My most enjoyable and beneficial educational experience came at
Cadet College Petaro (1983-1986). Petaro is a surreal place. I am fortunate to have been
educated at Cadet College Petaro.
Special
Interests
My special interests
are in Computer & Network Security, Computer Communication
Networks, Operating Systems and Computer Architecture. I am also very
much interested in the Linux Operating System. I think that Linux is
the best operating system that the world has had so far. With
continuing improvements Linux is likely to remain a leader in the
future. If you want learn more about Linux you can visit the Linux
Documentation Project Home Page or my Linux
Page.
For more than five
years (1996-2001) I had been involved in developing a credible
computer engineering/science education and computing infrastructure
at Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology. I had been
heading the Academic Computing Services department as the Systems
Manager and I was also an Associate Professor and the Incharge of the
Computer Engineering Department. I had deployed Linux, Windows NT and
TCP/IP at SSUET. I had implemented Internet services that included
desktop Internet access, Domain Name Service, World Wide Web Service
and many many more. I had also implemented firewall security for the
SSUET Campus Wide Network. I had also implemented Remote Access
Service. As you can see my time at SSUET
had been very busy and productive. I enjoyed every bit of my time at
SSUET. Here is a presentation I
had prepared about the Sir Syed University of Engineering &
Technology.
Teaching
My profession is
teaching. I regularly teach Computer
& Network Security, Internetworkingand Digital
Computer Logiccourses at the undergraduate level. I also
regularly teach graduate level courses in Computer Security and
Computer Networking. Below and within this page you will find the
links to the websites of various courses that I have been teaching,
the different labs that I have set up and many other projects that I
have undertaken over the last several years.
Research
Since September 2001,
I have moved on to better and even more enjoyable assignments. I am a
Ph. D. candidate at the National
University of Sciences and Technology (NUST). My area of research
is Efficient Hardware Implementations of Elliptic Curve
Cryptography and my Advisor is Capt. Dr. Nassar Ikram.
Here is a link to a page listing my research
publications.
Professional
and Social Activities (Volunteer)
I am fairly active
professionally. Here is a partial list of some of the volunteer
professional and social activities that I am involved in:
Promotion
of Linux and Opensource software technologies in Pakistan
Member
of Pakistan Engineering Council. I am frequently invited to be
part of visitation teams for accreditation of engineering schools in
Pakistan.
Curriculum
Development for Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical
Engineering, Electronic Engineering and Telecommunication
Engineering.
Family
I am married to Rabia
and we have three children, Ramlah, Ammar and Rimsha. Here is a link
to our Family Album. My father and
mother are settled in Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Here is a link
to my father's website.
