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Ghulam Murtaza

Area of Interest : Distributed Systems
Advisor : Umar Saif
Cleared Qualifying exam in August 2007
Email : murtaza AT lums DOT edu DOT pk

Bio-Sketch

I have completed my undergrad studies in CS from UMT in 2004 and recently(4 months ago), I completed my MSCS from LUMS. Now, I am a PhD candidate here in LUMS. I am part of NEWT. I am working under my PhD advisor "Dr. Umar Saif".

Research Interests

I am basically involved in system building stuff. I am interested in the fields of Distributed Systems and Computer Networks. We are working on something that would affect the world in a great sense. We are gonna change the world :).

Currently, I am working on the project of "Containment Routing". Previously, I had been working on the "Poor Man’s Broadband".

Summer Activities

This summer(2008), I am working with Microsoft Research India. Here I am affiliated to Technology for Emerging Markets group. I am being advised by Kentaro Toyama.

Publications

Umar Saif, Ahsan Latif Chudhary, Shakeel Butt , Nabeel Farooq Butt, Ghulam Murtaza: Peer-to-peer Internet for the Developing World (Best papers from IEEE/ACM ICTD'07). In Journal of Information Technology and International Development (ITID), Vol. 4, No. 2, 2008 , MIT Press.
Umar Saif, Ahsan Latif Chudhary, Shakeel Butt , Nabeel Farooq Butt, Ghulam Murtaza: Internet for Developing World: Offline Internet Access at Modem-speed Dialup Connections. IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2007), Banglore, India, December 2007 (Selected as Best paper).