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Williams Nwadiugwu

Williams Nwadiugwu

Assistant Professor, Bharti School of Engineering & Computat
Bharti School of Engineering and Computation
Science, Engineering and Architecture
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705.675.1151 ext 2286 WNwadiugwu@laurentian.ca

Biography

Williams is an Assistant Professor at the Laurentian University's School of Engineering and Computation Science in Sudbury, Ontario. He holds a PhD in IT (with Electronics) Convergence Engineering from the Kumoh National Institute of Technology (KIT), South Korea. He served as a Postdoctoral Fellow, Teaching faculty (Lecturer) and Research Associate Professor at the Kumoh National University’s School of Electronic Engineering and it's Convergence Research Center (ICT-CRC), respectively until Fall, 2022. He then proceeded to work as a Senior Researcher and Lecturer (Guest) Canada's Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) Department of Science, and the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, respectively. Williams has authored over 40 peer-reviewed national/international publications and has mentored numerous graduate students. He is a recipient of the Brain Korea (MSIT/NRF) Doctoral Scholarship, a recipient of the India Global Education grant, and is a registered ranking senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He regularly reviews for several top IEEE journal transactions and other reputed academic publications.

Education

Kumoh National Institute of Technology - PhD, Information Technology Convergence Engineering (Electronics Engineering honors).
Kumoh National Institute of Technology - MEng (integrated), Information Technology Convergence Engineering (Electronics Engineering honors).
Jain University - Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT).
Bangalore University - Bachelor of Computer Science Applications (BScA).
Yaba College of Technology - Advanced Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (ND & HND).

Academic Appointments

Laurentian University, Canada - Assistant Professor.
Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada - [Senior Researcher || Postdoctoral Fellow || Lecturer (Guest)].
Kumoh National Institute of Technology, South Korea - [Postdoctoral Fellow || Research Associate Professor || Teaching Faculty (Sessional)].
Chair, session - International Conference on ICT Convergence (ICTC 2020 and ICTC 2021).
Chair, session - International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication (ICAIIC 2021).
External Reviewer, - IEEE Journals.
  1. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
  2. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems.
  3. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements.
  4. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
  5. IEEE Access journals.
External Reviewer, (Springer Nature) - The Journal of Supercomputing.
External Reviewer, International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing Inderscience, and Mathematical Problems in Engineering journal body.

On The Web

Web Platforms:

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Research

Major research interests are in solving real-time reliability constraints for:

  • Industrial internet of things (IIoT) based network systems.
  • Avionic (UAV/MAV/Aircraft) systems control and network.
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) frameworks || machine learning (ML) || deep learning (DL) networks.
  • Software-defined network (SDN) systems.
  • Wireless wide-band radio-frequency (RF) network protocols & communication.
  • Robotics || mobility-sensor based network systems.

Awards

  • Brain Korea (MSIT/NRF) Doctoral Grant (2016-2020)
  • India Global Education Grant (2010-2013) 
  • USA-based Who’s-Who Diaspora Celebrity Magazine (2020 Ed.).
  • Best Paper Award 2019 (Co-Author) Korean Institute of Communications & Information Sciences (KICs) National (Winter) Conference.

Teaching

Laurentian University (2024 - Present).

  • COSC-2947EL: C++ Object Oriented Programming.
  • CPSC-5207EL: Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
  • COSC-3807EL: Computer Networks.
  • CPSC 5207EL: Internet of Things (IoT).
  • CPSC 5207EL: Digital Network Forensics.

Toronto Metropolitan University (2022 - 2023).

  • CPS109 – Computer Science I (Python Programming for Scientist).

Kumoh National Institute of Technology (2019 - 2020).

  • IGG-01-100: Industrial and Communications Systems.
  • IGG-01-005: Real-time System

Publications

[LIST OF SELECT JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS]

  • W. -P. Nwadiugwu, et al., “MAD-DDS: Memory-efficient Automatic Discovery Data Distribution Service for Large-Scale Distributed Control Networks” IET Communications, DOI:10.1049/cmu2.12645. May 2023. [LINK]
  • W. -P. Nwadiugwu, W. Ejaz, M. Kaneko and A. Anpalagan, "Neural-Network-Assisted Packet Accelerators for Internet of Things Network Systems," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 17, pp. 15238-15251, Sept.1, 2023, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2023.3265344. [LINK]
  • W. -P. Nwadiugwu, et al, "Reconfigurable Physical Resource Block Using Novel – Beamforming Filter Circuit for LTE-Based Cell-Edge Terminals," in IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 41, no. 11, pp. 5131-5135, Nov. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TCAD.2022.3146847. [LINK] 
  • W. -P. Nwadiugwu, et al, "Compressed Time-Frequency Channel Beamforming Using Empirical MIMO-UWB RFs for Indoor Jobshop," in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 5457-5469, 15 March15, 2022, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3117339. [LINK] 
  • W. -P. Nwadiugwu, et al, "Precise-Point-Positioning Estimations for Multi-Dimensional Drones using Optimized Cubature-Extended Filters," in IEEE Access, September 2021 vol. 9, pp. 134369-134383, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3116058. [LINK] 
  • S. -H. Kim, J. -W. Kim, W. -P. Nwadiugwu et al., "Deep Learning-based Robust Automatic Modulation Classification for Cognitive Radio Networks," in IEEE Access, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3091421. [LINK] 
  • W. -P. Nwadiugwu, et al., "Novel MIMO-UWB based AG-UG-AG Routing with Microbit Sensors for WUSN," IEEE Sensors Letters, Feb. 2021, doi: 10.1109/LSENS.2021.3060826. [LINK]
  • E.D. Tita, W. Nwadiugwu, et al., Real-time optimizations in energy profiles and end-to-end delay in WSN using two-hop information, Computer Communications (Jan. 2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2021.02.007. [LINK].
  • Kevin Putra, Williams Paul Nwadiugwu, et al., "Dual Fieldbus Industrial IoT Networks using Edge Server Architecture," Elsevier Manufacturing Letters, April 2020. (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2020.04.006). [LINK]
  • W. Nwadiugwu, et al, "Novel MA-VFBC Based Deployment of Obstacle-avoiding Scattered Sensors for Region-of-Interest Incidence Monitoring", IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 3065-3075, Jan. 2020. (DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2962254). [LINK]
  • Williams-Paul Nwadiugwu, et al., "Ultrawideband Network Channel Models for Next Generation Wireless Avionic Systems", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, May 2019. (DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2019.2914538). [LINK]
  • Williams Paul Nwadiugwu, et al., "Real-time Energy-efficient Deployment of Mobile Sensors in Disaster-prone Locations", International Journal of Communication Networks & Distributed Systems, vol. 23, No. 3, pp.307-327, Feb. 2019. (DOI: 10.1504/IJCNDS.2019.10015202 ). [LINK]