Asad Amir Pirzada

ASAD AMIR PIRZADA

2003-2005	Ph.D in Computer Science The University of Western Australia, Australia Trust and Security in Ad hoc Wireless Networks
2001-2003	Masters in Information Security National University of Sciences & Technology, Pakistan Cumulative GPA of 4.0
1997-1999	Masters in Computer Science Preston University, Cheyenne, WY, USA Cumulative GPA of 4.0
1987-1991	Bachelor of Engineering (Avionics) NED University, Karachi, Pakistan Cumulative GPA of 3.28
1985-1987	Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination (Pre-Engineering) PAF College, Sargodha, Pakistan Grade A
1981-1985	Secondary School Certificate Examination BVS Parsi High School, Karachi, Pakistan Grade A+

A. A. Pirzada and C. McDonald, Reliable Routing in Ad-hoc Networks using Direct Trust Mechanisms, to appear in Advances in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks, edited by M.X. Cheng, G. Xue, D. Li, Springer, 2008.
A. A. Pirzada and C. McDonald, Secure Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad-hoc Wireless Networks, in Advanced Wired and Wireless Networks, Chapter 4, pages 57-80, edited by T. A. Wysocki, A. Dadej and B. J. Wysocki, Springer, 2004.

A. A. Pirzada, C. McDonald and A. Datta, Performance Comparison of Trust-based Reactive Routing Protocols, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Vol 5(6), pages 695-710, IEEE Press, 2006.
A. A. Pirzada and C. McDonald , Trust Establishment in Pure Ad-Hoc Networks, Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 37(1-2), pages 139-168, Springer, 2006.
A. A. Pirzada, C. McDonald and A. Datta, Dependable Dynamic Source Routing without a Trusted Third Party, Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol. 39(1), pages 71-85, Australian Computer Society Inc., 2006.
A. A. Pirzada, A. Datta and C. McDonald, Incorporating Trust and Reputation in the DSR protocol for Dependable Routing, Computer Communications, Special issue on Internet Communications Security, Vol. 29, pages 2806-2821, Elsevier Press, 2006.
A. A. Pirzada and C. McDonald, Performance Comparison of Reactive Routing Protocols under Attack Conditions, International Journal on Wireless & Optical Communications, Vol 2(2), pages 163-180, World Scientific Publishers, 2004.

A. A. Pirzada and C. McDonald, Reliable Link Reversal Routing for Mobile Ad-hoc Wireless Networks, published in the proceeding of the IEEE International Conference on Networks (ICON’05), Malaysia, Vol 1, pages 234-239, November 2005.
A. A. Pirzada, A. Datta and C. McDonald, Trust Based Routing for Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks, published in the proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Networks (ICON'04), Singapore, pages 326-330, November 2004.
A. A. Pirzada, A. Datta and C. McDonald, Trusted Routing in Ad-hoc Networks using Pheromone Trails, published in the proceedings of IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC'04), Portland OR, USA, pages 1938-1943, June 2004.
A. A. Pirzada and C. McDonald, Kerberos Assisted Authentication in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks, published in the proceedings of 27th Australasian Computer Science Conference (ACSC'04), Dunedin, New Zealand, 26(1), pages 41-46, January 2004.
A. A. Pirzada and C. McDonald, Establishing Trust In Pure Ad-hoc Networks, published in the proceedings of 27th Australasian Computer Science Conference (ACSC'04), Dunedin, New Zealand, 26(1), pages 47-54, January 2004.

High volume steganographic application for digital video using Advanced Encryption Standard.
Multi-threaded Client/Server based remote administration tool that can emulate the functionality of popular Trojan Netbus.
Dual channel data/voice monitoring and recording system for KME mobile sets using MPT-1327 standard. The system employs a client/server approach using DCOM for capturing of speech data.
Image processing software package that applies various filters on satellite acquired images for information extraction.
PC-based spectrum analyser that displays various types of complex signals and modulation methods using Fast Fourier technique.
CSF-Thomson real-time training simulator that uses distributed processing and data acquisition cards to interface more than 400 input/output switches that form the user interface.
Giraffe Radar Simulator that operates at 60 RPM on a Intel 80486 based machine and has the capability to display tracks, plots, symbols and provisioning of user facilities.
Multiple PC-based real time software emulators for redundant hardware.
Detailed web site on Data Acquisition and Control Systems .

Installation, configuration and operation of Cisco routers in a corporate network.
Installation and administration of a multi domain Windows 2000/NT based LAN/WAN comprising of eight servers and over hundred workstations.
Implementation of email messaging system across multiple domains using Microsoft Exchange Server.
Developed an ASP based web site providing data access and query facilities through SSL to a SQL database of over 15 million records.
Credited with development and deployment of company's first intranet site.
Implementation of various Network services like NAT, DHCP, DNS, WINS, IIS, RADIUS, SSL and RRAS.
Deployment of firewalls with different levels of network security.
Implementation of network web, email, file, print, and backup servers.
Provided technical hardware/software installation and troubleshooting support for Ethernet networks, PCs and associated peripherals.

Teaching Assistant to Dr. Chris McDonald for IT 317 Computer & Network Security.
Conducted tutorials and lab demonstrations at the School of Computer Science & Software Engineering for the following courses:

Teaching of Software Engineering, MIS, Electronics, Data Communication, Networking, Operating Systems and Software languages to post graduate students.
IT staff training.
Developing academic programs (certificate, diploma and higher diploma programs for computer and electronics faculties)