Research At COMSATS

COMSATS Network Research Group (CNRG)

Dr. Kashif Bilal

	Designation:	Associate Professor
	Email:	kashifbilal@cuiatd.edu.pk
	Phone No. :	N/A
	Role:	Faculty
	Research Interests:	Data Center Networks, Large Scale Systems, Cloud Computing, Wireless Networks, Expert Systems, Parallel Programing

Academics/ Degrees

PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA, 2014.
MS, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan, 2007
MCS, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan, 2004
B.Sc., University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan, 2001

Profile/Bio

April 11,2022 to continued: Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus
Aug. 2014 to April 11,2022 Assistant Professor, Department of CS, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad
Apr. 2008 to Aug. 2011: Lecturer, Department of CS, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad
Aug. 2007 to Apr. 2008: Assist. Manager, Air Weapons Complex (NESCOM), Wah
Mar. 2004 to Aug. 2007: Lecturer, Department of CS, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology

Projects

Cloudnetsim++: Toolkit For Distributed Data Center Simulations

Establishment Of A Low Cost Cyber Physical Systems Facility For Research Design, And Development Of Tools For Infrastructure Improvement In Pakistan

Prototype For Blockchain Based Land Record Management System

Publications/Papers

2024

Journal

Latif U. Khan,E. Mustafa,J.Shujah,F. Rehman,K.Bilal,Zhu Han,Zhu Han,Choong Seon Hong,Choong Seon Hong "Federated learning for digital twin-based vehicular networks: Architecture and challenges" , IEEE Wireless Communications ,Volume 31 ,Issue 2 ,Page 156 - 162 , 2024

Sana Nasim Karam, Junaid Shuja,K.Bilal,AN Khan,Said Jadid Abdulkadir "Energy-efficient routing protocol for reliable low-latency Internet of Things in oil and gas pipeline monitoring" , PEERJ , 2024

2023

Journal

E. Mustafa,E. Mustafa,S. Mustafa,T. Maqsood,F. Rehman,J.Shujah,K.Bilal,A. U. R. Khan "Reinforcement Learning for Intelligent Online Computation Offloading in Wireless Powered Edge Networks" , Cluster Computing ,Volume 26 ,Issue 2 ,Page 1053-1062 , 2023

K.Bilal "Video transcoding at the edge: cost and feasibility perspective" , 26 , 2023

2022

Journal

K.Bilal,J.Shujah "Addressing Challenges of Distance Learning in the Pandemic with Edge Intelligence Enabled Multicast and Caching Solution" , Sensors ,Volume 22 ,Issue 3 ,Page 1092 , 2022

J.Shujah,Dr. Shoaib Azmat,K.Bilal,Dr. Zia ur Rehman "Object identification based stall detection and stall legitimacy analysis for traffic patterns" , Journal of Electronic Imaging, SPIE ,Volume 31 ,Issue 6 ,Page 061812 , 2022

Patent

K.Bilal,Kamran Zahoor "Edge network system for service-less video multicast" , US Patent , 2022

2021

Journal

J.Shujah,K.Bilal "Applying machine learning techniques for caching in next-generation edge networks: A comprehensive survey" , Journal of Network and Computer Applications ,Volume 181 ,Page 103005 , 2021

Emna Baccour,K.Bilal "An Intelligent Resource Reservation for Crowdsourced Live Video Streaming Applications in Geo-Distributed Cloud Environment" , IEEE Systems journal , 2021

K.Bilal,Kamran Zahoor "Multicast at Edge: An Edge Network Architecture for Service-Less Crowdsourced Live Video Multicast" , IEEE Access ,Volume 9 , 2021

2020

Journal

Kamran Zahoor,K.Bilal "Service-less video multicast in 5G: Enablers and challenges" , IEEE Network ,Volume 34 , 2020

Emna Baccour,K.Bilal "Pccp: Proactive video chunks caching and processing in edge networks" , FGCS , 2020

Conference

K.Bilal,Emna Baccour "FacebookVideoLive18: A live video streaming dataset for streams metadata and online viewers locations" , IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies , 2020

2019

Journal

J Chen, K Li, H Rong,K.Bilal,K Li, S Y Philip "A Periodicity-based Parallel Time Series Prediction Algorithm in Cloud Computing Environments" , Information Sciences , 2019

J. Chen,K. Li,K.Bilal " A Bi-layered Parallel Training Architecture for Large-scale Convolutional Neural Networks" , IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems ,Volume 30 ,Issue 5 ,Page 965-976 , 2019

K.Bilal,O.Khalid "Nutshell—Simulation toolkit for Modeling Data Center Networks and Cloud Computing" , IEEE Access ,Volume 7 ,Page 19922 - 19942 , 2019

S.K.Zaman,T. Maqsood,Dr. Mazhar Ali,K.Bilal,S. A. Madani, A. R. Khan "A load balanced task scheduling heuristic for large-scale computing systems" , International Journal of Computer Systems Science & Engineering ,Volume 34 ,Issue 2 ,Page 1-12 , 2019

K.Bilal "Collaborative joint caching and transcoding in mobile edge networks" , Journal of Network and Computer Applications ,Volume 136 ,Page 86-99 , 2019

2018

Journal

M. Ali,K.Bilal,S. U. Khan, B. Veeravalli,K. Li, A. Y. Zomaya "DROPS: Division and Replication of Data in the Cloud for Optimal Performance and Security" , IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing ,Volume 6 ,Issue 2 ,Page 303-315 , 2018

Dr. Mazhar Ali,K.Bilal,S. U. Khan,B. Veeravalli,K. Li,A. Y. Zomaya "DROPS: Division and Replication of Data in the Cloud for Optimal Performance and Security" , IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing ,Volume 6 ,Issue 2 ,Page 303-315 , 2018

T. Maqsood,K.Bilal,Sajjad A. Madani "Congestion-aware core mapping for Network-on-Chip based systems using betweenness centrality" , Future Generation Computer Systems ,Volume 82 ,Page 459-471 , 2018

R.Wasim,R.shan,K.Bilal,A. R. Khan,J.Shujah,S. Sarwar, T. A. Altameem, S. A. Madani "An Investigation of Video Communication over Bandwidth Limited Public Safety Network" , Malaysian Journal of Computer Science ,Volume 31 ,Issue 2 ,Page 85-107 , 2018

S. Mustafa,K.Bilal,S. R. Malik,S. A. Madani "SLA-Aware Energy Efficient Resource Management for Cloud Environments" , IEEE Access ,Volume 6 ,Page 15004-15020 , 2018

K.Bilal,M Manzano, A Erbad,E. Calle, S.U. Khan "Robustness quantification of hierarchical complex networks under targeted failures" , Computers & Electrical Engineering ,Volume 72 ,Page 112-124 , 2018

K.Bilal,A Erbad, M Hefeeda "QoE-aware distributed cloud-based live streaming of multisourced multiview videos" , Journal of Network and Computer Applications ,Volume 120 ,Page 130-144 , 2018

K.Bilal,J Chen, K Li,A A Metwally, K Li, P Yu "Parallel Protein Community Detection in Large-scale PPI Networks Based on Multi-source Learning" , IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics , 2018

H Liu, B Liu, L T Yang,M Lin, YDeng,K.Bilal,S U Khan "Thermal-Aware and DVFS-Enabled Big Data Task Scheduling for Data Centers" , IEEE Transactions on Big Data ,Volume 4 ,Issue 2 ,Page 177 - 190 , 2018

J Chen, K Li, HRong,K.Bilal,N Yang, K Li "A disease diagnosis and treatment recommendation system based on big data mining and cloud computing" , Information Sciences ,Volume 435 ,Page 124-149 , 2018

K.Bilal,O.Khalid,A Erbad, S U Khan "Potentials, trends, and prospects in edge technologies: Fog, cloudlet, mobile edge, and micro data centers" , Computer Networks ,Volume 130 ,Page 94-120 , 2018

Conference

A Erbad,K.Bilal "Crowdsourced MultiView Live Video Streaming using Cloud Computing" , Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference Proceedings , 2018

2017

Journal

A. W. Malik,K.Bilal,S. U. R. Malik, Z. Anwar, K. Aziz,D. Kliazovich, N. Ghani,S. U. Khan, R. Buyya "CloudNetSim++: A GUI Based Framework for Modeling and Simulation of Data Centers in OMNeT++" , IEEE Transactions on Services Computing , 2017

S. U. R. Malik,K.Bilal,S. U. Khan, B. Veeravalli,K. Li, A. Y. Zomaya "Modeling and Analysis of the Thermal Properties Exhibited by Cyber Physical Data Centers" , IEEE Systems Journal ,Volume 11 ,Issue 1 ,Page 163-172 , 2017

F. Rehman,O.Khalid,N. Haq,Atta ur Rehman,K.Bilal,Sajjad A. Madani "Diet-Right: A Smart Food Recommendation System" , KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems ,Volume 11 ,Issue 6 ,Page 2910-2925 , 2017

K.Bilal,A. Erbad, M. Hefeeda "Crowd sourced Multi-View Live Video Streaming using Cloud Computing" , IEEE Access ,Volume 5 ,Page 12635 - 12647 , 2017

Dr. Usman Shahid,Jacob Glower,Scott Smith,Samee U. Khan,Keqin Li,Albert Zomaya,S. M. Ali,K.Bilal,Muhammad Jawad "An Ancillary Services Model for Data Centers and Power Systems" , IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing , 2017

J. Chen,K.Bilal "A Parallel Random Forest Algorithm for Big Data in a Spark Cloud Computing Environment" , IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems ,Volume 28 ,Issue 4 ,Page 919 - 933 , 2017

Conference

K.Bilal,A. Erbad "Edge computing for interactive media and video streaming" , Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC), 2017 Second International Conference on , 2017

K.Bilal,A. Erbad "Impact of Multiple Video Representations in Live Streaming: A Cost, Bandwidth, and QoE Analysis" , Cloud Engineering (IC2E), 2017 IEEE International Conference on , 2017

2016

Journal

Y. Lin, S. U. R. Malik, ,K.Bilal,Q. Yang, Y. Wang, S. U. Khan "Designing and Modeling of Covert Channels in Operating Systems" , IEEE Transactions on Computers , 2016

J. Chen, K. Li, Z. Tang,K.Bilal,K. Li "A Parallel Patient Treatment Time Prediction Algorithm and Its Applications in Hospital Queuing-Recommendation in a Big Data Environment" , IEEE Access ,Volume 4 ,Page 1767 - 1783 , 2016

J.Shujah,K.Bilal,M. Othman, S. A. Madani, S. U. Khan,P. Balaji, R. Ranjan "Survey of Techniques and Architectures for Designing Energy-Efficient Data Centers" , IEEE Systems Journal ,Volume 10 ,Issue 2 ,Page 507 - 519 , 2016

J.Shujah,A. Gani,K.Bilal,A. R. Khan, S. A. Madani, S. U. Khan,A. Zomaya "A Survey of Mobile Virtualization: Taxonomy and State of the Art" , ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) ,Volume 49 ,Issue 1 , 2016

J.Shujah,A. Gani, S. Shamshirband,R.Wasim,K.Bilal "Sustainable Cloud Data Centers: A survey of enabling techniques and technologies" , Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ,Volume 62 ,Page 195–214 , 2016

Book/Chapter

K.Bilal,O.Khalid,U. Khan, S. Malik, S. U. Khan,A. Zomaya "Fault Tolerance in Cloud" , Encyclopedia on Cloud Computing , 2016

2015

Journal

Assad Abbas,K.Bilal,Limin Zhang,S. U. Khan "A Cloud Based Health Insurance Plan Recommendation System: A User Centered Approach" , Future Generation Computer Systems, 2015 ,Volume 43 ,Page 99-109 , 2015

K.Bilal,Ahmad Fayyaz, Samee U. Khan, Saeeda Usman "Power-aware resource allocation in computer clusters using dynamic threshold voltage scaling and dynamic voltage scaling: comparison and analysis" , Cluster Computing, 2015 ,Volume 18 ,Issue 2 ,Page 865-888 , 2015

Conference

K. Aziz, S. U. Khan, R. Buyya,K.Bilal,A. Malik "CloudNetSim++: A Toolkit for Data Center Simulations in OMNET++" , 11th International Conference on High-capacity Optical Networks and Enabling/Emerging Technologies (HONET’14) , 2015

S. Usman,K.Bilal,N. Ghani, S. U. Khan, L. T. Yang "Thermal-Aware, Power Efficient, and Makespan Realized Pareto Front for Cloud Scheduler" , Thermal-Aware, Power Efficient, and Makespan Realized Pareto Front for Cloud Scheduler , 2015

S. Mustafa,K.Bilal, S. A. Madani, N. Tziritas,S. U. Khan, L. T. Yang "Performance Evaluation of Energy-aware Best Fit Decreasing Algorithms for Cloud Environments" , GreenCom 2015 , 2015

U. Rahman,K.Bilal,S. U. Khan, L. T. Yang "Nutshell: Cloud Simulation and Current Trends" , IEEE International Conference on Smart City (SmartCity) , 2015

Book/Chapter

K.Bilal, Samee U Khan, Marc Manzano, Eusebi Calle, ,Sajjad A Madani, Khizar Hayat, Dan Chen, ,Lizhe Wang, Rajiv Ranjan "Modeling and Simulation of Data Center Networks" , Handbook on Data Centers , 2015

2014

Journal

A. Chandio,K.Bilal,N. Tziritas, Z. Yu,Q. Jiang, S. U. Khan,C. Xu "A Comparative Study on Resource Allocation and Energy Efficient Job Scheduling Strategies in Large-Scale Parallel Computing Systems" , Cluster Computing, June 2014 ,Volume 17 ,Issue 4 ,Page 1349-1367 , 2014

K.Bilal,S. U. R. Malik,O.Khalid,A. Hameed, E. Alvarez,V. Wijaysekara, R. Irfan,S. Shrestha, D. Dwivedy,M. Ali, U. S. Khan,A. Abbas, N. Jalil, S. U. Khan "A Taxonomy and Survey on Green Data Center Networks" , Future Generation Computer Systems ,Volume 36 ,Page 89-109 , 2014

K.Bilal,S.U.R. Malik,S. U. Khan, A. Zomaya "Trends and Challenges in Cloud Data Centers" , IEEE Cloud Computing Magazine ,Volume 1 ,Issue 1 ,Page 10-18 , 2014

J.Shujah,K.Bilal,S. A. Madani, S. U. Khan "Data center energy efficient resource scheduling" , Cluster Computing ,Volume 17 ,Issue 4 ,Page 1265–1277 , 2014

2013

Journal

Mehran Ajmal,S.Madani,T. Maqsood,K.Bilal,B.Nazir,K.Hayat "Coordinated opportunistic routing protocol for wireless mesh networks" , Computers & Electrical Engineering, 12th August, 2013 , 2013

K.Bilal,Samee U. Khan,S.Madani,K.Hayat,Majid I. Khan,Nasro Min-Allah,Joanna Kolodziej,Lizhe Wang,Sherali Zeadally,Dan Chen "A survey on Green communications using Adaptive Link Rate" , Cluster Computing ,Volume 16 ,Issue 3 ,Page 575-589 , 2013

K.Bilal,Limin Zhang,Hongxiang Li,S.Madani,Nasro Min-Allah,Lizhe Wang,Dan Chen,Majid Iqbal,Cheng-Zhong Xu,Albert Y. Zomaya,Samee U. Khan "Quantitative comparisons of the state-of-the-art data center architectures" , Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience ,Volume 25 ,Issue 12 ,Page 1771–1783 , 2013

K.Bilal,S. U. Khan, M. Manzano,E. Calle, K. Li, A. Zomaya "On the Characterization of the Structural Robustness of Data Center Networks" , IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing ,Volume 1 ,Issue 1 ,Page 1 , 2013

M. Manzano,K.Bilal,E. Calle, S. U. Khan "On the Connectivity of Data Center Networks" , IEEE Communications Letters ,Volume 17 ,Issue 11 ,Page 2172-2175 , 2013

Conference

K.Bilal,S.U. Khan, A. Zomaya "Green Data Center Networks: Challenges and Opportunities" , 11th IEEE International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), Islamabad, Pakistan , 2013

A. A. Chandio, C.-Z. Xu, N. Tziritas,K.Bilal,S. U. Khan "A Comparative Study of Job Scheduling Strategies in Large-Scale Parallel Computational Systems" , 12th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom), 2013 , 2013

Book/Chapter

Y. Wu,K.Bilal,S. U. Khan, L. Wang, A. Y. Zomaya "Scalable Computing and Communications: Past, Present, and Future" , Scalable Computing and Communications: Theory and Practice , 2013

2012

Journal

J.Shujah,S.Madani,K.Bilal,K.Hayat,Samee U Khan,Shahzad Sarwar "Energy-efficient data centers" , Computing , 2012

S. Mustafa,S.Madani,K.Bilal,K.Hayat,Samee U Khan "Stable‐path multi‐channel routing with extended level channel assignment" , International Journal of Communication Systems 25, no. 7 , 2012

Conference

K.Bilal,Samee U Khan,Joanna Kolodziej,Limin Zhang,S.Madani,Nasro Min-Allah,Lizhe Wang,Dan Chen "A comparative study of data center network architectures" , 26th EUROPEAN conference on modelling and simulation, ECMS. 2012 , 2012

K.Bilal,S. Mohsin "Muhadith: A Cloud Based Distributed Expert System for Classification of Ahadith" , 10th IEEE International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), Islamabad, Pakistan , 2012

Book/Chapter

P. Lindberg,K.Bilal,S. U. Khan, P. Bouvry,N. Ghani, N. Min-Allah, J. Li "Comparison and Analysis of Greedy Energy-Efficient Scheduling Algorithms for Computational Grids" , Energy Aware Distributed Computing Systems , 2012

2010

Conference

Aida Vosoughi,K.Bilal,Samee U Khan,Nasro Min-Allah,Juan Li,Nasir Ghani,Pascal Bouvry,S.Madani "A multidimensional robust greedy algorithm for resource path finding in large-scale distributed networks" , In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology, p. 16. ACM, 2010 , 2010

Siqian Liu,K.Bilal,Samee U Khan,Hongxiang Li,Nasro Min-Allah,Juan Li,Nasir Ghani,Pascal Bouvry,S.Madani "Heuristics-based nominal channels allocation in cellular networks" , In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology, p. 4. ACM, 2010. , 2010

2009

Conference

R.Jadoon,K.Bilal,M. Afzal "An Improved Energy Efficient Cluster Based Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks" , International Symposium on Intelligent Science and Technology, India , 2009

2008

Journal

U. Muhammad,K.Bilal,A. Khan, N. Khan "AGHAZ: An Expert System Based approach for the Translation of English to Urdu" , International Journal of Human and Social Sciences ,Volume 3 ,Issue 1 ,Page 70-74 , 2008

2007

Journal

K.Bilal,T.Iqbal,A. Safi, N. daudpota "Dynamic Load Balancing in PVM Using Intelligent Application" , World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology ,Volume 5 ,Page 132-135 , 2007

K.Bilal,U. Muhammad, N. Khan "Extracting Multiword Expressions in Machine Translation from English to Urdu using Relational Data Approach" , World Academy Of Science, Engineering, and Technology ,Volume 12 ,Page 474-476 , 2007

Conference

S.M.H Shah,K.Bilal,AN Khan,A. U. Rehman "TCP Congestion Control: a Hybrid Approach" , IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET), Islamabad, Pakistan , 2007

F.G Khan,A. Saeed,B.Nazir,K.Bilal,N. Ayub "Improved IP Network for Emergency Service" , IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET), Islamabad, Pakistan , 2007

Awards/ Appreciations

Awards

North Dakota State University, CoE Researcher of the Year 2014

COMSATS Network Research Group (CNRG)

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