CV

Senior Lecturer

Cardiff School of Technologies, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Major responsibilities:

• Teaching

• Research

Senior R&D Engineer

IS-Wireless, Warsaw, Poland (April 2019 - July 2020)

Major responsibilities & achievements:

• Development of machine learning approaches for QoE-aware network management of the multimedia services using SDN.

• Design and Development of end-to-end E2E network architecture for network slicing using software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV).

• Performance analysis of network management and orchestration platforms such as OSM and ONAP.

• Design and implementation of Software Defined Radio Access Network controller for 5G.

• Development of SD-RAN controller prototype for deployment in ORCA project testbed using NS-3

• Data-driven management and orchestration in a multi-RAT network for enabling LWA/LWIP.

• Publications in international journals and conferences.

• Participation in IPRs and Standardization activities in O-RAN.

• Studied technical specifications of 3GPP, ITU-T and ETSI.

PostDoc Researcher

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Itay - (Oct 2018 - Mar 2019)

Major responsibilities & achievements:

• Designed and implemented Software Defined Networks (SDN) platform for Quality of Experience (QoE) aware network monitoring and management for DASH video streaming services.

• Proposed QoE-aware radio resource management approach for multimedia services in 5G networks.

• Submitted three research articles for the publication

Early Stage Researcher

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy - (Jul 2015 - Jul 2018)

Major responsibilities & achievements:

• Conducted research in the domain of the network monitoring and management for QoE-aware multimedia service delivery.

• Implemented multi-layered QoE monitoring solution for YouTube streaming service.

• Proposed QoE-aware collaborative service management techniques by Over-The-Top (OTTs) and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) collaboration.

• Presented research at multiple International conferences and forums.

• Won two best research paper awards.

• Published eight research articles.

Lecturer

Electrical Engineering Department, GC University, Faisalabad, Pakistan - (Nov 2013 - Jun 2015)

Major responsibilities & achievements:

• Taught academic courses including digital signal processing, signal and systems, micro processors and controllers and computer networks.

• Supervised bachelor degree students projects.

• Won research grants of amount $ 5000 from Higher Education Commission, Pakistan and National ICT R&D Commission, Pakistan.

• Published one research article.

Research Assistant

Research Center for Modeling and Simulation (RCMS), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan - (Feb 2013 - Oct 2013)

Major responsibilities & achievements:

• Developed a MATLAB based toolkit for automated screening and diagnoses of Diabetic Retinopathy using image processing and machine learning.

• Proposed and implemented Image processing and machine learning algorithms for Diabetic Retinopathy screening.

Research Assistant

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan - (Sep 2012 - Dec 2012)

Major responsibilities & achievements:

• Proposed Image Fusion and Intensity Homogenization algorithms for Contrast 3D Echocardiographic Images.

• Developed Image Alignment and Registration algorithms for Echocardiographic images of Phantom heart.

PhD in Electronic and Computer Engineering

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy - (Sep 2015 - Feb 2019)

Thesis Title: QoE-aware Multimedia Service Management and Monitoring through OTT and ISP Collaboration

M.S. in Computational Science & Engineering

Research Center for Modeling and Simulation (RCMS), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan - (Oct 2011 - Sep 2014)

Thesis Title: Automated Detection and Screening of Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) using Fundus Image Analysis

B.E. in Avionics Engineering

College of Aeronautical Engineering (CAE), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan - (Oct 2007 - Oct 2011)

Thesis Title: Real-Time Visual Target Tracking System Using Graphical Processing Unit (GPU)

Programming

• Python

• MATLAB

• C/C++

• JAVA

Technical Tools

• Mininet

• Ryu SDN Controller

• OpenFlow Protocol

• Tensorflow, Keras

• Android IDE,

• Iperf

• Wireshark

• Tshark

• Tcpdump

• NS-3

Technical Domain Expertise

• Network monitoring and management

• Software-Define Networks (SDN)

• Network Function Virtualization (NFV)

• Network Management and Orchestration (MANO)

• Core and E2E Network Architecture

• Traffic Engineering

• Multimedia Communication

• Video Streaming

• Machine Learning

Languages

• English (C1 Level–IELTS band 7.0)

• Italian (A2 Level)

• 2018 - IEEE Multimedia Technical Committee Best Conference Paper Award, IEEE ICC 2018 Kansas, U.S.A

• 2017 - Best Paper Award, QoE-Management 2017 at IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management (IM) Lisbon, Portugal

• 2015 - Marie Curie Fellowship, EU Horizon 2020 Italy

• 2014 - Research Grant, $5000 from Higher Education Commission and National ICT R&D, Pakistan

• International summer school on QoE management and implementation at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland - September 2017

• Training on patents and standardization in Telecommunication Industry at International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Switzerland - January 2017

• Training on market exploitation of scientific research results and business planning at Holographika, Hungary - November 2016

• Training on presentation skills at Kingston University London, United Kingdom - September 2016

• International Summer school on interdisciplinary methods at University of Plymouth, United Kingdom -September 2016

• Training on IPR, patent and EC funding proposal writing at Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (NTNU) - January, 2016

• 2019 - Technical Program Committee Member, Communication Software, Services and Multimedia Applications Symposium at IEEE International Conference on Communication, China

• 2018 - Organiser & Web Chair, 10th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX 2018), Italy

• 2017 - Organizer & Student Travel grant chair, Qeems International Young Researchers Summit, Germany