I was honored to work with many experienced and prospective scholars. The following sections highlight the names of these scholars. I am looking forward to expand this list through future collaborationa and thesis supervision

Current Supervised Researchers

1. Sudhanshu Nithiani (MSc student)
2. Batoul Sarvi Ghamsari (PhD student)
3. Mahwish Amjad (PhD student)

Supervised Postdoctoral Researchers

1. Akbar Majidi (Postdoctoral researcher)

Supervised PhD Theses

Supervised MSc Research Theses

Supervised Taught MSc Theses

I have particpated in various projects in which I acted in different roles including being principal investigator, Co-principal Investigator, or a researcher.

Software-Defined Distributed Cable Architectures

Funding Organization:Commscope, 2020 - 2022 .

Principal Investigator:Ahmed Zahran @University College Cork

Future Network Scenarios and Requirements

Funding Organization:Huawei HIRP, 2020 - 2021 .

Principal Investigator:Ahmed Zahran @University College Cork

iVID: An Internet Infrastructure for Video Streaming Optimisation

Funding Organization:Science Foundation Ireland, 2014-2019.

Principal Investigator:Cormac Sreenan@University College Cork

Media Streaming Management In Heterogeneous Wireless Systems

Funding Organization:National Telecommunicaiton Regulation Authority (NTRA) Egypt, 2012 – 2014.

Principal Investigator:Ahmed Zahran @Cairo University

Media Streaming Cost Optimizaiton in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

Funding Organization:Science Foundation Ireland, 2010-2014.

Principal Investigator:Cormac Sreenan@University College Cork

PDAs: Proximity-based, Delay Tolerant Profile Relaying for Androids

Funding Organization:Google, 2011–2013.

Principal Investigator:Tamer ElBatt

4G++ Project

Funding Organization:National Telecommunicaiton Regulation Authority (NTRA) Egypt, 2011 – 2014.

Principal Investigator:Khaled Fouad @ Cairo University

Research Challenges in Cognitive Radios and Interference Mitigation

Funding Organization:National Telecommunicaiton Regulation Authority (NTRA) Egypt,2009–2012.

Principal Investigator: Mohamed Nafie @ Nile University

BACOPT - Backhaul optimisation

Funding Organization:Enterprise IrelandandAltobridge Ltd, 2006-2009.

Principal Investigator:Cormac Sreenan@University College Cork

Utility-Based Models for Terminal-Oriented Handover in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

Funding Organization:Science Foundation Ireland, 2006-2009.

Principal Investigator:Cormac Sreenan@University College Cork

Mobility Management in Heterogeneous Wireless Inter-Networking

Funding Organization:CITO StudentInternship Program, 2004 – 2006.

Principal Investigator:Ben Liang@ University of Toronto

Inter-Networking Technologies for Next-Generation Wireless Multimedia Systems

Funding Organization: BellUniversity Laboratories Research Grant, 2003 – 2005.

Principal Investigator: Ben Liang@ University of Toronto

Journal Publications

1. D. Raca, A.H. Zahran, C.J. Sreenan, R. K. Sinha, E. Halepovic, R. Jana, V. Gopalakrishnan, "Device-based Cellular Throughput Prediction for Video Streaming: Lessons from a Real-World Evaluation" to appear in the IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking.
2. Trust, P., Zahran, A. and Minghim, R., “Understanding the influence of news on society decision making: application to economic policy uncertainty,” Neural Comput & Applications, 2023.
3. Khalid, A. H. Zahran and C. J. Sreenan, "Optimizing Video QoE For Mobile eMBMS Users in Cellular Networks," in IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, doi: 10.1109/TMM.2020.3021229.
4. D. Raca, A.H. Zahran, C.J. Sreenan, R. K. Sinha, E. Halepovic, R. Jana, V. Gopalakrishnan, "On Leveraging Machine and Deep Learning for Throughput Prediction in Cellular Networks: Design, Performance, and Challenges," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 11-17, March 2020
5. Ahmed H. Zahran, Jason J. Quinlan, K. K. Ramakrishnan, and Cormac J. Sreenan, "ASAP: Adaptive Stall-Aware Pacing for Improved DASH Video Experience in Cellular Networks," ACM Trans. Multimedia Comput. Commun. Appl. 14, 3s, Article 61 (June 2018), 23 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3219750.
6. A.H. Zahran, D. Raca, C.J. Sreenan, “ARBITER+: Adaptive Rate-Based InTElligent HTTP StReaming Algorithm for Mobile Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. PP 1-1. (DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2018.2825384), April 2018.
7. Mai ElSherief, Babak Alipour, Mimonah Al Qathrady, Tamer ElBatt, Ahmed Zahran, and Ahmed Helmy, "A Novel Mathematical Framework for Similarity-based Opportunistic Social Networks," Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Volume 42, 2017, Pages 134-150, ISSN 1574-1192
8. Abubakr Alabbasi and Ahmed H. Zahran, "A Framework for Optimal Cost Media Streaming in Three-tier Wireless Networks," Springer Wireless Networks, July 2017, Volume 23, Issue 5, pp 1575–1590
9. A. Anwar; K. Seddik; T. ElBatt; A. Zahran, "Effective Capacity of Delay Constrained Cognitive Radio Links Exploiting Primary Feedback," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 7334-7348, Sept. 2016
10. Jason Quinlan, Ahmed H. Zahran, Cormac Sreenan, "ALD: Adaptive Layer Distribution for Scalable Video," Springer Multimedia systems, Oct 2015, Volume 21, Issue 5, pp 465-484.
11. P. Davern, N. Nashid, C. J. Sreenan and A. H. Zahran, “Client-Side Framework for Automated Evaluation of Mechanisms to Improve HTTP Performance,” Journal of Networks, Vol. 7, No. 11, Nov. 2012
12. P. Davern, N. Nashid, A. H. Zahran and C. J. Sreenan, “HTTPEP: a HTTP Performance Enhancing Proxy for Satellite Systems” the International Journal of Next Generation Computing (IJNGC) V.2(n.3), 2011.
13. A. H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan, “Threshold-based Media Streaming Optimization for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,” IEEE Trans. On Mobile Comp., Vol. 9, June, 2010, pp. 753-764. [Spot-light paper]
14. A. H. Zahran, B. Liang and A. Saleh, "Mobility Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks," IEEE Trans. on Mobile Computing, vol.7, no.8, pp.1041-1056, Aug. 2008
15. A. H. Zahran and B. Liang, “A Generic Framework for Mobility Modeling and Performance Analysis in Next-generation Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 45, no. 9, pp. 92 - 99, September 2007.
16. A. H. Zahran, B. Liang, and A. Saleh, “Signal threshold adaptation for vertical handoff in heterogeneous wireless networks,” ACM/Spring Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), Special Issue on Soft Radio Enabled Heterogeneous Networks, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 625-640, August 2006.

Conference Publications

1. Killian Nolan, Darijo Raca, Gregory Provan, Ahmed Zahran, "MATURE: Multistage Throughput Prediction for Adaptive Video Streaming in Cellular Networks," in proceeding of the 34th edition of the Workshop on Network and Operating System Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV), Bari, Italy, April 2024
2. Mohamed Seliem, Ahmed Zahran, and Dirk Pesch, “Wireless TSN Extension to Enable Deterministic Connectivity: Implementation and Performance Evaluation,” In Proc. of the IEEE 9th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT 2023), 16th – 20th October 2023, Aveiro, Portugal.
3. Batoul Sarvi, Cormac J. Sreenan and Ahmed H. Zahran, “An Adaptive and Reliable Forward Error Correction Mechanism for Real-time Video Delivery from UAVs,” In Proc. of 14th International Conference on Network of the Future (NoF 2023), October 04-06, 2023 Izmir, Turkey.
4. Darijo Raca, Yogita Jadhav, Jason Quinlan, and Ahmed H. Zahran, “360 Video DASH Dataset," In Proc. of the 14th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys '23), Vancouver, Canada, 7-11 Jun, 2023.
5. S. Naithani, C.J. Sreenan, A. Zahran. “SDN-Enabled Distributed Access Architecture Cable Networks,” In Proc. of the the IEEE 29th International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN), July 2023.
6. Mohamed Seliem, Ahmed Zahran, and Dirk Pesch, "Delay Analysis of TSN Based Industrial Networks With Preemptive Traffic Using Network Calculus,” in Proc. the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Networking, Barcelona, Spain, 12-15 Jun, 2023.
7. D. Raca, J.J Quinlan, A. Zahran, C.J. Sreenan, R. Gupta, A. Tiwari, “Quantifying the Impact of Base Station Metrics on LTE Resource Block Prediction Accuracy,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM 2023) [Poster], New York, USA, 17-20th May 2023.
8. Mohamed Seliem, Ahmed Zahran, and Dirk Pesch, "Software-Defined Time Sensitive Networks (SD-TSN) for Industrial Automation," in the proceeding of 14th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks (CICN), Dec, 2022.
9. Trust, P., Kadusabe, P., Younis, H., Minghim, R., Milios, E. and Zahran, A. 'UNLPSat TextGraphs-16 Natural Language Premise Selection task: Unsupervised Natural Language Premise Selection in mathematical text using sentence-MPNet', TextGraphs-16: Graph-based Methods for Natural Language Processing, Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, 16 October, 2022, pp. 119-123.
10. Mohamed Seliem, Ahmed Zahran, and Dirk Pesch, "TSN-based Industrial Network Performance Analysis," In Proceeding The 8th IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (IEEE WFIoT2022), Japan, Oct 2022 (Best paper Award)
11. Trust, P., Kadusabe, P., Zahran, A., Minghim, R. and Omala, K. 'UCCNLP@SMM4H’22:Label distribution aware long-tailed learning with post-hoc posterior calibration applied to text classification', Proceedings of The Seventh Workshop on Social Media Mining for Health Applications, Workshop & Shared Task, Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, 12-17 October, 2022, pp. 90-94.
12. Darijo Raca, Meghana Salian, and Ahmed H. Zahran “Enabling scalable emulation of differentiated services in mininet,” In Proceedings of the 13th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 240–245.
13. A. Majidi and A. H. Zahran, "Optimized Joint Unicast-Multicast Panoramic Video Streaming in Cellular Networks," in Proc. IEEE 28th International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), Madrid, Spain, 2020
14. D. Raca, A.H. Zahran, C.J. Sreenan, R. K. Sinha, E. Halepovic, R. Jana, V. Gopalakrishnan, B. Bathula and M. Varvello. Empowering Video Players in Cellular: Throughput Prediction from Radio Network Measurements. ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys), June 18-21 2019.
15. A. Khalid, A.H. Zahran, and C.J. Sreenan. An SDN-Based Device-Aware Live Video Service For Inter-Domain Adaptive Bitrate Streaming. ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys), June 18-21 2019.
16. A. Khalid, A.H. Zahran, and C.J. Sreenan. RTOP: Optimal User Grouping and SFN Clustering for Multiple eMBMS Video Sessions. Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM). 29 April- 2 May 2019, Paris, France.
17. D. Raca, A.H. Zahran, C.J. Sreenan R.K. Sinha, E. Halepovic, R. Jana, V. Gopalakrishnan, B. Bathula, M. Varvello. Incorporating Prediction into Adaptive Streaming Algorithms: A QoE Perspective. Proc. of 28th ACM SIGMM Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV'18), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2018.
18. D. Raca, J.J. Quinlan, A.H. Zahran, C.J. Sreenan. Beyond Throughput: a 4G LTE Dataset with Channel and Context Metrics. Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys 2018), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2018.
19. A. Reviakin, A.H. Zahran, C.J. Sreenan. dashc : a highly scalable client emulator for DASH video. Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys 2018), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2018.
20. D. Raca, A.H. Zahran, C.J. Sreenan, R.K. Sinha, E. Halepovic, R. Jana, V. Gopalakrishnan. Back to the Future: Throughput Prediction For Cellular Networks using Radio KPIs. Proc of 4th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Wireless (HotWireless 2017) at the ACM MobiCom
21. A. Khalid, A.H. Zahran, C.J. Sreenan. mCast: An SDN-based Resource-Efficient Live Video Streaming Architecture with ISP-CDN Collaboration. Proc of the 42nd IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), October 9-12, 2017, Singapore.
22. A. Khalid, A.H. Zahran, C.J. Sreenan. DEMO: Prototyping and Evaluating SDN-based Multicast Architectures for Live Video Streaming. Proc of the 42nd IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), October 9-12, 2017, Singapore.
23. A.H. Zahran, J.J. Quinlan, K. K. Ramakrishnan, C.J. Sreenan. SAP: Stall-Aware Pacing for Improved DASH Video Experience in Cellular Networks. Proc. of ACM Multimedia Systems 2017, Taipei, Taiwan, June 20-23, 2017. (Winner of the "Excellence in DASH Award").
24. D. Raca, A.H. Zahran, C.J. Sreenan, “Sizing Network Buffers: A HTTP Adaptive Streaming Perspective,” Proc. of 4th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud), Vienna, Austria. August 22-24, 2016.
25. J.J. Quinlan, D. Raca, A.H. Zahran, A. Khalid, K.K. Ramakrishnan,C.J. Sreenan, “DEMO: D-LiTE: A platform for evaluating DASH performance over a simulated LTE network,” Proc. of 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN 2016), Rome, Italy. June 13-15, 2016. (Best Demo Award).
26. A.H. Zahran, J.J. Quinlan, C.J. Sreenan, K.K. Ramakrishnan, “Impact of the LTE Scheduler on achieving Good QoE for DASH Video Streaming,” Proc. of 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN 2016), Rome, Italy. June 13-15, 2016.
27. Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac J Sreenan, “ARBITER: Adaptive Rate-Based InTElligent HTTP StReaming Algorithm,” in Proc. of the 22rd International Packet Video Workshop (PV 2016), Seattle, WA, USA, July 11-15, 2016
28. Ahmed H. Zahran , Jason J Quinlan , Darijo Raca , Cormac J Sreenan , Emir Halepovic , Rakesh K Sinha , Rittwik Jana , Vijay Gopalakrishnan, "OSCAR: An Optimized Stall-Cautious Adaptive Bitrate Streaming Algorithm For Mobile Networks," in Proc. of 8th Workshop on Mobile Video (MoVid 2016), May 10-13, 2016, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria
29. Mohamed K. Abdel-Aziz, Ahmed H. Zahran, Tamer ElBatt, "A Novel Framework For Scalable Video Streaming Over Multi-Channel Multi-Radio Wireless Mesh Networks," in Proc. of 8th Workshop on Mobile Video (MoVid 2016), May 10-13, 2016, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria
30. Jason J. Quinlan, Ahmed H. Zahran, Cormac J. Sreenan, “Datasets for AVC (H.264) and HEVC (H.265) for Evaluating Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH),” in Proc. of MMsys 2016 (dataset track), Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria, May 10-13, 2016.
31. Moataz Youssef and Khaled Elsayed and Ahmed H. Zahran, "Contiki-AMAC-The Enhanced Adaptive Radio Duty Cycling Protocol: Proposal and Analysis," in Proc. of International Workshop on Scalable Internet of Things, (S-IoT'2016), Cairo, Egypt, Apr, 2016.
32. Ilias Tsompanidis, Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac Sreenan, "A Utility-based Resource and Network Assignment Framework for Heterogeneous Mobile Networks,” in proc of IEEE Global Communications Conference, San Diego, California, USA, 6-10 Dec, 2015.
33. Yahia Shabara, and Ahmed H. Zahran and Tamer ElBatt, “Efficient Spectrum Access Strategies for Cognitive Networks with General Idle Time Statistics,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Communications, London, UK, 8-12 June, 2015.
34. Jason J. Quinlan, Ahmed H. Zahran, Cormac J. Sreenan and K. K. Ramakrishnan, "Delivery of Adaptive Bit Rate Video: Balancing Fairness, Efficiency and Quality," in the Proc. of 23rd IEEE LAN/MAN Workshop, Beijing, China, Apr 22-24 2015.
35. Ahmed Anwar, Karim G Seddik, Tamer ElBatt, Ahmed Zahran, "On the Effective Capacity of Delay Constrained Cognitive Radio Networks with Relaying Capability,” in Proc. of international workshop on Cognitive Radio for 5G Networks, Doha, Qatar, 2015.
36. Ahmed Mahmoud Salama, Ahmed H. Zahran and Tamer ElBatt, “Fractional Sequential Sensing for Energy Efficient Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks,” in the Proc. of GlobalSIP 2014: Signal Processing for Cognitive Radios and Networks, Atlanta, USA, Dec, 2014.
37. Ghada G. Rizk, Ahmed H. Zahran, Mahmoud H. Ismail, “AVIS: An Adaptive VIdeo Simulation Framework for Scalable Video,” in Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Next Generation Mobile Apps, Services and Technologies, Oxford, UK, 10-12 Sep, 2014.
38. Islam Samy and Ahmed H. Zahran and Tamer ElBatt, "Joint Relay Assignment and Adaptive Modulation for Energy-Efficient Cellular Networks," in Proc. IEEE 25th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications - (PIMRC), Washington, DC, USA, Sep 2014.
39. Samar Ali, Ahmed H. Zahran, Mahmoud H. Ismail, “SVC-DASH-M: Scalable Video Coding Dynamic Adaptive Streaming Over HTTP Using Multiple Connections,” in the Proc. of the 21st International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT 2014), Lisbon, Portugal, May 2014.
40. Ilias Tsompanidis, Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac Sreenan, "Mobile Network Traffic: a User Behaviour Model," in Proc. of 7th IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC 2014), Portougal, May 2014.
41. Hisham Elhelw, Ahmed H. Zahran and Khaled Elsayed, “E^{2} MAC: An Energy-Efficient MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. of THE 31st National Radio Science Conference, Cairo, Egypt, April 2014.
42. Mai ElSherief and Tamer ElBatt and Ahmed H. Zahran and Ahmed Helmy, "The Quest for User Similarity in Mobile Societies," in the Proc. of the 2nd International Workshop on Social and Community Intelligence, Budapest, Hungary, 2014. (Acceptance rate 17%)
43. Abubakr Alabbasi and Ahmed H. Zahran, "Media Streaming Cost Optimization for Heterogeneous Three-tier Wireless Networks," in Proc. of IEEE/IFIP Wireless Days 2014, Valencia, Spain, Nov 2013. (acceptance ratio 34%)
44. Mai ElSherief, Tamer ElBatt, Ahmed H. Zahran, and Ahmed Helmy, “O'BTW: an opportunistic, similarity-based mobile recommendation system,” In Proc. of the 11th annual international conference on Mobile systems, applications, and services (MobiSys '13). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 511-512.
45. Jason J. Quinlan, Ahmed H. Zahran, and Cormac J. Sreenan, “ALD: adaptive layer distribution for scalable video,” in Proc. of the 4th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys '13), Oslo, Norway, Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2013.
46. Ayman T. Abdel-Hamid, Ahmed H. Zahran and Tamer ElBatt, "Improved Spectrum Mobility using Virtual Reservation in Collaborative Cognitive Radio Networks," in the Proc. of 18th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (IEEE ISCC 2013), Split, Croatia, July 2013. (acceptance ratio 43%)
47. Ilias Tsompanidis, Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac Sreenan “SuperBS: A Methodology for Resource Management in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,” In Proc. of the 9th IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2013), July 1-5, 2013, in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
48. Ahmed Anwar and Karim G Seddik and Tamer ElBatt and Ahmed H. Zahran, "Effective Capacity of Delay Constrained Cognitive Radio Links Exploiting Primary Feedback," in the Proc. of 11th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks (WiOpt 2013)
49. J. Quinlan, Ahmed H. Zahran, C.J. Sreenan “ALD: Adaptive Layer Distribution for Scalable Video,” in Proc. of ACM MMSys, February 27 - March 1, 2013 Oslo, Norway. (acceptance ration 23.5%)
50. Ilias Tsompanidis, Ahmed H. Zahran and Cormac Sreenan “Towards utility-based resource management in heterogeneous wireless networks,” In Proc. of the seventh ACM international workshop on Mobility in the evolving internet architecture (MobiArch '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 23-28.
51. Jason Quinlan, Ahmed H. Zahran, Cormac Sreenan, "SDC: Scalable Description Coding for Adaptive Streaming Media," in the Proc. the 19th International Packet Video Workshop, May 10-11, 2012, Munich, Germany
52. A. H. Zahran, “Extended Synchronization Signals for Eliminating PCI Confusion in Heterogeneous LTE” in Proc. 2012 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2012), Apr 1-4, Paris, France.
53. P. Davern, N. Nashid, A. H. Zahran and C. J. Sreenan, “Towards an Automated Client-Side Framework for Evaluating HTTP/TCP Performance,” in the Proc. International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, June 27-30, 2011, The Hague, Netherlands.
54. A. H. Zahran and C. J. Sreenan, “Extended Handover Keying and Modified IEEE 802.21 Resource Query Approach for Improving Vertical Handoff Performance,” in the Proc. of Fourth IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security (NTMS) 2011. (31% acceptance rate)
55. P. Davern, N. Nashid, A. H. Zahran and C. J. Sreenan, “HTTP acceleration over high latency links,” in the Proc. of Fourth IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security (NTMS). 2011. (31% acceptance rate) [Selected for a Journal Extension]
56. Liping Chen, Ahmed H. Zahran, and Cormac J. Sreenan, “IEEE 802.21-enabled ALIVE-HO for Media Streaming in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,” in the Proc. of 17th IEEE LAN/MAN Workshop, New Jersey, USA, May 5-7 2010.
57. A. H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan, “PGMS: Pseudo-optimal Greedy Media Streaming Algorithm for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,” in Proc. of the 4th IEEE conf. on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking, and Communications, Avignon, France, Oct 12-15, 2008. (24% acceptance rate) [Selected for a Journal Extension]
58. A. H. Zahran and Cormac J. Sreenan, “Cost Efficient Media Streaming Algorithms for Rate-dependent Pricing Strategies in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,” in Proc. of the First IEEE International Workshop on Future Multimedia Networking, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Sep 16-19, 2008. (22% acceptance rate)
59. A. H. Zahran and B. Liang, “Call Admission Control Analysis in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,” 3rd International Computer Engineering Conference Smart Applications for the Information Society, ICENCO 07, Cairo, Egypt, 26-27 December 2007. (30.0% acceptance rate)
60. A. H. Zahran, B. Liang and A. Saleh, “Impact of Technology Overlap in Next-Generation Wireless Heterogeneous Systems,” IFIP Networking 2007, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, May 14-18. (22.5% acceptance rate)
61. A. H. Zahran, B. Liang and A. Saleh, “Modeling and Performance Analysis for Beyond 3G Integrated Wireless Networks,” in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006.(39.0% acceptance rate, Student Travel Grant)
62. A. H. Zahran, B. Liang and A. Saleh, "Beyond 3G Wireless Network Design for Optimal Resource Utilization," in Proc. of the Twenty-Third Biennial Symposium on Communications, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, May 30 - June 1, 2006.
63. A. H. Zahran, B. Liang, "Mobility Modeling for Two-Tier Integrated Wireless Multimedia Networks", in Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Technologies over Wireless Networks, Irvine, California, USA, December 12-14, 2005.
64. A. H. Zahran and B. Liang, “Performance evaluation framework for vertical handoff algorithms in heterogeneous networks,” in Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Seoul, Korea, May 2005. (35.0% acceptance rate)
65. B. Liang, A. H. Zahran, and A. Saleh, "Application Signal Threshold Adaptation for Vertical Handoff in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks," IFIP/Networking 2005, Waterloo, Canada, May 2-6 2005. (24.7% acceptance rate; Best Paper Award)

Patents

Title: System and Method for Throughput Prediction for Cellular Networks
US Patent 10,693,575 - Granted: 2020/6/23
Inventors: Rittwik Jana, Emir Halepovic, Rakesh Sinha, Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Ahmed Zahran, Darijo Raca, Cormac John Sreenan, Balagangadhar G Bathula, Matteo Varvello

Title: Communication System
US20120198032A1 - Granted: 2017-01-31
Inventors: Michael Fitzgerald, Guy Waugh, Richard Lord, Michael Godley, Christopher Young, Joseph Cahill, Tadhg Crotty, Edmond Higgins, Paul Davern, Noor Nashid Islam, Cormac John Sreenan, Ahmed Zahran
Current Assignee PARALLEL Ltd Corporation Altobridge Ltd

Conference Organization

• Workshop co-chair ICNP 2023, the 31st annual edition of the IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols, Reykjavík, Iceland.
• Local Arrangement Co-chair IEEE WoWMoM 2020, 21ST IEEE international symposium on a world of wireless, mobile and multimedia networks, Cork, Ireland
• Co-chair of The Second IEEE International Workshop on Heterogeneous Wireless Networks: Resource Management and QoS HWN(RMQ) Avignon, France.
• Organizing committee member, IFIP/SEC2002, Cairo, Egypt.

TPC Membership

• ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys) 2024
• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2023
• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) [Mobile Wireless Networks], 2023
• ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys) 2023
• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2022
• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) [Mobile Wireless Networks], 2022
• ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys) 2022
• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) 2021
• IEEE 5G-World Forum 2021
• IEEE 5G-World Forum 2020
• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) [Mobile Wireless Networks], 2021
• ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys) 2018
• IEEE 5G-World Forum 2019
• IEEE 5G-World Forum 2018
• The 20th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia communications
• The 3rd IEEE Workshop on Local Networks (IEEE WLN 2014)
• The 22nd IEEE Symposium on Personal, Indoor, Mobile and Radio Communications (PIMRC 2011).
• the 5th Annual International ICST Wireless Internet Conference (WICON 2011).
• The First International Workshop on Mobility Modeling and Performance Evaluation (MoMoPE) 2010.
• IEEE 6th Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) 2010
• IEEE 6th Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC) 2009

Technical Reviewer

Selected Journals

• IEEE Transaction on Mobile Computing 
• IEEE Transaction on Multimedia
• IEEE Transaction on Cognitive Networking and Communications
• IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communications 
• IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Technology 
• IEEE Communication Magazine 
• Journal of Communications and Networks
• EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Selected Conferences

• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC):  2014
• IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications(PIMRC): 2013
• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC):  2013
• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC): 2013
• IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN): 2012
• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC):  2012
• IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications(PIMRC):  2012
• IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference(CCCN): 2011
• IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications(PIMRC): 2011
• International Wireless Internet Conference: 2011 
• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC):  2009
• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC):  2008
• IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom): 2007
• IFIP Networking Conference (Networking): 2007
• IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC): 2006
• IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communication: 2006
• International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC):2006
• IEEE International Workshop on Mobility in the Evolving Internet Architecture (MobiArch): 2006
• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC): 2005