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Ph.D. in Computer Science

Post-Doc Researcher Planete Research Group Sophia Antipolis - France Contact Information Tel:  +33-4-92 38 71 69                         2004 Route des Lucioles      Fax: +33-4 92 38 79 78                          06902 Sophia Antipolis E-mail: aalhamra@sophia.inria.fr             France

Research Interests:

• P2P networking
• Wireless sensor/mesh networks
• Mobile ad-hoc networks

Education:

• September 2001 - August 2004: PhD in Computer Science from the university of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France.
• 2000-2001: DEA (Research Master) in Networking and Distributed Systems, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France.
• 1995-2000: Engineering degree in Electricity and Electronics from the Lebanese University in Beirut, Lebanon.

Research Experience:

• September 2006-August 2007: Post-Doc Researcher at Planete Research Group, INRIA Sophia Antipolis-France.
• October 2005-July 2006: Post-Doc Researcher at the University of Oslo, Norway – DMMS group, Department of Informatics.
• May 2005-September 2005: Guest researcher at INRIA - Sophia Antipolis, France – Planète Research Group.
• September 2001 - August 2004: PhD research work.
• April 2005 -July 2005: DEA internship at INRIA - Sophia Antipolis, France – Planète Research Group.

Teaching Experience:

• September 2004-August 2005: Lecturer on networking at the Technical University of Nice, France.
• September 2001 - August 2004: Practical courses to undergraduate students at Institut Eurécom, France

AWARDS:

• ERCIM fellowship for a post-doc at the university of Oslo, Norway.
• French government scholarship for PhD studies, September 2001-August 2004.

LANGUAGES     

• Arabic: Mother tongue
• English: fluently spoken and written
• French: fluently spoken and written

Publications:

• A. Al Hamra, C. Barakat, and T. Turletti, “Network Coding for Content Distribution in Wireless Mesh Networks”, In Proc. Of the 7^th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WOWMOM), New York, USA, June, 2006.
• A. Al Hamra and P. A. Felber, “Desing Choices for Content Distribution in P2P Networks”, In Proc. of ACM Computer Communication Review (CCR), October 2005. 
• A. AL Hamra, "Approaches for Scalable Content Distribution in the Internet", PhD thesis, UNSA, Sophia Antipolis, France, December 2004.
• A. Al Hamra, E. W. Biersack, and G. Urvoy-Keller, “A Pull-Based Approach for a VoD Service in P2P Networks”, In Proc. of 7th IEEE International Conference on High Speed Networks and Multimedia Communications (HSNMC), Toulouse, France, July 2004.
•  M. Izal, G. Urvoy-Keller, E.W. Biersack, P. A. Felber, A. Al Hamra, and L. Garces-Erice, “Dissecting BitTorrent: Five Months in a Torrent's Lifetime”, In Proc. Of 5th Passive and Active Measurement Workshop (PAM), Juan-les-Pins, France, April 2004.
• A. Al Hamra, E. W. Biersack, and G. Urvoy-Keller, "Architectural choices for Video-on-Demand Systems", In Proc. of 8th International Workshop on Web Caching and Content Distribution (WCW),  NewYork, USA,  September 2003.  
• [Book Chapter] E. W. Biersack, A. Al Hamra, G. Urvoy-Keller, and D. Choi, “Cost-optimal Dimensioning of a Large Scale Video on Demand Server”, In Quality of Future Internet Services COST, Action 263 Final Report, volume 2856 of Lecture Notes in Computer  Science, Springer-Verlag, March 2003.