Short biography
I was born and raised in Tunis, Tunisia. I received my Diplome d’Ingenieur degree in telecommunications from Ecole Superieure des Communications de Tunis, Tunisia, in 1995 and the M. Sc. and Ph. D. degrees in telecommunications from INRS-EMT, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada, in 1998 and 2006. From 1998 to 1999, I worked as a research assistant in the Personal Communications Group of INRS-EMT. From 1999 to 2002, I was a research engineer in the Technology Evolution and Standards group of Microcell Inc (now ROGERS Wireless), Montreal, surveying and studying radio-communication technology evolution. I also took part in major wireless normalization committees (3GPP, T1P1). From 2006 to 2009, I was lecturer/Postdoctoral fellow at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA . I'm currently an Assistant Professor at Purdue University, Hammond, USA.
Awards, grants & scientific distinctions
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Academic Gold Medal of the Governor General of Canada 2007
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Recipient of the INRS Award of Academic Excellence 2007
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NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University from 2008 to 2010
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FQRNT Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University from 2006 to 2008
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Recipient of the Gold Medal at the student poster session of SYTACom Technology Forum 2005
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Excellence Award from the Canadian International Development Agency from 1996 to 1998
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First Prize in a National Mathematics Competition 1987