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[[Image:nsl_outdoor_2016.JPG|thumb|right|700px|NSL Team 2016]]
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[[Image:Dec-2025-lunch.jpg|thumb|right|500px|NMSL Lunch, Dec 2025]]
[[Image:nsl1.jpg|thumb|right|700px|NSL Team]]
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[[Image:Nmsl mmsys2023.jpg|thumb|right|500px|NMSL at MMSys'23]]
[[Image:nsl2.jpg|thumb|right|700px|NSL Team]]
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[[Image:nsl_outdoor_2016.JPG|thumb|right|500px|NMSL Team 2016]]
[[Image:nsl3.jpg|thumb|right|700px|NSL Team]]
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[[Image:nsl1.jpg|thumb|right|500px|NMSL Team]]
[[Image:nsl4.jpg|thumb|right|700px|NSL 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:KhaledAliShahrzad graduation.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Khaled, Ali, and Shahrzad: Convocation, October 2025]]
 
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== Faculty ==
  
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* [https://www.cs.sfu.ca/~mhefeeda/ Mohamed Hefeeda] (Professor, NMSL Director)
  
==Faculty ==
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Image:mhefeeda.jpg|Mohamed Hefeeda
* [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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|[[Image:Mhefeeda.jpg|center|Mohamed Hefeeda|100px]]
 
|[[Image:Peters.jpg|center|Joseph Peters|100px]]
 
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|align="center" width="200pt"|Mohamed Hefeeda
 
|align="center" width="200pt"|Joseph G. Peters
 
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== Current Members ==
 
== Current Members ==
  
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* Saeed Zangeneh, Ph.D.
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* [http://www.sfu.ca/~kdiab/ Khaled Diab, Ph.D.]
 
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* Haseeb Ur Rehman, Ph.D. (Co-advised with Prof. Shirmohammadi at University of Ottawa)
* Neha Sharma, Ph.D.
 
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* Mariam Bebawy, M.Sc.
  
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* Erfan Mehraban, M.Sc.
* Mohammad Amin Arab, M.Sc.
 
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* Mohamed Hegazy, M.Sc.
 
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* Carlos Lee, M.Sc.
 
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* Amgad Ahmed, M.Sc.
 
 
 
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* Trevor Gale, Undergraduate Intern
 
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* Suhong Kim , Graduate Intern
 
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* Ahmed Abdelsalam, M.Sc.
  
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|[[Image:kdiab.jpg|center|Khaled Diab|80x100px]]
 
|[[Image:Sharma.JPG|center|Neha Sharma|80x100px]]
 
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Khaled Diab
 
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Neha Sharma
 
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|[[Image:maarab.jpg|center|Mohammad Amin Arab|80x100px]]
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Image:Maryam_bebawy.jpg| Mariam Bebawy
|[[Image:MohamedHegazy.jpg|center|Mohamed Hegazy|80x100px]]
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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
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Mohammad Amin Arab
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Mohamed Hegazy
 
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== Former Postdocs ==
 
== Former Postdocs ==
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* Maysam Yabandeh (at QCRI), 2013. Next: Research Engineer, Facebook.  
 
* Maysam Yabandeh (at QCRI), 2013. Next: Research Engineer, Facebook.  
  
* Mustafa Rafique (at QCRI), 2012. Next Scientist, IBM Research, Ireland.
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* 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) ==
 
== Graduated Students (Supervised by Dr. Hefeeda) ==
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'''Ph.D. Students'''
 
'''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
  
 
* 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).
 
* 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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'''M.Sc. Students -- Thesis Option (thesis = 15 credits)'''
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'''M.Sc. Students -- Thesis Option (thesis = 15 credits)'''  
<!-- * Mohamed Hegazy, M.Sc., Spring 2019, Content-aware Video Encoding for Cloud Gaming. Next: Research Assistant at NSL. -->
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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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* Ali Ghorbanpour, M.Sc., Summer 2025, RDIAS: Robust and Decentralized Image Authentication System.
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* Omar Mosaad, M.Sc., Fall 2024, DeepGame: Efficient Video Encoding for Cloud Gaming.
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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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* 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.  
 
* 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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* 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.  
 
* 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.  
  
* 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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* Ahmed Abdelsadek, M.Sc., Fall 2014, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/abdelsadek14.pdf Distributed Index for Matching Multimedia Objects]. Next: Microsoft, Vancouver.  
  
 
* 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.  
 
* 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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* 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.  
 
* 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.  
  
* Hossein Ahmadi, M.Sc., Summer 2007, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/ahmadi07.pdf Probabilistic Coverage and Connectivity in Wireless Sensor Networks]. Next: PhD Student at UIUC,  
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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,  
  
* 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: PhD Student at SFU.
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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.
  
* 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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* 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)'''
 
'''M.Sc. Students -- Project Option (project = 6 credits)'''
  
* Kaushik Choudhary, M.Sc., Summer 2012, [http://nsl.cs.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]
  
* Mohammad Alkurbi, M.Sc., Spring 2011, [http://nsl.cs.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) ==
  
 
'''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]
 
* 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]
 
* Mohammad Hosseini, M.Sc., Summer 2013, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/hosseini13.pdf Energy-budget-compliant Adaptive 3D Texture Streaming in Mobile Games]
 
* Mohammad Hosseini, M.Sc., Summer 2013, [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/theses/hosseini13.pdf Energy-budget-compliant Adaptive 3D Texture Streaming in Mobile Games]
 
* 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]
 
* 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]
  
 
== Visitors and Interns ==
 
== Visitors and Interns ==
  
* Suhong Kim, Professional Master's Student (Research Internship, May 2019 -- August 2019)
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* Amr Sharafeldin, Undergraduate SFU (NSERC USRA, Summer 2025)
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* Anson Ng, Undergraduate from McGill University (NSERC USRA, Summer 2024)
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* Arya Faghihy, Undergraduate SFU (NSERC USRA, Summer 2024)
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* Seyed Mohammad Nourbakhsh, Professional Master's Student (Research Internship, June 2019 -- December 2019)
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* Suhong Kim, Professional Master's Student (Research Internship, May 2019 -- December 2019)
  
 
* Trevor Gale, Undergraduate (Research Internship, May 2019 -- August 2019)
 
* Trevor Gale, Undergraduate (Research Internship, May 2019 -- August 2019)
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Image:GhazalehB.jpg| Ghazaleh Bakhtiariazad
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Image:Sharma.JPG|Neha Sharma
|[[Image:eltobgy.jpg|center|Omar Eltobgy|90x120px]]
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Image:Arab.jpg|Mohammad Amin Arab
|[[Image:Kiana.jpg|center|Kiana Calagari|90x120px]]
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Image:ShahrzadM.JPG|Shahrzad Mirzaei
|[[Image:Alaa.jpg|center|Alaa Eldin Abdelaal|80x100px]]
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Image:Khaled_alb.jpg| Khaled Al Butainy
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Image:AliGh.jpg|Ali Ghorbanpour
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Omar Eltobgy
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Image:Mossad.jpeg.jpg|Omar Mossad
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Kiana Calagari
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Image:Deniz ugur picture.jpg.jpg|Deniz Ugur
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Alaa Eldin <br/>Abdelaal
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Image:Shahzaib.jpg|Muhammad Shahzaib Waseem
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Image:parhamY.jpeg|Parham Yassini
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Image:Rahmani.jpg|Hamed Rahmani Khezri
|[[Image:Ahamza.JPG|center|Ahmed Hamza|80x100px]]
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Image:Azadi.jpg|Puria Azadi Moghadam
|[[Image:saleh.JPG|center|Saleh Almowuena|80x100px]]
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Image:carloslee.png|Carlos Lee
|[[Image:Abdullah_small.jpg|center|Abdullah Aldhamin|80x100px]]
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Image:AmgadAhmed.jpg|Amgad Ahmed
|[[Image:sadek_scaled.jpg|center|Ahmed Abdelsadek|80x100px]]
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Image:kdiab.jpg|Khaled Diab
|[[Image:Mohsen_Jamali_scaled.jpg|center|Mohsen Jamali|80x100px]]
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Image:MohamedHegazy.jpg|Mohamed Hegazy
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Image:Arafa.jpg|Omar Arafa
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Ahmed Hamza
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Image:shatnawi.JPG|Mohammed Shatnawi
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Saleh<br/>Almowuena
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Image:eltobgy.jpg|Omar Eltobgy
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Abdullah Aldhamin
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Image:Kiana.jpg|Kiana Calagari
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Ahmed Abdelsadek
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Image:Alaa.jpg|Alaa Eldin Abdelaal
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Mohsen Jamali
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Image:Ahamza.JPG|Ahmed Hamza
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Image:saleh.JPG|Saleh Almowuena
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Image:Abdullah_small.jpg|Abdullah Aldhamin
|[[Image:Masum.jpg|center|Md. Mahfuzur Rahman|80x100px]]
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Image:sadek_scaled.jpg|Ahmed Abdelsadek
|[[Image:Mohammad_Hosseini_scaled.jpg|center|Mohammad Hosseini|80x100px]]
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Image:Mohsen_Jamali_scaled.jpg|Mohsen Jamali
|[[Image:Pariya_scaled.jpg|center|Pariya Raoufi|80x100px]]
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Image:Masum.jpg|Md. Mahfuzur Rahman
|[[Image:AhmedBuKhamsin.jpg|center|Ahmed Bu-khamsin|80x100px]]
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Image:Mohammad_Hosseini_scaled.jpg|Mohammad Hosseini
|[[Image:Azin.jpg|center|Azin Dastpak|80x100px]]
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Image:Pariya_scaled.jpg|Pariya Raoufi
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Image:AhmedBuKhamsin.jpg|Ahmed Bu-khamsin
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Md. Mahfuzur Rahman
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Image:Azin.jpg|Azin Dastpak
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Mohammad Hosseini
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Image:Naghmeh.jpg|Naghmeh Khodabakhshi
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Pariya Raoufi
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Image:Kaushik.jpg|Kaushik Choudhary
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Ahmed<br/>Bu-khamsin
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Image:Taher.jpg|Taher Dameh
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Azin Dastpak
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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
|[[Image:Naghmeh.jpg|center|Naghmeh Khodabakhshi|80x100px]]
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Image:Mohammad.jpg|Mohammad Alkurbi
|[[Image:Kaushik.jpg|center|Kaushik Choudhary|80x100px]]
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Image:Farid.jpg|Farid Molazem Tabrizi
|[[Image:Taher.jpg|center|Taher Dameh|80x100px]]
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Image:Shabnam.jpg|Shabnam Mirshokraie
|[[Image:Fei.jpg|center|Fei Gao|80x100px]]
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Image:Som.JPG|Somsubhra Sharangi
|[[Image:Cameron.jpg|center|R. Cameron Harvey|80x100px]]
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Image:Yuanbin.jpg|Yuanbin Shen
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Image:Cong.jpg|Cong Ly
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Naghmeh Khodabakhshi
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Image:Cheng.JPG|ChengHsin Hsu
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Kaushik Choudhary
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Image:Liuyi.jpg|Yi Liu
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Taher Dameh
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Image:Greg.jpg|center|Greg Kowalski
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Fei Gao
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Image:Kianoosh.jpg|Kianoosh Mokhtarian
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|R. Cameron<br/>Harvey
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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
|[[Image:Hamed.jpg|center|Hamed SadeghiNeshat|80x100px]]
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Image:Saleh.jpg|Osama Saleh
|[[Image:Mohammad.jpg|center|Mohammad Alkurbi|80x100px]]
 
|[[Image:Farid.jpg|center|Farid Molazem Tabrizi|80x100px]]
 
|[[Image:Shabnam.jpg|center|Shabnam Mirshokraie|80x100px]]
 
|[[Image:Som.JPG|center|Somsubhra Sharangi|80x100px]]
 
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Hamed SadeghiNeshat
 
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Mohammad Alkurbi
 
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Farid Molazem Tabrizi
 
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Shabnam<br/>Mirshokraie
 
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Somsubhra Sharangi
 
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{| border="0"
 
|[[Image:Yuanbin.jpg|center|Yuanbin Shen|80x100px]]
 
|[[Image:Cong.jpg|center|Cong Ly|80x100px]]
 
|[[Image:Cheng.JPG|center|ChengHsin Hsu|80x100px]]
 
|[[Image:Liuyi.jpg|center|Yi Liu|80x100px]]
 
|[[Image:Greg.jpg|center|Greg Kowalski|80x100px]]
 
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Yuanbin Shen
 
|align="center" width="100pt"|Cong Ly
 
|align="center" width="100pt"|ChengHsin Hsu
 
|align="center" width="100pt"|Yi Liu
 
|align="center" width="100pt"|Greg Kowalski
 
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{| border="0"
 
|[[Image:Kianoosh.jpg|center|Kianoosh Mokhtarian|80x100px]]
 
|[[Image:Behrooz.jpg|center|Behrooz Noorizadeh|80x100px]]
 
|[[Image:Ahmadi.jpg|center|Hossein Ahmadi|80x100px]]
 
|[[Image:Mbagheri.jpg|center|Majid Bagheri|80x100px]]
 
|[[Image:Saleh.jpg|center|Osama Saleh|80x100px]]
 
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|align="center" width="100pt"|Kianoosh Mokhtarian
 
|align="center" width="100pt"|Behrooz<br/>Noorizadeh
 
|align="center" width="100pt"|Hossein Ahmadi
 
|align="center" width="100pt"|Majid Bagheri
 
|align="center" width="100pt"|Osama Saleh
 
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== Contacts ==  
 
== Contacts ==  
  
 
* [[Private:contacts|List of contact persons in academia and industry (Login Required). ]]
 
* [[Private:contacts|List of contact persons in academia and industry (Login Required). ]]

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NMSL Team 2021
Neha Sharma at MobiCom'23
Khaled, Ali, and Shahrzad: Convocation, October 2025

Faculty

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.


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)


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