
Dr. Muhammad Siraj Rathore (PhD KTH, Sweden)
PROFILE SUMMARY
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M. Siraj Rathore has blend of experience both from academia and IT industry. He started his professional career in 2002 after completing his Master of Computer Science degree from university of arid agriculture Rawalpindi. He worked as a software engineer at Pakistan International Computer Limited and contributed in various software development projects. Meanwhile he also enrolled in MS Computer Engineering program at Center for Advanced Studies in Engineering and completed degree in 2005. After that, Dr. Rathore started his academic career and served as a faculty member at University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila. Later he did his Ph.D. from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. At KTH, he worked at networked systems laboratory and participated in international research projects. He also served as a consultant at Ericsson Sweden for some time. Later he came back to Pakistan in 2019 and joined Barani Institute of Information Technology Rawalpindi as an assistant professor. Currently he is working as an assistant professor at Capital University of Science and Technology. He is the member of Advanced Network and Security research group and teaching computer networks and object-oriented programming courses.
QUALIFICATION | |||
PhD | Information Communication & Technology | KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden | 2017 |
MS | Computer Networks | Center for Advance Studies in Engineering (CASE), UET Taxila, Pakistan | 2005 |
MSc | Computer Science | University of Arid Agriculture Rawalpindi, Pakistan | 2001 |
BSc | Mathematics/Physics | University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan | 1999 |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE | |||
Assistant Professor | Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad | Since – 2021 | |
Assistant Professor | Barani Institute of Information Technology (BIIT), Rawalpindi | 2019 – 2020 | |
Research Associate | KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden | 2011 – 2017 | |
Ph.D. Scholarship | KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden | 2007 – 2011 | |
Assistant Professor | University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Taxila | 2006 – 2007 | |
Lecturer | University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Taxila | 2005 – 2006 |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE | |||
Consultant | Ericsson, Stockholm | 2018 – 2019 | |
Software Engineer | Pakistan International Computer Ltd (PICL), Islamabad | 2002 – 2003 |
RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS
- Network function virtualization;
- High performance networking;
- Software defined networking;
- Network security;
- Cloud Computing
RESEARCH SUPERVISION | |||
1. | MS | Analysis of OpenCL Application on CPU and GPU |
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS | |||
1. | M. Siraj. Rathore, M. Hidell, P. Sjödin, “KVM vs. LXC: comparing performance and isolation of hardware-assisted virtual routers,” American Journal of Networks and Communications (Science publishing group), vol. 2, no. 4, pages 88-96, 2013. |
CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS | |||
1. | V. Tanyingyong, M. Siraj Rathore, M. Hidell, and P. Sjödin, “Resilient Communication through Multihoming for Remote Healthcare Applications”, In Proceedings Of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), pp. 1357-1363, Atlanta, GA, December 2013. | ||
2. | V. Tanyingyong, M. Siraj Rathore, M. Hidell, and P. Sjödin, “Carenet: An Architecture for Home-based Healthcare Services”, In Proceedings Of 9th Swedish National Computer Networking Workshop SNCNW, Lund, Sweden, June 2013. | ||
3. | M. Siraj. Rathore, M. Hidell, P. Sjödin, “PC-based Router Virtualization with Hardware Support,” In Proceedings Of IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), Fukuoka, Japan, March 2012. | ||
4. | M. Siraj. Rathore, M. Hidell, P. Sjödin, “Data Plane Optimization in OpenVirtual Routers,” In Proceedings Of IFIP Networking, Valencia Spain, May 2011. | ||
5. | M. Siraj. Rathore, M. Hidell, P. Sjödin, “Performance Evaluation of Open Virtual Routers,” In Proceedings Of IEEE GLOBECOM Workshop on Future Internet, Miami, Florida, December 2010. | ||
6. | A. Razzaq, M. Siraj Rathore, M. Hidell, and P. Sjödin, “An Approach towards Resource Efficient Virtual Network Embedding”, In Proceedings Of IEEE International Conference on Evolving Internet, Valencia, Spain, September 2010. | ||
7. | M. Siraj Rathore, A. Razzaq, M. Hidell, P. Sjödin and B. Pehrson, “Site-to-Site VPN Technologies: A Survey”, In Proceedings Of Swedish National Computer Networking Workshop SNCNW, Uppsala, Sweden, May 2009. |
Other Members

Dr. Fazlullah Khan (PhD TUMS, Iran)

Dr. Amber Sarwar (PhD ARID, Pakistan)

Ms Sara Durrani (MS NUCES, Islamabad)

Mr. Sheikh Badar Ud Din Tahir (MS AU, Islamabad)

Mr. Naseem Ali (MS UET, Taxila)

Mr. Muhammad Zaheer (MS NUST, Islamabad)

Mr. Muhammad Majid (MS Scholar CUI, Islamabad)

Ms. Nabiya Fatima (MS Scholar CUST, Pakistan)

Ms. Sunduss Aamir Khan (BS CUST, Pakistan)

Mr. Syed Hamza Ali (BS CUST, Islamabad)

Mr. Shoaib Ali (BS CUST, Islamabad)

Mr. Temour Abbas (MS Scholar CUST, Pakistan)

Mr. Tabarak Matloob (MS Scholar CUST, Islamabad)

Ms. Sara Ibrahim (MS Scholar CUST, Pakistan)

Mr. Sanaullah (MS CUST, Islamabad)

Mr. Qaisar Manzoor (MS CUST, Pakistan)

Mr. Muhammad Hassan Shah (MS Scholar CUST, Pakistan)

Ms. Farhana Tanveer (MS CUST, Pakistan)

Mr. Asad Javed (MS Scholar CUST, Pakistan)

Ms. Aliza Tanveer (BS CUST, Pakistan)

Ms. Asifa Kanwal (MS CUST, Pakistan)

Ms. Arusa Kanwal (MS NUST, Islamabad)

Mr. Muhammad Majid Zaman (MS CUST, Pakistan)

Ms. Maham Tariq (MS CUST, Pakistan)

Mr. Taimoor Riaz (MS CUST, Islamabad)

Mr. Muhammad Saqib (MS CUST, Islamabad)

Ms. Afrah Naeem (MS CUI, Pakistan)

Mr. Saad Ilyas (MS UMKL, Malaysia)

Ms. Mammona Qudsia (MS FAST, Lahore)

Ms. Anam Ijaz (MS UET, Taxila)

Mr. Amer Zaheer (MS MAJU, Islamabad)

Ms. Sumaira Manzoor (MPhil QAU, Pakistan)

Ms. Rabia Batool (MS BU, Pakistan)

Dr. Sania Riaz (PhD UoP, Pakistan)

Mr. Sami Ullah Jan (PhD Scholar USTC, China)

Mr. Abdur Rauf (MS NUST, Islamabad)

Mr. Mamoon Ur Rasheed (BS CUST, Pakistan)

Mr. Junaid Iqbal (MS Scholar NUST, Pakistan)

Dr. Jabir Mumtaz (PhD HUST, China)

Dr. Ghulam Asghar (PhD SJTU, China)

Mr. Umair Ahmed (BS CUST, Pakistan)

Ms. Faiza Arshad (MS CUI, Pakistan)

Dr. Hashim Khan (PhD University of Bakht Alruda, Sudan)

Ms. Asma Qandeel (MS CUI, Pakistan)

Ms. Uzma Arshad (MPhil AJKU, Pakistan)

Mr. Faisal Raza (MS CPU, China)

Mr. Syed Awais Haider (MPhil QAU, Islamabad)

Mr. Salman Ahmed (PhD Scholar CUST, Islamabad)

Mr. Qamar uz Zaman (PhD Scholar M.A.J.U, Islamabad)

Mr. Bilal Ahmad (PhD Scholar CUST, Pakistan)

Ms. Asma Naz (MS QAU, Islamabad)

Mr. Fahim Shahzad (MS University of Bradford, UK)

Mr. Shahzad Rafique (MS MAJU, Islamabad)

Dr. Jawaid Iqbal (PhD HU, Pakistan)

Dr. M. Shahid Iqbal Malik (PhD IIU, Islamabad)

Dr. Qamar Mahmood (PhD CUST, Islamabad)

Dr. Nadeem Anjum (PhD QMU, UK)

Dr. Mohammad Masroor Ahmed (PhD UTM, Malaysia)

Ms. Shermeen Hamid (MS Scholar CUST, Islamabad)

Mr. Rizwan Khalil (BS CUST, Islamabad)

Dr. Muhammad Umar Farooq (PhD NUML, Pakistan)

Dr. Muhammad Asghar Mughal (PhD UUM, Malaysia)

Mr. Minhas Shah (BS CUST, Islamabad)

Mr. Arsalan Amjid (BS CUST, Islamabad)

Dr. Sohail Ahmad Jan (PhD QAU, Islamabad)

Ms. Uzma Mushtaq (MS BU, Islamabad)

Mr. Syed Farhan Ali

Mr. Ahmed Ali (BS CUST, Pakistan)

Mr. Abdullah Farooq Abbasi (BS CUST, Pakistan)

Dr. Azhar Mahmood (PhD HUST, China)

Ms. Omama Tanvir (MS AU, Pakistan)

Dr. Mohammad Javed Hyder (PhD RPI, USA)

Mr. Jahanzeb Malik (MS CUST, Islamabad)

Dr. Ishrat Yousaf (PhD UoP, Peshawar)

Dr. Samyia Safdar (PhD UIBE, China)

Ms. Hajra Qayyum (MS CUST, Islamabad)

Dr. Shazia Faiz (PhD CUST, Islamabad)

Dr. Sabahat Haqqani (PhD UoE, Edinburgh)

Mr. Umair Ahmed (BS CUST, Islamabad)

Mr. Talha Ahmed (MS CUST, Islamabad)

Mr. Akash Syed (MS CUI, Abbottabad)

Muhammad Waleed Farooq (MS CUST, Islamabad)

Mr. Usman Hussain (MS CUST, Islamabad)

Dr. Nousheen Tariq Bhutta (PD UoS, Italy)

Dr. Muhammad Tariq Khan (PhD RIU, Islamabad)

Dr. Nadia Shamshad Malik (PhD IUB, Bahawalpur)

Dr. Mahboob Alam (PhD UoP, Peshawar)

Dr. Muzaffar Abbas (PhD SDSU, USA)

Ms. Kainat Batool (BS CUST, Islamabad)

Mr. Naeemullah Khan (MS RIU, Islamabad)

Ms. Maria Mashkoor(PhD Scholar CUST, Islamabad)

Mr. Ahmed Sheikh (BS MAJU, Islamabad)

Ms. Faiza Khalid(MS UET, Taxila)

Mr. Iqbal Ahmad(MS CUST, Islamabad)

Dr. Arshia Amin Butt (PhD QAU, Islamabad)

Dr. Erum Dilshad (PhD QAU, Islamabad)

Dr. Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar (PhD QAU, Islamabad)

Dr. Shaukat Iqbal (PhD NKUA, Athens)

Dr. Sahar Fazal (PhD South China Agricultural University, China)

Mr. Khalid Mahmood (MS University of Engineering, Taxila)

Dr. M. Irfan (PhD KOC University, Istanbul, Turkey)

Mr. Syed Hassan Shah (MS University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)

Dr. Salman Sagheer Warsi (PhD NUST, Islamabad)

Dr. Waqas Akbar Lughmani (PhD Loughborough University, UK)

Mr. Saif Ullah (MS University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)

Dr. Khawar Naveed Abbasi (PhD University of London, UK)

Dr. Abdul Basit Siddiqui (PhD FAST, Islamabad)

Dr. M. Mahabat Khan (PhD University of Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France)

Mr. Attabik Tabib (BS CUST, Islamabad)

Mr. Amir Hamza (BS COMSATS, Islamabad)

Mr. Inam Elahi (MPhil UoL, Lahore)

Mr. Muhammad Naeem (MS CASE, Islamabad)

Dr. Samina Rashid (PhD CUST, Islamabad)

Dr. Dur e Shehwar Sagheer (PhD CUST, Islamabad)

Dr. Muhammad Afzal (PhD QAU, Islamabad)

Dr. Rashid Ali (PhD Universitaet Passau, Germany)

Mr. Umar Maqbool (MS University of Hert Fordshire, UK)

Dr. Muhammad Sagheer (PhD UoS, UK)

Dr. Abdul Rehman Kashif (PhD QAU, Islamabad)

Dr. Umer Amir Khan (PhD Hanyang University, South Korea)

Dr. Muhammad Tahir (PhD CUST, Islamabad)

Dr. Aamer Iqbal Bhatti (PhD Leicester University, UK)

Dr. Noor M. Khan (PhD UNSW, Australia)

Mr. Zia ul Islam (MS Durham University, UK)

Mr. Muhammad Umar Toor (MS MAJU, Islamabad)

Ms. Rabia Habib (MS University of Bedfordshire, UK)

Muhammad Saboor Ahmed (PhD Scholar CUST, Islamabad)

Ms. Saeeda Ibrahim (MA AIOU, Islamabad)

Mr. Nasir Rasool (MS MAJU, Islamabad)

Dr. Ahsan Mahmood Ahmed (PhD UMS, Malaysia)

Dr. Lakhi Muhammad (PhD Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia)

Mrs. Qurat ul Ain Jalil (MPhil QAU, Islamabad)

Dr. Saira Ahmed (PhD IMT Institute for Advanced Studies, Italy)

Dr. Muhammad Ishfaq Khan (PhD COMSATS, Islamabad)

Mr. Saqib Naveed (MS Riphah, Islamabad)

Dr. Jaleel Ahmed Malik (PhD Harbin Institute of Technology, China)

Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad Taj (PhD Hokkaido University, Japan)

Dr. M. Mansoor Ahmed (PhD University of Cambridge, UK)

Dr. Arif Vaseer (PhD CUST, Islamabad)

Dr. Sayyed M. Mehdi Raza Naqvi (PhD MAJU, Islamabad)
Dr. Ansir A. Rajput (PhD MAJU, Islamabad)

Mr. Sohail Afzal (MS CUST, Islamabad)

Dr. Aamer Nadeem (PhD MAJU, Islamabad)

Dr. Arshad Hassan (PhD MAJU, Islamabad)

Dr. Nayyer Masood (PhD University of Bradford, UK)

Dr. M Abdul Qadir (PhD University of Surrey, UK)

Dr. Muhammad Usman Farooqi (PhD CUST, Islamabad)

Dr. Ishtiaq Hassan (PhD UET, Taxila)
