Transcript Ameen Chilwan

Ameen Chilwan
Ph.D. Candidate
Supervisor: Leif Arne Rønningen
Co-Supervisor: Yuming Jiang
Outline
• Who/What am I?
• What cool stuff have I done so far?
– Studies
– Work
• What’s so great about Tanzania?
– Country
– Places
• My Home Town
– People
– Life Style
• Food
• Music
• Sports
WHO/WHAT AM I?
My Ethnicity
AFRO – INDO – ARABIAN
WHAT COOL STUFF
HAVE I DONE SO FAR?
High School – 2002
B.Sc. In Telecommunications Engineering
University of Dar es Salaam (2007)
Analysis of Co-existance of GSM900 and CDMA2000 on 900
MHz Cellular Band in Tanzania
GSM900
Transmitter
GSM900
Receiver
900 MHz Cellular Band
(Channel)
CDMA2000
Receiver
CDMA2000
Transmitter
PSD
GSM900 Signal
CDMA2000 Signal
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M.Sc. In Telematics – NTNU (2011)
• Specialized in Networks & QoS
• Dependability Differentiation in Cloud Services
- Both analytical and simulation approach
- Supervised By:
- Poul Heegaard
- Astrid Undheim
• Conference Paper:
Differentiated Availability in Cloud Computing SLAs
Presented in GRID 2011
M.Sc. In Telematics – 2
Before
After
PhD Area of Research
• Collaboration Spaces
• Network study for DMP
– Simulation
– Hardware Implementation
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Network
Source
Node
Interim
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Target
Node
Receiver
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processing
Work Experience
• Network Quality Administrator (2007-09)
– At ZANTEL (part of etisalat group)
– Traffic analysis and engineering
• Summer Internships
– TTCL (2004)
– Auvionics (2004)
– TCAA (2005)
– ZANTEL (2006)
– NTNU (2011)
WHAT’S SO GREAT
ABOUT TANZANIA?
Neighbours:
1. Kenya
2. Uganda
3. Rwanda
4. Burundi
5. DR Congo
6. Zambia
7. Malawi
8. Mozambique
My Country
• The United Republic of Tanzania
– Tanganyika (Independance 1961)
– Zanzibar (Independance 1963)
– Merger to form Tanzania in 1964
• Capital: Dodoma (since 1996)
• Largest City: Dar es Salaam (around 4m people)
• Population:
– Around 44m people (last census 2002)
– Around 800k wild animals (last census 2010 - Serengeti)
• Area:
– 886,600 sq.km. Land area
– A bit more than 25% is wild life (national parks, reserves etc.)
The Lion King MCMXXXVIII (1938th)
Li’l bit of History
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Arabs, kizimkazi mosque
Persians, kaole ruins
Portugese, fort jesus
Arabs, znz
Germans
british
Tribes distribution map
Places
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Kilimanjaro
White sand beach
Znz
Serengeti
Ngorongoro crater
Lake tanganyika
mwanza
• Darwin’s nightmare
• Bismarck rock
• 2nd largest (around 1.2m – 2011 estimate)
Sukuma people
• Cow herd
• Anaeshangaa mataa
Famous Tanzanians – 1
Julius Nyerere
First President
Father of Nation
Famous Tanzanians – 2
Asha Rose Migiro
Deputy Secretary
General of UNO
EX-Foreign Minister
Famous Tanzanians – 3
Hasheem Thabeet
NBA Professional
Houston Rockets
Famous Tanzanians – 4