Lutz Lampe

Students

Ph.D. Students

Mohammad Taha Askari
- UBC 4YF Scholar
Elena Dobre
Zeyu Hao
- UBC 4YF Scholar
Nikhileswar Kota
Idan Roth
Selvakumar Tharranetharan
- UBC 4YF Scholar

M.A.Sc. Students

Chinmoyee Chakraborty
Francis Chambers
Alec Digby
Lars Gierull

Graduated students

Ph.D. Graduates

Faramarz Jabbarvaziri (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Advanced Grant-Free NOMA and Hybrid Beamforming Techniques for 5G and Beyond
Mostafa Darabi (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Resource allocation for eMBB and URLLC use cases in 5G and beyond cellular networks
Yinjia Huo (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Cable health monitoring using power line communications signal and machine learning technique
Vishnu Rajendran Chandrika (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Enhancing low-cost cellular IoT networks on the sidelink and satellite links
Rabe Arshad (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Stochastic geometry aided user mobility analysis in heterogeneous wireless networks
Ali Saberali (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Coded caching: convex optimization and graph theoretical perspectives
Yanan Sun (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Application of Behind-the-Meter Energy Storage Systems for Household Load Hiding and Frequency Regulation Service
Mrinmoy Jana (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Faster-than-Nyquist system design for next generation fixed transmission networks
Gautham Prasad (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: In-Band Full-Duplex Power Line Communications
Faribar Aalamifar (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Analysis and Optimization of Communication Technologies for Smart Grid Applications
Md. Jahidur Rahman (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Interference mitigation and alignment for interference-limited communication systems
Hao Ma (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Coordinated Transmission for Visible Light Communication Systems
Naveen Mysore Balasubramanya (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Enhancements to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) Standard for Facilitating the Internet of Things (IoT)
Ayman Mostafa (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Physical-Layer Security for Visible-Light Communication Systems
Julien Renard (Ph.D.)
- with Prof. Horlin, jointly at UBC and Université Libre de Bruxelles
- Thesis: Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radios: Improving Robustness to Impulsive Noise
Nikola Zlatanov (Ph.D.)
- main supervisor Prof. R. Schober
- Thesis: Novel Protocols for the Two-Hop Half-Duplex Relay Network
Nima Taherinejad (Ph.D.)
- co-supervised by Prof. S. Mirabbasi
- Thesis: Power line communications in vehicles: Channel measurements and impedance matching networks
Imtiaz Ahmed (Ph.D.)
- main supervisor Prof. R. Schober
- Thesis: Resource Allocation in Wireless Systems with Conventional and Energy Harvesting Nodes
Ghasem Naddafzadeh Shirazi (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Optimization in Wireless Sensor and Machine-Type Communication Networks
Zahra Ahmadian (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Multiuser Pre-Filtered Ultra-Wideband Systems
Roee Diamant (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Spatial Reuse Scheduling and Localization for Underwater Acoustic Communication Networks
Azad Ravanshid (Ph.D.)
- at University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, with Prof. J. Huber
- Thesis: Rateless-Coded Cooperative Communications for Wireless Networks
Mohammad Mohammadnia-Avval (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Analysis and design of OFDM systems: Loading and nonlinear distortion mitigation
Trung Thanh Nguyen (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Binary-Coded Modulation and Applications in Free-Space Optics
Jeebak Mitra (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Reliable communication in non-Gaussian environments: Receiver design and analytical aspects
Tariq Al-Khasib (Ph.D.)
- co-supervised by Prof. H. Alnuweiri
- Thesis: Resource allocation and optimization for multiple-user legacy and cognitive radio systems
Anand Oka (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Towards Vaulting the Hurdle of Short Lifetimes in Wireless Sensor Networks: Distributed Algorithms and UWB Impulse Radio
Anna-Marie Silvester (Ph.D.)
- Thesis: Space-Time Continuous-Phase Modulation
Christopher Snow (Ph.D.)
- co-supervised with Prof. R. Schober
- Thesis: Multiband OFDM for Ultra-Wideband Wireless Communication
Volker Pauli (Ph.D.)
- at University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, with Prof. J. Huber
- Thesis: Design and Analysis of Low-Complexity Noncoherent Detection Schemes

MASc Graduates

Flynn Dowey (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Deep Q-Learning Aided K-Means Clustering Protocol for Optimizing Network Lifetime in Wireless Sensor Networks
Idan Roth (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Learning to Calibrate: Graph Neural Network for Online Calibration of Phase Shifters in Hybrid Beamforming Systems
Marley Beckett (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Harnessing RF Energy for Sustainable Power in Ambient IoT Devices
Xi Lu (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Neural networks in application to dolphin whistle detection and generation
Mitchell Nichols (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Fully connected optical beamforming network using microring weight banks
Mehdi Saeidi (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Hardware implementation of a multicarrier faster-than-Nyquist decoder
Shenghang Luo (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Model based machine learning techniques for fiber nonlinearity compensation
Mohammad Taha Askari (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Interplay between Fiber Nonlinearity and Probabilistic Amplitude Shaping
Prasham Jain (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Machine Learning Aided Non-Linear Interference Compensation for Optical Fiber Communication Systems
Seyedrazieh Bayati (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Machine learning-assisted CRAN design with hybrid RF/FSO and full-duplex self-backhauling
Jordan Naterer (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Modular spectrum utilization for next-generation fixed transmission networks
Lazar Atanackovic (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Machine learning inspired ship-radiated noise modelling and cancellation for underwater acoustic communication systems
Roee Bar (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: In-Vehicle Powerline Communication Using Software-Defined Radio
Manyou Ma (M.A.Sc.)
- co-supervised with Prof. R. Rohling
- Thesis: A Comparative Evaluation of Two Synthetic Aperture with Virtual Source Beamforming Methods in Biomedical Ultrasound
Michelle Clark (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Improving the Feasibility of Energy Disaggregation in Very High- and Low-Rate Sampling Scenarios
Philip Mark (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Ethernet over Light
Yifei Zhuang (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Physical Layer Security in MIMO Power Line Communication Networks
Mohamed Ahmed (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Inference and Communications over Power Lines
Kyle Kotowick (M.A.Sc.)
- co-supervised with Prof. R. Rohling
- Thesis: Advances in Synthetic Aperture, Compounded Plane Wave, and Spatially Encoded Excitation Techniques for Fast Ultrasonography
Dana Hoffmann (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Multiuser Detection for Transmit-Only Active RFID
Xiaolang Zhang (M.A.Sc.)
- co-supervised with Prof. S. Mirabbasi
- Thesis: A Programmable-Gain Amplifier and an Active Inductor for In-Vehicle Power Line Communications
Kung-Chung Lee (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Localization Systems Using Signal Strength Fingerprinting
Alireza Kenarsari (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Rehashing Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation
Ali Abdul-Hussein (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Rateless Codes – Decoding and Applications
Jingjun Li (M.A.Sc.)
- co-supervised by Prof. C. Leung
- Thesis: Detection, Channel Estimation, and Interference Suppression for DS-UWB
Zahra Ahmadian (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Performance Analysis for IEEE 802.15.4a UWB Systems
Trung Thanh Nguyen (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: PAR Reduction in OFDM Systems by Multiple Signal Representation
Siddharth Srinivasan (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Gallager’s Random Coding Exponent for Differential Space-Time Modulation
Jeebak Mitra (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Serial Concatenation of Simple Codes with Differential Modulations
Noha Ibrahim (M.A.Sc.)
- Thesis: Bluetooth Receiver Design Based on Laurent’s Decomposition
Ambuj Parihar (M.A.Sc.)
- co-supervised with Prof. R. Schober
- Thesis: Equalization for DS-UWB Systems
Jeff Liu (M.A.Sc.)
- co-supervised by Prof. C. Leung
- Thesis: Low-Complexity Iterative Decoding for Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation
Mani Jain (M.A.Sc.)
- co-supervised with Prof. R. Schober
- Thesis: Noncoherent Sequence Detection Receiver for Bluetooth Systems