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<strong>PROGRAM</strong>ME<br />
Day 1: Monday, 19 th December, 2005<br />
Inaugural Session<br />
8:00 - 9:00 Registration for symposium<br />
9:00 - 9:05 Recitation from the Holy Quran<br />
9:0 5 - 9:25 Address by symposium Chair, Dr. Yasin A Raja<br />
9:25 - 9:45 Address by International Co-Chair, Dr. S M Hassan Zaidi<br />
9:45 - 10:00 Address by Chief Guest<br />
Mr. Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari,<br />
Federal Minister, M/o Information Technology & Telecom<br />
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee/Tea Break<br />
SESSION – 1<br />
Optical Internet (PART - I)<br />
Chair: Rear Admiral. Shahid Farooq HI(M) (NTC, Pakistan)<br />
Co-Chair: Dr. S. Qazi (SUNYIT, USA)<br />
Faculty Member: Ahsan Ahmad Chaudhry<br />
Student: Raheeb Muzzafar<br />
10:30 - 11:00 “Passive Optical Networks (PON): Propellers of FTTH” by Dr. Yasin<br />
A. Raja, Dr. Nasir Ghani, and Dr. S. M. Hasan Zaidi<br />
11:00 - 11:30 “Optical Internet Technologies and Emergent Cyber-Infrastructures”<br />
Dr. Nasir Ghani, Dr. Yasin A. Raja, Dr. S. M. Hasan Ziadi and Dr.<br />
Arshad Ali<br />
11:30 - 11:55 “GLIF-NIIT Research: Gateway to Information Superhighway in<br />
Pakistan” by Dr S. M. Hasan Zaidi<br />
11:55 -12:15 Discussion Session<br />
( Rear Admiral. Shahid Farooq HI(M), Dr. S M Hassan Zaidi, Dr.<br />
Yasin A. Raja, Dr. Michael Fiddy, Dr. Nasir Ghani, Ahsan Ahmad<br />
Chaudhry, Raheeb Muzafar)<br />
12:15 - 13:00 Lunch Break<br />
SESSION – 2<br />
Optical Internet (PART II)<br />
Chair : Dr. Avais Kamal (Optiwave- Pakistan)<br />
Co-Chair: Dr. Teresa A. Dahlberg (UNCC, USA)<br />
Faculty Member: Sami Ullah Baig<br />
Student: M. Umer Waseem<br />
13:00 - 13:30 “Optical Networking Market Trends and Growth Opportunities - A<br />
Comparative Review” by Dr. M. Mahmud Awan<br />
13:30 - 14:00 “Multicasting in Optical Networks” by H. Yosefizadeh, A. Zilouchain,<br />
and Dr. M. Ilyas<br />
14:00 - 14:30 “Fibre to Wireless” by Tariq J. Qureshi<br />
14:30 –14:45 “Inter-Domain Routing in Optical DWDM Networks by Dr. Nasir<br />
Ghani, Qing Gary Liu, and Dr. Yasin A. Raja<br />
14:45 - 15:00 “EPON Technology Survey – Proposal for NUST Access Network” by<br />
Raheeb Muzaffar<br />
15:00 - 16:00 Discussion Session (Dr. Avais Kamal, Dr. Teresa A. Dahlberg, Dr. S M<br />
Hasan Zaidi, Dr. Yasin A Raja, Dr. Nasir Ghani, Dr. M. Mahmud<br />
Awan, Mr. Ahsan Chaudhry, M. Umer Waseem)
Day 2: Tuesday, 20 th December, 2005<br />
SESSION – 3A<br />
Metro/Access Networks<br />
Chair: Dr. Sohail Naqvi (HEC, Pakistan)<br />
Co-Chair: Dr. S M Hasan Zaidi (NUST, Pakistan)<br />
Faculty Member: Tashfeen Khan<br />
Student: Umer Waseem<br />
9:00 - 9:30 “Recent Progress in Optical Metro/Access Networks” by Dr. Mustafa<br />
Abushagur<br />
9:30 - 10:00 “Free Space Optical (FSO) Link Design Under Diverse Weather<br />
Conditions” by Dr. Zahid Saleem<br />
10:00 - 10:15 “Next Generation Optical Access by M. Umer Wasim<br />
10:15 - 11:00 Discussion Session (Dr. Sohail Naqvi, Dr. S M Hasan Zaidi, Dr.Yasin<br />
A Raja, Dr. Nasir Ghani, Dr. Zahid Saleem, Mr. Tashfeen Khan, M.<br />
Umer Waseem)<br />
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee/Tea Break<br />
SESSION – 3B<br />
Grid/Multi Agent Systems<br />
Chair: Dr. Riaz-ud-Din (DG, NCP QAU)<br />
Co Chair: Ms. Gigi Karmous-Edwards (UNCC, USA)<br />
Faculty Member: Aatif Kamal<br />
Student: Sarmad Sadiq<br />
9:00 - 9:30 “Controlling the Behavior of Global Research Networks” by Gigi<br />
Karmous-Edwards<br />
9:30 - 10:00 “Grid Computing Research - Road to economic and scientific progress<br />
for Pakistan” by Dr. Arshad Ali<br />
10:00 - 10:15 “Loosely Coupled Architecture for Integrating Network Topology<br />
Discovery Algorithms” by Faran Javed, Hamid Mukhtar, Fawad Nazir,<br />
Arshad Ali, Dr. Hafiz Farooq<br />
10:15 - 10:30 “Security in Large Scale Distributed Systems (Computational Grids):<br />
Critique and Solutions” by Muhammad Abdul Qadir, Shaftab Ahmed,<br />
Raja Asad Zaheer<br />
10:30 - 10:45 “Parallel Needleman-Wunsch Algorithm for GRID” by Tahir Naveed,<br />
Imtiaz Saeed Siddiqui and Shaftab Ahmed<br />
10:45 - 11:00 Discussion Session<br />
(Dr. Riaz-u-Din, Dr. Arshad Ali, Ms. Edwards, Dr. Farooq Ahmad,<br />
Aashiq Anjum, Aatif Kamal, Sarmad Sadiq)<br />
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee/Tea Break<br />
SESSION – 4A<br />
Network Security<br />
Chair: Air Cdre S N A Hamdani (ACAS Electronics, PAF)<br />
Co-Chair: Dr. M. Afzal (UAAR, Pakistan)<br />
Faculty Member: Ejaz Ahmed<br />
Student: Syed Waqar Hussain<br />
11:30 –12:00 “Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) Standards” by Dr.<br />
M. Manshad Satti<br />
12:00 - 12:30 “Data Security Architecture of Metro and Wide Area Networks:<br />
Subscriber Responsibility or Service Provider’s” by Dr. Khurram Kazi<br />
12:30 - 13:00 “Wimax Security” by Ejaz Ahmed<br />
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13:00 - 13:30 Discussion Session<br />
(Air Cdre S N A Hamdani, Dr. S M Hasan Zaidi, Dr. M. Manshad Satti,<br />
Dr Khurram Kazi, Mr. Ejaz Ahmed, Ms. Shamaila Keyani, Syed Waqar<br />
Hussain)<br />
13:30 - 14:15 Lunch Break<br />
SESSION – 4B<br />
Enabling Technologies<br />
Chair: Dr. Shoab Ahmad Khan (CARE, Pakistan)<br />
Co-Chair : Dr. M. Mahmud Awan ( Regional Tech, USA)<br />
Faculty Member: Shamaila Keyani<br />
Student: Mujtaba Haider / Raheeb Muzaffar<br />
11:30 –12:00 Building Technology Regions Through Incubation Mechanisms: A<br />
Strategy for Promoting High-Tech Entrepreneurship in Pakistan by Dr.<br />
Sarfraz A. Mian<br />
12:00 - 12:20 “Optical Interconnect Technologies and Standards” by Dr. Waqar<br />
Mehmood<br />
12:20 –12:40<br />
“Information System for Optical Manufacturing” by Dr. Waseem Khan<br />
12:40-13:00 “An Integrated Framework for Schema Integration in Object Oriented<br />
Data Warehousing” by Junaid Ahmed, Dr. Sharifullah and Aatif Kamal<br />
13:00- 13:15 “Vision based Navigation for a Mobile Robot with Differebt Field of<br />
Views by Rizwan A. Khan, M Asim Qureshi and Saqib Saeed<br />
13:15 - 13:30 Discussion Session (Dr. Shoab Ahmad Khan, Dr. N.D.Gohar, Dr. Waqar<br />
Mahmood, Shamaila Keyani, Mujtaba Haider, Rizwan A. Khan)<br />
13:30 - 14:15 Lunch Break<br />
SESSION – 5A<br />
Traffic Engineering in Optical Networks<br />
Chair: Dr. M. Manshad Satti (CEO, IT Butler e-Services Aus/Dubai)<br />
Co-Chair: Dr. Michael Fiddy (UNCC ,USA)<br />
Faculty Member: Ahsan Ahmad Chaudhry<br />
Student: Raheeb Muzaffar<br />
14:15 - 14:45 “End-to-End Ethernet Services over MPLS Networks” by Dr. Iftekhar<br />
Hussain<br />
14:45 - 15:15 “A Quick Review of Multi-Protocol Label Switching & Emerging<br />
Trends” by Dr. Zartash Afzal Uzmi, LUMS Pakistan<br />
15:15 - 15:30 “A Review on GMPLS Protocols: Issues and Challenges by Syed Waqar<br />
Hussain, Dr. S M Hasan Zaidi, Ms. Gigi Karmous-Edwards, Rizwan<br />
Ahmad<br />
15:30 - 16:00 Discussion Session<br />
(Dr. N.D.Gohar, Dr. Waqar Mahmood, Dr. Junaid Zubairi, Ahsan<br />
Chaudary, Raheeb Muzaffar)<br />
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SESSION – 5B<br />
Wireless & Satellite Communication<br />
Chair: Mr. Tariq J. Qureshi (Warid Telecom, Pakistan)<br />
Co-Chair: Dr. N D Gohar (NUST, Pakistan)<br />
Faculty Member: Rizwan Ahmad<br />
Student: Syed Waqar Hussain<br />
14:15 - 14:45 “Challenges in Indoor and Outdoor Optical Wireless Communications”<br />
by Dr. Salahuddin Qazi<br />
14:45 - 15:15 “Emerging Wireless Next Generation Network Technologies” by<br />
Dr. Fazal Mahmood<br />
15:15 - 15:45 “Challenges for Hybrid Multi-hop Network Protocols” by Dr. Teresa A.<br />
Dahlberg and Lijuan Cao<br />
15:45 – 16:00 “Transport Layer Sensor Network Protocol – A Review of Issues and<br />
Solutions” by Shafiq Hashmi and Dr. Hussein Mouftah<br />
16:00 – 16:15 “MAC Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks: AReview,” by Syed<br />
Waqar Hussain, Tashfeen Khan, Dr. S.M.H. Zaidi<br />
16:15 - 16:30 “Enhancement in the Capacity of Wireless Networks Using QPSK and<br />
QAM Techniques” by Adnan M. Qureshi, Ayesha Siddiqui<br />
16:30 – 16:45 Discussion Session<br />
(Dr. Waqar Mahmood, Dr. M Awan, Dr. S Qazi, Dr. Fazal Mahmood,<br />
Dr. Teresa, Mr. Tariq Qureshi, Rizwan Ahmad, Tashfeen Khan, Ahsan<br />
Chaudary, Ejaz Ahmad, Syed Waqar Hussain)<br />
Video conferencing Session<br />
17:00 – 17:30 “Fiber-to-the-Home Passive Optical Network” by Dr. Andre Girard<br />
17:30 - 18:00 “Flexi-Tunes: An Integrated Architecture based on Flexible Tunnels for<br />
Secure and Scalable Multimedia Communication,” by Ashfaq Khokhar<br />
Day 3: Wednesday, 21 st December, 2005<br />
SESSION – 6<br />
Optical Internet (PART III)/ Wireless Communication/ Enabling Tech.<br />
Chair: Air Cdre (R) Mansoor Malik (Chairman IEEE Islamabad)<br />
Co-Chair: Dr. Nasir Ghani (Tennessee Tech, USA)<br />
Faculty Member: Rizwan Ahmad<br />
Student: Syed Waqar Hussain<br />
9:00 – 9:30 “Artificial Materials for Optical Switches and Buffers” by Dr. Michael<br />
Fiddy<br />
9:30 – 10:00 “Current Status of DWDM Deployment in the Research & Education,<br />
Government, and Commercial Market-Place” by Mr. Henry Orjeuela<br />
10:00 - 10:30 “Building Reliable Optical Networks with Efficient Protection Schemes”<br />
by Dr. Junaid Zubairi<br />
10:30 - 11:00 “Art and Technology of “Fiber Optic Connectivity” “by<br />
Scott Williams<br />
11:00 - 11:40 Tea/ Coffee Break / Industrial Showcase<br />
11:40 - 12:00 “KICS – An Institute for Innovation and Collaboration” by Dr. Noor M.<br />
Sheikh<br />
12:00 - 12:20 “Optical CDMA” by Dr. N. D. Gohar<br />
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12:20 - 12:40 “Limited Mobility Technique for CDMA WLL Systems” by Dr. Tanveer<br />
ul Haq<br />
12:40 –12:55 Discussion Session<br />
(Dr. S Qazi, Dr. S M Hassan Zaidi, Dr. N Ghani , Dr. Muhammad Awan,<br />
Mr. Rizwan Ahmad, Syed Waqar Hussain)<br />
12:55 - 13:40 Lunch Break<br />
Closing Session<br />
13:45 Guests to be seated<br />
14:00 - 14:03 Recitation from the Holy Quran<br />
14:03 - 14:15 Symposium Review<br />
14:15 - 14:20 Vote of Thanks, Dr. Arshad Ali (DG NIIT)<br />
14:20 - 14:35 Distribution of Shields<br />
14:35 –<br />
14:45<br />
Address by Chief Guest,<br />
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman NI, HI, SI, TI<br />
Chairman (Federal Minister), Higher Education Commission<br />
14:45 –<br />
15:15<br />
Refreshments<br />
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