A little bit more about me ...

Saleem N. Bhatti is a Professor at the School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews. His general interest is in the area of Networked and Distributed Systems (NDS). Previously (until December 2005), he was at the Department of Computer Science, University College London (UCL). He has been involved in collaborative research since 1991, and has experience of working with network operators, equipment manufacturers, research institutions and academic institutions from all over Europe. His work has involved aspects of multi-service networking, tele-working, multicast, network and systems management, network security, IPv6, mobile systems, the consideration of QoS (Quality of Service) adaptability support for Internet applications and adaptive systems, and high-speed networking (e.g. for Grid networking & Grid computing). He is also involved with industry in various consultancy roles in the area of networking technology and systems. Saleem holds a B.Eng.(Hons), in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, an M.Sc.(Distinction) in Data Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science, all from UCL.

Current research interests

The main theme of my research interests is networked systems architecture and the control of network resources. At the moment, ILNP is an exicitng area of work. I am interested in the architecture and how it effects the interaction between the network, the application and the user. As the nature of applications has become more distributed, so the aspects of networking that allow applications to communicate and distribute information have become increasingly significant. Traditional networked applications have assumed that the network resources they need are always available. As the demand for network resources from applications increases, and the nature of the networks themselves changes (e.g. fixed networks vs. mobile networks), the applications must become (a) generally aware of their own connectivity and (b) sensitive to the demand for the limited resources in the network. This is especially true for mobile and wireless applications; for applications operating at very high levels of performance and so stressing the infrastructure on which they run; and for real-time applications with media flows that are sensitive to resource limitations within the network.

Keywords

Network & systems architecture; networks with hybrid and heterogeneous connectivity; network control plane; network management & resource management; resource limited environments and systems; QoS (Quality of Service) adaptability & network QoS; high-speed networking; IPv6 and new network protocols; mobile networking and applications; network security.

On the subject of Quality of Service, I was in charge of the design and development of the NRS software.

Current research activities can be found here.

A list of publications can be found here.

Consulting

I consider consulting an important part of my park, and a chance to work with industry outside the context of research collaborations. Working in a very practical and fast moving area, I am involved in various freelance consultancy, including bespoke consultancy and training related to my research interests (see above), and also in the general areas of network technology and networked communications - see here.