Arslan Riaz

Background and Research Interests

Arslan Riaz received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, in 2018. He worked as a research assistant at the Electrical Engineering Department in Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) from 2018 to 2019. His research was focused on RF Energy Harvesting for IoTs.

He joined Boston University in September 2019 as a Ph.D. student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Currently, he is a fifth-year Ph.D. student at Wireless Integrated Systems and Extreme Circuits (WISE-Lab), led by Prof. Rabia Yazicigil. His Ph.D. research is oriented towards the development of energy-efficient and secure wireless communication systems in collaboration with MIT and Northeastern University.

Awards & Scholarships:

• COMSNETS’23 Best Demo Award
• IEEE ICC’22 NSF Travel Grant Award
• CISE’22 Best Presentation Award
• IEEE SSCS’22 Student Travel Grant Award for ISSCC
• COMSNETS’22 Best Research Demo Award
• COMSNETS’22 Travel Grant
• IEEE RFIC’20 NSF Student Conference Registration Award
• IEEE CICC’20 Student Education Grant Award
• PhD Fellowship Award Boston Univeristy 2019
• NUST Open House Winner 2018