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Curriculum Vitae Salman Durrani

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Senior LecturerResearch School of Engineering, CECS, ANU

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2001−2004 PhD in Electrical Engineering− Ins tu on: School of Informa on Technology & Electrical Engineering (ITEE),

The University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.− Thesis: Inves ga ons into Smart Antennas for CDMAWireless Systems.− Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marek E. Bialkowski

1996−2000 B.Sc. (1st class Honours) in Electrical Engineering− Ins tu on: Department of Electrical Engineering,

The University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.− Thesis: Fractal Image Compression and its Implementa on.− Supervisor: Associate Prof. Masood Ahmed.

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Jan. 2012 Senior Lecturer− present Research School of Engineering, CECS, The Australian Na onal University.

Mar. 2005 Lecturer− Dec. 2011 Research School of Engineering, CECS, The Australian Na onal University.

Oct. 2005 Visi ng Researcher− Apr. 2006 Wireless Signal Processing Program, Canberra, Na onal ICT Australia.

Sep. 2004 Research Assistant− Feb. 2005, School of Informa on Technology & Electrical Engineering,2003, 2001 The University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Mar. 2001 PhD Research Student− Aug. 2004 School of ITEE, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.

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Research • Chief Inves gator (CI) in 2 ARC Discovery Grants, total value awarded = $789,300.• 78 publica ons, h-index = 12, i10-index = 15, g-index = 20, cita ons = 545.• 8 PhD students, 5 ME Hons students, 10 BE RnD students and 20 BE Hons students.

Educa on • Recognised at the grade of Senior Fellow of Higher Educa on Academy (SFHEA), UK in 2014.• 2012 Vice Chancellor's award for teaching excellence.• 2 ANU/CECS teaching equipment grants to the value of $208,000.

Service • Chair of IEEE ACT Signal Processing and Communica ons Socie es Chapter in 2015.•Member of ANU Educa onal Fellowship Scheme commi ee, 2014 - present.•Member of ANU VC's Awards for Excellence in Educa on Commi ee in 2014 and 2013.

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•Wireless and mobile communica ons• Synchroniza on for coopera ve communica on systems.• Outage and connec vity of finite wireless networks.• Signal processing for communica on systems.• Smart antennas and Code Division Mul ple Access (CDMA) systems.

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A S2014 Paper selected as one of Best 50 papers at IEEE Globecom 2014 (corresponds to the

top 2.2% of all papers submi ed to IEEE Globecom 2014).

2010 Elevated to grade of Senior Member, IEEE.

2007 Travel Grant, ARC Australian Communica ons Research Network (ACoRN), $2000.

2003 Highly Commended Student Presenta on Award, Eighth Australian Symposium onAntennas, CSIRO Telecommunica ons & Industrial Physics Centre, Sydney, Australia(one first prize and two highly commended student prizes were awarded at the con-ference)

2001 Richard Jago Memorial Prize, The University of Queensland (Co-recipient of the onetravel grant/year awarded by School of ITEE, UQ to a end an interna onal confer-ence).

2001−2004 Interna onal Postgraduate Research Scholarship, funded by the Australian govern-ment.

2001−2004 School of ITEE Interna onal Scholarship, The University of Queensland.

2000 University Gold Medal for best graduate of the 1996−2000 session.

2000 Two Gold Medals from Alumni:− Shahid-ul-Haq Qureshi Medal for overall best performance in Electronics & Com-munica on subjects in the B.Sc. Electrical Engineering Examina on.− Dr. S. H. Durrani Medal for overall best performance in Communica on Disciplinein the Final Year B.Sc. Electrical Engineering Examina on.

2000 ThreeGoldMedals from Industry (SiemensMedal, NespakMedal, NewageMedal) foroverall best performance in the Final Year B.Sc. Electrical Engineering Examina on.

2000 Merit Cer ficate for obtaining 1st posi on in Final year B.Sc. Electrical Engineering.

1999 Merit Cer ficate for obtaining 1st posi on in Third year B.Sc. Electrical Engineering.

1998 Merit Cer ficate for obtaining 1st posi on in Second year B.Sc. Electrical Engineering.

1997 Merit Cer ficate for obtaining 1st posi on in First year B.Sc. Electrical Engineering.

1996−2000 Merit Scholarship, Board of Intermediate & Secondary Educa on, Lahore, Pakistan.



A T2014 Recognised at the grade of Senior Fellow of Higher Educa on Academy (SFHEA), UK.

2013 Vox pops compe on winner (one of 10), The Higher Educa on Technology Agenda(THETA) Conference, Hobart, Australia.

2012 ANU Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence.

2011 ANU Commenda on for Outstanding Contribu on to Student Learning.

2011 Dean's Awards for Teaching Excellence, CECS, ANU.

2008 ANU Students' Associa ons Award for Excellence in Teaching.

2007 Dean's Awards for Teaching Excellence, CECS, ANU.

2014 Nominated for OLT Cita on for Outstanding Contribu ons to Student Learning.

2012 Nominated for OLT Award for Teaching Excellence − Physical Sciences and RelatedStudies category.

2008 Nominated for ALTC Award for Teaching Excellence− Early Career category.

2007 Nominated for ANU Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence.

2014, 2007 Nominated by students for the ANU Last Lecture.

A S2005 Cer ficate of Apprecia on for con nued support in College outreach ac vi es, CECS,

ANU.

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Date of birth: 23 May, 1977.

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Office: B149, RSISE Building (no. 115),Research School of Engineering,College of Engineering & Computer Science,The Australian Na onal University,Canberra, ACT 0200.

Tel: +61 2 6125 6573Fax: +61 2 6125 0506Email: [email protected]: h p://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/ Salman.Durrani/



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1.1 Supervision Summary1. Tabular summary of supervision:

Total Completed In ProgressPostdoc 2 0 2PhD 8 4 4− as primary supervisor 5 2 3− as supervisor 3 2 1ME Hons 5 5 0BE Hons 20 20 0BE RnD 10 10 0Summer 3 3 0

2. Published research papers with 12/40 (30%) undergraduate students to date.

1.2 Postdoc Supervision1. D . A A N .

2. D . Z K .

1.3 PhD Student Supervision1. X Z ( M 2015).

− Topic: TBA− My role: Supervisor and Chair.

2. W L (J 2014- ).

− Topic: Wireless Energy Harves ng Powered Wireless Sensor Networks− My role: Supervisor and Chair (co-supervised with Dr. Xiangyun Zhou).− My contribu on: 40%.− Joint publica on outcomes: 1 IEEE journal under review.

3. Y H (M . 2014- ).

− Topic: TBA− My role: Primary supervisor and Chair (co-supervised with Dr. Xiangyun Zhou).− My contribu on: 60%.− Joint publica on outcomes: 1 IEEE le er paper under review.

4. J G (S . 2012- ).

− Topic: Interference and Outage in Finite Wireless Networks− My role: Primary supervisor and Chair (co-supervised with Dr. Xiangyun Zhou).− My contribu on: 60%.− Joint publica on outcomes: 4 IEEE journal papers (1 under review) and 1 conference paper.

5. S N. I (J 2011-D . 2014).

− Topic: Mul -wayRelayNetworks: Characteriza on, PerformanceAnalysis and Transmission SchemeDesign

− My role: Supervisor from June 2012 onwards (co-supervised with Dr. Parastoo Sadeghi).− My contribu on: 40%.− Joint publica on outcomes: 1 IET journal paper + 2 journals under review and 1 conference paper.

6. Z K (A 2010-A 2013).



− Topic: Spa o-spectral Analysis on the Unit Sphere− My role: Primary supervisor (co-supervised with Prof. Rodney Kennedy and Dr. Parastoo Sadeghi).− My contribu on: 35%.− Joint publica on outcomes: 5 IEEE journal papers and 5 conference papers.− Progress: Postdoc within CECS, ANU.

7. A A N (J 2009-S . 2012)

− Topic: Synchroniza on in Coopera ve Communica on Systems− My role: Primary supervisor (co-supervised with Prof. Rodney Kennedy).− My contribu on: 70%.− Joint publica on outcomes: 5 IEEE/IET journal papers and 8 conference papers.− Progress: Postdoc within CECS, ANU.

8. X Z (J . 2008-J 2010)

− Topic: Adap ve Channel Coding and Es ma on for Future Wireless Systems− My role: Supervisor (co-supervised with Dr. Parastoo Sadeghi).− My contribu on: 40%.− Joint publica on outcomes: 4 IEEE journal papers and 7 conferences papers.− Progress: Postdoc in Norway. Currently, FERL within CECS, ANU.

1.4 Master of Engineering (ME) Honours Student Supervision1. N C (2014), Generalized Distance Distribu ons in Wireless Networks.

− Publica on outcome: Journal paper under prepara on.

2. H J (2011), Analyzing the Connec vity of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks Using SUMO.

3. C Y (2007),Modelling of Mobile-to-Mobile Communica on Channels.

4. J G (2006), Performance ofM -ary Orthogonal Signals over Nakagami-m Fading Channels.

5. S P (2006), Capacity of MIMO Systems for Spa al Channel Model Scenarios.

− Publica on outcome: AusCTW 2006 conference paper.

1.5 Honours Student Supervision1. B F (2015), TBA.

2. X (K ) Z (2014),Wireless Energy Harves ng in Large-scale Ad hocNetworkswithMul pleAntenna Transmission Nodes (co-supervised with Ms. Jing Guo).

− Publica on outcome: IEEE WCL paper under prepara on.

3. B Z (2014), PowerAlloca on Strategy inWireless EnergyHarves ngRelayingNetwork (co-supervisedwith Dr. Xiangyun Zhou).

4. A D (2013), Spa al Point Processes in Wireless Networks.

− So ware: Matlab toolbox developed for simula on of spa al point processes.

5. S A H (2013), ECG Compression using Wavelets.

6. B V C (2012),m-heath Research and Development: Compressed Sensing for Electrocardio-graphy (ECG).

7. J G (2012), Distance Distribu ons in Regular Shaped Wireless Networks.

− Publica on outcome: IEEE TVT journal paper.

8. J Z (2011), Analysing Connec vity of Random Graph, Scale-free and Small-world Networks.



9. B H (2011), Path loss es ma on in a wireless ad hoc network.

10. W L (2010), Connec vity of Interference Limited Wireless Ad hoc Networks.

11. C C (2010),Modelling of Link Dura on in Wireless Ad hoc Networks.

12. O H (2009), Frequency Priori sed Queuing in Electrocardiograph (ECG) Systems.

− Publica on outcome: ICSPCS conference paper.

13. A C (2009), Connec vity of Vehicular Ad hoc Networks.

− Publica on outcome: IEEE VTC-Fall conference paper.

14. V S (2008), Sta s cal Proper es of Sum-of-Sinusoid Channel Models.

15. V G C (2008), OPNET Simula on of two On-Demand Network Rou ng Protocols.

16. S G T (2008),Method of Exact Doppler Spread for Simula on of Wireless Communica-on Channels.

17. X Z (2007), On the Connec vity of Wireless Adhoc Networks u lizing Beamforming. Co-supervised with Dr. Haley Jones.

− Publica on outcome: IEEE PIMRC and AusCTW conference papers.

18. J T R (2007), Development of an Infrared Wireless Communica on System.

19. S L (2006), Sta s cal Proper es of a Parametric Channel Model for Mul ple Antenna Systems.

− Publica on outcome: IEEE PIMRC conference paper.

20. A N (2006), Inves ga on into Transmit Diversity for Third Genera on CDMAWireless Sys-tems.

1.6 BE R&D Student Supervision

1. D M (ENGN3706, S 2, 2014), Device-to-Device Communica on in Cellular Networks.

− Publica on outcome: IEEE conference paper under prepara on.

2. C W (ENGN4718, J 2014), Performance Analysis of Heterogeneous Cellular Networks withEnergy Harves ng Base Sta ons.

− Publica on outcome: Invited ICT conference paper.

3. R P (ENGN2706, S 1, 2014), Distance Distribu ons in Arbitrarily Shaped Polygons.

− Publica on outcome: Mathema ca Journal paper.

4. J M (ENGN2706, S 1, 2014), Distance Distribu ons in Wireless Networks with Repulsion andCluster Spa al Point Processes.

5. A J (ENGN2706, S 1, 2013),Wireless Power Transfer: Design and Simula on of Circuitsfor Consumer Electronics Applica ons.

6. A U (ENGN2706, S 1, 2013), Coverage Area Distribu ons of single- er heterogeneousnetworks.

7. S S (ENGN2706, S 2, 2012), Development ofMatlab graphical user interface for ECGsignal analysis.

8. H L (ENGN2706, S 2, 2012), Spa al Modelling of Heterogeneous Cellular Networks.

9. P L (ENGN2706, S 2, 2009), Beampa ern Modelling in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks.

10. D W (ENGN2706, S 2, 2008), Simula on of Geometrical One-ring Sca ering Channel Model.



1.7 Summer Research Student Supervision

1. S G (M 2007-J 2007), Coopera ve Rou ng in Ad-hoc Networks. Exchange student fromDepartment of Electrical Engineering, University ofNebraska-Lincoln, USA]. Co-supervisedwithDr. HaleyJones and Dr. Kim Blackmore.

2. A N (N . 2005-F . 2006), Development of a Matlab Graphical User Interface for AudioFiltering Applica ons. Summer Research Scholar (4th year).

3. S T (N . 2005-F . 2006), Simula on of PN Code Sequences for Cellular Systems. Engi-neering Research and Development Scholar (2nd year).

1.8 Undergraduate Student Awards

1. ANU University Medal

(a) Craig Wang, 2014.

(b) Jing Guo, 2012.

(c) Xiangyun Zhou, 2007.

2. ANU Honours Scholarship

(a) Xiaohui (Katrina) Zhou, 2014.

3. CEA Technologies Prize in Telecommunica ons

(a) Jing Guo, 2011.

(b) Syed Omar Hashmi, 2009.

(c) San t Traithavil, 2008.

(d) Vikas Sharma, 2007.

(e) Xiangyun Zhou, 2006.

4. Engineer's Australia Awards

(a) JingGuo, Ins tu onof Engineering& technology (IET) Student Prize, 2012 (for outstanding achieve-ments as an ANU engineering student).

(b) Syed Omar Hashmi - Winner of ITEESPAN - Annual Student Presenta on and Awards Night, Engi-neers Australia, 2009.

5. Research School of Engineering Awards

(a) Andrew Norman, Summer Research Scholarship (4th year), 2005-2006.

(b) San t Traithavil, Engineering Research and Development Scholarship (2nd year), 2005-2006.

1.9 Masters Courses

1. ENGN6626 Digital Communica ons, Semester 1, 2013 (23 students).




5. ENGN6612 Digital Signal Processing and Control, Semester 2, 2005 (22 students).



1.10 Undergraduate Courses1. ENGN2218 Electronic System and Design, Semester 1, 2015 (? students).

2. ENGN2218 Electronic System and Design, Semester 1, 2014 (161 students).





7. ENGN2211 Electronic Circuits, Semester 1, 2009 (117 students).



10. ENGN2211 Electronic Circuits and Devices, Semester 1, 2006 (85 students).

11. ENGN2211 Electronic Circuits and Devices, Semester 1, 2005 (88 students).








19. ENGN3227 Analogue Electronics, Semester 2, 2006 (37 students).

20. ENGN4612 Digital Signal Processing and Control, Semester 2, 2005 (17 students).

21. ENGN3100 Prac cal Experience, Semester 2, 2010 (46 students).



1.11 Teaching Grants1. S. Durrani, ``Telecommunica ons Instruc onal Modeling System (TIMS)", CECS Deans Teaching Equip-

ment Grant, ($150k), 2010.

2. E. Scipione and S. Durrani, ``Upgrade of Electronic Circuits labs", ANU Teaching Equipment Fund Grant,($58k), 2008.

1.12 Teaching Resources Developed1. ENGN2218 Electronic Circuits and Design, 2010 (new course).

− The new teaching material created includes Powerpoint lectures, PSPICE computer laboratoriesand hardware laboratories.

2. ENGN3226 Digital Communica ons, 2007.

− Designed learning outcomes and curriculum for the course with an emphasis on research-led ed-uca on approach.

− Developed two new hardware laboratories and four new Matlab/Simulink computer laboratoriesfor the course.



− The new teaching material created includes Powerpoint lectures, Digital Communica ons ProblemSets brick (100 page document), Matlab scripts (16) and Simulink files (25).

3. ENGN3227 Analogue Electronics, 2006 (new course).

− Designed learning outcomes and curriculum for the course with emphasis on applied theory andPCB design and implementa on (Electronics Project).

− The teaching material created includes Powerpoint lectures, Analogue Electronics Problem Setsbrick (94 page document), PSPICE schema c files (50) and Matlab scripts (10).

4. ENGN2211 Electronic Circuits, 2006.

− Designed learning outcomes and curriculum for the course with emphasis on fundamental theory,bread-board hardware implementa on and PSPICE simula ons.

− The new teaching material created includes Powerpoint lectures, Electronic Circuits Problem Setsbrick (124 page document), PSPICE schema c files (30) and Matlab scripts (5).

5. ENGN6612/4612 Digital Signal Processing and Control, 2005.

− Developed the DSP curriculum with emphasis on the use of Matlab Signal Processing Toolbox.− The new teaching material created includes Powerpoint lectures, DSP Problem Sets brick (84 page

document) and Matlab scripts (16).

1.13 Teaching Seminars1. S. Durrani,`Ùsing Wa le for Course Entry and Exit Surveys", CECS Educa on Innova on Series Seminar,

July 2010.

2. S. Durrani,`Ùsing simula on tools to promote learning in higher educa on", CECS Seminar, Nov. 2007.

1.14 Teaching Workshops1. S. Durrani, Invited to talk to academics in the Research School of Engineering regarding ``Feedback",

Oct. 2012.

2. S. Durrani, Invited to talk to academics in the Research School of Computer Science regarding ``How tobe an effec ve teacher", March 2012.

3. S. Durrani,``Running tutorials and labs in Engineering", CECS Teaching Quality Program, July 2011.

1.15 Guest Lectures1. S. Durrani,``Matlab Applica ons in Signal Processing & Communica ons Research", ENGN2229 Comput-

ing for Engineering Simula on, Semester 1: 2014, Semester 2: 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010.S. Durrani,`Ùsing Simulink for Simula on of Digital Communica on Systems", ENGN3226/6626 DigitalCommunica ons, Semester 1: 2014.

1.16 Con nued Professional Development1. A ended the ``Closing the Loop: Good prac ce to good research to good prac ce" workshop by Dr.

Lesley Jolly, The Australian Na onal University, June 2013.

2. A ended the ``Panel 7: Conceptualising research-led educa on at the ANU" workshop as part of ANUEduca onal Research Conference, Nov. 2011.

3. A ended the ``Stage 1 Competency Standards Launch" na onal workshop organised by Engineers Aus-tralia, Sep. 2011.

4. A ended the `Ùsing Technology In Your Teaching To Improve Learning Outcomes" workshop organisedby Pearson Australia, The Australian Na onal University, June 2011.

5. Invited to a end the ``How canwe develop learning trajectories that recognise, plan and support lifelongprofessional learning?" workshop by Prof. Michael Eraut (Univ. of Sussex, UK), CEDAM, ANU, Nov. 2007.

6. Completed the ``Graduate Cer ficate in Higher Educa on", CEDAM, ANU, 2005 - 2007.



− EDUC8002 Learning and Teaching in Higher Educa on, Semester 2, 2005.− EDUC8003 Curriculum Design and Innova on, Semester 1, 2006.− EDUC8004 Research Higher Degree Supervision, Semester 1, 2007.− EDUC8001 Enhancing your Academic Prac ce, Semester 2, 2007.

7. A ended the ``Introduc on to Teaching & Learning for UQ" workshop, The University of Queensland,Nov. 2004.

8. A ended the ``Effec ve Teaching" workshop by engineering educa onalists Dr. Richard M. Felder andDr. Rebecca Brent, The University of Queensland, Oct. 2003.

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2.1 Publica on Summary & Impact Analysis

Book chapters: 1 Total publica ons: 78Journal papers: 26 Total cita ons: 545 (Google Scholar)Conference papers: 51 h-index: 12Conference abstracts: 6 g-index: 20

2.2 Book Chapters1. S. Durrani and M. E. Bialkowski, ``Smart Antennas for Code Division Mul ple Access Systems," In C. Sun,

J. Cheng and T. Ohira, editors, Handbook on Advancements in Smart Antenna Technologies for WirelessNetworks, Informa on Science Reference, July 2009.

2.3 Refereed Journal Papers2. R. Pure and S. Durrani, ``Compu ng Exact Closed-Form Distance Distribu ons in Arbitrarily-Shaped Poly-

gons with Arbitrary Reference Point,"Mathema ca Journal, 2015.

3. J. Guo, S. Durrani and X. Zhou, ``Performance Analysis of Arbitrarily-Shaped Underlay Cogni ve Net-works: Effect of Secondary User Ac vity Protocols," IEEE Transac ons on Communica ons, 2015.

4. O. H. Salim, A. A. Nasir, H. Mehrpouyan, W. Xiang, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy, ``Channel, Phase Noise,and Frequency Offset in OFDM Systems: Joint Es ma on, Data Detec on, and Hybrid Cramer-Rao LowerBound," IEEE Transac ons on Communica ons, vol. 62, no.9, pp. 3311--3325, Sep. 2014.

5. Z. Khalid, S. Durrani and J. Guo, `À Tractable Framework for Exact Probability of Node Isola on andMinimum Node Degree Distribu on in Finite Mul -hop Networks," IEEE Transac ons on Vehicular Tech-nology, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 2836--2847, July 2014. (Cited by 4)

6. J. Guo, S. Durrani and X. Zhou, `Òutage Probability in Arbitrarily-Shaped FiniteWireless Networks," IEEETransac ons on Communica ons, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 699--712, Feb. 2014. (Cited by 5)

7. S. N. Islam, P. Sadeghi and S. Durrani, `Èrror Performance Analysis of AF and DF Mul -way Relay Net-works with BPSK Modula on," IET Communica ons, vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 1605--1616, Oct. 2013.

8. A. A. Nasir, H. Mehrpouyan, S. Durrani, S. Blostein, R. A. Kennedy and B. O ersten, `Òp mal Train-ing Sequences for Joint Timing Synchroniza on and Channel Es ma on in Distributed Communica onNetworks," IEEE Transac ons on Communica ons, vol. 61, no. 7, pp. 3002--3015, July 2013.

9. A. A. Nasir, X. Zhou, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy, ``Relaying Protocols forWireless Energy Harves ng andInforma on Processing," IEEE Transac ons onWireless Communica ons, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 3622--3636,July 2013. (Cited by 69)

10. A. A. Nasir, H. Mehrpouyan, S. Durrani, S. D. Blostein, R. A. Kennedy and B. O ersten, ``TransceiverDesign for Distributed STBC Based AF Coopera ve Networks in the Presence of Timing and FrequencyOffsets," IEEE Transac ons on Signal Processing, vol. 61, no. 12, pp. 3143--3158, June 2013. (Cited by 9)

11. Z. Khalid and S. Durrani, ``Distance Distribu ons in Regular Polygons," IEEE Transac ons on VehicularTechnology, vol. 62, no. 5, pp. 2363--2368, June 2013. (Cited by 6)

12. Z. Khalid, R. A. Kennedy, S. Durrani, P. Sadeghi, Y. Wiaux, and J. D. McEwan, ``Fast Direc onal Spa allyLocalized Spherical Harmonic Transform," IEEE Transac ons on Signal Processing, vol. 61, no. 9, pp.2192--2203, May 2013. (Cited by 4)

13. Z. Khalid, P. Sadeghi, R. A. Kennedy and S. Durrani, ``Spa ally Varying Spectral Filtering of Signals on theUnit Sphere," IEEE Transac ons on Signal Processing, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 530--544, Feb. 2013. (Cited by 7)

14. A. A. Nasir, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy, ``Par cle Filters for Joint Timing and Carrier Es ma on: Im-proved Resampling Guidelines and Weighted Bayesian Cramer-Rao Bounds," IEEE Transac ons on Com-munica ons, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 1407--1419, May 2012. (Cited by 5)

15. Z. Khalid, S. Durrani, P. Sadeghi and R. A. Kennedy, ``Spa o-spectral Analysis of Signals on the SphereUsing Spa ally Localized Spherical Harmonics Transform," IEEE Transac ons on Signal Processing, vol.60, no. 3, pp. 1487--1492, March 2012. (Cited by 12)

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16. A. Nasir, H. Mehrpouyan, S. Blostein, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy, ``Timing and Carrier Synchroniza onwith Channel Es ma on in Mul -Relay Coopera ve Networks," IEEE Transac ons on Signal Processing,vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 793--811, Feb. 2012. (Cited by 31)

17. A. A. Nasir, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy, ``Blind Timing and Carrier Synchroniza on in DistributedMIMOCommunica on Systems," IET Communica ons, vol. 5, no. 7, pp. 1028--1037, May 2011.

18. X. Zhou, T. Lamahewa, P. Sadeghi and S. Durrani, ``Two-way Training: Op mal Power Alloca on for Pilotand Data Transmission," IEEE Transac ons on Wireless Communica ons, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 564--569,March 2010. (Cited by 23)

19. X. Zhou, S. Durrani and H. Jones, ``Connec vity Analysis of Wireless Ad hoc Networks with Beamform-ing," IEEE Transac ons on Vehicular Technology, vol. 58, no. 9, pp. 5247--5257, Nov. 2009. (Cited by 18)

20. X. Zhou, P. Sadeghi, T. Lamahewa and S. Durrani, ``Design Guidelines for Pilot Transmission in MIMOSystems with Feedback," IEEE Transac ons on Signal Processing, vol. 57, no. 10, pp. 4014--4026, Oct.2009. (Cited by 14)

21. X. Zhou, P. Sadeghi, T. Lamahewa and S. Durrani, `Òp mizing Antenna Configura on for MIMO Systemswith Imperfect Channel Es ma on," IEEE Transac ons on Wireless Communica ons, vol. 8, no. 3, pp.1177--1181, Mar. 2009. (Cited by 9)

22. M. E. Bialkowski, P. Uthansakul, K. Bialkowski and S. Durrani, `Ìnves ga ng the Performance of MIMOSystems from an Electromagne c Perspec ve,"Microwave and Op cal Technology Le ers, vol. 48, no.7, pp. 1233--1238, July 2006. (Cited by 28)

23. S. Durrani andM. E. Bialkowski, `Ànalysis of the error performance of adap ve array antennas for CDMAwith noncoherentM-ary orthogonal modula on in Nakagami fading," IEEE Communica ons Le ers, vol.9, no. 2, pp. 148--150, Feb. 2005.

24. S. Durrani and M. E. Bialkowski, `Èffect of mutual coupling on the interference rejec on capabili es oflinear and circular arrays in CDMA systems," IEEE Transac on on Antennas and Propaga on, vol. 52, no.4, pp. 1130--1134, Apr. 2004. (Cited by 79)

25. S. Durrani and M. E. Bialkowski, `Àn Inves ga on into the interference rejec on capability of a lineararray in a wireless communica ons system," Microwave and Op cal Technology Le ers, vol. 35, no. 6,pp. 445--449, Dec. 2002. (Cited by 11)

26. S. Durrani and M. E. Bialkowski, `Ìnterference rejec on capabili es of different types of antenna arraysin cellular systems," Electronics Le ers, vol. 38, pp. 617--619, June 2002. (Cited by 9)

27. S. Durrani and M. Ahmed, `Ìmplementa on of Fractal Image Compression in Matlab Environment",Journal of the Ins tu on of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Pakistan, vol. XXXVIII, pp. 94--102, Dec.2000.

2.4 Refereed Conference Papers28. S. Islam, S. Durrani and P. Sadeghi, `Òp mum Power Alloca on for Sum Rate Improvement in AF Mul -

way Relay Networks," in Proc. Interna onal Conference on Signal Processing and Communica on Sys-tems (ICSPCS), Gold Coast, Australia, Dec. 15-17, 2014.

29. J. Guo, S. Durrani and X. Zhou, ``Performance Analysis of Arbitrarily-Shaped Underlay Cogni ve Net-works: Effect of Secondary User Ac vity Protocols," in Proc. IEEE Global Communica ons Conference(Globecom), Aus n, USA, Dec. 8-12, 2014, pp. 967--972. (selected as one of Best 50 papers at IEEEGlobecom 2014 (corresponds to the top 2.2% of all papers submi ed to IEEE Globecom 2014)).

30. Z. Khalid, R. A. Kennedy, S. Durrani and P. Sadeghi, `Àdap veMul -Resolu onWindowing Technique forLocalized Spa o-Spectral Analysis," in Proc. IEEE Sta s cal Signal Processing (SSP), Gold Coast, Australia,June-July 2014, pp. 41--44.

31. S. N. Islam, P. Sadeghi and S. Durrani, `À Novel Pairing Scheme to Reduce Error Propaga on in an Amplifyand Forward Mul -way Relay Network," in Proc. IEEE Sta s cal Signal Processing (SSP), Gold Coast,Australia, June-July 2014, pp. 544--547.

32. A. A. Nasir, H.Mehrpouyan, S. Durrani, S. D. Blostein and R. A. Kennedy, ``Training-Based Synchroniza onand Channel Es ma on in AF Two-Way Relaying Networks," Proc. IEEE Signal Processing Advances inWireless Communica ons (SPAWC), Toronto, Canada, June 2014, pp. 86--90.

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33. A. A. Nasir, X. Zhou, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy, ``Throughput and Ergodic capacity of Wireless EnergyHarves ng Based DF Relaying Network," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Conference on Communica on (ICC),Sydney, Australia, June 2014, pp. 4077--4082.

34. D. H. Chae, N. H. Kim, Y. Alem, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy, ``Dynamic Frac onal Frequency ReuseMethod for Self-Organizing Smallcell Network," in Proc. 2nd Interna onal Workshop on 5G Mobileand Wireless Communica on System for 2020 and Beyond (MWC2020 '14: VTC2014-Spring Workshop),Seoul, South Korea, May, 2014.

35. Z. Khalid, R. A. Kennedy and S. Durrani, `Òn the Choice of Window for Spa al Smoothing of Spheri-cal Data," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Conference on Acous cs, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP),Florence, Italy, May, 2014, pp. 2663--2667.

36. Z. Khalid, R. A. Kennedy, P. Sadeghi and S. Durrani, ``Spa o-spectral Formula on and Design of Spa ally-Varying Filters for Signal Es ma on on the 2-Sphere," in Proc. SPIE Wavelets and Sparsity XV, San Diego,USA, Sep. 2013, vol. 8858, pp. 88580L-1-88580L-13 (invited paper).

37. A. A. Nasir, H. Mehrpouyan, S. Durrani, S. D. Blostein and R. A. Kennedy ``DSTBC based DF Coopera veNetworks in the Presence of Timing and Frequency Offsets," in Proc. IEEE Signal Processing Advances inWireless Communica ons (SPAWC), Darmstadt, Germany, June 2013.

38. D. H. Chae, Y. Alem, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy, ``Performance study of compressive sampling for ECGsignal compression in noisy and varying sparsity acquisi on," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Conference onAcous cs, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Vancouver, Canada, May 2013.

39. Z. Khalid and S. Durrani, ``Connec vity of Three Dimensional Wireless Sensor Networks Using Geomet-rical Probability," in Proc. Australian Communica ons TheoryWorkshop (AusCTW), Adelaide, Jan., 2013.

40. W. Tushar, J. Zhang, D. B. Smith, H. V. Poor, G. Pla and S. Durrani, `Àn Efficient Energy CurtailmentScheme For Outage Management in Smart Grid," in Proc. IEEE Global Communica ons Conference(Globecom), California, USA, Dec. 3-7, 2012.

41. A. A. Nasir, H.Mehrpouyan, Steven D. Blostein, S. Durrani, R. A. Kennedy, `Ès ma on of Synchroniza onParameters in AF Coopera ve Networks," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Conference on Communica ons(ICC), O awa, Canada, June 10-15, 2012.

42. Z. Khalid, S. Durrani, R. A. Kennedy and P. Sadeghi, ``Concentra on uncertainty principles for signalson the unit sphere," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Conference on Acous cs, Speech and Signal Processing(ICASSP), Kyoto, Japan, Mar. 25-30, 2012.

43. Z. Khalid, S. Durrani, R. A. Kennedy and P. Sadeghi, `Àmbiguity func on and Wigner distribu on on thesphere," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Conference on Acous cs, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP),Kyoto, Japan, Mar. 25-30, 2012.

44. Z. Khalid, R. A. Kennedy, S. Durrani and P. Sadeghi, ``Conjugate gradient algorithm for extrapola onof sampled bandlimited signals on the 2-sphere," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Conference on Acous cs,Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Kyoto, Japan, Mar. 25-30, 2012.

45. Z. Khalid, S. Durrani, R. A. Kennedy and P. Sadeghi, ``Revisi ng Slepian Concentra on Problem on theSphere for Azimuthally Non-Symmetric Regions," in Proc. Interna onal Conference on Signal Processingand Communica on Systems (ICSPCS), Hawaii, USA, Dec. 12-14, 2011.

46. A. A. Nasir, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy , `Àchieving Coopera ve Diversity with Mul ple FrequencyOffset Es ma on," in Proc. Interna onal Conference on Signal Processing and Communica on Systems(ICSPCS), Hawaii, USA, Dec. 12-14, 2011.

47. A. A. Nasir, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy, ``Blind Timing and Carrier Synchroniza on in Decode andForward Coopera ve Systems," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Conference on Communica ons (ICC), Kyoto,Japan, June 5-9, 2011. (Cited by 8)

48. Z. Khalid, S. Durrani, P. Sadeghi and R. A. Kennedy, `Òn the construc on of low-pass filters on the unitsphere," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Conference on Acous cs, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP),Prague, Czech Republic, May 22-27, 2011.

49. A. A. Nasir, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy, ``Mixture Kalman Filtering for joint carrier recovery and chan-nel es ma on in me-selec ve Rayleigh fading channels," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Conference onAcous cs, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Prague, Czech Republic, May 22-27, 2011.

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50. A. A. Nasir, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy, `À Par cle Filter for Joint Blind Carrier Frequency Offset Es -ma on and Data Detec on," in Proc. Interna onal Conference on Signal Processing and Communica onSystems (ICSPCS), Gold Coast, Dec. 13-15, 2010.

51. O. Hashmi, S. Kodituwakku and S. Durrani, ``Frequency Priori sed Queuing in Real-Time Electrocardio-graph Systems," in Proc. Interna onal Conference on Signal Processing and Communica on Systems(ICSPCS), Gold Coast, Dec. 13-15, 2010.

52. S. Durrani, X. Zhou, A. Chandra, `Èffect of Mobility on Connec vity of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks,"inProc. IEEEVehicular Technology Conference (VTC), O awa, Canada, 6�9 September, 2010. (Cited by 13)

53. A. A. Nasir, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy, ``Blind Frac onally Spaced Equaliza on and Timing Synchro-niza on in Wireless Fading Channels," in Proc. 2nd Interna onal Conference on Future Computer andCommunica on (ICFCC), vol. 3, Wuhan, China, 21-24 May, 2010, pp. 15--19.

54. A. A. Nasir, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy, ``Performance of Coarse and Fine Timing Synchroniza onin OFDM Receivers," in Proc. 2nd Interna onal Conference on Future Computer and Communica on(ICFCC), vol. 2, Wuhan, China, 21-24 May, 2010. pp. 412--416. (Cited by 12)

55. A. A. Nasir, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy, ``Modified ConstantModulus Algorithm for joint blind equaliza-on and synchroniza on," in Proc. Australian Communica ons Theory Workshop (AusCTW), Canberra,

Feb. 2-6, 2010. (Cited by 7)

56. X. Zhou, T. Lamahewa, P. Sadeghi and S. Durrani, `Òp mizing Training-based Transmission for CorrelatedMIMO systemswith Hybrid Feedback," in Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunica ons Conference (Globecom),Hawaii, USA, Nov 30 - Dec. 4, 2009.

57. X. Zhou, S. Durrani and H. Jones, ``Connec vity of Ad Hoc Networks: Is Fading Good or Bad?," in Proc.Interna onal Conference on Signal Processing and Communica on Systems (ICSPCS), Gold Coast, Dec.15-17, 2008.

58. X. Zhou, T. Lamahewa, P. Sadeghi and S. Durrani, ``Capacity of MIMO Systems: Impact of Spa al Correla-on with Channel Es ma on Errors," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Conference on Communica on Systems

(ICCS), Guangzhou, China, Nov. 19-21, 2008, pp. 817--822.

59. S. Durrani, X. Zhou andH. Jones, ``Connec vity ofWireless AdHocNetworkswith RandomBeamforming:An Analy cal Approach," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile RadioCommunica ons (PIMRC), Cannes, France, Sep. 15-18, 2008. (Cited by 7)

60. X. Zhou, T. Lamahewa, P. Sadeghi and S. Durrani, ``Designing PSAM Schemes: HowOp mal are SISO PilotParameters for Spa ally Correlated SIMO?," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Symposium on Personal, Indoorand Mobile Radio Communica ons (PIMRC), Cannes, France, Sep. 15-18, 2008.

61. X. Zhou, S. Durrani and H. Jones, `Ànaly cal Study of Connec vity in Wireless Ad hoc Networks withRandom Beamforming," in Proc. Interna onal Conference on Signal Processing and Communica on Sys-tems (ICSPCS), Gold Coast, Dec. 17-19, 2007.

62. S. Durrani, M. E. Bialkowski and S. La f, ``Sta s cal proper es of a parametric channel model for mul-ple antenna systems," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio

Communica ons (PIMRC), Athens, Greece, Sep. 3-7, 2007.

63. X. Zhou, H. Jones, S. Durrani and A. Sco , `Èffect Of Beamforming On The Connec vity Of Ad Hoc Net-works," in Proc. Australian Communica ons Theory Workshop (AusCTW), Adelaide, Feb. 5-7, 2007, pp.13--18. (Cited by 10)

64. S. Pan, S. Durrani and M. E. Bialkowski, ``MIMO Capacity for Spa al Channel Model Scenarios," in Proc.Australian Communica ons TheoryWorkshop (AusCTW), Adelaide, Feb. 5-7, 2007, pp. 25--29. (Cited by 16)

65. S. Durrani andM. E. Bialkowski, `À Parametric Channel Model for Smart Antennas Incorpora ngMobileSta on Mobility,"in Proc. IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), vol. 6, Melbourne, May 7-10,2006, pp. 2803--2807.

66. M. E. Bialkowski, S. Durrani, P. Uthansakul, and K. Bialkowski, `À Simple Electromagne c Model for Un-derstanding the Opera on of a MIMO System," in Proc. IEEE Symposium on Antennas and Propaga on(AP-S), vol. 2A, Washington, July 3-8, 2005, pp. 305--308.

67. P. Uthansakul, M. E. Bialkowski, S. Durrani, K. Bialkowski and A. Postula, `Èffect of Line of Sight Propa-ga on on Capacity of an Indoor MIMO System," in Proc. IEEE Symposium on Antennas and Propaga on(AP-S), vol. 2B, Washington, July 3-8, 2005, pp. 707--710. (Cited by 19)

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68. M. E. Bialkowski, S. Durrani, K. Bialkowski and P. Uthansakul, `Ùnderstanding and analyzing the per-formance of MIMO systems from the microwave perspec ve," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal MicrowaveSymposium (IMS), Long Beach, California, June 12-17, 2005, pp. 2251--2254.

69. S. Durrani and M. E. Bialkowski, `À simple model for performance evalua on of a smart antenna in aCDMA system," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applica ons(ISSSTA), Sydney, Australia, Aug. 30 - Sep. 2, 2004, pp. 379--383.

70. S. Durrani andM. E. Bialkowski, ``Performance of hierarchical beamforming in a Rayleigh fading environ-ment with angle spread," in Proc. Interna onal Symposium on Antennas (ISAP), vol. 2, Sendai, Japan,Aug. 17-21, 2004, pp. 937--940.

71. S. Durrani and M. E. Bialkowski, `Èffect of angular energy distribu on of an incident signal on thespa al fading correla on of a uniform linear array," in Proc. Interna onal Conference on Microwaves,Radar and Wireless Communica ons (MIKON), vol. 2, Warsaw, Poland, May 17-19, 2004, pp. 493--496.(Cited by 12)

72. S. Durrani and M. E. Bialkowski, ``Performance analysis of beamforming in Ricean fading channels forCDMA systems," in Proc. Australian Communica ons Theory Workshop (AusCTW), Newcastle, Australia,Feb. 4-6, 2004, pp. 1--5.

73. S. Durrani and M. E. Bialkowski, `À smart antenna model incorpora ng an azimuthal dispersion of re-ceived signals at the base sta on of a CDMA system," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Mul Topic Conference(INMIC), Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 8-9, 2003, pp. 218--223.

74. S. Durrani andM. E. Bialkowski, ``BER performance of a smart antenna system for IS-95 CDMA," in Proc.IEEE Interna onal Symposium on Antennas and Propaga on (AP-S), vol. 2, Columbus, Ohio, June 22-27,2003, pp. 855--858.

75. S. Durrani and M. E. Bialkowski, ``Simula on of the performance of smart antennas in the reverse linkof CDMA system," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Microwave Symposium (IMS), vol. 1, Philadelphia, Penn-sylvania, June 8-13, 2003, pp. 575--578.

76. S. Durrani, M. E. Bialkowski and J. Janapsatya, `Èffect of mutual coupling on the interference rejec oncapabili es of a linear array antenna, " in Proc. Asia PacificMicrowave Conference (APMC), vol. 2, Kyoto,Japan, Nov. 19-22, 2002, pp. 1095--1098.

77. S. Durrani and M. E. Bialkowski, `Ìnves ga on into the performance of an adap ve array in cellularenvironment," in Proc. IEEE Interna onal Symposium on Antennas and Propaga on (AP-S), vol. 2, SanAntonio, Texas, June 16-21, 2002, pp. 648--651.

78. S. Durrani and M. E. Bialkowski, ``Development of CDMASIM: a link level simula on so ware for DS-CDMA systems," in Proc. 14th Interna onal Conference on Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communi-ca ons (MIKON), Gdansk, Poland, May 20-22, 2002, pp. 861--864.

2.5 Refereed Papers Under Review

79. Y. Huang, S. Durrani and X. Zhou, `Òp mal Cross er Interference Suppression for Downlink Heteroge-neous Networks," submi ed to IEEE Wireless Communica ons Le ers, Nov. 2014.

80. S. N. Islam, S. Durrani and P. Sadeghi, ``La ce Code Based Mul -way Relay Networks: SER Analysis andthe Impact of Imperfect Channel Es ma on," submi ed to EURASIP Journal onWireless Communica onsand Networking, Oct. 2014.

81. S. N. Islam, S. Durrani and P. Sadeghi, `À Novel User Pairing Scheme for Func onal Decode-and-ForwardMul -way Relay Network," submi ed to Elsevier Physical Communica on, Sep. 2014.

82. A. A. Nasir, X. Zhou, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy, ``Wireless-Powered Relays in Coopera ve Commu-nica ons: Time-Switching Relaying Protocols and Throughput Analysis," submi ed to IEEE Transac onson Communica ons, Sep. 2014.

83. A. A. Nasir, D. T. Ngo, X. Zhou, R. A. Kennedy and S. Durrani, ``Joint Resource Op miza on for Hetero-geneous Mul cell Networks with Wireless Energy Harves ng Relays," submi ed to IEEE Transac ons onVehicular Technology, Aug. 2014.

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2.6 Na onal Conference Abstracts84. J. Guo, S. Durrani and X. Zhou, `Òutage Probability in Arbitrarily-Shaped FiniteWireless Networks," 15th

Australian Communica ons Theory Workshop (AusCTW), Sydney, 2014.

85. J. Guo, S. Durrani and Z. Khalid, `Èxact Probability of Node Isola on in FiniteWireless Sensor Networks,"14th Australian Communica ons Theory Workshop (AusCTW), Adelaide, 2013.

86. A. A. Nasir, S. Durrani and R. A. Kennedy, ``Blind Timing and Carrier Synchroniza on in Decode and For-ward Coopera ve Systems," 12th Australian Communica ons Theory Workshop (AusCTW), Melbourne,2011.

87. M. E. Bialkowski, S. Durrani, K. Bialkowski and P. Uthansakul, ``The capacity OfMIMOwireless systems: arigorous electromagne c theory analysis," 6th Australian Communica ons Theory Workshop (AusCTW),Brisbane, pp. 30, Feb. 4-6, 2005.

88. S. Durrani and M. E. Bialkowski, `Ìnfluence of mutual coupling on the interference rejec on capabilityof a smart antenna system," 8th Australian Symposium on Antennas (ASA), Sydney, pp. 20, Feb. 12-13,2003.

89. S. Durrani and M. E. Bialkowski, ``The performance of a smart antenna system in mul path fading envi-ronment for CDMA," 4th Australian Communica ons Theory Workshop (AusCTW), Melbourne, pp. 10,Feb. 5-7, 2003.

2.7 Other Publica ons90. S. Durrani and M. E. Bialkowski, ``Correc ons to Èffect of mutual coupling on the interference rejec on

capabili es of linear and circular arrays in CDMA systems'," IEEE Transac ons on Antennas and Propa-ga on, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 1863, May 2005.

91. Most downloaded author (over 10,000 total downloads) in the Fractals category in the Matlab CentralFile Exchangeweb-site. http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/loadCategory.do?objectType=category&objectId=33&objectName=Fractals

2.8 Selected Talks and Seminars1. Invited talk, Distance Distribu ons and Boundary Effects in Finite Uniformly RandomNetworks, AusCTW,

Adelaide, Feb. 2013.

2. Seminar, Distance Distribu ons in a Square Region, Department of Electrical & Computer EngineeringSeminar, Queen's University, Canada, Sep. 2012.

3. Seminar, Distance Distribu ons and Border Effects in a Unit Square, ASP Seminar Series, ANU,May 2012.

4. Seminar, Overview of ASP research, Summer Scholars Seminar, ANU, Jan. 2012.

5. Paper Presenta on (electronic) at IEEE ICC, June 2011, Kyoto, Japan.

6. Seminar, Blind Timing and Carrier Synchroniza on in Decode and Forward Coopera ve Systems, Sta s-cal Signal Processing Laboratory Seminar, The University of Bri sh Columbia, Sep. 2010.

7. Seminar, Blind Timing and Carrier Synchroniza on in Decode and Forward Coopera ve Systems, BCWSSeminar Series, Carleton University, O awa, Canada, Sep. 2010.

8. Seminar, Blind Timing and Carrier Synchroniza on in Distributed MIMO Communica on Systems, ASPSeminar Series, ANU, Aug. 2010.

9. Paper Presenta on at IEEE VTC-Fall, Sep. 2010, O awa, Canada.

10. Invited talk, Connec vity of Wireless Ad hoc Networks, Workshop on Wireless Communica ons, TheUniversity of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, Dec. 2009.

11. Seminar, Analysing Connec vity ofWireless Ad hoc Networkswith Beamforming, RSISE, ANU, June 2009.Also presented at Lahore University of Management Science, Pakistan, Dec, 2009.

12. Seminar, Design Guidelines for Training-based MIMO Systems with Feedback, The University of Engi-neering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, Dec. 2008.

13. Seminar, Parametric Channel Modelling for Wireless Systems, RSISE, ANU, May 2008.

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14. Paper Presenta on at IEEE PIMRC, Sep. 2007, Athens, Greece.

15. Seminar, Channel Modelling for Beamforming in Cellular Systems, Department of Engineering ResearchForum, ANU, June 2006.

16. Paper Presenta on at IEEE VTC, May 2006, Melbourne, Australia.

17. Seminar, Smart Antennas for Wireless Communica ons, The University of Engineering & Technology,Lahore, Pakistan, Jan. 2006.

18. Seminar, Telecommunica ons Research in the Department of Engineering, Department of EngineeringR&D Seminar, ANU, Sep. 2005.

19. Invited talk, Performance of sensor arrays for wireless CDMA systems, Workshop on Sensor Networks,The University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, Nov. 2004.

2.9 Research Grants1. ARC Discovery Grant DP150101011: Processing Data Collected with Spherical Geometry, Kennedy R. A.,

Durrani, S., McEwen J., $424,300, 2015-2017.

2. ARC Discovery Grant DP140101133: Realizable Synchroniza on Techniques: Unlocking the Poten al ofFuture Wireless Networks, Durrani, S., Zhou X., Mehrpouyan, H., Blostein S. D., $365,000, 2014-2016.

3. Durrani, S.,Modelling of Mobile-to-Mobile Communica on Channels, Facul es Research Grant Scheme(FRGS), $5000, 2007.

4. Durrani, S., Development of an Analy cal Model for Analysis of Smart Antenna Systems, Facul es Re-search Grant Scheme (FRGS), $5000, 2006.

2.10 Interna onal Collaborators1. Prof. Steven Blostein, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada (3 IEEE Transac on papers + 3 conference

papers).

2. Prof. Bjorn O ersten, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2 IEEE Transac on papers).

3. Dr. Hani Mehrpouyan, California State University, Bakersfield, USA (4 IEEE Transac on papers + 3 con-ference papers).

4. Dr. Jason McEwan, University College London, London, UK (1 IEEE Transac on paper).

5. Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, Carleton University, O awa, Canada.

2.11 Visits1. Prof. Steven Blostein and Prof. Saeed Gazor, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, Sep. 2012.

2. Prof. Noor M. Sheikh, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, Dec. 2011.

3. Prof. Vikram Krishnamurthy, University of Bri sh Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Sep. 2010.

4. Prof. David Falconer and Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu, Carleton University, O awa, Canada, Sep. 2010.

2.12 Visi ng Interna onal Researchers1. Dr. Pawel Dmochowski, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, Jan.-Feb. 2015 and July 2014.

2. Prof. John S. Thompson, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 2014.

3. Prof. Vikram Krishnamurthy, University of Bri sh Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Nov. 2012.

4. Assoc. Prof. Brent Petersen, University of New Brunswick, Canada, Aug. 2012.

5. Dr. Rainer Schoenen, Carleton University, O awa, Canada, Nov. 2011.

6. Prof. Noor M. Sheikh, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, Sep. 2010.

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2.13 Con nued Professional Development1. A ended the `Èxamina on of theses: selec ng examiners, and on being an examiner" workshop, CHELT,

May 2012.

2. A ended the ``Coaching in doctoral supervision: Developing candidate autonomy" workshop, CHELT,May 2012.

3. A ended the `ÀNU Future Research Leaders Program (FRLP), CEDAM, Sem 2, 2011.

4. A ended the `Ìnduc on for New Supervisors" workshop, CEDAM, Nov. 2007.

5. A ended the ``Postgraduate Advising" workshop, CEDAM, June 2005.

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3. P S U C

3.1 Academic Leadership1. A ASP G L (2013), April - July (4 months).

2. A ASP G L (2010), 27 Sep. - 15 Oct (3 weeks).

3. M P L T (2010), Engineers Australia Accredita on Mee ng (Electronics andCommunica ons).

3.2 Membership of Department/College/University Commi ees

University1. M (2014 - ), Inaugural ANU Educa onal Fellowship Scheme Commi ee.

2. B C (2014), ERA Panel 10 (Technology).

3. M (2014), Vice Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Educa on Commi ee.

4. M (2013), Vice Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Educa on Commi ee.

5. M ANU (S . 2009), Program Reference Group, CIT, Canberra.

College1. M (2013 - ), CECS Curriculum Development Commi ee.

2. M (2012 - 2013), CECS Advisory Body Steering Commi ee.

3. M (2010), Dean's Teaching Awards Selec on Commi ee.

4. M (2009), Dean's Teaching Awards Selec on Commi ee.

5. M (2009), CECS Working Group on Educa on.

6. M (2008), Outreach Working party for CECS Retreat.

School1. M (2014), Liaison Commi ee for Level C/D posi on in Electrical Engineering within the Research

School of Engineering.

2. M (2012), Liaison Commi ee for Associate Professor - Solar Thermal Energy Engineering posi onwithin the Research School of Engineering.

3. M (2012), Curriculum Development Commi ee, Research School of Engineering.

4. M (2012), Selec on Commi ee for postdoc posi on within the Research School of Engineering.

5. M (2011), Liaison Commi ee for Fellow Posi on within the Research School of Engineering.

6. M (2005), Department of Engineering Scholarships Commi ee.

3.3 Student Advising1. P D S A (2007 − ), CECS, ANU. I have been part of the student advisor program

since its incep on. (http://cecs.anu.edu.au/current_students/graduates/advisors). I alsoproposed the se ng up of a PhD student mentoring programme within CECS. This was set by Deb Piochin 2008.

2. U P A (2006− 2008), Department of Engineering, ANU. I gave enrollmentadvice to undergraduate students, including at Melville Hall sessions at the beginning of each year.

3. S M (2008− ), BE Research & Development program, School of Engineering, ANU.

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3.4 Course Coordina on1. ENGN3100 P E C (2009-2010). My major contribu ons are as follows:

− I implemented an online submission of work experience reports in Wa le.− I developed a FAQ (Frequency Asked Ques ons) document resource for the course.− I created a list of recent employers for the course. The list is available at:-

http://eng.anu.edu.au/courses/ENGN3100/.

2. U C (S 2, 2009) of ENGN2228 Signal Processing. This coursewas taught by Prof. RodneyKennedy.

3.5 Con nued Professional Development1. A ended the Australian Ins tute of Management three day workshop ``The Supervisor Program", Nov.

2013.

2. A ended the workshop ``Recruitment and Selec on of Staff", Nov. 2013.

3. A ended the half-day workshop ``Having Powerful Conversa ons", Sep. 2013.

4. Completed the CEDAM on-line course ``Workplace Discrimina on and Harassment - Legal Compliance",April 2005.

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4. P S W C

4.1 Professional Ac vi es

− J E B

– Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks Journal: June 2014− present.

− C T P C M

– IEEE Interna onal Conference on Communica ons (ICC): 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012.– IEEE Interna onal Conference on Signal Processing and Communica on Systems (ICSPCS): 2014,

2013.– IEEE GlobecomWorkshop - Emerging Technologies for 5G Wireless Cellular Networks: 2014– Interna onal Conference on Telecommunica ons (ICT, 22nd): 2015.– Interna onal Conference on Cogni ve Radio Oriented Wireless Networks (CROWNCOM, 10th):

2015.– IEEE Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communica on Conference (PIMRC): 2012, 2011.– Australian Communica ons Theory Workshop (AusCTW): 2012, 2011.

− C S C

– 2014 IEEE Interna onal Conference on Communica ons (ICC), Sydney, Australia (Session CT-P1:Communica on Theory Interac ve Presenta ons).

– 2007 IEEE PIMRC conference, Athens, Greece (Session 36: Smart Antennas I & Session 62: Self-organiza on of wireless networks).

− C O C M

– 2005 Australian Communica ons Theory Workshop, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.

4.2 Reviewer for Interna onal Journals (15)

− IEEE Transac ons on Wireless Communica ons.

− IEEE Transac ons on Signal Processing.

− IEEE Transac ons on Communica ons.

− IEEE Transac ons on Vehicular Technology.

− IEEE Transac ons on Antennas and Propaga on.

− IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communica ons.

− IEEE Transac ons on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

− IEEE Communica ons Le ers.

− IEEE Signal Processing Le ers.

− IEEE Sensors Journal

− IET Communica ons

− Journal of Communica ons and Networks (Korean)

− EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communica ons and Networking.

− Wireless Communica ons and Mobile Compu ng (Wiley).

− Interna onal Journal of Antennas and Propaga on.

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4.3 Reviewer for Interna onal Conferences− IEEE Interna onal Conference on Communica ons (ICC): 2014, 2013, 2006, 2005, 2004.

− IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC): Fall 2012, 2011, 2010, 2008 and Spring 2010, 2009, 2007,2006.

− Interna onal Conference on Signal Processing and Communica on Systems (ICSPCS): 2012, 2011, 2010,2009, 2008.

− IEEE/CIC Interna onal Conference on Communica ons in China (ICCC): 2014.

− IEEE Wireless Days Conference (WD): 2014.

− IEEE Online Conference on Green Communica ons (OnlineGreenComm): 2013.

− IEEE Interna onal Conference on Communica on Systems (ICCS): 2012.

− Interna onal Conference on ICT Convergence (ICTC): 2012.

− IEEE Interna onal Symposium on Informa on Theory (ISIT): 2011.

− Interna onal Symposium on Communica ons and Informa on Technologies (ISCIT): 2007.

− IEEE Global Telecommunica ons Conference (Globecom): 2006.

4.4 Reviewer for Na onal Conferences− Australian Communica ons Theory Workshop (AusCTW): 2014, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006.

4.5 External Thesis Examiner− Examiner for three external PhD thesis (2013: QUT, 2009: QUT, 2008: Monash University).

− Examiner for three external MPhil theses (2011: QUT, 2009: Victoria University, 2008: University ofQueensland).

4.6 Outreach Ac vi es− Developed and presented Telecommunica ons demos and par cipated in ANU Open Day: 2014,2012-

2005.

− Developed and presented ANU Extension workshop to year 11 students on How does error correc oncoding work in Bluetooth, Aug. 2014.

− Conducted Archimedes Day Telecommunica ons workshop on Coding to Keep a Secret, The AustralianNa onal University: July 2005 (two sessions), Sep. 2005 (four sessions), June 2006 (one session) andJune 2007 (one session).

4.7 Professional Memberships− S M , Ins tute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA (S'01−M'05−SM'10).

− M of IEEE Communica ons Society, IEEE Signal Processing Society and IEEE Vehicular TechnologySociety.

− M , Ins tu on of Engineers Australia, (GradIEAust'04−MIEAust'08).

− G M , Ins tu on of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Pakistan (IEEEP), 2001.

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