Project Engineering

Mohammed A. I. Aabed

Atlanta, GA E-mail: ******@******.***

USA Homepage: http://users.ece.gatech.edu/maabed3

Information

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

Education

Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering, in progress

Research Fucus: Social Signal Processing Systems

Advisor: Professor Ghassan AlRegib

Areas of Study: Multimedia processing and communications, immersive commu-

nications and wireless systems.

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

M.Sc., Computer Engineering, June 2008

Thesis Topic: RRM and CAC in Multi-Rate Heterogeneous CDMA Systems

Advisor: Professor Ashraf S. Hasan Mahmoud

Area of Study: Communication Systems and Data Networks

B.Sc., Computer Engineering, June 2005

Cum Laude, With Honors in Engineering

Communications specialization (emphasis on data networks and mobile comput-

ing)

Minor in digital systems design, in addition to an excellent background in infor-

mation science.

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Awards

College of Computer Sciences and Engineering distinguished research award, 2007

Registrar s graduates honor list, 2005

University Scholarship, 2001 2008

Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia, USA

Professional

and Academic

Teaching/Research Graduate Assistant August 2009 to present

Experience

School of Electrical & Computer Engineering

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Lecturer B September 2008 to August 2009

Computer Engineering Department

Digital Circuits and PCB Lab Engineer September 2005 to August 2009

Computer Engineering Department

Research Assistant September 2005 to September 2008

Computer Engineering Department

Summer Internship Summer 2004

Information and Technology Center

Designed, installed and maintained computer networks

Conducted wireless networks installation surveys and feasibility studies

Con gured and installed Cisco and HP switches.

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Teaching Assistant September 2002 to January 2003

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Graded student assignments, quizzes and exams. In addition, maintained

student records.

Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Network Simulation Tools Consultant September 2006 to April 2007

Data networks simulation, modeling and design consultation project for the STC.

The project mainly focused on Opnet as a platform for modeling and simulating

wired and wireless data networks.

My research interests span di erent areas of digital signal processing and communica-

Research

tion systems. I am currently working in the area of social signal processing and its

Interests

applications. My interests also include but not limited to multimedia processing and

communications, immersive communications, gestural analysis and interaction, wireless

and mobile computing. I have also worked intensively on coding and modulation tech-

niques, error control coding, information theory, stochastic and probabilistic modeling

of communication systems and integrated services networks. I look forward to being

involved in new areas and research topics, as well.

Publications

Books Mohammed A. I. Aabed. A. S. H. Mahmoud, Framework for Call Admission

Control Analysis in Multi-Rate DS-CDMA. Saarbrcken, Germany: VDM Verlag

Dr. Mller, 2009.

Journals M. A. Kousa, Mohammed A. I. Aabed, and M. O. B. Saeed Exact enumer-

ation of dominant unrecoverable erasure patterns in SPCPC schemes, to appear

in the Journal of Science and Engineering, 2010.

Conferences Ashraf S. Hasan Mahmoud and Mohammed A. Aabed, Approximation tech-

niques for analytical characterization of downlink tra c power for multi-service

CDMA networks, in the 15th IEEE International Conference on Networks, pp. 342

347, Nov. 2007.

Mohammed A. Aabed, S. M. Awaideh, A.-R. M. Elshafei, and A. A. Gutub,

Arabic diacritics based steganography, in the IEEE International Conference

on Signal Processing and Communication, ICSPC 07, pp. 756 759, Nov. 2007.

Mohammed A. I. Aabed and A. S. H. Mahmoud, Downlink Tra c Power

Characterization for Multi-rate CDMA System Using LS Regression, in the IEEE

70th Vehicular Technology Conference VTC2009-Fall, Sept. 2009.

M.Sc. Thesis: Towards an Analytical Framework Characterizing Multi-Rate

Research

CDMA Downlink Scheduling Problem . The work investigates the problems of

Activities and

RRM and CAC in the downlink channel of multi-rate CDMA systems. An accu-

Implemented

rate approach is developed to characterize the system power outage probability

Projects

considering all the network parameters and environmental random variables.

Served as a TPC member for the IEEE VTC2007-Fall.

A research project concerned with evaluating the performance of Single Parity

Check (SPC) Product Codes under Erasure Decoding. A new paradigm was pro-

posed to exactly calculate the number of unrecoverable patterns in SPCPC.

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An exhaustive study for the problem of integration between WLAN and UMTS

with a comprehensive literature survey. An optimal design and topology were pro-

posed. A full performance evaluation and scenarios simulations were carried out

using Opnet Modeler 11.5. The proposed design supports bidirectional roaming.

KFUPM Wireless Network survey, installation and con guration of switches, ac-

cess point and controllers.

Senior Design Project: characterization, simulation and upgrade plan for the Col-

lege of Computer and Systems Engineering (CCSE) network. The project involved

technology research and real time simulation using the Opnet Modular.

Simulation and performance evaluation of several hando algorithms in GSM sys-

tems.

Analysis of Multi-rate CDMA Scheduling and resource management. The project

involved simulations and performance evaluation of the e ect of integrating dif-

ferent types of tra c on the QoS of the system. An enhanced preemption scheme

was proposed and tested for improving the system throughput.

The CTO of a group of 24 students which was responsible for the design and

implementation of two projects over the course of an academic semester:

Smart Kitchen: design of smart kitchen project that will result in safe and

smart kitchen environment.

GPRS tracking system for rental car companies. The project involves also a

design for a smart environment in the car.

Both projects were completed successfully.

Digital System, Logic Design and VLSI :

8-bit multiplayer: Design of 1 GHZ parallel pipelined multiplayer.

Dual Stage Test Sets Relaxation for Combinational & Full-Scan Sequential

Circuits: implementing an e cient relaxation algorithm for test sets for com-

binational and full-scan sequential circuits.

Variety of web and database designs and implementations for di erent purposes

and applications.

Probability, random variables, stochastic processes, and advanced queuing analysis

Mathematical

Expertise Systems performance evaluation and analysis

Mathematical and information theories applicable to cryptography and cryptosys-

tems including elliptic curves, Galois elds etc.

Linear and nonlinear systems theory

Variety of information and computer science algorithms and complexity analysis

expertise

Technical Skills Extensive hardware and software experience in networking and information technology

Matlab experience: linear algebra, Fourier transforms, nonlinear numerical meth-

ods, polynomials, statistics, visualization

Matlab toolboxes: communications, control system, lter design, curve tting, signal

processing, distribution tting

Programming: C, C++, Java, UNIX shell scripting, JSP and SQL, Assembly, Mathematica,

Maple and others

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Networks tools: Opnet Modular, NS-2, Several management and topology discover-

ing tools. Cisco and HP switches and wireless AP.

CAD and VLSI tools: Spice, Magic, LogicWorks, HITEC, HOPE, VHDL, PCB de-

sign and fabrication, microcontroller and FPGA based systems design.

Applications: TEX, L TEX, BibTEX, Microsoft O ce, and other common productivity

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packages for Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows Vista/XP/2000, Apple OS X, Linux, So-

laris, and other UNIX variants

References are available upon request

References

February 2010

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