Saad Ahmed
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I am a Research Scientist in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, working in the Kamoamoa Lab with Dr. Josiah Hester. Previously, I was working as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northwestern University. 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.
News
(09-2026) Paper on reliable timekeeping using magnetic tunnel junctions for intermittent computing got accepted in SenSys'27.
(01-2026) Selected as distinguished reviewer for ACM TIOT.
(09-2025) Attended ARPA-H REACT program review in Texas, USA.
(03-2025) Invited for guest lecture in the department of electrical and computer engineering at WPI.
(02-2025) Invited for guest lecture in the department of mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech.
(01-2025) Paper on data cache architecture for batteryless systems got accepted in ASPLOS'25.
(01-2025) Paper on dynamic voltage and frequency scaling for intermittent computing got accepted in ACM TOSN.
(12-2024) Paper on memory-efficient and adaptive-inference for resource-contrained embedded systems got accepted in EWSN'24.
(10-2024) Attended ARPA-H ROGUE kick-off meeting.
(09-2024) Paper on bootstrapping health wearables powered by intra-Body power transfer accepted in IEEE BSN'24.
(05-2024) Invited for a talk at LUMS.
(04-2024) I received the College of Computing Outstanding Postdoctoral Research Award at Georgia Institute of Technology.
(03-2024) Led a Communications of ACM review article on intermittent computing! I got interviewed by CACM.
(02-2024) Invited for a talk at UC Santa Cruz.
(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
Education
LUMS- School of Science and Engineering, Pakistan
Dissertation: Fast and Energy-efficient Intermittent Computing
LUMS- School of Science and Engineering, Pakistan
National University in Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan
Bronze Medal: Among Top 2% of the batch
Selected Publications
Sourav Mohapatra, Vito Kortbeek, Marco van Eerden, Jochem Broekhoff, Saad Ahmed, Przemysław Pawełczak
ASPLOS'25
Eren Yildiz, Saad Ahmed, Bashima Islam, Josiah Hester, Kasim Sinan Yildirim
EuroSys'23
[14.1% acceptance rate]
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
Chris Kraemer, Amy Guo, Saad Ahmed, Josiah Hester
UbiComp'22/IMWUT
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
Samar Abbas, Ahmed Ehsan, Saad Ahmed, Sheraz Ali Khan, Tariq M Jadoon, Muhammad Hamad Alizai
IPSN'20
Saad Ahmed, Qurat-u-Ain, Junaid Haroon Siddiqui, Luca Mottola, Muhammad Hamad Alizai
EWSN'20
Best Paper Nominee
Saad Ahmed, Naveed Anwar Bhatti, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Junaid Haroon Siddiqui, Luca Mottola
LCTES'19
Professional Experience
Georgia Institue of Technology, USA
Georgia Institue of Technology, USA
Northwestern University, USA
RWTH Aachen, Germany
LUMS-School of Science and Engineering, Pakistan
Techlogix Inc., Pakistan
Community Service (Peer Review)
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.