Biography

Dr. Ziad Elkhatib holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, along with an M.A.Sc., from Carleton University, Canada, and B.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa Canada. Currently an Assistant Professor at Canadian University Dubai; in the School of Engineering, Applied Science and Technology; he brings years of industry design experience in communication integrated circuits and semiconductors from companies Nortel Networks, Harris Corporation, Corel Corporation, Chrysalis-ITS Semiconductor, and Itron Inc USA, where he also served as an Adjunct Professor. Previously, he held the position of Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Dubai. Dr. Elkhatib's research focuses on silicon-based integrated circuits for radio frequency communications and deep learning AI-based radio systems for wireless AI communications. He is the author of a book published through Springer on radio frequency amplification and linearization techniques, and he has contributed to numerous IEEE journal and conference papers.

Selected publications

• Z. El-Khatib, B. Tlili, M. Amer, L. Fuller, "CMOS Cascode LNA with Post-Distortion Cancellation Linearizer for Wireless Communications", IEEE International Conference on Electrical and Computing Technologies and Applications, (ICECTA 2017).
• Z. El-Khatib, L. Fuller, "Fully-Integrated Amplifier Feedback Linearization Design Analysis", IEEE International Conference on Integrated Circuits and Microsystems 2016, (ICICM 2016).
• Z. El-Khatib, L. Fuller, "Linearized CMOS Darlington Feedback Amplifier for Wireless Communication", IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems 2016, (CAS 2016).

Projects

Autonomous RFiDrone, CUD Incubator 2019, Seeds for the Future innovation camp 2019.