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Dr. Hatem Abou-Zeid is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering at the University of Calgary, directing the WAVES Research Group. He holds adjunct positions at Queen’s University, Carleton University, and Ontario Tech University. His research focuses on AI-driven 6G networks, wireless sensing, extended reality (XR), and brain-computer interfaces (BCI). Prior to academia, he spent 7 years in industry at Ericsson and Cisco, leading projects in 5G radio access and network intelligence, resulting in 20+ patents and $3.5M+ collaborative research projects.
Education: PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Queen’s University), M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Electronics and Communications Engineering (Arab Academy, Egypt).
Research interests span trustworthy AI for 6G, joint sensing & communication systems, and AI for immersive networking. Notable work includes foundational models for 6G radios, self-supervised learning for spectrograms, and safe reinforcement learning for network slicing. His lab explores pediatric BCI, IoT edge computing, and low-power wireless prototyping.
Publications highlight contributions to AI-driven resource allocation, 5G/6G slicing, and federated learning in tactical networks. Awards include the 2023 Early Research Excellence Award and 2023 Software Engineering Professor of the Year.
Advising involves 15+ students and postdocs, with collaborations spanning academia (e.g., Hotchkiss Brain Institute) and industry (Ericsson, Telus). Current openings exist for PDF/PhD researchers in AI/6G wireless systems and pediatric BCI.
Labs/Teams: Director of WAVES Lab; collaborates with Ericsson Canada, Alberta Innovates, and Canadian Space Agency on applied research projects. Teaching includes advanced networking, machine learning systems, and IoT courses.
