Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Tronoh Mines, Malaysia
Topics
5G/B4G Cellular Networks Next Generation Wireless Networks
Biography
Firas Ousta received the B.Sc. degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Tishreen University; the M.Sc. degree in Telecommunications and Networks Engineering from American University of Technology (AUT), Beirut, Lebanon, in 2007; and the Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering/Telecommunications Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Perak, Malaysia, in 2017. In 2018, he was a director of research and development department and general operations manager at Smart Solutions Services, Dubai, United Arab of Emirates (UAE). He was with the College of Engineering, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE, as an adjunct senior lecturer. He is currently a research scientist at UTP and is a member of the Centre for Intelligent Signal and Imaging Research (CISIR). He has been conducting applied research since 2011, producing more than twelve publications and one patent application. His research interests include mobility and resource management in wireless networks, end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) provisioning, mobile edge computing, algorithms design, performance analysis of mobile and computer networks and networks programmability and automation. Since 2018, his main activity has been the design and implementation of optimization-based algorithms for Software Defined Network (SDN)/Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) architectures. Currently, he is actively involved in the design of network slicing architectures with QoS guarantees. He has served as a member of the Technical Program Committee (TPC) of numerous conferences and workshops. He is also a reviewer on a regular basis for major international conferences in networking and wireless communications. He also serves as a member of the IEEE 5G and Beyond Roadmap working groups. Dr. Firas is a member of the following learned societies and professional body: IEEE, IEEE Communication Society, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Future Networks, IEEE Software Defined Networks, IEEE Cloud Computing, and Syndicate of Engineers, since 2001.
