Osama Amin

Osama Amin studies next-generation communication networks, optical wireless systems, and bio-compatible communications as a senior research scientist at KAUST.

Biography

Osama Amin, Ph.D., SMIEEE, is a senior research scientist in the CEMSE Division at KAUST. His research examines next-generation communication networks, optical wireless communications, and bio-compatible communication systems. He studies methods to improve global connectivity, enhance the efficiency of communication technologies, and support emerging approaches for healthcare monitoring.

Amin’s work draws on a broad background in wireless communication, signal processing, and optimization. He received his bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Aswan University in 2000 and his master’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Assiut University in 2004. He earned his Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Waterloo in 2010.

He joined the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at Assiut University as an assistant professor in 2012 before moving to KAUST. At CEMSE, he continues to advance research in communication systems and signal processing with a particular emphasis on wireless applications and their future directions.

Research Interests

  • Optical Wireless Communication
  • Next Generation Wireless Networks
  • Green Communication
  • Bio-compatible Communication and Data Analysis
  • Hyperloop Communication Network

About

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

  • O. Amin, S. Bavarian and L. Lampe, “Cooperative Techniques for Energy-Efficient Wireless Communications,” Chapter in Green Radio Communication Networks, E. Hossain, V. K. Bahrgava, G. P. Fettweis (Eds.), Cambridge University Press, UK, 2012. 

  • E. Bedeer, O. Amin, M. H. Ahmed, and O. Dobre, “Energy-Aware Resource Allocation techniques for Cognitive Radio", to appear in Energy Management in Wireless Cellular and Ad-hoc Networks, Springer, Oct. 2015.

Ph.D. Thesis
Osama Amin, “Adaptive OFDM Cooperative Systems,” Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Dec. 2010.
M.S. Thesis
Osama Amin, “Blind Signal Separation using Time-Frequency Concepts,” Electrical Engineering Department, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, Jun. 2004.
Journal Publications

  1. L. Yang, O. Amin, and B. Shihada, ``Intelligent Wearable Systems: Opportunities and Challenges in Health and Sports," ACM Comput. Surv. 56, 7, Article 190, 42 pages, July 2024, doi.org/10.1145/3648469.

  2. W. Abderrahim, O. Amin and B. Shihada, ``Data Center-Enabled High Altitude Platforms: A Green Computing Alternative," in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 6149-6162, May 2024, doi: 10.1109/TMC.2023.3316204.

  3. W. Hedhly, \textbf{O. Amin}, M. -S. Alouini and B. Shihada, "Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces Assisted Hyperloop Wireless Communication Network," in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 4943-4955, May 2024, doi: 10.1109/TMC.2023.3299792

  4. S. Ammar, \textbf{O. Amin}, M.-S. Alouini, and B. Shihada, ``Sun-Fi: Architecting Glass for Sunlight Data Transmission," in IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 61, no. 8, pp. 175-180, August 2023.

  5. W. Abderrahim, \textbf{O. Amin}, and B. Shihada, ``How to Leverage High Altitude Platforms in Green Computing?", accepted in IEEE Communication Magazine, vol. 61, no. 7, July 2023.

  6. W. Hedhly, O. Amin, B. Shihada and S. Alouini, ``A Power Saving Scheme for IEEE 802.15.3d THz Wireless Communication Links," IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 22, no. 4, APRIL \textbf{2023}.

  7. S. Ammar, O. Amin, M. -S. Alouini and B. Shihada, ``Design and Analysis of LCD-Based Modulator for Passive Sunlight Communications," in IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 14, no. 5, Art. no. 7348417, pp. 1-17, Oct. 2022.

  8. W. Abderrahim, O. Amin, M.-S. Alouini and B. Shihada, ``Proactive Traffic Offloading in Dynamic Integrated Multi-Satellite Terrestrial Networks," in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 70, no. 7, pp. 4671-4686, July 2022.

  9. S. Javed, A. Elzanaty, \textbf{O. Amin}, M. -S. Alouini and B. Shihada, ``EMF-Aware Probabilistic Shaping Design for Hardware Distorted Communication Systems," in Frontiers in Communications and Networks, Sec. Communications Theory , 30 May 2022.

  10. item \label{J:Abdelhady_Rev} A. M. Abdelhady, O. Amin, M. -S. Alouini and B. Shihada, ``Revolutionizing Optical Wireless Communications via Smart Optics," in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 3, pp. 654-669, 2022.

  11. A. M. Abdelhady, O. Amin, A. K. S. Salem, M. -S. Alouini and B. Shihada, ``Channel Characterization of IRS-Based Visible Light Communication Systems," in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 1913-1926, Mar. 2022.

Conference Publications

  1. S. Ammar, O. Amin, and B. Shihada, "Tethered UAV-based Communications for Under-connected Near-shore Maritime Areas", IEEE BlackSeaCom Conference, pp. 1 - 6, 2024

  2. Z. Lu, O. Amin, and B. Shihada, ``A Molecular-based Authentication and Authorization for Internet of Things Systems,'' IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), pp. 1 - 6, 2024.

  3. F. Alqurashi, O. Amin, and B. Shihada, “Delay Analysis of Multi-Hop Satellite-Terrestrial Networks with Hybrid RF/FSO Links”, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), pp. 1-6, 2023.

  4. W. Hedhly, O. Amin, M.-S. Alouini, and B. Shihada, "Analysis and Design of Hyperloop Communication Network Based on QoS Requirements", IEEE International Conference on Smart Mobility, pp. 1-8, 2023.

  5. T. Yaqoob, S. Aziz, S. Ahmed, O. Amin and M. Alouini, "Fractional Fourier Transform Based QRS Complex Detection in ECG Signal," ICASSP 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Barcelona, Spain, 2020, pp. 931-935.

  6. Amr M. Abdelhady, O. Amin, Basem Shihada, M.-S. Alouini, ``On the Optimization of Multi-Cell SLIPT Systems," in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conf. (GLOBECOM), Abudhabi, Dec. 2018.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2010
Master of Science (M.S.)
Electrical Engineering, Assiut University, Egypt, 2004
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Electrical Engineering, Aswan University, Egypt, 2000

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