Hammad Iqbal

I am pursuing a doctorate degree at the University of Pittsburgh.

My research advisor is Dr. Taieb Znati

Contact:

Dept. of Computer Science
210 South Bouquet Street
Sennott Square Building, Room 6410
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Email:

Education:

PhD       2004-     University of Pittsburgh

M.S.E    2002      University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Research Interests:

My primary interest is in the design and optimization of computer networks. Specifically, I am interested in the design of high-speed communication networks that are scalable, evolvable, heterogeneous, and can work smartly with minimal human interaction. I am also interested in using statistical and operations engineering tools and techniques for optimizing performance of computing systems. My current research involves control layer design for next-generation networks and optimizations in Internet routing.

Publications:

• H. Iqbal and T. Znati, “On the Design of Clean-Slate Network Control and Management Plane”, Technical Report TR-09-168, Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh.
• H. Iqbal and T. Znati, “Distributed Control Plane for 4D Architecture”, In Globecom 2007 Proceedings.
• M. Elhaddad, H. Iqbal, T. Znati, and R. Melham, "Scheduling to minimize worst-case loss rate”, In ICDCS 2007 Proceedings.
• R.A. Thompson, M. Calle, H. Iqbal, N. Liamcharoen, E. Myakotnykh, Y. Nitipaichit, J. Wood, “Economic Model of an Optical Core Network Architecture”, ITERA 2007 Proceedings.
• H. Iqbal and R. Thompson, “A Framework for Defining Graduate Telecommunications Education”, ITERA 2005 Proceedings

Teaching:

CS 0131 Software for Personal Computing

Miscellaneous:

I constantly try to find an excuse for taking photographs. A sample of them can be found here.

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