Besma of University Illinois Chicago

In-band full-duplex Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems provide an opportunity for Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) systems to realize spectrum-efficient simultaneous information transmission and environmental awareness. This line of research is typically referred to as FD-ISAC. This talk will review the unique characteristics and challenges of mono-static FD-ISAC, show simulation results (considering 6G Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) waveforms), and outline several directions of future research.

Biography:

Besma Smida (Senior Member, IEEE) is an Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering with the University of Illinois at Chicago. After completing her appointment as a Post-Doctoral Researcher and later a Lecturer at Harvard University, she became an Assistant Professor of electrical and computer engineering with Purdue University Northwest. She received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Quebec (INRS), Montreal, QC, Canada. She was a Research Engineer with the Technology Evolution and Standards Group of Microcell, Inc., (now Rogers Wireless), Montreal. She took part in wireless normalization committees (3GPP, T1P1).

She has served as North America Chair of IEEE Communication Society, North America (Region 4) representative of IEEE Communication Society, Chair for IEEE Women in Engineering, Chicago Section, Chair of IEEE Communication Chapter, Chicago Section.

She currently serves as Area Editor for the IEEE TRANSACTION ON GREEN COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING, Editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS and IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society. Previously she served as Editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, an Associate Editor for the IEEE Communication Letters, and a Guest Lead Editor for special issues of the IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS.

She is a Communication Society Distinguished Lecturer for 2021-2023. She was highlighted by IEEE Communications Society in their women in engineering in communications series. She was also included in the "100 Brilliant and Inspiring Women in 6G" List.  She was awarded the INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine’s 2015 “100 Inspiring Women in STEM”. She received the Academic Gold Medal of the Governor General of Canada in 2007 and the NSF CAREER award in 2015. She was a recipient of the IEEE GLOBECOM best paper award 2021. Her research focuses on In-band Full-Duplex systems and applications, backscatter modulation, IoT, and two-way communication networks.

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