Talk of Prof. Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki






Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki



Towards Ultra-Reliable Communication Infrastructures For Low-Altitude Economy

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Biography

Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in wireless communications from the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse (INPT), Toulouse, France, in 2020. From 2013 to 2014, he worked as a Radio Access Network Engineer, Algiers. From 2014 to 2016, he served as a Lecturer with the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB). From 2019 to 2021, he was a Teaching and Research Assistant with INPT. From 2021 to 2024, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Communication Theory Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. He currently holds the position of Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K. His research interests center around vehicular, advanced air mobility, and non-terrestrial networks. Dr. Belmekki has received various awards and accolades throughout his career. In 2024, he was honored with the Arab Scientific Community Organization Award. He also received the Arab-American Frontiers Fellowship from the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Additionally, he won the Best Paper Award at the Global Advanced Air Mobility Academic Paper Competition, organized by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). In 2023, he was the winner of the Falling Walls Laboratory and was recognized as an Emerging Talent at the Berlin Falling Walls.