Postdoctoral Research Fellow
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
University of Waterloo mfbari(at)uwaterloo(dot)ca
Publications
Journal & Magazine Papers
- [J.8] ESSO: An Energy Smart Service Function Chain Orchestrator [pdf]
M. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, and R. Boutaba
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM) 2019 - [J.7] Orchestrating Virtualized Network Functions [pdf] Citations: 90+
M. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba, and O. C. M. B. Duarte
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM) 2016 - [J.6] aRoute: Routing on Names [pdf]
R. Ahmed, M. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, M. G. Rabbani, R. Boutaba, and B. Mathieu
IEEE Transactions on Networking (TON) 2016 - [J.5] nf.io: A File System Abstraction for NFV Orchestration [pdf]
M. F, Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communications Review (CCR) 2015 - [J.4] A Naming Scheme for P2P Web Hosting [pdf]
M. F. Bari, M. R. Haque, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba, and B. Mathieu
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) 2013 - [J.3] Data Center Network Virtualization: A Survey [pdf] Citations: 505+
M. F. Bari, R. Boutaba, R. Esteves, L. Z. Granville, M. Podlesny, M. G. Rabbani, Q. Zhang, and M. F. Zhani
IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials 2013 - [J.2] A Survey of Naming and Routing in Information Centric Networks [pdf] Citations: 405+
M. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba, and B. Mathieu
IEEE Communications Magazine 2012 - [J.1] Intelligent Mobile Health Monitoring System (IMHMS) [pdf] Citations: 125+
R. Shahriyar, M. F. Bari, G. Kundu, S. I. Ahamed, and M. M. Akbar
International Journal of Control and Automation (IJCA) 2009
Conference & Workshop Papers
- [C.19] Emulating an infrastructure with EASE [pdf] [slides]
A. R. Roy, S. R. Chowdhury, M. F. Bari, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba
IEEE/ACM/IFIP CNSM 2016 - [C.18] On Orchestrating Virtual Network Functions [pdf] [slides] Citations: 210+
M. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba
IEEE/ACM/IFIP CNSM 2015 - [C.17] nf.io: A File System Abstraction for NFV Orchestration [pdf] [slides]
M. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba
IEEE NFV-SDN 2015 - [C.16] DEWS: A Decentralized Engine for Web Search [pdf] [slides]
R. Ahmed, M. F. Bari, M. R. Haque, and R. Boutaba
IEEE/ACM/IFIP CNSM 2014 - [C.15] pWeb: A Personal Interface to the World Wide Web [pdf] [slides]
R. Ahmed, S. R. Chowdhury, A. Pokluda, M. F. Bari, and R. Boutaba
IFIP Networking 2014 - [C.14] CQNCR: Optimal VM Migration Planning in Cloud Data Centers [pdf] [slides]
M. F. Bari, M. F. Zhani, Q. Zhang, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba
IFIP Networking 2014 - [C.13] Design and Management of DOT: A Distributed OpenFlow Testbed [pdf] [slides]
A. R. Roy, M. F. Bari, M. F. Zhani, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba
IEEE/IFIP NOMS 2014 - [C.12] PayLess: A Low Cost Network Monitoring Framework for Software Defined Networks [pdf] [slides] Citations: 260+
S. R. Chowdhury, M. F. Bari, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba
IEEE/IFIP NOMS 2014 - [C.11] PolicyCop: An Autonomic QoS Policy Enforcement Framework for Software Defined Networks [pdf] [slides] Citations: 125+
M. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba
SDN4FNS 2013 - [C.10] Dynamic Controller Provisioning in Software Defined Networks [pdf] [slides] Citations: 250+
M. F. Bari, A. R. Roy, S. R. Chowdhury, Q. Zhang, M. F. Zhani, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba
IEEE/ACM/IFIP CNSM 2013 - [C.9] AlphaRoute: A Name Based Routing Scheme for Information Centric Networks [pdf] [slides]
R. Ahmed, M. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, M. G. Rabbani, R. Boutaba, and B. Mathieu
IEEE INFOCOM 2013 - [C.8] Persistent Naming for P2P Web Hosting [pdf] [slides]
M. F. Bari, M. R. Haque, R. Ahmed, R. Boutaba, and B. Mathieu
IEEE P2P 2011 - [C.7] Bayesian Network Structure Learning [pdf]
M. F. Bari
AAAC 2011 - [C.6] A novel ACO technique for Fast and Near Optimal Solutions for the Multi-dimensional Multi-choice Knapsack Problem [pdf]
S. Iqbal, M. F. Bari, and M. S. Rahman
ICCIT 2010 - [C.5] Solving the Multi-dimensional Multi-choice Knapsack Problem with the help of Ants [pdf]
S. Iqbal, M. F. Bari, and M. S. Rahman
ANTS 2010 - [C.4] Finding all covers of an indeterminate string in O(n) time on average [pdf] [slides]
M. F. Bari, M. S. Rahman, and R. Shahriyar
PSC 2009 - [C.3] Intelligent Mobile Health Monitoring System (IMHMS) [pdf]
R. Shahriyar, M. F. Bari, G. Kundu, S. I. Ahamed, and M. M. Akbar
eHealth 2009 - [C.2] ACN: An Associative Classifier with Negative Rules [pdf]
G. Kundu, M. M. Islam, S. Munir, and M. F. Bari
IEEE CSE 2008 - [C.1] A Novel Algorithm for Associative Classification [pdf]
G. Kundu, S. Munir, M. F. Bari, M. M. Islam, and K. Murase
ICONIP 2007
Demos & Posters
- [DM.2] nf.io: A File System Abstraction for NFV Orchestration [pdf]
M. F. Bari, S. R. Chowdhury, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba
ACM SIGCOMM 2015 - [DM.1] DOT: Distributed OpenFlow Testbed [pdf]
A. R. Roy, M. F. Bari, M. F. Zhani, R. Ahmed, and R. Boutaba
ACM SIGCOMM 2014
Academics
- 2010 - 2018: PhD, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
- Advisor: Raouf Boutaba
- Dissertation Title: Resource Orchestration in Softwarized Networks [pdf]
- 2007 - 2009: MSc, Department of CSE, BUET
- Advisor: M. Sohel Rahman
- Dissertation Title: String Regularities and Degenerate Strings [pdf] [slides]
- 2002 - 2007: BSc, Department of CSE, BUET
- Advisor: Md. Monirul Islam
- Dissertation Title: New Algorithms for Associative Classification [pdf]
Work Experience
- Sep 2018 - Current: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
- Sep 2010 - Sep 2018: Research & Teaching Assistant, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
- May 2010 - Aug 2010: Assistant Professor, Department of CSE, BUET
- Jun 2007 - May 2010: Lecturer, Department of CSE, BUET
Awards and Honors
- David R. Cheriton Doctoral Dissertation Award, University of Waterloo, 2019.
- Doctoral Thesis Completion Award (DTCA), University of Waterloo, Winter 2018.
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), University of Waterloo, 2016-2017, 2012-2015.
- President's Graduate Scholarship (PGS), University of Waterloo, 2016-2017, 2012-2015.
- Dean of Math Award, University of Waterloo, 2015–2016.
- QNX Graduate Scholarship, 2014.
- David R. Cheriton Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 2011-2013.
- Student Travel Grant at CNSM 2013.
- University of Waterloo Special Graduate Scholarship, 2011.
- University of Waterloo Graduate Entrance Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 2010-2011.
- International Doctoral Student Award, University of Waterloo, 2010-2011.
- Mathematics Graduate Experience Award, University of Waterloo.
- Dean’s Award, BUET.
- Academic Merit Scholarship, BUET.
Services
(External) Reviewer for the following journals & conferences:
- IEEE Communications Magazine
- IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM)
- Springer Journal of Network and Systems Management (JNSM)
- Elsevier Computer Communications
- IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS)
- IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)
- IEEE/IFIP/ACM International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM)
- IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS)
- IEEE/IFIP International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM)
