Topic of Research Seminar: i-Talks: Beyond 5G Beamformers: Lean Towards Smart Radio Environment 

Abstract: It is surprising to see what an array of co-located beamforming #antennas can do to ensure that our #wireless devices stay connected to the #Internet. Learn from award-winning researcher Dr Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi about the role of antenna #beamformers in #5G and beyond wireless networks, review the latest trends and applications, and forecast future beamformers design for our hyper-connected world.

Dr Abbasi is an Assistant Professor with the Centre of Wireless Innovation (CWI) at the Queen’s University Belfast, UK, since 2019. He has been an IEEE-APS Young-Professional Ambassador since 2022 and IET-young-professional since 2017. Dr Abbasi is the Grand Prize winner of the GSMA Mobile World Scholar challenge 2019 for his innovation of a dual Rotman lens based 28 GHz beamformer (since then, it evolved into a lens-based mmWave beamformer for mmWave in 26-40GHz). He was with SEECS NUST as MS – EE student from 2011 to 2013. His complete profile is accessible at go.qub.ac.uk/dr-abbasi.

Subject Field of Topic: Telecom

Name of Speaker: Dr Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi

Professorial Rank of Speaker: Assistant Professor

Affiliation of Speaker: Queen’s University Belfast, UK

Date and Venue: December 19, 2022, at 1430 hrs, School of Interdisciplinary Engineering & Science (SINES), Conference Room, NUST Islamabad Campus