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Jahanzeb Farooq
Contact Email: jahanzeb.farooq (at) gmail.com
Web: www.jahanzeb.com
Phone:
(mobile) +45 53571208
Address: Bremensgade 85, 2 tv, 2300 Kobenhavn S, Denmark
Skills

Programming:

C, C++/STL, JAVA/J2EE, Web: JSP, Servlets, XML, HTML, Others: JAVAScript, Perl
Software Engineering: Object-oriented software construction (OOAD/OOP), UML, design patterns
Tools: Visual Studio 2008, NetBeans 6.7, Eclipse, gcc, gdb/DDD, grep, sed, make, MATLAB, CVS, Mercurial, JIRA, Bugzilla, XEmacs, LaTeX, network simulators (NS-3, GloMoSim), IT++
Telecom/Networks: WLAN 802.11/e, WiMAX 802.16, Bluetooth BlueZ API, TCP/IP, network simulator design and development, Theory: UMTS/WCDMA, GSM
Databases: SQL, MySQL, SQL Server 2005, Oracle, MS Access
Operating Systems: Windows, Unix/Linux
Languages: English (fluent, 7.5 in IELTS), French (basic), Swedish (elementary)
Education Master in Computing Science (2 years)                                (2004-2006)
Institute: Umea University, Sweden                                          CGPA (Swedish): 4.17/5.0
Major: mobile and wireless networks

Bachelor of Computer Science (4 years)                             (2001-2004)
Institute: Hamdard University, Pakistan,                                   CGPA: 3.97/4.0
Major: software engineering, Minor: wireless networks
Relevant Experience Software Engineer, Intracom IT Services, Denmark (Feb 2009 - present)
  • Job responsibilities include design, development and maintenance of company's management information system applications for tax and customs authorities. Development is done in C++ in client application, with extensive use of company’s XML based C++ persistence framework, and in JAVA in server application. Tools include Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2005, JBoss, CVS, JIRA project management system and Hudson build system.
R&D Software Engineer, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, France (Oct 2006 - Sep 2008)
  • Job responsibilities included design and development of simulation software for wireless network technology IEEE 802.16 WiMAX, and testing, integration and maintenance of the software.
  • Detailed implementation of MAC + PHY layers of the WiMAX standard using C++, NS-3 simulator, MATLAB and gdb/DDD. Other tools included Mercurial, Bugzilla and WAF build system.
  • Included designing thoroughly object-oriented software design using OOSAD and UML. Required strong skills in advanced C++ techniques, algorithms, software integration and debugging.
Research Assistant, Umea University, Sweden (Apr 2006 - Sep 2006)
  • Job responsibilities included writing programs for implementing and simulating wireless networks protocols mainly using C language and tools including GloMoSim network simulator and MATLAB.
  • Included developing algorithms and implementing 802.11e base station functionality in GloMoSim.
  • Worked on resource optimization in wireless networks, quality of service in WLAN standard IEEE 802.11/e, and algorithm performance evaluation through extensive simulations.
Software Developer, COMSDEV, Pakistan (Mar 2004 - Aug 2004)
  • Job responsibilities included software analysis and design with UML and software (GRASP) design patterns, and desktop and web application development mainly in C++, JAVA, JSP and PHP, using Tomcat and Apache as web servers, and MySQL and SQL Server at backend.
Projects (selected)
  • IEEE 802.16 WiMAX Simulation Software - Designed and developed simulation software for IEEE 802.16 WiMAX wireless network standard for NS-3 network simulator. Implemented complete MAC and PHY protocols/layers of WiMAX standard completely in C++ with approximately 17000 lines of code with throughly object-oriented software architecutre following OOSAD and UML techniques. Tools: C++, NS-3, gcc, gdb/DDD, MATLAB, UML, MS Visio, Mercurial.

  • IEEE 802.11e Wifi Simulation Software - Developed simulation software for IEEE 802.11e Wifi wireless network protocol for GloMoSim network simulator. Implemented complete EDCA MAC protocol in C. Evaluated its performance, simulated its MAC mechanism with extensive set of scenarios/metrics. Tools: C, Perl, GloMoSim, gcc, gdb/DDD, MATLAB, MS Visio. More


  • The Test Portal & Personality Assessment System - A web based test portal providing platform for administrators and users (institutes, companies etc) to design and publish their own tests. Also included Psychometric Tests (IQ, EQ). Tools: UML, JAVA, JSP, JAVA Beans, MySQL, Tomcat, JAVA Sun One Studio, MS Visio, Rational Rose, Dreamweaver 6.0. More
Full list of projects is available in my complete CV. If you are interested please write me to get a copy.

Awards and Achievements
  • Secured first position in Bachelor of Computer Science with 3.97/4.00 CGPA.
  • Six-time recipient of Dean’s List Scholarship for securing first position in BCS semester final exams.
  • Completed Master in Computing Science with extensive 171 ECTS credits (originally a 120 credits degree).
  • Received research assistantship from Department of Computing Science, Umea University.
Publications -Jahanzeb Farooq, Thierry Turletti. An IEEE 802.16 WiMAX Module for the NS-3 Simulator. In ACM International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUTools'09), March 2009. (pdf)

-Thomas Nilsson, Jahanzeb Farooq. A Novel MAC Scheme for Solving the QoS Parameter Adjustment Problem in IEEE 802.11e EDCA. In IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM’08), June 2008. (pdf)

-Jahanzeb Farooq, Bilal Rauf. Implementation and Evaluation of IEEE 802.11e Wireless LAN in GloMoSim. Master Thesis, Dept. of Computing Science, Umea University, February 2006. (pdf)

-Jahanzeb Farooq. Mobility and Internet Connectivity in Mobile Ad hoc Networks. In Umeå's 9th Students Conference in Computing Science, June 2005. (pdf)
Please write me if you are interested in my full CV.

  Last Update: September 4, 2009