Invited Speakers

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Short Bio: Dogu Cagdas ATILLA received Ph. D. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2017 from Istanbul University and was employed as an instructor in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department and on number of Scientific Research Projects in Istanbul University between 2009-2018. Also he worked as a full-time teaching assistant in Isik University between 2012-2017. His main fields of interest are electromagnetics, wide-band antenna design, power transfer networks, and electrical vehicles. He is employed as an associate professor at Altinbas University started in 2017, Dean of Institute of Graduate Studies, head of Data Analytics Department and the founder deputy director of Electric, Autonomous, Unmanned Vehicles Research and Application Center(AUTONOM) in this school. Atilla is currently holding six patents, conducted more than ten research projects as leader/researcher, published more than forty international research papers and conference proceedings and one book chapter. Further the academic advisor of, award winner project EVA Team(Electrical Vehicle of Altinbas) in efficiency car challenge of Turkey, and TUAV Team, EVA X, EVASAT challenging in UAV, Rocket and Satellite competitions respectively.

Short Bio: Prof. Mardeni Roslee is a Professor at Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Malaysia. His current research interests are 5G/6G telecommunication, Internet of Things, radar and sensing technology. He serves as Chair of Centre of Wireless Technology, former Deputy Director of Research Management Centre and was President of MMU Staff Association, Multimedia University. He was also the main founder of Armada Smart Tech MR Sdn Bhd, Spinn Off Company and registered Chartered Engineer with Engineering Council United Kingdom, and Member with The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK. His experiences include consultation, professional institution and academic sectors. He was invited as 25 keynote speaker for at worldwide international conferences and been invited by IEEE international conference as an invited speaker at 16 countries such as at Thailand, China, Australia, Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, French, United Kingdom, Spain, Canada, New Zealand, Romania, India and Turkey. His contributions to academic and the engineering professional over the years have earned him recognitions nationally and internationally, he has awarded more than 100 International/local awards including recipient of VTS Chapter of the Year Award 2017 from Canada, Excellence in European Creativity Special Award 2018 from Romania, World Invention Special Award 2019 from World Invention Intellectual Property Associations, Outstanding Researcher Award 2020 from VTS, USA, 2021 IEEE Malaysia Outstanding Volunteer Award, Global Challenge Award 2022 from Japan and Top Research Scientists in Malaysia 2020 from Academy Science Malaysia.

Short Bio: Shehzad Ashraf Chaudhry is working as an Associate Professor of Cybersecurity Engineering in the College of Engineering at Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates. Dr. Chaudhry received the Master’s and Ph.D. degrees (with Distinction) from the International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2009 and 2016, respectively. He was a recipient of the Gold Medal for achieving a 4.0/4.0 CGPA in his Master’s. Prior to joining ADU, he served as an associate professor at Istanbul Gelisim University, Istanbul, Turkey, University of Sialkot, Pakistan, and as an assistant professor at International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. He has authored over 180 scientific publications in different international journals and proceedings, including more than 155 publications in Web of Science journals with an H-index of 52, an I-10 index of 125, and an accumulated impact factor of more than 530, his work has been cited around 7000 times. He has also supervised over 40 graduate students in their research. His current research interests include lightweight cryptography, elliptic curve cryptography, multimedia security, E-payment systems, MANETs, SIP authentication, Smart Grid security, IoT and Cloud infrastructure security, and next-generation networks. He delivered several keynote speeches and holds several awards for best research papers. Considering his research, the Pakistan Council for Science and Technology granted him the Prestigious Research Productivity Award while affirming him among the Top Productive Computer Scientists in Pakistan. For the consecutive five years (i.e., 2020 to 2025), he has been listed among the top 2% of computer scientists across the world in Stanford University’s report.

Short Bio: Dr. Athar Waseem, a Senior Member of IEEE, currently holds the position of Faculty Member at DECE-FET-IIUI in Pakistan. Prior to this role, he has amassed experience in both telecom industry and academia. Dr. Athar’s ongoing research pursuits encompass diverse areas such as 5G and B5G Communication, Radio Communication, Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, Signal Processing, CS-based Channel Estimation & Security Techniques for Massive MIMO Systems & D2D Communications in 5G & B5G Networks. Furthermore, Dr. Athar heads the Advanced Communication and Sensors Integration Research Lab at IIU. With a prolific scholarly output, he has authored/produced over 55+ peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, including conference proceedings. Moreover, he has provided guidance to several MS/PhD students, past and present. Dr. Athar is widely recognized internationally for his expertise in organizing IEEE conferences. Since 2014, he has successfully organized numerous conferences at international venues across various domains of Electrical Engineering and Technologies. Presently, he holds roles in several conferences and journals, including Executive Chair, Technical Chair, Founding Chair, Technical Advisor, and Editor/Associate Editor.

Title of Talk: Applications of Pattern Recognition and Compressive Sensing in 5G and Beyond Communication Systems