Muhieddin Amer
Dean of College of Engineering and Computing, Professor of Electrical Engineering
Muhieddin Amer
Dean of College of Engineering and Computing, Professor of Electrical Engineering
Education
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, the University of Texas at Arlington - 1999
Bio
Dr. Muhieddin Amer is a professor of Electrical Engineering and chair of the Electrical Engineering and Computing Sciences department at RIT Dubai. He has been with RIT Dubai since 2009. Dr. Amer received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1999.
Dr. Amer has over 15 years of industry experience in wireless communications. While with Nortel Networks, he assumed several leadership positions in the Wireless Engineering Division and made significant contributions towards the development of 2G, 3G and 4G cellular products and solutions that have influenced the company’s technology and product evolution path in addition to changes to 3GPP LTE specifications.
Dr. Amer has championed dozens of research projects in wireless network engineering, holds three patents in wireless product development, and has published extensively in IEEE conferences and wireless engineering forums. His research interest includes the design and performance evaluation of the PHY and MAC algorithms for 5G systems and the development of smart solutions to enable digital transformation. In the recent years, Dr. Amer worked with his students on wireless propagation and link budgets, interference control, MIMO, network slicing, and resource allocation of 5G cellular and deep-space communication systems. He’s a member of a faculty group leading the research and implementation of several use cases including autonomous transport, and smart gate & visitor journey. Dr. Amer is a senior IEEE member since 2003.
Under his leadership at RIT Dubai, the Electrical Engineering and Computing Sciences department has witnessed a steady increase in student enrollment and an expansion to the number of programs and focus areas. Student retention rates are steadily improving as well as the research contributions by faculty and students. All programs have secured the accreditation of the local and international bodies including ABET for engineering.
Select Scholarship
- O. M. Abdul-Latif, M. Amer, A. Kwasinski, “Provisioning End-to-End Network Slices Using Hypergraphs”, IEEE Access Journal, Volume 14, April 21, 2026.
- Abhilasha Singh, Houssein Kanso, Afnan Adil, Jinane Mounsef, Muhieddin Amer, “Fast License Plate Recognition of Moving Vehicles Using Deep Learning Techniques”, ICAMAC 2024 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Metaverse, and Cybersecurity, Dubai, UAE, October 25-26, 2024.
- Naziya Begum, Muhieddin Amer, Omar Abdul Latif, “A New Channel Estimation Framework for 6G Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Enabled MIMO”, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, (E-ISSN 1817-3195 / ISSN 1992-8645), Volume 102, Issue 16, August 2024.
- Martin Zagar, Jasminka Samardzija, Ana Havelka Mestrovic, Muhieddin Amer, Jinane Mounsef, “Demand for Future Skills: AI in Comprehensive Digital Business Development, Big Data Analytics, and Ubiquitous Approach to Data in Business”, STE 2024 – 21st International Conference on Smart Technologies and Education, Helsinki, Finland, March 6-8, 2024.
- O. M. Abdul-Latif, M. Amer, A. Kwasinski, “Classification of Network Slicing Requests Using Support Vector Machine”, IEEE International Conference on Electrical and Computing Technologies and Applications ICECTA'2022, Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE; 23-25 Nov. 2022.
- O. M. Abdul-Latif, M. Amer, A. Kwasinski, “Hypergraph Theory for Network Slicing”, IEEE International Conference on Electrical and Computing Technologies and Applications ICECTA'2022, Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE; 23-25 Nov. 2022.
- O. Abdul-Latif, M. Amer, A. Kwasinski, “Achieving Linear Scaling in Provisioning End-to-End Network Slicing”, IEEE Future Networks World Forum 2022, Montreal, Canada; 12–14 Oct. 2022.
- J. Mounsef, M. Amer, “A Self-Driving Transport Vehicle Based on Fusion Camera and Radar”, 9th International Conference of Control, Dynamic Systems, and Robotics (CDSR’22), Niagara Falls, Canada, June 02 - 04, 2022.
- J. Jenco, O. M. Abdul-Latif, A. Kwasinski, M. Amer, “Network Slicing for Wireless Networks Operating in a Shared Spectrum Environment”, 2022 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Austin, TX, USA, 10–13 April 2022.
- J. Mounsef, M. Amer, “Bringing the Industry Expertise to the Classroom for Enhancing Life-Long Learning”, IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), Tunis, Tunisia, March 28-31, 2022.
- I. Karamitsos, C. Manifavas and M. Amer, The influence of Big Data and IoT on Smart Cities, Ch. 9 of the book: “Smart Cities in the Gulf – Current State, Opportunities, and Challenges”, Gulf Research Center Cambridge, 2019.
- N. Begum and M. Amer, “PAPR Reduction in UF-OFDM and F-OFDM 5G Systems using ZCT Precoding Technique”, Int. Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET), V 06, Issue 04, April 2019.
- I. Karamitsos, C. Manifavas and M. Amer, “The influence of Big Data and IoT in Smart Cities”, 2017 Gulf Research Meeting, Cambridge, UK, 1-4 Aug. 2017.
- Z. El-Khatib, B. Tlili, M. Amer and L. Fuller, “CMOS Cascode LNA with Post Distortion Cancellation Linearizer for Wireless Communications”, Int. Conference on Electrical and Computing Technologies & Applications (ICECTA-2017), American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK), UAE, Nov. 2017.
Currently Teaching
In the News
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August 19, 2026
RIT Dubai launches Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Bizpreneur Middle East highlights RIT Dubai’s new Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, speaking to Muhieddin Amer, dean of the College of Engineering and Computing at RIT Dubai, about the program.