ECE Seminar Notice
The Centre for Intelligent Antenna and Radio Systems
in Associated with
IEEE Photonics Chapter presents
Professor Raed Shubair
Electrical Engineering
Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
Invited by PROFESSOR S. SAFAVI-NAEINI
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Refreshments will be served.
Abstract:
Recent
years
have
witnessed
exponential
growth
in
wireless
data
traffic
accompanied
by
an
increasing
demand
for
higher
speed
wireless
communications,
anywhere,
anytime.
Wireless
Terabit-persecond
(Tbps)
links
are
expected
to
become
a
reality
within
the
next
ten
years.
In
this
context,
Electromagnetic
Terahertz
communication
is
envisioned
as
a
key
wireless
technology
of
the
next
decade.
The
THz
band
will
help
overcome
the
spectrum
scarcity
problems
and
capacity
limitations
of
current
wireless
networks,
by
providing
an
unprecedentedly
large
bandwidth.
In
addition,
THz-band
communication
will
enable
applications
such
as
wireless
massive-core
computing
architectures
and
instantaneous
data
transfer
among
non-invasive
nano-devices,
as
well
as
ultra-high-definition
content
streaming
among
mobile
devices
and
wireless
high-bandwidth
secure
communications.
In
this
talk
an
in-depth
view
of
THz-band
communications
will
be
provided.
First,
the
state
of
the
art
and
open
challenges
in
the
design
and
development
of
THz-band
devices
will
be
presented.
In
particular,
the
limitations
and
possible
solutions
in
the
design
of
high-speed
THz-band
transceivers,
broadband
antennas
and
dynamic
antenna
arrays
will
be
described.
A
special
emphasis
will
be
given
to
the
utilization
of
novel
materials,
such
as
grapheme,
to
develop
compact
solid-state
devices
for
THz
communications.
Then,
the
current
progress
and
open
research
directions
in
terms
of
THz-band
channel
modeling
will
be
presented.
Finally,
the
main
phenomena
affecting
the
propagation
of
THz
signals
will
be
explained
and
their
impact
on
the
channel
capacity
will
be
assessed.
Biography:
Raed
Shubair
is
a
Full
Professor
in
the
Electrical
and
Computer
Engineering
Department,
Khalifa
University,
UAE.
He
is
also
officially
affiliated
with
MIT
as
Visiting
Research
Scientist
at
the
Research
Laboratory
of
Electronics
(RLE)
and
Department
of
Electrical
Engineering
and
Computer
Science
(EECS)
in
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology
(MIT),
USA.
Raed
Shubair
received
both
his
B.Sc.
degree
in
Electrical
Engineering
(with
Distinction
and
Class
Honors)
from
Kuwait
University,
Kuwait
in
June
1989
and
his
Ph.D.
degree
in
Electrical
Engineering
(with
Distinction)
from
University
of
Waterloo,
Canada
in
Feb
1993.
His
PhD
thesis
received
the
University
of
Waterloo
Distinguished
Doctorate
Dissertation
Award
in
1993.
His
current
research
interests
include
advanced
techniques
and
technologies
for
communications,
signal
processing,
electromagnetics,
antennas,
and
biomedical
applications.
He
is
recipient
of
Teaching
Excellence
Award,
Khalifa
University
(2008);
Distinguished
Service
Award,
ACES
Society
(2005);
Distinguished
Service
Award,
Electromagnetics
Academy
(2007);
Distinguished
Service
Award,
Khalifa
University
(2010);
IEEE
IIT
Best
Papers
Award
(2015);
IEEE
WCNC
Best
Paper
Award
(2015);
IEEE
ICCSPA
Best
Paper
Award
(2015).
He
conducted
many
tutorials
and
workshops,
has
been
on
the
editorial
boards
of
several
international
journals
and
on
the
organizing
committee
of
several
international
conferences.
He
is
Chair
of
IEEE
AP
Society
Educational
Initiatives
Committee
and
Outreach
Chair
for
IEEE
AP
Society,
Region
8
Europe,
Africa,
and
Middle
East
He
currently
serves
as
the
Chair
of
the
Technical
Program
Committee
for
IEEE
MMS’2016
Conference.