Foroogh S. Tabataba received the B.S. degree (with honors) in electrical engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, in 2004 and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2006 and 2011. She is now an associate professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran. From March 2004 to Sept. 2011, she has been a Research Assistant at Advanced Communication Research Institute in Wireless Research Laboratory and Data Network Research Laboratory of the Electrical Engineering Department in Sharif University. In 2008, she has received a visiting fellowship from Australian National University and spent six months in ANU working with Dr. Sadeghi 's group. In 2010, she visited signal processing and wireless communication lab in University of Western Australia for 8 months. Her research interests include communication systems theory, wireless communications, optical communications, molecular communications, cooperative networks, information theory applications.
Education:
Ph.D. (Jan. 2007- Dec. 2011) Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Communication Systems), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Thesis title: “Performance Analysis and Power Optimization of Cooperative Networks with Channel Estimation Errors”
M.Sc. (Sept. 2004-Aug. 2006) M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Communication Systems), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Thesis title: “A New Coded TH-Femtosecond CDMA Scheme and its performance analysis in Fiber Optic Communication Systems”
B.Sc. (Sept. 2000-Sept. 2004) B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Electronics), Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran. Project title: “Design and Implementation of a X-Band Filter (10.1 GHz) with High Quality Factor by use of DRs (Dielectric Resonators)”
Honors and Awards:
• Graduated with rank 1 among B. Sc. Students in Electronic Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran. Sep. 2004.
• Ranked 6 in the first stage of The Ninth Scientific Olympiad for Universitiy Students, Iran. May 2004.
• Visiting fellowship from Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, July 2008.
• Winner of Young Professor Grant of National Elite Foundation, 2012.
Visits:
• Cooperation in direction of Ph.D. thesis with Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia for two years after visiting ANU for six months in 2008.
• Collaborating with Signal Processing and Wireless Communication Lab (SPWCL) during sabbatical period in University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia for eight months (July 2010 - March 2011).
Working Experience:
• Working as a reasercher and designer (R&D) of SDH systems in hardware section of Parman Co., Tehran, Iran (2006- 2010).