Fahim Kawsar Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, United Kingdom

I founded the Pervasive Systems research at the newly established Nokia Bell Labs, Cambridge. This brand-new group is working on the development of ultra-efficient, personalised and robust Sensory AI Systems to deeply understand ourselves and the world around us to redefine human interaction and communication. Within 2.5 years after establishment, this team has produced several ground-breaking results in pushing the boundaries of Pervasive Systems research.2018 - SensiX Operating System… Show more I founded the Pervasive Systems research at the newly established Nokia Bell Labs, Cambridge. This brand-new group is working on the development of ultra-efficient, personalised and robust Sensory AI Systems to deeply understand ourselves and the world around us to redefine human interaction and communication. Within 2.5 years after establishment, this team has produced several ground-breaking results in pushing the boundaries of Pervasive Systems research.2018 - SensiX Operating System for Multi-Device, Multi-Sensory, Multi-Modal and Multi-Model Embedded AI.The objective of this work is to develop a brand-new embedded software stack containing a set of libraries and tools to design human-centred sensory systems.http://www.fahim-kawsar.net/papers/Min-SenSys2019-Camera.pdfhttp://www.fahim-kawsar.net/papers/Mathur-IPSN2019.Camera.pdf2017 - Earable Computing This project has developed the world's first open sensory earable platform - eSense for a variety of human sensing applications. Through this development, this project has created a worldwide community (eSense hardware and software were shared with 70 research groups, across 20 countries in 5 continents) working on earable computing as the next frontier of personal computing. More about eSense: http://www.esense.iohttp://www.fahim-kawsar.net/papers/Kawsar.IEEEPervasive2018-Camera.pdf2016 - 2017: DeepX Software Accelerator for Embedded AIThe objective of this work was to bring bleeding-edge deep learning models to wearable and IoT device. DeepX has culminated in the design of a general-purpose embedded inference engine applying a set of resource control algorithms, e.g., dynamic resource scaling, runtime model compression, etc.http://www.fahim-kawsar.net/papers/Lane.IPSN2016-Camera.pdfBesides these research efforts, I played a crucial role in building a joint research centre with the University of Cambridge, focusing on mobile and wearables systems research. https://mobicentre.cst.cam.ac.uk Show less

Antwerp, Belgium

I lead a group of senior researchers working on pervasive applications, often designed with multi-sensory data systems. Key projects include:2016-2018: Country-scale Crowd Sourcing with Mobile Work ForcesThis work demonstrated how mobile workforces, e.g., Belgian Postal (bPost) workers, can be augmented with on-body sensors to transform them into an active human sensor network gathering country-scale data about their cities and… Show more I lead a group of senior researchers working on pervasive applications, often designed with multi-sensory data systems. Key projects include:2016-2018: Country-scale Crowd Sourcing with Mobile Work ForcesThis work demonstrated how mobile workforces, e.g., Belgian Postal (bPost) workers, can be augmented with on-body sensors to transform them into an active human sensor network gathering country-scale data about their cities and citizens.http://www.fahim-kawsar.net/papers/Acer-UbiComp2019.Camera.pdf2014-2016: Quantified EnterpriseThis project aims to uncover the hidden dynamics of modern enterprises by modelling people-people and people-place interactions through on-body and near-body sensing. http://www.fahim-kawsar.net/papers/Mashhadi.ICMI2016-Camera.pdfhttp://www.fahim-kawsar.net/papers/Mashhadi.UbiComp2016-Camera.pdfhttp://www.fahim-kawsar.net/papers/Mathur.UbiComp2015-Camera.pdf2015 - 2016: Behaviour Analytics for Optimising Mobile Push NotificationThis project explored to what extent meta-information gleaned through traces of mobile device usage and mobile network can be repurposed to optmise push notification both for increasing user impression and reducing energy expenditure. http://www.fahim-kawsar.net/papers/Mathur.UbiComp2016-Camera.pdfhttp://www.fahim-kawsar.net/papers/Acer.MobiQuitous2015.Camera.pdf2013 - 2015: A Search Engine for the Internet of ThingsThis project developed a Wi-Fi network-based IoT data platform for searching a planetary-scale mesh of IoT devices. http://www.fahim-kawsar.net/papers/Acer.IoT2015-Camera.pdf2011-2013: Behaviour Modelling with Mobile and Home Network Traces This project explored to what extent meta-information gleaned through mobile and residential network traces can be leveraged to understand outdoor and in-home human activities. http://www.fahim-kawsar.net/papers/Kawsar.UbiComp2013-Camera.pdf Show less

As a senior researcher at Bell Labs, I explored how opportunistic sensing (mobile, residential and social network) can be used to form a better understanding of human behavior pattern and to develop activity models that can radically improve our experience with pervasive technology. Together with my academic collaborators, I also worked on the development of a Micro Display Network and corresponding Visualisation Techniques to provide guidance and opportunistic activity recommendation in… Show more As a senior researcher at Bell Labs, I explored how opportunistic sensing (mobile, residential and social network) can be used to form a better understanding of human behavior pattern and to develop activity models that can radically improve our experience with pervasive technology. Together with my academic collaborators, I also worked on the development of a Micro Display Network and corresponding Visualisation Techniques to provide guidance and opportunistic activity recommendation in dynamic and complex work environment. Show less

IEEE Pervasive Computing examines breakthroughs and critical enablers that fundamentally change how we experience computing in our everyday lives. Quarterly issues combine powerful insights from original research with studies of potential and measured impact from world-leading experts and practitioners to help readers stay at the cutting edge.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

As a visiting research fellow, I collaborate with academics and researchers of Cambridge University, primarily with the Department of Computer Science, around my research interest. Over the past years, I worked on various technical challenges on earable computing and edge AI with my department colleagues.One of the concrete outcomes of this collaboration is a joint research centre with the University of Cambridge, focusing on mobile and wearables systems research… Show more As a visiting research fellow, I collaborate with academics and researchers of Cambridge University, primarily with the Department of Computer Science, around my research interest. Over the past years, I worked on various technical challenges on earable computing and edge AI with my department colleagues.One of the concrete outcomes of this collaboration is a joint research centre with the University of Cambridge, focusing on mobile and wearables systems research. https://mobicentre.cst.cam.ac.uk Show less

Delft Area, Netherlands

At TU Delft, I am studying how end-users can be engaged in the design lifecycle actively, continuously reshaping the sensory application behaviour in a data-informed fashion.

At Lancaster, my research explored the implication of Situated Flows to model human activities in structured workplaces. I have designed and developed a software architecture for flow driven interaction in an instrumented hospital environment. In addition, I have also investigated what kind of user interfaces are best suitable for such flow driven interaction (e.g., mobile augmented reality interface, personal projected interface, etc.) . These User Interfaces were also explored in other… Show more At Lancaster, my research explored the implication of Situated Flows to model human activities in structured workplaces. I have designed and developed a software architecture for flow driven interaction in an instrumented hospital environment. In addition, I have also investigated what kind of user interfaces are best suitable for such flow driven interaction (e.g., mobile augmented reality interface, personal projected interface, etc.) . These User Interfaces were also explored in other connected (Internet of Things) application spaces, e.g., smart home, lifestyle, etc. Show less

At Waseda University, I developed two software Infrastructures FedNet and Prottoy for building distributed pervasive computing applications. FedNet, culminated in my Ph.D. Dissertation, adopted a document-centric design using RESTful approach to modularize system components and to support building end-user interaction tools seamlessly. This work demonstrated that exposing system features to enable user-centric interface development and consequent involvement of end-users substantially elevates… Show more At Waseda University, I developed two software Infrastructures FedNet and Prottoy for building distributed pervasive computing applications. FedNet, culminated in my Ph.D. Dissertation, adopted a document-centric design using RESTful approach to modularize system components and to support building end-user interaction tools seamlessly. This work demonstrated that exposing system features to enable user-centric interface development and consequent involvement of end-users substantially elevates user experience. Prottoy, culminated in my M.Engg. Thesis, is a lightweight middleware for context-aware application that showed how API independent design could isolate all access issues for system components resulting in simple and rapid application development.In addition, during my stay at Waseda, I designed and developed a number of smart objects by augmenting everyday objects with sensors and actuators, e.g., a mirror, a chair, a desk, a lamp, a door, a toothbrush, a comb, etc. The most notable one was AwareMirror, a peripheral display augmented mirror. These objects and their associated applications in the areas of ambient lifestyle feedback, activity logging, collaborative applications etc. were exhibited in several exhibitions including Embedded Technology 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 at Yokohama, Japan. Show less

I designed a number of Web 2.0 solutions in the domain of education, automobile, and telecommunication industries for ITA.

At Nokia, I developed a gamepad on ARM platform, wrote Bluetooth and USB OTG Device Driver for Nokia Terminals, ported Linux Kernel to several Custom Platform Boards (ARM/XScale/SH) and contributed from Nokia in the OpenMax Consortium by developing Integration Layer (IL) Components on top of DSP for OpenMAX Multimedia Middleware.

At IUT, I lectured Sophomore Level Undergraduate Courses (Object Oriented Programming, Algorithms and Data Structure).