School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Pakistan Research Profile Tahir Azim

Overview  M.S., Computer Science –School: Stanford University. –Graduation Date: June 2007 –Specialization: Systems Research in sensor network routing and dissemination protocols with Prof Philip Levis  Accepted into Stanford’s PhD in Computer Science program starting Fall `08  At SEECS: –Research Supervisor: CERN/Caltech Lab –Also helping out in the WisNet (Wireless Networks) Lab  My work spans three main research areas: 2 Sensor Networks →Low-power dissemination and routing protocols →Sensor network deployment →Cross-Layer Protocol Design Distributed Computing →Grid computing →Web Services →Rich Internet Applications / Web 2.0 Power-aware Computing (NEW!) →Energy-efficient software design →Power-aware compilation

Projects  Past Projects: –JClarens: Java framework for secure, discoverable Web Services –Grid-enabled data analysis for handheld devices –Content classification system for blogs (TrippertLabs Inc) –Set of Facebook applications with > 1,000,000 users (TrippertLabs Inc)  Current Projects: –Starburst SSD: Efficient selective dissemination in sensor networks With Philip Levis in Stanford –Measuring and minimizing the energy utilization of multimedia players –Various others: Environmental monitoring using sensor networks Visualization and analysis of a physical memory dump in Linux  Project Proposals under Submission/Preparation: –Establishment of a Stress Testing Research Center in SEECS. Prepared for National ICT R&D fund. To be taken over by Dr Raihan ur Rasool –Power-aware computing for desktops and clusters. With Dr Aamir Shafi 3

Publications  Conference publications: 4 Sensor Networks →ACM SenSys 08 (1 paper submitted) Distributed Computing →IEEE ICWS 04/05 (2 papers) →IEEE ICPP-W 2005 (3 papers) →CHEP 05 (2 papers) →ICMU 06 (1 paper) Power-aware Computing →None yet…