Research Interests:
- Stochastic Network Calculus theory and application to multi-hop wireless networks and smart grid.
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Wireless Relay Networks (WRN).
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Applied stochastic processes and probability.
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Performance analysis of computer networks.
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Optimal scheduling and resource allocation in
wireless networks.
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Cross-layer design in emerging wireless
systems.
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3G/4G wireless systems; HSDPA, HSPA, CDMA2000/EVDO/EVDV,
WIMAX, LTE.
Biography:
Hussein
got his B.Sc. (with honors) and his M.Sc. from the University of
Technology-Electrical Engineering department-Baghdad and majored in
Communication Engineering. He was a faculty member in Al-Mansour
College University from 1995 to 1997. From 1997 to 2001, he was a
faculty member at the Faculty of Engineering at Hoon - Tahaddi
University. In 2002 he moved to Canada and started his second M.Sc. at
Carleton University - Ottawa in 2004 and majored in Broad-Band
Communication Networks. In summer 2005, he was upgraded to a PhD
program. Now he is a post-doctoral fellow at University of Toronto
conducting research in the area of network calculus as well as
stochastic modeling and optimization in wireless networks.
Honors and Awards:
- The Minister of Higher Education prize, for
ranking the 2nd of 73,
University of Technology, Baghdad.
- NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2
years, 2010. One of 285 awarded across Canada in Science &
Engineering.
- NSERC Visiting Fellowship,
Defense R&D Canada, 2009.
- NSERC-summer program in Taiwan,
2009. One of 8 awarded across Canada in Science & Engineering.
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), held at
Carleton University, 2008-2009.
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship for Science and Technology
(OGSST), 2006.
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship for Science and Technology
(OGSST), 2005.
- Dr. Roger Kaye Memorial Award twice, 2007 and
2008, Carleton University.
- Domestic Tuition Scholarship-Carleton University, for 4 years.
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