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Asad Rehman, Ph.D.


Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Mathematics

Education

Ph.D., Telecommunications, University of Oporto (Portugal)
M.Sc., Telecommunications Engineering, University of Sunderland (United Kingdom)

Practice Areas

  • Software-defined networking.
  • Fault-tolerance and reliability of future networks.

Research Interests

  • Cloud and Edge Computing.
  • Virtual Networks.
  • Service Assurance.
  • 5G and Beyond 5G (B5G) Networks.

Publications and Media Placements

Conference Paper: Alsaheal, W. Hoy, P. Haro, A. Rehman and N. Celik, "GenAir: Generative AI for Resilient Urban Air Mobility with VTOLs in Disaster Evacuation," 2024 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), Orlando, FL, USA, 2024, pp. 537-548.

Journal Paper:  A. U. Rehman, R. L. Aguiar, and João Paulo Barraca, Title: Fault-Tolerance in the Scope of Cloud Computing, 2022, IEEE Access, Vol. 10, PP  63422 – 63441.

Conference Paper: D. Arampatzis et al., "Unification architecture of cross-site 5G testbed resources for PPDR verticals," 2021 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (MeditCom), Athens, Greece, 2021, pp. 13-19.

Conference Paper:  A. U. Rehman, R. L. Aguiar, and J. P. Barraca, Testing Virtual Network Functions Auto-Scaling using Open-source Management and Orchestration, 12th conference on telecommunications, Telecoms Conference (ConfTELE), Leiria, Portugal, pp. 1-6, Feb. 2021, DOI: 10.1109 ConfTELE50222.2021.9435471.

Journal Paper:  A. U. Rehman, R. L. Aguiar, and João Paulo Barraca, Title: Network Functions Virtualization (NFV): The Long Road to Commercial Deployments, 2019, IEEE Access, Vol 7, PP  60439 – 60464.

Conference Paper: João Barraca Filipe, Flavio Meneses, A. U. Rehman, R. L. Aguiar, and Daniel Corujo, Title: A Performance Comparison of Containers and Unikernels for Reliable 5G Environments. Design of Reliable Communication and Networks (DRCN)- 15th IEEE International Conference, Coimbra, Portugal, pp. 16-23, March 2019.

Journal Paper:  A. U. Rehman, R. L. Aguiar, and João Paulo Barraca, Title: Fault-Tolerance in the Scope of Software-Defined Networking (SDN), 2019, IEEE Access, Vol. 7, PP  124474 – 124490.

Conference Paper:  A. U. Rehman, R. L. Aguiar, and João Paulo Barraca, Title: A Proposal for Fault-tolerant and Self-healing Hybrid SDN Control Network. Inforum2017- 9º Simpósio de Informática, Aveiro, Portugal, pp. 99-106, Oct. 2017.

Conference Poster:  A. U. Rehman, João Barraca Filipe, R. L. Aguiar, Daniel Corujo, and João Paulo Barraca, Title: Shaping Future Reliable and Critical Communications Using Virtualization Technologies. Encontro Ciencia, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2018.

Conference Poster:  A. U. Rehman, R. L. Aguiar, and João Paulo Barraca, Title: Reliability in Software Defined Networks. 10th Map-tele workshop, Aveiro, Portugal, Sept. 2017.

Refereeing Journals

IEEE IoT Journal.
IEEE Access.
IEEE Network Magazine.
Springer Nature, The Journal of Supercomputing.
Wiley, Concurrency and Computation-practice & Experience.
Oxford Academic Journal of Cybersecurity.

Contribution to the Scientific Community as a Reviewer

Over 95 verified, peer-reviewed articles reviewed in various Scopus and ISI-indexed journals within the fields of Science and Engineering, available in Web of Science (Clarivate).

Certificate of Excellence (Elsevier and IEEE)

Generative AI in the Publishing Community.
Unlocking Grant Success with Institutional Funding.
Certificate of excellence, ethics.
Certificate of excellence, research data management.
Certificate of excellence, social impact.
Certificate of excellence, making academia-industry collaboration.
Certificate of completion, author workshop.
Certificate of excellence, funding.

EU-Participated and Contributed Projects: EU's Flagship Research and Innovation Funding Programs

  • 5G-EPICENTRE: 5G ExPerimentation Infrastructure Hosting Cloud-native NetApps for Public Protection and Disaster Relief – Horizon 2020
  • DARLENE: Deep AR Law Enforcement Ecosystem – Horizon 2020
  • AC3: Agile and Cognitive Cloud-edge Continuum Management – Horizon 2020
  • FIDAL: Field Trials Beyond 5G – Horizon 2020
  • SOCA: Smart Open Campus Project, Centro-01-0145-FEDER-000010 under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
  • 5GO: 5G Optimized – Horizon 2020

Other Projects

  • Stream video on OpenFlow networks with end-to-end Quality Assurance funded by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)

Honors and Awards

2024 – Research and conference travel grant awarded by the Faculty Professional Development Advisory Committee (FPDEC), SLU-Madrid.

2015-2019 – Research and Ph.D. grant awarded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal.

2019 – Visiting Scholar Research grant, Telenor, Norway, and the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal.

2013-2014 – Project Research grant awarded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK).

2010-2011 – International Student Scholarship award by the University of Sunderland, United Kingdom.

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • Association of Computing Machinery (ACM).
  • Winter Simulation Conference (WSC).
  • Entrepreneurship Exchange Community, IEEE.
  • Smart Cities Community, IEEE.
  • Big Data Community, IEEE.
  • Cloud Computing, IEEE Computer Society Technical Community.
  • Rebooting Computing, IEEE Computer Society Task Force.
  • IEEE Communications Society.
  • IEEE Software Defined Networks Community.
  • IEEE Future Networks Community.