ABOUT ME

Dr. Alfa is Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research covers, but not limited to, the following areas: performance analysis and resource allocation in telecommunication systems, modeling of communication networks, queueing theory, optimization, analysis of cognitive radio networks, modeling and analysis of wireless sensor networks, developing efficient decoding algorithms for LDPC codes, channel modeling, traffic estimation for the Internet, and cross layer analysis. Dr. Alfa also works in the application of queueing theory to other areas such as transportation systems, manufacturing systems and healthcare systems. He was NSERC Chair for tele-traffic from 2004 to 2012. He carried out applied research for Nortel Networks, Bell-Northern Research, TRLabs (later TRTech), Bell Canada, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Motor-coach Industries, and several other industries. He authored two books, “Queueing Theory for Telecommunications: Discrete Time Modelling of a Single Node System”, published by Springer in 2010, and “Applied Discrete-Time Queues” , published by Springer in 2015. He also co-authored a book with Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim, titled: “Optimization Methods for User Admissions and Radio Resource Allocations for Multicasting over High Altitude Platforms”.