Scholar
Walid Saad
Google Scholar ID: kYDNA0UAAAAJ
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
Citations & Impact
Citations
48,567
H-index
97
i10-index
421
Publications
20
Co-authors
25
list available
Contact
No contact links provided.
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- 1. One of the winners of the 2023 IEEE Communications Society Award for Advances in Communications, for the work 'Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with Underlined Device-to-Device Communications: Performance and Tradeoffs'.
- 2. Winner of the 2023 IEEE Communications Society Katherine Johnson Young Author Best Paper Award, for the work 'Energy Efficient Federated Learning Over Wireless Communication Networks'.
- 3. Won the Best Paper Award (2nd place) at the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE23), for the paper 'Scaling Limits of Quantum Repeater Networks'.
Research Experience
- Leads the NEWS@VT laboratory at Virginia Tech, focusing on developing fundamental mathematical tools and principles to design, develop, and build smart, secure, and self-organizing systems, with applications to networks, wireless systems, IoT systems, smart power grids, cyber-physical systems, and quantum communication networks.
Background
- Research interests include Metaverse, DTs & XR, 6G Wireless Networks, AI and Machine Learning for Wireless, Semantic Communications, Quantum Comm. & ML, RIS, mmWave, and THz, Cyber-physical Systems & Security, Connected Autonomy.
