Summary
Dr. Amara Umar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at MCS, NUST, Islamabad. She holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Communication and Wireless Networks from SEECS, NUST and has over eight years of academic experience at the institution and is also an active member of Wireless Communication and AI & ML Research Group. Her research background includes advanced communication systems, network performance analysis, and data-driven optimization, with publications in reputable international journals and conferences such as Elsevier Computer Networks, IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, and IEEE ICC. Recently, after completion of her PhD degree, she has been actively supervising ML based undergraduate final year projects, focusing on applied ML, data pre-processing, model evaluation, and system-level implementation.
Academic Background
MS
(Telecom and Networks) COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
September 03, 2012 - January 26, 2015
Honours and Awards
Publications
Computation offloading strategies in integrated terrestrial and nonterrestrial networks
January 01, 2026
Non-Terrestrial Networks: Paving the way for global connectivity - Chapter 9, Pages 217-233
High Altitude Edge Computing-enabled Integrated Networks for 6G Communications
June 01, 2025
IEEE Communications Standards Magazine - Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Page(s): 7-14
NOMA-Based Access and Edge Computing in mmWave Enabled Aerial and Ground Integrated Networks
January 28, 2025
Integrated Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks - 1st Edition, Chapter 5, Pages 77-102
HAC-SAGIN: High-altitude computing enabled space–air–ground integrated networks for 6G
December 01, 2024
Computer Networks - Volume 254, Article Number 110797
Computation offloading in NOMA-MEC-enabled aerial-vehicular networks exploiting mmWave capabilities
June 01, 2024
Computer Networks - Volume 246, Article Number 110335
Conferences
Computation Offloading and Resource Allocation in NOMA-MEC Enabled Aerial-Terrestrial Networks Exploiting mmWave Capabilities for 6G
June 09, 2024 - June 13, 2024
Amara Umar, Syed Ali Hassan, Haejoon Jung,
IEEE ICC 2024
On the performance of multi-tier space-air-ground integrated network exploiting mmWave and THz capabilities for 6G communication
October 17, 2022 - October 21, 2022
Amara Umar, Sarah Basharat, Syed Ali Hassan, Haejoon Jung,
5th International ACM Mobicom Workshop on Drone Assisted Wireless Communications for 5G and Beyond