Walid Saad
Professor
- Ph.D., University of Oslo, 2010
- M.E., American University of Beirut, 2007
- B.E., Lebanese University, 2004
- Wireless networks
- Game theory
- Communications
- Machine learning
- Cyber-physical systems
- Wireless networks
- Machine learning
- 5G/6G cellular systems
- Semantic communications
- Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) communication
- Game theory
- Cyber-physical systems
- Cybersecurity
- Smart grids
- IEEE Fellows (2019) For contributions to distributed optimization in cooperative and heterogeneous wireless systems
- Ten best conference paper awards at major IEEE conferences (e.g., IEEE ICC, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE WCNC, IEEE PIMRC, and IEEE Smartgridcomm, among others)
- Co-author, IEEE Communications Society Young Author Best Paper Award in 2019 and 2021
- Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher by the Web of Science, 2019, 2020, and 2021
- IEEE ComSoc Communication Theory Technical Committee Early Achievement Award, 2019
- IEEE ComSoc Radio Communications Committee Early Achievement Award, 2018
- IEEE ComSoc Best Young Professional in Academia Award, 2017
- IEEE ComSoc Fred W. Ellersick Prize, 2015 and 2022