Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

• Overall MSc Programme Coordinator
  

• Degree Programme Director: MSc Communications and Signal Processing

Qualifications

• Dipl.-Ing., M.Sc., PgCert, Ph.D.

Previous Positions

• Research Associate, Underwater Acoustics Research Group, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Memberships

• MIET
• MIEEE

Research Interests

• Antenna Design
  
• Array Signal Processing
• Multiuser Detection
• Subsea Communications
• Wireless Networks
  

Projects

• Traffic mobility from mobile signal measurements
  Project Leader(s): Prof. Bayan Sharif

Postgraduate Teaching

• Introduction to C
  
• Introduction to Matlab
• EEE8002 Mobile and Cellular Communications
• EEE8077 Simulation of Wireless Communications
• EEE8091 Implementation of Wireless Receiver Algorithms
• EEE8092 Sensor Network Project 

• Aliesawi SA, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS, Johnston M. Iterative Multiuser Detection for Underwater Acoustic Channels. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 2011, 36(4), 728-744.
• Ahmed MS, Boussakta S, Sharif B, Tsimenidis CC. OFDM based on low complexity tranform to increase multipath resilience and reduce PAPR. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 2011, 59(11), 5994-6007.
• Tsimenidis CC, Hinton OR, Sharif BS, Adams AE. Nonlinear multistage receiver for DS/CDMA communication systems. Electronic Letters 2002, 38(18), 1060-1061.
• Tsimenidis CC, Hinton OR, Sharif BS, Adams AE. Nonlinear multistage receiver for DS/CDMA communication systems. Electronics Letters 2002, 38(18), 1060-1061.
• Tsimenidis CC, Hinton OR, Sharif BS, Adams AE. 2D-Rake MMSE receiver for burst communications through multiple-access shallow-water channels. In: MTS/IEEE Oceans 2001. An Ocean Odyssey. 2001, Honolulu, HI , USA: IEEE.
• Tsimenidis CC, Hinton OR, Sharif BS, Adams AE. Linear predictor based method for estimating Doppler in mobile radio communication systems. IEE Electronic Letters 2000, 36(12), 1066-1067.
• Tsimenidis CC, Hinton OR, Sharif BS, Adams AE. Linear predictor based method for estimating Doppler in mobile radio communication systems. Electronics Letters 2000, 36(12), 1066-1067.
• Tsimenidis CC, Hinton OR, Sharif BS, Adams AE. Spread-spectrum based adaptive array receiver algorithms for the shallow-water acoustic channel. In: OCEANS 2000 MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition. 2000, Providence, RI, USA: Institution of Electronic and Electrical Engineers.
• Abdelkareem AE, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC, Neasham JA. Adaptive Doppler-shift compensation for OFDM underwater acoustic communications system. In: 4th International Conference and Exhibition Underwater Acoustic Measurements: Technologies & Results. 2011, Kos, Greece.
• Shah CP, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS, Neasham JA, Hinton OR. Adaptive iterative receiver design for shallow water acoustic communications. In: The 10th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics (ECUA). 2010, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Aliesawi S, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS, Johnston M. Comparative performance of different adaptive CDMA forms over dispersive channels. In: 4th International Conference and Exhibition Underwater Acoustic Measurements: Technologies & Results. 2011, Kos, Greece.
• Aliesawi S, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS, Johnston M, Hinton OR. Adaptive multiuser detection with decision feedbackequalization based IDMA systems on underwateracoustic channels. In: The 10th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics (ECUA). 2010, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Feng X, Tsimenidis CC, Hinton OR, Sharif BS. Nonlinear multistage multiple access interference cancellation receiver for asynchronous DS/CDMA communication systems. In: 58th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference. 2003, Orlando, Florida, USA: IEEE.
• Al-Dweik A, Sharif B, Tsimenidis C. Accurate BER Analysis of OFDM Systems over Static Frequency-Selective Multipath Fading Channels. IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting 2011. In Press.
• Shah CP, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS, Neasham JA. Low Complexity Iterative Receiver Structure for Time Varying Frequency Selective Shallow Underwater Acoustic Channels using BICM-ID: Design and Experimental Results. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 2011, 36(3), 406-421.
• Al Rawi AF, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC. User priority aware scheduling and dynamic resource allocation in orthogonal frequency division multiple access. IET Communications 2011, 5(7), 1006-1019.
• Al-Janabi M, Tsimenidis C, Sharif B, Le Goff S. Bit and power allocation strategy for AMC-based MIMO-OFDMA WiMAX systems. In: 6th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob). 2010, Niagara Falls, Ontario, USA: IEEE.
• Shah C, Tsimenidis C, Sharif B, Neasham J. EXIT chart analysis of BICM-ID based receiver for shallow underwater acoustic communications. In: Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS). 2010, York, UK: IEEE.
• Al-Janabi M, Tsimenidis C, Sharif B, Le Goff S. Optimal user scheduling and allocation for WiMAX OFDMA systems. In: Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS). 2010, York, UK: IEEE.
• Asseri M, Tsimenidis C, Sharif B, Le Goff S. Orthogonal-SLM technique for PAPR reduction and recovery without side information in OFDM systems. In: 7th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, CSNDSP 2010. 2010, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: IEEE.
• Al Rawi A, Sharif B, Tsimenidis C. Pareto-metaheuristic multi-objective network optimization for OFDMA-based systems. In: 6th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob). 2010, Niagara Falls, Ontario, USA: IEEE.
• Al-Janabi M, Tsimenidis C, Sharif B, Le Goff S. Simulated and semi-analytical throughput evaluation for AMC-OFDMA systems. In: 7th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, CSNDSP 2010. 2010, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: IEEE.
• Petsis S, Sharif B, Tsimenidis C, Hinton O. MMSE-based receivers for asynchronous DS-CDMA communication systems in the presence of double-spread multipath channels. In: Proceedings of the 2003 10th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2003). 2003, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates: IEEE.
• Shah CP, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS, Neasham JA. Low complexity iterative receiver design for shallow water acoustic channels. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 2010, 590458.
• Ladha C, Sharif B, Tsimenidis C, Latiff NMA. Minimising distance ambiguity through thresholding RSS measurements in Wireless Sensor Networks. In: IEEE 19th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC). 2008, Cannes, France: IEEE.
• Al-Dweik A, Hazmi A, Younis S, Sharif B, Tsimenidis C. Carrier Frequency Offset Estimation for OFDM Systems Over Mobile Radio Channels. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 2010, 59(2), 974-979.
• Al-Janabi MS, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS, Le Goff SY. Adaptive MCS Selection in OFDM Systems Based on Channel Frequency Coherence. In: 5th Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications (AICT 09).2009,Venice :IEEE
• Khrwat AS, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC, Boussakta S. Channel prediction for precoded spatial multiplexing multiple-input multiple-output systems in time-varying fading channels. IET Signal Processing 2009, 3(6), 459-466.
• Khrwat AS, Sharif BS, Tsimendis CC, Boussakta S. Precoded Spatial Multiplexing Systems in the Presence of Feedback Delay using Kalman Filter. In: IEEE Internationl Conference on Communications, ICC2009.2009,Dresden, Germany:IEEE
• Le Goff SY, Al-Samahi SS, Khoo BK, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS. Selected Mapping without Side Information for PAPR Reduction in OFDM. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 2009, 8(7), 3320-3325.
• Asseri MI, Le Goff SY, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS. Efficient Recovery of dSLM in MIMO-OFDM without Side Information. In: AICT 2009: Proceedings of the Fifth Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications.2009,Venice/Mestre, Italy :IEEE
• Al-Samahi S, Le Goff S, Sharif B, Tsimenidis C. A novel OFDM PAPR reduction scheme using selected mapping without explicit side information. In: IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC). 2008, Cannes, France: IEEE.
• Le Goff SY, Khoo BK, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS. A Novel Selected Mapping Technique for PAPR Reduction in OFDM Systems. IEEE Transactions on Communications 2008, 56(11), 1775-1779.
• Khrwat AS, Sharif BS, Tsimendis CC, Boussakta S, Le Goff SY. Feedback Delay in Precoded Spatial Multiplexing MIMO Systems. In: IEEE 19th International Symposium on Personnel Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC. 2008, Cannes, France: IEEE.
• Aldawibi OO, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC. Influence of the backoff window on static routing protocols for ad hoc underwater acoustic networks. In: CSNDSP 08: Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing. 2008, Graz, Austria: IEEE.
• Michailidis E, Tsimenidis C, Chester G. Mutual coupling reduction in a linear two element patch array and its effect on theoretical MIMO capacity. In: Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2008. 2008, Loughborough: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society.
• Khrwat AS, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC. Reduced complexity and improved performance receiver for downlink MIMO MC-CDMA systems. In: 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control, and Signal Processing, (ISCCSP). 2008, Malta: IEEE.
• Asseri MI, Sharif BS, Le Goff SY, Tsimenidis C. Reduced complexity dSLM recovery in MIMO-OFDM without side information. In: 1st IFIP Wireless Days Conference.2008,Dubai, UAE:IEEE
• Feng XY, Tsimenidis C, Sharif B. Adaptive parallel interference cancellation for uplink MC-CDMA in Rayleigh fading channels. In: SoftCOM 15th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks.2007,Split - Dubrovnik, Croatia:IEEE
• Le Goff SY, Khoo BK, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS. Constellation shaping for bandwidth-efficient turbo-coded modulation with iterative receiver. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 2007, 6(6), 2223-2233.
• Ntagkounakis K, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC, Kassouras V, Dallas P, Koboholis K. Cost-efficient WIMAX network deployment: The hybrid outdoor / indoor dual-layer coverage approach. In: IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC. 2007, Athens, Greece: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
• Fa R, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC. Downlink MC-2D-CDMA over time-variant frequency-selective rayleigh fading channels. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications. 2007, Glasgow, Scotland: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
• Matin MA, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC. Dual layer stacked rectangular microstrip patch antenna for ultra wideband applications. IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation 2007, 1(6), 1192-1196.
• Latiff NMA, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS. Energy-aware clustering for wireless sensor networks using particle swarm optimization. In: IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC. 2007, Athens, Greece: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
• Sharif BS, Blythe PT, Almajnooni SM, Tsimenidis CC. Inter-vehicle mobile ad hoc network for road transport systems. IET Intelligent Transport Systems 2007, 1(1), 47-56.
• Fa R, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC. Iterative detection and phase recovery for downlink DS and MC-CDMAFlat rayleigh fading channels. In: IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference. 2007, Dublin: IEEE: Piscataway, N.J..
• Matin MA, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC. Microstrip patch antenna with matching slots for UWB communications. AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications 2007, 61(2), 132-134.
• Ladha C, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC. Mitigating propagation errors for indoor positioning in wireless sensor networks. In: IEEE International Conference on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems. 2007, Pisa, Italy: IEEE.
• Almajnooni SM, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC. Mobile ad hoc network for motorway transport applications. In: The 65th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference. 2007, Dublin: IEEE: Piscataway, N.J..
• Khoo BK, Le Goff SY, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS. OFDM PAPR Reduction Using Selected Mapping Without Side Information. In: International Conference on Communications, ICC. 2007, Glasgow, UK: IEEE.
• Knoo BK, Le Goff SY, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS. OFDM PAPR reduction using selected mapping without side information. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications. 2007, Glasgow, UK: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
• Xiaoyan F, Tsimenidis C, Sharif B. On the use of energy activation functions in parallel interference cancellation for asynchronous CDMA systems. In: CNSR 2007: Fifth Annual Conference on Communication Networks and Services Research. 2007, Fredericton, Canada: IEEE Computer Society.
• Abdul Latiff NM, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS. Performance comparison of optimization algorithms for clustering in wireless sensor networks. In: IEEE Internatonal Conference on Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems, MASS. 2007, IEEE Xplore.
• Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS, Le Goff S. Precoding in MC-CDMA Downlink Systems. In: IET Smart Antennas and Cooperative Communications Seminar. 2007, London, UK.
• Michailidis E, Tsimenidis C, Chester G. Printed Dipole Array for MIMO Wireless Networks. In: Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC). 2007, Loughborough, UK: IEEE.
• Michailidis E, Tsimenidis C, Chester G. Printed dipole array for MIMO wireless networks. In: Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference. 2007, Loughborough University, UK: IEEE.
• Matin MA, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC. Probe fed stacked patch antenna for wideband applications. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 2007, 55(8), 2385-2388.
• Almajnooni SM, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC. Queue priority based on cross-layer collaboration for motorway mobile ad hoc networks. In: Third Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications, AICT 2007. 2007, Morne, Mauritius: IEEE.
• Othman AK, Adams AE, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif B. Underwater acoustic networks discovery protocol and localization. In: OCEANS 2006 - Asia Pacific. 2007, Singapore: IEEE.
• Wang L, Tsimenidis CC, Adams AE. Adaptive power control using channel state information gradient for mobile radio systems. In: 20th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA). 2006, Vienna , Austria: IEEE.
• Le Goff SY, Khoo BK, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS. An Improved Bit-Interleaved Turbo-Coded Modulation Scheme using Constellation Shaping and Iterative Decoding. In: 4th International Symposium on Turbo Codes & Related Topics; 6th International ITG-Conference on Source and Channel Coding. 2006, Munich, Germany: VDE Verlag.
• Khoo BK, Le Goff SY, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC. Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation with Iterative Decoding using Constellation Shaping. In: The 14th European Signal Processing Conference, EURASIP. 2006, Florence, Italy.
• Khoo BK, Le Goff SY, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC. Bit-interleaved coded modulation with iterative decoding using constellation shaping. IEEE Transactions on Communications 2006, 54(9), 1517-1520.
• Almajnooni S, Sharif B, Tsimenidis C. Router direction index based AODV for motorway mobile ad hoc networks. In: Proceedings of the Third IASTED International Conference on Communications and Computer Networks, CCN. 2006, Lima, Peru: Acta Press.
• Matin MA, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC. Dual layer electromagnetically coupled, stacked rectangular microstrip patch antenna. In: Sixth International Conference on Computational Electromagnetics CEM 2006. 2006, Berlin, Germany.
• Othman AK, Adams AE, Tsimenidis CC. Node Discovery Protocol and Localization for Distributed Underwater Acoustic Networks. In: AICT-ICIW '06. International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services.2006,Guadeloupe, Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles:IEEE
• Yi SJ, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS, Le Goff SY. Performance assessment of a computationally efficient MMSE receiver for asynchronous MC-CDMA systems over multipath fading channels. In: ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings. 2006, Toulouse, France: IEEE.
• Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS, Hinton OR, Adams AE. Analysis and modelling of experimental doubly-spread shallow-water acoustic channels. In: Oceans 2005 - Europe.2005,Brest, France:IEEE
• Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS, Hinton OR, Adams AE. Analysis and modelling of experimental doubly-spread shallow-water acoustic channels. In: Oceans 2005 - Europe. 2005, Brest, France: IEEE.
• Konstantakos DP, Tsimenidis CC, Adams AE, Sharif BS. Comparison of DS-CDMA and MC-CDMA techniques for dual-dispersive fading acoustic communication networks. In: IEE Proceedings: Communications. 2005, -: IEEE.
• Le Goff SY, Khoo BK, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC. Design of power- and bandwidth-efficient turbo-coded modulation schemes using constellation shaping. In: IEE Proceedings: Communications.2005,:IEEE
• Matin MA, Sharif BS, Tsimenidis CC. Dual frequency microstrip antenna with V slot. In: Wideband and Multi-Band Antennas and Arrays.2005,London, UK:IEE
• Wu X, Sharif BS, Hinton OP, Tsimenidis CC. Solving optimum TDMA broadcast scheduling in mobile ad hoc networks: A competent permutation genetic algorithm approach. IEE Proceedings: Communications 2005,152 6 780-788.
• Yin W, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS. Transmission power optimization of convolutional coded VBLAST system. In: IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference. 2005, Stockholm, Sweden: IEEE.
• Yi SJ, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS. Transmitter precoding based on partial equalization for downlink TDD MC-CDMA systems. In: IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC. 2005, Berlin, Germany: IEEE.
• Yi SJ, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS. Transmitter precoding in downlink MC-CDMA systems over frequency-selective Rayleigh fading channels. In: IEE Proceedings: Communications. 2005, IEEE.
• Guven N, Hinton O, Tsimenidis C. A new approach to predictive power control of WCDMA systems. In: Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP).2004,University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
• Othman AK, Adams AE, Tsimenidis CC. Node discovery and self initialization protocol for distributed underwater acoustic networks. In: Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP).2004,University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
• Fa R, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS. Robust MMSE receiver employing Hampel-type nonlinear preprocessing for DS-CDMA communication in impulsive noise. Electronics Letters 2004,40 8 489-491.
• Yi SJ, Tsimenidis CC, Hinton OR, Sharif BS. Adaptive minimum bit error rate multiuser detection for asynchronous MC-CDMA systems frequency selective Rayleigh fading channels. In: 14th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications. 2003, Beijing, China: IEEE.
• Yi SJ, Tsimenidis CC, Hinton OR, Sharif BS. An adaptive multiuser detector for MC-CDMA systems in frequency-selective multipath-fading channels. In: Fourth International Conference on 3G Mobile Communication Technologies. 2003, London, UK: IEEE.
• Yi SJ, Tsimenidis CC, Hinton OR, Sharif BS. Computationally efficient adaptive MMSE receiver for synchronous MC-CDMA communication systems. Electronics Letters 2003,39 21 1539-1541.
• Feng X, Tsimenidis CC, Hinton OR, Sharif BS. Nonlinear multistage multiple access interference cancellation receiver for asynchronous DS/CDMA communication systems. In: 58th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC). 2003, Orlando, Florida, USA: IEEE.
• Hinton OR, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS. Adaptive spatial and temporal diversity combining in spread spectrum, multi-access, sub-sea acoustic communication receivers. In: 14th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing (DSP). 2002, Santorini, Greece: IEEE.
• A. E. Adams,O. R. Hinton,B. S. Sharif,C. C. Tsimenidis,I. P. Morns,J. Neasham. Experiments in sub-sea acoustic communication networks. In: MTS/IEEE Oceans 2001. An Ocean Odyssey. Conference Proceedings (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37295). Marine Technol. Soc. Part vol.4, 2001, pp.2059-64 vol.4. Washington, DC, USA.. 2001.
• Tsimenidis CC, Hinton OR, Adams AE, Sharif BS. Underwater acoustic receiver employing direct-sequence spread spectrum and spatial diversity combining for shallow-water multiaccess networking. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 2001, 26(4), 594-603.