Computer Science Department Past Features

Featured Defense - April 2011

Hadi Arbabi
PhD, Old Dominion University

 

Bio: Hadi Arbabi was a top-ranked student in the fields of mathematics and physics at Dr. Hashroudi College, class of 1997. He received his Bachelors Degree in Computer Engineering from Shiraz University in 2001. He was also recognized as the top-ranked student of the class of 2001. In Fall 2005, he joined the masters program in the Department of Computer Science at Old Dominion University. He wrote his thesis in the area of cellular networks under the supervision of Dr. Stephan Olariu. Hadi received his Masters Degree in Computer Science in Summer 2007. He joined the PhD program in the same department in the same year and decided to pursue his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Michele C. Weigle. Hadi had been active in the areas of simulation/modeling, programming languages, wireless networks, sensor networks, vehicular networks, and intelligent transportation systems. With interests in data mining and simulation/modeling, Hadi's PhD focus, including his dissertation, was on vehicular ad-hoc networks. Specifically, his focus was the application of these networks to dynamically monitoring roadway traffic. Ph.D. Thesis Thesis Title: A Framework for Dynamic Traffic Monitoring Using Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks. Please click here to view Hadi's thesis information.