About Me

Prof. Mehran Abolhasan completed his B.E in Computer Engineering and PhD in Telecommunications on 1999 and 2003 respectively at the University of Wollongong. From July 2003, he joined the Smart Internet Technology CRC and Office of Information and Communication Technology within the Department of Commerce in NSW, where he proposed a major status report outlining strategies and new projects to improve the communications infrastructure between the NSW Emergency Services Organisations. In July 2004, he joined the Desert knowledge CRC and Telecommunication and IT Research Institute to work on a joint project called the Sparse Ad hoc network for Deserts project (Also known as the SAND project). During 2004 to 2007. He led a team of researchers at TITR to develop prototype networking devices for rural and remote communication scenarios. Furthermore, he led the deployment of a number of test-beds and field studies in that period. In 2008, he accepted the position of Director of Emerging Networks and Applications Lab (ENAL) at the ICTR institute. During his time as the Director of ENAL he won a number of major research project grants including ARC DP and a number of CRC and other government and industry-based grants. He also worked closely with the Director of ICTR in developing future research directions in the area wireless communications. In March 2010, he accepted the position of Senior Lecturer at the School of Computing and Communications within the faculty of Engineering and IT (FEIT) at the University of Technology Sydney , where he is now a Professor. From 2014 to the 2017 period, he served as the Director of Research Programs at FEIT. In the 2016 to 2022 period, he served as the Deputy Head of School for Research in School of Electrical and Data Engineering. He is currently a member of the GBDTC and the Director of the Intelligent Networks and Applications Lab. He is also a member of the newly established state of art RF and Communications Technologies Lab at UTS.

Prof. Abolhasan has authored over 180 international publications and has won over seven million dollars in research funding. His Current research Interests are include: Software Defined Networking, IoT, Tactile Internet, Wireless Body Area Networks, Applications of ML/AI in Wireless Networking, 5G and 6G Networks and Beyond, and Wireless Sensor and Mesh networks. He is currently a Senior Member of IEEE

Prof. Mehran Abolhasan B.E Computer, PhD, SMIEEE Professor – School of Electrical and Data Engineering Leader of the Software Defined Networks lab University of Technology Sydney

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