Muhammad Alam

Academic position:	Post. Doc.
Joining date:	02-11-2009
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Scientific Area:	Networks and Multimedia
Group:	Embedded Systems – Av

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Address: IT – Aveiro
Instituto de Telecomunicações
Campus Universitário de Santiago
P-3810-193 AVEIRO - PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 234 377 900
Fax: +351 234 377 901

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 03-07-2014

Expertise Topics

Cognitive and cooperative systems for Energy Efficiency
Vehicular Networks
MAC layer protocols for wireless communications
Routing and Mobility Models

Publications

2Books

J. Ferreira, M. Alam, Future Intelligent Vehicular Technologies, Future 5V 2016 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 185), Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2017,
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M. Alam, J. Ferreira, J. Fonseca, Intelligent Transportation Systems: Dependable Vehicular Communications for Improved Road Safety, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2016,
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5Books Chapters

F. Saghezchi, M. Alam, A. R. Radwan, J. Rodriguez, Cooperative Strategies for Power Saving in Multi-standard Wireless Devices, Chapter in, The Future Internet, Alex Galis, Anastasius Gavras, Springer, Berlin, 2013
M. Alam, M. Albano, A. R. Radwan, J. Rodriguez, Context Based Node Discovery Mechanism for Energy Efficiency in Wireless Networks, Chapter in, Green Communication for 4G Wireless Systems, Shahid Mumtaz, Jonathan Rodriguez, River Publishers, 2013
M. Alam, M. Albano, A. R. Radwan, J. Rodriguez, Throughput Fairness Analysis of Reservation Protocols for WiMedia MAC, Chapter in, Green Communication for 4G Wireless Systems, Shahid Mumtaz, Jonathan Rodriguez, River Publishers, 2013
M. Alam, S.M. Mumtaz, J. Rodriguez, Resource Allocation and Energy Calculation in WPANs based on WiMedia MAC, Chapter in, Green Communication for 4G Wireless Systems, Shahid Mumtaz, Jonathan Rodriguez, River Publishers, 2013
M. Alam, M. Albano, A. R. Radwan, J. Rodriguez, Context Parameter Prediction to Prolong Mobile Terminal Battery Life, Chapter in, Mobile Multimedia Communications: 6th International ICST Conference, MOBIMEDIA, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, 2012

28Papers in Journals

J. Almeida, J. Rufino, M. Alam, J. Ferreira, A Survey on Fault Tolerance Techniques for Wireless Vehicular Networks, Electronics (Switzerland), Vol. 8, No. 11, pp. 1358 - 1358, November, 2019 | BibTex
M. Alam, T. Wu, XX He, K. Tsang, A. Rayes, Editorial: Dependable wireless industrial communications, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Vol. 30, No. 11, pp. 1 - 4, November, 2019 | BibTex
XZ Zheng, Y. Chen, M. Alam, J. Guo, Multi-Task Scheduling Based on Classification in Mobile Edge Computing, Electronics (Switzerland), Vol. 8, No. 9, pp. 938 - 938, August, 2019 | BibTex
M. Alam, T. Wu, F. Khan, Y. Chen, Editorial: Securing Internet of Things Through Big Data Analytics, Mobile Networks and Applications, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 1 - 4, May, 2019 | BibTex
M. Alam, D. Moroni, G. Pieri, M. Tampucci, M. Gomes, J. Fonseca, J. Ferreira, G. Leone, Real-Time Smart Parking Systems Integration in Distributed ITS for Smart Cities, Journal of Advanced Transportation, Vol. 2018, No. 1, pp. 1 - 13, October, 2018,
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M. Alam, J. Rufino, J. Ferreira, SH Ahmed, . NS Shah, Y. Chen, Orchestration of Microservices for IoT Using Docker and Edge Computing, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 56, No. 9, pp. 118 - 123, September, 2018,
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P. Bartolomeu, M. Alam, J. Ferreira, J. Fonseca, Supporting Deterministic Wireless Communications in Industrial IoT, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 14, No. 9, pp. 4045 - 4054, September, 2018,
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J. Ferreira, M. Alam, B. F. Fernandes, L. Silva Silva, J. Almeida, L. Moura, R. Costa, G. Iovino, E. Cordiviola, Cooperative sensing for improved traffic efficiency: The highway field trial, Computer Networks, Vol. 143, No. -, pp. 82 - 97, July, 2018,
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M. Alam, A. Rayes, X. He, M. Atiquzzaman, J. L. Lloret, K. Tsang, Guest Editorial Introduction to the Special Issue on Dependable Wireless Vehicular Communications for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 949 - 952, March, 2018,
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M. Alam, M. Jan, L. S. Shu, X. He, Y. Chen, Editorial: Current and Future Trends in Wireless Communications Protocols and Technologies, Mobile Networks and Applications, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1 - 5, March, 2018,
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B. F. Fernandes, J. Rufino, J. Ferreira, M. Alam, Implementation and Analysis of IEEE and ETSI Security Standards for Vehicular Communications, Mobile Networks and Applications, Vol. n.a., No. n.a, pp. 1 - 12, February, 2018,
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M. Alam, J. Ferreira, S.M. Mumtaz, M. Jan, R. Rebelo, J. Fonseca, Smart Cameras Are Making Our Beaches Safer: A 5G-Envisioned Distributed Architecture for Safe, Connected Coastal Areas, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 50 - 59, December, 2017,
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J. Ferreira, M. Alam, Editorial of the Special Issue “Intelligent Transportation Systems”, Information (Switzerland), Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 1 - 2, November, 2017 | BibTex
M. Jan, F. Khan, M. Alam, M. Usman, A payload-based mutual authentication scheme for Internet of Things, Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 2017, No. 1, pp. 1 - 15, September, 2017,
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C. Guo, N. Luo, M. Bhuiyan, Y. Jie, Y. Chen, B. Feng, M. Alam, Key-aggregate authentication cryptosystem for data sharing in dynamic cloud storage, Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 2017, No. 1, pp. 1 - 10, August, 2017,
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J. Rufino, M. Alam, J. Almeida, J. Ferreira, Software defined P2P architecture for reliable vehicular communications, Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Vol. 42, No. 2017, pp. 411 - 425, June, 2017,
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J. Ferreira, P. Bartolomeu, M. Alam, J. Fonseca, Implementation and analysis of Wireless Flexible Time-Triggered protocol, Ad Hoc Networks, Vol. 58, No. -, pp. 36 - 53, April, 2017 | BibTex
P. Bartolomeu, M. Alam, J. Ferreira, J. Fonseca, Survey on low power real-time wireless MAC protocols, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Vol. 75, No. 1, pp. 293 - 316, November, 2016,
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P. Sousa, M. Alam, J. Ferreira, JPB Barraca, Non-IP Multi-protocol Stack for Vehicular Communications, Mobile Networks and Applications, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 1 - 15, November, 2016,
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W. Dghais Dghais, M. Alam, Wireless Power Transfer and In-Vehicle Networking Integration for Energy-Efficient Electric Vehicles, Mobile Networks and Applications, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 1 - 14, November, 2016,
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M. Alam, E. Schiller, L. S. Shu, X. Wu, U. Jayo, Editorial: Dependable and Real-time Vehicular Communication for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Mobile Networks and Applications, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 1 - 3, November, 2016 | BibTex
M. Alam, P. Trapps, S.M. Mumtaz, J. Rodriguez, Context-aware cooperative testbed for energy analysis in beyond 4G networks, Telecommunication Systems, Vol. May 2016, No. 1, pp. 1 - 20, May, 2016,
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J. Almeida, M. Alam, J. Ferreira, A. Oliveira, Mitigating adjacent channel interference in vehicular communication systems, Digital Communications and Networks, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 57 - 64, May, 2016,
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B. F. Fernandes, M. Alam, V. Gomes, J. Ferreira, A. Oliveira, Automatic accident detection with multi-modal alert system implementation for ITS, Vehicular Communications, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 1 - 11, January, 2016,
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M. Alam, D. Yang, K. Huq, F. Saghezchi, S.M. Mumtaz, J. Rodriguez, Towards 5G: Context Aware Resource Allocation for Energy Saving, Journal of Signal Processing Systems, Vol. -, No. -, pp. 1 - 13, October, 2015 | BibTex
M. Alam, D. Yang, J. Rodriguez, Secure device-to-device communication in LTE-A, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 66 - 73, April, 2014 | BibTex
M. Alam, M. Albano, A. R. Radwan, J. Rodriguez, CANDi: Context-aware Node Discovery for Short Rang Cooperation, European Trans. on Telecommunications, Vol. ,, No. ., pp. 1 - 14, November, 2013 | BibTex
M. Alam, S.M. Mumtaz, F. Saghezchi, A. R. Radwan, J. Rodriguez, Energy and Throughput Analysis of Reservation Protocols of WiMedia MAC, Journal of Green Engineering, Vol. ,, No. ., pp. 1 - 20, November, 2013 | BibTex

20Papers in Conferences

W. Farhat, J. Rufino, B. F. Fernandes, J. Almeida, M. Alam, C. Souani, J. Ferreira, Towards ITS Vision Assisted Cooperative Perception, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, June, 2018 | BibTex
J. Rufino, M. Alam, J. Ferreira, Monitoring V2X Applications using DevOps and Docker, IEEE International Smart Cities Conference ISC2, wuxi, China, Vol., pp. -, September, 2017 | BibTex
J. Rufino, M. Alam, J. Ferreira, Orchestration of Containerized Microservices for IIoT using Docker, IEEE ICIT 2017, Toronto, Canada, Vol., pp. -, March, 2017 | BibTex
JB Gaztañaga, J. Almeida, B. F. Fernandes, L. Silva Silva, M. Alam, J. Fonseca, J. Ferreira, eCall++: An enhanced emergency call system for improved road safety, IEEE Vehicular Networking Conf. (VNC), Columbus, United States, Vol., pp. -, December, 2016,
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M. Alam, B. F. Fernandes, J. A. Almeida, J. Ferreira Ferreira, J. Fonseca, Integration of Smart Parking in Distributed ITS Architecture, IEEE ICOSST, Lahore, Pakistan, Vol., pp. -, December, 2016 | BibTex
J. Almeida, M. Alam, J. Ferreira, A. Oliveira, Timing Analysis of an Active Replication Scheme for the Road Side Units of Vehicular Networks, IEEE Industrial Electronics Conf. - IECON, Firenze, Italy, Vol. 1, pp. 4719 - 4724, October, 2016,
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M. Alam, B. F. Fernandes, L. Silva Silva, A. K. Khan, J. Ferreira, Implementation and analysis of traffic safety protocols based on ETSI Standard, IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference VNC, Koyoto, Japan, Vol. -, pp. 142 - 150, December, 2015,
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J. Almeida, M. Alam, B. Silva, A. K. Khan, A. Oliveira, J. Ferreira, Reliable Delivery of Safety Messages in Infrastructure based Vehicular Networks, COSSMO – International Workshop on Cooperative Sensing for Smart Mobility – ITSC - IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 244 - 249, September, 2015,
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A. K. Khan, J. Almeida, B. F. Fernandes, M. Alam, P.P. Pedreiras, J. Ferreira, Towards Reliable Wireless Vehicular Communications, COSSMO – International Workshop on Cooperative Sensing for Smart Mobility – ITSC - IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Las Palmas, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 167 - 172, September, 2015 | BibTex
N. Cardoso, M. Alam, J. A. Almeida, J. Ferreira, A. Oliveira, Performance Evaluation of SIMO Techniques in IEEE 802.11p, International Conference on Future Intelligent Vehicular Technologies - Future 5V, PORTO, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, September, 2015 | BibTex
M. Khan, J. A. Almeida, B. F. Fernandes, M. Alam, P.P. Pedreiras, J. Ferreira, Towards Reliable Wireless Vehicular Communications, International IEEE Annual Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Las Palmas, Spain, Vol., pp. -, September, 2015,
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K. Huq, S.M. Mumtaz, J. Rodriguez, M. Alam, R. Aguiar, Frequency Allocation for HetNet CoMP: Energy Efficiency Analysis, International Symp. on Wireless Communication Systems - ISWCS, Ilmenau, Germany, Vol. -, pp. - - -, August, 2013 | BibTex
K. Huq, S.M. Mumtaz, M. Alam, A. R. Radwan, J. Rodriguez, Energy efficient CoMP transmission in LTE-Advanced, IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM, Anaheim, California, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 401 - 404, December, 2012 | BibTex
M. Alam, A. R. Radwan, J. Rodriguez, On the significance of context information in node discovery, CTTC, International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks - IEEE CAMAD, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, September, 2012 | BibTex
M. Alam, Context Based Node Discovery Mechanism For Energy Efficiency In Wireless Networks, ICC Wireless Communications, Ottawa, Canada, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 5, June, 2012 | BibTex
M. Albano, A. R. Radwan, M. Alam, J. Rodriguez, Context based Node Discovery Mechanism for Energy Efficiency in Wireless Networks, IEEE International Conference on Communications - ICC, Ottawa, Canada, Vol. NA, pp. 6008 - 6012, June, 2012 | BibTex
M. Alam, Throughput Fairness Analysis of Reservation Protocols of WiMedia MAC, International Conf. on Innovations in Information Technology - IIT, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, March, 2012 | BibTex
M. Albano, A. R. Radwan, M. Alam, S.M. Mumtaz, J. Rodriguez, Throughput Fairness Analysis of Reservation Protocols of WiMedia MAC, International Conference on Innovations in Information, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Vol., pp. -, March, 2012 | BibTex
M. Alam, M. Albano, A. R. Radwan, J. Rodriguez, Context Parameter Prediction to prolong Mobile Terminal Battery Life, International Mobile Multimedia Communications Conf. - Mobimedia, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 12, September, 2010 | BibTex
M. Alam, J. Rodriguez, A Dual Head Clustering Mechanism for Energy Efficient WSN, ICST International Conf. on Mobile Lightweight Wireless Systems - MOBILIGHT, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 10, March, 2010 | BibTex

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Muhammad Alam

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