Contact Dr Saba Al-Rubaye
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- Email: S.Alrubaye@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Aeronautical Systems
- Autonomous Systems
- Communications Systems
- Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
- Industrial Automation
- Systems Engineering
- Vehicle Health Management
Background
Dr. Saba Al-Rubaye is a head of Advanced Connectivity & System Integration research group in the School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing at Cranfield University. Also, she is leading Connected Systems research and development theme at DARTeC. She has more than 17 years of professional experience in the industry and academia with demonstrated track record of launching innovative solutions in design, testing, consultation, leadership, and program development. Dr Al-Rubaye has been involved in several projects sponsored by Innovation UK, Research England, EPSRC, Department for Transport, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and USA Government. She has been instrumental for setting up the hardware in the loop testbed of smart grid communications for system integration at Quanta’s Sustainable Technology Integration Laboratory (QT-STIL) in Toronto, Canada. These projects are important and tangible step towards accelerating zero-emissions transport solutions and their integration into future transport networks will contributing towards the Governments Net Zero by 2050 target. Dr Al-Rubaye is participating in developing industry standards by being an active research group member of IEEE P1932.1 standard of License/unlicensed Interoperability and IEEE P1920.2, Standard for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Dr Al-Rubaye has published many papers in IEEE journals and conferences and a recipient of the best technical paper award twice published in IEEE Vehicular Technology in 2011 and 2015, respectively. She has been a general co-chair, TPC co-chair and has held other leading roles for many international conferences. She has delivered tutorials at IEEE ICC, IEEE WCNC, and IEEE VTC conferences, and invited talks at various venues including Communications Research Centre (CRC) of Canada, IEEE Toronto Chapter, and IEEE UK Chapter. Dr Saba Al-Rubaye is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), MIET, Senior member IEEE, and she is holding commercial certificate of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Pilot in the UK.
Research opportunities
Post-Docs: The group has a number of project-based openings throughout year. We also welcome top-quality motivated fellowship applicants (RAEng, UKRI, H2020 MSCA), please send a detailed CV and your top 1-2 Journal papers for a discussion.
Current activities
Research/Project
Dr Saba Al-Rubaye research group focusing on modelling, simulation, and testing, and all the aspects which addresses the new generation of emerging technology and integration capabilities within the dynamics of Aviation, Autonomy and Connectivity including:
- LTE/5G/6G Communications
- V2X, Drone & IoT Networking
- Embedded System Security
- Digital Aviation-Artificial Intelligent & ML
- Aircraft/Drone System of System Integration
- Autonomous System Positioning and Localization
- Electrification & Electric Vehicle
- Urban Air Mobility (eVTOL) & Zero Emission
5G communication systems will enable vehicles including UAV/eVTOL/Aircraft to achieve reliable data link with low-latency in visual, tactile and audio, in addition to massive capacity and connectivity. This ensures ground-breaking precision of analysis for research into methods for designing innovative connected system concepts.
Workshop
Dr Saba Al-Rubaye was chairing and organising a new workshop for 6G Networks at IEEE ICC 2020
Conference
Dr Saba Al-Rubaye is delighted to be part of DARTeC conference organization team and one of the Speakers for Future Connectivity Challenge Digital Aviation Conference
Future Flight Challenges- Innovation UK
Project Rise
Video Demonstration at Cranfield Airport- Dr Saba Al-Rubaye Project Lead
Project USASA
Cranfield University partners with IoT security ANGOKA and Connected Places Catapult to protect drone communications in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Authentication System (UASAS) project.
Enabling Secure Authentication for Unmanned Aircraft Systems- Event Video
Cranfield Airport- UASAS- Test Field Demonstration - Video
Why the future of aviation starts with connectivity
For more info download the report from the link below:
Digital Now: Why the future of aviation starts with connectivity - Inmarsat-Cranfield
Clients
- Thales
- Inmarsat
- Honeywell
- Ankoga
- DroneCloud
- Sky-Drone
- Skyports
- Satellite Applications Catapult
- EPSRC
- Innovation UK
- Department for Transportation (DfT)
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Gao Y, Tian F, Li J, Fang Z, Al-Rubaye S, Song W & Yan Y (2022) Joint optimization of depth and ego-motion for intelligent autonomous vehicles, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Available online 24 March 2022.
- He Y, Ren Y, Zhou Z, Mumtaz S, Al-Rubaye S, Tsourdos A & Dobre OA (2022) Two-timescale resource allocation for automated networks in IIoT, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Available online 4 April 2022.
- Pan J, Ye N, Yu H, Hong T, Al-Rubaye S, Mumtaz S & Al-Dulaimi A (2022) AI-driven blind signature classification for IoT connectivity: a deep learning approach, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Available online 31 January 2022.
- Abosata N, Al-Rubaye S & Inalhan G (2022) Lightweight payload encryption-based authentication scheme for advanced metering infrastructure sensor networks, Sensors, 22 (2) Article No. 534.
- Jiang D, Wang F, Lv Z, Mumtaz S, Al-Rubaye S, Tsourdos A & Dobre O (2021) QoE-aware efficient content distribution scheme for satellite-terrestrial networks, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Available online 22 April 2021.
- Li J, Dang S, Yan Y, Jiang X-Q, Peng Y, Al-Rubaye S & Tsourdos A (2021) Generalized quadrature spatial modulation and its application to vehicular networks with NOMA, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 22 (7) 4030-4039.
- Yu K, Tan L, Mumtaz S, Al-Rubaye S, Al-Dulaimi A, Bashir AK & Khan FA (2021) Securing critical infrastructures: deep-learning-based threat detection in IIoT, IEEE Communications Magazine, 59 (10) 76-82.
- Van Nguyen M-S, Do D-T, Al-Rubaye S, Mumtaz S, Al-Dulaimi A & Dobre O (2021) Exploiting impacts of antenna selection and energy harvesting for massive network connectivity, IEEE Transactions on Communications, 69 (11) 7587-7602.
- Abosata N, Al-Rubaye S, Inalhan G & Emmanouilidis C (2021) Internet of Things for system integrity: a comprehensive survey on security, attacks and countermeasures for industrial applications, Sensors, 21 (11) Article No. 3654.
- Aloseel A, Al-Rubaye S, Zolotas A, He H & Shaw C (2021) A novel approach for detecting cyberattacks in embedded systems based on anomalous patterns of resource utilization - Part I, IEEE Access, 9 (June) 103204-103229.
- Aloseel A, Al-Rubaye S, Zolotas A & Shaw C (2021) Attack-detection architectural framework based on anomalous patterns of system performance and resource utilization - Part II, IEEE Access, 9 87611-87629.
- Mondal S, Al-Rubaye S & Tsourdos A (2021) Handover prediction for aircraft dual connectivity using model predictive control, IEEE Access, 9 44463-44475.
- Almeaibed S, Al-Rubaye S, Tsourdos A & Avdelidis NP (2021) Digital twin analysis to promote safety and security in autonomous vehicles, IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 5 (1) 40-46.
- Al-Rubaye S & Tsourdos A (2020) Airport connectivity optimization for 5G ultra-dense networks, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 6 (3) 980-989.
- Li C, Guo W, Sun SC, Al-Rubaye S & Tsourdos A (2020) Trustworthy deep learning in 6G-enabled mass autonomy: from concept to quality-of-trust key performance indicators, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, 15 (4) 112-121.
- Awais Khan M, Adeshina Busari S, Mohammed Saidul Huq K, Mumtaz S, Al-Rubaye S, Rodrigues J & Al-Dulaimi A (2020) A novel mapping technique for ray tracer to system-level simulation, Computer Communications, 150 (January) 378-383.
- Yu H, Zhou Z, Mumtaz S, Al-Rubaye S, Tsourdos A & Qingyang Hu R (2020) Power control optimization for large-scale multi-antenna systems, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 19 (11, November 2020) 7339-7352.
- Al-Rubaye S, Kadhum E, Ni Q & Anpalagan A (2019) Industrial internet of things driven by SDN platform for smart grid resiliency, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 6 (1) 267-277.
- Al-Dulaimi A, Al-Rubaye S & Ni Q (2019) Energy Efficiency using Cloud Management of LTE Networks Employing Fronthaul and Virtualized Baseband Processing Pool, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 7 (2) 403-414.
- Al-Dulaimi A, Mumtaz S, Al-Rubaye S, Zhang S & Chin-Lin I (2019) A framework of network connectivity management in multi-clouds infrastructure, IEEE Wireless Communications, 26 (3) 104-110.
- Al-Rubaye S, Rodriguez J, Zanotti Fragonara L, Theron P & Tsourdos A (2019) Unleash narrowband technologies for industrial Internet of Things services, IEEE Network, 33 (4) 16-22.
- Al-Rubaye S, Al-Dulaimi A & Ni Q (2019) Power interchange analysis for reliable vehicle-to-grid connectivity, IEEE Communications Magazine, 57 (8) 105-111.
- Busari SA, Haq KMS, Mumtaz S, Rodriguez J, Fang Y, Sicker DC, Al-Rubaye S & Tsourdos A (2019) Generalized hybrid beamforming for vehicular connectivity using THz massive MIMO, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 68 (9) 8372-8383.
- Al-Rubaye S, Rodriguez J, Al-Dulaimi A, Mumtaz S & Rodrigues JPC (2019) Enabling digital grid for industrial revolution: self-healing cyber resilient platform, IEEE Network, 33 (5) 219-225.
- Tahira Z, Asif HM, Khan AA, Baig S, Mumtaz S & Al-Rubaye S (2019) Optimization of non-orthogonal multiple access based visible light communication systems, IEEE Communications Letters, 23 (8) 1365-1368.
- Al-Rubaye S, Al-Dulaimi A, Mumtaz S & Rodriguez J (2018) Dynamic pricing mechanism in smart grid communications is shaping up, IEEE Communications Letters, 22 (7) 1350-1353.
- Li S, Ni Q, Sun Y, Min G & Al-Rubaye S (2018) Energy-efficient resource allocation for industrial cyber-physical IoT systems in 5G era, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 14 (6) 2618-2628.
- Busari SA, Mumtaz S, Al-Rubaye S & Rodriguez J (2018) 5G millimeter-wave mobile broadband: Performance and challenges, IEEE Communications Magazine, 56 (6) 137-143.
- Zhao L, Li X, Gu B, Zhou Z, Mumtaz S, Frascolla V, Gacanin H, Ashraf MI, Rodrihuez J, Yang M & Al-Rubaye S (2018) Vehicular communications: Standardization and open issues, IEEE Communications Standards, 2 (4) 74-80.
- Al-Rubaye S, Al-Dulaimi A, Cosmas J & Anpalagan A (2018) Call admission control for non-standalone 5G ultra-dense networks, IEEE Communications Letters, 22 (5) 1058-1061.
- Al-Rubaye S & Aulin J (2017) Grid modernization enabled by SDN controllers: Leveraging interoperability for accessing unlicensed band, IEEE Wireless Communications, 24 (5) 60-67.
- Al-Dulaimi A, Anpalagan A, Al-Rubaye S & Ni Q (2017) Adaptive management of cognitive radio networks employing femtocells, IEEE Systems Journal, 11 (4) 2687-2698.
- Al-Dulaimi A, Al-Rubaye S, Cosmas J & Anpalagan A (2017) Planning of ultra-dense wireless networks, IEEE Network, 31 (2) 90-96.
- Al-Dulaimi A, Al-Rubaye S, Ni Q & Sousa E (2015) 5G communications race: Pursuit of more capacity triggers LTE in unlicensed band, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, 10 (1) 43-51.
- Al-Rubaye S, Al-Dulaimi A & Cosmas J (2011) Cognitive femtocell, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, 6 (1) 44-51.
Conference Papers
- Whitworth H, Al-Rubaye S, Tsourdos A, Jiggins J, Silverthorn N & Khan I (2022) An information entropy and ensemble learning approach for DR-DOS detection within aviation networks. In: 2022 Integrated Communication, Navigation and Surveillance Conference (ICNS), Dulles, 5-7 April 2022.
- Ozpolat M, Al-Rubaye S, Williamson A & Tsourdos A (2022) Integration of unmanned aerial vehicles and LTE: a scenario-dependent analysis. In: 2022 International Conference on Connected Vehicle and Expo (ICCVE), Lakeland, Florida, 7-9 March 2022.
- Warrier AS, Al-Rubaye S, Panagiotakopoulos D, Inalhan G & Tsourdos A (2021) Seamless handover in urban 5G-UAV systems using entropy weighted method. In: ICMIWC 2021: 15th International Conference on Mobile Internet and Wireless Communication, Rome, 13-14 December 2021.
- Tariq N, Petrunin I & Al-Rubaye S (2021) Analysis of synchronization in distributed avionics systems based on time-triggered ethernet. In: 2021 AIAA/IEEE 40th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), San Antonio, 3-7 October 2021.
- Whitworth H, Al-Rubaye S, Tsourdos A, Jiggins J, Silverthorn N & Thomas K (2021) Aircraft to operations communication analysis and architecture for the future aviation environment. In: 2021 AIAA/IEEE 40th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), San Antonio, 3-7 October 2021.
- Gopalakrishnan SK, Al-Rubaye S & Inalhan G (2021) Adaptive UAV swarm mission planning by temporal difference learning. In: 2021 AIAA/IEEE 40th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), San Antonio, 3-7 October 2021.
- Fraser B, Al-Rubaye S, Aslam S & Tsourdos A (2021) Enhancing the security of unmanned aerial systems using digital-twin technology and intrusion detection. In: 2021 AIAA/IEEE 40th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), San Antonio, 3-7 October 2021.
- Tariq N, Petrunin I, Tsourdos A & Al-Rubaye S (2020) External synchronisation in time-triggered networks. In: 2020 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC), Montreal, 20-22 October 2020.
- Tariq N, Petrunin I, Al-Rubaye S, Tsourdos A & Zischka W (2020) Quality of service study in synchronized time-triggered aerial networks. In: 2020 AIAA/IEEE 39th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), San Antonio, 11-15 October 2020.
- Ryan R, Al-Rubaye S, Braithwaite G & Panagiotakopoulos D (2020) The legal framework of UTM for UAS. In: 2020 AIAA/IEEE 39th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), San Antonio, 11-15 October 2020.
- Ayub S, Petrunin I, Tsourdos A, Al-Rubaye S, Stapylton G & Dent G (2020) In-flight entertainment datalink analysis and simulation. In: 2020 AIAA/IEEE 39th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), San Antonio, 11-15 October 2020.
- Li Z, Wu J, Mumtaz S, Taha A-E M, Al-Rubaye S & Tsourdos A (2020) Machine learning and multi-dimension features based adaptive intrusion detection in ICN. In: ICC 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dublin, 7-11 June 2020.
- Li C, Sun SC, Al-Rubaye S, Tsourdous A & Guo W (2020) Uncertainty propagation in neural network enabled multi-channel optimisation. In: 2020 IEEE 91st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2020-Spring), Antwerp, 25-28 May 2020.
- Panico A, Zanotti Fragonara L & Al-Rubaye S (2020) Adaptive detection tracking system for autonomous UAV maritime patrolling. In: 2020 IEEE 7th International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace), Online, 22-24 June 2020.
- Al-Rubaye S, Al-Dulaimi A & Cosmas J (2017) Spectrum allocation techniques for industrial smart grid infrastructure. In: 2016 IEEE 14th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN), Poitiers, 19-21 July 2016.
- Al-Rubaye S & Choi B (2016) Energy load management for residential consumers in smart grid networks. In: 2016 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Las Vegas, NV, 7-11 January 2016.
- Le T, Al-Rubaye S, Liang H & Choi B (2015) Dynamic charging and discharging for electric vehicles in microgrids. In: 2015 IEEE International Conference on Communication Workshop, London, 8-12 June 2015.
- Al-Rubaye S & Al-Dulaimi A (2013) Mobility management for LTE based small cell networks. In: 31st Wireless World Research Forum, Vancouver.
- Al-Rubaye S, Al-Dulaimi A & Cosmas J (2011) Pilot power optimization for autonomous femtocell networks. In: 2011 Wireless Advanced, London, 20-22 June 2011.
- Al-Dulaimi A, Al-Rubaye S & Cosmas J (2011) Adaptive congestion control for mobility in cognitive radio networks. In: 2011 Wireless Advanced, London, 20-22 June 2011.
- Alsabbagh H, Mahmood F, Al-Rubaye S & Edwards R (2011) The design of fractal antennas for UWB using MoM. In: 2011 IEEE Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, 14-15 November 2011.
- Al-Dulaimi A, Al-Rubaye S & Al-Raweshidy H (2010) Renovate cognitive networks under spectrum unavailability. In: 2010 Sixth Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications, Barcelona, 9-15 May 2010.
- Al-Rubaye S, Al-Dulaimi & Cosmas J (2010) Cognitive femtocells for future internet base on QoS. In: 25th Wireless World Research Forum, London.
- Al-Rubaye S (2010) Green radio over fibre and femtocell access network. In: 25th Wireless World Research Forum, London.
- Al-Dulaimi A, Al-Rubaye S, Al-Raweshidy H, Cosmas J & Loo J (2010) Multi-zones of cognitive to fibre networks. In: Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2010), Newcastle, 21-22 July 2010.
- Al-Rubaye S, Al-Dulaimi A, Al-Saeed L, Al-Raweshidy H, Kadhum E & Ismail W (2010) Development of heterogeneous cognitive radio and wireless access network. In: 24th Wireless World Research Forum, Penang Island, 12-14 April 2010.
- Al-Dulaimi A, Al-Rubaye S & Al-Raweshidy H (2010) Radio over fibre transceiver designed for cognitive communications architecture. In: 25th Wireless World Research Forum, London.
- Kadhum E, Ismail W & Al-Rubaye S (2010) Noise analysis based on BERT using hardware in-the-loop co-simulation based FSK transceiver through a hybrid DSP/FPGA platform. In: 25th Wireless World Research Forum, London.
- Kadhum E, Ismail W & Al-Rubaye S (2010) Software digital modems for software defined radio (SDR) using hybrid architecture platform. In: 24th Wireless World Research Forum, Penang Island, 12-14 April 2010.
Books
- Al-Rubaye S & Cosmas J (2018) Provisioning unlicensed LAA interface for smart grid applications. In: 5G Networks: Fundamental Requirements, Enabling Technologies, and Operations Management, Wiley, p. 603-624.
- Al-Rubaye S & Cosmas J (2013) Technical challenges in 4G cognitive femtocell systems. In: Self-Organization and Green Applications in Cognitive Radio Networks, IGI Global, p. 1-25.
- Al-Dulaimi A, Al-Rubaye S & Cosmas J (2012) Adaptive coexistence between cognitive and fiber networks. In: Wireless Multi-Access Environments and Quality of Service Provisioning: Solutions and Application, IGI Global, p. 311-336.
- Al-Rubaye S, Al-Dulaimi A & Cosmas J (2012) Spectrum handover strategies for cognitive femtocell networks. In: Femtocell Communications and Technologies: Business Opportunitie and Deployment Challenges, IGI Global, p. 85-102.
