Behzad Akbari Phone: (9821) 66164105, Email: behzad_ak At mehr dot sharif dot edu Digital Media Lab, Khodro Building, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran .

Research Interest

Multimedia Streaming over the Internet, Overlay and Peer-to-Peer Networking, Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming, Application Layer Multicasting, Wireless Ad-hoc Networking, Wireless Sensor Networks, QOS Provisioning in Internet, Network Performance Analysis.

Education

PhD: Sharif University of Technology, Computer Engineering, 2008.

Thesis: Optimization of Overlay Video Multicasting.

MS: Sharif University of Technology, Computer Engineering, 2002.

Thesis: Design and Implementation of an TCP/IP Traffic Manager.

BS: Sharif University of Technology , Computer Engineering (Hardware), 1999.

Teaching

Computer Networks:    Fall 2003,  Spring 2003,  Fall 2004,  Spring 2005,  Fall 2005

Internet Engineering:  Spring 2008

Multimedia Systems:     Spring 2008

Publications

1. B. Akbari, H.R. Rabiee,  M. Ghanbari, "An optimal discrete rate allocation for overlay video multicasting ", Elsevier  Journal of Computer Communications, Vol. 31/3 , pp. 551-562, February 2008.

2. B. Akbari, H.R. Rabiee,  M. Ghanbari, "Packet Loss in Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming over the Internet," Springer Journal of Multimedia Systems, Vol. 13, No. 5-6, pp. 345-361, February 2008.

3. B. Akbari, H.R. Rabiee, M. Ghanbari, "An Optimum Rate Allocation Scheme for Video Multicasting using Overlay Network," International Symposium on Telecommunication, Shiraz, Iran ,September 2005.

4. B. Akbari, H.R. Rabiee, M. Ghanbari, "DPOCS: A Dynamic Proxy Architecture for Video Streaming Based on Overlay Networks," IEEE International Conference on Networking, Kualalumpur, Malaysia, November 2005.

5. B. Akbari, H.R. Rabiee, M. Ghanbari, "A Rate-Efficient Peer-to-Peer Architecture for Video Multicasting over the Internet," IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia, Irvine, CA, USA, December 2005.

6. B. Akbari, H.R. Rabiee, M.Ghanbari, “Packet loss recovery schemes for peer-to-peer video streaming” , International Conference on Network Services (ICNS2007), Athens, Greece, June 2007.

7. B. Akbari, H.R. Rabiee, “Video traffic modeling with wavelet”, Technical report, Iran Telecommunication Research Center, 2003.

8. B. Akbari, H.R. Rabiee, “Video streaming over the Internet”, Technical report, Iran Telecommunication Research Center, 2002.

9. B. Akbari, H.R. Rabiee, “Survey on Overlay Multicasting”, Technical report, Iran Telecommunication Research Center, 2003.

10. B. Akbari, H.R. Rabiee, “Survey on Video congestion control schemes”, Technical report, Iran Telecommunication Research Center, 2003.

11. B. Akbari, H.R. Rabiee, “Survey on Peer-to-Peer video streaming systems”, Technical report, Sharif University of Technology, 2007.

12. B. Akbari,” Design and implementation an TCP/IP traffic controller” MSCE thesis, Sharif University of Technology, Feb. 2002.

13. B. Akbari, ” Design and implementation an alarming system via telephone line by using Intel 8051 microcontroller,” BSCE thesis, Sharif University of Technology, Aug. 1999

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