Muhammad Omer Farooq

 

 

Education:

  • MS (Computer Science) thesis pending
  • MS (Computer Engineering) February, 2007 - August 2008  
  • BS (Computer Science)    March 2002 - March 2006

Research Areas:

  • Quality of Service in Computer Networks
  • Cross Layer Architectures for Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Networks
  • Design and Analysis of Routing protocols
  • Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks

Awards and Scholarships:

  • Travel grant to present paper at ICWMC 2008 by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
  • Merit scholarship awarded by Center for Advance Studies in Engineering, Islamabad, Pakistan for MS (Computer Engineering)

Honors:

1.     First position in BS (Computer Science) (Gold Medalist)

2.     Highest CGPA in MS (Computer Engineering) graduating class at Center for Advance Studies in Engineering, with thesis option.

Professional Activities:

Reviewer:

    • Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications.
    • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
    • Telecommunication Systems Journal (Springer), special issue on Wireless Ad hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks.
    • The Fourth International Conference on Wireless Communication, Networking and Mobile Computing (WICOM), 2008.
    • The Second International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2009) 
    • 6th IEEE International Conference on Wireless Communication and Sensor Networks (WCSN 2010)

 

Work Experience:

  • Research Assistant (February 2008 – May 2009)

     Center for Advance Studies in Engineering

  • Teaching Assistant (Fall 2005)

     Virtual University of Pakistan  

Courses taken at Graduate Level:

  • Advance Computer Networks
  • Broadband Switching Systems
  • Network Security
  • Integrated Services Over Packet Networks
  • Mobile Networks
  • Wireless Networks
  • Network and System Programming
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Distributed Database Management Systems
  • Advanced Algorithm Analysis and Design
  • Theory of Computing
  • Advanced Operating Systems
  • Real Time Embeded Systems
  • Advance Computer Architecture
  • Advnace Digital Design
  • Advance Digital Signal Processing

Publications:

MS Thesis

  1. DiffServ based Multi-path Routing Algorithm for Wired and Mobile Ad hoc Networks

Journal Papers

  1. M. O. Farooq and G. A. Shah, “Reactive QoS Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks”. To appear in Ad-hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks Journal (indexed and abstracted in Science Citation Index Expanded by ISI Thomson Reuters).
  2. M. O. Farooq and T. Kunz, “Operating Systems for Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey”, Sensors Vol. 11, No. 6, June 2001. Special issue on Selected papers from FGIT 2010  (indexed and abstracted in Science Citation Index Expanded by ISI Thomson Reuters).
  3.  M. O. Farooq and S. Aziz, “Differentiated Services based Admission Control and Multi-path Routing for IPv6”, Journal of Information Processing System Volume 5. No.2 June 2009.

Conference Papers

  1. M.O. Farooq and T. Kunz, "Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks Testbeds and State-of-the-Art Hardware: A Survey", to appear in proc. of Future Generation in Information Technology (LNCS), Jeju Island, Korea, December 2011.
  2. M.O. Farooq, T. Kunz, and M. St-Hilaire, "Differentiated Services Architecture for QoS Provisioning in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks", to appear in proc. of IFIP Wireless Days, Niagara Falls, Canada, October 2011.
  3. M.O. Farooq, T. Kunz, and M. St-Hilaire, "Differentiated Services based Congestion Control Algorithm for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks", to appear in proc. of IFIP Wireless Days, Niagara Falls, Canada, October 2011. 
  4. M.O. Farooq, T. Kunz, and M. St-Hillaire, “Cross Layer Architecture for Supporting Multiple Applications in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks”, in proc. of 7th International Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2011), 5-8 July, 2001. Istanbul, Turkey. 
  5. M.O. Farooq, S. Aziz, and A. B. Dogar, “State of the art in Wireless Sensor Networks Operating Systems: a Survey”, Proc. of 2nd International Conference on Future Generation in Information Technology (FGIT), Springer LNCS 6485, 13-15 December 2010, Jeju Island, Korea.
  6. M. O. Farooq, A. B. Dogar, and G. A. Shah, “MR-LEACH: Multi-hop Routing with Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy”, Proc. of 4th International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM) (IEEE Computer Society). July 18-25, 2010, Venice Italy.
  7. M. O. Farooq and A. S. Butt “Hybrid Differentiated Service Architecture for QoS Routing in MANET’s”, Proc. of 13th IEEE Multitopic Conference (IEEE-INMIC). December 14-15, 2009, Islamabad Pakistan.
  8. M. O. Farooq and S. Aziz, “Admission Control and Multipath Routing Algorithm for DiffServ based Networks”, Proc. of 3rd International Conference on Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive System (CISS) (IEEE Computer Society), March 16 -19, 2009, Fukuoka, Japan.
  9. M. O. Farooq and S. Aziz, "QoS based Distributed Multipath Routing and Admission Control Algorithm for IPv6", Proc. of 12th IEEE INMIC 23-24 December, 2008, Karachi Pakistan.
  10. M. O. Farooq and S. Aziz "Stateless and Controlled Reservation Based DiffServ Model for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks". Proc. of 4th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC) (IEEE Computer Society), Athens Greece July 27 – August 1, 2008.