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Saad Ahmed

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Hello!


I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, working in the Kamoamoa Lab with Dr. Josiah Hester. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from School of Science and Engineering at LUMS, Pakistan, advised by Dr. Muhammad Hamad Alizai

I build a sustainable future for computing by enabling the Internet of Batteryless Things; a vision that liberates Internet of Things (IoT) devices from batteries thus allowing maintenance-free operation. I develop system support that cuts across the system stack to ensure energy-efficient, reliable, and adaptive program execution while making computational progress under frequent power failures. I actively look to apply my work in mobile health, education, smart cities, and environmental monitoring to unlock new applications.


[Google Scholar][CV]

News 

(01-2023) EaseIO got accepted in EuroSys'23. Acceptance rate was 14% this year.

(01-2023) Protean got selected for the ACM SIGMOBILE research highlight

(10-2022) Transferred to Georgia Institute of Technology.

(09-2022) Protean got accepted in SenSys'22

(04-2022) Battery-free MakeCode was covered by ACM Tech News

(01-2022) FaceBit was covered by Scienctific American, Engadet, TechCrunch, Forbes, and many more.

(01-2022) Paper on Battery-free MakeCode accepted in Ubicomp'22

(08-2021) Paper on Smart Face Masks (FaceBit) got accepted in Ubicomp'22

(08-2021) Paper on IoT retrofits got accepted in ACM transactions on Cyber-physical systems (TCPS)

(03-2021) I was selected for the prestigious Alexander Von Humboldt (AvH) Research fellowship

(12-2020) I joined Kamoamoa Lab as a Postdcotoral Reseacher at Northwestern University

(07-2020) I graduated

(04-2020)  Attended IPSN'20 virtually.

(03-2020) Two papers got accepted in ACM transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS)

(02-2020) Aabdaar got accepted in IPSN'20.

(02-2020) Attending EWSN'20 Lyon, France

(11-2019) D2VFS nominated for the Best Paper Award at EWSN'20

(06-2019) Attending in LCTES'19 in Pheonix, AZ, USA

(04-2019) Two papers got accepted in LCTES'19

(11-2018) Attendeding IPSN'18

(11-2017) My team won the Intermittent Computing Hackathon at IDEA League Doctoral School

(11-2017) Attending IDEA League Doctoral School collocated with SenSys

(11-2017) Attending SenSys'17 at TU Delft, The Netherland

(08-2017) Attending Doctoral Colloquium at RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

(07-2016) Attending Doctoral Colloquium at RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany




Awards 

Selection for prestigious Alexander Von Humboldt (AvH) Postdcotoral scholarship
2021
Paper nominated for Best Paper Award at EWSN
2020
National Data Center Travel Grant to attend EWSN, LUMS
2020
Student Travel Grant worth to attend LCTES, LUMS
2019
CPS Week Travel Grant to attend IPSN, CPS Week
2018
First position in Intermittent Computing Hackathon at IDEA League Doctoral School
2017
Travel Grant to attend Doctoral Colloquium at RWTH Aachen, DAAD
2017
Travel Grant to attend Doctoral Colloquium at RWTH Aachen, DAAD
2016
Final Year Project among top 10%, Faculty of Computing, NUCES
2013






Education 

Ph.D-Computer Science
LUMS- School of Science and Engineering, Pakistan
Dissertation: Fast and Energy-efficient Intermittent Computing
2016-2020
M.S.-Computer Science
LUMS- School of Science and Engineering, Pakistan
2014-2016
B.S.-Computer Science
National University in Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan
Bronze Medal: Among Top 2% of the batch
2009-2013














Selected Publications 

Efficient and Safe I/O Operations for Intermittent Systems
Eren Yildiz, Saad Ahmed, Bashima Islam, Josiah Hester, Kasim Sinan Yildirim
EuroSys'23
[14.1% acceptance rate]
[Paper][Code]
Protean: Adaptive Battery-free Computing Platform
Abu Bakar, Rishabh Goel, Jasper de Winkel, Jason Huang, Saad Ahmed, Bashima Islam, Przemysław Pawełczak, Kasim Sinan Yildirim , Josiah Hester
SenSys'22
ACM SIGMOBILE Research highlight
[Paper][Code]
Batteryless MakeCode: Accessible Programming for Intermittent Computing
Chris Kraemer, Amy Guo, Saad Ahmed, Josiah Hester
UbiComp'22/IMWUT
[Paper][Video][Info]
FaceBit: Smart Facemask Platform
Alexander Curtiss, Blaine Rothrock, Abu Bakar, Nivedita Arora, Jason Huang, Zachary Englehardt, Aaron-Patrick Empedrado, Chixiang Wang, Saad Ahmed, Yang Zhang, Nabil Alshurafa, Josiah Hester
UbiComp'22/IMWUT
Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Award Finalist
[Paper][Video][Info]
No-frills Water Comfort for Developing Regions
Samar Abbas, Ahmed Ehsan, Saad Ahmed, Sheraz Ali Khan, Tariq M Jadoon, Muhammad Hamad Alizai
IPSN'20
[Paper]
Intermittent Computing with Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling
Saad Ahmed, Qurat-u-Ain, Junaid Haroon Siddiqui, Luca Mottola, Muhammad Hamad Alizai
EWSN'20
Best Paper Nominee
[Paper]
Efficient Intermittent Computing with Differential Checkpointing
Saad Ahmed, Naveed Anwar Bhatti, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Junaid Haroon Siddiqui, Luca Mottola
LCTES'19
[Paper]



Professional Experience 

Postdoctoral Scholar
Georgia Institue of Technology, USA
2022 - Present
Postdoctoral Scholar
Northwestern University, USA
Dec 2020 - Oct. 2022
Visiting Research Scholar
RWTH Aachen, Germany
Aug. 2016, July 2017
Graduate Research Assistant
LUMS-School of Science and Engineering, Pakistan
Sep. 2016 - July 2020
Software Engineer
Techlogix Inc., Pakistan
June 2013 - Nov. 2014

Community Service (Peer Review)

IMWUT
2023
Elsevier Journal on Adhoc Networks
2021, 2023
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
2021
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
2020
Journal of Comp. and Telecom. Networking, IEEE (ICPADS)
2019



Miscellanous 

Besides sustainable computing research, I love photography and travelling around the world. I have been to Germany, France, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, England, Scotland, Portugal, Turkey, Saudia Arabia, UAE, and USA. Here is my world footprint.


visited 16 states (7.11%)

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