Supervision

Research Equity and Inclusion

Please note that the University of Waterloo has a strong commitment to increasing equity, diversity, inclusion, and supporting Indigenous initiatives (EDII) in all facets of its operations and to remove barriers to achieving an equitable academic, research and campus environment. This commitment is rooted in one of Waterloo’s core values - we all belong. In our pursuit of excellence, we create conditions for everyone to flourish.

PhD Students Supervised

• Y. Wei, "E2E service performance enhancement for tile-based adaptive 360◦ VR video streaming", PhD, 2025.
• K. Qu, "Dynamic resource provisioning and scheduling in SDN/NFV-enabled core networks", PhD, 2021 (Professor, Beihang University, China).
• O. Alhussein, "On the orchestration and provisioning of NFV-enabled multicast services", PhD, 2020 (Assistant Professor, Khalifa University, UAE).
• A. Abdalrahman Ahmed, "PEV charging infrastructure integration into smart grid", PhD, 2020 (Specialist, Market Analysis, Independent Electricity System Operator, Ontario, Canada).
• M. Parvizimosaed, "Frequency and voltage control of islanded microgrids", PhD, 2020 (Research Engineer, Edgecom Energy, Toronto, Canada).
• H.G. Moussa, "Channel access management for massive cellular IoT applications", PhD, 2020 (Research Engineer, Ericsson Research Centre, Ottawa).
• Q. Ye, "Adaptive medium access control for Internet-of-Things enabled mobile ad hoc networks", PhD, 2016 (Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, Canada).
• B. Bharati, "Link-layer cooperative communication in vehicular networks", PhD, 2016 (Research Engineer, Ericsson Research Centre, Ottawa).
• K. Rahimi Malekshan, "Spectrum and energy effcient medium access control for wireless ad hoc networks", 2016 (Research Engineer at Siemens Canada, Toronto)
• Y. Zhou, "Link-layer cooperative communication in wireless ad hoc networks", PhD, 2015 (Associate Professor at ShanghaiTech, China).
• K. Abboud, "Node cluster stability in vehicular ad hoc networks", PhD, 2015 (Research Scientist, Amazon, Boston, USA).
• Q. Shen, "Resource management in e-health systems", PhD, 2015 (Engineering Manager, Klarna, Toronto).
• H.A. Omar, "Medium access control, packet routing, and Internet gateway placement in vehicular ad hoc networks", PhD, 2014 (Research Engineer at Huawei Research Centre, Ottawa).
• M. Ismail, "Radio resource management in a heterogeneous wireless access medium," PhD, 2013 (Associate Professor at Tennessee Tech University, USA).
• S. Gunawardena, "Modeling and analysis of voice and data in cognitive radio networks", PhD, 2013 (currently Senior Lecturer, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka).
• H. Liang, "Resource management in delay tolerant networks and smart grid", PhD, 2013 (Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada).
• Md. F. Uddin, "Throughput optimization in multihop wireless networks with random access", PhD, 2011 (Professor at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh).
• H. Samuel, "Reliable communications over heterogeneous wireless networks", PhD, 2010 (Lead Software Developer, Open Text, Waterloo, Canada).
• H.T. Cheng, "Radio resource management for wireless mesh networks supporting heterogeneous traffic," PhD, 2009 (Senior Engineer, Ericsson, Ottawa, Canada).
• P. Wang, "Distributed medium access control for QoS support in wireless networks", PhD, 2008 (Professor at York University, Canada).
• A. Abdrabou, "Network-layer resource allocation for wireless ad hoc networks", PhD, 2008 (Professor at the United Arab Emirates University, UAE).
• W. Song, "Resource allocation for cellular/WLAN integrated networks", PhD, 2007 (Professor at the University of New Brunswick, Canada).
• H. Jiang, "QoS oriented resource allocation in wireless multimedia communications," PhD, 2006 (Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada). Hai Jiang received the "Outstanding achievement in graduate studies" award at the UW's Ninety-Third Convocation celebration.
• Y. Cheng, "Efficient resource allocation in Differentiated Services networks", PhD, 2003 (Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA).
• V. Huang, "Efficient resource allocation in wideband CDMA multimedia communications", PhD, 2003 (Senior Engineer, Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden).
• L. Cong, "Mobile location in wideband CDMA cellular systems", PhD, 2003 (Engineering Manager, Qualcomm, San Diego, USA).
• A.H.S. Mohammadi, "Application of turbo-codes in digital communications", PhD, 2001 (currently faculty member at Simon Fraser University, Canada).
• M. Soleimanipour, "Optimal resource management in W-CDMA wireless multimedia systems", PhD, 1999 (subsequently employed as a faculty member at Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran).

MASc Students Supervised

• R. Wang, “Network virtualization for connected and autonomous vehicles", MASc, 2024.
• Z. Sun, “Online vehicle subgroup scheduling for feature-level cooperative classification", MSAc, 2023 (PhD student at University of Toronto).
• X. Ye, "Cooperative sensing and computation for environment perception in autonomous driving with vehicular edge computing", MASc, 2022 (Research Engineer, Huawei Canada, Toronto).
• S. Yan, "Transmission protocol for video-on-demand streaming in 5G core networks", MASc, 2020 (Research Engineer, Qualcomm, Ottawa).
• F. Farmani, "Frequency control via demand response in smart grid", MASc, 2018.
• C. Lou, "A study of energy-effcient routing supporting coordinated sleep scheduling in wireless ad hoc networks," MASc, 2015.
• A. K. Tamang, "A study of vehicle-to-vehicle power transfer operation in V2G-equipped microgrid", MASc, 2014 (currently a software engineer at Cisco, Ottawa).
• N. Mohammadizadeh, "Cooperative end-to-end congestion control in heterogeneous wireless networks," MASc, 2013.
• K. Ali, "QoS support for voice packet transmission over cognitive radio networks," MASc, 2010 (subsequently a PhD student at the University of Calgary).
• W. Alasmary, "The mobility impact in IEEE 802.11p infrastructureless vehicular networks," MASc, 2010 (subsequently a PhD student at the University of Toronto).
• K. Abboud, "Modeling and analysis for emergency messaging delay in vehicular ad hoc networks," MASc, 2009 (subsequently a PhD student at the University of Waterloo).
• F. Wang, "Adaptive weighted scheduling in cognitive radio networks", MASc, 2009 (subsequentlyly employed by Huawei Technologies Canada, Toronto).
• Y. Zhang, "Vertical handoff between 802.11 and 802.16 wireless access networks", MASc, 2008.
• T. AbdelKader, "QoS routing in wireless mesh network", MASc, 2008 (subsequently a PhD student at the University of Waterloo).
• M. Alsabaan, "Link layer priority management techniques for supporting real time traffic in wireless mesh networks", MASc, 2007 (subsequently a PhD student at University of Waterloo).
• S. Chang, "MAC protocol for integrated video/data services in WLAN", MASc, 2006 (currently employed by Symantec in San Francisco with a PhD degree from the Iowa State University).
• Z. Li, "Resource allocation in multiband OFDM systems", MASc, 2006 (subsequently a PhD student at the University of Waterloo).
• S. Teymori, "Packet scheduling for heavy-tailed traffic in wireless networks", MASc, 2004 (subsequently employed by Biolab Canada, Oakville, Ontario).
• R. Zheng, "Scalable multiple description coding and distributed video streaming over 3G mobile networks," MASc, 2003 (subsequently employed by Huawei Tech., ShenZhen, China).
• K.H.K. Chan, "An analysis of wireless high-speed data services for cellular CDMA systems," MASc, 2002 (subsequently employed by Qualcomm, San Diego).
• X. Liu, "Inter-cluster soft handoff in 3G/IP Interworking," MASc, 2002 (subsequently employed by Research In Motion, Waterloo).
• R.W.K. Ha, "Split-domain TCP-friendly protocol for MPEG-4 adaptive rate video streaming over 3G networks", MASc, 2002 (now employed by Philips Research, Shanghai, China).
• C.W. Leong, "CAC for voice and data services in wireless communications", MASc, 2001 (subsequently employed by Banco Comercial de Macau).
• J.S.Y. Lee, "Channel precoding with small envelope variations for pi/4-DQPSK and MSK over frequency-selective slow fading channels", MASc, 2000 (subsequently employed by Kaval Telecom, Toronto).
• S. Lombardi, "Soft handoff in a CDMA packet switched wireless environment", MASc, 1998 (subsequently employed by Nortel, Dallas, TX).
• J.Q. Chak, "Connection admission control for an indoor multimedia wireless DS-CDMA system", MASc, 1996 (subsequently employed by Lucent Wireless Lab, Toronto).
• Y.-L. Chan, "Channel precoding with constant amplitude for QPSK over slowly fading channels using dimension partitioning technique", MASc, 1996 (subsequently employed by Clearnet, Toronto).
• S.F. Manji, "Reverse link power control for multimedia packetized DS-CDMA in a slowly Rayleigh fading environment", MASc, 1996 (subsequently joining the PhD program at Rutgers University, New Jersey).
• X. Zhang, "Channel assignment and sharing for wireless cellular networks", MASc, 1996 (subsequently employed by Lucent Technologies, New Jersey).