Sonia Aissa, Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Research

Machine-type Communications (MTC)Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS)Resource Management and Allocation Short Packet Communications Sustainability Wireless Communications

Latest funding

RIS-Enabled Machine-Type Communications with a Sustainability-Centric Approach
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$137,000
Enabling Far-Field Power Transfer and RF Energy Harvesting in Future Wireless Communication Networks
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$259,000

All 2 grants and awards

RIS-Enabled Machine-Type Communications with a Sustainability-Centric Approach

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Aissa, Sonia

Keywords: wireless communications; machine-type communications (mtc); short packet communications; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (ris); resource management and allocation; sustainability

$137,000

Enabling Far-Field Power Transfer and RF Energy Harvesting in Future Wireless Communication Networks

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Aissa, Sonia

$259,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Machine-type Communications (MTC) Dear Professor Aissa, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on machine-type communications (mtc) connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "RIS-Enabled Machine-Type Communications with a Sustainability-Centric Approach" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]