Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed

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

• Graduate Research Assistant (2009 - 2014)

Department of ECE,

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

• MITACS Intern (2014)

Aurel Systems Inc.,

Burnaby, BC, 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