Public Speaking

“Large-scale Connected Systems,” 6th International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Informatics (IC3I), sponsor: IEEE Uther Pradesh Section, Noida, India, Sep 2023.

“Connected World: Past, Present, and Future,” 15th International Wireless Internet Conference (WiCON), sponsor: European Alliance for Innovation, Dallas, TX, UA, Nov. 2022.

“Perspectives on IoE,” IEEE International Conference on Internet of Everything, Microwave Engineering, Communication and Networks (IEMECON), sponsor: IEEE Delhi Section, Jaipur, India, Dec. 2021.

“Internet of “Just About” Everything,” 18th IEEE International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), sponsor: IEEE Computer Society, Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 2021.

“Internet of Hyperconnected Things,” ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA), sponsor: IEEE Computer Society, Tangier, Morocco, Nov. 2021.

“Some Thoughts on Securing Critical Infrastructures,” ACM International Symposium on Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure (BSCI), sponsor: ACM, Hong Kong, June 2021.

“Machine Learning for Computer Systems and Computer Systems for Machine Learning,” Global Forum on Innovations in Science & Technology (Glob-FIST), Lahore, Pakistan, May 2021. 

“Machine Learning and Computer Systems – An Absolute Necessity,” International Conference on Computing and Machine Intelligence (ICMI), sponsor: Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 2021.

“Some Revised Perspectives on Internet of Things,” IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IOTSMS), sponsor: IEEE France Section, Paris, France, Dec. 2020.

“Big Data, Internet of Things, and AI – Three Sides of the Same Coin?” IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), sponsor: IEEE Computer Society, Leicester, UK, Dec. 2020.

“Systems – An NSF Perspective,” IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (IVLSI), sponsor: IEEE Computer Society, Miami, FL, USA, July 2019.

“Revised Perspectives on IoT,” 3rd International Conference on Internet of Things (ICIoT), sponsor: Services Conference Federation, San Diego, CA, USA, June 2019.

“Perspectives on Autonomous Systems,” 2nd Metro Detroit Workshop on Connected and Autonomous Driving (MetroCAD), sponsors: Wayne State University, Genius Pros, and NAAIEC, Detroit, MI, USA, Mar. 2019.

“Internet, Things, and Smartness,” IEEE Workshop on Smart Internet of Things (SmartIoT), sponsor: IEEE Computer Society, San Jose, CA, USA, Oct. 2017.

“Cloud and Beyond,” 4th IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Cloud Computing (CSCloud), sponsor: IEEE Computer Society, New York, NY, USA, June 2017.

“Big Data Based Recommendation Approaches for Healthcare,” 12th IEEE International Conference on High-Capacity Optical Networks and Enabling/Emerging Technologies (HONET), sponsor: IEEE Communications Society, Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 2015.

“The Role of ICT in Universal Design in Learning,” 13th IEEE International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), sponsor: IEEE Computer Society, Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 2015.

“Big Data Cloud Computing,” 12th IEEE International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), sponsor: IEEE Computer Society, Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 2014.

“Data Centers: Modeling and Simulation,” High Performance of Modeling and Simulation (HiPMoS) track of the 27th European Conference on Modeling and Simulation (ECMS), sponsor: European Council for Modeling and Simulation, Aalesund, Norway, May 2013.

“The Greening of Data Center Networks: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities,” 10th IEEE International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), sponsor: IEEE Computer Society, Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 2012.

“Scalable Recommendation Systems: Achieving High Throughput,” University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, AR, USA, Oct. 2022.

“Recommendation Systems: Building Functional and High-Throughput Systems,” University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa, AL, USA, Oct. 2022.

“The Internet of the Connected World,” 11th Southeast Symposium on Contemporary Engineering Topics (SSCET), Little Rock, AR, USA, Sep. 2022.

“Internet of Everything,” Texas A&M University – Texarkana, TX, USA, Mar. 2022.

“Systems and Internet of Things,” Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Apr. 2020.

“Internet of Things – An NSF Perspective,” Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, Nov. 2019.

“The IoT World,” Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA, July 2019.

“Big Data Based Recommendation Approaches for Healthcare,” IEEE Computer Society Toronto Chapter, University of Toronto, Canada, May 2018.

“Big Data in Healthcare,” IEEE Computer Society Baltimore Chapter, National Electronics Museum, Linthicum Heights, MD, USA, April 2018.

“Perspectives on IoT,” Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA, May 2017.

“Living on the Edge,” 1st IEEE/ACM Symposium on Edge Computing (SEC), sponsor: IEEE Computer Society and ACM SIGMobile, Washington DC, USA, Oct. 2016.

“Sustainable Computer Systems,” Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA, Mar. 2016.

“Some Thoughts on Computer Systems Research,” National Science Foundation, Washington DC, USA, Mar. 2016.

“Big Data Recommendation Systems,” Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, USA, Feb. 2016.

“Data Center Networks: Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges,” University of Texas, Arlington, TX, USA, Feb. 2016.

“Cloud, Big Data, and Recommendation Systems: Making Health Care and Emergency Management Possible,” United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, Jan. 2016.

“Understanding Cloud: Data Centers,” Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Pakistan, Dec. 2015.

“Big Data Recommendation Systems,” University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA, Dec. 2015.

“Cybersecurity, Thoughts and Challenges” Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA, Nov. 2015.

“Graduate Education: Securing the American Ingenuity,” National Science Foundation, Washington DC, USA, Apr. 2015.

“Using Design Projects to Serve Veterans with Disabilities,” Access Engineering – Capacity Building Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, Apr. 2015.

“Cloud and Big Data,” Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Pakistan, Dec. 2014.

“U.S. and Pakistani S&T Cooperative Projects: Programs and Potential,” Science, Technology, and Engineering: From Innovation to Implementation Conference, Islamabad, Pakistan, May 2014.

“Solar Water Heating System using CO2 as Working Fluid,” Technology Transfer Symposium, sponsors: Pakistan-US Science and Technology Cooperation Program and the US Department of State, Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan. 2013.

“What are Data Centers?” National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan. 2013.

“Achieving Energy-Efficiency in Data Centers,” Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Pakistan, Dec. 2012.

“Data Centers and Clouds,” Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 2012.

“Data Centers and Cloud Computing,” University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan, Dec. 2012.

“Data Centers: Challenges and Opportunities, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 2012.

“iPhone, iPad, iTravel: Traveling Abroad Safely with Mobile Devices,” Information Technology Division and the Office of International Programs, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA, Oct. 2012.

“The Greening of Data Center Networks: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities,” Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, July 2012.

“Trends in Sustainable Computing and Data-intensive HPC,” North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA, Feb. 2012.

“iPakistan: invest in Pakistan,” Office of International Programs, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA, Nov. 2011.

“Energy, Power, and Thermal-aware Data Center Computations and Communications,” University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, June 2010.

“Energy-efficient Computing,” North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA, Mar. 2009.

“Optimizing the Energy Consumption and Performance of Computational Grids,” North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA, Apr. 2008.

“On the Joint Energy and Performance Optimization of Large-scale Systems,” Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA, Mar. 2008.

“Optimizing the Energy Consumption and Performance of Computational Grids,” University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA, Feb. 2008.

“Autonomous Data Replication in Large-scale Distributed Systems,” Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA, Sep. 2008.

“Multiobjective Optimization for Large-scale Distributed Systems,” Wichita State University, Wichita, KN, USA, May 2007.

“Resource Allocation in Large-scale Distributed Systems,” Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, South Bend, IN, USA, May 2007.