About me

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Manitoba. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Wei Yu at the University of Toronto, ON, Canada. I received my M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from INRS (University of Quebec), Montreal, QC, Canada in 2010 and 2014, respectively, under the supervision of Prof. Sofiene Affes.

Research Interests

• 5G (and beyond) Communication Networks: Massive Connectivity, Massive MIMO, mmWave, Machine-Type Communications, IoT

• Signal Processing for Communications: Parameter Estimation, Fundamental Bounds, Array Signal Processing, Compressed Sensing

• Inference: Probabilistic Graphical Models, Belief Propagation

• Hardware Prototyping: VHDL, Over-The-Air (OTA) Testing

Information for Prospective Students

I am always looking for bright, creative, ambitious, self-motivated, and hardworking students with a strong mathematics background to join my team. Please, contact me via email (faouzi.bellili@umanitoba.ca) if you are interested in pursuing Master's or Ph.D. degrees in my research group.

Awards

• Jan. 2016: NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, ranked 5th out of 64 awardees (nationwide) in Committee 197 (Scholarship and Fellowships Selection Committee for Electrical Engineering).
• Aug. 2015: Selected by the University of Toronto as one of its candidates to the very prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship competition for the year 2015/2016.
• Jan. 2015: Selected by the University of Waterloo as one of its candidates to the very prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship competition for the year 2015/2016 (declined).
• May 2015: INRS Innovation Award
• Jan. 2015: Selected by INRS as its candidate for the 2014–2015 competition of the very prestigious Doctoral Dissertation Award of the Northeastern Association of Graduate schools (NAGS).
• 2011–2013: Merit Doctoral Scholarship for Foreign Students (PBEEE), from Fonds de Recherche du Québec — Nature et Technologies (FRQNT)
• Sep. 2010: Academic Gold Medal of the Governor General of Canada (for the year 2009–2010).
• Sep. 2010: Excellence Grant of the Director General of INRS.
• Sep. 2010: Award of the best M.Sc. thesis of INRS-EMT (for the year 2009-2010).
• 2010–2012: National Grant of Excellence from the Tunisian Government for Ph.D. studies.
• Nov. 2009: Selected by INRS as its candidate for the 2009–2010 competition of the very prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships program.
• 2008–2009: National Grant of Excellence from the Tunisian Government for M.Sc. studies.