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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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* [https://www.sfu.ca/~nsa84/ Neha Sharma], Ph.D.
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* [http://www.sfu.ca/~kdiab/ Khaled Diab, Ph.D.]
 
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* [https://maarab-sfu.github.io/ Mohammad Amin Arab], Ph.D.
* Neha Sharma, Ph.D.
 
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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)
* Mohammad Amin Arab, M.Sc.
 
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* Mohamed Hegazy, M.Sc.
 
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* Ghazaleh Bakhtiariazad, M.Sc.
* Carlos Lee, M.Sc.
 
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* Mariam Bebawy, M.Sc.
* Amgad Ahmed, M.Sc.
 
  
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* Erfan Mehraban, M.Sc.
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* Trevor Gale, Undergraduate Intern
 
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* Suhong Kim, Graduate Intern
 
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* Seyed Mohammad Nourbakhsh, Graduate Intern
 
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* Ahmed Abdelsalam, M.Sc.
  
  
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Image:Sharma.JPG|Neha Sharma
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Image:Arab.jpg|Mohammad Amin Arab
|[[Image:kdiab.jpg|center|Khaled Diab|80x100px]]
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Image:GhazalehB.jpg| Ghazaleh Bakhtiariazad
|[[Image:Sharma.JPG|center|Neha Sharma|80x100px]]
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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
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Khaled Diab
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Neha Sharma
 
<!-- |align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Omar Arafa -->
 
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|[[Image:maarab.jpg|center|Mohammad Amin Arab|80x100px]]
 
|[[Image:MohamedHegazy.jpg|center|Mohamed Hegazy|80x100px]]
 
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|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Mohammad Amin Arab
 
|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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* 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)'''  
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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.
  
 
* 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.  
 
* 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.  
<!-- * Mohamed Hegazy, M.Sc., Spring 2019, Content-aware Video Encoding for Cloud Gaming. Next: Research Assistant at NSL. -->
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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 ==
* Seyed Mohammad Nourbakhsh, Professional Master's Student (Research Internship, June 2019 -- August 2019)
 
  
* 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:ShahrzadM.JPG|Shahrzad Mirzaei
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Image:Khaled_alb.jpg| Khaled Al Butainy
|[[Image:Arafa.jpg|center|Omar Arafa|90x120px]]
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Image:AliGh.jpg|Ali Ghorbanpour
|[[Image:shatnawi.JPG|center|Mohammed Shatnawi|90x120px]]
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Image:Mossad.jpeg.jpg|Omar Mossad
|[[Image:eltobgy.jpg|center|Omar Eltobgy|90x120px]]
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Image:Deniz ugur picture.jpg.jpg|Deniz Ugur
|[[Image:Kiana.jpg|center|Kiana Calagari|90x120px]]
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Image:Shahzaib.jpg|Muhammad Shahzaib Waseem
|[[Image:Alaa.jpg|center|Alaa Eldin Abdelaal|80x100px]]
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Image:parhamY.jpeg|Parham Yassini
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Image:Rahmani.jpg|Hamed Rahmani Khezri
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Omar Arafa
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Image:Azadi.jpg|Puria Azadi Moghadam
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Mohammed Shatnawi
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Image:carloslee.png|Carlos Lee
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Omar Eltobgy
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Image:AmgadAhmed.jpg|Amgad Ahmed
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Kiana Calagari
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Image:kdiab.jpg|Khaled Diab
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Alaa Eldin <br/>Abdelaal
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Image:MohamedHegazy.jpg|Mohamed Hegazy
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Image:Arafa.jpg|Omar Arafa
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Image:shatnawi.JPG|Mohammed Shatnawi
|[[Image:Ahamza.JPG|center|Ahmed Hamza|80x100px]]
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Image:eltobgy.jpg|Omar Eltobgy
|[[Image:saleh.JPG|center|Saleh Almowuena|80x100px]]
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Image:Kiana.jpg|Kiana Calagari
|[[Image:Abdullah_small.jpg|center|Abdullah Aldhamin|80x100px]]
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Image:Alaa.jpg|Alaa Eldin Abdelaal
|[[Image:sadek_scaled.jpg|center|Ahmed Abdelsadek|80x100px]]
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Image:Ahamza.JPG|Ahmed Hamza
|[[Image:Mohsen_Jamali_scaled.jpg|center|Mohsen Jamali|80x100px]]
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Image:saleh.JPG|Saleh Almowuena
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Image:Abdullah_small.jpg|Abdullah Aldhamin
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Ahmed Hamza
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Image:sadek_scaled.jpg|Ahmed Abdelsadek
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Saleh<br/>Almowuena
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Image:Mohsen_Jamali_scaled.jpg|Mohsen Jamali
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Abdullah Aldhamin
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Image:Masum.jpg|Md. Mahfuzur Rahman
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Ahmed Abdelsadek
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Image:Mohammad_Hosseini_scaled.jpg|Mohammad Hosseini
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Mohsen Jamali
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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
|[[Image:Masum.jpg|center|Md. Mahfuzur Rahman|80x100px]]
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Image:Naghmeh.jpg|Naghmeh Khodabakhshi
|[[Image:Mohammad_Hosseini_scaled.jpg|center|Mohammad Hosseini|80x100px]]
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Image:Kaushik.jpg|Kaushik Choudhary
|[[Image:Pariya_scaled.jpg|center|Pariya Raoufi|80x100px]]
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Image:Taher.jpg|Taher Dameh
|[[Image:AhmedBuKhamsin.jpg|center|Ahmed Bu-khamsin|80x100px]]
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Image:Fei.jpg|Fei Gao
|[[Image:Azin.jpg|center|Azin Dastpak|80x100px]]
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Image:Cameron.jpg|R. Cameron Harvey
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Image:Hamed.jpg|Hamed SadeghiNeshat
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Md. Mahfuzur Rahman
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Image:Mohammad.jpg|Mohammad Alkurbi
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Mohammad Hosseini
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Image:Farid.jpg|Farid Molazem Tabrizi
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Pariya Raoufi
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Image:Shabnam.jpg|Shabnam Mirshokraie
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Ahmed<br/>Bu-khamsin
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Image:Som.JPG|Somsubhra Sharangi
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Azin Dastpak
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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
|[[Image:Naghmeh.jpg|center|Naghmeh Khodabakhshi|80x100px]]
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Image:Liuyi.jpg|Yi Liu
|[[Image:Kaushik.jpg|center|Kaushik Choudhary|80x100px]]
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Image:Greg.jpg|center|Greg Kowalski
|[[Image:Taher.jpg|center|Taher Dameh|80x100px]]
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Image:Kianoosh.jpg|Kianoosh Mokhtarian
|[[Image:Fei.jpg|center|Fei Gao|80x100px]]
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Image:Behrooz.jpg|Behrooz Noorizadeh
|[[Image:Cameron.jpg|center|R. Cameron Harvey|80x100px]]
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Image:Ahmadi.jpg|Hossein Ahmadi
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Image:Mbagheri.jpg|Majid Bagheri
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Naghmeh Khodabakhshi
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Image:Saleh.jpg|Osama Saleh
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Kaushik Choudhary
 
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Taher Dameh
 
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|Fei Gao
 
|align="center" align="center" width="100pt"|R. Cameron<br/>Harvey
 
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|[[Image:Hamed.jpg|center|Hamed SadeghiNeshat|80x100px]]
 
|[[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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|[[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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|[[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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Latest revision as of 00:07, 5 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
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)
  • Ghazaleh Bakhtiariazad, M.Sc.
  • 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

  • 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)

  • 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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