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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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== Faculty ==
  
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* [https://www.cs.sfu.ca/~mhefeeda/ Mohamed Hefeeda] (Professor, NMSL Director)
  
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* [http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~mhefeeda/ Mohamed Hefeeda]
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* [http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~peters/ Joseph G. Peters]
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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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== 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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== Current Students ==
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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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* [http://www.sfu.ca/~aah10/ Ahmed Hamza, Ph.D.]
 
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* Saleh Almowuena, Ph.D.
 
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* [http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~skristja/ Scott Kristjanson, Ph.D.]
 
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* Kiana Calagari, Ph.D.
 
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* [http://www.sfu.ca/~kdiab/ Khaled Diab, Ph.D.]
 
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* Mohammed Shatnawi, Ph.D.
 
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* Tarek El-Ganainy, Ph.D.
 
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* Alaa Eldin Abdelaal, MS.c.
 
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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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'''M.Sc. Students -- Thesis Option (thesis = 15 credits)'''
  
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== Visitors ==
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* Ghazaleh Bakhtiariazad, M.Sc., Spring 2026,iSR: Super-resolution for Immersive Cloud VR Gaming Platforms.
  
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* Maram Sakr, Graduate (March 2015 -- present) [ [[Private:progress-sakr|Progress]] ]
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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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* Tamir Hegazy, Post Doc (August 2012 -- August 2013)
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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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* Abdul Hasib, Post Doc (Jan 2012 -- Jan 2013)
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* Ali Ghorbanpour, M.Sc., Summer 2025, RDIAS: Robust and Decentralized Image Authentication System.
  
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* Yu-Sian Li, Graduate  (Research Visitor from National Tsing Hua University  Taiwan, July -- Sep 2012)
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* Omar Mosaad, M.Sc., Fall 2024, DeepGame: Efficient Video Encoding for Cloud Gaming.
  
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* Gordon Leung, Undergraduate  (NSERC USRA, Summer 2010)
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* Deniz Ugur, M.Sc., Fall 2024, Transparent Video Upscaling for Cloud Gaming.
  
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* Andreas Berger, Graduate (Research Visitor from The Telecommunications Research Center Vienna, Feb -- May 2009)
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* Muhammad Shahzaib Waseem, M.Sc., Summer 2024, Assessing Fruit Ripeness and Remaining Lifetime using Smartphones.
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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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* 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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* Nicolas Gomez, Undergraduate  (NSERC USRA, Summer 2007)
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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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* Pouya Alagheband, Undergraduate (NSERC USRA, Summer 2007)
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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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== Graduated Students (Supervised by Dr. Hefeeda) ==
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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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'''Ph.D. Students'''
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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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* 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. Since 2011, he has been an Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.
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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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* 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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* 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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* Abdullah Aldhamin, M.Sc., Fall 2014, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/aldhamin14.pdf Flash Storage Management Algorithm for Large-Scale Hybrid Storage Systems]
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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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* Ahmed Abdelsadek, M.Sc., Fall 2014, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/abdelsadek14.pdf Distributed Index for Matching Multimedia Objects]
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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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* Md. Mahfuzur Rahman, M.Sc., Spring 2014, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/mrahman13.pdf Hybrid Multicast-Unicast Streaming over Mobile Networks]
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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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* Ahmed Bu-khamsin, M.Sc., Fall 2012, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/bu-khamsin12.pdf Socket Direct Protocol over PCI Express Interconnect: Design, Implementation and Evaluation]
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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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* Azin Dastpak, M.Sc., Fall 2012, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/dastpak12.pdf Video Streaming over Cognitive Radio Networks] (co-supervised with Prof. Jiangchuan Liu)
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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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* Naghmeh Khodabakhshi, M.Sc., Summer 2012, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/khodabakhshi12.pdf Copy Detection of 3D Videos]
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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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* Taher Dameh, M.Sc., Summer 2012, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/dameh12.pdf Distributed Kernel Matrix Approximation and Implementation using MPI]
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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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* Fei Gao, M.Sc., Fall 2011, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/gao11.pdf Distributed Approximate Spectral Clustering for Large-Scale Datasets]
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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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* R. Cameron Harvey, M.Sc., Fall 2011, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/harvey11.pdf Spatio-Temporal Video Copy Detection]
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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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* Hamed Sadeghi Neshat, M.Sc., Summer 2011, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/neshat11.pdf Effective Online Advertising]
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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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* Farid Molazem Tabrizi, M.Sc., Spring 2011, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/tabrizi11.pdf Adaptive Transmission of Variable-Bit-Rate Video Streams to Mobile Devices] (co-supervised with Prof. Joseph Peters)  
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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.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/mirshokraie10.pdf Live Peer-to-Peer Streaming with Scalable Video Coding and Network Coding]
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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.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/sharangi10.pdf Scalable Video Streaming over WiMAX Networks] (co-supervised with Prof. Ramesh Krishnamurti)
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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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*  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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*  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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*  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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*  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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*  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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*  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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*  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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*  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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*  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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*  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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* 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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* 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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* 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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* 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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* 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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* 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.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/saleh06.pdf Modeling and Caching of Peer-to-Peer Traffic]
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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.
  
  
 
'''M.Sc. Students -- Project Option (project = 6 credits)'''
 
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* Kaushik Choudhary, M.Sc., Summer 2012, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/choudhary12.pdf Design and Implementation of an Electronic Service Guide for Mobile Video Systems]
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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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* Mohammad Alkurbi, M.Sc., Spring 2011, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/alkurbi11.pdf Detection of Botnets Mounted on the Session Initiation Protocol]
 
  
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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]
  
 
== Graduated Students (Supervised by Dr. Peters) ==
 
== Graduated Students (Supervised by Dr. Peters) ==
  
 
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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, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/langroodi14.pdf Decoder-complexity-aware Encoding of Motion Compensation for Multiple Heterogeneous Receivers]
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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, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/hosseini13.pdf Energy-budget-compliant Adaptive 3D Texture Streaming in Mobile Games]
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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, [http://nsl.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/theses/raoufi13.pdf Real-Time Video Streaming over WiMAX Networks with H.264 Coding]
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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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|[[Image:Abdullah_small.jpg|center|Abdullah Aldhamin|80x100px]]
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|[[Image:sadek_scaled.jpg|center|Ahmed Abdelsadek|80x100px]]
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* Seyed Mohammad Nourbakhsh, Professional Master's Student (Research Internship, June 2019 -- December 2019)
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|[[Image:Mohsen_Jamali_scaled.jpg|center|Mohsen Jamali|80x100px]]
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* Suhong Kim, Professional Master's Student (Research Internship, May 2019 -- December 2019)
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Abdullah Aldhamin
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Ahmed Abdelsadek
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* Trevor Gale, Undergraduate (Research Internship, May 2019 -- August 2019)
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Mohsen Jamali
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* Qiao Chen, Undergraduate (August 2016 -- January 2017)
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|[[Image:Masum.jpg|center|Md. Mahfuzur Rahman|80x100px]]
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* Denny Stohr, Graduate (Research Visitor from TU Darmstadt, Germany, September 2015 -- December 2015)
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|[[Image:Mohammad_Hosseini_scaled.jpg|center|Mohammad Hosseini|80x100px]]
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|[[Image:Pariya_scaled.jpg|center|Pariya Raoufi|80x100px]]
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* Maram Sakr, Graduate (Research Internship, March 2015 -- September 2015)
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|[[Image:AhmedBuKhamsin.jpg|center|Ahmed Bu-khamsin|80x100px]]
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|[[Image:Azin.jpg|center|Azin Dastpak|80x100px]]
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* Yu-Sian Li, Graduate (Research Visitor from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, July -- September 2012)
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Md. Mahfuzur Rahman
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* Gordon Leung, Undergraduate  (NSERC USRA, Summer 2010)
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Mohammad Hosseini
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Pariya Raoufi
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* Andreas Berger, Graduate (Research Visitor from The Telecommunications Research Center Vienna, February -- May 2009)
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Ahmed<br/>Bu-khamsin
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Azin Dastpak
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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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|[[Image:Naghmeh.jpg|center|Naghmeh Khodabakhshi|80x100px]]
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|[[Image:Kaushik.jpg|center|Kaushik Choudhary|80x100px]]
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* Nicolas Gomez, Undergraduate  (NSERC USRA, Summer 2007)
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|[[Image:Taher.jpg|center|Taher Dameh|80x100px]]
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|[[Image:Fei.jpg|center|Fei Gao|80x100px]]
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* Pouya Alagheband, Undergraduate (NSERC USRA, Summer 2007)
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|[[Image:Cameron.jpg|center|R. Cameron Harvey|80x100px]]
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Naghmeh Khodabakhshi
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Kaushik Choudhary
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Taher Dameh
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Image:GhazalehB.jpg| Ghazaleh Bakhtiariazad
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Fei Gao
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Image:Sharma.JPG|Neha Sharma
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|R. Cameron<br/>Harvey
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Image:Arab.jpg|Mohammad Amin Arab
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Image:ShahrzadM.JPG|Shahrzad Mirzaei
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{| border="0"
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Image:Khaled_alb.jpg| Khaled Al Butainy
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|[[Image:Hamed.jpg|center|Hamed SadeghiNeshat|80x100px]]
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Image:AliGh.jpg|Ali Ghorbanpour
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|[[Image:Mohammad.jpg|center|Mohammad Alkurbi|80x100px]]
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Image:Mossad.jpeg.jpg|Omar Mossad
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|[[Image:Farid.jpg|center|Farid Molazem Tabrizi|80x100px]]
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Image:Deniz ugur picture.jpg.jpg|Deniz Ugur
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|[[Image:Shabnam.jpg|center|Shabnam Mirshokraie|80x100px]]
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Image:Shahzaib.jpg|Muhammad Shahzaib Waseem
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|[[Image:Som.JPG|center|Somsubhra Sharangi|80x100px]]
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Image:parhamY.jpeg|Parham Yassini
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Image:Rahmani.jpg|Hamed Rahmani Khezri
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Hamed SadeghiNeshat
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Image:Azadi.jpg|Puria Azadi Moghadam
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Mohammad Alkurbi
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Image:carloslee.png|Carlos Lee
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Farid Molazem Tabrizi
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Image:AmgadAhmed.jpg|Amgad Ahmed  
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Shabnam<br/>Mirshokraie
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Image:kdiab.jpg|Khaled Diab
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Somsubhra Sharangi
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Image:MohamedHegazy.jpg|Mohamed Hegazy
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Image:Arafa.jpg|Omar Arafa
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{| border="0"
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Image:shatnawi.JPG|Mohammed Shatnawi
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|[[Image:Yuanbin.jpg|center|Yuanbin Shen|80x100px]]
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Image:eltobgy.jpg|Omar Eltobgy
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|[[Image:Cong.jpg|center|Cong Ly|80x100px]]
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Image:Kiana.jpg|Kiana Calagari
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|[[Image:Cheng.JPG|center|ChengHsin Hsu|80x100px]]
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Image:Alaa.jpg|Alaa Eldin Abdelaal
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|[[Image:Liuyi.jpg|center|Yi Liu|80x100px]]
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Image:Ahamza.JPG|Ahmed Hamza
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|[[Image:Greg.jpg|center|Greg Kowalski|80x100px]]
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Image:saleh.JPG|Saleh Almowuena
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Image:Abdullah_small.jpg|Abdullah Aldhamin
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Yuanbin Shen
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Image:sadek_scaled.jpg|Ahmed Abdelsadek
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Cong Ly
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Image:Mohsen_Jamali_scaled.jpg|Mohsen Jamali
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|align="center" width="100pt"|ChengHsin Hsu
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Image:Masum.jpg|Md. Mahfuzur Rahman
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Yi Liu
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Image:Mohammad_Hosseini_scaled.jpg|Mohammad Hosseini
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Greg Kowalski
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Image:Pariya_scaled.jpg|Pariya Raoufi
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Image:AhmedBuKhamsin.jpg|Ahmed Bu-khamsin
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{| border="0"
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Image:Azin.jpg|Azin Dastpak
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|[[Image:Kianoosh.jpg|center|Kianoosh Mokhtarian|80x100px]]
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Image:Naghmeh.jpg|Naghmeh Khodabakhshi
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|[[Image:Behrooz.jpg|center|Behrooz Noorizadeh|80x100px]]
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Image:Kaushik.jpg|Kaushik Choudhary
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|[[Image:Ahmadi.jpg|center|Hossein Ahmadi|80x100px]]
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Image:Taher.jpg|Taher Dameh
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|[[Image:Mbagheri.jpg|center|Majid Bagheri|80x100px]]
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Image:Fei.jpg|Fei Gao
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|[[Image:Saleh.jpg|center|Osama Saleh|80x100px]]
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Image:Cameron.jpg|R. Cameron Harvey
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Image:Hamed.jpg|Hamed SadeghiNeshat
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Kianoosh Mokhtarian
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Image:Mohammad.jpg|Mohammad Alkurbi
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Behrooz<br/>Noorizadeh
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Image:Farid.jpg|Farid Molazem Tabrizi
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Hossein Ahmadi
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Image:Shabnam.jpg|Shabnam Mirshokraie
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Majid Bagheri
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Image:Som.JPG|Somsubhra Sharangi
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Osama Saleh
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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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