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 Z. Ghassemlooy - RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES
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Visiting
Professor
Technological University of Malaysia, 2008-
Malaysia
Hong-Kong Polytechnic University, Dec. 2007
Hong-Kong
Ankara University, March 2006, Turkey
Professional
Organisation Membership
Senior Member
of
IEEE
Fellow
of IET (2000-)
Chartered Engineer
(1991-)
Chairman -
IEEE
UK-RI Communications Chapter (2009-)
Vice-Chairman -
IEEE
UK-RI Communications Chapter (2006-09)
Vice-Chairman - IET Network Northumbria Branch (2007-)
Management
Committee Member
- IC0802 UK to the EU COST Action IC0802 (2008 -)
UK
Liaison Officer
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EURASIP
(2008 -)
Member of the
Scientific Board-
Institute for Advanced Engineering and Research, Germany
(2009-)
Secretary -
IEEE UK-RI
Communications Chapter (2003-06)
University Liaison Officer -
IEEE
UK-RI Communications Chapter (2002-03)
College Member –
Engineering and Physical Science Research Council
(2003-05) and (2006-09)
Member
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International Association of Engineers (IAENG) (2007-)
Member
- The Engineering Professors' Council,
UK, (2005-)
Committee Member -
UKGRAD, Yorkshire
and North East Hub (2005-07)
External
Evaluator and Panel Member -
Basic Research Grant Programme, Science &
Innovation Enterprise, Ireland (2002-03)
Photonic
Panel Member -
Engineering, and Physical Science Research
Council (2002)
Committee Member - UKGRAD, Yorkshire and North East Hub (since
2005)
Editor /Guest
Editorial-ship
Chief Editor:
- The Mediterranean Journal of Computers
and Networks
- The Mediterranean Journal of
Electronics and Communications
Co Editor:
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Proceedings of the 6th Int. Symp. On Commun.
System, Networks & DSP,
23-25
July, 2008
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Proceedings of the 5th Int. Symp. On Commun.
System, Networks & DSP, 19-21 July, 2006
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Proceedings of the 1st Int. Symp.
On Commun. System. & DSP, Vols. 1& 2, 6-8 April, 1998
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the Abstract of Contribution for 1st
Int. Workshop on Materials for Optoelectronics, 22-23 August 1995,
Sheffield, UK, ISBN 086339 5473
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IEE Proceeding J. Optoelectronics, Special
issue “Analogue Optical Fibre Communications”, IEE, 1993
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Book on
‘Analogue Optical Fibre Communications’, IEE Telecommunication series 32, 1995
Associate
Editor:
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IEEE Com Letters, since 2008
Member of the
Editorial Boards:
- Majlesi Journal of Electrical
Engineering,
(2009-)
- Hindawi Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
(2009-)
- IEEE
Communications Letters,
(2008- )
- Contemporary Engineering Sciences,
(2008- )
- Iranian
Journal Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IJEEE),
(2008- )
- Journal
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, (2008-
)
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Contemporary
Engineering Sciences, (2007 -)
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Research
Letter in Signal Processing,
(2007 -)
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EURASIP Wireless Communications and Networking, (2004 -)
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Sensor Letters, American
Scientific Pub.,
(2003-04)
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Intern. J. of Communication Systems, J Wiley,
(2000
-)
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IEEE Transaction on Consumer Electronics,
(1998-2002)
Guest Editor:
- International
Journal of Communications - Special issue on Optical Wireless Communications,
2009
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Ubiquitous
Computing and Communication Journal - Selected papers from CSNDSP 08
conference, 2009
-
IEE
Proceeding Circuit, Devices and Systems,
Special issue on the best papers for CSNDSP conference,
Vol. 2, No. 1, 2008
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IEE
Proceeding Circuit, Devices and Systems,
Special issue on the best papers for CSNDSP conference,
Vol. 153, No. 4, 2006
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The
Mediterranean Journal of Electronics and Communications, Special issue on Free Space Optics –RF, Vol 2, No. 3, 2006
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Int. J. of
Communication Systems, Special
issue on Indoor Optical
Wireless Communications, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2005
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IEE
Proceeding J in Optoelectronics, Special
issue on Optical wireless Communications, Vol. 147, No. 4, 2000
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Int. J. of
Communication Systems, Special
issue on Optical wireless Communications:
systems and networks, Vol. 13, 2000
External Examiner/ Assessor
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EPSRC and EU FPs Research Grant Evaluator
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External Evaluator for a Engineering Foundation
course, Bournemouth University,
2008.
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External Examiner –
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Postgraduate
course on Mobile and High Speed Telecommunication Networks, and
MSc Wireless Communication Systems, 2009-
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of West Indies, Barbados, 2006-2009.
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Undergraduate course on Communication and Electronics
Engineering, Delivered in Malaysia & Singapore,
University of Hertfordshire, 2008-2012
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Undergraduate courses on Computer Engineering,
Bournemouth University, 2002-2007
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Postgraduate course on Communication Engineering,
University of Hertfordshire, 2001-2005
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Postgraduate Courses on Digital Signal Processing and Image
Processing, School of Mechanical Engineering, Cranfield
University, 1998-2002
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Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Information Engineering
and Music Technology, School of Engineering,
Staffordshire University, 1997-2000
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Undergraduate course on Multimedia Communications,
Bournemouth University, June 2000
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External Assessor and advisor for the
Reader/Professorial/Visiting Professor Appointment Committee:
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Warwick University, UK, 2008
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Georgia Tech. USA, 2008
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Oxford Brooks University, UK, 2008
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University of Limerick, Ireland, 2007
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McMaster University, Canada, 2007
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Hong-Kong Polytechnic University, 2007
o
Shanghai Jiaotong University, China, 2006
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Newcastle University, UK, 2006
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Staffordshire University, UK, 2002, 2008
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The National Research Foundation, Pretoria, S. Africa, 2003
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Boston University, US, 2003
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The Technological University of Malaysia, Jahor, Malaysia, 2005
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External Advisor -
Pakistan Higher Commissioner for Higher Education,
2005
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External Evaluator -
Undergraduate course on Multimedia Communications,
Bournemouth University, June 2000
Initiator, Organiser /Secretary/Technical
Committee Member of Conference/Symposium
Founder
and Chairman - IEEE Intern. Symposium on
Communication Systems, Networks & DSP
(Founded in 1998)
Chairman -
7th IEEE Intern. Symposium on
Communication Systems, Networks & DSP,
21-23 July 2010, Newcastle
upon Tyne, UK
Secretary - IEEE Intern. Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks & DSP,
1998-2004
International Invited Session Chair
– 9th Intern. Conf.
on Hybrid Intelligent Systems, August
12-14th, 2009, Shenyang, LiaoNing, China
Co-organiser of Special
Sessions
- Reliability Issues on Optical Wireless Systems for
the Future Broadband Network, 9th International Conference on Transparent
Optical Networks (ICTON 07), Rome, Italy, June, 2007
- Reliability Issues on Optical Wireless Systems for
the Future Broadband Network, at the RONEXT workshop, 8th International
Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 06), Nottingham, UK, June
18-22, 2006
- Session Organiser: 9th International Symposium on
Communication Theory and Applications, ISCTA’07, 16th – 20th July 2007,
Ambleside, Lake District, UK
Member of the
Technical Committee/Advisory:
- IEEE
ICC 2010 - Signal Processing for Communications Symposium,
2010
- IEEE
GLOBECOM 2010, IEEE Workshop on Optical Wireless
Communications, 2010
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International Conference on Communications, Computer and Power
(ICCCP’09),
15-18 Feb.2009
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MosharakaInternational Conference on
Communications, Communications, Networking and Information Technology,
21-23 December 2009
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Mosharaka International Conference on Communications, Signals and Coding,
16-18 November 2009
- 1st International Conference on
Communications Infrastructure, Systems and Applications in Europe (EuropeComm
2009)
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Mosharaka
International Conference on Communications, Computers and Applications,
2008, 2009
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16th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering,
13-15 May, 2008, Tehran, Iran
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Intern. Program Committee for the IASTED Asian Conference on
Communication Systems and Networks (AsiaCSN),
Apr 02-04, 2008
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Intern. Confen. On Electronics, Computers and Artificial
Intelligence (ECAI 2007), Pitesti, Romania, 29h – 30h June,
2007
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15th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering,
May, 2007, Tehran, Iran
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Intern. Program Committee for the IASTED Intern.
Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (CSN) (since 2003)
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SIGMAP 2006, Intern. Confern. On Signal Processing and Multimedia, Setubal, Portugal,
2006
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1st Workshop
on Multi Media Applications over Wireless Networks (MediaWiN 2006), part of the
European Wireless Conference (EW 2006), Athens, Greece, April 2, 2006.
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Intern. Program Committee (IPC) for the IASTED
Intern. Conference on Optical Communication Systems and Networks (since
2003)
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14th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering, 16-18 May, 2006, Tehran, Iran
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Intern. Sympo. on Telecommunications – Dialog of Civilization
Through Telecommunications, Sept. 10-12, 2005, Shiraz, Iran
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2nd Intern. Confe. on
Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications (CITSA 2005), July 14 - 17, 2005, Orlando, Florida, USA.
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International
Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications ISSPA 2005, 22-25 August 2005, Sydney, Australia
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International Conference on Optical Commutations and Networks, August 20-22, 2003, Bangalore, India
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IEEE Globcom 2003
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4th Intern. Workshop on Distributed Computing (IWDC
2002),
December 28 - 31, 2002, University of Calcutta,
Kolkata (Calcutta), INDIA
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7th International Conference on Information Networks and
Systems, Technologies (ICINASTe'2001)
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Telecommunication of the International Association of Science and
Technology for Development, Canada
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1st Intern. Conference on Material for Opto-electronics, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, September 1995
Co-organiser - IEE Colloquium on
Optical Wireless Communications, London, UK,
22 June 1999
Conference/Symposium Session Chairperson
The First International ICST Conference on Communications
Infrastructure, Systems and Applications in Europe (EuropeComm 2009), 11-13
August 2009, London
3rd International Conference on Electronics, Computers and
Artificial Intelligence, (ECAI 2009), 3-5 July, 2009, Piteşti, Romania
HIS09,
China
International Conference on Transparent Optical
Networks - ’’Mediterranean Winter’’ 2008 (ICTON-MW'08), 11-13 Dec.,
2008, Marrakesh,
5th Broadnet08,
8-11 Sep. 2008, London, UK
6th CSNDSP08,
23-25 July 2008, Graz, Austria
5th Broadnet08,
8-11 Sep. 2008, London, UK
IEEE Globcom 2007,
Nov, Washington, USA
ICICS 2007,
10-13 Dec.2007, Singapore
IEEE ICC 2007,
24-28 June, Glasgow, UK
9th
International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 06),
Optical wireless Session, 1-5 July 2007, Rome, Italy
7th
IASTED International Conferences on Wireless and Optical Communications (WOC
2007), 30 May - 3 June 2007, Montreal,
Canada
14th
Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering, 16-18 May 2006, Tehran, Iran
5th CSNDSP 2006,University
of Patras, Greece, 19-21 July 2006
Co-organiser of a
Special Session on “Reliability Issues on Optical Wireless Systems for the
Future Broadband Network" at the RONEXT workshop in the 8th
Intern.Conf. on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 06),
Nottingham, UK, June 18-22, 2006
Intern. Sympo. on Telecommunications – Dialog of
Civilization Through Telecommunications, Sept.
10-12, 2005, Shiraz, Iran
2nd
Intern. Confe. on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and
Applications (CITSA 2005), Orlando,
Florida, USA,
July 14 - 17, 2005.
4th International Symposium on Communication
Systems, Networks & DSP, July 2004, The University of Newcastle, UK.
4th PGNet 2003 Conference, 16-17, 2003, Liverpool, UK
3rd International Symposium on Communication
Systems, Networks & DSP, July 2002, Staffordshire University, UK.
Wireless and Optical Communications (WOC2001), June
27-29, Banff, Canada, 2001
2nd
Intern. Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks & DSP,
July 2000, School of Engineering,
Bournemouth University, UK
2nd Int. Conf. on Information Communications
& Signal processing, ICICS’99, Singapore.
IEE Colloquium on
Optical Wireless Communications, London,
22 June 1999.
1st International
Symposium on Communication Systems & DSP (CSDSP’98), April 1998,
School of
Engineering, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
4th UK/Australian Int. Symposium on DSP for
Communication Systems, Perth, Australia, 1996.
1st
International Conference on Material for Opto-electronics, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, September 1995
IEEE SICON/ICE
conference 1993, Singapore
Past Research Project with
Potential Commercial Exploitation
Free
space optical communication link for computer communications, 2008
Simulation software for characterization of optical wireless communications,
2008
Long period fibre Bragg grating sensor
for monitoring
deterioration processes in reinforced concrete, 2004
Development of a portable, disposable, handhold optical gas sensor based on
Mach-Zehnder interferometer, 1996
Development
of optical fibre based temperature sensor, City Technology, U.K, 1988
Multiplexed
dual channel video and voice optical fibre communications link based on pulse
width modulation. Pilkington Fibre Optics, 1987
Multiport
audio system for deaf people, Royal Hospital, Manchester, U.K, 1986
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Short
Courses, Special Seminars/Symposium/Conference and Workshops Attended
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Research Management how to lead a team, Newcastle, UK, 2008
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UK Engineering Professors’ Council, 2006, 2007, 2008
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Are you ready for Changes? Role of your Organisational Culture,
Newcastle, UK, 2008
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University Enterprise Start Ups and the Regional Economy
Symposium, Newcastle, UK, 2008
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Courageous Leadership, Newcastle, 2008
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Ireland – UK Council for Graduate Education Colloquium on
Graduate Education Ireland, Dublin, October 2007
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Research Assessment Exercise beyond 2008, The Royal Society,
London, UK, 2007
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Equality and Diversity, Newcastle, UK, 2007
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Stress Management, Newcastle, UK, 2006
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Leadership Qualities, Newcastle, UK, 2005
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How to manage people, Newcastle, UK, 2004
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How to apply and manage research funding, UK, 2003
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How to Deal with People, one day course, Sheffield Hallam
University (SHU), UK, 2003
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Using Assertiveness to Enhance Personal Effectiveness, one day
course, SHU, UK 2002
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How to Develop Consultancy, one day course, SHU, UK, 2001
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Effective Management, one day course, SHU, UK, 2000
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Digital Signal Processing, 4 days course, The University of
Leicester, UK, 1991
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Optical Sensor Technology, 3 Days course, SIRA, London, UK, 1990
Other Activities
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Contribution to the European Community Socrates’ Education
Programme for exchange of both students and staff, since 1995
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Contribution to the European Community TEMPUS scheme for
technology education in the Technical University of Gdansk, Poland, 1991-1992
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Author of
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School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences, 2006
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Electronics Research Group Research Report at Hallam University.
2000, 2002
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Reviewing papers for :
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IET Electronics Letters,
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IET Proceedings on Optoelectronics
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IET Proceeding on Communications
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IET Proceeding on Circuit, Devices and System
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IEEE Trans. On Communication Engineering
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IEEE J. of Lightwave Technology
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IEEE Trans. On Information Theory
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IEEE Communications Magazine
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Optical Engineering, SPIE
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European Transaction on Communications
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Optical Scoc. Of America Journal of Optical Networking
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International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education (IJEEE),
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International Journal of Communication Systems
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EURASIP Wireless Communications
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EURASIP Research Letters for Electronics
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Various Conferences and Symposium including IEEE Globecom 96,
London
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Regular book Review for: IJEEE and ASLIB
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Proof reading of a book on “Principles of Electrical Engineering
Materials Devices” by S. O. Kasap, Publisher McGraw-Hill, 1997
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Proof reading of a book on “Optoelectronic Devices: Principles
from Optical Fibers to Solar Cells”, by S. O Kasap, 1998
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Proof reading of a book on “Introduction to Communication
Systems”, by D. E. Dodds, 2000
Major Research Funding
Sheffield Hallam University
& British Association for Advancement of Science (optical fibre video and
audio link) , Feb 89, June 89
Sheffield Hallam University Start Up Research Fund 1991
EPSRC Studentship (2) 1991 1995
HEFCE Research Project 1993 1997
INTAS European Community Programme on Sensors in collaboration with Bulgaria
1994-1995
DTI/EPSRC Link Programme on Optical Sensor in collaboration with University of
East Anglia, Nima Technology, Raja Electronic and Health and Safety Executive,
March 93 March 96
Sheffield Hallam University and Sheffield University Joint PhD Research
Studentship 1996-1999
DTI/EPSRC Link Programme on Optical Chemical Sensor in collaboration with the
University of Sheffield, Yorkshire Water, and Bookham Technology, May 96
May 98
COPERNICUS: European Programme on Biosensors and Sensor for Medicine and
Biology, (IC15CT960818), collaboration with Germany, Ukraine, Bulgaria, August
1997. Aug 97 Aug 2000
Northern Consortium/British Council Project,
India
(Communication and Network) Jan 97 June 97
TeleQuipment Limited (Equipment donation) 1997
EPSRC Studentship - Case award 1998 2001
Aga Khan Foundation Research Studentship
1998-2001
Q Environmental Plc, Research Studentship 1999-2001
Fujitsu Telecom. Research Centre, UK
1999-2002
EPSRC, Utilization of optical fibre
technology for monitoring deterioration processes in reinforced
concrete-
joint grant with the School of Construction, 2001-04
USENIX – Advanced Computing
Systems Association- Research Award in collaboration with the Bell Lab, USA,
2001-02
U.K. Government funded Research
Grant, 2001-02
Common wealth Fellowship,
2002-03
Royal Society, UK
Northumbria University Start up
Research Grant, 2004-06
U.K. Government funded Research
Grant, on Optical Gas Sensing, 2001-04
Northumbria University,
Grant, 2004-05
Royal Society, Academic
Fellowship, India,
Grant, 2004-05
Nato Visiting Academic Grant – Ankara University, Turkey, March 2006
Higher Education Funding
Council, SRIF, UK, 2004-07
HEIF, Northumbria, UK, 2007
EU COST ACTON - 2008
Royal Society, UK, 2008
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