CV: Adnan Quadri

email: quadriples@gmail.com

Mailing Address:
Email: quadriples@gmail.com Skype-id: adnan_quadri Cell-phone: +88-01720-280079 House: Z/1, Floor: 3, Road: Solimullah Road, Area: Mohammadpur, City: Dhaka Postal code: 1207, Country: Bangladesh

Education:
Bachelor in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Graduated with a CGPA of 2.98 on a scale of 4.0 (3.16/4.00 final year CGPA) Undergrad Thesis Title: Cognitive Radio for Wireless Nodes in IEEE 802.11 Based Wireless Mesh Network. Advisor: Mohammad Rashedul Hasan, Lecturer North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. GCE Advanced Level (A-level under London Examination Board) College: Academia, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Subject and corresponding grades: Mathematics- A, Physics- C GCE Ordinary Level (O-Level under London Examination Board) School- Mastermind, Dhaka, Bangladesh Subject and corresponding grades: English- A, Bengali- A, Math B- A, Chemistry- B, Pure Math- B, Physics- B, Biology- B.

Publications:
Conference and Workshop Publications: 1. Adnan Quadri, Montasir Farhan, Kazi M. Hasan, Elizabeth A. Ali, and Ashir Ahmed, Next Generation Communication Technologies: Wireless Mesh Network for Rural Connectivity, proc., IEEE GLOBECOM 2011,Workshop on Rural Communications: Technologies, Applications, Strategies and Policies (Ruralcomm 2011) Download Link: http://quad4ri.weebly.com/publications.html 2. Adnan Quadri, Kazi M. Hasan, Montasir Farhan and Rashedul Hasan, Dynamic Hop Selection by Cognitive Wireless Nodes in IEEE 802.11s Based Wireless Mesh, proc., 19th International Conference on Telecommunications 2012 (ICT 2012) Download Link: http://quad4ri.weebly.com/publications.html

CV: Adnan Quadri

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Research Interests:
My research interest is in the area of wireless communication and networking but widens up as I also take interest in any system integration and development that uses wireless networking as a communication medium. For example, ICT for Development and Smart Grid Information Network demands system integration where wireless networking plays an integral part. My enthusiasm in communication has been instrumental in conceptualizing my final year research project Cognitive Radio for Wireless Nodes in IEEE 802.11 Based Wireless Mesh Network and this dissertation kindled my interest to know further on the Cognitive Radio Networks. My research acknowledges the collaborative fashion by which mesh access points work and puts forward an approach to implement cognitive end users to make such networks more intelligent and each of its element aware of each other. Recently I have worked on developing a Network Management Interface for Super Wi-Fi deployment by Rice University and Technology for All (TFA) in Houston, Texas.

Research Experiences
1) Super Wi-Fi or Whitespace Network Deployment Super Wi-Fi is a term put forth by FCC (Federal Communications Commission) when they first opened up sizeable new band of unlicensed spectrum in the range of 50-700 MHz. Unlike current Wi-Fi, which uses 2.4 or 5 GHz, the spectrum that would carry Super Wi-Fi would be able to travel for several miles instead of couple of feet. After the digitization of the television, unutilized spectrums have been lying around and efforts have been given to use these bands, more often referred to as White Spaces, as unlicensed spectrum. As the new band of unlicensed spectrum lives in between TV channels, it was initially feared that the Super Wi-Fi data transmission might interfere with the TV signal. Hence as solution white space devices now will be required to query a special database, making sure no signals are crossed. Super Wi-Fi deployments can provide communities with better and cheaper access to wireless networks and hence Internet. In April 2011, Rice University in partnership with the nonprofit organization Technology for All, installed the first residential deployment of Super Wi-Fi in east Houston. The network uses white spaces for backhaul and provides access to clients in 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi. However, such networks are new and therefore different from usual Wi-Fi. New network management protocols are needed to be designed and developed in order to monitor/manage a White Space network deployment. I worked in the Super Wi-Fi research project in Rice University as Visiting Student Intern for 4 months. During this time, I worked on writing a new management protocol, designing and developing a network management interface to monitor and manage the Super Wi-Fi network. To know more about this project, please visit- http://networks.rice.edu/

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2) Information Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) Opportunities and challenges of traditional communication technologies, in the area of rural communication, calls for a change in perspective and usual trends of wired and wireless connectivity. In the quest to improve rural communication with the urban market, use of smart hand-held devices and easy-to-deploy wireless connectivity is catalytic according to my findings. To eradicate digital divide, we came up with a holistic approach to overcome the challenges of language barrier and information asymmetry. Customized $100 tablets, an interactive hand-held communication device, were distributed among villagers for free in a pilot project Digits-To-All (DTA). These smart communication devices stay connected to the global network through the deployment of wireless mesh network (WMN) in a rural area. QoS constraints are imposed in the WMN setup and significant observation has been made regarding spectrum resource utilization at every hop by achieving certain level of cognition at the user end. To know more about these project and communication infrastructure, please look up my publications inhttp://quad4ri.weebly.com/publications.html and www.amadeyr.org 3) Dynamic Hop Selection By Cognitive Wireless Nodes In IEEE 802.11S Based Wireless Mesh In contrast to wired networking and IEEE 802.16 setups, deployment of wireless mesh network is found to be inexpensive and catalyzes the use of wireless connectivity for WLAN setup in even remote areas of many emerging regions. In this research I worked in the rural development project Digits-to-All (DTA), launched in a remote area of Bangladesh, where WMN deployment is considered to be the only means of establishing communication between rural and urban market. The pilot mesh, when studied thoroughly reveals the underutilization of radio spectrum at every hop in the wireless mesh network. The wireless nodes/clients can be better equipped with efficient sensing parameters to select the best hop in a multi-hop environment by achieving a level of cognition. For efficient utilization of radio spectrum and intelligent hop selection, this research introduces a novel Best Hop Selection (BHS) scheme, which uses a special type of learning algorithm, known as Q-learning to adapt to the mesh environment. To know more about this research, please look up my publications in http://quad4ri.weebly.com/publications.html 4) Carbon Calculator for Carbon Trading (CCCT) Developed a university project, Going Green, to make energy efficient Base Stations by deploying solar power systems. Part of the project deals with the software based carbon calculator that helps the Telecom operators to monitor their carbon emission to initiate carbon trading. The research based project is still on going and requires funding to collect carbon content data of various sector of Bangladesh. The calculator can also be used as a mobile application.

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Coursework and Grades

Name of the Course Grade

Introduction to Communication Systems Introduction to VLSI Telecommunication Business Management Fiber Optic Communication System Digital Signal Processing Principles of Telecommunication Networks Mobile and Wireless Communication System RF Engineering Theory of Electromagnetic Fields Calculus and Analytic Geometry Work Experiences

A A A AB+ B+ B BBA-

Consultant, Rice Networks Group, Rice University (Aug 2012 Present) Job responsibility is to assist Rice Networks Group, Rice University by providing information on how to operate the recently developed Network Management Interface for their White Space commercial network deployment in Houston. Visiting Student Intern, Research Assistant Rice Networks Group, Rice University May 2012 August 2012 (4 months) Houston, Texas Joined Rice Networks Group as Research Assistant, under the Visiting Student Intern Category. Job responsibility was to develop a Network Management Interface/tool to monitor and manage their Whitespace commercial network deployment in Houston. a) Configuring RADIUS Authentication for network devices and clients. b) Configuring routers/CPE to transmit network usage data to the core servers c) Designing UI for network monitoring and management. d) Database design and management to receive and store live data feeds from network nodes. e) Worked partly on developing a network management protocol (nmp) for the Super Wi-Fi deployment.

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Technical and Business development Executive Amadeyr Cloud Ltd. May 2011 May 2012 (1 year) Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh a) Design and deploy a wireless mesh network in a remote area of Gazipur. b) Manage and provide technical assistance to chief technical officer in the DTA (Digits-To-All) project launched by Amadeyr Cloud. c) Monitored and managed Cloud Administration and Android Development team. d) Business development and research wing of Amadeyr Cloud Ltd. e) Publications describing details of wireless network setup and Amadeyr Delivery System (ADS) - ACL proprietary solution to reduce digital divide

Regular Contributor Rising Stars, The Daily Star February 2007 June 2008 (1 year 5 months) Kawran Bazar, Dhaka Key responsibilities of the job is to prepare presentations, come up with innovative ideas, write reports, feature writing, meeting minutes and maintaining formal contact with artists, journalists, writers and institutions like British Council, Alliance Franaise etc. The Daily Star is the No.1 daily English Newspaper in Bangladesh. Here are some of my articles in Rising Stars, The Daily Star. Calling a spade a spade http://www.thedailystar.net/rising/2007/05/02/special.htm Autism in Bangladesh- Where do we stand? http://www.thedailystar.net/rising/2007/06/01/scr02.htm Alice in Wonderland http://www.thedailystar.net/rising/2011/03/02/scr01.htm

ICDDR,B April 2006- July 2006 Key responsibilities of the job were to translate research papers, prepare press releases, documentation of research results from Bengali to English/ English to Bengali, and work with delegates coming from Russia, USA, UK and India.

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Workshops Attended
Robotics, Intelligent & Unmanned Systems arranged by NextSapiens in NSU campus (July-2009). Key job was to build a robot that will be able to perform tasks intelligently by taking in information from its surrounding. The team of two, including me, was able to complete the task by using IR sensors, Microcontrollers (ATMEGA16), Bi-Directional Motors and software interface provided by the organizers. Renewable Energy conducted by Dr. Nowshad Amin from SERI (Sustainable Energy Research Institute, Malaysia) and Dr. Saiful Islam, University of California, Davis. The purpose of the workshop was to understand the technical specifications of 1st and 2nd generatsion solar panel and the semiconductor materials in a solar cell. Solar Installment for BSS in Wireless communication was part of the workshop. ACM Programming Contest- Group Member of NSU ACM Contest Team. Key job was to write algorithms for the NSU ACM team. Microcontroller & Embedded System Took part in a 3 month certified course on Microcontrollers and Embedded Systems in IEB (Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh).

Skills and Qualifications

Language: Proficient in both Bengali and English. Have a fair enough verbal/written communication skill in French and Chinese language. IT Skills Programming ability in Object Oriented Programming (OOP), PHP, Javascript, HTML/CSS, Shell Scripting, C/C++, Python. Software Applications: NS3, MATLAB. Nec2c, Altera, Xylinx, Microwind, Eclipse, CodeIgniter Framework, MS Office Suite (Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint) GRE Score (12th Nov 2012): 303 Quantitative: 153 Verbal: 150 Analytical: 3.5 IELTS Score (24th Nov 2012): 8.0 Listening: 8.5 Reading- 8.5 Writing- 7.0 Speaking- 7.5

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Personal Details
Date of Birth Religion Nationality : : : November 04, 1987 Islam Bangladeshi

Referees
Mohammad Rashedul Hasan PhD Student/Graduate Research Assistant University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA Lecturer (On study Leave), Department of EECS North South University Dhaka, Bangladesh E-mail: mhasan8@uncc.edu Elizabeth Anne Ali Chairperson Amadeyr Cloud Ltd. Dhaka, Bangladesh Email: liz.ali@amadeyr.org Edward Knightly Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Rice University, Houston, Texas Email: knightly@rice.edu