Welcome to NetAI Research Group
led by Dr. Omar Alhussein
Looking for postdoctoral fellow in quantum computing/ML!
Not accepting PhD applications at the moment.
Research Interests
- Network intelligence
- Task-oriented and semantic communications
- Quantum ML and optimization for networking
- Quantum-enabled networks
Current Projects
News
- Oct 2026: Dr. Omar Alhussein and Dr. Mahdi Chehimi will deliver a tutorial on Quantum Machine Learning for IoT Networks: Foundations, Models, and Applications at the IEEE 12th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT 2026), held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 26–29 October 2026.
- Jul 2026: Invited talk at the University of Calgary — Networks That Ask for Help: Uncertainty, Guidance, and Trust on the Road to AI-Native 6G — delivered at the Electrical and Software Engineering research seminar on 13 July 2026, hosted by Prof. Qiang (John) Ye. Seminar brochure
- Jul 2026: Invited talk at Western University — Networks That Ask for Help: Uncertainty, Guidance, and Trust on the Road to AI-Native 6G — delivered at Western Engineering and co-sponsored by Western’s Optimized Computing and Communications (OC2) Lab. Event details
- Jun 2026: Research leave at Western University, Canada, from 20 June to 20 July 2026, hosted by Prof. Abdallah Shami. Thanks for the hospitality and the collaborations that came out of it.
- Dec 2025: We are holding a conference on Quantum Science and Technology for Sustainable Development at Khalifa University, hosting speakers from the region and around the world.
- Dec 2025: We are holding a quantum winter school at Khalifa University, featuring technical talks from world-class researchers from the region and around the world.
- May 2024: Paper accepted to IFIP Networking Workshops, showcasing an end-to-end 5G testbed with open-source enhanced NWDAF implementation.
- May 2024: Wrapped up teaching a newly developed graduate course on quantum machine learning.
- Jan 2024: Organized a quantum winter school at Khalifa University, hosting speakers from the region and around the world.
- Dec 2024: NETAI landed third place in the ITU/Huawei organized competition on specializing large-language models for telecom domain. Check out the paper Download pre-print
July 2024
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conference: Dr. Omar Alhussein and Omar Erak attended Proc. IEEE/CIC ICCC in Hangzhou, China.
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Seminar: Presenting seminar at SFU on native AI techniques for the network.
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call for papers: Announcing Globecom 2024 workshop, the ubiquitous network intelligence for next generation wireless networks (UNI). Join us and consider submitting!
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patent granted: Method and apparatus for managing network traffic via uncertainty
June 2024
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accepted paper: Our latest paper on LLM-based curriculum design for mobile networks has been accepted to Proc. IEEE/CIC ICCC. Code available
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submitted paper: We have submitted a vision magazine manuscript on active machine learning for 6G networks. Code available
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research leave: I will be on a research leave to Simon Fraser University, Canada, for Summer 2024. Thanks to Dr. Cheng Li and Dr. Jie Liang for hosting. Looking forward to fruitful collaborations.
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new intern: Welcome to Hatim Lucman, who will join for a summer internship with the KU-6GRC. His work will revolve around mobile core research and development
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new undergraduate associate: Welcome to Amr Hussien (undergraduate student @KU). Amr has strong experience in LLM development and he will join the team on research on LLM for telecom.