Ghasem Azemi, PhD.

Address: PO Box 67165-4113, Pole Chobi, Kermanshah, Iran

Phone (W):(98)831 4274535-9, Ext: 231
Fax :(98)831 4274542          
Email: gazemi@razi.ac.ir , gazemi@razi.ac.ir

• Ph. D. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, Mar. 2000 – Jan. 2004, Thesis title: "Mobile Velocity Estimation Using a Time-Frequency Approach", with high distinction.
  
• M. Sc. Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, Jan. 1990 – Nov. 1993, Thesis title: "Isolated Words Recognition Using Time-Delay Neural Networks", with the GPA of 17.4 out of 20.
  
• B. Sc. Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, Jan. 1984 – Sep. 1989, Project title: "Design of an Automatic Telephone Exchange", with the GPA of 17.03 out of 20.
  

• Assistant Dean, Education and Research: Faculty of Engineering, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran, Feb. 2005-present.
  
• Assistant Professor: Department of Electrical Engineering, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran, July 2004-present.
  
• Reviewer: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE ), Transactions on Vehicular Technology, ongoing.
  
• Research Assistant: School of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 2000-2004.
  
• Teaching Assistant: School of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 2000-2003.
  
• Lecturer: Department of Electrical Engineering, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran, 1993-2000.
  
• Teaching Assistant: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, 1991-1993.
  

• Mobile Communications
• Time-Frequency Signal Processing and Analysis
• Biomedical Engineering
• Speech Processing
• Neural Networks

1. B. Senadji, G. Azemi, and B. Boashash, "Mobile velocity estimation for wireless communications", Chapter 5 in Signal Processing for Mobile Communications Handbook, M. Ibnkahla, editor., CRC Press, 2004.

Journal Papers:

1. G. Azemi, B. Senadji, and B. Boashash, "Mobile Unit Velocity Estimation in Micro-cells Based on the Instantaneous Frequency of the Received Signal", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 716-724, May 2004.
2. G. Azemi, B. Senadji, and B. Boashash, "Ricean K-factor Estimation in Mobile Communication Systems", IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 8, no.10, pp. 617-619, October 2004.
3. P. Zarjam, G. Azemi, M. Mesbah and B. Boashash. “Newborns’ EEG Seizure Detection using T-F Distance Measures”, GESTS International Transactions on Computer Science and Engineering, Vol. 24, No.1, pp. 163-171, November 2005.

Refereed Conference Papers:

1. A. Naimi and G. Azemi, "Moment-Based Ricean K-Factor Estimation in the Presence of Shadowing", in the proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications (ISSPA'07), February 12-15 2007, Sharja, UAE.
2. G. Azemi, B. Senadji, and B. Boashash, "Estimating the Velocity of Mobile Stations in Macro-Cellular Systems using the ACF of the Received Signal IF", in the proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications (ISSPA'05), pp. 831-834, August 29-1 September 2005, Sydney, Australia.
3. P. Zarjam, G. Azemi, and B. Boashash, "Detection of Newborn’s EEG Spikes using a Time-Frequency Approach",  in the proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications (ISSPA'05), pp. 183-187, August 29-1 September 2005, Sydney, Australia. 
4. G. Azemi, "Estimating the Velocity of Mobile Stations in Macro-Cellular Systems", in the proceedings of the 13th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE'05), vol. 2, pp. 607-611, Zanjan, Iran, May 2005.
5. P. Zarjam, G. Azemi, M. Mesbah, and B. Boashash, "Detection of Newborns' EEG Seizure Using Time-Frequency Divergence Measures", in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP'04), vol. 5, pp. 429-432, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 17-21 May 2004.
6. P. Zarjam, G. Azemi, M. Mesbah, and B. Boashash, "Newborns EEG Seizure Detection Using A Time-Frequency Approach", in the Proceedings of the Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE'04), Mashad, Iran, May 12-14, 2004.
7. G. Azemi, B. Senadji, and B. Boashash, "Mobile Unit Velocity Estimation in Micro-cellular Systems Using the ZCR of the Instantaneous Frequency of the received signal", in the proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications (ISSPA'03), vol. 2, pp. 289-292, Paris, France, July 1-4, 2003.
8. G. Azemi, B. Senadji, and B. Boashash, "Estimating the Ricean K-factor for Mobile Communication Applications", in the proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications (ISSPA'03), vol. 2, pp. 311-314, Paris, France, July 1-4, 2003.
9. G. Azemi, B. Senadji, and B. Boashash, "A Novel Estimator for the Velocity of A Mobile Station in A Micro-cellular System", in the proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS'03), vol. 2, pp. 212-215, Bangkok, Thailand, 25-28 May 2003.
10. G. Azemi, B. Senadji, and B. Boashash, "Instantaneous Frequency Estimation in the Presence of Complex Multiplicative and Additive Noise: Application to Jammer Excision in Wireless Environments", in the proceedings of the XI Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE'03), vol. 2, pp. 612-619, Shiraz, Iran, May 2003.
11. G. Azemi, B. Senadji, and B. Boashash, "Estimating the Instantaneous Frequency of Time-Varying Mono-component Signals in a Mobile Communication environment", in the proceedings of the Fourth Australasian Workshop on Signal processing Applications (WoSPA'02), pp. 109-112, Brisbane, Australia, December 2002.
12. E. Holmbakhen, G. Azemi, V. Karawalevu, and B. Senadji, "The Importance of Accurate Velocity Estimation in Designing Handover Algorithms for Micro-cellular Systems", in the proceedings of the Fourth Australasian Workshop on Signal processing Applications (WoSPA'02), pp. 163-166, Brisbane, Australia, December 2002.
13. G. Azemi, B. Senadji, and B. Boashash, "Instantaneous frequency estimation of frequency modulated signals in the presence of additive and multiplicative noise: Application to mobile communication systems", in the proceedings of the XI European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO'02), vol. 3, pp. 441-444, Toulouse, France, September 2002.
14. G. Azemi, B. Senadji, and B. Boashash, "Instantaneous frequency based velocity estimation for micro-cellular systems", in the proceedings of the of the International Symposium of Telecommunication (IST'01), pp. 658-661, Tehran, Iran, September 2001.
15. G. Azemi, B. Senadji, and B. Boashash, "Velocity estimation in cellular systems based on the time-frequency characteristics of the received signal", in the proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications (ISSPA'01), vol. 2, pp. 509-512, Kualalampour, Malaysia, August 2001.
16. G. Azemi, B. Senadji, and B. Boashash, "Estimation of the velocity of mobile units in micro-cellular systems using the instantaneous frequency of the received signals", in the proceedings of the International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP'01), vol. 2, pp. 1025-1028, Salt Lake City, USA, July 2001.
17. G. Azemi, B. Senadji, and B. Boashash, "Mobile unit velocity estimation based on the instantaneous frequency of the received signals", in the proceedings of the third Australasian Workshop on Signal processing Applications (WoSPA'00), Brisbane, Australia, December 2000.

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