CS Faculty Member’s Paper Nominated for Best Paper Award at PERCOM
Submitted on: December , 2007
A paper co-authored by Dr. Umar Saif and students and colleagues at MIT (based on their work from Project Oxygen) has been nominated for the best paper award at IEEE Percom'08! This award, called the Mark Weiser Award, is the highest recognition for a researcher in the field of Pervasive Computing.
Percom is ranked in the A+ category in the CORE list (widely used for ranking conferences in CS); as the premier conference in pervasive computing, percom had an acceptance rate of ~11% this year.
The system was also featured in the following BBC article: http://www.pervasive-cmi.csail.mit.edu/news/3583479.stm.html
Back to topPoor Man's Broadband: CS Research Featured in New Scientist
Submitted on: November 17, 2007
The New Scientist magazine recently interviewed Dr. Umar Saif for his research on "Poor Man's Broadband". The article appeared in the 17th November 2007 issue of the New Scientist. Since 1956 New Scientist has been keeping its readers up to date with the latest science and technology news from around the world. With a network of correspondents and seven editorial offices worldwide they have a global reach that no other science magazine can match. We are lead to believe that this is the first time research done in Pakistan has been covered by a major international technology magazine such as New Scientist.
The "Poor Man's Broadband" project, funded by Microsoft Research's Digital Inclusion Grant, has resulted in a modified version of a p2p system (BitTorrent) designed to bypass the "bottleneck of the Internet" in the developing-world. The system employs direct point-to-point POTS connections to exchange data at the maximum speed afforded by a modem.
For more information regarding the project visit: http://newt.lums.edu.pk/index.php/projects/poor-mans-broadband
Back to topAnnual Faculty Awards Announced
Submitted on: October 25, 2007
Dr Arif Zaman, member of the Dean's Council, today announced the annual CS faculty awards for high achievement. Starting last year, these awards are announced annually to acknowledge the top-performing faculty members in the three areas of research, teaching and contribution to the department.
This year's Research Award was shared by Drs Zartash Uzmi and Nabil Mustafa. In an email to the faculty, Dr Zaman explained that the quality of research publications, funding and related contributions over the year were considered in deciding the winners.
The Teaching Award, based on teaching load and student evaluations, was shared by Drs Ashraf Iqbal and Sohaib Khan. The Contribution Award, which acknowledges overall contribution to the department and its impact, was awarded to Dr Shahid Masud.
"These awards are important to recognize the outstanding achievements and contributions of our faculty members", said Dr Shafay Shamail, Head of the CS Department. The committee which decided the awards consisted of the Vice Chancellor Dr Zahoor Hassan, Dr Arif Zaman and Dr Shafay Shamail.
Back to topThird PhD defence in CS Department
Submitted on: October 18, 2007
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