The surfaces that will rewrite wireless reality

Queen Mary University of London

A feature on the 2026 UK roadmap for wireless and microwave metasurfaces, including Prof. Abbasi's contribution on reconfigurable intelligent surfaces for radio coverage and healthcare sensing.

Touch-free health monitoring could breathe new life into health diagnostics

University of Glasgow

Glasgow researchers reported an RF-and-AI system that screened five pulmonary diseases without physical contact. The university reports 98% classification accuracy in its expanded clinical dataset and identifies Prof. Abbasi as the research lead.

From Queen Mary PhD to Outstanding Research Supervisor finalist

Queen Mary University of London

An interview covering Prof. Abbasi's career path, inclusive approach to doctoral supervision, research leadership and work connecting academic research with government policy.

Qammer H. Abbasi receives the Salman Al Farsi Award for Innovation

CHEDDAR Hub

The Scottish Muslim Awards recognised Prof. Abbasi’s research leadership and sustained contribution to science and society with its 2025 innovation award.

RFALL detects fall direction and approximate location using passive RFID tags

IEEE Sensors Journal

Muhammad Zakir Khan and collaborators, including Prof. Abbasi, developed a contactless RFID tag-array system for classifying falls from multiple directions while estimating the affected monitoring zone.

Featuring Muhammad Zakir Khan and Qammer H. Abbasi

RFiDAR combines RFID and radar for contactless activity recognition

IEEE Internet of Things Magazine

A second Zakir Khan-led collaboration fuses RFID and radar measurements to improve indoor human-activity recognition while avoiding cameras and body-worn devices.

Featuring Muhammad Zakir Khan and Qammer H. Abbasi

Transparent RFID tag wall featured for privacy-preserving home monitoring

RFID Tag World

Industry coverage explains the Glasgow team's tag-free wall concept: passive UHF tags and machine learning infer presence and activity from interrupted radio signals instead of requiring a wearable or camera.

Featuring Muhammad Zakir Khan and Qammer H. Abbasi