School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Pakistan Research Profile: Adeel Baig

 Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering –The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. –Graduation Date: August 2007 –Dissertation Title: Improving Throughput and Fairness of On-board Mobile Networks –M. Eng. Sc UNSW, B.E NED  Past Activities: –Research at National ICT Australia on Smart Transport and Roads (STaR) –Research at UNSW on On-board Communication, Entertainment, And informAtion Networks (OCEAN) –3 Journals (IEEE and IEICE) and 4 Conference Papers (IEEE) 2

3 Joined SEECS in Feb 2008 Member of Communication and System Engineering (CSE) department Interests:  Mobile networks  Seamless Mobility  Next generation IP Networks  Cross layer performance optimisation for wireless networks (using prediction of wireless link quality and disruption)  Mobile based applications for financial environments

4 Project Proposal under preparation: Branchless Banking for rural areas in Pakistan Mobile ATM based model Different from Bank focused or Bank-led models Model based on agents (humans) acting as Tellers Center for Research and Development in IP Technologies Arrangements are underway with PTCL and Cisco IP will be a single convergence layer between services and transport technologies Any Service, Any where, Any time

5 Mission To contribute to emerging, high-quality and productivity-driven research concentration in IP Technologies To produce high quality and impact research output To collaborate with Industries and to assist in developing and carrying out research projects in IP Technologies Possible Future directions Onboard information access for public transports Communication over wide area wireless mesh networks Traffic sensing and monitoring for traffic control Timetable management Innovative Mobile Services Cardless Banking e-payment solutions for bill payments and shopping