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Dr. Husameldin Mukhtar

Dr. Husameldin Mukhtar

Associate Professor | Director – Graduate Programs & Research

+971 4 5566 948

+971 4 5566 948

hhadam@ud.ac.ae

Overview
Dr. Husameldin Mukhtar received his Ph.D. degree in communication engineering from Khalifa University (KU), Abu Dhabi, UAE in 2015. He obtained the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the American University of Sharjah, UAE in 2004 and 2010, respectively. Prior to his graduate studies, he worked as a Project Engineer in the field of electronic security and video surveillance in Dubai, UAE from 2005 to 2008. After obtaining his PhD, he joined the Visual Signal Analysis and Processing Research Center at KU as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow from 2015 to 2017. Dr. Husameldin joined University of Dubai (UD) as Assistant Professor in 2017. Currently, he is an Associate Professor and Director of Research at UD. He won several research awards as Principal Investigator for projects in Wireless Communications and Autonomous Vehicles. He is also a member of the supervisory team of UD research labs for remote sensing and cyber security. Dr. Husameldin is a Senior IEEE Member and is currently the IEEE UAE Section secretary. He was also the Chair of the IEEE Communications and Signal Processing Joint Chapter in UAE from 2018 to 2021. His research interests include wireless communications, error control coding, and image/video analysis and processing.
Research
PUBLICATIONS:
  • Atalla, S. Tarapiah, A. Gawanmeh, M. Daradkeh, H. Mukhtar, Y. Himeur, W. Mansoor, KFB. Hashim, M. Daadoo, “IoT-Enabled Precision Agriculture: Developing an Ecosystem for Optimized Crop Management,” Information, vol. 14, no. 4, p. 205, Mar. 2023.
  • Abushawish, A. Lifiya, H. Khan, M. Eshaq, R. Gadhafi, A. Gawanmeh, H. Mukhtar, W. Mansoor, "A Low Cost, Efficient Electrical Power System Design for CubeSat," 2023 10th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies (RAST), Istanbul, Turkiye, 2023, pp. 1-6.
  • Copiaco, H. Mukhtar, L. E. Neel and T. Nazzal, "Identification of Robust Features for Classifying Spam and Ham Images using Transfer Learning," 2022 5th International Conference on Signal Processing and Information Security (ICSPIS), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2022, pp. 1-4.
  • El Neel, A. Copiaco, W. Obaid and H. Mukhtar, "Comparison of Feature Extraction and Classification Techniques of PE Malware," 2022 5th International Conference on Signal Processing and Information Security (ICSPIS), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2022, pp. 26-31.
  • Ahmed, A. Al-Dweik, Y. Iraqi, H. Mukhtar, M. Naeem and E. Hossain, "Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) in Wireless Communications Systems and Standards: A Contemporary Survey," in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, July 2021.
  • Nazzal and H. Mukhtar, "Evaluation of Key-Based Physical Layer Security Systems," 4th International Conference on Signal Processing and Information Security (ICSPIS), pp. 84-87, Dubai, UAE (Virtual), Nov. 2021.
  • Gadhafi, M. Kannath, H. Mukhtar and W. Mansoor, "An L-Strip Double-Band and Triple-Band Antenna for WiFi, WiMax and 5G Applications," IEEE 9th International Conference on Information, Communication and Networks (ICICN), pp. 107-110, Xi'an, China (Virtual), Nov. 2021.
  • Nazzal, B. AlQassab, M. Alblooshi, F. Salman, H. Almarzooqi and H. Mukhtar, "Narrowband jamming Mitigation in OFDM Systems Using Time Domain Interleaving," IEEE 9th International Conference on Information, Communication and Networks (ICICN), pp. 130-133, Xi'an, China (Virtual), Nov. 2021.
  • Islam, H. Mukhtar, J. Dias, "Image Guided Visual Tracking Control System for Unmanned Multirotor Aerial Vehicle with Uncertainty," Robotics, vol. 9, no. 4: 103, pp. 1-25, Dec. 2020.
  • Nazzal and H. Mukhtar, "Impact of Channel Estimation Error on the Performance of Time-Domain Interleaved OFDM Systems," 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing and Information Security (ICSPIS), Dubai, UAE (Virtual), Oct. 2020.
  • Kalbat, A. J. Al-Dweik, Y. Iraqi, H. Mukhtar, B. Sharif and G. K. Karagiannidis, "Direct Bit Loading with Reduced Complexity and Overhead for Precoded OFDM Systems," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 7169-7173, July 2019.
  • Al Tawil, W. Mansoor, S. Atalla, H. Mukhtar, K. Hashim and S. Miniaoui, “Performance and Endurance Training for Equine Racing (PETER),” IEEE Smart World Congress (SWC), Leicester, UK, Aug. 2019.
  • Biron, W. Mansoor, S. Miniaoui, S. Atalla, H. Mukhtar and K. Hashim, “Data Science Tools for Crime Investigation, Archival and Analysis,” IEEE Smart World Congress (SWC), Leicester, UK, Aug. 2019.
  • Abura'ed, H. Mukhtar, M. Talal, and W. Mansoor, “Scaled Conjugate Gradient Neural Network for Optimizing Indoor Positioning System,” International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC), Istanbul, Turkey, June 2019.
  • Al-Dweik, H. Mukhtar, E. Alsusa and J. Dias, "Ultra-Light Decoder for Turbo Product Codes," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 446 - 449, Mar. 2018.
  • Abura'ed, A. Panthakkan, H. Mukhtar, W. Mansoor, S. Al Mansoori and H. Al-Ahmed, "Autonomous Building Detection Using Region Properties and PCA," International Conference on Signal Processing and Information Security (ICSPIS), Dubai, UAE, Nov. 2018.
  • Talal, A. Panthakkan, H. Mukhtar, W. Mansoor, S. Al Mansoori and H. Al-Ahmed, "Detection of Water-Bodies Using Semantic Segmentation," International Conference on Signal Processing and Information Security (ICSPIS), Dubai, UAE, Nov. 2018.
  • Islam, H. Mukhtar, T. Khawli, A. Sunda-Meya “Wavelet-Based Visual Tracking System for Miniature Aerial Vehicle,” IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Washington DC, USA, Oct. 2018.
  • Mukhtar, A. Al-Dweik, W. Mansoor, and H. Al Ahmad, “Reliability and Latency Trade-off in Time Domain Interleaving for OFDM Communication Systems,” in EUROMICRO/IEEE Workshop on Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems (ECYPS), Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO), Budva, Montenegro, June 2018.
  • Mukhtar, A. Al-Dweik, M. Masouridis and T. Stouraitis “Performance Evaluation of Time-Domain Interleaved OFDM Systems using Software Defined Radio Platforms,” International Conference on Electrical and Computing Technologies and Applications (ICECTA), Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, Nov. 2017.
  • Mukhtar, A. Al-Dweik, and A. Shami, “Turbo Product Codes: Applications, Challenges and Future Directions,” IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 3052-3069, 4th Quarter 2016.
  • Mukhtar, A. Al-Dweik, and M. Al-Mualla, “Content-aware and occupancy-based hybrid ARQ for video transmission,” in IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Abu Dhabi, UAE, Oct. 2016.
  • Mukhtar, A. Al-Dweik, M. Al-Mualla, and A. Shami, “Low complexity power optimization algorithm for multimedia transmission over wireless networks,” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 113-124, Feb. 2015.
  • Mukhtar, A. Al-Dweik, and M. Al-Mualla, “Low complexity hybrid ARQ using extended turbo product codes self-detection,” in IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), San Diego, CA, USA, Dec. 2015.
  • Mukhtar, A. Al-Dweik, and M. Al-Mualla, “Hybrid ARQ with partial retransmission using turbo product codes,” in International Conference of Information and Communication Technology Research (ICTRC), Abu Dhabi, UAE, May 2015, pp. 28-31.
  • Mukhtar, A. Al-Dweik, and M. Al-Mualla, “On the performance of adaptive HARQ with no channel state information feedback,” in IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference (WCNC), New Orleans, LA, USA, March 2015, pp. 446-451.
  • Mukhtar, A. Al-Dweik and M. Al-Mualla, “CRC-free hybrid ARQ system using turbo product codes,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 62, no. 12, pp. 4220-4229, Dec. 2014.
  • Mukhtar, A. Al-Dweik, M. Al-Mualla, and A. Shami, “Adaptive hybrid ARQ system using turbo product codes with hard/soft decoding,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 17, no. 11, pp. 2132-2135, Nov. 2013.
  • Mukhtar, “Link adaptation for wireless video communication systems,” in IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS), Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec. 2013, pp. 66-67.
  • Mukhtar, K. Salah, and Y. Iraqi, “Mitigation of DHCP starvation attack,” Elsevier Computers & Electrical Engineering, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 1115-1128, Sept. 2012.
  • Mukhtar, and M. El-Tarhuni, “An adaptive hierarchical QAM scheme for enhanced bandwidth and power utilization,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 60, no. 8, pp. 2275-2284, Aug. 2012.
  • Mukhtar, M. Hassan, and T. Landolsi, “An occupancy-based and channel-aware multi-level adaptive scheme for video communications over wireless channels,” EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2011, no. 1:199, pp. 1-17, Dec. 2011.
  • Mukhtar, M. Hassan, and T. Landolsi, “An integrated adaptive approach for video streaming over wireless channels,” in IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC), Dubai, UAE, Feb. 2011, pp. 112-115.
  • Hassan, T. Landolsi, and H. Mukhtar, “A channel-aware and occupancy-dependent scheduler for video transmission over wireless channels,” International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC), vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 232-246, Sept. 2010.
  • Hassan, T. Landolsi, K. Assaleh, and H. Mukhtar, “An adaptive scheduling algorithm for video transmission over wireless packet networks,” Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics - Elsevier, vol. 36, pp. 1319-1326, Aug. 2010.
  • Mukhtar, M. Hassan, and T. Landolsi, “A multi-level adaptive scheme for multimedia transmission over wireless channels,” in IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, NV, USA, Jan. 2010, pp. 1174-1178.
  • Hassan, T. Landolsi, H. Mukhtar, and T. Shanableh, “Skip length and inter-starvation distance as a combined metric to assess the quality of transmitted video,” in International Workshop on Video Processing and Quality Metrics for Consumer Electronics (VPQM), Scottsdale, AZ, USA, Jan. 2010, pp. 208-212.
patents
  • Mukhtar, A. Al-Dweik, T. Nazzal, H. Al-Ahmad, and W. Mansoor. “Secured and robust wireless communication system for low-latency applications.” US Patent 10855450B1, Dec. 1, 2020.
  • Al-Dweik, and H. Mukhtar. "SD decoder for digital communications." US Patent 10454615B2, Oct. 22, 2019.