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Postdoctoral Researchers in Applied
Mathematics & Computation
Recent or graduating PhDs in mathematics, computer science, physics or engineering are invited to apply for a one year postdoctoral research position. Interested candidates should have a strong foundation in one or more areas related to dynamical systems, geometry and topology, quantum information, spectral theory, optimization and control, graph theory, analysis of PDEs or information theory. Responsibilities will primarily concern research in collaboration with other faculty members at LUMS SSE.
LUMS SSE offers highly competitive salaries. Salaries will be commensurate with the candidate's abilities and experience.
Interested individuals should electronically submit their CV, listing their academic achievements, detailed course work, publications, research projects and references, to:
abubakr@lums.edu.pk
Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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Recent graduates with a B.Sc. in engineering, computer science, mathematics or physics are invited to apply for renewable short appointments as research assistants. Interested candidates should have a taste for mathematical investigations and numerical computation. Students with practical hands-on experience in signal processing, control systems and other areas of systems research are also encouraged to apply. Responsibilities will primarily concern aiding in fundamental research as well as helping establish a laboratory in distributed sensing and control. Successful applicants may also be offered to continue as Masters/PhD students at LUMS on the basis of their performance.
LUMS SSE offers highly competitive salaries. Salaries will be commensurate with the candidate's abilities and experience.
Interested individuals should electronically submit their CV, listing their academic achievements, detailed course work, publications, research projects and references, to:
abubakr@lums.edu.pk
Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Abubakr Muhammad
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, SSE LUMS.
Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S.Georgia Institute of Technology
B.Sc. UET, Lahore
Research Interests
Robotics, Sensor Networks, Control Theory, Quantum Information and Computational Topology
Biography
Abubakr does fundamental research at the interface of engineering, applied mathematics and physics, on various problems in robotics, distributed sensing, network dynamics and quantum information sciences. His interests span the study of connections and complexity in large-scale distributed networks; topological methods for information discovery in massive data sets; and communication, computation & control issues in the physics of information. He has also worked and consulted for the industry on the design of air traffic control systems, radar & sonar systems, communication equipments and medical instrumentation.
Abubakr received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (2005). As a graduate student, he also got a masters degree in Mathematics (2005) and a masters degree in Electrical Engineering (2002) from Georgia Tech. He completed his BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan (2000). Before joining LUMS, he has taught and done research as a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University, Canada (2007-2008) and at the University of Pennsylvania, USA (2006-2007).
I received my PhD in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Insitute of Technology (2005). As a graduate student, I also got a masters degree in Mathematics (2005) and a masters degree in Electrical Engineering (2002) from Georgia Tech. Before that, I completed my BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan (2000).
I do fundamental research in robotics, sensor networks, networked control, and recenlty in quantum information sciences. I am developing some novel analytical techniques at the interface of computational algebraic topology, differential geometry, distributed algorithms and control theory for these applications.
My PhD thesis Graphs, Simplicial Complexes and Beyond: Topological Tools for Multi-agent Coordination won the Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Best PhD Dissertation Award for the year 2006. Nominations for this award are received from all departments of science and engineering at Georgia Tech.
Before joining LUMS, I was a Postdoctoral researcher at McGill University (2007-2008) and at the University of Pennsylvania (2006-2007).
I have also spent brief periods of collaboration and research at the Mathematics departments of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Stanford University, the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) at Berkeley, and at Caltech.
Before starting my gradute studies, I worked in the industry on several problems in signal processing, target tracking, estimation theory, radar & sonar systems and pattern recognition.
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Nationality: Pakistan
Marital Status: Married
Education
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA 2005
Dissertation topic: Graphs, simplicial complexes and beyond: Topological tools
for multiagent coordination. Winner of Sigma-Xi Best PhD thesis award 2006
MS in Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA 2005
Concentration in topology and geometry
MS in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology 2002
Concentration in signal processing, communications and control
BSc in Electrical Engineering, UET, Lahore, Pakistan 2000
Thesis title: Synchronized chaos for secure communication
Academic Research Experience
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Nov 2006–present
Quantum Information Processing Group, McGill University
Center for Intelligent Machines (CIM), McGill University
Postdoctoral Researcher Jan 2006–June 2007
General Robotics, Sensing & Perception Lab (GRASP), University of Pennsylvania
Research Assistant Aug 2001–Dec 2005
Center for Research in Embedded Systems (CREST), Georgia Institute of Technology
Visiting Research Scholar Dec 2004
Department of Mathematics, Stanford University
Visiting Research Scholar June 2004
Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Industry Experience
Research Scientist May 2002–July 2002
Advanced Engineering Research Organization (AERO), Pakistan
Design Engineer March 2000–July 2001
And Or Logic (pvt) Ltd, Islamabad, Pakistan
Internee May 1997–July 1997
Systems Software (pvt) Ltd, Lahore, Pakistan
Publications
Book
1. “Graphs, Simplicial Complexes and Beyond: Topological Tools for Multiagent Coordination,�
VDM Verlag, Saarbrucken, Germany, 2008. (In press)
Journal Articles
1. Abubakr Muhammad and Magnus Egerstedt, “Connectivity Graphs as Models of Local Interactions,�
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 168, Issue 1, September
2005, Pages 243–269.
2. Abubakr Muhammad and Magnus Egerstedt, “Feasibility, Reachability and Optimal Control of
Connectivity Graph Processes,� SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization. (Under revision)
3. Abubakr Muhammad and Ali Jadbabaie, “Computing Homology on Real Networks,�, Submitted
to ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks.
4. Abubakr Muhammad and Ali Jadbabaie, “From Consensus in Switching Graphs to Coverage
in Switching Simplicial Complexes.� To be submitted to IEEE transactions on Robotics.
Book Chapters
1. Abubakr Muhammad and Magnus Egerstedt, “Decentralized Coordination With Local Interactions:
Some New Directions,� Cooperative Control, Springer Lecture Notes in Control and
Information Sciences (LNCIS), Vol. 309, 2005.
2. Abubakr Muhammad, Meng Ji and Magnus Egerstedt, “Applications of Connectivity Graph
Processes in Networked Sensing and Control,� Networked Embdedded Sensing and Control,
Springer Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences (LNCIS), 2006.
3. Abubakr Muhammad and Ali Jadbabaie, “Dynamic coverage verification in Mobile Sensor
Networks Via Switched Higher Order Laplacians,� in Oliver Broch, (Editor), Robotics: Science
and Systems MIT Press, to appear, 2007.
4. Abubakr Muhammad and Ali Jadbabaie, “Asymptotic Stability of switched higher order Laplacians
and dynamic coverage�, in Alberto Bemporad, Antonio Bicchi and Giorgio Buttazzo
(Editors), Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, Springer Lecture Notes in Compter
Science (LNCS), 2007.
Conference Papers
1. Abubakr Muhammad and Ali Jadbabaie, “Decentralized Computation of Homology Groups
in Networks by Gossip�, American Control Conference, 2007.
2. Abubakr Muhammad and Magnus Egerstedt, “Control Using Higher Order Laplacians in Network
Topologies,� Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, Kyoto, Japan, 2006.
3. Abubakr Muhammad and Magnus Egerstedt, “Network Configuration Control Via Connectivity
Graph Processes,� American Control Conference, Minneapolis, 2006.
4. Meng Ji, Abubakr Muhammad and Magnus Egerstedt, “Leader-Based Multi-Agent Coordination:
Controllability and Optimal Control,� American Control Conference, Minneapolis,
2006.
5. Abubakr Muhammad and Magnus Egerstedt., “Positivstellensatz Certificates For Feasibility
Of Connectivity Graphs In Multi-Agent Formations,� 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague,
July 4-8, 2005.
6. Vin de Silva, Robert Ghrist and Abubakr Muhammad, “Blind Swarms for Coverage in 2-D,�
Robotics: Science and Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, June
8-11, 2005.
7. Robert Ghrist and Abubakr Muhammad, “Coverage And Hole-Detection In Sensor Networks
Via Homology,� The Fourth International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor
Networks (IPSN’05), UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, April 25-27, 2005.
8. Abubakr Muhammad and Magnus Egerstedt, “Connectivity Graphs as Models of Local Interactions,�
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Bahamas, December 2004.
9. Abubakr Muhammad and Magnus Egerstedt, “On The Structural Complexity Of Multi-Agent
Robot Formations,� American Control Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July 2004.
10. Abubakr Muhammad and Magnus Egerstedt, “Topology And Complexity Of Formations,�
in Proceedings of 2nd International Workshop on the Mathematics and Algorithms of Social
Insects, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, December 15-17, 2003.
11. Henrik Axelsson, Abubakr Muhammad, and Magnus Egerstedt, “Autonomous Formation
Switching For Multiple, Mobile Robots,� in Proceedings of IFAC Conference on Analysis and
Design of Hybrid Systems, Sant-Malo, Brittany, France, June 2003.
12. Magnus Egerstedt, Abubakr Muhammad, and X. Hu, “Formation Control Under Limited
Sensory Range Constraints,� in Proceeding of 10th Mediterranean Conference on Control and
Automation, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2002.
13. Abubakr Muhammad, Biological Receptive Fields for Motion Detection, FAST-IEEE Student
Conference on CS and IT, FISC’ 98, Lahore, Pakistan, 1998.
Presentations/Invited Talks/Seminars (Selected)
Decision and Control Seminar, CSL, UIUC Nov 2006
Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS), Kyoto, Japan July 2006
Systems and Controls Seminar, Georgia Tech April 2006
Networked Enabled Sensing and Control (NESC), Notre Dame Sept 2005
GRASP Lab Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Sept 2005
Department of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA July 2005
Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), Los Angeles, CA Apr 2005
Stanford University Topology Seminar, Palo Alto, CA Dec 2004
43rd Control and Decision Conference, Bahamas Dec 2004
American Mathematical Society (AMS) Sectional Meeting, Evanston, IL Oct 2004
American Control Conference, Boston, MA July 2004
Workshops/Summer Schools Attended
Workshop on Computational Geometry, Jan 2008, Bellairs Institute, Barbados, West Indies.
Workshop on Application of Topology in Science and Engineering, Sept. 2006, MSRI-Berkeley
Summer School on Control in Quantum Systems, Aug, 2005, Caltech, Pasadena
Workshop on UAV Autonomy and Multi-Vehicle Coordinated Control, Dec 13, 2004, Bahamas
Workshop on Semi-definite Programming Relaxations and Algebraic Optimization in Control,
June 29, 2004, Boston, MA
Teaching Experience
Course lecturer, COMP-208: Computers for Engineering, McGill University, Winter 2008
Reading group, Computational topology in Science & Engineering, McGill University, Winter
2008
Teaching assistant, ECE-6553: Optimal Control, Georgia Tech, Spring 2005
Substitute lecturer, ECE-6550: Linear Control Systems, Georgia Tech, Fall 2005
Reading group, Computational algebraic topology, School of Mathematical Sciences, Jan 2006
Awards and Honors
Sigma Xi Best PhD thesis from Georgia Tech for the year 2005
Graduate-track Coordinator for Georgia Tech Robotics Initiative Workshop 2003
Best in Session Award, American Controls Conference, Boston, 2004
Gold medalist, SSC examination, 1992 from Lahore Board
Silver medalist, HSSC examination 1994 from Lahore Board
National Talent Scholarship recipient, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995-2000 on various levels
Professional Services
Member program committee : First International Conference on Robot Communication and
Coordination (Robocomm 2007), Athens, Greece.
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE transactions on Robotics and
Automation
Reviewer for various controls & robotics conferences and workshops (CDC, ACC, CAA, RSS,
ICRA)
Member IEEE since 1995
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