Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Howard University
Washington, DC, USA
Director: Wireless Communications Systems (WiCS) Lab @ Howard
Associate Director of CWiNs Lab (with Dr. Danda B. Rawat)
Short Bio:
Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at Howard University, Washington, DC, USA. He joined Howard in January 2021 as an Assistant Professor. Before joining Howard, he was an Assistant Professor at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA. Dr. Ahmed worked as a Wireless Systems Engineer at Intel Corporation in San Diego, California, USA before moving to academia.
Dr. Ahmed works in the areas of wireless communications, signal processing, and computer networks. His current research focuses on the design and analysis of current and next-generation cellular communication systems.
Dr. Ahmed obtained his PhD from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada and received postdoctoral training at McGill University and INRS at Montreal, QC, Canada.
The complete CV can be found here CV .
Professional Experiences:
Associate Professor (Aug. 2025 - Present)
Department of EECS,
Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
Assistant Professor (Jan. 2021 - Aug. 2025)
Department of EECS,
Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
Assistant Professor (Jan. 2019 - Dec. 2020)
Department of CSEE,
Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA
Visiting Staff Systems Engineer (Summer 2020)
Oppo Research Lab
San Diego, California, USA
Wireless Systems Engineer (2016 - 2019)
Intel Corporation
San Diego, California, USA
Postdoctoral Fellow (2015 - 2016)
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Postdoctoral Fellow (2014 - 2015)
Department of ECE,
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lecturer (2006 - 2009)
Department of EEE,
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Education:
Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering 2014
University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC, Canada
M.Sc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2008
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
B.Sc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2006
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh