Nabeel Nisar Bhat

Researcher
imec Belgium
nabeel(dot)bhat(at)imec(dot)be

About

I am a Researcher in the field of Integrated sensing and communication at imec Belgium.The goal of my research is to enable device-free interactivity in Extended reality applications using mmWave ISAC.

Education

Ph.D., Integrated communication and Sensing (Ongoing)
M.S., Communications and Computer Networks at Poltecnico di Torino, Italy (Gpa: 110/110)
B.S., Electronics and Communication Engineering at NIT Srinagar, India

Work Experience

(1) Researcher @ imec (2022 - Ongoing)

Research in integrated sensing and communication, focusing on mmWave COTS sensing for interactive extended reality applications.
Teaching the lab sessions for Network Architecture course at the University of Antwerp.

(2) Research Analyst at Sagacious IP India (2018-2019)

Patent Analyst at Sagacious IP India. Helping clients manage their novel assets and ideas by conducting novelty and invalidity searches.

Publications

Investigating Inconsistencies in PRNU based camera identification

Nabeel Nisar Bhat, Tiziano Bianchi

IEEE ICIP (oral) 2022, Published.

PDF Project Page Based on master thesis

Gesture recognition with mmWave Wi-Fi Access Points: Lessons Learned

Nabeel Nisar Bhat, Rafael Berkvens, Jeroen Famaey

IEEE WoWMoM 2023, Published.

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Multi-modal pose estimation in XR applications leveraging integrated sensing and communication

Nabeel Nisar Bhat, Javad Sameri, Jakob Struye, Maria Torres Vega, Rafael Berkvens, Jeoren Famaey

ACM MobiCom Workshop, 2023, Published.

PDF Project Page

CSI4Free: GAN-Augmented mmWave CSI for Improved Pose Classification

Nabeel Nisar Bhat, Rafael Berkvens, Jeoren Famaey

IEEE JC&S 2024

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Toward Interactive Multi-User Extended Reality using Millimeter-Wave Networking

Jakob Struye, Sam Van Damme, Nabeel Nisar Bhat, Arno Troch, Barend van Liempd, Hany Assasa, Filip Lemic, Jeoren Famaey, Maria Torres Vega

IEEE Communications Magazine 2024

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6G AI-Driven Air Interface—Hexa-X-II View

Hamed Farhadi, Bitan Banerjee, Rafael Berkvens, Nabeel Nisar Bhat et al.

IEEE Communications Magazine 2025

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Cross-layer Integrated Sensing and Communication: A Joint Industrial and Academic Perspective

Henk Wymeersch, Nuutti Tervo, Stefan Wanstedt, Sharief Saleh, ..., Nabeel Nisar Bhat, et al.

IEEE Open Journal of Communications Society 2025

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mmGAN: Semi-Supervised GAN for Improved Gesture Recognition in mmWave ISAC Systems

Nabeel Nisar Bhat, Siddhartha Kumar, Mohammad Hossein Moghaddam, Jakob Struye, Jesus Omar Lacruz, Jacopo Pegoraro, Joerg Widmer, Rafael Berkvens, Jeroen Famaey

IEEE Open Journal of Communications Society 2026

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Millimeter-Wave Gesture Recognition in ISAC: Does Reducing Sensing Airtime Hamper Accuracy?

Jakob Struye, Nabeel Nisar Bhat, Siddhartha Kumar, Mohammad Hossein Moghaddam, Jeroen Famaey

IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference 2026

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Beyond Sub-6 GHz: Leveraging mmWave Wi-Fi for Gait-Based Person Identification?

Nabeel Nisar Bhat, Maksim Karnaukh, Jakob Struye, Rafael Berkvens, Jeroen Famaey

IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference 2026

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mmHSense: Multi-Modal and Distributed mmWave ISAC Datasets for Human Sensing

Nabeel Nisar Bhat, Maksim Karnaukh, Stein Vandenbroeke, Wouter Lemoine, Jakob Struye, Siddhartha Kumar, Mohammad Hossein Moghaddam, Jesus Omar Lacruz, Joerg Widmer, Rafael Berkvens, Jeroen Famaey

IEEE Access 2026

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