Marcel Nassar, Ph.D.

 

Senior Research Engineer

Samsung Mobile Solutions Lab

mnassar@utexas.edu

Education

The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering (Aug. 2013)

The University of Texas at Austin
M.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering (May 2008)

American University of Beirut
B.E., Computer and Communication Engineering (High Distinction—June 2006)

 

Publications at UT Austin (2006-2013)

· M. Nassar, P. Schniter, B. L. Evans, “A Factor Graph Approach to Joint OFDM Channel Estimation and Decoding in Impulsive Noise Environments”, IEEE Transactions Signal Proc., Mar. 15, 2014. [link]

· J. Lin, M. Nassar, B. L. Evans, "Impulsive Noise Mitigation in Powerline Communications using Sparse Bayesian Learning", IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Jul. 2013. [link]

· M. Nassar, J. Lin, Y. Mortazavi, I.H. Kim, A. Dabak, B. L. Evans, “Local Utility Powerline Communications in the 3-500 kHz Band: Channel Impairments, Noise, and Standards”, IEEE Sig. Proc. Mag., Sep. 2012. [link]

· M. Nassar, A. Dabak, I. Kim, T. Pande, B. L. Evans, “Cyclostationary Noise Modeling in Narrowband Powerline Communication for Smart Grid Applications”, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Acoustics, Speech, Sig. Proc. (ICASSP), Mar. 2012. [link]

· M. Nassar, K. Gulati, Y. Mortazavi, B. L. Evans, "Statistical Modeling of Asynchronous Impulsive Noise in Powerline Communication Networks", Proc. IEEE Int. Global Comm. Conf., Dec. 2011. [link]

· J. Lin, M. Nassar, B. L. Evans, "Non-Parametric Impulsive Noise Mitigation in OFDM Systems Using Sparse Bayesian Learning", Proc. IEEE Int. Global Comm. Conf., Dec. 2011. [link]

· M. Nassar B. L. Evans, "Low Complexity EM-based Decoding for OFDM Systems with Impulsive Noise", Proc. Asilomar Conf. Signals, Systems and Computers, Nov. 2011. [link]

· M. Nassar, X. E. Lin, B. L. Evans, "Stochastic Modeling of Microwave Oven Interference in WLANs", IEEE Int. Conf. Comm., Jun. 2011. [link]

· M. Nassar, K. Gulati, M. R. DeYoung, B. L. Evans, K. R. Tinsley, "Mitigating Near-Field Interference in Laptop Embedded Wireless Transceivers", Journal of Signal Processing Systems, Mar. 2009, invited. [link]

· M. Nassar, R. Abdallah, H. Ali Zeineddine, E. Yaacoub, Z. Dawy. “ A New Multitask Learning Algorithm Applied to Multiorganism Gene Network Estimation”, IEEE Int. Symp. Inf. Theory, Jul. 2008.

· M. Nassar, K. Gulati, A. K. Sujeeth, N. Aghasadeghi, B. L. Evans, K. R. Tinsley, "Mitigating Near-Field Interference in Laptop Embedded Wireless Transceivers", Proc. IEEE ICASSP, Sig. Proc., Mar. 2008.[link]

Links

RFI Mitigation Project: The main webpage of the RFI Mitigation project

WNCG: The Wireless Networking and Communication Group at The University of Texas at Austin

ESPL: Embedded Signal Processing Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin

Prof. Evans’ webpage: detailed information about various projects and valuable tips for new students

The WSIL list of upcoming conferences: Upcoming conferences in wireless communications and digital signal processing

Introduction

I graduated with my PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin in August 2013 under the supervision of Prof. Brian L. Evans. I received my B.E. degree in computer and communication engineering with a minor in Mathematics from the American University of Beirut in June 2006. After that I moved to Austin for my PhD studies where I joined Prof. Evans group and the Wireless Networking and Communications Group. I completed my M.S. degree in May 2008 at UT Austin.

Updated on 17 July 2014

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