Muhammad Saad Zia
Assistant Professor
- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- 05100000
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/muhammad-saad-zia/
Summary
Dr. Muhammad Saad Zia received his PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA in 2023. His doctoral research focused on the impacts of beam alignment errors on the performance of millimeter-wave cellular systems. After his PhD, Dr. Saad worked as a Senior Engineer of Wireless Systems at Analog Devices, Inc. in Massachusetts, USA. He has also worked as an Assistant Director of Spectrum Policy and Management at the Frequency Allocation Board (FAB), Government of Pakistan. He is currently serving as an Assistant Professor at SEECS. Alongside his teaching and research roles at SEECS, he is also performing the duties of UG coordinator for the Computer Engineering degree program.
Academic Background
PhD
(Electrical and Computer Engineering ) Georgia Institute of Technology
August 21, 2017 - August 04, 2023
Honours and Awards
Publications
Effects of SNR-Dependent Beam Alignment Errors on Millimeter-Wave Cellular Networks
May 01, 2022
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology - Volume:71, Issue:5, Page:5216-5230
On the Impacts of Composite Fading on Large-Scale Multi-User MIMO Systems
December 01, 2015
IEEE Communications Letters - Volume: 19 Issue: 12 Pages: 2286-2289
Conferences
Effects of Beam Misalignment on Heterogeneous Cellular Networks with Mm-Wave Small Cells
December 04, 2022 - December 08, 2022
Muhammad Saad Zia, Douglas M. Blough, Mary Ann Weitnauer,
Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM
Uplink Power Control and SNR-Dependent Beam Alignment Errors in MmWave Cellular Networks
September 12, 2022 - September 15, 2022
Muhammad Saad Zia, Douglas M. Blough, Mary Ann Weitnauer,
IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC
On the Effects of Blockage on Load Modeling in Millimeter-Wave Cellular Networks
September 27, 2021 - September 30, 2021
Muhammad Saad Zia, Douglas M. Blough, Mary Ann Weitnauer,
2021 IEEE 94th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2021-Fall)
Coverage in Millimeter-Wave Networks with SNR-Dependent Beam Alignment Errors
May 25, 2020 - May 28, 2020
Muhammad Saad Zia, Douglas M. Blough, Mary Ann Weitnauer,
2020 IEEE 91st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2020-Spring)
Outage Analysis of Multi-User Massive MIMO Systems Subject to Composite Fading
May 11, 2015 - May 14, 2015
Syed Ali Hassan, Muhammad Saad Zia,
2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring)
Senior Engineer, Wireless Systems
Analog Devices Inc.
July 17, 2023 - February 14, 2025
Assistant Director (Technical)
Frequency Allocation Board
October 03, 2016 - August 10, 2017
Assistant Manager (Technical)
National Electronics Complex of Pakistan
February 15, 2013 - October 02, 2016