Contact:

Room 715,
ECE Building,
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Dhaka - 1000, Bangladesh

Phone: 880-2-55167100/6536
Email: msara@iict.buet.ac.bd

Shamim Ara Showkat

Assistant Professor

Research Interest

Optical Wireless Communication, OFDM, Wireless Sensor Network, Power Transmission

Education

  • M.Sc. Engg. (Graduate Pool of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
  • B.Sc.Engg (EEE), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Selected Publications

Journal Publications

  • Sharmin, N., Karmaker, A., Lambert, W. L. L., Alam, M. S., and Shawkat, M. S. A., Minimizing the Energy Hole Problem in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Wedge Merging Approach.. MDPI Sensors 20, no. 1 (2020): 277, Jan 2020.
  • Azad, A. K., Alam, M. S., and Shawkat, S. A., DCDS-MAC: A Dual-Channel Dual-Slot MAC Protocol for Delay Sensitive Wireless Sensor Network Applications. Journal of Communications, Vol. 14, No. 11, Nov 2019.
  • Rabby, M. K. M., Alam, M. S., and Shawkat, S. A., A Priority Aware Scheduling Algorithm for Wireless Energy Harvesting of Sensor Nodes in Wireless Body Area Networks. PLOS ONE, Apr 2019.
  • Sultana, T., Showkat, M. S. ., Alam, M.S., Hossain, M. D., and Mandal, A. K., Reducing Peak to Average Power Ratio of OFDM Signals using Tukey Window Technique. International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology (IJSET), Vol. No.2, Issue No.9, pp. 879-883, Sep 2013.
  • Alam, M. S., Shawkat, S.A., Kitazumi, G., and Matsumoto, M., Performance Evaluation of IrSimple Protocol and Its Efficiency Enhancement with Effective Error Control and Flow Control Schemes. Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan (IIEEJ) Journal on Visual Computing, Devices and Communications, Vol.38, N0.2, Mar 2009.
  • Alam, M. S., Shawkat, S. A., Kitazumi, and G., Matsumoto, M., IrBurst Modeling and Performance Evaluation for Large Data Block Exchange over High-Speed IrDA Links. The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) Transaction on Communications, Vol.E91-B, No.1,pp.274-285, Jan 2008.

Conference Publications

  • Rahman, J., Alam, M. S., Shawkat, S. A., and Hoque, M. A., A Bidirectional Multi-flow MAC Protocol for Multihop Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks. 12th ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (WUWNet), Canada, Nov 2017.
  • Rahman, P., Alam, M. S., Shawkat, S. A., and Hoque, M. A., CUMAC-CAM: Addressing Triple Hidden Terminal Problems for Multi-channel Transmission in Underwater Sensor Networks. 12th ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (WUWNet), Canada, Nov 2017.
  • Nahar, B., Alam, M. S., Shawkat, S. A., and Hoque, M. A., Priority Aware Interference Mitigation Techniques For Coexistence Of Wireless Technologies In Smart Utility Networks. The 13th ACM International Symposium on QoS and Security for Wireless and Mobile Networks (Q2SWinet), USA, Nov 2017.
  • Rabby, M. K. M., Alam, M. S., Shawkat, S. A., and Hoque, M. A., A Scheduling Scheme for Efficient Wireless Charging of Sensor Nodes in WBAN. 2nd IEEE/ACM Conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems and Engineering Technologies (IEEE/ACM CHASE), USA., Jul 2017.
  • Rabby, M. K. M., Shawkat, S. A., and Alam, M. S., Performance Evaluation of Saturating Class – C Driver Circuit for Inductive Wireless Power Transfer. 9th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE) , Bangladesh, Dec 2016.
  • Rabby, M. K. M., Shawkat, S. A., and Alam, M. S., Application of Current Limiting Inductance Effect on Class – E Driver Circuit for Inductive Wireless Power Transfer. IEEE International WIE Conference on Electrical and Computer EngineeringEngineering (WIECON-ECE), India, Dec 2016.
  • Shah, A. F. M. S., Alam, M. S., and Showkat, S. A., A New Cooperative MAC Protocol For The Distributed Wireless Networks. IEEE Tencon Conference (Tencon’15), Macua, Nov 2015.
  • Azad, A. K., Alam, M.S., and Showkat, S. A., LL-MCLMAC:A Low Latency Multi Channel MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Tencon Conference (Tencon’15), Macua, Nov 2015.
  • Alam, I., Haque, M. N., Showkat, S., Shawkat, S. A., and Alam, M. S., HaatBazaar Protidin: ANovel Android Based Mobile Application For an Effective Agriculture Marketing System in Bangladesh. 6th International Telecommunication Union Kaleidoscope Academic Conference (ITUKaleidoscope Academic Conference 2014), St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan 2014.