Muhammad Tahir Akhtar received his PhD degree in Electronic Engineering from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, in 2004 (through Japanese Government Scholarship), MSc in Systems Engineering form Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan (under fellowship from Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences) in 1999, and BSc Electrical (Electronics and Communication) Engineering from the University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan in 1997.
He is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan. Previously, he was an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan (2014 to 2017), an Assistant Professor at the University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan (2008 to 2014), and a Special Visiting Researcher at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan (2008 to 2014). He was a visiting researcher at Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), University of Southampton, UK (Dec. 2008 – Feb. 2009), and at Institute for Neural Computations (INC), University of California San Diego (Nov. 2010 – Mar. 2011), with funding from Japan society for promotion of sciences under the grant “Institutional Programme for Young Researcher Overseas Visits”. Prior to that, he was a COE postdoctoral fellow at Tohoku University, Sendai Japan (2004-2005), and has worked as an Assistant Professor at the United Arab Emirates University, UAE (2006-2008).
His research interests include adaptive signal processing, active noise control, blind source separation, and biomedical signal processing. He has published about 90 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conference proceedings. He won Best Student Paper at the IEEE 2004 Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Hiroshima, Japan, and student paper award (with Marko Kanadi) at 2010 RISP International Workshop on Nonlinear Circuits, Communications and Signal Processing. He was included in MARQUIS Who’s Who in Science and Engineering in 2008, and MARQUIS Who’s Who in the world in 2013.
Dr. Akhtar has acted as a reviewer for many international journals and conferences, and has served as a member technical program committee for many international conferences. He is track co-chair for “signal Processing and Communication” track at 15th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT’17), December 18-20, 2017, Islamabad Pakistan He is on the editorial board of Hindawi Advances in Mechanical Engineering. He has been a member of The European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP) (2009-2011). He has been a member of Asia-Pacific Signal & Information Processing Association (APSIPA) (2010-2013), and has served as a co-editor for APSIPA newsletter (2011-2013). Currently he is member IEEE Signal Processing Society, IEEE Industrial Electronic Society, and he is a Senior Member IEEE.
Adaptive filtering with averaging-based algorithm for feedforward active noise control systems Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Masahide Abe, Masayuki Kawamata,
2004 In : IEEE Signal Processing Letters. 11 , p 6 , p 557-560
Modified-filtered-x LMS algorithm based active noise control systems with improved online secondary-path modeling Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Masahide Abe, Masayuki Kawamata,
2004 In : Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. 1
Acoustic feedback path modeling in active noise control systems M. T. Akhtar, M. Abe, M. Kawamata,
2005 In : . , p 157-161
A method for online secondary path modeling in active noise control systems Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Masahide Abe, Masayuki Kawamata,
2005 In : Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems. , p 264-267
A new structure for feedforward active noise control systems with improved online secondary path modeling Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Masahide Abe, Masayuki Kawamata,
2005 In : IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing. 13 , p 5 , p 1082-1088
Acoustic feedback path modeling and neutralization in active noise control systems Tania Habib, Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Muhammad Arif,
2006 In : . , p 89-93
A new method for active noise control systems with online acoustic-feedback-path modeling Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Masahide Abe, Masayuki Kawamata,
2006 In : .
A new variable step size LMS algorithm-based method for improved online secondary path modeling in active noise control systems Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Masahide Abe, Masayuki Kawamata,
2006 In : IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing. 14 , p 2 , p 720-726
Acoustic feedback neutralization in active noise control systems M. T. Akhtar, M. Tufail, M. Abe, M. Kawamata,
2007 In : IEICE Electronics Express. 4 , p 7 , p 221-226
A simplified method for online secondary path modeling in multichannel ANC systems Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Masahide Abe, Masayuki Kawamata, Muhammad Tufail,
2007 In : . , p 381-384
Noise power scheduling in active noise control systems with online secondary path modeling M. T. Akhtar, M. Abe, M. Kawamata,
2007 In : IEICE Electronics Express. 4 , p 2 , p 66-71
On active noise control systems with online acoustic feedback path modeling Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Masahide Abe, Masayuki Kawamata,
2007 In : IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing. 15 , p 2 , p 593-600
Online acoustic feedback path modeling in multichannel (1 × 2 × 2) active noise control systems M. Tahir Akhtar, Masahide Abe, Masayuki Kawamata, Muhammad Tufail,
2007 In : . , p 628-631
Adaptive algorithms for active noise control of SaS impulse noise Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Wataru Mitsuhashi,
2008 In : .
A simplified method for online acoustic feedback path modeling in multichannel active noise control systems M. T. Akhtar, M. Abe, M. Kawamata, W. Mitsuhashi,
2008 In : . , p 50-54
Online secondary path modeling in multichannel active noise control systems using variable step size Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Masahide Abe, Masayuki Kawamata, Akinori Nishihara,
2008 In : Signal Processing. 88 , p 8 , p 2019-2029
A simplified method for online acoustic feedback path modeling and neutralization in multichannel active noise control systems Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Masahide Abe, Masayuki Kawamata, Wataru Mitsuhashi,
2009 In : Signal Processing. 89 , p 6 , p 1090-1099
A simplified method for online acoustic feedback path modeling and neutralization in multichannel active noise control systems Akhtar Muhammad Tahir, Masahide Abe, Masayuki Kawamata, Wataru Mitsuhashi,
2009 In : Signal Processing. 89 , p 6 , p 1090-1099
Focal artifact removal from ongoing EEG - A hybrid approach based on spatially-constrained ICA and wavelet de-noising Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Christopher J. James,
2009 In : . , p 4027-4030
Improving performance of FxLMS algorithm for active noise control of impulsive noise Akhtar Muhammad Tahir, Wataru Mitsuhashi,
2009 In : Journal of Sound and Vibration. 327 , p 3-5 , p 647-656
Generalized Cauchy Distribution (GCD)-based score functions for a fast and flexible subband decomposition ICA Marko Kanadi, Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Wataru Mitsuhashi,
2010 In : .
Generalized Cauchy distribution (GCD)-based score functions for flexible independent component analysis Marko Kanadi, Akhtar Muhammad Tahir, Wataru Mitsuhashi,
2010 In : Journal of Signal Processing. 14 , p 4 , p 253-256
Modifying the spatially-constrained ICA for efficient removal of artifacts from EEG data Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Christopher J. James, Wataru Mitsuhashi,
2010 In : .
Variable Step-size based online acoustic feedback neutralization in multiple-channel ANC systems Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Wataru Mitsuhashi,
2010 In : . , p 1073-1076
Improving performance of hybrid active noise control systems for uncorrelated narrowband disturbances Akhtar Muhammad Tahir, Wataru Mitsuhashi,
2011 In : IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing. 19 , p 7 , p 2058-2066
Improving robustness of filtered-x least mean p-power algorithm for active attenuation of standard symmetric-α-stable impulsive noise Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Wataru Mitsuhashi,
2011 In : Applied Acoustics. 72 , p 9 , p 688-694
Improving robustness of filtered-x least mean p-power algorithm for active attenuation of standard symmetric-α-stable impulsive noise Akhtar Muhammad Tahir, Wataru Mitsuhashi,
2011 In : Applied Acoustics. 72 , p 9 , p 688-694
On employing cascaded adaptive filters for acoustic feedback neutralization in digital hearing aids Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Akinori Nishihara,
2011 In : .
Variable-step-size based method for acoustic feedback modeling and neutralization in active noise control systems Akhtar Muhammad Tahir, Wataru Mitsuhashi,
2011 In : Applied Acoustics. 72 , p 5 , p 297-304
Auxiliary noise power scheduling for on-line secondary path modeling in single channel feedforward active noise control systems Shakeel Ahmed, Akihisa Oishi, Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Wataru Mitsuhashi,
2012 In : . , p 317-320
Controlling auxiliary-noise-power for efficient neutralization of acoustic feedback in active noise control systems Shakeel Ahmed, Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Xi Zhang,
2012 In : .
Employing spatially constrained ICA and wavelet denoising, for automatic removal of artifacts from multichannel EEG data Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Wataru Mitsuhashi, Christopher J. James,
2012 In : Signal Processing. 92 , p 2 , p 401-416
Fractional lower order moment based adaptive algorithms for active noise control of impulsive noise sources Muhammad Tahir Akhtar,
2012 In : Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 132 , p 6 , p EL456-62
Acoustic feedback neutralization in digital hearing aids-A two adaptive filters-based solution Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Akinori Nishihara,
2013 In : . , p 529-532
Fractional lower order moment (FLOM)-based adaptive algorithm with data-reusing for active noise control of impulsive sources Muhammad Tahir Akhtar,
2013 In : . , p 31-37
On delay-based technique for acoustic feedback cancellation in digital hearing aids Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Akinori Nishihara,
2013 In : . , p 983-986
On investigating efficient methodology for environmental sound recognition Cruz Alfredo Ruiz-Martinez, Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Yoshikazu Washizawa, Enrique Escamilla-Hernandez,
2013 In : . , p 210-214
Online acoustic feedback mitigation with improved noise-reduction performance in active noise control systems Shakeel Ahmed, Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Xi Zhang,
2013 In : IET Signal Processing. 7 , p 6 , p 505-514
Robust auxiliary-noise-power scheduling in active noise control systems with online secondary path modeling Shakeel Ahmed, Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Xi Zhang,
2013 In : IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing. 21 , p 4 , p 749-761
A delay-based dual adaptive filtering solution for acoustic feedback in digital hearing aids Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Akinori Nishihara,
2014 In : . , p 88-93
Binormalized data-reusing filtered-reference algorithm for impulsive active noise control Muhammad Tahir Akhtar,
2014 In : . , p 691-694
Data-reusing-based filtered-reference adaptive algorithms for active control of impulsive noise sources Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Akinori Nishihara,
2015 In : Applied Acoustics. 92 , p 18-26
Variable step-size based-adaptive algorithm for acoustic feedback cancellation during online operation of ANC systems Shakeel Ahmed, Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Xi Zhang,
2015 In : . , p 74-78
Binormalized data-reusing adaptive algorithm for active control of impulsive noise Akhtar Muhammad Tahir,
2016 In : Digital Signal Processing: A Review Journal. 49 , p 56-64
Binormalized data-reusing adaptive filtering algorithm for active control of impulsive sources Muhammad Tahir Akhtar,
2016 In : Digital Signal Processing: A Review Journal. 49 , p 56-64
Howling and entrainment in hearing aids Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Akinori Nishihara,
2016 In : Engineering Journal. 20 , p 5 , p 5-13
On Elimination of Overflow Oscillations in Linear Parameter Varying 2-D Digital Filters Represented by a Roesser Model Muhammad Rehan, Muhammad Tufail, Akhtar Muhammad Tahir,
2016 In : Signal Processing. 127 , p 247-252
On elimination of overflow oscillations in linear time-varying 2-D digital filters represented by a Roesser model Muhammad Rehan, Muhammad Tufail, Muhammad Tahir Akhtar,
2016 In : Signal Processing. 127 , p 247-252
A robust normalized variable tap-length normalized fractional LMS algorithm Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Shakeel Ahmed,
2017 In : .
Gain Scheduling of Auxiliary Noise and Matching Step-Size for Online Acoustic Feedback Cancelation in Narrow-band Active Noise Control Systems Shakeel Ahmed, Akhtar Muhammad Tahir,
2017 In : IEEE Transactions on Speech and Audio Processing. 25 , p 2 , p 333-343
Gain Scheduling of Auxiliary Noise and Variable Step-Size for Online Acoustic Feedback Cancellation in Narrow-Band Active Noise Control Systems Shakeel Ahmed, Muhammad Tahir Akhtar,
2017 In : IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing. 25 , p 2 , p 333-343
Lattice adaptive filtering-based method for acoustic feedback cancellation in hearing aids with robustness against sudden changes in the feedback path Muhammad Tahir Akhtar, Akinori Nishihara,
2017 In : . , p 59-63
An adaptive algorithm, based on modified tanh non-linearity and fractional processing, for impulsive active noise control systems Muhammad T. Akhtar,
2018 In : Journal of Low Frequency Noise Vibration and Active Control. 37 , p 3 , p 495-508