Biography
Dr. Nauman Aslam is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences. He joined Northumbria University in August 2011.
Dr. Nauman received his PhD in Engineering Mathematics from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 2008. He was awarded Master of Engineering Degree in Internetworking from Dalhousie University in 2003; and BSc in Mechanical Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan in 1993.
Prior to joining Northumbria University he worked as an Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University, Canada from 2008 - 2011. Currently, he also holds an adjunct associate professor position at Dalhousie university.
Dr. Nauman has extensive research experience in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. He was the founder of Wireless Networked Sensors Research (WiNets) Laboratory at Dalhousie University. Currently he is leading a team to set up a research facility for developing wireless sensor based health care applications. He has held research supports from industry including CMC Microsystems Canada and federal funding organizations including ACOA/AIF.
Dr. Nauman has published over 25 refereed research articles in international journals and conference proceedings. He has also co-organized international workshops and conference. He also served on many technical program committees and reviewed papers for several journals. Dr. Nauman is a member of IEEE and IAENG.
Research Interests
I am a member of both the Computational Intelligence Group and the Computer and Electronic Security System group at Northumbria University.
My research interests span the general areas of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. During last few years my research contributions focused on energy efficient communication protocols, energy efficient architectures, and QoS-aware medium access control (MAC) for WSNs. I am interested in design and development of viable communication protocols by using fundamental concepts from graph theory, optimization and intelligent techniques. I am also keenly interested in new applications of WSNs including health care and industrial control systems.
Currently, my research activities are focused at investigation of the following topics:
- Fault tolerance and reliability issues in wireless sensor networks
- Cooperative communication for energy efficient data dissemination in wireless sensor networks
- Wireless sensor based healthcare application
- Design and development of energy efficient algorithms for wireless sensor actor networks
- Medium access control in cognitive radio
- Secure communication protocols for wireless sensor networks
Key Publications
A full list of my publications since 2004 can be found
here
- Nauman Aslam, W. Robertson, W. Phillips and S. Sivakumar, "A Multi-Criterion Optimization Technique for Energy Efficient Cluster Formation in Wireless Sensor Networks", Elsevier Information Fusion Journal Volume 12, Issue 3 (2011), pages 147-240
- Jason Kenney, Nauman Aslam, W. Robertson and W. Phillips, "Experimental Evaluation of Timing Bounds for Clustering Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks ", IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference (WCNC), March 28 - 31, Cancun, Mexico, 2011
- Nauman Aslam, "Optimizing Connectivity in 3D Wireless Sensor Networks", Smart Wireless Sensor Networks, INTECH Publishers, ISBN No. 978-953-307-261-6, Dec. 2010
- Nauman Aslam, W. Phillips and W. Robertson, "Algorithms for Relay Node Selection in Randomly Deployed Homogeneous Clustered Wireless Sensor Networks", Ad hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks (AHSWN), Volume 8, No. 1-2, July 2009, Page(s): 5-20
- Nauman Aslam, W. Robertson and W. Phillips, "Effective Location Management of Mobile Actors in Wireless Sensor Actor Networks", Journal of Networks ,Volume 4, No. 1, February 2009, Page(s): 1-8
Teaching Interests and Modules
My main teaching interests include Network Architecture, Analysis and Design, Security and Networking Technologies.
Currently I am involved in teaching the following modules:
- EN0714: Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area
- EN0404: Introduction to Programming with Robots
- EN0636: Principles of wireless computer networks
- EN0715: Optimising Converged Cisco Networks
Who I Work With
I am actively engaged in research collaborations within my school as well as with colleagues from other universities internationally.
Currently I have active collaboration with colleagues in University of Bedfordshire (UK), Acadia University (Canada), IBA Karachi (Pakistan), Dalhousie University (Canada) and UoIT (Canada).
