Sadia Ahmed

Office: ENB-363
Phone: (813)-974-3939
e-mail: ahmed3@mail.usf.edu

Educational Background

PHD: Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (current).
MS: Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
MS: Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.
BS: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Professional Background

Research Interests

Underwater Acoustic Communication Using OFDM
UWB Location Applications
Cognitive Radio Applications
Interference Effects and Modulation Schemes in UWB Communication Systems

Teaching Assistant

Spring 2005: Advanced Top Wireless Communication Systems
Fall 2005: Introduction to Communication Systems

Publications

Book Chapter

H. Arslan and S. Ahmed, "Applications of Cognitive Radio", Book Chapter, Cognitive Radio, Software Defined Radio, and Adaptive Wireless Systems , Springer, Sept. 2007.
H. Arslan, I. Guvenc and S. Ahmed, "UWB Modulation Options", Book Chapter, Ultra Wideband Wireless Communication , John Wiley & Sons, Inc., August 2006.

Journal Papers

W.D. Kearns, D. Algase, D.H. Moore, and S. Ahmed,"Ultra Wideband Radio: A Novel Method for Measuring Wandering in Persons with Dementia", accepted for Gerontechnology 2008 7(1):48-57.

Conference Papers

S. Ahmed and H. Arslan,"Cognitive Intelligence in the Mapping of Underwater Acoustic Communication Environments to Channel Models", accepted for IEEE OCEANS, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA, October 2009. (ieeexplore)
S. Ahmed and H. Arslan,"Evaluation and Compensation of Frequency Dependent Path Loss over OFDM Subcarriers in UAC", accepted for IEEE OCEANS, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA, October 2009. (ieeexplore)
S. Ahmed and H. Arslan,"Cognitive Intelligence in UAC Channel Parameter Identification,Measurement, Estimation, and Environment Mapping", accepted for IEEE OCEANS, Bremen, Germany, May 2009. (ieeexplore)
S. Ahmed and H. Arslan,"Evaluation of Frequency Offset and Doppler Effect in Terrestrial RF and in Underwater Acoustic OFDM Systems", accepted for IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), San Diego, CA, USA, Nov 2008. (ieeexplore)
S. Ahmed and H. Arslan,"IFI and ISI in High Data Rate UWB Coherent Transceivers", accepted for IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), Orlando, FL, USA, Jan 2008. (ieeexplore)
Mustafa Sahin, S. Ahmed and H. Arslan,"The Roles of Ultra Wideband in Cognitive Networks ", accepted for IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), Singapore, September 2007. (Invited Paper) (ieeexplore)
S. Ahmed and H. Arslan,"Inter-Symbol Interference in High Data Rate Transmit Reference UWB Transceivers", accepted for IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), Singapore, September 2007. (ieeexplore).
S. Ahmed and H. Arslan,"Inter-Frame Interference in Time Hopping Impulse Radio Based UWB Systems for Coherent Receivers", accepted for IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Montreal, Canada, September 2006. (ieeexplore).

Poster Presentations

H. Celebi, M. E. Sahin, I. Guvenc, S. Ahmed, T. S. Price and H. Arslan, "Low Complexity UWB Impulse Radio", presented in Wireless and Microwave Conf. (WAMI), Clearwater, FL, Apr. 2005.
S. Ahmed et al., "Energy Detector Based Ultrawideband Transceiver Design", presented in Wireless and Microwave Conf. (WAMI), Clearwater, FL, Apr. 2005.