Faculty
Associate Professor
Director, MuSIC Lab
Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering
Virginia Commonwealth University
401 W. Main Street, Room E2252
Richmond, VA 23284
Phone: 804.828.0137
tnadeem@vcu.edu
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Current Ph.D. Students
Hannaneh Barahouei Pasandi
PhD Student, MuSIC Lab
Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering
Virginia Commonwealth University
401 W. Main Street, Room E2238
Richmond, VA 23284
barahoueipash@vcu.edu
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Mohammed Ayyat
PhD Student, MuSIC Lab
Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering
Virginia Commonwealth University
401 W. Main Street, Room E2238
Richmond, VA 23284
Phone: 804.828.0137
ayyatma@vcu.edu
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Norah Alobaidan
PhD Student, MuSIC Lab
Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering
Virginia Commonwealth University
401 W. Main Street, Room E2238
Richmond, VA 23284
alobaidann@vcu.edu
Mohamed Osman
PhD Student, MuSIC Lab
Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering
Virginia Commonwealth University
401 W. Main Street, Room E2238
Richmond, VA 23284
osmanmw@vcu.edu
Ph.D. Alumni
- Santosh Kumar Nukavarapu, Ph.D., Thesis: "Machine Learning (ML) - assisted tools for enhancing security and privacy of edge devices"
- Ibrahim Ben Mustafa, Ph.D., Thesis: "Edge-Based SDN Architecture for Programmable and Flexible Video Streaming", Spring 2018
- Ahmed Salem, Ph.D., Thesis: "Leveraging Resources on Anonymous Mobile Edge Nodes", Spring 2018, Software Engineer - Amazon, USA
- Abdulla Alasaadi, Ph.D., Thesis: "SenSys: A Smartphone-based Framework for ITS Applications Spring", Fall 2017, Assistant Professor - Univ. of Bahrain., Bahrain
- Ahmed Alghamdi, Ph.D., Thesis: "ITSBLUE - A Distributed Bluetooth-based Framework for Intelligent Transportation Systems", Summer 2017, Assistant Professor - Imam Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Mostafa Uddin, Ph.D., Thesis: "Toward Open and Programmable Wireless Network Edge", Summer 2016, Research Scientist Nokia-Bell Labs, USA
Master Alumni
- Ahmed Nasr M.Sc, Thesis: "Novel Technique for Gait Analysis Using Two Waist Mounted Gyroscopes", Summer 2018
- Maryab Arab, M.Sc., Thesis: "MagnoPark - Smart Parking Detection based on Cellphone Magnetic Sensor", Fall 2016, Ph.D. Student - George Mason Univ.
- Ilho Nam, M.Sc., Project: "Wearable Sensing Framework for Human Activity Monitoring", Summer 2015, Software Developer - Curely LLC.; Health & Fitness, USA
- Ashish Kshirsagar, M.Sc., Project: "Home Automation using Raspberry Pi", Summer 2014
- Atsuyuki Harada, M.Sc., Project: "Chinese Game for Android", Summer 2012