About Hesham ElSawy Hesham ElSawy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Communication Theory Lab Cognitive radio network Stochastic Geometry Green communications Queueing theory From April 2014 to June 2018 Hesham ElSawy was a postdoctoral fellow in the Communication Theory Lab (CTL), at the Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering division (CEMSE), King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is now an assistant professor in King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Eastern Province, KSA Selected Publications Ph.D. Thesis H. ElSawy, “Modeling, Analysis, and Optimization of Random Wireless Networks: Stochastic Geometry Approach,” University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, March 2014. M Articles Related News June 2026 Excited to share our work "Harnessing Cellular Network Data for Accurate Transportation Mode Recognition" accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 1 min read · Wed, Jun 3 2026 News Excited to share that our work "Harnessing Cellular Network Data for Accurate Transportation Mode Recognition" has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, with co-authors Kalamkas Zhagyparova, Nour Kouzayha, Hesham Elsawy, Ahmed Bader, and Tareq Al-Naffouri. 🔥 In this work, we show that transportation modes — bus, car, walk, and train — can be accurately classified using only radio access network (RAN) measurements from cellular infrastructure, without relying on GPS, IMU sensors, or any user-installed apps. 💡 Key Highlights: ⭐ A privacy-preserving, energy-efficient January 2024 First place at aramco Upstream Digital Hackathon 1 min read · Tue, Jan 16 2024 News We are delighted to announce that our Master's student, Omar Khalifa, along with his team, achieved first place in the Aramco Upstream Digital Hackathon, specifically in the Advanced Sensing, IoT, and Robotics Track. Their project, "ZAJEL," successfully developed a fully functional prototype for autonomous data collection and shipment delivery using drones in challenging work environments. This accomplishment highlights their creativity, innovation, and effective teamwork. Omar extends his gratitude to his exceptional team members, Salman Ghori, Mutaz AlJafari AlTayar, Mohamed Magdy Khalifa December 2022 KAUST postdoctoral fellow receives Best Poster Award at the Abu Dhabi 6G Summit 3 min read · Thu, Dec 1 2022 Awards News Nour Kouzayha, a postdoctoral research fellow based in the KAUST Information Science Lab (ISL), recently won the Best Poster Award at the Technology Innovation Institute’s (TII) Abu Dhabi 6G Summit 2022. Dr. Kouzayha received the award for her poster titled "Coverage and Mobility Analysis of Aerial Users in Integrated HAPS-Ground Wireless Networks." August 2019 ISL Members win Best paper award in the SmallNets and IEEE ICC Confrence 1 min read · Tue, Aug 6 2019 News communication networks ISL Members win the Best paper award in the 4th International Workshop on Small Cell and 5G Networks (SmallNets) organized in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, UK, June 2015. Mobility-Aware User Association in Uplink Cellular Networks 1 min read · Tue, Aug 6 2019 News Cellular Networks ISL Highlighted Publications R. Arshad and H. Elsawy and S. Sorour and M. S. Alouini and T. Y. Al-Naffouri, "Mobility-Aware User Association in Uplink Cellular Networks", IEEE Communications Letters. vol. 21 , pp. 2452-2455, Nov 2017. Abstract: This letter studies the mobility aware user-to-base station (BS) association policies, within a stochastic geometry framework, in two-tier uplink cellular networks with fractional channel inversion power control. Particularly, we model the BSs’ locations using the widely accepted Poisson point process and obtain the coverage probability and handover cost expressions for the coupled September 2017 Hesham ElSawy gains ISWCS Best Scientific Contribution Award 2017 2 min read · Thu, Sep 7 2017 News Spotlight Cognitive radio network Stochastic Geometry Green communications Queueing theory The imminent era of the smart world is foreseen to involve massively many power and computationally constraint wireless devices with sporadic traffic patterns. The surging Internet of things (IoT) and cyber physical systems (CPS) are clear examples that rely on massive wireless networks. Hence, realizing such extensive wireless connectivity is mandatory to unlock the potentials and reap the benefits of the foreseen smart era. May 2017 Hesham ElSawy wins IEEE Communication Society 3 min read · Mon, May 22 2017 News Cognitive radio network Stochastic Geometry Green communications The Internet of Everything in quickly growing and vastly enlarging its spectrum of applications. At the same time, traffic demand per-user is increasing dramatically. It is estimated that by 2020 there will be more than 50 billion devices connected. The cellular support infrastructure should be developed accordingly, making of network performance analysis a critical task. The existing elementary probability methods are currently inefficient when it comes to detecting mobility faults and interference. March 2017 Dr. Hesham ElSawy Elevated to Senior Member of IEEE and Recognized as an Exemplary Reviewer by the IEEE Transactions on Communications 1 min read · Sun, Mar 5 2017 News Cognitive radio network Stochastic Geometry Green communications Dr. Hesham ElSawy has been elevated to the rank of Senior Member of IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology. The achievement is considered a significant honor since it is granted only to researchers who have shown a significance and continuous performance over a period of five years in professional practice. At present, only an 8% of 400,000 IEEE members have received this honor because of their superior professional achievements. April 2015 Dr. Hesham ElSawy recognized as Exemplary Reviewer by IEEE Transactions on Communications 1 min read · Fri, Apr 17 2015 News cognitive radio systems Stochastic Geometry Green communications Dr. Hesham ElSawy was recognized by the IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM) as an Exemplary Reviewer. Less than 2% of all IEEE TCOM Reviewers in 2015 got this recognition.
Excited to share our work "Harnessing Cellular Network Data for Accurate Transportation Mode Recognition" accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 1 min read · Wed, Jun 3 2026 News Excited to share that our work "Harnessing Cellular Network Data for Accurate Transportation Mode Recognition" has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, with co-authors Kalamkas Zhagyparova, Nour Kouzayha, Hesham Elsawy, Ahmed Bader, and Tareq Al-Naffouri. 🔥 In this work, we show that transportation modes — bus, car, walk, and train — can be accurately classified using only radio access network (RAN) measurements from cellular infrastructure, without relying on GPS, IMU sensors, or any user-installed apps. 💡 Key Highlights: ⭐ A privacy-preserving, energy-efficient
First place at aramco Upstream Digital Hackathon 1 min read · Tue, Jan 16 2024 News We are delighted to announce that our Master's student, Omar Khalifa, along with his team, achieved first place in the Aramco Upstream Digital Hackathon, specifically in the Advanced Sensing, IoT, and Robotics Track. Their project, "ZAJEL," successfully developed a fully functional prototype for autonomous data collection and shipment delivery using drones in challenging work environments. This accomplishment highlights their creativity, innovation, and effective teamwork. Omar extends his gratitude to his exceptional team members, Salman Ghori, Mutaz AlJafari AlTayar, Mohamed Magdy Khalifa
KAUST postdoctoral fellow receives Best Poster Award at the Abu Dhabi 6G Summit 3 min read · Thu, Dec 1 2022 Awards News Nour Kouzayha, a postdoctoral research fellow based in the KAUST Information Science Lab (ISL), recently won the Best Poster Award at the Technology Innovation Institute’s (TII) Abu Dhabi 6G Summit 2022. Dr. Kouzayha received the award for her poster titled "Coverage and Mobility Analysis of Aerial Users in Integrated HAPS-Ground Wireless Networks."
ISL Members win Best paper award in the SmallNets and IEEE ICC Confrence 1 min read · Tue, Aug 6 2019 News communication networks ISL Members win the Best paper award in the 4th International Workshop on Small Cell and 5G Networks (SmallNets) organized in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, UK, June 2015.
Mobility-Aware User Association in Uplink Cellular Networks 1 min read · Tue, Aug 6 2019 News Cellular Networks ISL Highlighted Publications R. Arshad and H. Elsawy and S. Sorour and M. S. Alouini and T. Y. Al-Naffouri, "Mobility-Aware User Association in Uplink Cellular Networks", IEEE Communications Letters. vol. 21 , pp. 2452-2455, Nov 2017. Abstract: This letter studies the mobility aware user-to-base station (BS) association policies, within a stochastic geometry framework, in two-tier uplink cellular networks with fractional channel inversion power control. Particularly, we model the BSs’ locations using the widely accepted Poisson point process and obtain the coverage probability and handover cost expressions for the coupled
Hesham ElSawy gains ISWCS Best Scientific Contribution Award 2017 2 min read · Thu, Sep 7 2017 News Spotlight Cognitive radio network Stochastic Geometry Green communications Queueing theory The imminent era of the smart world is foreseen to involve massively many power and computationally constraint wireless devices with sporadic traffic patterns. The surging Internet of things (IoT) and cyber physical systems (CPS) are clear examples that rely on massive wireless networks. Hence, realizing such extensive wireless connectivity is mandatory to unlock the potentials and reap the benefits of the foreseen smart era.
Hesham ElSawy wins IEEE Communication Society 3 min read · Mon, May 22 2017 News Cognitive radio network Stochastic Geometry Green communications The Internet of Everything in quickly growing and vastly enlarging its spectrum of applications. At the same time, traffic demand per-user is increasing dramatically. It is estimated that by 2020 there will be more than 50 billion devices connected. The cellular support infrastructure should be developed accordingly, making of network performance analysis a critical task. The existing elementary probability methods are currently inefficient when it comes to detecting mobility faults and interference.
Dr. Hesham ElSawy Elevated to Senior Member of IEEE and Recognized as an Exemplary Reviewer by the IEEE Transactions on Communications 1 min read · Sun, Mar 5 2017 News Cognitive radio network Stochastic Geometry Green communications Dr. Hesham ElSawy has been elevated to the rank of Senior Member of IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology. The achievement is considered a significant honor since it is granted only to researchers who have shown a significance and continuous performance over a period of five years in professional practice. At present, only an 8% of 400,000 IEEE members have received this honor because of their superior professional achievements.
Dr. Hesham ElSawy recognized as Exemplary Reviewer by IEEE Transactions on Communications 1 min read · Fri, Apr 17 2015 News cognitive radio systems Stochastic Geometry Green communications Dr. Hesham ElSawy was recognized by the IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM) as an Exemplary Reviewer. Less than 2% of all IEEE TCOM Reviewers in 2015 got this recognition.
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