Member Name: Syed Aun Abbas

Title: Visiting Faculty of Computer Science

Qualifications: Ph.D., Carleton University.

Phone: + 92 (42) 572 2670 Ext: 4428

Fax: + 92 (42) 589 8315

E-Mail: aun@lums.edu.pk

Research Interests: Wireless and Mobile Networks !
Biography: Dr. Abbas has more than 19 years of experience in the semiconductor and telecom industry and academia. Before joining LUMS as a visiting faculty, he was a co-founder of Teleware Systems that was later acquired by PalmChip Corporation. During 2002-2006, he served as the CEO of both Teleware Systems and PalmChip Pakistan . He continues to serve on the board of PalmChip Pakistan. He is also on the board of a few other Pakistani high-tech start-ups. He also provides consultancy services to the telecom industry. At Centillium, he was part of the team involved in an ADSL and VoIP chip architecture and design. He was also responsible for international technology standards management for the company. At Nortel, he was part of the team involved in the development of Broadband Access products that facilitated high date rate access over twisted copper pair, co-axial cable, passive optical fiber and wireless media. He was also responsible for international technology standards related to the relevant broadband access technologies. To his credit are more than hundred (100) technical contributions in ITU-T, IEEE 802, ANSI, ETSI, ATM Form and DSL Forum related to DSL and high speed access technologies. He has numerous research publications in industry journals and conference proceedings mainly related to Mobile Wireless Propagation. He holds 4 US patents while another three (3) patent applications are pending. Dr. Abbas is also Principal Investigator for a PTCL R&D Fund Grant. Dr. Abbas holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, and a B.S in Electrical Engineering from UET Lahore.

Publications & Patents: Techniques to Avoid G.HS False Start due to FEXT
Long, G., and Abbas, S. A., US Patent 7,180,936, February 20, 2007.

Receiver Transparent Quiescent Mode Operation in a DSL Transmission System
Long, G., Rashid-Farrokhi, F., and Abbas, S. A., US Patent 7,177,350, February 13, 2007.

Framing Techniques for ADSL Systems
Long, G., and Abbas, S. A., US Patent 6,865,190, March 8, 2005.

Loop diagnostics for ADSL Systems
Long, G., Kamali, J., Blackwell, S. R., and Abbas, S. A., US Patent 6,725,176, April 20, 2004.