Saqr Thabet

Saqr Khalil Saeed Thabet (صقر ثابت | 郑和)
Ph.D. Scholar

Intelligent Computing Laboratory (ICL)
School of Computing, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University (MQ)

Email: saqr.thabet[at]mq.edu.au
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Address: 4 Research Park Drive, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia

📆 News

[2026.02] Saqr Thabet's paper titled “Toward Efficient Wireless Federated Learning via Decoupling Over-the-Air Model Aggregation and Client Selection” was accepted for publication in the IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IF: 8.9, Q1).

[2023.05] Saqr Thabet received the International Macquarie Research Excellence Scholarship Program (iMQRES) for Session 2 2023.

😉 About Me

Saqr Thabet (Graduate Student Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree in electronics and communication engineering from the University of Aden, Aden, Yemen, in 2011, and the M.Eng. degree in electronic science and technology from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, in 2016. During 2016-2022, he was a Research Assistant at the lab of Advanced Visual Communications and Computing at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu.

He is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree with the School of Computing at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. His research field includes federated learning, machine learning, wireless communication, resource allocation, and video coding. In 2022, he received the Best Presentation Award twice at the 4th International Conference on Computer Communication and the Internet and at the 6th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing.

🎓 Academic Experiences

[2023.09 - present] Ph.D. Student, Computer Science, Macquarie University, Australia, supervised by Dr. Yipeng Zhou, and Dist. Prof. Michael Sheng.
[2016.09 - 2022.07] Research Assistant, Information and Communication Engineering, Lab of Advanced Visual Communication & Computing, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China, supervised by Prof. Zhu Ce.
[2014.09 - 2016.06] M.Eng., Electronic Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China, supervised by Prof. Jutai Liang.
[2006.09 - 2011.06] B.Sc., Electronics and Communication Engineering, University of Aden, Yemen.

🎓 Teaching Experiences

COMP2200 - Data Science (Tutor).
COMP1300 - Introduction to Cybersecurity (Tutor).
FOSE1025 - Scientific Computing (Tutor).
COMP2700 - Project Management and Professional Practice (Tutor).

🏫 Academic Services

Session Chair

[2024.12] Session 6F: Federated Learning and Networking Data Mining, 20th International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications, ADMA'24.

Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member

IEEE VTC (Autumn 2024)