Ahmad El Assaf

**** **-******* – Montréal (QC) H*C 1J8

H 514-***-**** • B acw5om@r.postjobfree.com

Profile

{ More than 5 years of professional experience.

{ Experienced in the domain of research and development.

{ Capable of using di erent operating systems such as Windows, and Linux.

{ Masters di erent programming languages such as: Matlab, Python, Labview, C++, Visual Basic, As- sembler, CSS.

{ Languages: French and English.

Professional Experience

INRS-EMT Montreal, Canada

Web administrator 2015–Present

{ Design, develop and revise WirelessLab website using PHP, CSS, and JS programing languages. INRS-EMT Montreal, Canada

Research associate 2012–Present

{ Use Mathematical tools, design methods and Matlab programming language to develop new localization algo- rithms with high accuracy.

{ Work with members of the team to implement projects and developed algorithms on some real devices and sensors.

{ Attends/participates in international conferences and meetings as needed.

{ Other related tasks.

LRTCS Val d’Or, Canada

Researching Student 2009–2012

{ Study of 60 GHz channel estimation techniques using pilot carriers in OFDM systems in a confined area.

{ Comparing the performance of di erent estimators with the comb-type pilot carrier insertion under di erent environment conditions which includes the LOS and NLOS cases. AL-BAYANN C Lebanon

Network and Computer Repair specialist 2008–2009

{ Maintenance, configure, install, monitor, support and repair the operating systems (i.e., Windows and Linux) and the network infrastructure.

{ Designing and implementation of computer networks including LAN/WAN, Firewall, IDS, as well as inter- branch connectivity.

{ Configure Windows workstations and Windows Server 2008: DNS, VPN, Active Directory, DHCP, File Service, FTP, HTTP & HTTPS, etc.

OGERO T I . Lebanon

Trainee 2008

{ Operation and configuration of digital transmission systems, switching systems such as Alcatel, Ericsson and Siemens.

T L (TL) Lebanon

Trainee 2007

{ Provide two-way communications between the studio and the SNG vehicle via satellite.

{ Multiplexer audio and video signals.

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Education

S U MOOC

Machine Learning Certificate: Classification & Regression 2016

{ Linear algebra concepts, linear regression Prediction, logistic Regression Model, Supervised & Unsupervised Learning, Classification and Representation.

INRS Montreal, Canada

PhD in telecommunications 2012–2016

UQAT Val d’or, Canada

Masters in engineering, option telecommunications 2009–2012 L U Lebanon

Bachelor degree in Telecommunications & Computer Networks Engineering 2005–2008 IT and telecommunications knowledge & skills

Programming languages: C, C++, M L P N , J CSS, XHTML, SQL,PHP

Operating systems: W , , XP, V S MS D , U L Softwares: LATEX, Visio, MS O ce products, SSH client, packet tracer, Mathematica, Adobe Photoshop

& Dreamwaver CC, ADS

Communications protocols: GSM, GPRS, WLAN, CDMA, WCDMA, EDGE Computer Networks and Protocols: OSI layers, BGP, LDP, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, VLANs, TCP/IP, DHCP, UDP, FQDN, firewalls.

Publications List

1. A. ELAssaf, S. Zaidi, S. A es, andN. Kandil, “Robust ANNs-basedWSNLocalization in the Presence of Anisotropic Signal Attenuation”, IEEE Wireless Communications Letter, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 504-507, July 2016.

2. A. EL Assaf, S. Zaidi, S. A es, and N. Kandil, “Low-Cost Localization for Multi-Hop Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 472-484, January 2016.

3. A. EL Assaf, S. Zaidi, S. A es, and N. Kandil, “Optimal Anchors Placement Strategy based on a Novel Practical SwarmOptimizer Technique”, Submitted to Proc. IEEE ICC’2017. 4. A. ELAssaf, S. Zaidi, S. A es, andN. Kandil, “MaximizingWireless SensorNetworkLifetime by using an E ective Deep-Learning Cluster Head Selection Algorithm”, Submitted to Proc. IEEE ICC’2017. 5. A. EL Assaf, S. Zaidi, S. A es, and N. Kandil, “Accurate Nodes Localization in Anisotropic Wireless Sensor Networks”, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, vol. 2015, pp. 1-17, April 2015. Extracurricular Activities

Member of IEEE ICUWB’2015 conference organizing committee INRS-EMT 2015

President of the INRS-EMTMontreal student association INRS-EMT 2015-2016

Treasurer of the INRS-EMTMontreal student association INRS-EMT 2014-2015

Member of graduate advisory committee at INRS university INRS-EMT 2013-2016

Volunteer at the Salon of immigration and integration in Quebec (SIIQ) Montreal 2013

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