Education:

Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Canada, 2008.
M.S, Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2001
B.S, Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 1997

KFUPM Non-EE Position(s):

Vice President, Research and Innovation

KFUPM Research Center Affiliation(s):

Interdisciplinary Research Center for Communication Systems and Sensing

Research Area:

Multidimensional signal processing

Research Lab:

Advanced DSP Lab (ADSPL)

Research Interests:

• Seismic Signal Processing
  
• Protocol designs for wireless sensor networks
  
• Constellation shaping for PAPR reduction in OFDM systems
  
• Erasure coding to enhance the performance of communication and computer networks.
  
• Enhance performance in cross-layer protocol design
• The general area of error control coding
  

Publications:

https://pure.kfupm.edu.sa/en/persons/ali-al-shaikhi/publications/

Courses Taught:

EE 201	Electric Circuits I	EE 370	Communications Engineering
EE 204	Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits	EE 371	Communications Engineering Lab
EE 207	Signals and Systems	EE 406	Digital Signal Processing
EE 306	Electromechanical Devices	EE 562	Digital Signal Processing I
EE 341	Electromagnetics Lab	EE 608	Special Topics in Electrical Engineering
EE 361	Electric Energy Engineering Lab

Professional Membership(s):

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Saudi Council for Engineers (SCE)
• Saudi Scientific Society for Electrical Engineers (SSEEE)
• International WHO'S WHO of Professionals