Dr. Abdallah AL Sabbagh is currently working as a full-time Assistant Professor of Communications and Electronics Engineering with over ten years’ experience in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses. He has received his MES and PhD on 2010 and 2013 respectively from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. In addition, Abdallah has more than three years’ industrial experience working as a Telecom Delivery Engineer Lead, Project Manager and Pre-Sales Engineer within the telecommunications industry. Moreover, Abdallah has published 9 refereed journal articles, 2 book chapters and 17 conference papers, and has granted 2 Australian patents.

Dr. AL-Sabbagh is a multidisciplinary expert in Information and Communication Technologies, specializing in wireless communication (5G/6G, sensor, underwater, and vehicular networks), cybersecurity (certified Cisco Cybersecurity Instructor), and IoT (architecture, protocols, smart agriculture, environmental monitoring, healthcare). He integrates these areas to develop secure e-health solutions, with further research in HCI, blockchain, AI/ML, digital education, and smart cities.

- Ph.D. in Telecommunication Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), 2013 - Master of Engineering Studies in Telecommunication Networks, UTS, 2010 - Bachelor of Information Technology and Computing, Arab Open University, Lebanon (dual degree with the Open University, UK), 2006 - Cisco Certified Instructor: IT Essentials, CCNA (v7), CCNA Security, and Cybersecurity Operations, 2019-2020 - Certificates in Project Management (UTS, 2011), Leadership and Communication (QUT, 2013), and Research Commercialisation (UniQuest, 2012)

- Signals and Systems - Wireless Communications - Microwave Engineering - Digital Signal Processing - Discrete-time Signals & Systems - Optical Communications - Communication Networks - Embedded Systems - Electricity and Magnetism

- UTS Doctoral Scholarship (UTSD), 2010, awarded to fewer than 10% of applicants - Teaching Fellowship Award, School of Computing and Communications, UTS, 2012 (one of only five awarded) - Trailblazer Finalist, 2012, for “Smart Mobile Communication for the Fourth Generation (4G)”, Australia - Two Australian innovation patents granted, July 2013 (AU2013100801, AU2013100806)