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  • 2008 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to scheduling techniques in parallel and distributed computing systems

Overview

Ishfaq Ahmad is affiliated with The University of Texas at Arlington in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Engineering, with significant contributions in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Aerospace Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

The researcher has published extensively on various scientific topics. Key areas of work include:

  • Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
  • UAV Applications and Optimization
  • Agricultural Science and Fertilization
  • Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Traffic control and management
  • Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques
  • Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ishfaq Ahmad are Zaheed Ahmed, Faiza Nadeem, Muhammad Ali Imran, Muhammad Wasif, and Ahmed Zoha.

Their research is disseminated across several publication venues, most notably:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Preprints.org
  • Journal of Asian Development Studies
  • International Journal of Applied and Experimental Biology
  • Sarhad Journal of Agriculture

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ishfaq Ahmad include:

  • "Multi-geostatistical analyses of the spatial distribution and source apportionment of potentially toxic elements in urban children's park soils in Pakistan: A risk assessment study," 2022, Environmental Pollution
  • "Characterization of extracellular vesicles by flow cytometry: Challenges and promises," 2022, Micron
  • "Microstructure and mechanical properties of hot isostatic pressed tungsten heavy alloy with FeNiCoCrMn high entropy alloy binder," 2022, Journal of Materials Research and Technology
  • "Photocatalytic degradation of dyes in aqueous media by gum shellac stabilized selenium nanoparticles," 2023, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
  • "COMPARISON OF VARIOUS MACERATION TECHNIQUES FOR COLLECTION OF HUMAN BONES IN ANATOMY DEPARTMENT," 2023, Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry

In 2008, Ishfaq Ahmad was recognized as an IEEE Fellow for contributions to scheduling techniques in parallel and distributed computing systems.

Best Publications

  • Static scheduling algorithms for allocating directed task graphs to multiprocessors

    Yu-Kwong Kwok;Ishfaq Ahmad

  • Dynamic critical-path scheduling: an effective technique for allocating task graphs to multiprocessors

    Yu-Kwong Kwok;I. Ahmad

  • Benchmarking and Comparison of the Task Graph Scheduling Algorithms

    Yu-Kwong Kwok;Ishfaq Ahmad

  • Video transcoding: an overview of various techniques and research issues

    I. Ahmad;Xiaohui Wei;Yu Sun;Ya-Qin Zhang

  • On exploiting task duplication in parallel program scheduling

    Ishfaq Ahmad;Yu-Kwong Kwok

  • Power-rate-distortion analysis for wireless video communication under energy constraints

    Zhihai He;Yongfang Liang;Lulin Chen;I. Ahmad

  • Optimal task assignment in heterogeneous distributed computing systems

    M. Kafil;I. Ahmad

  • Efficient Scheduling of Arbitrary Task Graphs to Multiprocessors Using a Parallel Genetic Algorithm

    Yu-Kwong Kwok;Ishfaq Ahmad

  • A Cooperative Game Theoretical Technique for Joint Optimization of Energy Consumption and Response Time in Computational Grids

    S.U. Khan;I. Ahmad

  • Benchmarking the task graph scheduling algorithms

    Y.-K. Kwok;I. Ahmad

  • A New Approach to Scheduling Parallel Programs Using Task Duplication

    I. Ahmad;Yu-Kwong Kwok Yu-Kwong Kwok

  • Semi-distributed load balancing for massively parallel multicomputer systems

    I. Ahmad;A. Ghafoor

  • A fast adaptive motion estimation algorithm

    I. Ahmad;Weiguo Zheng;Jiancong Luo;Ming Liou

  • An integrated technique for task matching and scheduling onto distributed heterogeneous computing systems

    Muhammad K. Dhodhi;Imtiaz Ahmad;Anwar Yatama;Ishfaq Ahmad

  • Static and adaptive distributed data replication using genetic algorithms

    Thanasis Loukopoulos;Ishfaq Ahmad

  • Analysis, evaluation, and comparison of algorithms for scheduling task graphs on parallel processors

    I. Ahmad;Yu-Kwong Kwok;Min-You Wu

  • Non-cooperative, semi-cooperative, and cooperative games-based grid resource allocation

    Samee Ullah Khan;Ishfaq Ahmad

  • Evolutionary Algorithms for Allocating Data in Distributed Database Systems

    Ishfaq Ahmad;Kamalakar Karlapalem;Yu-Kwong Kwok;Siu-Kai So

  • Using game theory for scheduling tasks on multi-core processors for simultaneous optimization of performance and energy

    I. Ahmad;S. Ranka;S.U. Khan

  • An Evolutionary Technique for Performance-Energy-Temperature Optimized Scheduling of Parallel Tasks on Multi-Core Processors

    Hafiz Fahad Sheikh;Ishfaq Ahmad;Dongrui Fan

Frequent Co-Authors

Yu-Kwong Kwok
Yu-Kwong Kwok Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Samee U. Khan
Samee U. Khan Mississippi State University
Arif Ghafoor
Arif Ghafoor Purdue University West Lafayette
Sanjay Ranka
Sanjay Ranka University of Florida
Min-You Wu
Min-You Wu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Dimitris Papadias
Dimitris Papadias Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Mounir Hamdi
Mounir Hamdi Hamad bin Khalifa University
Zhihai He
Zhihai He University of Missouri
Oscar C. Au
Oscar C. Au Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
C.-C. Jay Kuo
C.-C. Jay Kuo University of Southern California

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