Personal Information

 Assistant Professor

Department of  Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Contact Information

Phone: 6402000 Ext. 72459

Email: galnwaimi@kau.edu.sa

Ghassan Rashed Alnwaimi

 Assistant Professor

Profile

 

Ghassan Rashed Alnwaimi
Qualifications: BSc, MSc, PhD,

Ghassan Alnwaimi is an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at King Abdulaziz University, KSA. Dr Ghassan completed his BSc with 1st honour degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from King Abdulaziz University, and MSc with distinction in Mobile and Satellite Communications from the University of Surrey, UK. He received his PhD from the Centre for Communication Systems Research (CCSR) at University of Surrey, UK, 2014. His research interests include the design of cognitive radio systems, self-organization networks, distributed strategic learning, game theory and their application to wireless networks.  spectrum sensing, dynamic resource allocation and interference management in femtocells and heterogeneous networks. He received several national awards and actively involved in several large-scale European projects (OneFit, QoSMOS, ACROPOLIS etc.).

Education

  • 2006

    Bachelor degree from Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringFaculty of Engineering , King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2009

    Master degree from (Centre for Communications System Research (CCSRFaculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, بريطانيا

  • 2014

    Doctorate degree from (Centre for Communications System Research (CCSR)Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, بريطانيا

Employment

  • 2005-2005

    Summer Training, Saudi Aramco Company, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2006-2006

    Summer Training, Siemens, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests


  • Telecommunications, Wireless Networking, Cognitive Radio Network (4G/5G), Mobile systems (GSM/W-CDMA/LTE/LTE-Advanced).
  • Spectrum sensing algorithms, Collaborative sensing for cognitive radio systems, Resource allocations, Dynamic spectrum access, Interference management in heterogeneous networks.
  • Game Theory, Machine Learning, Distributed strategic learning for wireless network, Optimization theory and system optimisation.
  • Participated and actively involved in several large scale Europeanprojects (OneFit, QoSMOS, ACROPOLIS)

 

Workshops:

  • Fundamentals of Digital Design, Jeddah, KSA
  • Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Jeddah, KSA
  • Fundamentals of FPGA Design, Jeddah, KSA
  • Quick Start Tutorial on (ISE SOFTWARE), Jeddah, KSA
  • First International Summer School on Cognitive Wireless Communications, in Florence, Italy, on July 12-15, 2011
  • CCSR's Research Symposium CRS 2011, Guildford, UK
  • 7th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 4-8 July 2011 

Scientific interests

  • Research experience in wireless and mobile communications, system level simulations, mathematical modelling, algorithms and protocol development
  • Project management experience
  • Experience in hardware and simulation developing
  • Micro controllers : PIC Series, Assembly Language MPLAB IDE, PICBASIC PROTM
  • Compiler Simulation: lab View, ADS program, ORCAD, MATLAB
  • Programming Language: C, C++(Basics)

 Training:
  • LabVIEW Basics I, July 2006, Jeddah, KSA
  • LabVIEW Basics II, July 2006, Jeddah, KSA
  • Fundamentals of Nanotechnology, June-August 2007, Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, UKNext Generation Mobile and Wireless Networks, ITU Centers of Excellence for Europe, 22 November-19 December 2011
  • Random Matrix Theory, January 2012, online course
  • Distributed Strategic Learning for Engineers, February 2012, Supélec, France
  • Mobile Broadband: LTE/LTE-Advanced, WiMAX and WLAN, ITU Centers of Excellence for Europe, 20 November-19 December 2012

Courses

Structured Computer Programming 201 EE
SENIOR PROJECT 499 EE

Areas of expertise

2010-2013 Deputy club leader of the Cognitive Radio research club CCSR, University of Surrey, UK