Dr. Muhammad Siraj Rathore

Assistant Professor

muhammad.siraj@cust.edu.pk

+92-51-111-555-666

PROFILE SUMMARY

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.	Ahmed, Naveed, Kamalrulnizam Abu Bakar, Fatima Tul Zuhra, Tanzila Kehkashan, Muhammad Akram Mujahid, Muhammad Siraj Rathore, Muhammad Dawood, and Babangida Isyaku. “Security & Privacy in Software Defined Networks, Issues, Challenges and Cost of Developed Solutions: A Systematic Literature Review.” International Journal of Wireless Information Networks (2022): 1-27. (ISI Indexed- IF 2.33).
2.	Ahmed, Naveed, Asri bin Ngadi, Johan Mohamad Sharif, Saddam Hussain, Mueen Uddin, Muhammad Siraj Rathore, Jawaid Iqbal et al. “Network Threat Detection Using Machine/Deep Learning in SDN-Based Platforms: A Comprehensive Analysis of State-of-the-Art Solutions, Discussion, Challenges, and Future Research Direction.” Sensors 22, no. 20 (2022): 7896. (ISI Indexed- IF 3.84).
3.	Farhan Sabir Ujager, Azhar Mahmood, Muhammad Usman, and Muhammad Siraj Rathore. “A Hierarchical Energy Conservation Framework (HECF) of Wireless Sensor Networks by Temporal Association Rule Mining for Smart Buildings.” Egyptian Informatics Journal 23, no. 1 (2022): 137-147 (ISI Indexed, IF 3.93).
4.	Muhammad Siraj Rathore, Naveed Ahmad et al., “In the Direction of Service Guarantees for Virtualized Network Functions.” Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing 2022 (2022). (ISI Indexed, IF 2.33).
5.	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.

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