Prof. Hossain has been
listed as a
Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science in 2023.
Prof. Hossain has been
appointed as a member of the
Next G Alliance Research Council.
Prof. Hossain has been
listed as a
Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science in 2017,
2018,
2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
Ahmed Hamdi Sakr defended his Ph.D. thesis on 30 January, 2017.
Congratulations, Ahmed!
Prabodini Semasinghe defended her Ph.D. thesis on 16 August, 2016.
Congratulations, Prabodini!
Prof. Hossain has been elected a Member of the "2016 cohort of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the
Royal Society of Canada" (https://www.rsc-src.ca/en/college-new-scholars-artists-and-scientists).
Prof. Hossain has been selected a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
for the term 2016-2017.
Prof. Hossain has been awarded a "2014 Merit Award" for "Research and Scholarly Activities" from the University of
Manitoba, and the University of Manitoba Faculty Association.
Prof. Hossain has been reappointed to the IEEE
Press Editorial Board
for the term 2016-2018.
Adedayo Ogundipe his M.Sc. thesis.
Congratulations, Dayo!
Amr Abdelnasser defended his Ph.D. thesis on 18 December, 2015.
Congratulations, Amr!
Prof. Hossain has been elevated to an IEEE Fellow (class of 2015) "for contributions
to spectrum management and resource allocation in cognitive and cellular radio networks".
Prof. Hossain has been awarded a "2013 Merit Award" for "Research and Scholarly Activities" from the University of Manitoba,
and
the University of Manitoba Faculty Association.
The following project (with Prof. Hossain being the PI) has been funded by
the
NSERC Discovery Grants Program (for the duration 2014-2018):
"Distributed and self-organizing heterogeneous wireless access networks: Design, analysis, and optimization"
The following project (with Prof. Hossain being the PI and Prof. Vijay Bhargava being the Co-PI) has been funded by
the
NSERC Collaboratve Research and Development (CRD) Grants Program (for the duration 2014-2016):
"Radio resource management for spectrum and energy efficient design of 5G networks"
Hesham ElSawy defended his Ph.D. thesis on 27 February, 2014.
Congratulations, Hesham!
Bharat Shrestha defended his Ph.D. thesis on 21 October, 2013.
Congratulations, Bharat!
Prof. Hossain has been appointed to the IEEE
Press Editorial Board
for the term 2013-2015.
The following project (with Prof. Hossain being the PI and Profs. Long Le and Vijay Bhargava being the Co-PIs) has been funded by
the
NSERC Strategic Project Grants Program (for the duration 2012-2015):
"Resource management in multi-tier cellular wireless networks enhanced with peer-to-peer communications"
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, Paris, France.
Prof. Hossain has been selected a ComSoc Distinguished
Lecturer
for 2012 and 2013.
Prof. Hossain has been appointed the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Communications Surveys
& Tutorials
for a two-year term starting from January 1, 2012.
The IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials is an
online journal published by the IEEE
Communications Society for tutorials and surveys covering all aspects of the communications
field.
The published articles appear in the IEEE
Xplore Electronic Library and the IEEE
ComSoc Digital
Library.
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.
Prof. Hossain has been awarded a "Merit Award" for "Research and Scholarly Activities" from the University of Manitoba and
the University of Manitoba Faculty Association.
Dr. Hossain has been promoted to Professor effective March 30, 2010.
A review on our book
Dynamic Spectrum Access and Management in Cognitive Wireless Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2009) has been
published in
IEEE Communications
Magazine.
Dr. Hossain has been appointed as an Area Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications in the
area
"Radio Resource Management and Multiple Access".
The strategic project "Advanced Transmission and Resource Management Techniques for Cooperative Cellular Wireless Networks" has been funded
by NSERC!
The following article has been selected as the Featured article in the August 2009
issue of the IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing
D. Niyato, E. Hossain, and Z. Han, "Dynamics of multiple-seller and multiple-buyer
spectrum trading in cognitive radio networks: A
game theoretic modeling approach,"
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 8, no. 8, Aug. 2009, pp. 1009-1022.
Long Le has started working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.
Congratulations, Long!
Dusit Niyato has been offered a tenure-track Faculty Position in Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore!
Congratulations, Tao!
Afshin Fallahi defended his Ph.D. thesis successfully on 3 December, 2007.
Congratulations, Afshin!
The following article has been one of the
top 100 documents accessed through
IEEEXPLORE (June 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.
Dr. Hossain has been invited to serve in the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
There are openings for TWO Ph.D. students starting in May 2008. Interested candidates are
encouraged to contact at the following email: ekram@ee.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/queueing theory and a solid foundation on Mathematics are highly encouraged to
apply.
Long Bao Le defended his Ph.D. thesis successfully on 30 March, 2007.
Dr. Hossain is serving as the Technical Program Chair for the First International
Workshop on Cognitive Wireless Networks (CWNets 2007) to be held in conjunction with QShine 2007.
Dr. Hossain is serving as the Technical Program Chair for the First International
Workshop on Wireless Networking for Intelligent Transportation Systems (WiN-ITS 2007) to be held in
conjunction
with QShine 2007.
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