Research Profile

Ahmed Zahran

Biography

Ahmed H. Zahran is a Senior lecturer at the Computer Science Department, University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. He previously worked in different institutions including Cairo University, Nile University, and the MISL group at UCC. He obtained his Ph.D. at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the University of Toronto in 2007 under the supervision of Prof. Ben Liang. He received his BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering from Electronics and Electrical Communication Department at Faculty of EngineeringCairo University in 2000 and 2002 respectively. His research interests span different topics in wireless mobile networking such as multimedia streaming, wireless networking, software-defined technologies, and modeling and performance evaluation. His research received several awards including the first DASH Industry forum award in MMSys 2017, Best Demo Award in LANMAN 2016, the best paper award in IFIP Networking 2005 conference, spotlight paper for IEEE Trans. Mobile Computing (June 2010), and UCC commercialization award 2010. He served as a technical reviewer for various journals and conferences including, but not limited to, the IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Communication Mag., MMSys, ICC, WCNC, VTC, and Globecom. He also served on the organizing and technical program committees of many conferences.

Research Interests

Overview

My research interests lie in the broad areas of general distributed systems and wireless Internet technologies, including next-generation wireless networks and systems, smart cities, and multimedia communications. In these areas, my research focuses on developing new algorithms, protocols, and solutions to ensure the best user experience and resource utilization. My research is developed and tested using various methods including modeling and optimization, simulations, and testbed implementations.

Keywords:
Multimedia systems:  Video streaming, Virtual reality (AR), Augmented reality (VR),  
Wireless networks: 4G, 5G, 6G, WiFi, resource management, mobility management
Software-defined technologies: SDN and NFV
Network Design and Performance Evaluation: Machine learning, modeling and optimization, simulations, testbeds

Current Projects

Date: Apr 2023 - Mar 2027    
Title: Towards machine learning based distributed resource allocation in wireless networked control systems   
Funding Source: SFI - CONNECT2    
Role: Principal Investigator

Date: Jan 2023 - Dec 2025
Title: Collaborative edge-cLoud continuum and Embedded AI for a Visionary industry of thE futuRe (CLEVER)   
Funding Source: European Commission   
Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Past Projects 

Date: Aug 2021 - May 2022    
Title: Predicting LTE PRB    Meta (Facebook)   
Role: Principal Investigator

Date: Sep 2020 - Aug 2022   
Title: Software-defined distributed cable architecture   
Funding Source: Commscope   
Role: Principal Investigator

Date: Feb 2020 - Jan 2021   
Title: Future Network Scenarios and Requirements   
Funding Source: Huawei Innovation Research Program   
Role: Principal Investigator

Date: Oct 2014 - Jan 2019  
 Title: iVID: An Internet Infrastructure for Video Streaming Optimisation   
Funding Source: Science Foundation Ireland   
Collaborator / Research Fellow

Date: Sep 2013 - Aug 2016   
Title: Interference Mitigation in Spectrally and Energy Efficient Wireless Networks   
Funding Source: NTRA, Egypt   
Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Date: Mar 2012 - Feb 2014   
Title: Media Streaming Management In Heterogeneous Wireless Systems   
Funding Source: NTRA, Egypt   
Role: Principal Investigator

Date: Mar 2011 - Oct 2013   
Title: 4G++ Project   
Funding Source: NTRA, Egypt   
Senior Researcher

Date: Sep 2011 - Aug 2013   
Title: PDAs: Proximity-based, Delay Tolerant Profile Relaying for Androids   
Funding Source: Google   
Role: Collaborator

Date: Oct 2010 – Sept 2014   
Title: Media Streaming Cost Optimization in Heterogeneous Wireless Systems   
Funding Source: Science Foundation Ireland   
Role: Collaborator

Date: Oct 2009 - Mar 2011   
Title: Back-haul Optimization in Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks   
Funding Source: Enterprise Ireland Innovation partnership   
Role: Post-doctoral researcher

Date: 2006 - 2009   
Title: Utility-Based Models for Terminal-Oriented Handover in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks   
Funding Source: Science Foundation Ireland   
Role: Post-doctoral researcher

Date: 2004 – 2006   
Title: Mobility Management in Heterogeneous Wireless Inter-Networking   
Funding Source: CITO Student Internship Program   
Role: PhD Researcher

Date: 2003 – 2005   
Title: Bell University Laboratories Research Grant   
Funding Source: Bell Mobility, Canada   
Role: PhD Researcher

Research Grants

 ProjectFunding
Body
Start DateEnd DateAward
Predicting LTE PRB.Foreign Industry23-AUG-2131-MAY-22€65,985.00
Media Streaming Management In Heterogeneous Wireless SystemsOther: Not Listed01-MAR-1228-FEB-14
Huawei TechnologiesForeign Industry01-AUG-1928-FEB-21€61,409.00

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

 YearPublication
(2021)'Optimizing Video QoE for Mobile eMBMS Users in Cellular Networks'
Khalid, Ahmed and Zahran, Ahmed H. and Sreenan, Cormac J. (2021) 'Optimizing Video QoE for Mobile eMBMS Users in Cellular Networks'. IEEE Transactions On Multimedia, 23 (1):3166-3178   [DOI] [Details]
(2020)'On Leveraging Machine and Deep Learning for Throughput Prediction in Cellular Networks: Design, Performance, and Challenges'
Raca, Darijo and Zahran, Ahmed H. and Sreenan, Cormac J. and Sinha, Rakesh K. and Halepovic, Emir and Jana, Rittwik and Gopalakrishnan, Vijay (2020) 'On Leveraging Machine and Deep Learning for Throughput Prediction in Cellular Networks: Design, Performance, and Challenges'. Ieee Communications Magazine, 58 (3):11-17   [DOI] [Details]
(2018)'Efficient Delivery of Scalable Video Using a Streaming Class Model'
Jason J. Quinlan and Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan (2018) 'Efficient Delivery of Scalable Video Using a Streaming Class Model'. Accounting, Management & Information Technology, 9 (3)   [DOI] [Details]
(2018)'ASAP: Adaptive Stall-Aware Pacing for Improved DASH Video Experience in Cellular Networks'
Zahran, Ahmed H and Quinlan, Jason J and Ramakrishnan, KK and Sreenan, Cormac J (2018) 'ASAP: Adaptive Stall-Aware Pacing for Improved DASH Video Experience in Cellular Networks'. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (TOMM), 14 (3s) [Details]
(2018)'ARBITER+: Adaptive Rate-Based InTElligent HTTP StReaming Algorithm for Mobile Networks'
Zahran, Ahmed Hamdy and Raca, Darijo and Sreenan, Cormac (2018) 'ARBITER+: Adaptive Rate-Based InTElligent HTTP StReaming Algorithm for Mobile Networks'. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, [Details]
(2017)'A framework for optimal cost media streaming in three-tier wireless networks'
Abubakr O. Al-Abbasi and Ahmed H. Zahran (2017) 'A framework for optimal cost media streaming in three-tier wireless networks'. Wireless Networks, 23 (5):1575-1590 [DOI] [Details]
(2017)'A novel mathematical framework for similarity-based opportunistic social networks'
ElSherief, Mai; Alipour, Babak; Al Qathrady, Mimonah; ElBatt, Tamer; Zahran, Ahmed; Helmy, Ahmed (2017) 'A novel mathematical framework for similarity-based opportunistic social networks'. Pervasive and Mobile Computing, 42 :134-150   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2016)'Effective Capacity of Delay-Constrained Cognitive Radio Links Exploiting Primary Feedback'
Anwar, Ahmed H and Seddik, Karim G and ElBatt, Tamer and Zahran, Ahmed H (2016) 'Effective Capacity of Delay-Constrained Cognitive Radio Links Exploiting Primary Feedback'. Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on, 65 (9):7334-7348 [Details]
(2015)'ALD: Adaptive Layer Distribution for Scalable Video'
Quinlan, J; Zahran, A; Sreenan, C.J (2015) 'ALD: Adaptive Layer Distribution for Scalable Video'. ACM/Springer Multimedia Systems Journal, 21 (5):465-484 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2012)'Client-Side Framework for Automated Evaluation of Mechanisms to Improve HTTP Performance'
Davern, P; Nashid, N; Sreenan, CJ; Zahran, A (2012) 'Client-Side Framework for Automated Evaluation of Mechanisms to Improve HTTP Performance'. Journal of Networks, 7 (11):1749-1759 [DOI] [Details]
(2011)'HTTPEP: a HTTP Performance Enhancing Proxy for Satellite Systems'
Davern, P; Nashid, N; Zahran, A; Sreenan, C.J (2011) 'HTTPEP: a HTTP Performance Enhancing Proxy for Satellite Systems'. International Journal of Next Generation Computing, Vol 2, No 3, 2 (3) [Details]
(2010)'Threshold-based Media Streaming Optimization for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks'
Zahran, A; Sreenan, CJ; (2010) 'Threshold-based Media Streaming Optimization for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks'. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, [Details]
(2008)'Mobility Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks'
Ahmed H Zahran and Ben Liang and Aladdin Saleh; (2008) 'Mobility Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks'. IEEE Trans. Mobile Comput, 7 (8):1041-1056   [Details]
(2007)'A Generic Framework for Mobility Modeling and Performance Analysis in Next-Generation Heterogeneous Wireless Networks'
Ahmed H Zahran and Ben Liang; (2007) 'A Generic Framework for Mobility Modeling and Performance Analysis in Next-Generation Heterogeneous Wireless Networks'. IEEE Commun. Mag, 45 (9):92-99   [Details]
(2006)'Signal Threshold Adaptation for Vertical Handoff in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks'
Ahmed H Zahran and Ben Liang and Aladdin Saleh; (2006) 'Signal Threshold Adaptation for Vertical Handoff in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks'. ACM/Spring Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), 11 (4):625-640   [Details]

Conference Publications

 YearPublication
(2022)Proceedings of the 13th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference
Raca, Darijo and Salian, Meghana and Zahran, Ahmed H. (2022) Enabling Scalable Emulation of Differentiated Services in Mininet Proceedings of the 13th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference New York, NY, USA,   [Full Text] [Details]
(2020)2020 IEEE 28th International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP)
Majidi, Akbar and Zahran, Ahmed H. (2020) Optimized Joint Unicast-Multicast Panoramic Video Streaming in Cellular Networks 2020 IEEE 28th International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP) , pp.1-6 [Details]
(2019)Proceedings of the 10th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference
Raca, Darijo and Zahran, Ahmed H. and Sreenan, Cormac J. and Sinha, Rakesh K. and Halepovic, Emir and Jana, Rittwik and Gopalakrishnan, Vijay and Bathula, Balagangadhar and Varvello, Matteo (2019) Empowering Video Players in Cellular: Throughput Prediction from Radio Network Measurements Proceedings of the 10th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference New York, NY, USA,   [Details]
(2018)Proceedings of the 9th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference
Reviakin, Aleksandr and Zahran, Ahmed H and Sreenan, Cormac J (2018) dashc: a highly scalable client emulator for DASH video Proceedings of the 9th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference , pp.409-414 [Details]
(2018)Proceedings of the 28th ACM SIGMM Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video
Raca, Darijo and Zahran, Ahmed H and Sreenan, Cormac J and Sinha, Rakesh K and Halepovic, Emir and Jana, Rittwik and Gopalakrishnan, Vijay and Bathula, Balagangadhar and Varvello, Matteo (2018) Incorporating Prediction into Adaptive Streaming Algorithms: A QoE Perspective Proceedings of the 28th ACM SIGMM Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video , pp.49-54 [Details]
(2018)Proceedings of the 9th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference
Raca, Darijo and Quinlan, Jason J and Zahran, Ahmed H and Sreenan, Cormac J (2018) Beyond throughput: a 4G LTE dataset with channel and context metrics Proceedings of the 9th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference , pp.460-465 [Details]
(2017)Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Wireless
Raca, Darijo and Zahran, Ahmed H and Sreenan, Cormac J and Sinha, Rakesh K and Halepovic, Emir and Jana, Rittwik and Gopalakrishnan, Vijay (2017) Back to the Future: Throughput Prediction For Cellular Networks using Radio KPIs Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Wireless , pp.37-41 [Details]
(2017)Proceedings of the 8th ACM on Multimedia Systems Conference, MMSys 2017, Taipei, Taiwan, June 20-23, 2017
Ahmed H. Zahran and Jason J. Quinlan and K. K. Ramakrishnan and Cormac J. Sreenan (2017) SAP: Stall-Aware Pacing for Improved DASH Video Experience in Cellular Networks Proceedings of the 8th ACM on Multimedia Systems Conference, MMSys 2017, Taipei, Taiwan, June 20-23, 2017 , pp.13-26 [Full Text] [Details]
(2017)42nd IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2017, Singapore, October 9-12, 2017
Ahmed Khalid and Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan (2017) mCast: An SDN-Based Resource-Efficient Live Video Streaming Architecture with ISP-CDN Collaboration 42nd IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2017, Singapore, October 9-12, 2017 , pp.95-103 [Details]
(2016)Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Mobile Video
Abdel-Aziz, Mohamed K and Zahran, Ahmed H and ElBatt, Tamer (2016) A novel framework for scalable video streaming over multi-channel multi-radio wireless mesh networks Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Mobile Video [Details]
(2016)Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Multimedia Systems
Quinlan, Jason J and Zahran, Ahmed H and Sreenan, Cormac J (2016) Datasets for AVC (H. 264) and HEVC (H. 265) evaluation of dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Multimedia Systems [Details]
(2016)4th IEEE International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud Workshops, FiCloud Workshops 2016, Vienna, Austria, August 22-24, 2016
Darijo Raca and Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan (2016) Sizing Network Buffers: An HTTP Adaptive Streaming Perspective . In: Muhammad Younas and Irfan Awan and Joyce El Haddad eds. 4th IEEE International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud Workshops, FiCloud Workshops 2016, Vienna, Austria, August 22-24, 2016 , pp.369-376 [Details]
(2016)2016 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia \& Expo Workshops, ICME Workshops 2016, Seattle, WA, USA, July 11-15, 2016
Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan (2016) ARBITER: Adaptive rate-based intelligent HTTP streaming algorithm 2016 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia \& Expo Workshops, ICME Workshops 2016, Seattle, WA, USA, July 11-15, 2016 , pp.1-6 [Details]
(2016)Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Mobile Video
Zahran, Ahmed H and Quinlan, Jason and Raca, Darijo and Sreenan, Cormac J and Halepovic, Emir and Sinha, Rakesh K and Jana, Rittwik and Gopalakrishnan, Vijay (2016) OSCAR: an optimized stall-cautious adaptive bitrate streaming algorithm for mobile networks Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Mobile Video [Details]
(2016)IEEE International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, LANMAN 2016, Rome, Italy, June 13-15, 2016
Jason J. Quinlan and Darijo Raca and Ahmed H. Zahran and Ahmed Khalid and K. K. Ramakrishnan and Cormac J. Sreenan (2016) D-LiTE: A platform for evaluating DASH performance over a simulated LTE network IEEE International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, LANMAN 2016, Rome, Italy, June 13-15, 2016 , pp.1-2 [Full Text] [Details]
(2016)International Conference on Selected Topics in Mobile \& Wireless Networking, MoWNeT 2016, Cairo, Egypt, April 11-13, 2016
Moataz F. Youssef and Khaled M. F. Elsayed and Ahmed H. Zahran (2016) Contiki-AMAC - The enhanced adaptive radio duty cycling protocol: Proposal and analysis International Conference on Selected Topics in Mobile \& Wireless Networking, MoWNeT 2016, Cairo, Egypt, April 11-13, 2016 , pp.1-6 [Details]
(2016)IEEE International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, LANMAN 2016, Rome, Italy, June 13-15, 2016
Ahmed H. Zahran and Jason J. Quinlan and K. K. Ramakrishnan and Cormac J. Sreenan (2016) Impact of the LTE scheduler on achieving good QoE for DASH video streaming IEEE International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, LANMAN 2016, Rome, Italy, June 13-15, 2016 , pp.1-7 [Full Text] [Details]
(2015)2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City/SocialCom/SustainCom 2015, Chengdu, China, December 19-21, 2015
Mai ElSherief and Tamer A. ElBatt and Ahmed H. Zahran and Ahmed Helmy (2015) An Information-Theoretic Model for Knowledge Sharing in Opportunistic Social Networks 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City/SocialCom/SustainCom 2015, Chengdu, China, December 19-21, 2015 , pp.446-451 [Details]
(2015)2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2015, San Diego, CA, USA, December 6-10, 2015
Ilias Tsompanidis and Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan (2015) A Utility-Based Resource and Network Assignment Framework for Heterogeneous Mobile Networks 2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2015, San Diego, CA, USA, December 6-10, 2015 , pp.1-6 [Details]
(2015)2015 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, ICECS 2015, Cairo, Egypt, December 6-9, 2015
Nada Elgaml and Heba Raafat and Aya Halim and Aya Abdeldayem and Nourhan Mahmoud and Ahmed Khattab and Ahmed H. Zahran (2015) Experimental evaluation of opportunistic access in shared contention-based channels 2015 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, ICECS 2015, Cairo, Egypt, December 6-9, 2015 , pp.260-263 [Details]
(2015)2015 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2015, London, United Kingdom, June 8-12, 2015
Yahia Shabara and Ahmed H. Zahran and Tamer A. ElBatt (2015) Efficient spectrum access strategies for cognitive networks with general idle time statistics 2015 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2015, London, United Kingdom, June 8-12, 2015 , pp.7743-7749 [Details]
(2015)Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks - 10th International Conference, CROWNCOM 2015, Doha, Qatar, April 21-23, 2015, Revised Selected Papers
Ahmed H. Anwar and Karim G. Seddik and Tamer A. ElBatt and Ahmed H. Zahran (2015) On the Effective Capacity of Delay Constrained Cognitive Radio Networks with Relaying Capability . In: Mark Weichold and Mounir Hamdi and Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir and Mohamed M. Abdallah and George K. Karagiannidis and Muhammad Ismail eds. Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks - 10th International Conference, CROWNCOM 2015, Doha, Qatar, April 21-23, 2015, Revised Selected Papers , pp.767-779 [Details]
(2015)2015 IEEE International Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, LANMAN 2015, Beijing, China, April 22-24, 2015
Jason J. Quinlan and Ahmed H. Zahran and K. K. Ramakrishnan and Cormac J. Sreenan (2015) Delivery of adaptive bit rate video: balancing fairness, efficiency and quality 2015 IEEE International Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, LANMAN 2015, Beijing, China, April 22-24, 2015 , pp.1-6 [Full Text] [Details]
(2014)Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP), 2014 IEEE Global Conference on
Salama, Ahmed M and Zahran, Ahmed and ElBatt, Tamer (2014) Fractional sequential sensing for energy efficient cooperative cognitive radio networks Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP), 2014 IEEE Global Conference on , pp.1301-1305 [Details]
(2014)Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communication (PIMRC), 2014 IEEE 25th Annual International Symposium on
Samy, Islam and Zahran, Ahmed H and ElBatt, Tamer (2014) Joint relay assignment and adaptive modulation for energy-efficient cellular networks Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communication (PIMRC), 2014 IEEE 25th Annual International Symposium on , pp.1415-1420 [Details]
(2014)7th IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference, WMNC 2014, Vilamoura, Portugal, May 20-22, 2014
Ilias Tsompanidis and Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan (2014) Mobile network traffic: A user behaviour model 7th IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference, WMNC 2014, Vilamoura, Portugal, May 20-22, 2014 , pp.1-8 [Details]
(2014)2014 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2014, Atlanta, GA, USA, December 3-5, 2014
Ahmed M. Salama and Ahmed H. Zahran and Tamer A. ElBatt (2014) Fractional sequential sensing for energy efficient cooperative cognitive radio networks 2014 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2014, Atlanta, GA, USA, December 3-5, 2014 , pp.1301-1305 [Details]
(2014)Eighth International Conference on Next Generation Mobile Apps, Services and Technologies, NGMAST 2014, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 10-12, 2014
Ghada G. Rizk and Ahmed H. Zahran and Mahmoud H. Ismail (2014) AVIS: An Adaptive VIdeo Simulation Framework for Scalable Video Eighth International Conference on Next Generation Mobile Apps, Services and Technologies, NGMAST 2014, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 10-12, 2014 , pp.84-89 [Details]
(2014)21st International Conference on Telecommunications, ICT 2014, Lisbon, Portugal, 4-7 May, 2014
Samar Ibrahim and Ahmed H. Zahran and Mahmoud H. Ismail (2014) SVC-DASH-M: Scalable video coding dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP using multiple connections 21st International Conference on Telecommunications, ICT 2014, Lisbon, Portugal, 4-7 May, 2014 , pp.400-404 [Details]
(2014)2014 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication Workshops, PerCom 2014 Workshops, Budapest, Hungary, March 24-28, 2014
Mai ElSherief and Tamer A. ElBatt and Ahmed H. Zahran and Ahmed Helmy (2014) The quest for user similarity in mobile societies 2014 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication Workshops, PerCom 2014 Workshops, Budapest, Hungary, March 24-28, 2014 , pp.569-574 [Details]
(2014)IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, WF-IoT 2014, Seoul, South Korea, March 6-8, 2014
Moataz F. Youssef and Khaled M. F. Elsayed and Ahmed H. Zahran (2014) Adaptive radio duty cycling in ContikiMAC: Proposal and analysis IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, WF-IoT 2014, Seoul, South Korea, March 6-8, 2014 , pp.491-495 [Details]
(2014)25th IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communication, PIMRC 2014, Washington DC, USA, September 2-5, 2014
Islam Samy and Ahmed H. Zahran and Tamer A. ElBatt (2014) Joint relay assignment and adaptive modulation for energy-efficient cellular networks 25th IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communication, PIMRC 2014, Washington DC, USA, September 2-5, 2014 , pp.1415-1420 [Details]
(2013)2013 9th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2013, Sardinia, Italy, July 1-5, 2013
Ilias Tsompanidis and Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan (2013) SuperBS: A methodology for resource management in heterogeneous wireless networks . In: Roberto Saracco and Khaled Ben Letaief and Mario Gerla and Sergio Palazzo and Luigi Atzori eds. 2013 9th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2013, Sardinia, Italy, July 1-5, 2013 , pp.1290-1295 [Details]
(2013)Multimedia Systems Conference 2013, MMSys '13, Oslo, Norway, February 27 - March 01, 2013
Jason J. Quinlan and Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan (2013) ALD: adaptive layer distribution for scalable video . In: Carsten Griwodz eds. Multimedia Systems Conference 2013, MMSys '13, Oslo, Norway, February 27 - March 01, 2013 , pp.202-213 [Full Text] [Details]
(2013)The 11th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services, MobiSys'13, Taipei, Taiwan, June 25-28, 2013
Mai ElSherief and Tamer A. ElBatt and Ahmed H. Zahran and Ahmed Helmy (2013) O'BTW: an opportunistic, similarity-based mobile recommendation system . In: Hao-Hua Chu and Polly Huang and Romit Roy Choudhury and Feng Zhao eds. The 11th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services, MobiSys'13, Taipei, Taiwan, June 25-28, 2013 , pp.511-512 [Details]
(2013)2013 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2013, Split, Croatia, 7-10 July, 2013
Ayman T. Abdel-Hamid and Ahmed H. Zahran and Tamer A. ElBatt (2013) Improved spectrum mobility using virtual reservation in collaborative cognitive radio networks 2013 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2013, Split, Croatia, 7-10 July, 2013 , pp.476-482 [Details]
(2013)11th International Symposium and Workshops on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks, WiOpt 2013, Tsukuba Science City, Japan, May 13-17, 2013
Ahmed H. Anwar and Karim G. Seddik and Tamer A. ElBatt and Ahmed H. Zahran (2013) Effective capacity of delay constrained cognitive radio links exploiting primary feedback 11th International Symposium and Workshops on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks, WiOpt 2013, Tsukuba Science City, Japan, May 13-17, 2013 , pp.412-419   [Details]
(2013)Improved Spectrum Mobility using Virtual Reservation in Collaborative Cognitive Radio Networks
Ayman T. Abdel-Hamid and Ahmed H. Zahran and Tamer A. ElBatt (2013) Improved Spectrum Mobility using Virtual Reservation in Collaborative Cognitive Radio Networks   [Details]
(2013)Proceedings of the IFIP Wireless Days, WD 2013, Valencia, Spain, November 13-15, 2013
Abubakr O. Alabassi and Ahmed H. Zahran (2013) Media streaming cost optimization for heterogeneous three-tier wireless networks Proceedings of the IFIP Wireless Days, WD 2013, Valencia, Spain, November 13-15, 2013 , pp.1-7 [Details]
(2012)2012 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2012, Paris, France, April 1-4, 2012
Ahmed H. Zahran (2012) Extended Synchronization Signals for eliminating PCI confusion in heterogeneous LTE 2012 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2012, Paris, France, April 1-4, 2012 , pp.2588-2592 [Details]
(2012)Proceedings of the seventh ACM International Workshop on Mobility in the Evolving Internet Architecture, MobiArch 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, August 22, 2012
Ilias Tsompanidis and Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan (2012) Towards utility-based resource management in heterogeneous wireless networks . In: Xiaoming Fu and Rittwik Jana and K. K. Ramakrishnan eds. Proceedings of the seventh ACM International Workshop on Mobility in the Evolving Internet Architecture, MobiArch 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, August 22, 2012 , pp.23-28 [Details]
(2012)19th International Packet Video Workshop, PV 2012, Munich-Garching, Germany, May 10-11, 2012
Jason J. Quinlan and Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan (2012) SDC: Scalable description coding for adaptive streaming media 19th International Packet Video Workshop, PV 2012, Munich-Garching, Germany, May 10-11, 2012 , pp.59-64 [Full Text] [Details]
(2012)Proc. of 11th Information Technology and Telecommunication Conference (IT&T)
Tsompanidis, I; Zahran, A; Sreenan, C.J (2012) Class-based Bandwidth Management in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks. Poster/Short paper Proc. of 11th Information Technology and Telecommunication Conference (IT&T) [Details]
(2012)Proc. of 11th Information Technology and Telecommunication Conference (IT&T)
Quinlan, J; Zahran, A; Sreenan C.J (2012) CMSE: A Network Element for Assistive Media Steaming Proc. of 11th Information Technology and Telecommunication Conference (IT&T) [Details]
(2011)4th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security, NTMS 2011, Paris, France, February 7-10, 2011
Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan (2011) Extended Handover Keying and Modified IEEE 802.21 Resource Query Approach for Improving Vertical Handoff Performance 4th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security, NTMS 2011, Paris, France, February 7-10, 2011 , pp.1-7 [Details]
(2011)Proc. of International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS)
Davern, P; Nashid, N; Zahran, A; Sreenan C.J (2011) Towards an Automated Client-Side Framework for Evaluating HTTP/TCP Performance Proc. of International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS) , pp.205-212 [Details]
(2011)4th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security, NTMS 2011, Paris, France, February 7-10, 2011
Paul Davern and Noor Nashid and Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan (2011) HTTP Acceleration over High Latency Links 4th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security, NTMS 2011, Paris, France, February 7-10, 2011 , pp.1-5 [Details]
(2010)17th IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, LANMAN 2010, Long Branch, NJ, USA, 5-7 May, 2010
Liping Chen and Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan (2010) IEEE 802.21-enabled ALIVE-HO for media streaming in heterogeneous wireless networks 17th IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, LANMAN 2010, Long Branch, NJ, USA, 5-7 May, 2010 , pp.1-6 [Details]
(2008)Proc. of the First IEEE International Workshop on Future Multimedia Networking
Ahmed H Zahran and Cormac J Sreenan; (2008) Cost Efficient Media Streaming Algorithms for Rate-dependent Pricing Strategies in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks Proc. of the First IEEE International Workshop on Future Multimedia Networking Cardiff, United Kingdom, [Details]
(2008)IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2008, Avignon, France, 12-14 October 2008, Proceedings
Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan (2008) PGMS: Pseudo-optimal Greedy Media Streaming Algorithm for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2008, Avignon, France, 12-14 October 2008, Proceedings , pp.390-396 [Details]
(2007)NETWORKING 2007. Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks, Wireless Networks, Next Generation Internet, 6th International IFIP-TC6 Networking Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA, May 14-18, 2007, Proceedings
Ahmed H. Zahran and Ben Liang and Aladdin Saleh (2007) Impact of Technology Overlap in Next-Generation Wireless Heterogeneous Systems . In: Ian F. Akyildiz and Raghupathy Sivakumar and Eylem Ekici and Jaudelice Cavalcante de Oliveira and Janise McNair eds. NETWORKING 2007. Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks, Wireless Networks, Next Generation Internet, 6th International IFIP-TC6 Networking Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA, May 14-18, 2007, Proceedings , pp.535-545 [Details]
(2006)Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2006, Istanbul, Turkey, 11-15 June 2006
Abu H. Zahran and Ben Liang and Aladdin Saleh (2006) Modeling and Performance Analysis of Beyond 3G Integrated Wireless Networks Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2006, Istanbul, Turkey, 11-15 June 2006 , pp.1819-1824 [Details]
(2005)NETWORKING 2005: Networking Technologies, Services, and Protocols; Performance of Computer and Communication Networks; Mobile and Wireless Communication Systems, 4th International IFIP-TC6 Networking Conference, Waterloo, Canada, May 2-6, 2005, Proceedings
Ben Liang and Ahmed H. Zahran and Aladdin O. M. Saleh (2005) Application Signal Threshold Adaptation for Vertical Handoff in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks . In: Raouf Boutaba and Kevin C. Almeroth and Ram\'on Puigjaner and Sherman X. Shen and James P. Black eds. NETWORKING 2005: Networking Technologies, Services, and Protocols; Performance of Computer and Communication Networks; Mobile and Wireless Communication Systems, 4th International IFIP-TC6 Networking Conference, Waterloo, Canada, May 2-6, 2005, Proceedings , pp.1193-1205 [Details]
(2005)Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2005, Seoul, Korea, 16-20 May 2005
Ahmed H. Zahran and Ben Liang (2005) Performance evaluation framework for vertical handoff algorithms in heterogeneous networks Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2005, Seoul, Korea, 16-20 May 2005 , pp.173-178 [Details]
(2005)Seventh IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM 2005), 12-14 December 2005, Irvine, CA, USA
Ahmed H. Zahran and Ben Liang (2005) Mobility Modeling for Two-Tier IntegratedWireless Multimedia Networks Seventh IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM 2005), 12-14 December 2005, Irvine, CA, USA , pp.643-648 [Details]
(2007)Proc. of 3rd International Computer Engineering Conference Smart Applications for the Information Society, ICENCO 07
Ahmed H Zahran and Ben Liang; (2007) Call Admission Control Analysis in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks Proc. of 3rd International Computer Engineering Conference Smart Applications for the Information Society, ICENCO 07 Cairo, Egypt, [Details]
(2006)Proc. of the Twenty-Third Biennial Symposium on Communications
Ahmed H Zahran and Ben Liang and Aladdin Saleh; (2006) Beyond 3G Wireless Network Design for Optimal Resource Utilization Proc. of the Twenty-Third Biennial Symposium on Communications Kingeston, ON, Canada, [Details]

Professional Activities

Honours and Awards

 YearTitleAwarding Body
2022Best Paper Award, IoTime 2022 International Workshop on the Internet of Time-Critical Things
2017The first Excellence in DASH Award at ACM MMSys 2017 DASH IF - MMsys 2017
2016Best Demo Award, LANMAN 2016 LANMAN 2016
2013Top Runner (Cairo Transportation App challenge) The Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
2011UCC Research Commercialization Award 2010 UCC
2010Spot light paper IEEE Trans. Mobile computing
2006Student Travel Grant IEEE ICC¿06
2005Best paper award IFIP Networking Conference Committee
2004CITO student internship Center of Excecllence Ontario, Canada
2003University of Toronto Fellowship University of Toronto
2003Distinct Research Award Scientific Society of Telecom Engineers
2000The third best graduation project among graduation projects, 2000 Hi-Tech Center for Electronics & Communications, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University
2000The best graduation project in Satellite field Vodafone Egypt

Professional Associations

 AssociationFunctionFrom / To
IEEE (Senior Member) Senior Member/
ACM Association01-MAR-16 /

Patents

 Patent NumberTitleGranted
US9560468B2Communication system 31-JAN-17
10693575System and method for throughput prediction for cellular networks 23-JUN-20

Employment

 EmployerPositionFrom / To
University College Cork Postdoctoral Researcher01-OCT-07 /
Cairo University Assistant Professor01-APR-11 / 20-SEP-14
University College Cork Lecturer01-AUG-17 / 24-JUL-23
University College Cork Research Fellow20-SEP-14 / 31-JUL-17
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto. Research/Teaching Assistant01-SEP-03 / 30-AUG-07
SysDsoft Company, Cairo, Egypt. System Programmer01-MAY-03 / 25-AUG-03
The department of Electronics and Electrical Communication at Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University. Research/Teaching Assistant01-SEP-00 / 25-AUG-03

Education

 YearInstitutionQualificationSubject
2007University of Toronto PhDModeling and Design of Next-Generation Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
2002Cairo University MScImproved Bluetooth Quality of Service For Distributed Control Systems
2000Cairo University BSCElectronics and Electrical Communication Engineering

Languages

 LanguageReadingWritingSpeaking
Arabic
English
French

Journal Activities

 JournalRoleTo / From
Ieee Transactions On Mobile Computing Referee-
Applied Sciences Referee-
Ieee Communications Magazine Referee-
Ieee Transactions On Multimedia Referee-
Ieee Journal On Selected Areas In Communications Referee-
Acm Transactions On Multimedia Computing, Communications And Applications (Tomm) Referee-
Ieee Transactions On Wireless Communications Referee-

Other Activities

 Description

Conference Referee 
  • IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference(CCCN): 2011
  • IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom): 2007
  • IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC): 2006
  • IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communication: 2006
  • International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC):2006
  • IEEE International Workshop on Mobility in the Evolving Internet Architecture (MobiArch): 2006
  • IFIP Networking Conference (Networking): 2007
  • IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC): 2011, 2012, 2013
  • IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC): 2008. 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014
  • IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC): 2005, 2013
  • International Wireless Internet Conference: 2011 
  • IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN): 2012

Teaching Activities

Teaching Interests

Teaching Experience

I have worked in various institutions including University College Cork, Cairo University, and Nile University. In the following (U) and (P) respectively indicate undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

At UCC, I have taught the following modules

  • CS2507 - Computer Architecture (U)  [2017 - 2023]
  • CS3506 - Computer Networks (U)    [2021]
  • CS4627 -  Software-defined networking (U) [2018 - 2021]   
  • CS2214 -   Multimedia 1 (U) (New)    [2017 - 2022]
  • CS6410    Project Development Skills (P)    [2017-2023]

At Cairo University, I taught the following courses

  • ELC780 - Modeling and Simulation (P) (New)    [2011-2014]
  • ELC203 - Microprocessors (U)    [2011-2014]
  • ELC302 - Data Structure and Algorithms (U)    [2011-2014]
  • ELC456 - Satellite communication systems (U)    [2012-2014]
  • ELC327 - Control Theory (U)    [2011-2012]

At Nile University, I have taught the following courses 

  • CIT606 -  Fundamentals of Networking (P)    [2011-2013]
  • CIT630 - Design of Communication Systems (P)  [2012-2014]
During my graduate studies, I have also worked as teaching assistant for various courses at both Cairo University and University of Toronto. electrical and computer engineering

Supervised Taught MSc theses

[Last updated: Oct 202] I have also supervised 26 theses for both MSc Computer Science, MSc Data Analytics, and MSc Interactive Multimedia as presented below.
  • Aditya Roy (2022)    Network Throughput Prediction
  • Aparna Kasiviswanathan (2022)    Leveraging Sensor Data to Classify Stress
  • Vinita Kasbe (2022)    Comparing Delivery Mechanisms for 360 Video
  • Yogita P. Jadhav (2022)    A 360 Tile Encoded Dataset
  • Meghana Salian (2021)    Emulating QoS-Enabled Software-Defined Networks in Mininet
  • Arijit Das (2021)    Predicting Field of View on position based modality in a 360° environment
  • Akankasha Utkhede (2021)    Comparison of Implementations for Augmented Reality Tour Guide based on Deep Learning
  • Mingjie Lyu (2021)    Ireland Natural Attractions: An Immersive Website
  • Navya Melam (2020)    Mobility mode classification using machine learning
  • Sean Scriven (2020)    Improving bus arrival time prediction using machine learning classification
  • Sachin Kumar (2020)    Software-defined Distributed Access Architecture
  • Ameya Adhyapak (2020)    A Comparative study for Virtualized Network Function (VNF) Deployments
  • Shaoqi Jiang (2020)    Adaptive Panoramic Video Streaming
  • Brian Noonan (2020)    nutriClass: An image classification driven nutrition tracker
  • Harish sundaresan (2019)    Transportation mode classification using machine learning
  • Ankit Talwar (2019)    Improving bus arrival time prediction using machine learning
  • Varun Soochik (2019)    A Comparative Study for Quality of Experience (QoE) Metrics for Video Streaming
  • Rasika Phadnis (2019)    A Comparative study for Virtualized Network Function (VNF) Deployments
  • Adarsh Krishna Bhat (2019)    Optimizing mobility support in SDN-based WiFi networks
  • Georgy Jose (2019)    Evaluating Prediction-based Video Streaming Performance
  • Darren Smith (2018)    Network Throughput Prediction
  • Vishal Pandey (2018)    SDN-based traffic manager
  • Varun Menon (2018)    Evaluating streaming performance over QUIC
  • Venktesh S. Patel (2018)    Optimizing mobility support in SDN-based Wi-Fi networks
  • Ankita Singh (2018)    On the impact of throughput sampling techniques on video streaming performance
  • Kevin Kiwango (2017)    Design a Segment Estimator for Adaptive HTTP Streaming Systems using Machine Learning
  • Liping Chen (2010)    Vertical handover algorithm implementation for heterogeneous wireless networks
  • Mark Henelly (2010)    IEEE 802.21 Protocol implementation



Recent Postgraduates

 Graduation YearStudent NameInstitutionDegree TypeThesis Title
2014Jason Quinlan University College CorkPHDEfficient delivery of Scalable Media Streaming over Lossy Networks
2023Sudhanshu Naithani University College CorkMScSoftware Defined Distributed Cable Networks: Design and Use Cases
2013Ayman A. Omar Nile University (Egypt)MScImproving Spectrum Mobility and Multichannel Spectrum Sensing in Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks
2013Mai Elsherief Nile University (Egypt)MScSimilarity and Information Theoretic Framework for Opportunistic Mobile Social Networks
2014Eslam Samy Nile University (Egypt)MScRelay-Assisted Switching On/Off Techniques For Energy-Efficient Networks
2014Ahmed Salama Nile University (Egypt)MScEnergy Efficient Spectrum Sensing In Cognitive Radio Networks
2015Yahia Shabara Nile University (Egypt)MScEfficient Spectrum Access Strategies for Cognitive Radios
2015Mohamed Khairy Nile University (Egypt)MScA Novel Framework For Scalable Video Streaming Over Multi-Channel Multi-Radio Wireless Mesh Networks
2010Liping (Caroline) Chen University College CorkVertical handover algorithm implementation for heterogeneous wireless networks
2014Abubakr Omar Alabbasi Cairo UniversityM.Sc.Thesis: Cost Efficient Media Streaming Strategies for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
2014Moataz Fouad Cairo UniversityM.Sc.Adaptive Radio Duty Cycling in ContikiMAC: A Framework for WSN Objective Management
2019Darijo Raca University College CorkPHDImproving video streaming experience through network measurements and analysis
2016Samar Ibrahim Ali Cairo UniversityM.Sc.Scalable HTTP streaming using Dynamic Connections
2016Ghada Gamal Rizk Cairo UniversityM.Sc.AVIS: Adaptive Video Streaming Tool
2019Ahmed Khalid University College CorkPHDUser Experience and Network Resource Optimization for Live Video Streaming
2014Hisham Elhelw Cairo UniversityM.Sc.Energy Efficient MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Current Postgraduate Students

 StudentDegree Type
Amjad Mahwish Doctoral Degree
Trust Paul Doctoral Degree

Research Information

External Collaborators

 NameOrganisation / InstituteCountry
Tamer Elbatt Cairo UniversityEGYPT
Karim Seddik American University in CairoEGYPT
Ahmed Helmy University of FloridaU.S.A.
Emir Halepovic AT&T LabsU.S.A.
Khaled Elsayed Cairo UniversityEGYPT
Darijo Raca University of SarjevoBOSNIA - HERZEGOVINA
Ritwik Jana AT&T ResearchU.S.A.
K.K. Ramakrishnan Univ. of California, RiversideU.S.A.
Mahmoud H. Ismail Cairo UniversityEGYPT

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