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[[Image:Dec-2025-lunch.jpg|thumb|right|500px|NMSL Lunch, Dec 2025]]
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[[Image:Nmsl mmsys2023.jpg|thumb|right|500px|NMSL at MMSys'23]]
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[[Image:nsl_outdoor_2016.JPG|thumb|right|500px|NMSL Team 2016]]
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[[Image:nsl1.jpg|thumb|right|500px|NMSL Team]]
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[[Image:nsl2.jpg|thumb|right|500px|NMSL Team]]
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[[Image:nsl3.jpg|thumb|right|500px|NMSL Team]]
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[[Image:nsl4.jpg|thumb|right|500px|NMSL Team]]
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[[Image:nmsl_jan_2023.jpg|thumb|right|500px|NMSL Team 2023]]
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[[Image:nmsl_dec_2021.jpg|thumb|right|500px|NMSL Team 2021]]
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[[Image:Mobicom2023.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Neha Sharma at MobiCom'23]]
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[[Image:Ali-defence.png|thumb|right|500px|Ali Ghorbanpour's M.Sc. Defence, April 2025]]
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[[Image:KhaledAliShahrzad graduation.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Khaled, Ali, and Shahrzad: Convocation, October 2025]]
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[[Image:Amin-defence.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Amin Arab's Ph.D. Defence, December 2025 ]]
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[[Image:Neha-defence.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Neha Sharma's Ph.D. Defence, December 2025]]
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== Faculty ==
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* [https://www.cs.sfu.ca/~mhefeeda/ Mohamed Hefeeda] (Professor, NMSL Director)
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Image:mhefeeda.jpg|Mohamed Hefeeda
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== Current Members ==
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* Saeed Zangeneh, Ph.D.
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* Haseeb Ur Rehman, Ph.D. (Co-advised with Prof. Shirmohammadi at University of Ottawa)
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* Mariam Bebawy, M.Sc.
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* Erfan Mehraban, M.Sc.
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* Ahmed Abdelsalam, M.Sc.
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Image:Maryam_bebawy.jpg| Mariam Bebawy
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Image:Saeed.jpg| Saeed Zangeneh
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Image:Erfan_mehraban.jpg| Erfan Mehraban
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Image:AhmedTarekPhoto.jpg | Ahmed Tarek Elsayed
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== Former Postdocs ==
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* Hamed Ahmadi,  August 2017. Next: Software Engineer, Vancouver.
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* Mohamed ElGharib (at QCRI), 2015. Next: Scientist at QCRI, Qatar. Current: Researcher at Max Plank Institute, Germany. 
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* Tamir Hegazy, August 2013. Next: Researcher, Georgia Tech, Atlanta. Current: Principal Scientist, Philips, Cambridge, MA.
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* Abdul Hasib, January 2013. Next: System Design Engineer, SNC Lavalin, Vancouver. 
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* Maysam Yabandeh (at QCRI), 2013. Next: Research Engineer, Facebook.
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* Mustafa Rafique (at QCRI), 2012. Next Scientist, IBM Research, Ireland. Current: Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
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== Graduated Students (Supervised by Dr. Hefeeda) ==
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'''Ph.D. Students'''
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* Neha Sharma, Ph.D., Fall 2025, Hyperspectral Imaging on Mobile Devices. Next: Researcher at IBM.
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* Mohammad Amin Arab, Ph.D. Fall 2025, Robust Multimedia Forensics against AI Attacks.
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* Ammar Rashed, Ph.D. Summer 2025, Co-advised with Prof. Shirmohammadi at the University of Ottawa.
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* Khaled Diab, Ph.D., Summer 2019, [https://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/diab19.pdf Traffic-Engineered Distribution of Multimedia Content]. Next: University Research Associate, SFU
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* Mohammed Shatnawi, Ph.D., Fall 2018, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/shatnawi18.pdf Improving Reliability of Large Scale Multimedia Services]. Next: Microsoft, Seattle (continues in his previous position).
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* Kiana Calagari, Ph.D., Summer 2017, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/calagari17.pdf Generating and Streaming Immersive Sports Video Content]. Next: Researcher at Ever AI, Vancouver.
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* Ahmed Hamza, Ph.D., Spring 2017, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/hamza17.pdf Quality-aware 3D Video Delivery]. Next: Researcher at InterDigital, Montreal.
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* Saleh Almowuena, Ph.D., Fall 2016, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/almowuena16.pdf Hybrid Multicast-Unicast Video Streaming over Heterogeneous Cellular Networks] Next: Assistant Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. 
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* ChengHsin Hsu, Ph.D., Fall 2009, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/hsu09.pdf Efficient Mobile Multimedia Streaming]. Next: Senior Researcher, Deutsche Telekom R&D Lab, California, USA. Current: Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. 
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* [http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~mhefeeda/ Mohamed Hefeeda]
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'''M.Sc. Students -- Thesis Option (thesis = 15 credits)'''
  
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* [http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~peters/ Joseph G. Peters]
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* Ghazaleh Bakhtiariazad, M.Sc., Spring 2026,iSR: Super-resolution for Immersive Cloud VR Gaming Platforms.  
  
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* Shahrzad Mirzaei, M.Sc., Summer 2025, [https://summit.sfu.ca/item/39749 MobiLyzer: Fine-grained mobile liquid analyzer].
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* Khaled Al Butainy, M.Sc., Summer 2025, Characterizing Latency Impact on Rendering Accuracy in Edge-Supported Cloud Gaming.
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|[[Image:Mhefeeda.jpg|center|Mohamed Hefeeda|100px]]
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|[[Image:Peters.jpg|center|Joseph Peters|100px]]
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* Ali Ghorbanpour, M.Sc., Summer 2025, RDIAS: Robust and Decentralized Image Authentication System.
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|align="center" width="200pt"|Mohamed Hefeeda
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* Omar Mosaad, M.Sc., Fall 2024, DeepGame: Efficient Video Encoding for Cloud Gaming.
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|align="center" width="200pt"|Joseph G. Peters
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* Deniz Ugur, M.Sc., Fall 2024, Transparent Video Upscaling for Cloud Gaming.
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* Muhammad Shahzaib Waseem, M.Sc., Summer 2024, Assessing Fruit Ripeness and Remaining Lifetime using Smartphones.
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* Hamed Rahmani Khezri, M.Sc., Fall 2021, [https://theses.lib.sfu.ca/file/thesis/6705 Unsupervised Single-Image Reflection Removal]. Next: Machine Learning Engineer at Skylab Technologies Inc.
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* Parham Yassini, M.Sc., Fall 2021, [https://theses.lib.sfu.ca/file/thesis/6691 Distributed In-Network Task Scheduling for Datacenters]. Next: Software Engineer at Huawei Canada.
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* Puria Azadi Moghadam, M.Sc., Summer 2021, [https://theses.lib.sfu.ca/file/thesis/6478 Enabling Hyperspectral Imaging in Diverse Illumination Conditions for Indoor Applications]. Next: Ph.D. student at UBC.
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* Carlos Lee, M.Sc., Summer 2020, [https://theses.lib.sfu.ca/file/thesis/5968 Service Chaining for Multicast Traffic].  Next: Amazon, Vancouver.
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* Amgad Ahmed, M.Sc., Spring 2020, [https://theses.lib.sfu.ca/file/thesis/5813 User-assisted Video Reflection Removal]. Next:  Amazon, Vancouver.
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* Mohammad Amin Arab, M.Sc., Summer 2019, [https://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/arab19.pdf Band and Quality Selection for Efficient Transmission of Hyperspectral Images]. Next: Ph.D. student at SFU.
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* Mohamed Hegazy, M.Sc., Summer 2019, [https://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/hegazy19.pdf Content-aware Video Encoding for Cloud Gaming]. Next: Amazon, Vancouver.
  
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== Current Students ==
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* Omar Arafa, M.Sc., Summer 2019, [https://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/arafa19.pdf Bandwidth Estimation and Rate Adaptation for 360-degree Mobile Video Streaming]. Next: Fortinet, Burnaby.
  
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* [http://www.sfu.ca/~aah10/ Ahmed Hamza, Ph.D.]
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* Omar Eltobgy, M.Sc., Fall 2018, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/eltobgy18.pdf VRCast: Mobile Streaming of Live 360-Degree Videos]. Next: Adobe, Ottawa.  
  
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* Mohammad Alkurbi, M.Sc.
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* Alaa Eldin Abdelaal, M.Sc., Summer 2017, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/abdelaal17.pdf Event-based Control as a Cloud Service]. Next: Ph.D. student at UBC.  
  
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* Farid Tabrizi, M.Sc. (co-supervised with Prof. Joesph Peters)
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* Abdullah Aldhamin, M.Sc., Fall 2014, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/aldhamin14.pdf Flash Storage Management Algorithm for Large-Scale Hybrid Storage Systems]. Next: back to Saudi Aramco Oil Company.  
  
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* Cameron Harvey, M.Sc.
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* Ahmed Abdelsadek, M.Sc., Fall 2014, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/abdelsadek14.pdf Distributed Index for Matching Multimedia Objects]. Next:  Microsoft, Vancouver.  
  
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* [http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~hsadeghi/personal/  Hamed Sadeghi Neshat, M.Sc.]
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* Md. Mahfuzur Rahman, M.Sc., Spring 2014, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/mrahman13.pdf Hybrid Multicast-Unicast Streaming over Mobile Networks]. Next: Telus, Vancouver.  
  
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* Fei (Jeffrey) Gao, M.Sc.
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* Ahmed Bu-khamsin, M.Sc., Fall 2012, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/bu-khamsin12.pdf Socket Direct Protocol over PCI Express Interconnect: Design, Implementation and Evaluation]. Next: back to Saudi Aramco Oil Company.
  
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* [http://www.sfu.ca/~tdameh/ Taher Dameh, M.Sc.]
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* Azin Dastpak, M.Sc., Fall 2012, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/dastpak12.pdf Video Streaming over Cognitive Radio Networks] (co-supervised with Prof. Jiangchuan Liu)
  
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* Bassam Almohammadi, M.Sc.
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* Naghmeh Khodabakhshi, M.Sc., Summer 2012, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/khodabakhshi12.pdf Copy Detection of 3D Videos]. Next: RIM, Ottawa.
  
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* Azin Dastpak, M.Sc. (co-supervised with Prof. Jiangchuan Liu)
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* Taher Dameh, M.Sc., Summer 2012, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/dameh12.pdf Distributed Kernel Matrix Approximation and Implementation using MPI]
  
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* Kaushik Choudhary, M.Sc.
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* Fei Gao, M.Sc., Fall 2011, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/gao11.pdf Distributed Approximate Spectral Clustering for Large-Scale Datasets]
  
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* Mathieu Spénard, M.Sc.
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* R. Cameron Harvey, M.Sc., Fall 2011, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/harvey11.pdf Spatio-Temporal Video Copy Detection]. Next: Amazon, Seattle.  
  
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* Naghmeh Khodabakhshi, M.Sc.
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* Hamed Sadeghi Neshat, M.Sc., Summer 2011, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/neshat11.pdf Effective Online Advertising]. Next: Microsoft, Seattle.
  
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* Ahmed Bu-khamsin, M.Sc.
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* Farid Molazem Tabrizi, M.Sc., Spring 2011, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/tabrizi11.pdf Adaptive Transmission of Variable-Bit-Rate Video Streams to Mobile Devices] (co-supervised with Prof. Joseph Peters). Next: PhD Student at UBC.
  
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* Shabnam Mirshokraie, M.Sc., Fall 2010, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/mirshokraie10.pdf Live Peer-to-Peer Streaming with Scalable Video Coding and Network Coding]. Next: PhD Student at UBC
  
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*  Somsubhra Sharangi, M.Sc., Fall 2010, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/sharangi10.pdf Scalable Video Streaming over WiMAX Networks] (co-supervised with Prof. Ramesh Krishnamurti). Next: PhD Student at SFU.
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|[[Image:Ahamza.JPG|center|Ahmed Hamza|80x100px]]
 
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|[[Image:Mohammad.jpg|center|Mohammad Alkurbi|80x100px]]
 
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|[[Image:Farid.jpg|center|Farid Tabrizi|80x100px]]
 
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Ahmed Hamza
 
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Mohammad Alkurbi
 
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Farid Tabrizi
 
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{| border="0"
 
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|[[Image:Cameron.jpg|center|Cameron Harvey|80x100px]]
 
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|[[Image:Hamed.jpg|center|Hamed SadeghiNeshat|80x100px]]
 
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|[[Image:Fei.jpg|center|Fei Gao|80x100px]]
 
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|[[Image:Taher.jpg|center|Taher Dameh|80x100px]]
 
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|[[Image:Bassam.jpg|center|Bassam Almohammadi|80x100px]]
 
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Cameron Harvey
 
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Hamed<br/>SadeghiNeshat
 
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Fei Gao
 
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Taher Dameh
 
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Bassam Almohammadi
 
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|[[Image:AhmedBuKhamsin.jpg|center|Ahmed Bu-khamsin|80x100px]]
 
  
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*  Yuanbin Shen, M.Sc., Summer 2010, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/shen10.pdf Efficient Algorithms for Multi-sender Data Transmission in Swarm-based Peer-to-peer Streaming Systems]
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Azin Dastpak
 
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*  Cong Ly, M.Sc., Summer 2010, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/ly10.pdf Latency Reduction in Online Multiplayer Games Using Detour Routing]. Next:  Microsoft, Vancouver.
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== Visitors ==
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*  Yi Liu, M.Sc., Fall 2009, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/liu09.pdf Video Streaming over Cooperative Wireless Networks]. Next: grad student, Oxford, UK.
  
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* Gordon Leung, Undergraduate  (NSERC USRA, Summer 2010)
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* Greg Kowalski, M.Sc., Fall 2009, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/kowalski09.pdf Empirical Analysis of Multi-Sender Segment Transmission Algorithms in Peer-to-Peer Streaming]
  
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* Andreas Berger, Graduate (Research Visitor from The Telecommunications Research Center Vienna, Feb -- May 2009)
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* Kianoosh Mokhtarian, M.Sc., Fall 2009, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/mokhtarian09.pdf Efficient and Secure Delivery of Scalable Video Streams]. Next: PhD Student at UoT.
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* Vikas Kumar, Undergraduate (Research Internship, May -- July 2008)
 
  
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* Nitin Chiluka, Undergraduate (Research Internship, December 2007 -- May 2008)
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* Behrooz Noorizadeh, M.Sc., Fall 2007, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/noorizadeh07.pdf Cooperative Proxy Caching for Peer-to-Peer Traffic]. Next: Nokia, Vancouver.
  
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* Nicolas Gomez, Undergraduate  (NSERC USRA, Summer 2007)
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* Hossein Ahmadi, M.Sc., Summer 2007, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/ahmadi07.pdf Probabilistic Coverage and Connectivity in Wireless Sensor Networks]. Next: Ph.D. Student at UIUC,
  
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* Pouya Alagheband, Undergraduate (NSERC USRA, Summer 2007)
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* Majid Bagheri, M.Sc., Summer 2007, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/bagheri07.pdf Efficient K-Coverage Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks and their Applications to Early Detection of Forest Fires]. Next: Ph.D. Student at SFU.
  
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* Osama Saleh, M.Sc., Fall 2006, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/saleh06.pdf Modeling and Caching of Peer-to-Peer Traffic]. Next: Engineer in the banking sector, London, UK.
  
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== Graduated Students ==
 
  
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'''M.Sc. Students -- Project Option (project = 6 credits)'''
  
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'''Ph.D. Students'''
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* Kaushik Choudhary, M.Sc., Summer 2012, [https://summit.sfu.ca/item/12450 Design and Implementation of an Electronic Service Guide for Mobile Video Systems]
  
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* ChengHsin Hsu, Ph.D., Fall 2009, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/hsu09.pdf Efficient Mobile Multimedia Streaming]. First Job: Senior Researcher, Deutsche Telekom R&D Lab, California, USA.
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* Mohammad Alkurbi, M.Sc., Spring 2011, [https://summit.sfu.ca/item/11588 Detection of Botnets Mounted on the Session Initiation Protocol]
  
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== Graduated Students (Supervised by Dr. Peters) ==
  
 
'''M.Sc. Students -- Thesis Option (thesis = 15 credits)'''
 
'''M.Sc. Students -- Thesis Option (thesis = 15 credits)'''
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* Mohsen Jamali Langroodi, M.Sc., Fall 2014, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/langroodi14.pdf Decoder-complexity-aware Encoding of Motion Compensation for Multiple Heterogeneous Receivers]
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* Mohammad Hosseini, M.Sc., Summer 2013, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/hosseini13.pdf Energy-budget-compliant Adaptive 3D Texture Streaming in Mobile Games]
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* Pariya Raoufi, M.Sc., Spring 2013, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/raoufi13.pdf Real-Time Video Streaming over WiMAX Networks with H.264 Coding]
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* Mohsen Jamali Langroodi, M.Sc., Fall 2014, [https://summit.sfu.ca/item/14556 Decoder-complexity-aware Encoding of Motion Compensation for Multiple Heterogeneous Receivers]
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* Mohammad Hosseini, M.Sc., Summer 2013, [https://summit.sfu.ca/item/13754 Energy-budget-compliant Adaptive 3D Texture Streaming in Mobile Games]
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* Pariya Raoufi, M.Sc., Spring 2013, [https://summit.sfu.ca/item/12939 Real-Time Video Streaming over WiMAX Networks with H.264 Coding]
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== Visitors and Interns ==
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* Amr Sharafeldin, Undergraduate SFU (NSERC USRA, Summer 2025)
  
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* Shabnam Mirshokraie, M.Sc., Fall 2010, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/mirshokraie10.pdf Live Peer-to-Peer Streaming with Scalable Video Coding and Network Coding]
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* Anson Ng, Undergraduate from McGill University (NSERC USRA, Summer 2024)
  
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* Somsubhra Sharangi, M.Sc., Fall 2010, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/sharangi10.pdf Scalable Video Streaming over WiMAX Networks] (co-supervised with Prof. Ramesh Krishnamurti)
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* Arya Faghihy, Undergraduate SFU (NSERC USRA, Summer 2024)
  
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*   Yuanbin Shen, M.Sc., Summer 2010, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/shen10.pdf Efficient Algorithms for Multi-sender Data Transmission in Swarm-based Peer-to-peer Streaming Systems]
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* Seyed Mohammad Nourbakhsh, Professional Master's Student (Research Internship, June 2019 -- December 2019)
  
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* Cong Ly, M.Sc., Summer 2010, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/ly10.pdf Latency Reduction in Online Multiplayer Games Using Detour Routing]
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* Suhong Kim, Professional Master's Student (Research Internship, May 2019 -- December 2019)
  
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* Yi Liu, M.Sc., Fall 2009, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/liu09.pdf Video Streaming over Cooperative Wireless Networks]
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* Trevor Gale, Undergraduate (Research Internship, May 2019 -- August 2019)
  
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* Greg Kowalski, M.Sc., Fall 2009, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/kowalski09.pdf Empirical Analysis of Multi-Sender Segment Transmission Algorithms in Peer-to-Peer Streaming]
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* Qiao Chen, Undergraduate (August 2016 -- January 2017)
  
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* Kianoosh Mokhtarian, M.Sc., Fall 2009, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/mokhtarian09.pdf Efficient and Secure Delivery of Scalable Video Streams]
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* Denny Stohr, Graduate (Research Visitor from TU Darmstadt, Germany, September 2015 -- December 2015)
  
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* Behrooz Noorizadeh, M.Sc., Fall 2007, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/noorizadeh07.pdf Cooperative Proxy Caching for Peer-to-Peer Traffic]
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* Maram Sakr, Graduate (Research Internship, March 2015 -- September 2015)
  
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* Hossein Ahmadi, M.Sc., Summer 2007, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/ahmadi07.pdf Probabilistic Coverage and Connectivity in Wireless Sensor Networks]
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* Yu-Sian Li, Graduate (Research Visitor from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, July -- September 2012)
  
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* Majid Bagheri, M.Sc., Summer 2007, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/bagheri07.pdf Efficient K-Coverage Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks and their Applications to Early Detection of Forest Fires]
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* Gordon Leung, Undergraduate  (NSERC USRA, Summer 2010)
  
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* Osama Saleh, M.Sc., Fall 2006 [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/saleh06.pdf Modeling and Caching of Peer-to-Peer Traffic]
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* Andreas Berger, Graduate (Research Visitor from The Telecommunications Research Center Vienna, February -- May 2009)
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* Vikas Kumar, Undergraduate (Research Internship, May -- July 2008)
  
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* Nitin Chiluka, Undergraduate (Research Internship, December 2007 -- May 2008)
  
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* Nicolas Gomez, Undergraduate  (NSERC USRA, Summer 2007)
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* Pouya Alagheband, Undergraduate (NSERC USRA, Summer 2007)
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Somsubhra Sharangi
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Image:GhazalehB.jpg| Ghazaleh Bakhtiariazad
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Image:Sharma.JPG|Neha Sharma
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{| border="0"
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Image:Arab.jpg|Mohammad Amin Arab
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|[[Image:Yuanbin.jpg|center|Yuanbin Shen|80x100px]]
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Image:ShahrzadM.JPG|Shahrzad Mirzaei
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|[[Image:Cong.jpg|center|Cong Ly|80x100px]]
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Image:Khaled_alb.jpg| Khaled Al Butainy
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|[[Image:Cheng.JPG|center|ChengHsin Hsu|80x100px]]
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Image:AliGh.jpg|Ali Ghorbanpour
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|[[Image:Liuyi.jpg|center|Yi Liu|80x100px]]
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Image:Mossad.jpeg.jpg|Omar Mossad
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|[[Image:Greg.jpg|center|Greg Kowalski|80x100px]]
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Image:Deniz ugur picture.jpg.jpg|Deniz Ugur
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Image:Shahzaib.jpg|Muhammad Shahzaib Waseem
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Yuanbin Shen
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Image:parhamY.jpeg|Parham Yassini
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Cong Ly
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Image:Rahmani.jpg|Hamed Rahmani Khezri
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|align="center" width="100pt"|ChengHsin Hsu
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Image:Azadi.jpg|Puria Azadi Moghadam
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Yi Liu
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Image:carloslee.png|Carlos Lee
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Greg Kowalski
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Image:AmgadAhmed.jpg|Amgad Ahmed
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Image:kdiab.jpg|Khaled Diab
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Image:MohamedHegazy.jpg|Mohamed Hegazy
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|[[Image:Kianoosh.jpg|center|Kianoosh Mokhtarian|80x100px]]
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Image:Arafa.jpg|Omar Arafa
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|[[Image:Behrooz.jpg|center|Behrooz Noorizadeh|80x100px]]
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Image:shatnawi.JPG|Mohammed Shatnawi
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|[[Image:Ahmadi.jpg|center|Hossein Ahmadi|80x100px]]
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Image:eltobgy.jpg|Omar Eltobgy
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|[[Image:Mbagheri.jpg|center|Majid Bagheri|80x100px]]
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Image:Kiana.jpg|Kiana Calagari
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|[[Image:Saleh.jpg|center|Osama Saleh|80x100px]]
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Image:Alaa.jpg|Alaa Eldin Abdelaal
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Image:Ahamza.JPG|Ahmed Hamza
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Kianoosh Mokhtarian
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Image:saleh.JPG|Saleh Almowuena
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Behrooz<br/>Noorizadeh
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Image:Abdullah_small.jpg|Abdullah Aldhamin
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Hossein Ahmadi
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Image:sadek_scaled.jpg|Ahmed Abdelsadek
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Majid Bagheri
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Image:Mohsen_Jamali_scaled.jpg|Mohsen Jamali
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Osama Saleh
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Image:Masum.jpg|Md. Mahfuzur Rahman
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Image:Mohammad_Hosseini_scaled.jpg|Mohammad Hosseini
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Image:Pariya_scaled.jpg|Pariya Raoufi
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Image:AhmedBuKhamsin.jpg|Ahmed Bu-khamsin
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Image:Azin.jpg|Azin Dastpak
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Image:Naghmeh.jpg|Naghmeh Khodabakhshi
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Image:Kaushik.jpg|Kaushik Choudhary
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Image:Taher.jpg|Taher Dameh
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Image:Fei.jpg|Fei Gao
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Image:Cameron.jpg|R. Cameron Harvey
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Image:Hamed.jpg|Hamed SadeghiNeshat
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Image:Mohammad.jpg|Mohammad Alkurbi
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Image:Farid.jpg|Farid Molazem Tabrizi
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Image:Shabnam.jpg|Shabnam Mirshokraie
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Image:Som.JPG|Somsubhra Sharangi
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Image:Yuanbin.jpg|Yuanbin Shen
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Image:Cong.jpg|Cong Ly
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Image:Cheng.JPG|ChengHsin Hsu
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Image:Liuyi.jpg|Yi Liu
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Image:Greg.jpg|center|Greg Kowalski
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Image:Kianoosh.jpg|Kianoosh Mokhtarian
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Image:Behrooz.jpg|Behrooz Noorizadeh
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Image:Ahmadi.jpg|Hossein Ahmadi
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Image:Mbagheri.jpg|Majid Bagheri
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Image:Saleh.jpg|Osama Saleh
  
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Latest revision as of 22:43, 11 December 2025

NMSL Lunch, Dec 2025
NMSL at MMSys'23
NMSL Team 2016
NMSL Team
NMSL Team
NMSL Team
NMSL Team
NMSL Team 2023
NMSL Team 2021
Neha Sharma at MobiCom'23
Ali Ghorbanpour's M.Sc. Defence, April 2025
Khaled, Ali, and Shahrzad: Convocation, October 2025
Amin Arab's Ph.D. Defence, December 2025
Neha Sharma's Ph.D. Defence, December 2025


Faculty

  • Mohamed Hefeeda

Current Members

  • Saeed Zangeneh, Ph.D.
  • Haseeb Ur Rehman, Ph.D. (Co-advised with Prof. Shirmohammadi at University of Ottawa)
  • Mariam Bebawy, M.Sc.
  • Erfan Mehraban, M.Sc.
  • Ahmed Abdelsalam, M.Sc.


  • Mariam Bebawy

  • Saeed Zangeneh

  • Erfan Mehraban

  • Ahmed Tarek Elsayed

Former Postdocs

  • Hamed Ahmadi, August 2017. Next: Software Engineer, Vancouver.
  • Mohamed ElGharib (at QCRI), 2015. Next: Scientist at QCRI, Qatar. Current: Researcher at Max Plank Institute, Germany.
  • Tamir Hegazy, August 2013. Next: Researcher, Georgia Tech, Atlanta. Current: Principal Scientist, Philips, Cambridge, MA.
  • Abdul Hasib, January 2013. Next: System Design Engineer, SNC Lavalin, Vancouver.
  • Maysam Yabandeh (at QCRI), 2013. Next: Research Engineer, Facebook.
  • Mustafa Rafique (at QCRI), 2012. Next Scientist, IBM Research, Ireland. Current: Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.

Graduated Students (Supervised by Dr. Hefeeda)

Ph.D. Students

  • Neha Sharma, Ph.D., Fall 2025, Hyperspectral Imaging on Mobile Devices. Next: Researcher at IBM.
  • Mohammad Amin Arab, Ph.D. Fall 2025, Robust Multimedia Forensics against AI Attacks.
  • Ammar Rashed, Ph.D. Summer 2025, Co-advised with Prof. Shirmohammadi at the University of Ottawa.
  • ChengHsin Hsu, Ph.D., Fall 2009, Efficient Mobile Multimedia Streaming. Next: Senior Researcher, Deutsche Telekom R&D Lab, California, USA. Current: Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.


M.Sc. Students -- Thesis Option (thesis = 15 credits)

  • Ghazaleh Bakhtiariazad, M.Sc., Spring 2026,iSR: Super-resolution for Immersive Cloud VR Gaming Platforms.
  • Khaled Al Butainy, M.Sc., Summer 2025, Characterizing Latency Impact on Rendering Accuracy in Edge-Supported Cloud Gaming.
  • Ali Ghorbanpour, M.Sc., Summer 2025, RDIAS: Robust and Decentralized Image Authentication System.
  • Omar Mosaad, M.Sc., Fall 2024, DeepGame: Efficient Video Encoding for Cloud Gaming.
  • Deniz Ugur, M.Sc., Fall 2024, Transparent Video Upscaling for Cloud Gaming.
  • Muhammad Shahzaib Waseem, M.Sc., Summer 2024, Assessing Fruit Ripeness and Remaining Lifetime using Smartphones.


M.Sc. Students -- Project Option (project = 6 credits)

Graduated Students (Supervised by Dr. Peters)

M.Sc. Students -- Thesis Option (thesis = 15 credits)

Visitors and Interns

  • Amr Sharafeldin, Undergraduate SFU (NSERC USRA, Summer 2025)
  • Anson Ng, Undergraduate from McGill University (NSERC USRA, Summer 2024)
  • Arya Faghihy, Undergraduate SFU (NSERC USRA, Summer 2024)
  • Seyed Mohammad Nourbakhsh, Professional Master's Student (Research Internship, June 2019 -- December 2019)
  • Suhong Kim, Professional Master's Student (Research Internship, May 2019 -- December 2019)
  • Trevor Gale, Undergraduate (Research Internship, May 2019 -- August 2019)
  • Qiao Chen, Undergraduate (August 2016 -- January 2017)
  • Denny Stohr, Graduate (Research Visitor from TU Darmstadt, Germany, September 2015 -- December 2015)
  • Maram Sakr, Graduate (Research Internship, March 2015 -- September 2015)
  • Yu-Sian Li, Graduate (Research Visitor from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, July -- September 2012)
  • Gordon Leung, Undergraduate (NSERC USRA, Summer 2010)
  • Andreas Berger, Graduate (Research Visitor from The Telecommunications Research Center Vienna, February -- May 2009)
  • Vikas Kumar, Undergraduate (Research Internship, May -- July 2008)
  • Nitin Chiluka, Undergraduate (Research Internship, December 2007 -- May 2008)
  • Nicolas Gomez, Undergraduate (NSERC USRA, Summer 2007)
  • Pouya Alagheband, Undergraduate (NSERC USRA, Summer 2007)


  • Graduated PhD and MSc Students

  • Ghazaleh Bakhtiariazad

  • Neha Sharma

  • Mohammad Amin Arab

  • Shahrzad Mirzaei

  • Khaled Al Butainy

  • Ali Ghorbanpour

  • Omar Mossad

  • Deniz Ugur

  • Muhammad Shahzaib Waseem

  • Parham Yassini

  • Hamed Rahmani Khezri

  • Puria Azadi Moghadam

  • Carlos Lee

  • Amgad Ahmed

  • Khaled Diab

  • Mohamed Hegazy

  • Omar Arafa

  • Mohammed Shatnawi

  • Omar Eltobgy

  • Kiana Calagari

  • Alaa Eldin Abdelaal

  • Ahmed Hamza

  • Saleh Almowuena

  • Abdullah Aldhamin

  • Ahmed Abdelsadek

  • Mohsen Jamali

  • Md. Mahfuzur Rahman

  • Mohammad Hosseini

  • Pariya Raoufi

  • Ahmed Bu-khamsin

  • Azin Dastpak

  • Naghmeh Khodabakhshi

  • Kaushik Choudhary

  • Taher Dameh

  • Fei Gao

  • R. Cameron Harvey

  • Hamed SadeghiNeshat

  • Mohammad Alkurbi

  • Farid Molazem Tabrizi

  • Shabnam Mirshokraie

  • Somsubhra Sharangi

  • Yuanbin Shen

  • Cong Ly

  • ChengHsin Hsu

  • Yi Liu

  • Greg Kowalski

  • Kianoosh Mokhtarian

  • Behrooz Noorizadeh

  • Hossein Ahmadi

  • Majid Bagheri

  • Osama Saleh

Contacts

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