Dr Akram Mohamed Shafie
Lecturer
- Ph.D. in Engineering and Computer Science (wireless communications), The Australian National University, Australia, 2023
- B.Sc. (First Class Honours) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2017
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), (up to Management Level), 2015
Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
Dr. A. Shafie received the B.Sc. degree with first-class honors in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Peradeniya (UOP), Sri Lanka, in 2017, and the Ph.D. degree in Engineering and Computer Science from the Australian National University, Australia, in 2023. He is currently a Lecturer and Early Career Academic Fellow (ECAF) in the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia.
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E-mail
Location
Room 320, Building G17,
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
UNSW, Sydney, 2052, Australia
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
- Faculty of Engineering Research Infrastructure Scheme (RIS) Grant, 2025, AUD 64,500, Co-investigator
- Topic: Low-frequency RF amplifier and underwater sensor nodes for an underwater acoustic communication system
- Connectivity Innovation Network (CIN) Grant, 2024-2025, AUD 40,000, Co-investigator
- Topic: Integrated sensing and communication technology for disaster monitoring
- UNSW-SJTU Collaborative Research Program, 2024-2025, AUD 10,000, Co-lead investigator from UNSW
- Topic: An innovative integrated sensing and communication system for urban environment monitoring
- Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications (EET&T) Early Career Academic Fellowship (ECAF) 2025, 0.25 FTE over 2 years
- Best Paper Award from IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), 2022 (top 16 among nearly 1100 accepted papers and 2800 submitted papers)
- President’s Award for Scientific Research, 2019-2020, from the government of Sri Lanka, which is given to the authors of top scientific publications
- Student’s speaker at the ANU CECC Graduation ceremony, July 2024 (link)
- Dr. Thilak Peris Award for the best performance in the General Program in Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2014
- F. Wijesundara Memorial Prize and Karunanayake Memorial Prize e for the best performer in Physics and combined mathematics, respectively, in G.C.E advanced level (A/L), Sri Lanka, 2011
My research broadly falls within the field of wireless communication, with a focus on the following niche sub-disciplines:
- Waveform design for new communication paradigms (OTFS, ODDM, AFDM, etc.)
- Millimeter wave and terahertz band communications (mmWaveCom/THzCom)
- Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC)
- Underwater Communications
- Machine Learning for Wireless Communications
Some of my selected publications/preprints:
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A. Shafie, J. Tong, J. Yuan, T. Sakurai, P. Fitzpatrick, Y. Fang, and Y. Xie, "Spectrum and orthogonality of orthogonal delay-Doppler division multiplexing modulation", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 25, pp. 7298-7315, Nov. 2025 [☞IEEEXplore & ☞pdf]
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Y. Ma, A. Shafie, J. Yuan, B. Ai, G. Ma, and Z. Zhong, "Orthogonal delay-Doppler division multiplexing modulation with Tomlinson-Harashima precoding", IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 73, no. 7, pp. 5391-5407, July 2025. [☞IEEEXplore & ☞pdf]
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A. Shafie, J. Yuan, P. Fitzpatrick, T. Sakurai, and Y. Fang, "On the Coexistence of OTFS with OFDM-based Wireless Communication Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 01, no. 01, pp. 1-1, June 2024 [IEEEXplore & pdf].
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A. Shafie, C. Li, N. Yang, X. Zhou, and T. Q. Duong, “An Unsupervised Learning Approach for Spectrum Allocation in Terahertz Communication Systems”, in Proc. IEEE Global Communications Conferences (GLOBECOM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 2022, pp. 1-7 [IEEEXplore and pdf] (Best Paper Award).
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K. Huang, A. Shafie, J. Yuan, M. Qiu, and E. Aboutanios "Orthogonal delay-Doppler division multiplexing (ODDM) with FMCW for ISAC", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communication (ICC), Montreal, Canada, June 2025, pp. 1–6 [IEEEXplore]
For the complete list of publications, visit GoogleScholar or my website.
My Research Supervision
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Kehan Huang, Ph.D., UNSW, June 2024 to date, Topic: ISAC/ODDM, co-supervising with Prof. J. Yuan (2 publication)
- Chengyang Zhang, Ph.D., UNSW, June 2024 to date, Topic: OCDM/AFDM for Time-varying Channels, co-supervising with Prof. J. Yuan (2 publications)
- Anson Wong, Ph.D., UNSW, Jan. 2025 to date, Topic: ISAC, co-supervising with Dr. D. Mishra (1 publication)
Graduated:
- Yiyan Ma, Visiting Ph.D., UNSW, June 2023 to July 2024, Topic: Tomlinson-Harashima (TH) precoding for ODDM, co-supervised with Prof. J. Yuan (3 publications)
- Yaru Shan, Visiting Ph.D., UNSW, August 2023 to July 2024, Topic: Off-grid Channel Estimation for ODDM, co-supervised with Prof. J. Yuan (2 publications)
Masters/Bachelors Project
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Quinn Standring-O'Reilly BSc. Engineering (Honours)
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Justin Tan
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Huatong Xie
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Tianle Dai
Graduated:
- Yunlin Yang, Lingyun Zhang, Siyi Li, UNSW (T2-T3 2024)
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Yucong Wan, Boyang Qi, Peng Dai, and Jiaqi Zhang (T1-T2 2025)
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Xialin Liu (T3 2024 - T2, 2025)
My Teaching
- Term 3, 2025 and 2024: Co-convenor and Lecturer for TELE 4651 Wireless Communication Technologies, University of New South Wales
- Term 3, 2023: Lecturer for TELE 4651 Wireless Communication Technologies, University of New South Wales
- Sem 2, 2021: Lecturer and Tutor for COMP 2610 Information Theory and ENGN 4536/6536 Wireless Communications, in Sem 1, 2021 and 2020, Australian National University