Since March 2010, Dr. Hossain is a
Professor in the Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering at University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. Currently he serves as an
Associate Chair
(Graduate Studies) of the Department.
He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy
of Engineering (FCAE) and a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada
(FEIC).
He received
his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from
University of Victoria, Canada, in 2001. He was a University of Victoria
Fellow
and also a recipient of the British Columbia Advanced
Systems Institute (ASI) graduate student
award. Professor Hossain is an author/editor of the books
Wireless Device-to-Device Communications and Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2015),
Radio Resource
Management in Multi-Tier Cellular Wireless Networks (Wiley, 2013),
Smart Grid
Communications and Networking (Cambridge University Press, 2012),
Green Radio
Communication Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2012),
Cooperative Cellular Wireless Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2011),
Dynamic Spectrum Access and Management in Cognitive Wireless Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2009),
Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks (Springer, 2008), Cognitive Wireless
Communication Networks (Springer, 2007),
Wireless Mesh Networks: Architectures and Protocols (Springer, 2007),
and Introduction to Network Simulator NS2 (Springer, 2007).
Currently Dr. Hossain
serves as
an Editor for the
IEEE
Transactions on Mobile Computing.
Previously, Dr. Hossain served as
the Editor-in-Chief for
the IEEE Communications
Surveys and
Tutorials from 2012-2016, the
Area Editor for the
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
(in the area of "Resource Management and Multiple Access") from 2009-2011 and an Editor for the
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Cognitive Radio Series (from 2011-2014), and
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (from 2007-2012).
He was
a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Communications
Society (2012-2015, 2019-2020) and IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (2017-2020).
He was elevated to an IEEE Fellow (class of 2015) "for contributions
to spectrum management and resource allocation in cognitive and cellular
radio networks". In 2016, he was elected as a Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada.
He was
an elected Member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Communications Society (2018-2020).
He served
as the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Press (2018-2021), Director of Magazines of the
IEEE Communications Society (2020-2021), and Director of Online Content of the IEEE Communications Society (2022-2023).
He is a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in the
province of
Manitoba, Canada.
Prof. Hossain received the "2017 IEEE TCGCC (Technical Committee on Green Communications and
Networking) Distinguished Technical Achievement Recognition Award"
with the following citation: "for outstanding technical
leadership and achievement in green wireless communications and networking". Also,
he is
listed as a
Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science in 2017,
2018,
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Prof. Hossain leads the
Wireless Communications, Networks, and Services (WiCoNS)
research group at the University of Manitoba. Here is his
Profile in Google Scholar.
His current research interest
includes the following:
6G and beyond cellular networks (spectrum/resource management, coexistence, distributed wireless access, scheduling, power
control,
network selection, fronthauling/backhauling, cloud-RAN, massive MIMO, cell-free large MIMO, mobility/handoff
management)
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS)-aided wireless communications
Non-terrestrial networks
AI/Machine learning/
Deep reinforcement learning
and its applications to 6G and beyond
Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)
and massive machine-type communications
Resource management in multi-tier and drone-assisted cellular wireless networks
Economic and game-theory models for wireless/mobile communications networks
Wireless network slicing and virtualization
Software-defined wireless and mobile networking
Green radio and energy-harvesting communications
Mobile cloud and edge computing
Cyber physical systems (smart power grid and energy Internet, vehicular networks)
Prof. Hossain is an active volunteer of
IEEE Canada (Region 7).
He has held the following positions in
IEEE Canada:
IEEE Canada Board Member (as Publications and Communications Group Chair, 2020-2021)
IEEE Canada Board Member (as IEEE Winnipeg Section Chair, 2017)
IEEE Canada Executive Committee Member (as Publications and Communications Group Chair, 2020-2021)
IEEE Canada Publications and Communications Group Chair (2020-2021)
IEEE Winnipeg Section Chair (2017)
IEEE Winnipeg Section Vice-Chair (2016)
IEEE Communications Society Chapter Chair, IEEE Winnipeg Section (2008-2012, 2014-2015)
Prof. Hossain was awarded the "2023 E.F. Glass Western Canada Merit Award",
"For outstanding service to IEEE Canada, the members, and the profession." Also, he received the
""2024 IEEE Canada J.M. Ham Outstanding Engineering Educator Silver Medal Award", "For exceptional contributions to education and training in wireless communications and networks".
Books:
The following paper has won the
"2018 IEEE Communications Society Young Author Best Paper Award" :
A. H. Sakr and E. Hossain,
"Cognitive and energy harvesting-based D2D communication in cellular networks: Stochastic geometry modeling and analysis,"
IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 63, no. 5, pp. 1867-1880, May 2015.
The following paper has won the
"2017 IEEE Communications Society Best Survey Paper Award" :
H. ElSwy, E. Hossain, and M. Haenggi,
"Stochastic geometry for modeling,
analysis, and design of multi-tier and cognitive cellular wireless
networks: A survey,"
IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 996-1019, Third Quarter 2013.
The following paper has won the Best Student Paper Award
in IEEE VTC 2016-Fall:
S. Lohani, E. Hossain, and V. K. Bhargava,
"Resource allocation for wireless information and
energy transfer in macrocell-small cell networks," in
Proc. of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2016-Fall),
Montreal, Canada, 17-21 September 2016.
The following article has been selected to receive the Transmission, Access,
and Optical Systems (TAOS) Technical Committee's Award for Best Paper in the Green Communications Track
of the Symposium on Selected Areas in Communications (SAC) in IEEE Globecom 2015:
A. Abdelnasser and E. Hossain,
"On resource allocation for downlink power minimization in OFDMA small cells in a cloud-RAN," in
Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom'15), San Diego, CA, USA, 6-10 Decemmber 2015.
The following article has been the 2nd (among top 50)
most frequently downloaded document from IEEE Xplore for IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine
according to the most recent monthly usage
statistics (May 2015):
E. Hossain and M. Hasan,
"5G cellular: key enabling technologies and research challenges,"
IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine,
Volume 18, Issue 3, June 2015, pp. 11-21.
The following article has been the 7th (among top 50)
most frequently downloaded document from IEEE Xplore for IEEE Transactions on Communications
according to the most recent monthly usage
statistics (May 2015):
A. H. Sakr and E. Hossain,
"Cognitive and energy harvesting-based D2D communication in cellular networks: Stochastic
geometry modeling and analysis,"
IEEE Transactions on Communications,
Volume 63, Issue 5, May 2015.
The following article has been one among the Top 10
articles published in ComSoc periodicals viewed online, based on PDF views through IEEE Xplore (November 2014):
E. Hossain, M. Rasti, H. Tabassum, and A. Abdelnasser,
"Evolution toward 5G multi-tier cellular wireless networks: An interference management perspective,"
IEEE Wireless Communications,
Volume 21, Issue 3, June 2014.
The following article has been one among the Top 25 Accessed
Articles in IEEE Wireless Communications (January 2014):
P. Phunchongharn, E. Hossain, and D. I. Kim,
"Resource allocation for device-to-device communications underlaying LTE-Advanced networks,"
IEEE Wireless Communications,
Volume 20, Issue 4, August 2013, Pages: 91-100.
The following article has been one among the Top 25 Accessed
Articles in IEEE Wireless Communications (June 2013):
N. Saquib, E. Hossain, and D. I. Kim,
"Fractional frequency reuse for interference management in LTE-Advanced HetNets,"
IEEE Wireless Communications,
Volume 20, Issue 2, April 2013, Pages: 113-122.
The following article has been one among the Top 25 Accessed
Articles in IEEE Wireless Communications (March 2013, June 2013):
N. Saquib, E. Hossain, L. B. Le, and D. I. Kim,
"Interference management in OFDMA femtocell networks: Issues and approaches,"
IEEE Wireless Communications,
Volume 19, Issue 3, June 2012, Pages: 86-95.
The following article has been awarded the
2012 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)
Best Paper Award:
D. Niyato, P. Wang, E. Hossain, W. Saad, and Z. Han,
"Game theoretic modeling of cooperation among service providers in mobile cloud computing environments,"
in Proc. of IEEE WCNC'12, 1-4 April 2012, Paris, France.
The following article has been awarded the
2011 IEEE Communications Society Fred Ellersick Prize
Paper Award:
D. Niyato, E. Hossain, and Z. Han,
"Dynamic Spectrum Access in IEEE 802.22-Based Cognitive Wireless Networks: A Game Theoretic Model
for Competitive Spectrum Bidding and Pricing,"
IEEE Wireless Communications,
Volume 16, Issue 2, April 2009, Pages: 16-23.
The following article was listed in IEEE top 100
documents accessed through IEEEXPLORE (November 2007 (#81)):
D. Niyato and E. Hossain,
"Radio Resource Management in MIMO-OFDM Based Wireless Infrastructure Mesh Networks: Issues and
Approaches,"
IEEE Communications Magazine,
Volume 45, Issue 11, November 2007, Pages: 100-107.
The following article has been one of the
top 100 documents accessed through
IEEEXPLORE (June 2007, July 2007, October 2007):
D. Niyato and E. Hossain,
"Integration of WiMAX and WiFi: Optimal Pricing for Bandwidth Sharing,"
IEEE Communications Magazine,
Volume 45, Issue 5, May 2007, Pages: 140-146.
The following article has been one among the
top 10 documents accessed in IEEE Network
(July 2007, September 2007):
D. Niyato and E. Hossain,
"Integration of IEEE 802.11 WLANs with IEEE 802.16-based multihop infrastructure mesh/relay networks: A game-theoretic approach
to radio resource management,"
IEEE Network,
Volume 21, Issue 3, May-June 2007, Pages: 6-14.
The following article has been one among the
top documents accessed in IEEE Wireless Communications
(September 2007):
D. Niyato, E. Hossain, M. M. Rashid, and V. K. Bhargava,
"Wireless sensor networks with energy harvesting technologies: A game-theoretic approach to optimal
energy management,"
IEEE Wireless Communications,
Volume 14, Issue 4, August 2007, Pages: 90-96.
The following article has been one among the
top documents accessed in IEEE Wireless Communications
(June 2007):
D. Niyato and E. Hossain,
"Radio resource management games in wireless networks: An approach to bandwidth allocation and admission
control for polling service in IEEE 802.16,"
IEEE Wireless Communications,
Volume 14, Issue 1, Feb 2007, Pages: 27-35.
There are openings for Ph.D. students starting in
September 2024/January 2025/May 2025.
Interested candidates are
encouraged to contact at the following email: Ekram.Hossain@umanitoba.ca along with an electronic copy of the resume.
It is necessary that the applicants have sound background on wireless/mobile communications and data networking.
Those with
background on optimization/control/game/queueing theory and a solid foundation on Mathematics are highly encouraged to
apply. Full research assistantship will be available for admitted Ph.D. students.
Also, there are openings for Post-Dotoral Fellows (any time of the year). Interested candidates with strong research
background are highly encouraged to write to "Ekram.Hossain@umanitoba.ca" along with an electronic
copy of the resume.
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