Ekram Hossain

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Prof. Ekram Hossain
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Research area Wireless communication networks
Institution University of Manitoba
Personal webpage http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~hossaina/


Ekram Hossain is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. [1] Hossain leads the Wireless Communications, Networks, and Services Research Group at University of Manitoba and is former editor-in-chief for the IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. [2] [3] [4] [5] In addition, Hossain has held visiting professorships at the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (February 2011, August 2009), Tohoku University, Japan (November 2010), and School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Australia (June 2008). [6]

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Hossain's research in wireless communication networks is widely cited. [7] [8] [9] In 2012, he received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) and the IEEE Communications Society Fred W. Ellersick Prize. [10] [11]

Education

Hossain completed his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) and Master of Science (M.Sc.) at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in Dhaka, Bangladesh before going on to complete a Ph.D. at the University of Victoria in Victoria, Canada. [12] [13]

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References

  1. Hossain's personal webpage.
  2. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials Tops Citation Rankings for Impact Factor in Telecommunications.
  3. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials Editorial Board.
  4. Say Hello to New Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Surveys and Tutorials.
  5. Collaborative research groups at ECE, University of Maniotba.
  6. Hossain's Curriculum Vitae.
  7. Mobile Devices That Get a Signal Everywhere (Page 2).
  8. Ekram Hossain publications indexed by Google Scholar OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  9. Ekram Hossain at DBLP Bibliography Server OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  10. Best Paper Award from the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2012.
  11. IEEE ComSoc Fred W. Ellersick Prize.
  12. "Ekram Hossain – Professor – University of Manitoba | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  13. Hossain, Ekram (September 22, 2018). "Ekram Hossain: Curriculum Vitae" (PDF).