Samer Lahoud
Associate Professor and University Research Chair
Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University
Head of the Systems Research Cluster · IEEE Senior Member
My research focuses on reliable and secure wireless networks, with emphasis on spectrum and energy efficiency, interference mitigation, anomaly detection, and semantic communication for the Internet of Things.
I am also an external research collaborator with the ROCS team at LISN, Université Paris-Saclay, and coordinate the joint doctoral program between Dalhousie University and Université Paris-Saclay.
I hold a PhD in Computer Science from IMT Atlantique, Rennes and a habilitation from Université Paris-Saclay in France for my work on radio resource allocation in cellular networks.
Spark Lab
I lead Spark Lab at Dalhousie University, where students and collaborators study wireless systems through theory, optimization, measurement, and learning-based methods. Our work connects wireless networking, IoT, security, and intelligent communication systems.
Current Research Directions
- Anomaly detection and RF fingerprinting for wireless security
- Low-power wide-area networks for wireless IoT (LoRa, LR-FHSS)
- Wireless coexistence and spectrum monitoring in unlicensed bands
- Semantic and task-oriented communication for IoT
- Wireless digital twins
News
October 2026 PhD LR-FHSS Massive IoT
Congratulations to Juliana El Rayess on completing her PhD, Reliability and Energy Efficiency for Channel Access in Massive IoT, co-supervised between Saint Joseph University of Beirut and Université Paris-Saclay.
2026 Papers PIMRC MobiWac SECON
A strong year for the lab: papers at IEEE PIMRC 2026, MobiWac’26, IEEE SECON 2026, IEEE DySPAN 2026, IEEE CCECE 2026, the ACM DTwin ’26 workshop, and SECURE-AGRO 2026, plus a letter accepted in IEEE Communications Letters. See Publications.
August 2026 Grant Defence Secure Communications
New CDDE pilot project with TKMS on a Trusted and Secure Air-to-Sea Communication System.
July 2026 Appointment Paris-Saclay
Appointed External Research Collaborator with the ROCS team at LISN, Université Paris-Saclay.
June 2026 Tutorial EuCNC Semantic Communication
Delivered the tutorial Semantic Communication for the Internet of Things: Frameworks, Optimization, and Open Challenges at EuCNC & 6G Summit 2026 in Spain, following IEEE CCECE 2026.
May 2026 Dataset RFFI Wi-Fi
New datasets released on the Resources page: Wi-Fi RFFI Signal-Level Synthetic Traces and Protocol-Level Emulated Traces, supporting impersonation detection research.
May 2026 Tutorial IEEE CCECE Semantic Communication
Delivered the tutorial Semantic Communication for the Internet of Things: Frameworks, Optimization, and Open Challenges at IEEE CCECE 2026. More details
January 2026 Grant Mobility Security
Awarded a DND IDEaS contract for TOPSSIM: Trustworthy Operator Platform for Seamless and Secure Inter-PLMN Mobility.
November 2025 Grant IoT Security AI
Received NCC Cyber Security Innovation Network grant for AI-Driven IoT Threat Intelligence: Securing Smart Environments Across Zigbee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi Networks.
2025-2026 Student Paper Conference LR-FHSS
Student work by Juliana El Rayess was presented at WPMC 2025 and accepted at CCNC 2026 on energy efficiency and reliability in LR-FHSS networks.