Rate My Professor Ikram Boukhedimi

Dr. Ikram Boukhedimi is a Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering within the College of Engineering and Information Technology at Adelaide University. She obtained her PhD in Electrical Engineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, completing her studies from 2014 to 2019. Prior to this, she earned an MSc in Mathematics, Control, and Electrical Engineering from the University of Poitiers in France between 2013 and 2014, and a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Ecole Nationale Polytechnique d’Alger in Algeria from 2008 to 2013, during which she received the Electrical Engineering Valedictorian award for 2010-2013. Her academic journey reflects a strong foundation in electrical engineering and advanced signal processing techniques.

Before joining Adelaide University, Dr. Boukhedimi held positions at the University of South Australia, serving as a Postdoctoral Fellow from 2022 to 2025 and as a Lecturer from 2023 onwards. Her research interests center on signal processing and wireless communications, with particular emphasis on random matrix theory applications to massive MIMO systems, performance analysis, deterministic equivalents, channel estimation, and aspects of 5G and 6G networks including satellite communications. She currently teaches key courses in the electrical engineering curriculum, including Digital Logic Fundamentals (EEET 1026), Data Communications Technologies (EEET 3025), Embedded System Design (EEET 3048), and Telecommunication Networks (EEET 5147) in 2024 and 2025. Dr. Boukhedimi has contributed significantly to the field through peer-reviewed publications. Selected works include: Ahmad, I. et al., 'On the performance of hybrid beamforming for massive-mimo low earth orbit satellite systems' (IET Conference Proceedings, 2022); Boukhedimi, I. et al., 'Multi-Cell MMSE Combining over Correlated Rician Channels in Massive MIMO Systems' (IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 2020); Boukhedimi, I. et al., 'LMMSE receivers in uplink massive MIMO systems with correlated rician fading' (IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2019); Boukhedimi, I. et al., 'Coordinated SLNR Based Precoding in Large-Scale Heterogeneous Networks' (IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 2017); Boukhedimi, I. et al., 'Angle of Arrival Estimation in Multi-User Massive MIMO LEO Satellite Networks' (IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2023); Boukhedimi, I. et al., 'On the uplink of large-scale MIMO systems with correlated ricean fading channels' (IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2018); Boukhedimi, I. et al., 'Line-of-Sight and Pilot Contamination Effects on Correlated Multi-Cell Massive MIMO Systems' (IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2018); and Boukhedimi, I. et al., 'Performance analysis of coordination strategies in two-tier Heterogeneous Networks' (IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, 2016).