Konpal Ali

Konpal Ali serves as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Engineering & Mathematics within the School of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics at the University of Washington Bothell. Her office is located in UW2-323 and she can be reached at ksali@uw.edu.

Education Background:

• Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan

Research Focus: Dr. Ali specializes in wireless communication systems with emphasis on physical layer design. Her work employs stochastic geometry to model large-scale wireless networks for real-world deployment scenarios. Key research thrusts include 5G/6G enabling technologies such as device-to-device communication, full duplex systems, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), and intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS). She actively investigates integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) frameworks, physical layer security mechanisms in interference-correlated environments, and machine learning applications for resource allocation optimization. Her recent publications explore meta distribution analysis to characterize percentile-level performance metrics in next-generation wireless networks.

Teaching Responsibilities: Dr. Ali instructs core electrical engineering courses including EE 341A (Discrete Time Linear Systems), EE 517A (Wireless Communications I), EE 235A (Continuous Time Linear Systems), and EE 518A (Wireless Communications II), covering both undergraduate and graduate curricula.

Professional Background: Prior to her faculty appointment, she completed postdoctoral research at the University of Manitoba and New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi, building expertise in wireless network modeling and performance analysis.