Biography
Waleed Ejaz (S’12-M’14-SM’16) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Lakehead University, Barrie Campus, ON, Canada. He was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering & Applied Science at Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada from Sep. 2018 to Aug. 2020.
Previously, he held academic and research positions at Ryerson University, Carleton University, and Queen’s University in Canada. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan and the National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, and the Ph.D. degree in Information and Communication Engineering from Sejong University, Republic of Korea, in 2014. He has co-authored over 120 papers in prestigious journals and conferences, and 3 books.
His current research interests include Non-terrestrial wireless networks, reconfigurable wireless networks, communication technologies for the Internet of things, resource allocation in 5G+ networks, cognitive radio networks. Dr. Ejaz completed certificate courses on “Teaching and Learning in Higher Education” from the Chang School at Ryerson University. He is a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in the province of Ontario, Canada.
Academic Qualifications
PhD, Engineering (Information and Communication Engineering)
MSc, Computer Engineering
BSc, Computer Engineering
Research Interests
- Non-terrestrial wireless networks
- Reconfigurable wireless networks
- Communication technologies for the Internet of things
- Resource allocation in 5G+ networks
- Cognitive radio networks