Mohammadreza Ataei Naeini
PhD Candidate
(Systems & Computer Eng.)
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
                        
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Amir H. Banihashemi
Dr. Thomas Kunz

                         Email: mrataei@sce.carleton.ca
                         Tel: +1 613 520-2600 ext. 1579
                         Fax:+1 613 520-5727
                         Office: Minto Centre (MC) , Room 7035

Research Interests

·        Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs)

·        Wireless & Mobile Communications

·        Cognitive Radio Networks

·        Game Theory in Communications

·        Network Architectures

·        OFDM, MIMO, CDMA, UWB

·        Sensor Networks

 Honors & Achievements

·        "John Ruptash Memorial Fellowship", Carleton University, (2014)

·        "Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)", (2014-2015)

·        "President's 2010 Doctoral Fellowship", Carleton University (2010-2014)

·        "Tom Skinner Award ", Carleton University (2010-2011)

·        "International Entrance Award", Carleton University (2010)

·        "Graduate Scholarship", Systems and Computer Engineering department of the Carleton University (2010)

·        "Teaching Assistantship Award", Carleton University (2011-2014)

·        Ranked 1^st among IUT Electrical Engineering students throughout M.Sc. (2007- 2009)

·        Exempted from the Ph.D. entrance exam in Iran as an exceptionally talented student.

·        Exempted from the M.S. entrance exam in Iran as an exceptionally talented student.

·        Ranked 1^st among 140 IUT Electrical Engineering students throughout B.Sc. (2003 - 2007)

·        Member of the team that received the Asian Science Parks Association (ASPA) special award (Sarv-Net Eng. Co.) (2006)

·        4 times awarded by the president of IUT for research activities and achievements, Isfahan, Iran, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

Education

·        B. Sc. & M. Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (summa cum laude), Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan-Iran.

Publications

·        Journal Papers

o   M. R. Ataei, T. Kunz, A. H. Banihashemi, “'Localization and location verification in non-homogeneous one-dimensional wireless ad-hoc networks,” to appear in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2014 Special Issue on Location-Awareness for Radios and Networks, accepted February 2015.

o   M. R. Ataei, A. H. Banihashemi, T. Kunz, “An energy-efficient transmission range assignment for 1-D wireless networks,” IEEE Wireless Comm. Letters, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 543 - 546, October 2013.

o   M. R. Ataei, A. H. Banihashemi, T. Kunz, “Low-complexity energy-efficient broadcasting in one-dimensional wireless networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 61, pp. 3276 – 3282, Sept 2012.

·        Conference Papers

o   M. R. Ataei, A. H. Banihashemi, T. Kunz, “Minimum-energy broadcasting for cross wireless ad-hoc networks,” accepted for presentation at IEEE ICC 2015, London, UK, June 8 - 12.

o   M. R. Ataei, T. Kunz, A. H. Banihashemi, “Localization in non-homogeneous one-dimensional wireless ad-hoc networks,” accepted for presentation at IEEE ICC 2015, London, UK, June 8 - 12.

o   A. Rouhandeh, M. R. Ataei,“Using adaptive filters to demodulate QAM signals”, 13^th ISCEE, Tehran, Iran, 2010.

o   M. R. Ataei, A. Rouhandeh, “Spectrum management in cognitive radio networks”, 12^th ISCEE, Tabriz, Iran, 2009.

(Best Paper Award among 353 papers)

o   M. R. Ataei, A. Rouhandeh, “Introducing a new code for CDMA based on T-Functions”, 12^th ISCEE, Tabriz, Iran, 2009.

o   A. Rouhandeh, M. R. Ataei, “Introducing Novel Interactive Teaching Methods”, the 1^st Iranian Conference on Innovation , Shahrekord, Iran, 2009.

o   M. R. Faghani, H. Saidi, M. R. Ataei, “Effects of security solutions on worm propagation”, the IEEE International Symposium on Telecommunications (IST-2008), Tehran, Iran, 2008.

(Placed among top 20 papers of the conference)

·        Lectures

o   Tutorials on “Probability, random variables and stochastic processes”, Carleton University, 2013.

o   “Spectrum management in cognitive radio networks”, 12^th ISCEE, Tabriz, Iran, 2009.

o   “Introducing a new code for CDMA based on T-Functions”, 12^th ISCEE, Tabriz, Iran, 2009.