Department of Systems and Computer Engineering Ottawa, Canada
Dr. Thomas Kunz: Students, Visitors, Research Associates
Students Currently In Progress:
David Knox, PhD
Raheleh Niati, PhD (co-supervised with Prof. Banihashemi)
Atekeh Maghsoudlou, PhD (co-supervised with Prof. St-Hilaire)
Muhammad Omer Farooq, PhD (Germany)
Aizaz Chaudhry, PhD (co-supervised with Prof. Hafez)
Mohammadreza Ataei Naeini, PhD (co-supervised with Prof. Banihashemi)
Ammar Mottie Mahmoud Alhosainy, PhD
Muhammad Raisul Alam, PhD (co-supervised with Prof. St-Hilaire)
Xiang Wang, M.A.Sc. (co-supervised with Prof. St-Hilaire)
Alice Izegbuwa Okundaye, M.A.Sc.
Md. Arifur Rahman, M.A.Sc. (co-supervised with Prof. Schwartz)
Tony Morris, M.A.Sc.
Jean-Daniel Medji Me Biomo, M.A.Sc. (co-supervised with Prof. St-Hilaire)
Mohammad Hajikhani, M.A.Sc. (co-supervised with Prof. Schwartz)
Slobodan Vaskovic, M.A.Sc.
Current Research Visitors
Yi Li, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China
Past Research Visitors
Dr. Weishan Zhang, Associate Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai,
China
Past Research Associates:
Steven Xu
Dido Yousof
Terrance Sullivan
Yufang Zhu
Thomas Barry
Students Graduated, in Reverse Chronological Order:
Waheed Ahmed, M.A.Sc., 2012, "Clock Synchronization: Combining
IEEE 1588 and Adaptive Oscillator Correction Method". (co-supervised
with Prof. Schwartz)
Rostam Shirani, M.A.Sc., 2011, "Reactive-Greedy-Reactive in Unmanned
Aeronautical Ad-hoc Networks: A Combinational Routing Mechanism".
(co-supervised with Prof. St-Hilaire)
Suranjit Paul, M.C.S., 2011, "A Comparative Analysis between
Forwarding and Network Coding Techniques for Multiple Wireless
Networks".
Ben Tatham, M.A.Sc., 2011, "Anchor Node Placement for Localization in
Wireless Sensor Networks".
Jin Cheng, M.A.Sc., 2011, "A Smart Home Networking Simulation for
Energy Saving".
Kashif Mahmood, M.A.Sc., 2010, "Adaptive Random Linear Network
Coding with Controlled Forwarding for Wireless Broadcast". (co-supervised
with Prof. Matrawy)
Ereth McKnight-MacNeil, M.A.Sc., 2010, "CS-MNS: Analysis and
Implementation".
Shafagh Alikhani, M.A.Sc., 2010, "iCCA-MAP: A Mobile Node Localization
Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks". (co-supervised with
Prof. St-Hilaire)
Xiaoying Zhang, M.Eng., 2010, "An Energy-Efficient Broadcast
Protocol in MANETs: Design and Evaluation".
Hui Zhou, M.A.Sc., 2009, "Adaptive High-Accuracy Timing Module:
Algorithms and Performance Bounds". (co-supervised with Prof. Schwartz)
Gurpreet Saini, M.A.Sc.(TIM), 2009, "Examining the 4G Mobile
Standard Convergence to the LTE Standard". (co-supervised with Prof. Tanev)
Monageng Kgwadi, M.A.Sc., 2009, "Communication Protocol for
Residential Electrical Demand Response in Home Devices".
Carlos Valencia, M.A.Sc.(TIM), 2009, "Scheduling Alternatives for
Mobile WiMAX: End-to-End Simulations and Analysis".
Jean-Michel Bouffard, M.A.Sc., 2009, "Open Broadcasting Software
Stack and Applications for Mobile Devices".
Pedro Eduardo Villanueva-Pena, PhD, 2009, "GP-Pro: The
Generative Programming Protocol Generator for Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc
Networks".
Abdulbaset Gaddah, PhD, 2008, "A Pro-Active Mobility Management
Scheme for Publish/Subscribe Middleware Systems".
Bicheng Huang, M.Sc.(ISS), 2008, "Performance Analysis of
Demand Response System on top of UMTS Network".
David Kidston, PhD, 2008, "Policy-Enabled Traffic Engineering in
Maritime Tactical Networks".
Rana Alhalimi, M.C.S., 2007, "State Information Accuracy in
Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks Using OLSR".
Hao Zhang, M. Eng., 2006, "Transport Layer Fairness and
Congestion Control in Wireless Ad Hoc Access Networks".
Carlos H. Rentel, PhD, 2006, "Network Time Synchronization
and Code-based Scheduling for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks".
Xiaojing Tao, PhD, 2005, "Traffic Balancing: A Method
for Exploiting System Capacity in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks".
(co-supervised with Prof. Falconer)
Mohamed Abou El Saoud, M.A.Sc., 2005, "MANET Reference
Configurations and Evaluation of Service Location Protocol
for MANET". (co-supervised with Prof. Mahmoud)
Yasser Gadallah, PhD, 2005, "PIES: Protocol Independent
Energy Saving Technique for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks".
Yasser L. Morgan, PhD, 2005, "Pylon-Lite: An Architectural Model
for Cross-Domain QoS".
Mojdeh Ghodousi, M.Eng., 2005, "Enabling QoS in Web Service
Composition in a P2P Environment". (mostly supervised by Prof. White,
School of Computer Science, Carleton University)
Steven Xu, M.C.S., 2004, "Mobility Support on Mesh Networks".
Rakesh Arora, M.Eng., 2003, "TCP Networks with ECN over AQM".
(mostly supervised by Prof. Yang, SITE, University of Ottawa)
Ahmed Moustafa, M.C.S., 2002, "TCP over Mobile Ad-Hoc
Access Networks".
Ying Ge, M.C.S., 2002, "Quality-of-Service Routing in Ad-Hoc
Networks Using OLSR".
Omid Afnan, M.A.Sc., 2002, "Mobile Code for Mobile Devices:
Migration for Improved Application Performance".
Wenping Yang, M.Sc.(ISS), 2002, "Micro-Mobility Managment in Ad-Hoc
Access Networks".
Yufang Zhu, M.Sc.(ISS), 2002, "Pro-Active Connection Maintenance
in AODV and MAODV".
Wei Ding, M.Sc.(ISS), 2002, "Multicast Routing in Fixed Infrastructure
and Mobile Ad Hoc Wireless Networks with a Multicast Gateway".
Jane Liu, M.Sc.(ISS), 2002, "Mobile Map: A Case Study in the Design
& Implementation of a Mobile Application".
Maoyu Wang, M.Sc.(ISS), 2001, "Implementation and Performance
Evaluation of Route Optimization in Mobile IP".
Mohammad Ismail, M.Sc.(ISS), 2001, "Routing Protocols for Ad Hoc
Wireless Networks". (ISS project)
Liang Qin, M.Sc.(ISS), 2001, "Pro-Active Route Maintenance in DSR".
Yang Wang, M.C.S., 2001, "KMOT: A Mobile Code Toolkit for
Resource-Constrained Portable Devices".
Mohamed El Shentenawy, M.C.S., 2001, "Transcoding of JPG Images for
Wireless Proxy Communication". (co-supervised with Prof. Hafez)
Ed Cheng, M.Eng., 2001, "On-demand Multicast Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc
Networks".
Abdulbaset Gaddah, M.C.S., 2000, "WWW Browsing Using a Transcoding
Proxy". (co-supervised with Prof. Hafez)
Yi Wang, M.Eng., 2000, "Visualizing the Execution of Object-Oriented
Code Mobility Applications".
Salim Omar, M.C.S., 2000, "A Mobile Code Toolkit for Adaptive Mobile
Applications".
Uvaiz Ahmed, M.Eng., 1999, "Performance Evaluation of Explicit
Congestion Notification methods in IP Networks: ECN and BECN".
(co-supervised with Prof. Lambadaris)
Jianwen Wang, M.C.S., 1999, "A Proxy Server Infrastructure
for Adaptive Mobile Applications"
Atif Siddiqi, M.Sc.(ISS), 1999, "Location Management Proposals: Survey
and Evaluation".
Zi Cai, M.Sc.(ISS), 1999, "Location-Aware Mobile Applications" (project).
Kenny Fok, M.Math., 1998, "A Simulator for Wireless Local Networks".
Hai Yan Lo, M.Math., 1997, "M-Mail: A Case Study of Dynamic Application
Partitioning in Mobile Computing".
John Scourias, M.Math., 1997, "Dynamic Location Management and Activity-Based
Mobility Modelling for Cellular Networks".
Scott Taylor, M.Math., 1996, "Distributed Systems Management Architectures"
(essay).
Stuart Wachsberg, M.Math., 1996, "Efficient Information Access for Wireless
Computers", (co-supervised with Johnny Wong).
Marc Khouzam, M.Math. 1996 Single Stepping in Event Visualization Tools
for Distributed Applications
Michiel Seuren, M.Sc., 1996, (visiting student from Eindoven University
of Technology, The Netherlands), "Design and Implementation of an Automatic
Event Abstraction Tool".
Holger H. Hoos, Diplom-Informatiker 1994, "Strukturorientierte Beschreibung
und Erzeugung von Musik "(translation: Structure-Oriented Description and
Generation of Music).
Thomas Schweizer, Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker 1994, "Beurteilung der
Qualitaet von abstrakten Ereignissen" (translation: Evaluating the Quality
of Abstract Events).