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Muhammad Shuaib Siddiqui
PERSONAL DETAILS
Family Name
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SIDDIQUI
Given Name
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MUHAMMAD SHUAIB
Date of Birth
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06.06.1981
Nationality
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PAKISTANI
Sex
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Male
Current Address
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CRAAX, Neapolis Bldg, Rambla Exposicio, 61-69,
08800 Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain
Telephone / Mobile :
9389 67294 / 674625695
Email Address
[email protected]
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EDUCATION
2011 - 2014
PhD (Computer Architecture program)
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Vilanova i la Geltrú
Focus: Internet Routing Security
Thesis title: A Pragmatic Approach toward Securing Inter-Domain
Routing
Expected thesis deposit: September, 2014.
2005 - 2007
Master of Science in Communication Systems (120 Credit Hours)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL),
Lausanne, Switzerland
Focus: Networking and Wireless Communications
Master Thesis: Performance Evaluation of Video Services over
Broadband Power Line Systems
C.GPA: 5.14/6.0
2000 - 2004
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (134 Credit Hours)
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM),
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Focus: Computer Networks and Mobile Computing
C.GPA: 3.69/4.0 (2nd Honors)
RELEVANT SKILL SET
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Strong team player with excellent organizational, time management, and
presentation skills.
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Demonstrated project management abilities with exceptional interpersonal
and communication skills.
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Extensive experience with planning & deployment of Cisco LAN/WAN
infrastructure.
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Several years of hands on experience with Cisco and Juniper routers and
switches.
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Comprehensive understanding of Network and Information security issues
and troubleshooting.
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Professional experience with Network/Information Security devices, including
Cisco ASA5500, Juniper SSG140 & PANDA Gateway Defender 8100.
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Hands on experience with F5 Big-IP Link Controller 1600 and BlueCoat
PacketShaper 3500.
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Sound
knowledge
of
Wireless
Communications,
Mobile
Networks
(GSM/GPRS/UMTS), Cellular Frequency Planning.
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Hands on experience of installation and configuration of Huawei GSM
infrastructure including BTS3012, BSC6000, HLR9820, & MSOFTX3000.
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Hands on experience with installation and configuration of CURRENT
Technologies Int. BPL Communication system’s devices (API-2000-LV, API2000-GW, etc)
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Professional Courses: Software Defined Networking (SDN), CCNP,
Huawei BTS3012, Huawei BSC6000, Huawei MSOFTX3000, Huawei
HLR9820 and ISO 14001:2004.
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Programming Languages: C/C++, Java, Perl & LINUX scripting.
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Tools: MATLAB, Mininet, NS2, Joomla, XAMPP, Wireshark, MRTG, Eclipse,
& Latex.
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Platforms: Linux (RedHat, Debian, Ubuntu), UNIX, and Windows.
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Fluent in English, working knowledge of Spanish.
RESEARCH & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain – (June 11 – Present)
Research Associate (PhD Candidate) (CRAAX)
o Providing admin support for systems, network and research test-bed
at CRAAX.
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Involved in various research projects at CRAAX including
EU Research Projects (FP7)
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TEFIS – TEstbed for Future Internet Services.
ONE – Towards Automated Interactions between the
Internet and the Carrier-Grade Management Ecosystems.
OpenLab – Extending FIRE test-beds and tools.
Spanish Research Projects (Plan Nacional I+D+i)
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GESTIONA – Design of Management Strategies for New
Network Architectures (Future Internet).
DOMINO – Cross-Layer Design of New Architectures and
Protocols for Multi-domain Networks.
Contracts with companies
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Cisco (Request for proposals, RFP) – Overlays for Control
Plane Security.
Other Projects
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OPENER – Open and Programmable Environment for
Experimenting with Routers.
F. C. College (A Chartered University), Pakistan – (Sep 09 – June 11)
Systems Manager
o Responsible for operations and maintenance of Data Center
including Server farm, Switching infrastructure, and OFC rings.
o Procurement supervisioning for all I.T purchases of the university.
o Requirement gathering, proposal analysis and deployment
supervision for Network maintenance and upgrades in the university.
o Conducting I.T trainings for faculty and students of the university.
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Government College University Lahore, Pakistan – (Sept 08-Aug 09)
Assistant Director (Computer Science Department)
Team Lead:
o Supervising Network upgrades, maintenance & support and Server &
Switching room operations.
Academic Responsibilities:
o Teaching BS and MS level courses related to Network Security,
Computer Networks and Wireless Communications.
o Advisor to the Scientific Ravi, a university magazine.
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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) – (Nov 07-May 08)
Research Assistant (Audiovisual Communications Laboratory-LCAV)
Enhancement of Smart GPRS Camera for Environmental Monitoring.
o Fixed the shortcomings of the first prototype including poor image
quality and frequent breakdown of GPRS communication.
o The project required expertise in C++, QTopia SDK and GPRS.
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CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES INT. GmbH, Switzerland – (Nov 06-Oct 07)
R&D Department (Software & Protocol Group)
Analysis and verification of Mac layer behavior and Network
Performance of Current Technologies Int. (CTI) – Broadband over Power
Line (BPL) System.
o Analyzed the impact of network scaling on throughput and latency at
any point in the BPL network.
o Required building of large scale BPL networks in CTI-Labs using
CTI-BPL devices (API-2000-LV, API-2000-GW, etc), Cisco
Switches, attenuators and open source Linux tools to measure the
required parameters.
Enabling CTI–BPL Linux simulator with SNMP service using NET-SNMP
tool.
o Integrated the NET-SNMP tool into CTI-BPL Linux simulator to
enable SNMP service.
o This project required advanced expertise in C Language.
Performance evaluation of video services (e.g. VoD & IPTV) over CTIBPL Networks. (Master Thesis)
o Carried out an exhaustive study of Audio/Video codecs (H264,
MPEG4, VC1, AAC, etc) network and streaming protocols (RTP,
RTMP, MMS, etc) to identify various factors that affect video quality
and its delivery to client-end over the BPL network.
o Modified VLC player and Darwin Streaming Server 5.5.5 were
used as media client and media server, respectively.
o Designed and implemented several testing networks and tools in
CTI-Lab and conducted exhaustive experiments with varying settings
to measure network performance in different scenarios with video
service.
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KFUPM, Saudi Arabia – (Sep 04-Feb 05)
Research Assistant (Department of Electrical Engineering)
Blind Source Separation using Independent Component Analysis for
Audio.
o Implemented ICA in MATLAB and performed music and speech
separation with different samples.
o Compared the results with the FASTICA algorithm developed at
Helsinki University of Technology.
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DANCOM PAKISTAN, Lahore, Pakistan – (Summer 03)
ADSL Trainee
o Deployed xDSL equipments (DSLAM (Huawei), CPEs(Zyxel),
etc) at Telephone Exchanges & Customer end.
PUBLICATIONS
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“Route Leak Identification: A Step Toward Making Inter-Domain Routing
More Reliable.” (DRCN 2014)
“Diagnosis of Route Leaks among Autonomous Systems in the Internet.”
(SACONET 2014)
“Route Leak Detection Using Real-Time Analytics on local BGP
Information.” (GLOBECOM 2014)
“A Survey on the Three Pillars that the Internet Standardization Body is
Developing for Securing Inter-Domain Routing.” (Computer Networks
Journal 2014)
“TEFIS: A Single Access Point for Conducting Multifaceted Experiments on
Heterogeneous Test Facilities.” (Computer Networks Journal 2013)
“Securing the LISP Map Registration Process.” (GLOBECOM 2013)
“A Survey and Taxonomy of ID/Locator Split Architectures.” (Computer
Networks Journal 2013)
“Performance Evaluation of Streaming Media over CURRENT Technologies
Int. Broadband over Powerline System.” (WHITE PAPER)
“Streaming Media over Broadband over Powerline (BPL) System.” (WHITE
PAPER)
AWARDS & SCHOLORSHIPS
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4 year Scholarship based on academic excellence at KFUPM.
Graduated with 2nd Honors from KFUPM
REFERENCES
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Dr. Xavier Masip-Bruin
Director
Advanced Network Architectures Lab
(CRAAX), DAC, UPC
Office Phone: +34 9389 67280
Email: [email protected]
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Dr. Wielin Liu
Head R&D Department
CURRENT Technologies International GmbH
Office Phone: +41 62 5441919
Email: [email protected]
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Prof. J.-Y. Le Boudec
Professor (I&C School)
LCA2 - I&C – EPFL
Office Phone: +41 21 6936631
Email: [email protected]

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