXiv:1610.02765)

Mobile Communications:

• M. Abdulla and Y. R. Shayan, “Large-Scale Fading Behavior for a Multi-Cellular Network with Uniform Spatial Distribution,” Wiley's Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal, vol. 16, no.7, pp. 748-764, May. 2016. DOI: 10.1002/WCM.2565 (arXiv:1302.0891)
• M. Abdulla, “Simple Subroutine for Inhomogeneous Deployment,” In Proc. of the 6th IEEE Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS'14), pp. 1-3, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Sep. 15-18, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/GIIS.2014.6934284 (arXiv:1409.4016)
• M. Abdulla, “On the Fundamentals of Stochastic Spatial Modeling and Analysis of Wireless Networks and its Impact to Channel Losses,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia Univ., Montréal, Québec, Canada, Sep. 2012. ID: 974847
• M. Abdulla and Y. R. Shayan, “Analytical Coexistence Benchmark for Assessing the Utmost Interference Tolerated by IEEE 802.20,” Journal of Information Processing Systems, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 43–52, Mar. 2011. DOI: 10.3745/JIPS.2011.7.1.043 (arXiv:1306.1907)
• M. Abdulla and Y. R. Shayan, “Closed-Form Path-Loss Predictor for Gaussianly Distributed Nodes,” In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'10), pp. 1-6, Cape Town, South Africa, May 23-27, 2010. DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2010.5502200 (arXiv:1306.0946)
• M. Abdulla and Y. R. Shayan, “An Exact Path-Loss Density Model for Mobiles in a Cellular System,” In Proc. of the 7th ACM International Symposium on Mobility Management and Wireless Access (MobiWac'09), held in conjunction with MSWiM'09, pp. 118-122, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Oct. 26-30, 2009. DOI: 10.1145/1641776.1641797 (arXiv:1306.0944)
• M. Abdulla, Y. R. Shayan and J. H. Baek, "Revisiting Circular-Based Random Node Simulation,” In Proc. of the 9th IEEE International Symposium on Communication and Information Technology (ISCIT'09), pp. 731-732, Incheon, South Korea, Sep. 28-30, 2009. DOI: 10.1109/ISCIT.2009.5341148 (arXiv:1306.0291)
• M. Abdulla and Y. R. Shayan, “Cellular-Based Statistical Model for Mobile Dispersion,” In Proc. of the 14th IEEE International Workshop on Computer-Aided Modeling, Analysis and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD'09), pp. 1-5, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Jun. 12, 2009. DOI: 10.1109/CAMAD.2009.5161465 (arXiv:1306.0162)
  
• M. Abdulla and Y. R. Shayan, "Harnessing Simultaneously the Benefits of UWB and MBWA: A Practical Scenario," In Proc. of the 22nd IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE'09), pp. 508-513, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, May 3-6, 2009. DOI: 10.1109/CCECE.2009.5090185 (arXiv:1305.7250)

Aerospace Engineering:

• M. Abdulla, J. V. Svoboda, and L. Rodrigues, "Avionics Made Simple," Dept. of Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering, Concordia Univ., Montréal, Québec, Canada, Dec. 2005, pp. 173. ISBN: 978-0-88947-908-1 (course pack)

Magazines and Newsletters:

• Biographical sketch featured by IEEE Toronto, Feb. 2024.
  
• C. Florea, G. C. van der Kamp-Alons, A. Weinar, M. Abdulla, R. van der Meel and M. E. Wokke, "How to Write a Successful Marie Skłodowska Curie Action (MSCA) Proposal: A Guide by the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), North America Chapter," EURAXESS North America Newsletter, European Commission, no. 4, pp. 7-9, Dec. 2018.
  
• M. Abdulla, A. Benyamin-Seeyar and F. Labeau, “Global Communications Newsletter: A Busy 2015 for IEEE ComSoc in Eastern Canada,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 1-4, Apr. 2016. DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2016.7452257
  
• M. Abdulla, A. Benyamin-Seeyar and F. Labeau, “Global Communications Newsletter: DLT of Koichi Asatani to Montréal, Canada,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 53, no. 7, pp. 1-4, Jul. 2015. DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2015.7158258