Education

Master of Applied Science in             University of Victoria; Victoria, BC                  Sept. 2006 - Present
Electrical Engineering (8.83/9 GPA)

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering    University of Victoria; Victoria, BC                    Sept. 2001 - Aug. 2006
(With Distinction)

Publications

• E. Shihab, L. Cai, F. Wan, A. Gulliver, and N. Tin, "Mesh Network for in-home IPTV Distribution" IEEE Network. SI: Wireless Mesh Networks: Applications, Architectures and Protocols. vol.22 (1). pp. 52-57. Jan.-Feb. 2008 (14% acceptance ratio)
• E. Shihab, F. Wan, L. Cai, A. Gulliver, and N. Tin, “Performance analysis of IPTV in home networks,” Proc. IEEE Globecom'07, pp. 5341-5345, Nov./Dec. 2007 (40.2% acceptance ratio)
• E. Shihab and L. Cai,. IPTV Distribution Technologies in Broadband Home Networks Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 2007
• E. Shihab, Would you like some testing with that? Blackberry Developers Journal. 3:  46-47. 2006 (Undergrad work)

Presentations

• Mesh Network for In-home IPTV distribution, UVic GIF, Jul. 2007
• The eXplicit Control Protocol, course presentation, Jun. 2007
• IPTV: An end users' perspective, PANDA seminar, Feb. 2007
• Wireless MAC protocols, course presentation, Mar. 2007

Awards

• UVic student travel grant ($400)

Employment Experience

Research Assistant

Wireless and Networking Research Lab; Victoria, BC                                         Sept. 2006 - Present

• Developed analytical models to accurately study the performance of video traffic over wired and wireless networks
• Constructed simulation models to verify proposed mathematical models
• Presented research findings in various international venues

Software Test Associate

Research In Motion; Waterloo, Ontario                                                   May 2004 – Sept. 2005

• Reduced software bugs by developing and maintaining manual QA test suites for Windows and wireless Java applications.
• Assured a constant high level of test suite quality by working closely with development, documentation, localization and product management teams
• Designed, executed and analyzed performance of software testing processes to reduce test case execution time
• Assisted in ISO 9001 certification by verifying adherence to standard processes
• Prioritized tasks well and worked on multiple test projects in tandem to deliver test results in a timely fashion.

Desktop Support Technician

Telus Communication Inc; Burnaby, British Columbia                              Sept. - Dec. 2003

• Improved employee productivity by configuring and troubleshooting client computers in a Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP environments
• Increased server uptime by configuring and troubleshooting servers using tools such as Active Directory in a Server 2000/2003/NT environment.
• Increased team knowledge by creating support documentation for different support strategies

Professional Activities

• Journal referee for IEEE Potentials
• Journal referee for EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
• Conference referee for IEEE ICC’07, ICC'08
• Conference referee for IEEE WCNC'08
• Conference referee for IEEE ISCC'08
• Conference referee for IEEE CCECE'08
• Conference referee for IEEE Globecom'07
• Conference referee for IEEE WoWMoM’07
• Conference referee for IEEE PacRim'07
• Treasurer for UVic Graduate Innovation Forum'07
• Graduate Student Society representative on Dean of the Faculty of Engineering search committee
• Graduate Council representative for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 

TA Positions

• Elec 360: Control theory and systems: I
• Elec 499: Design project
• Seng 426: Software Quality Assurance
• Ceng 460: Computer Communications Networks

Affiliations

• Student member of IEEE and IEEE Communications Society