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EDUCATION
PhD in Wireless Networks and Communications, Brunel University, UK, 2010.
B.Sc Electrical and Electronics engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan, 2003 (With Honours).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Wireless Mesh Networks, Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs), Wireless Sensor Networks, Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs), Routing, Network Traffic Estimation, Linear and Non Linear Optimization Algorithms, Operational Research (OR), Smart Grids, Machine 2 Machine Communications, Femtocells, Intelligent Transportation Systems.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
External Evaluator for National ICT R & D Fund, Ministry of IT, Pakistan
Lead guest editor for special issue on "communication architectures, protocols and smart algorithms for smart grids" in European Transactions on emerging telecommunication technologies journal
Reviewer for IET Communications Journal, 2007-Present
Reviewer for IEEE Communication Letters, 2007-Present
Reviewer for Journal of Communications (John Wiley), 2009-Present
Technical Programme Committee (TPC) member for the following major IEEE Communication Society (IEEE ComSoc) Conferences:
IEEE Personal, Indoor and Mobile Communications Symposium (IEEE PIMRC), 2008 and 2012
IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC), 2009
IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (IEEE WCNC), 2010, 2011 and 2012
IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC), 2010
ICFCN'12 (The first International Conference on Communication Networks), 2012
First IEEE International Conference on Communications in China (IEEE ICCC), 2012
Technical Reviewer for:
International Conference on Computer Networks and Information Technology, ICCNIT 2011
PROJECTS
1. MAGNET BEYOND (IST-FP6-IP-027396 ) - Completed
Funded by the European Commission with total funding of 16 million €
2. CONTRIBUTION TO PROPOSALS FOR EU COMMISSION
BeyOnd warning strategies: predictiVE waRning based on the intelligent deployment of V2I and V2V communication using hybrid sWARm intelligeNce and optimization algorithm (OVER-WARN) submitted to ICT Call 10 of the FP7 Framework (2013)
Mobile Platform for Europe (MOPE) submitted to IP (2007)
Towards Zero Accident Infrastructure (2-ZAIRE) submitted to IP (2007)
Mesh topology and Optical Switching for highly efficient Wireless Networks (MONET) submitted to STREP (2009)
Robust High-performance and Fast-deployable Communication Network Exploiting Optical and Radio Technologies (RHINO) submitted to STREP (2009)
3. A SECURE AND INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM USING WIRELESS SENSORS FOR CONGESTION CONTROL (PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR)- IN PROGRESS
Project approved with a budget of 11.7 Million Rs (130,000 $) by ICT R & D Fund, Ministry of IT, Pakistan
4. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROTOTYPE FOR A SECURE BILLING FRAMEWORK WITH REAL TIME DETECTION OF MALICIOUS END NODE CONNECTIONS USING WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS TO CURB ELECTRICITY THEFT (CO- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR)- IN PROGRESS
Project initiated in collaboration with Peshawar Electric Power Company (PEPCO) and Funded by the ICT R & D Fund, Ministry of IT, Pakistan for an amount of 13.8 Million Rs (152,000 $) to reduce/eliminate electricity theft that accounts for a loss of an approximate 40 Billion Rs annually.
5. MICROSCOPIC AND MESOSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC PATTERNS IN PAKISTAN (PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR)
Funded by the Directorate of Science and Technology, Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa.
6. AUTONOMOUS SITUATION BASED ALERTS USING WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS (PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR) - Completed
Funded by Directorate of Science and Technology, Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa (DOST)
7. POPULATION PROFILING, VERIFICATION AND RESPONSE (UNHCR/EBDM) - Completed
List of Publications
Over 41 publications (conference and journal papers)
Books
1. Haseeb Zafar, Ivan Andonovic, Inayatullah Babar and Sahibzada Ali Mahmud, “Single path and Multipath Routing in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks”, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) (In Press)
2. Khan, S. and Mahmud, S.A, “Cross Layer Optimization Techniques for Wireless Networks: Rate-adaptation schemes and routing protocols for IEEE 802.11 based multi-hop, multi-rate MANETs”, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Aug. 2011 (ISBN-13: 978-3845432298)
3. Mahmud, S.A and Khan, S, “Process Modelling and Simulation using OPNET Modeller”, Springer US (In Progress)
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