Abstract
In this presentation we will review the main challenges facing the area of
telecommunication systems and networks today. We will be covering issues in
the areas of optical and wireless systems and networks. Study cases of
attempts to produce some solutions will be discussed. Future trends in these
areas will be provided.
Hussein Mouftah joined the
School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE)of the University of
Ottawa in September 2002 as a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) Professor in
Optical Networks. He has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering at Queen's University (1979-2002), where he was prior to his
departure a Full Professor and the Department Associate Head. He has three
years of industrial experience mainly at Bell Northern Research of Ottawa,
now Nortel Networks (1977-79). He has spent three sabbatical years also at
Nortel Networks (1986-87, 1993-94, and 2000-01), always conducting research
in the area of broadband packet switching networks, mobile wireless networks
and quality of service over the optical Internet. He served as
Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Communications Magazine (1995-97) and IEEE
Communications Society Director of Magazines (1998-99) and Chair of the
Awards Committee (2002-2003). Dr. Mouftah is the author or coauthor of four
books, 17 book chapters and more than 650 technical papers and 8 patents in
this area. He is the recipient of the 1989 Engineering Medal for Research
and Development of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO),
and the Ontario Distinguished Researcher Award of the Ontario Innovation
Trust. He is the joint holder of the Best Paper Award for a paper presented
at SPECTS’2002, and the Outstanding Paper Award for papers presented at the
IEEE HPSR’2002 and the IEEE ISMVL’1985. Also he is the joint holder of a
Honorable Mention for the Frederick W. Ellersick Price Paper Award for Best
Paper in the IEEE Communications Magazine in 1993. He is the recipient of
the IEEE Canada (Region 7) Outstanding Service Award (1995). Dr. Mouftah is
a Fellow of the IEEE (1990) and Fellow of the Canadian Academy of
Engineering (2003).
