My Biography

PhD, Computer Science, Spring 2017 - Spring 2021
University of Nevada, Reno, USA
- Advisor: Dr. Feng Yan
- Current Position: Research and Teaching Assistant
- Research Area: Cloud Computing, Performance Optimization, Machine Learning, Big Data
Master of Science, Computer Science and Engineering, 2014-2016
Koc University, Istanbul. Turkey
- Advisors: Prof. Oznur Ozkasap
- Thesis: Workload Management in Distributed Data Centers: Spatial and Thermal Awareness for Energy Efficiency (pdf)
- Research Project: Workload Management and Energy Efficiency of Distributed Data Centers
Bachelor of Science, Telecommunications Engineering, 2008-2012
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES-FAST), Islamabad, Pakistan
- Advisor: Asst Prof. Aamer Hafeez

Work Experience

Applied Scientist - Amazon Web Services (AWS) – 2021.06 to Present
- Machine Learning Solution Labs
Postdoctoral Appointee - Argonne National Laboratory – 2021.06 to 2022.05
- Data Science and Learning Division
- Project: Data Science and Learning for Computer System
- Argonne National Laboratory, United States
Research Assistant - University Of Nevada Reno – Fall 2017 to Spring 2021
- Intelligent Data and Systems Lab (IDS Lab)
- Project: The Most Profitable use of Burstable Instances of Amazon EC2 (Current)
- University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Research Assistant - Koc University – Fall 2014 to Fall 2016
- Distributed Computing and Networking Laboratory, Department of Computer Engineering,
- Project: Energy Efficient Workload scheduling in Geographically Distributed data centers by considering the spatio-temporal properties of data centers.
- Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
IT Consultant: IBM Global Business Services – June 2013 to August 2014
- IT Department
- Project: Enterprises Assessment Portal
- Worked as a Java developer and team lead reporting on an IBM web-based application for procurement.
Trainee: IBM Global Business Services – January 2013 to June 2014
- IT Department
- Project: Ufone Customer relationship Management (CARES)
- Worked as a C# developer and Software quality assurance trainee. Development of CRM for the largest telecom operator (UFone) in Pakistan.

University of Nevada, Reno Fall 2017 - present Department of Computer Science
- CPE 301 Embedded System Design - Fall 2018
- CS 201 Computer Organization - Spring 2018
- CPE 301 Embedded System Design - Fall 2017
Koc University Fall. 2014 - Fall 2016 Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- COMP 416 Computer Networks - Fall 2016
- COMP 132 Advance Programming - Spring 2016
- COMP 303 Computer Architecture - Fall 2015
- EQUR 101 Quantitative Reasoning Using Computers - Spring 2015
- COMP 130 Introduction to Programming - Fall 2014
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES-FAST) Spring 2014 Department of Electrical Engineering,
- EE 403 Wireless and Mobile Communication - Spring 2014
- EE 423 Next Generation Networks - Spring 2014