Dr.-Ing. Omer Farooq

Ph.D., Computer Science
University of Luebeck, Germany
Grade: magna cum laude (with great distinction)
Date of Graduation: 11th June, 2014

M.S., Computer Engineering
University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan
CGPA: 3.94/4.0
Date of Graduation: 26th August, 2008

B.S., Computer Science
Virtual University of Pakistan
CGPA: 3.84/4.0
Date of Graduation: 30th June, 2006

University of Luebeck, Germany, and Carleton University, Canada
Research Assistant Oct, 2010 - August 2014

Center for Advance Studies in Engineering (CASE), Islamabad, Pak-istan
Research Assistant February, 2008 - June, 2010

Ph.D. Thesis
BEAR: Bandwidth-Estimation-based Flow Admission Control and Rout-ing for IEEE 802.15.4-based Ad-hoc Sensor Networks
M.S. Thesis
DiffServ-based Multipath Routing Algorithm for Wired and Mobile Ad-hoc Networks
Journal Papers
• M. O. Farooq and T. Kunz, “BandEst: Measurement-based Available
Bandwidth Estimation and Flow Admission Control Algorithm for Ad-hoc IEEE 802.15.4-based Wireless Multimedia Networks”, to appear in International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks.
• M. O. Farooq and T. Kunz, “Contiki-based IEEE 802.15.4 Channel Ca-pacity Estimation and Suitability of its CSMA-CA MAC Layer Protocol for Real-Time Multimedia Applications”, to appear in Mobile Information Systems.
• M. O. Farooq and T. Kunz,“Wireless Sensor Networks Testbeds and
State-of-the-Art Multimedia Sensor Nodes”, Applied Mathematics and
Information Sciences Journal vol. 8 no. 3, 2014.
• M. O. Farooq, M. St-Hilaire, and T. Kunz, “Cross-Layer Architecture for
QoS Provisioning in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks”, KSII Trans-actions on Internet and Information Systems vol. 6 no. 1, 2012.
• M. O. Farooq and G. A. Shah, “Reactive QoS Routing Protocol for Mobile
Ad-hoc Networks”, Ad-hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks Journal vol. 13
no. (1-2), 2011.
• M. O. Farooq, T. Kunz, “Operating Systems for Wireless Sensor Net-works: A Survey”, Sensors vol. 11 no.6, 2011.
• M. O. Farooq and S. Aziz, “Differentiated Services based Admission Con-trol and Multi-path Routing for IPv6”, Journal of Information Processing
Systems vol. 5 no.2, 2009.
Conference/Workshop Papers
• M.O. Farooq and T. Kunz, “Key Factors for a Proper Available-Bandwidth-based Flow Admission Control in Ad-hoc Wireless Sensor Networks”, In
Proc. of 8th International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Actuator and
Robot Networks (WiSARN 2014), in conjunction with ADHOC-NOW.
• M.O. Farooq and T. Kunz, “Available-bandwidth-based Routing in IEEE
802.15.4-based Ad-hoc Networks: Proactive vs. Opportunistic Technique”,
In Proc. of 28th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information
Networking and Applications (AINA 2014).
• M.O. Farooq and T. Kunz, “Proactive Bandwidth Estimation for IEEE
802.15.4-based Networks”, In Proc. of IEEE 77th Vehicular Technology
Conference (VTC2013-Spring).
• M.O. Farooq and T. Kunz, “BEAR: Bandwidth Estimation-based Admis-sion Control and Routing for IEEE 802.15.4-based Networks”, In Proc. of 6th Joint IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC 2013).
• M.O. Farooq and T. Kunz, “On Determining Bandwidth Usage Threshold
to Support Real-Time Multimedia Applications in Wireless Multimedia
Sensor Networks”, In Proc. of 27th International Conference on Advanced
Information Networking and Applications Workshops (WAINA) 2013.
• M.O. Farooq and T. Kunz, “Contiki-based IEEE 802.15.4 Node’s Through-put and Wireless Channel Utilization Analysis”, In Proc. of 5th IFIP Wireless Days, 21-23 November, 2012. Dublin, Ireland.
• M.O. Farooq and T. Kunz, “Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks Testbeds
and State-of-the-Art Hardware: A Survey”, In Proc. of Future Genera-tion in Communication and Networking (FGCN), Springer (CCIS 0265), Jeju Island, South Korea, December 8 - 10, 2011.
• M.O. Farooq, T. Kunz, and M. St-Hilaire, “Differentiated Services based
Congestion Control Algorithm for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks”,
In Proc. of 4th IFIP Wireless Days, 10-12 October, 2011. Niagara Falls, Canada.
• M.O. Farooq, T. Kunz, and M. St-Hilaire, “Differentiated Services Archi-tecture for QoS Provisioning in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks”, In Proc. of 4th IFIP Wireless Days, 10-12 October, 2011. Niagara Falls, Canada.
• M.O. Farooq, T. Kunz, and M. St-Hilaire, “Cross Layer Architecture
for Supporting Multiple Applications in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Net-works”, In Proc. of 7th
International Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2011), 4-8 July, 2011. Istanbul, Turkey.
• M.O. Farooq, S. Aziz, and A. B. Dogar, “State-of-the-art in Wireless
Sensor Networks Operating Systems: a Survey”, In Proc. of 2nd In-ternational Conference on Future Generation in Information Technology (FGIT), Springer LNCS 6485, 13-15 December 2010, Jeju Island, Korea.
• M. O. Farooq, A. B. Dogar, and G. A. Shah, “MR-LEACH: Multi-hop
Routing with Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy”, In Proc. of 4th International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SEN-SORCOMM) (IEEE Computer Society). July 18-25, 2010, Venice Italy.
• M. O. Farooq and A. S. Butt “Hybrid Differentiated Service Architec-ture for QoS Routing in MANET’s”, In Proc. of 13th IEEE Multitopic Conference (IEEE-INMIC). December 14-15, 2009, Islamabad Pakistan.
• M. O. Farooq and S. Aziz, “Admission Control and Multipath Routing
Algorithm for DiffServ based Networks”, In Proc. of 3rd International Conference on Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive System (CI-SIS) (IEEE Computer Society), March 16 -19, 2009, Fukuoka, Japan.
• M. O. Farooq and S. Aziz, “QoS based Distributed Multipath Routing and
Admission Control Algorithm for IPv6”, In Proc. of 12th IEEE Multitopic Conference (IEEE-INMIC) 23-24 December, 2008, Karachi Pakistan.
• M. O. Farooq and S. Aziz “Stateless and Controlled Reservation Based
DiffServ Model for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks”. In Proc. of 4th Inter-national Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC) (IEEE Computer Society), Athens Greece July 27 August 1, 2008.