Qasim Ahmed

Qasim Ahmed is a Professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He holds affiliations with the School of Computing and Engineering and the Centre for Efficiency and Performance Engineering. His academic journey includes a BEng from NUST (Pakistan), MSc from USC (USA), and PhD from the University of Southampton (UK). He has held roles at NUCES (Pakistan), KAUST (Saudi Arabia), and the University of Kent before joining Huddersfield in 2017.

His research focuses on wireless communications, millimeter wave systems, ultra-wideband (UWB) technologies, and 5G/6G networks. Key interests include antenna design, cooperative communication, and blockchain applications in telecommunications. He leads EU-funded projects like MOTOR5G (€3.9M) and RECOMBINE (€0.5M), and has secured grants for innovations like the 'Smart Mattress' (£175k) and EVOLVE (€0.7M).

His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to affordable and clean energy (SDG7) and industry innovation (SDG9). Recent publications emphasize indoor positioning systems, deep learning for spectrum sensing, and hybrid blockchain solutions for network resource sharing.

Research grants and projects include EU H2020 funding for beyond 5G ecosystems and smart healthcare systems. He actively collaborates on antenna measurements, vehicular communications, and tiny machine learning (TinyML) applications. His team’s work spans theoretical advancements and practical implementations in next-generation wireless infrastructure.