Hany Elgala
PhD, Electrical Engineering, Jacobs University, Germany, 2010
MSc, Electrical Engineering, Furtwangen University, Germany, 2003
BSc, Electrical Engineering, Ain-Shams University, Egypt, 2000
About
Prof. Hany Elgala is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He is the director of the Signals and Networks Lab, commonly referred to as the SINE Lab. Before his tenure at the University at Albany, Dr. Elgala was a Research Professor at Boston University, where he co-led the Multimedia Communications Lab (MCL). He also acted as the communications testbed leader at the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Light Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA) Engineering Research Center (ERC). In his role as the co-leader of the Cellular and Wireless Communications (CWC) Lab at Jacobs University in Germany, he coordinated two significant industrial projects with Airbus Germany and the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS), focusing on the development of high-speed optical wireless networks for aircraft cabins.
With over 18 years of research in Optical Wireless Communication (OWC), Elgala has authored or co-authored nearly 120 publications, which include patents and book chapters. He is the Editor-in-Chief for the Scifiniti Comm&Optics Connect Journal and has contributed as an editor for several journals, including the IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM), IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, IEEE Access and Frontiers.
Research Interests
Elgala is a distinguished researcher with extensive expertise in telecommunications, digital signal processing and embedded systems. He has a particular focus on visible light communication (VLC) technology and LiFi networks. His research applies artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models in communication systems. Additionally, he works on the coexistence of wireless technologies, indoor localization solutions, Internet-of-Things (IoT) deployments, backscatter communication and electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure.
For further details regarding his research, teaching and service contributions, please visit the SINE Lab page and his personal page.