Newcastle University

Qualifications

PhD in the Design and Implementation of Algebraic-Geometric Codes over AWGN and Fading Channels from Newcastle University, 2006

MSc in Electronic Engineering from Staffordshire University, 2001

BSc(Hons) in Physics with Electronics from the University of Birmingham, 1999

Memberships

Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (MIET)

Research Interests

The design and construction of binary and non-binary coding schemes for wireless and data storage channels.

Current Work

I am still working in the area of error control coding, particularly in the design of decoding algorithms for non-Gaussian noise and error-correction schemes for physical layer network coding.

Previous Post-Doctoral Work

Research Associate on an EPSRC funded project from 2006 - 2009 entitled The construction of new algebraic-geometric and low density parity check (LDPC) codes suitable for future data storage devices, principle investigator Prof. R. A. Carrasco . EPSRC grant reference: EP/D058813/1

Projects

• Health Monitoring of Offshore Wind Farms (HEMOW)
  Project Leader(s): Prof G. Y. Tian

Undergraduate Teaching

EEE2009: Signals and Communications II

Postgraduate Teaching

EEE8003: Advanced Modulation and Coding Techniques

• 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. Efficient channel estimation for chip multiuser detection on underwater acoustic channels. In: 7th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP). 2010, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK: IEEE.
• Carrasco RA, Johnston M. Non-Binary Error Control Coding for Wireless Communication and Data Storage. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
• Johnston M, Carrasco RA. Performance of Hermitian codes using combined error and erasure decoding. IEE Proceedings: Communications 2006, 153(1), 21-30.
• Johnston M, Carrasco RA. Construction and performance of algebraic-geometric codes over AWGN and fading channels. IEE Proceedings: Communications 2005, 152(5), 713-722.
• Johnston M, Carrasco RA. Serial concatenation of Hermitian codes with ring-TCM codes. International Journal of Communication Systems 2008, 21(4), 419-434.
• Chen L, Carrasco RA, Johnston M, Chester EG. Efficient factorisation algorithm for list decoding algebraic-geometric and Reed-Solomon codes. In: International Conference on Communications. 2007, Glasgow, UK: IEEE.
• Carrasco RA, Johnston M. Hermitian Codes on Magnetic Recording Channels. In: Ninth International Symposium on Communication Theory and Applications. 2007, Ambleside, UK.
• Carrasco RA, Johnston M. A Comparison of LDPC Codes and Hermitian Codes on Partial Response Channels. In: 10th International Symposium on Communication Theory and Applications (ISCTA). 2009, Ambleside, Lake District, UK: IEEE.
• Chen L, Carrasco R, Johnston M. Reduced Complexity Interpolation for List Decoding Hermitian Codes. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 2008, 7(11), 4353-4361.
• Chen L, Carrasco R, Johnston M. Soft-Decision List Decoding of Hermitian Codes. IEEE Transactions on Communications 2009, 57(8), 2169-2176.
• Chen L, Carrasco RA, Johnston M, Chester EG. Efficient factorisation algorithm for list decoding algebraic-geometric and reed-solomon codes. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications. 2007, Glasgow, UK: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
• Chen L, Carrasco RA, Johnston M. List decoding performance of algebraic geometric codes. Electronics Letters 2006, 42(17), 986-988.
• Johnston M, Carrasco RA. Construction and Performance of Hermitian Codes over Fading Channels. In: Eighth IEEE International Symposium on Communication Theory and Applications (ISCTA'05). 2005, Ambleside, UK: IEEE.
• Aliesawi S, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS, Johnston M. Continuous pilot based adaptive estimation for IDMA systems on underwater acoustic channels. In: International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP). 2011, Prague, Czech Republic: IEEE.
• 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.
• Aliesawi S, Tsimenidis CC, Sharif BS, Johnston M. Performance Assessment and EXIT Chart Analysis of IDMA-based Underwater Communications. In: IEEE Oceans Spain. 2011, Santander, Spain: IEEE.