I am a research lecturer in the Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo.
Research interests: Battery-free wireless networking, Internet of Things, mmWave networking for IoT, performance evaluation

I am currently on the job market. You can download my recent CV.

News

Paper accepted at MobiCom 2022

[July 1, 2022]

In this paper, we show how an attacker (like a drone) can find the location of all WiFi enabled devices from outside a building, creating a new privacy threat in smart environments.
WiPeep prototype

My presentation at ACM HotNets 2021


"Can WiFi Backscatter replace RFID?" accepted at ACM MobiCom 2021

[January 2021]

Our new verification paper investigates if the WiFi backscatter technology is mature enough to replace RFID.

"Polite WiFi" accepted at ACM HotNets 2020

[September 2020]

We have found an interesting and unexpected behavior in WiFi devices which makes them vulnerable to a variety of attacks. It also enables new opportunities for WiFi sensing applications.

PNOFA and NeuRA accepted at ACM MSWiM 2020

[September 2020]

Our near optimal frame aggregation (PNOFA) and rate adaptation (NeuRA) algorithms have been accepted at MSWiM 2020.

WiTAG: battery-free WiFi backscatter paper accepted at ACM SIGCOMM 2020

[August 2020]

You can watch my virtual presentation here:

Our new low-power WiFi communication paper accepted at ACM HotNets 2019

[September 27, 2019]

Our paper "Wi-LE: Can WiFi Replace Bluetooth?" has been accepted at the ACM HotNets 2019 conference.

Our mmWave for IoT paper accepted at ACM SIGCOMM 2019

[May 4, 2019]

Our paper "A Millimeter Wave Network for Billions of Things" has been accepted at the ACM SIGCOMM 2019 conference.
WiTAG Prototype


ACM Student Research Competition (SRC)

[November 31, 2018]

Our project on mmWave communications for IoT devices received the gold medal in the ACM Student Research Competition (SRC) at ACM MobiCom 2018.

ACM SRC Award


WiTAG Project Accepted at HotNets 2018

[September 21, 2018]

Our project on battery-free WiFi-compatible communication for IoT devices has been accepted at ACM HotNets 2018.

WiTAG Communication System

Selected Publications

    For a complete list of my publications please see Google Scholar

  • F. Dehbashi, A. Abedi, T. Brecht, and O. Abari, Can WiFi Backscatter Replace RFID?, ACM MobiCom 2021
  • A. Abedi and O. Abari, Can WiFi Backscatter Achieve the Range of RFID? Nulling to the Rescue, ACM HotNets 2021
  • A. Abedi, F. Dehbashi, M. Mazaheri, O. Abari, and T. Brecht, WiTAG: Seamless WiFi Backscatter Communication, ACM SIGCOMM 2020
  • A. Abedi and O. Abari, WiFi Says “Hi!” Back to Strangers!, ACM HotNets 2020
  • A. Abedi, T. Brecht, and O. Abari, PNOFA: Practical, Near-Optimal Frame Aggregation for Modern 802.11 Networks, ACM MSWiM 2020
    Top paper: fast tracked to Elsevier Computer Communications
  • S. Khastoo, T. Brecht, and A. Abedi NeuRA: Using Neural Networks to Improve WiFi Rate Adaptation, ACM MSWiM 2020
  • M. Mazaheri, S. Ameli, A.Abedi, O. Abari, A Millimeter Wave Network for Billions of Things, ACM SIGCOMM 2019
  • A. Abedi, O. Abari, T. Brecht, Wi-LE: Can WiFi Replace Bluetooth?, ACM HotNets 2019
  • A. Abedi, M. H. Mazaheri, O. Abari, T. Brecht, WiTAG: Rethinking Backscatter Communication for WiFi Networks, ACM HotNets 2018
  • M. H. Mazaheri, A. Abedi, O. Abari, Poster: Bringing mmWave Communications to Raspberry Pi, ACM MobiCom 2018
    Awarded the gold medal in the ACM Student Research Competition (SRC)
  • A. Abedi, T. Brecht, A. Heard, T-SIMn: A trace collection and simulation framework for 802.11n networks, Computer Communications, Volume 117, pp. 116-132, 2018
  • A.Abedi, T. Brecht, Conducting Repeatable Experiments in Highly Variable Cloud Computing Environments, ACM/SPEC ICPE 2017
  • A.Abedi, A. Heard and T. Brecht, T-SIMn: Towards the High Fidelity Trace-Based Simulation of 802.11n Networks, ACM MSWiM 2016
    Best paper nominee: fast tracked to Elsevier Computer Communications

Patents

  • Method and System For Wireless Sensing Analysis With a Non-Cooperative Recipient Device A. Abedi, O. Abari, US patent application No. 17/494,295
  • Long range Wi-Fi backscatter communication A. Abedi, O. Abari, US provisional patent application
  • Channel Disruption Wireless Communication System A. Abedi, T. Brecht, F. Dehbashi, M. Mazaheri, O. Abari, U.S. patent application No. US2021/0288755A1, Canadian patent application No. CA3,107,364A1

Teaching

Contact

Email

a2abedi{at}uwaterloo.ca

Office

DC 3116 Phone: 519-888-4567 ext. 38053

Address

David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada N2L 3G1