Asad Irfan

Address
St # 6, Sethi Town # 2,
Haji Camp, Phari Pura
Road, KPK, 25000
Peshawar, Pakistan

Tel & Skype

+92 323 9273991
asad_393

Mail
asad_393@
live.com

Web
about.me/asad_irfan

OS Preference
Linux
Windows
Mac OS

Personal Skills

Electrical Engineer
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Summary
Having 9 Months Research Experience at CISNR I learned to enhance my problem solving and troubleshooting skills. While working on a Research Project, my work resulted in
an International Publication. During this time, I put much effort to develop skills in Linux
Command line for day to day use of software installations and monitoring status of Network
devices using simulation models.

Experience
06/14 - 03/15 Research Assistant
Center of Intelligent Systems and Network Research - CISNR
Research on Cyber Security in Smart Grids & Studied Software Defined Networks - SDN related technologies: OpenFlow, SDN Controllers (POX, Floodlight, Open Daylight) .
07/15 - Now Freelance Researcher
Upwork.com
Writing Research Paper with Prof. Jeffery P. Bigham of Carnegie Mellon University on crowdsourcing, human computation, artificial intelligence, social
computing, computer vision, machine learning, and language technologies
09/15 - Now Technical Ghost Writer
Upwork.com, Open Networking Summit
Writing Blog Articles about Conferences and Technical Workshops happening
at Open Networking Summit
07/15 - 07/15 Study Tour
Cherat Cement Factory Pvt. Ltd
Overview of fault detection in Cement Plants through SCADA. Induction Motor
common issues and safety measures to prevent faults. General overview of
Power Generation in Plant
12/14 - Now Graphic Designer
Expert in Print Media and Mobile UI Designs.

Fiverr.com/asad393

Education
2011 - 2015 BS Electrical Engineering
University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar
CGPA: 3.00/4.00
Major: Communication, Main subjects: Wireless Communication, Mobile
Communications, Digital Communications, Microwave Engineering, Computer Networks, Electrical Machines.
Title of the Thesis: Cyber Security in Smart Grids .
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sahibzada Ali Mahmud.
2009 - 2011 F.Sc Pre-Engineering
Percentage: 80.27%
1997 - 2009 SSC
Percentage: 89.33%

Islamia College Peshawar

Peshawar Model School Boys-1

Projects
02/2012

Digital Logic Design

Design and Simulation of ATM Machine using Sequential Logic

07/2013

C++ OOP & Data Structures

UET, Peshawar
A Small Database Design for Students Data at University Level using Objected Oriented Approach in C++

01/2014

EMI - Electrical Measurement & Instrumentation

UET, Peshawar
Design & Implementation of a Digital Thermometer using 8051 Microcontroller

07/2015

Final Year Project

UET, Peshawar
Design of a Novel SDN/LTE Architecture for Smart Grid Electrical Network
Security

UET, Peshawar

Awards/Certificates
Secured 18th Position in SSC Peshawar Board
Guest Speaker for the Seminar on Google Searching Techniques in Peshawar & Abbottabad Chapter
1st Position in Inter Debate Contest at School Level among all Branches of Peshawar
Model School

Co-Curricular Activities
03/09

President Debating Society

Peshawar Model School
Responsible for arranging debate competition and looking after affairs of society

04/12

Head Graphic Design Team

IEEE Peshawar Chapter
Responsible for designing Event Posters and Advertisements

01/04

Head Technical Team

Responsible for technical measures in Society Events

IEEE Peshawar Chapter

Computer Skills
General Understanding of SQL
C/C++ , Python, Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, PsPice, MatLAB, Linux Command Line,
ns-3 , Mininet
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint & LaTeX

Additional Skills
Good Presentation, communication and interpersonal skills
High degree of persistence and possess leadership skills

Publications
Asad Irfan, Nayab Taj, S.A. Mahmud
A Novel Secure SDN/LTE Based Architecture for Smart Grid Security
Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Wireless Networks and Multimedia (WNM
2015), UK, Liverpool, October 26-27, 2015