Imran Shafique Ansari

About

Imran Shafique Ansari was born in India in 1987. He completed his B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in 2009 (with First Honors) and M.Sc. from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in 2010. Currently, he is a PhD Candidate at KAUST under KAUST Fellowship award.

He has been member of IEEE and IET since 2007 and has served in various capacities. Currently, he is serving on IET CC-EMEA (Communities Committee-Europe, Middle-East and Africa). He has edited technical papers including conference papers, magazine articles and journal articles. He has been reviewing submissions from IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Commuications Magazine, and IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications among others. He has served as a member of the TPC (Technical Program Committee) of IEEE Sysmposium on Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications (ISBEIA) 2012, IEEE Colloqium on Humanities, Science and Engineering Research (CHUSER) 2012, IEEE Business, Engineering, & Industrial Applications Colloqium (BEIAC 2013), and IEEE Symposium on Humanities, Science and Engineering Research (SHUSER) 2013 among many others.

His research interest include Free-Space Optics (FSO), Wireless Communications, Composite Fading Channels, Channel Modeling/Signal Propagation issues, Relay/Multihop Communications and Diversity Reception Techniques among others.

Employment

• Saleh Abdulaziz and Abahsain Co. Ltd. Network Engineering Internee
  2008 - 2008
• King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) PhD Student

Education

• King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) PhD
  2011 - Present
• Carleton University Graduate Research Visitor
  2010 - 2010
• King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) M.Sc.
  2009 - 2010
• Michigan State University (MSU) Graduate Research Visiting Scholar
  2009 - 2009
• King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) B.Sc.
  2005 - 2009

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (123)

• Design and Performance Analysis of Hybrid FSO/THz Relay with Aerial RIS for Future NTN-Integrated 6G Wireless Communications
  IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2026 DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2026.3728239
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• Enhancing Physical Layer Security in IoT-Based RF-FSO Integrated Networks: Multi-RIS Structures and Their Impact on Secure Communication
  IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society 2026 DOI: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2026.3707420
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• Performance of M-ary Pulse Position Modulated Underwater OWC Links With Turbulence and Path Loss Effects
  IEEE Access 2026 DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3670706
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• RIS Equipped AAV Swarm: Shadowed Aerial-to-Ground Channel Characterization
  IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 2025 DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2025.3580951
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• Achieving Covertness in Cooperative Systems With Power Allocation
  IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2025 DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2024.3521051
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• Secrecy Performance Analysis of Integrated RF-UOWC IoT Networks Enabled by UAV and Underwater RIS
  IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2025 DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2024.3469731
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• Active, Passive, and Absorptive RIS-Aided 6G Network Under Non-Orthogonal CCI
  IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology 2025 DOI: 10.1109/OJVT.2025.3583545
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• AoI Analysis in Energy Harvesting IoT Systems With ARQ and TARQ
  IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2025 DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2025.3557040
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• Trajectory and Power Design for Aerial CRNs With Colluding Eavesdroppers
  IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 2024 DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2024.3436848
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• A Survey on Cyber Resilience: Key Strategies, Research Challenges, and Future Directions
  ACM Computing Surveys 2024 DOI: 10.1145/3649218
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