Hina Tabassum (Senior Member, IEEE)  received her bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from NED University of Technology (NEDUET). She secured first position among all engineering universities of Karachi, Pakistan. For her achievement,  she received Gold medals from NEDUET and from SIEMENS. She then joined R&D at Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)  and received Best Performance Award in 2009.  While working at SUPARCO, she completed her master’s degree in telecommunications part-time from NEDUET. She then joined King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) to pursue her Ph.D. degree in Telecommunications. She joined IEEE when she was a student at KAUST inspired by her colleagues and supervisor’s success. As an IEEE member, she got numerous opportunities for professional development, networking, and knowledge sharing. Being part of IEEE provided her access to cutting-edge research, conferences, workshops, and networking events. She also started contributing to various IEEE journals at that time as a reviewer. She continued her contributions to IEEE even after her PhD, when she was working as a postdoctoral research associate at University of Manitoba, Canada. Her contributions were always recognized by IEEE. For example, she was recognized as Exemplary Reviewer (Top 2% of all reviewers)  by IEEE Transactions on Communications in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020.

The connection to IEEE became even stronger when she joined York University in 2018 as Assistant Professor as she started contributing as Editor to various prestigious IEEE journals.  She served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Communications Letters (2019–2023), IEEE OJCOMS (2019–2023), and IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking (2020–2023). Currently, she is also serving as an Area Editor for IEEE OJCOMS and an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, and IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. She became the Founding Chair of the Special Interest Group on THz communications in IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc)-Radio Communications Committee (RCC). She has been recognized as an Exemplary Editor by the IEEE Communications Letters (2020), IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (IEEE OJCOMS) (2023), and IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking (2023).

 She is currently an Associate Professor with the Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, Canada. She is also appointed as the York Research Chair of 5G/6G-enabled mobility and sensing applications in 2023, for five years. She has made significant contributions in the development of a diverse spectrum of statistical models and numerical optimization algorithms. These innovations are tailored to enhance the performance of 5G and 6G-enabled mobility-aware wireless communications and sensing networks, catering to a wide array of applications encompassing vehicular, aerial, space, and IoT sensing networks. Her professional expertise extends to the formulation of classical deep learning-based solutions for wireless sensing and communications. She has published over 90 refereed papers in well-reputed IEEE journals, magazines, and conferences. Her publications thus far have garnered more than 5500 citations with an H-index of 35 (according to Google Scholar). She received the Lassonde Innovation Early-Career Researcher Award in 2023 and the N2Women: Rising Stars in Computer Networking and Communications in 2022. She was listed in the Stanford’s list of the World’s Top Two-Percent Researchers in 2021 and 2022.