Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL INFORMATION Zuhaib Ashfaq Khan

House No. D-5 Street No. 3 Phase # 1 Officers Colony, Wah Cantt (Pakistan)
+923345312369
znarjuit@hotmail.com

PERSONAL STATEMENT

Area of Research:
Wireless Communication (Physical Layer)

Research Interests:
Wireless Communications, MIMO Femto Cells, Cooperative Networks, Interference
Mitigation Protocols, 5G/LTE Networks, Phantom Cell, Massive MIMO.
Teaching Interests:
Signal Processing, DSP, DLD, Wireless Communications, Data Communicatons.

WORK EXPERIENCE

01/12/2014–Present Assistant Professor

COMSATS (CIIT) University
Kamra Road, Attock (Pakistan)
http://www.ciit-attock.edu.pk/comsats/facultyprofile.php?id=zuhaibkhan@ciit-attock.edu.pk
Assistant Professor.
Research Area: Wireless Communications, MIMO Femto Cells, Cooperative Networks, Interference
Mitigation Protocols, 5G/LTE Networks, Massive MIMO etc.
Teaching Courses: Signal Processing, DSP, DLD, Wireless Communications, Electronics Engineering
etc.

Business or sector Education

15/09/2013–14/07/2014 PhD Exchange Student

Katholieke University Leuevn (KUL), Leuven (Belgium)
http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/telemic/people/index.php?puc=101
Positions Held:

Katholieke University Leuevn (KUL), Belgium

Doctoral Fellow, Sep 2013 - Juy 2014
IMEC, Belgium (http://www2.imec.be/be_en/home.html)
Research Assistant (Internship)- Dec 2013 - June 2014
Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium
Teaching Assistant (http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/telemic/people/index.p...
Course: Avionics Telemic Engineering
Nov 2013 - July 2014.

Business or sector Information and communication

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20/02/2012–15/01/2013 Doctoral Exchange Fellow

Yuan Ze University (YZU), Neili (Taiwan)
http://www.comm.yzu.edu.tw/teacher/cn_jhdeng.htm
Positions Held:
PhD. Exchange Fellow
Yuan Ze University (YZU), Taiwan
Department of Communications Engineering
(http://www.comm.yzu.edu.tw/english/)
Research Assistant- 22 Feb 2012 - 15 Jan 2013
Teaching Courses:
Introduction to Cooperative Communications
Network Coding
Performance Analysis and Interference Mitigation Protocols
Basic Introduction to Latex

Business or sector Professional, scientific and technical activities

14/08/2007–20/02/2012 Telecommunications engineer

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Rangsit (Thailand)
http://www.set.ait.ac.th/page.php?fol=tc&page=tc
Scholarship Award:
Masters Leading to PhD Degree
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
Masters Degree- Telecommunications Engineering
Teaching Assistant: 20 Aug 2007 - 15 June 2009
Master Research Area: MIMO Cooperative Networks, V-BLAST Algorithm, Performance Analysis,
Cooperation Gain Protocols.
Award:

Masters Dual Degree Fellowship

Telecom SudParis (http://www.telecom-sudparis.eu/fr_accueil.html)

PhD Doctor Degree in AIT, Thailand

15 June 2009 - Dec 2014
Research Assistant: 20 June 2009 - 20 Feb 2012
Teaching Assistant for courses: Signals and Systems, Advanced Digital Signal Processing, Error
Control Coding, Teletraffic Engineering, Data Communications etc.
Awards:
PhD Dual Degree Program to Oulu, Finland
PhD Exchage Fellowship to YZU, Taiwan
PhD Erasmus Mundus Exchange Program to KUL, Belgium

Business or sector Education

25/12/2006–01/08/2007 Electronics engineer

Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT), Taxila Cantt, Taxila (Pakistan)
Works as an Junior Works Manager. Main responsibility includes to perform tasks of the on-going

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projects related to electronics engineering.

Team Leader for AARDIC research unit. Focal person for research collaborations with AWC, NDC,
and other defense organizations.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

14/08/2007–08/08/2014 Ms Leading to PhD Degree PhD in

Telecommunications
Engineering
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Rangsit (Thailand)
Masters: Telecommunications Engineering
MS Thesis Area: MIMO Cooperative Networks, Network Coding, Wireless Comm.
Master Thesis Title: "Performance Analysis of MIMO Based Cooperation Diversity System using
Hybrid FDMA-TDMA Technique"
Research Output: Two publications in reputable conferences

PhD: Telecommunications Engineering

Dissertation: Femto Cells, Interference Alignment, 5G/LTE.
Title: "Performance Analysis of MIMO Based Femto-Cell Networks Using Interference Mitigation
Protocols"
Research Output: Three research papers in reputable Journals and two papers are in progress.

PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue(s) Urdu

Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production

English C2 C2 C2 C2 C2
Levels: A1/A2: Basic user - B1/B2: Independent user - C1/C2: Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Communication skills -good communication skills gained through my experience as a Doctor

-good presenter

Organisational / managerial skills - leadership (currently responsible for a team of 10 people)

- good organisational skills gained as a volunteer of TSF French NGO
- responsible for booking speakers and promoting events
- good team-leading skills gained as football volunteer coach

Job-related skills - good command of quality control processes (currently responsible for quality audit)
- mentoring skills (as a Doctor I was responsible for the training and induction of new research topics
among the students)

Computer skills Awards, Honors, Scholarships:

1. HEC Approved Supervisor, December 2014.

2. EXPERTS Erasmus Mundus PhD exchange program awarded for ten months of duration.

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3. Representative of ESAT-TELEMIC research group to IMEC, Belgium for collaboration.

4. PhD exchange fellowship awarded for an year at YZU, Taiwan.
5. Dual degree for PhD being awarded at CWC, Oulu, Finland.
6. Winner of National Institute of Informatics International Internship Program (scholarship awarded to
the best doctoral student in the School of Engineering and Technology, AIT), Tokyo, Japan, March
2012.
7. Professional Volunteer for TSF French NGO for emergency deployments worldwide. Letter of
appreciation being awarded for Asia-Pacific region by TSF director at AIT, Bangkok Thailand.
8. Scholarship for the Masters and PhD studies awarded by the Higher Education Commission of
Pakistan, August 2007 Dec 2012.
9. Scholarship for Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) Program in Electronics Engineering awarded by
Air Force University (Air Uni), Pakistan, 2004-2006 upon excellent performance.
10. Winner of many sports and extra co-curricular activities i.e. Football, Basketball and Volleyball
champion. Gold Medal in Mini-Marathon at university and graduate level.

Professional Activities:
1. Member Ph.D. Club, Cancer Care Hospital and Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan (Sep 2014
Present).
2. Reviewer: Journal of Communications (JoCM).
3. Reviewer: International Conferences, ICC, Globecom etc.
4. University Research Satcom Project Analysis to Identify Research Strengths of Yuan Ze University
March 2012.
5. International Conference on 5G LTE Networks 2014. Attended as a representative of ESAT-
TELEMIC. Member of FITCE.be.
6. Workshop on Research Performance Evaluation and Support of Communication Networks: ESAT
KUL, Belgium 2014.

7. International Conference (ICWCMC) in Penang, Malaysia 2012. Novel design of MIMO cooperative
protocol, (third prize)
8. Conference MC & member organizing committee: 10th International Conference of Mobile
Computing and Wireless Networks, Bangkok, Thailand, January 2009.
Projects:

1. National Taiwanese Government Funded Program- The main objectives include to cope with
interference issue. EU collaboration for massive MIMO techniques implementation in real time
scenario.
2. Horizon 2020. Considering small cells and there critical issues. Collaborative work with IMEC,
Belgium and CWC Oulu, Finland.
3. METIS 2020 project. Designing of innovative techniques to cope issues in wireless sensor
networks. EU collaborative work is going with cooperation of many European universities. The key
role in physical layer is to interface cross later Femto cell concepts and perform interference alignment
technique in collaboration with Prof. Nandana Rajatheva CWC Oulu, Finland. Aug 2014-present.

Seminars, Conferences, Books, Journal Publications:

A separate sheet is attached with CV for reference.

Computer Skills
Matlab
Latex
EDP (Electronic Data Processing)

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DOS (Disk Operating System)

MS-Windows
MS-Office, MS-Word
Introduction to Internet
SPSS
Experiences
Teaching experience at KUL, Belgium. Teaching Bachelor and Masters Degree students the course
titled: Avionics Telemic for a year.
Exchange program and research (on-going) at KUL, Belgium TELEMIC Lab for a year.Exchange
program to YZU, Taiwan for a year to carry out PhD research under supervision of enthusiastic
researchers.
Having experience on Electric Trainers and Power Control at ESBI Rousch Power
Plant, Abdul Hakim.
Having experience on Lathe Machine and different tools.
Having knowledge of GSM, CDMA etc in Communication Side.
Having knowledge of languages like Matlab, C++, Assembly Language, VHDL etc.
Having experience of using softwares like Electronic Work Bench (EWB), Circuit Maker, PSPICE,
Matlab, PRO-E, AVR Studio4 etc.
Study Projects
Study on Introduction to GSM
Study Project on GSM Channels
Study on new Technologies e.g. 3G, Bluetooth, CDMA etc.
Survey of different BTSs and BSCs in Communication Sector
Semester Projects (Undergraduate)
Project on Fleet System Based on C++.
A.C. Control System based on C language.
Many mini projects related to field and DLD etc.
16-Bit ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit).
Final project based on Control System named as Linear Motion Control System Design and
Fabrication (Sponsored by PIEAS).

ANNEXES

▪ List of Publications.pdf

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List of Publications.pdf

List of Publications

Journal Papers:

Zuhaib Ashfaq Khan, Nandana Rajatheva, and Juinn-Horng Deng, ``Performance Analysis of Novel
Interference Mitigation Schemes in Heterogeneous Networks over Rayleigh and Rician Fading
Channels". JOCM- Journal of Communications, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 359-371, 2013. Doi:
10.12720/jcm.8.6.359-371 ETP 2013. June 2013.

Zuhaib Ashfaq Khan, Muhammad Hasanain Chaudary, and Juinn-Horng Deng, ``Moment
Generating Function (M.G.F.) based Performance Analysis of Network Coding Two-way Relaying
Using Alamouti Scheme over Various Fading Channels". BUJICT- Bahria University Journal of
Information & Communication Technologies, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 11-18, 2012. December 2012.

Zuhaib Ashfaq Khan, Juinn-Horng Deng, and Nandana Rajatheva, ``Novel Femto Cooperative
Scheme (Fe-COPE) with Interference Mitigation and Performance Analysis under Different Fading
Channels". JCIE- Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Vol, 2014 Thomson Reuters
ScholarOne. Accepted: 17 March 2014.

Zuhaib Ashfaq Khan, Muhammad Hasanain Chaudary, Nandana Rajatheva, Sofie Pollin, and
Juinn-Horng Deng, ``A MIMO Based Interference Mitigation Protocol for Femto Cells and
Performance Analysis using Alamouti Coding Gain for Different Fading Scenarios". EURASIP
Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Springer, 2014. [In Progress]

Zuhaib Ashfaq Khan, Rodolfo Torrea Duran, Fernando Rosas, Marc Moonen, Nandana Rajatheva,
and Sofie Pollin, ``A Power-Enhanced Cooperative Scheme in OFDMA Heterogeneous systems for
5G Networks". J-SAC IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Communications
Society, 2014. [To be Submitted]

Conference Papers:

 Zuhaib Ashfaq Khan, Imran Khan, and Nandana Rajatheva, ``Performance Analysis of
MIMO Based Multi-User Cooperation Diversity System using Hybrid FDMA-TDMA
Technique". IEEE ECTI-CON, Chiang Mai, Thailand May 2010.
 Zuhaib Ashfaq Khan, Imran Khan, and Nandana Rajatheva, ``Performance Analysis of
Multi-User Cooperation Diversity System using MIMO Approach Over Various Fading
Channels". ICWCMC WASET Penang, Malaysia February 2010.
 Zuhaib Ashfaq Khan, Rodolfo Torrea Duran, and Sofie Pollin, ``A Power-Enhanced Femto
Cooperative Scheme (Fe-COPE) in OFDMA Heterogeneous systems using Interference
Mitigation for 5G Networks". 35th and 4th Joint WIC/IEEE Symposium on Information
Theory and Signal Processing in the Benelux, May 2014.

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