Research Interests




Research Grants

[G12]  Alliance International (Catalyst) "Scalable and trustworthy machine learning over the wireless edge networks" [Funded by: NSERC, Canada,  Amount = $24,890 for 2023 - 2024, PI].

[G11]  Discovery Grant "Agile and Smart Radio Environments with Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for Sixth Generation (6G) Communication Systems" [Funded by: NSERC, Canada,  Amount = $140,000 for 2021 - 2026, PI].

[G10] Discovery Launch Supplement "Agile and Smart Radio Environments with Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for Sixth Generation (6G) Communication Systems" [Funded by: NSERC, Amount = $12,500 for 2021 - 2022, PI].

[G9] Alliance "Channel characterization and adaptive learning solutions for WiFi-assisted sensing in indoor environments" [Funded by: NSERC, Canada, Amount = $80,000 for 2022 - 2024, Co-PI].

[G8] Research Accelerate Grant "Software-controlled meta-surfaces based intelligent wireless communication systems"  [Funded by: Thompson Rivers University, Amount = $3000 for 2021 - 2022, PI].

[G7] Internal Research Fund "Design Physical Layer Security techniques for safeguarding the wireless powered communication networks" [Funded by: Thompson Rivers University,  Amount = $5000 for 2020 - 2021, PI].

[G6] USRA "Securing the wireless networks with deep learning and intelligent reflecting surfaces" [Funded by: NSERC,  Amount = $7500 for May. 2022 - Jul. 2022, Supervisor].

[G5] UREAP "Optimizing the UAV-assisted communication networks using Deep Learning" [Funded by: Thompson Rivers University,  Amount = $6000 for Apr. 2021 - Sep. 2021, Supervisor].

[G4] Globalink "Deep Learning for next generation wireless networks"  [Funded by: MITACS,  Amount = $1200 for May 2021 - Jul. 2021, Supervisor].

[G3] Globalink "Software-controlled meta-surfaces for 6G Communication Systems."  [Funded by: MITACS,  Amount = $1200 for May 2021 - Jul. 2021, Supervisor].

[G2] "Energy Harvesting Based Wireless Communications" [Funded by: HEC, Pakistan,  Amount = $10,000 for 2017 - 2018, PI].

[G1] "A Research on Wireless Energy Harvesting Protocols for Low Power Communication Systems" [Funded by: HEC, Pakistan,  Amount = $3000 for 2014 - 2017, PI].


Talks and Presentations

[T10] Wireless Energy Harvesting and Deep Learning for 5G and 6G Communication Systems, Thompson Rivers University (TRU), Jan. 2021, BC, Canada.

[T9] Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) and Artificial Intelligence for Wireless Communications, 10th International Smart City Expo, May 2019, Toronto, Canada.

[T8] Information Theoretic Framework for Relay Networks with Wireless Power Transfer (WPT), York University, Nov. 2018, Toronto, Canada.

[T7] Information Theoretic Framework for Relay Networks with Wireless Power Transfer (WPT), University of Toronto, Sep. 2018, Toronto, Canada.

[T6] Information Theoretic Framework for Relay Networks with Wireless Power Transfer (WPT), KICS, Feb. 2018, Lahore, Pakistan.

[T5] On the Error Analysis of Fixed-Gain Relay Networks over Composite Multipath/Shadowing Channels, UET, Mar. 2016, Lahore, Pakistan.

[T4] On the Error Analysis of Fixed-Gain Relay Networks over Composite Multipath/Shadowing Channels, IEEE VTC, Jun. 2013, Dresden, Germany.

[T3] Performance Analysis of Dual-Hop Variable Gain Relay Networks over Generalized-K Fading Channels, University of Leeds, Oct. 2011, Leeds, UK.

[T2] Outage and Ergodic Capacity Expressions for Fixed-Gain Relay Networks in the Presence of Interference, IEEE ICCS, Nov. 2010, Singapore.

[T1] Performance Analysis of Non-Regenerative Opportunistic Relaying in Nakagami-m fading, IEEE PIMRC, Sep. 2009, Tokyo, Japan.