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  • 2020 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the theory and practice of signal intelligence and emerging wireless technologies

Overview

Octavia A. Dobre is affiliated with Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada and specializes in research spanning engineering and computer science. Their work focuses primarily on electrical and electronic engineering, aerospace engineering, computer networks and communications, artificial intelligence, and ocean engineering.

The scientist's research topics include advanced wireless communication technologies, optical wireless communication technologies, advanced MIMO systems optimization, satellite communication systems, energy harvesting in wireless networks, antenna design and analysis, and IoT and edge/fog computing.

Frequent co-authors contributing to their body of work are Trung Q. Duong, Zhiguo Ding, Telex M. N. Ngatched, Ibrahim Al-Nahhal, and Shun Zhang.

Octavia A. Dobre has published extensively in various venues. Their most frequent publication outlets include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Communications Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Recent papers by Octavia A. Dobre feature the following works:

  • 6G Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Survey, 2021, IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • Federated Learning for Smart Healthcare: A Survey, 2022, ACM Computing Surveys
  • STAR-RISs: Simultaneous Transmitting and Reflecting Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, 2021, IEEE Communications Letters
  • Sum Rate Maximization for IRS-Assisted Uplink NOMA, 2020, IEEE Communications Letters
  • Hardware Impaired Ambient Backscatter NOMA Systems: Reliability and Security, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Communications

The scientist has contributed to book publications through Springer Nature, including the 2024 title Reinforcement Learning for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces.

Among the recognitions received is the IEEE Fellow award, granted in 2020 for contributions to the theory and practice of signal intelligence and emerging wireless technologies.

Best Publications

  • Power-Domain Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) in 5G Systems: Potentials and Challenges

    S. M. Riazul Islam;Nurilla Avazov;Octavia A. Dobre;Kyung Sup Kwak

  • Survey of automatic modulation classification techniques: classical approaches and new trends

    Octavia A. Dobre;Ali Abdi;Yeheskel Bar-Ness;Wei Su

  • 6G Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Survey

    Dinh C. Nguyen;Ming Ding;Pubudu N. Pathirana;Aruna Seneviratne

  • 6G Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Survey

    Dinh C. Nguyen;Ming Ding;Pubudu N. Pathirana;Aruna Seneviratne

  • Federated Learning for Smart Healthcare: A Survey

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  • On the likelihood-based approach to modulation classification

    F. Hameed;O. Dobre;D. Popescu

  • STAR-RISs: Simultaneous Transmitting and Reflecting Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

    Jiaqi Xu;Yuanwei Liu;Xidong Mu;Octavia A. Dobre

  • Resource Allocation for Downlink NOMA Systems: Key Techniques and Open Issues

    S. M. Riazul Islam;Ming Zeng;Octavia A. Dobre;Kyung-Sup Kwak

  • Capacity Comparison Between MIMO-NOMA and MIMO-OMA With Multiple Users in a Cluster

    Ming Zeng;Animesh Yadav;Octavia A. Dobre;Georgios I. Tsiropoulos

  • A Prospective Look: Key Enabling Technologies, Applications and Open Research Topics in 6G Networks

    Lina Bariah;Lina Mohjazi;Sami Muhaidat;Paschalis C. Sofotasios

  • Joint Power and Time Allocation for NOMA–MEC Offloading

    Zhiguo Ding;Jie Xu;Octavia A. Dobre;H. Vincent Poor

  • Higher-order cyclic cumulants for high order modulation classification

    O.A. Dobre;Y. Bar-Ness;Wei Su

  • Radio Resource Allocation Techniques for Efficient Spectrum Access in Cognitive Radio Networks

    Georgios I. Tsiropoulos;Octavia A. Dobre;Mohamed Hossam Ahmed;Kareem E. Baddour

  • Sum Rate Maximization for IRS-Assisted Uplink NOMA

    Ming Zeng;Xingwang Li;Gen Li;Wanming Hao

  • NOMA Empowered Integrated Sensing and Communication

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  • Hardware Impaired Ambient Backscatter NOMA Systems: Reliability and Security

    Xingwang Li;Mengle Zhao;Ming Zeng;Shahid Mumtaz

  • Specific Emitter Identification via Hilbert–Huang Transform in Single-Hop and Relaying Scenarios

    Jingwen Zhang;Fanggang Wang;Octavia A. Dobre;Zhangdui Zhong

  • Edge Intelligence-Based Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications for Digital Twin-Enabled Metaverse

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  • An Efficient Specific Emitter Identification Method Based on Complex-Valued Neural Networks and Network Compression

    Yu Wang;Guan Gui;Haris Gacanin;Tomoaki Ohtsuki

  • RIS-Assisted Visible Light Communication Systems: A Tutorial

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  • Private 5G Networks: Concepts, Architectures, and Research Landscape

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  • Secure Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Integrated Sensing and Communication

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  • Coverage Characterization of STAR-RIS Networks: NOMA and OMA

    Chenyu Wu;Yuanwei Liu;Xidong Mu;Xuemai Gu

  • On the Sum Rate of MIMO-NOMA and MIMO-OMA Systems

    Ming Zeng;Animesh Yadav;Octavia A. Dobre;Georgios I. Tsiropoulos

  • Signal identification for emerging intelligent radios: classical problems and new challenges

    Octavia A. Dobre

  • Blind modulation classification: a concept whose time has come

    O.A. Dobre;A. Abdi;Y. Bar-Ness;Wei Su

  • Robust QAM modulation classification algorithm using cyclic cumulants

    O.A. Dobre;Y. Bar-Ness;Wei Su

  • Second-Order Cyclostationarity of Mobile WiMAX and LTE OFDM Signals and Application to Spectrum Awareness in Cognitive Radio Systems

    Ala'a Al-Habashna;O. A. Dobre;R. Venkatesan;D. C. Popescu

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Vincent Poor
H. Vincent Poor Princeton University
Kanapathippillai Cumanan
Kanapathippillai Cumanan University of York
Cheng Li
Cheng Li Memorial University of Newfoundland
Zhiguo Ding
Zhiguo Ding Nanyang Technological University
Alister G. Burr
Alister G. Burr University of York
Sami Muhaidat
Sami Muhaidat Khalifa University
Paschalis C. Sofotasios
Paschalis C. Sofotasios Khalifa University
Salama S. Ikki
Salama S. Ikki Lakehead University
Yeheskel Bar-Ness
Yeheskel Bar-Ness New Jersey Institute of Technology
Wei Su
Wei Su Tianjin University

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