Engr. Fahad Islam Cheema Mobile# 0092-342-6714593 fahadislam2002@yahoo.

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Lahore, Pakistan
A self-motivated computer engineer with specialization in Embedded Parallel Computing. I have two years of industrial and two years of academic experience. Further more, I have completed masters in Computer System Engineering in 2009 from Halmstad University of Sweden. Recent Activities . My Masters thesis research accepted for publication in FPGAWorld2010 conference for Copenhagen/Denmark in September 2010 ([Link]). Got PEC (Pakistan Engineering Council) Registration number (PEC# Comp/6774) Participated in EPC (Embedded Parallel Computing) workshop in SAAB Microwave Systems, Sweden ([Link] to present my standalone Masters thesis. After completion of Masters from Sweden, I was employed by Halmstad University of Sweden to assist programming and Linux scripting related courses ([Link] and to publish my Masters Thesis ([Link] Professional Experience (Four Year Experience) Academic Experience: 1) Sep 2011 to Now Assistant Professor The University of Lahore, ([Link]) 2) Sep 2010 to Sep2011 Lecturer HITEC University, Taxila ([Link]) 3) July 2010 to August 2010 Lecturer (Visiting Faculty member) Bahria University, Islamabad ([Link]) 4) Jan 2010 to June 2010 Senior Lab Engineer LUMS University, Lahore ([Link]) 5) Jun 2009 to Jan 2010 Research Associate Halmstad University, Sweden ([Link] ) Industrial Experience: 6) Oct 2007 to April 2008 Embedded System Engineer Delta Indus Systems, Lahore([Link]) 7) Sep 2006 to Oct2007 Embedded Software Engineer Streaming Networks, Islamabad([Link]) 8) April2006 to Aug 2006: Embedded Hardware Engineer FiveRivers Technologies, Lahore([Link]) Education 2009 Masters in Computer System Engineering Halmstad University, Sweden ([Link] ) 2006 Bachelor in Computer Engineering (4 Year) (PEC # Comp/6774) COMSATS institute of IT , Lahore ([Link]) 2001 Pre-Engineering (F. Sc) Govt Degree College Daska, Sialkot 1999 Matriculation Govt High School Jamke, Sialkot
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4.37 out of 5 74 % 69% 68%

Main Courses Studied . Embedded Parallel Computing, Embedded System Programming, Real Time Embedded Systems, Embedded Networking, System-On-Chip (SOC), Real Time Networking, Advanced Digital

Engr. Fahad Islam Cheema Mobile# 0092-342-6714593 fahadislam2002@[Link]

Lahore, Pakistan
Designing, Advanced Computer Architecture, DSP (Digital Signal Processing), Signal and Systems, Cooperative Intelligent Systems, Wireless Communication Systems, System Programming using Linux, Object Oriented Programming, Control Engineering, Communication Systems, Data Communication and Computer Networks. Publications A Design Methodology for Resource to Performance Tradeoff Adjustment in FPGAs Fahad Islam Cheema, Zain-ul-Abdin, Bertil Svensson Copyright 2010 ACM ISBN 978-1-4503-0481-8/10/09 [Link] Academic Teaching/Activities Established Course outline, Lecture Plan and Laborations for following courses (as offered first time in respective universities) 1) Embedded Systems 2) ASIC Design Courses Taught 1) Embedded System (ARM based SBC, RTOS, FPGA, EDK) 2) ASIC Design (FPGA, Verilog HDL, VLSI) 3) System Programming 4) Operating System Administration (using Ubuntu Linux) Projects Supervised Supervised many course projects and two Final-Year-Projects (FYPs)
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Certificates and Awards . Winner of Sony Ericsson Mobile Competition (Java, Netbeans) in sweden 12th Nov 2008 Participated in the Mobile competition in Halmstad University of Sweden with my intelligent poker player designed in java for Sony Ericsson G900 Mobile Phone. Participated in Mission24 ([Link] ) in Sweden Feb 2009 Participated in Mission24 in Halmstad University and proposed feasible solution for assigned problem within 24 Hours. Chip Designing Course April to June 2007 I did 2-month course of FPGA based Digital Designing using Verilog HDL from Skill Development Council Islamabad ([Link]). NESCOM Exhibition 14th to 16th Nov 2006 Participated in first All Pakistan Exhibition of Embedded Systems with my FPGA based Gaming SOC on 14 to 16 Nov 2006 in Islamabad ([Link]/apnces/[Link]). Electronic Exhibition 14th Dec 2004 Participated in first electronic exhibition of CIIT ([Link]) with my individually designed Optimized Generic Number System Converter assembly program. Skill Set Summary: Hardware: SBC (Single Board Computer) : HDL : FPGA : SOC Parallel Computing . TS7200, Beagle Board, OmniEP Verilog, VHDL Spartan-3, Virtex-4, Nexperia PNX1500, PNX1700 : Ambric Am2000, Cray XD1 with Mitrion-C

Engr. Fahad Islam Cheema Mobile# 0092-342-6714593 fahadislam2002@[Link]

Lahore, Pakistan
Software: Microcontrollers Protocols UART, Interfaces : : : PNX SOC, P89C51 (8051), AVR, PIC, ARM SDRAM, USB-OTG, 1-wire, VGA, I2C, MMC, Image Sensors, LCD, HDTV, YPbPr, CVBS, Svideo,

Programming Languages Scripting OS Soft and Hard Processors RTOS

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C, C++, x86 Assembly, Jave (J2ME), Mitrion-C Perl, Windows Bash and Linux Shell Scripting Windows, Red Hat Linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian MicroBlaze, PowerPC PSos, CalvinOS, UcLinux, RTAI, Ts-Linux, Debian

Development Tools: Design Environments : Microcontrollers Compilers : Simulation Tools : Professional Coding Tools : Code Versioning (CVS) Tools : Project Development Tools PCB Designing Tools : VLSI Designing Tools :

Ms Visual Studio, Netbeans, Eclipse, Mitrion SDK Keil, AVR Studio, WinAVR, PICCLITE Modelsim, Proteus, synopsis Symphony, Matlab SourceInsight, UltraEdit, AraxisMerge, Cygwin Ms SourceSafe, SVN (with Putty Remote Access) : Ms Project, Ms Visio, Ms Office Orcad, PADS MicroWind
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Industrial Projects

Till now, I have been involved in Project designing, planning and Implementation of four strong Projects and many small projects. Job/Industrial Projects and Tasks Designed Microprocessor based Embedded System (MicroBlaze) on FPGA for high resolution digital camera Implemented Device Controller and Custom IPs in Verilog and VHDL for these, SDRAM, UART, CMOS Sensors, USB, I2C interfaces/Protocols in HDL Implemented Device Drivers and Configurations in Embedded C USB-OTG, MMC Controller, LCDs, GPS Module, RTC, UART and Serial chip Protocol Development Bus Protocol for MicroBlaze based SOC to interact with Device Controllers (ISE) Synchronization Protocol for UART Bootcode to interact with PC side Application Bus Protocol (AlephOS) for Distributed Processing System to access shared bus API and Application Programming API designing for application programming of Digital Camera on PC (C++ Builder) GUI Application for UART BootCode (in Visual C++) PCSync Application for Handheld (in Visual C++, MFC Application) Command and GUI Based UART BootCodes for File Download/Debugging from/to PC. Study Projects

Engr. Fahad Islam Cheema Mobile# 0092-342-6714593 fahadislam2002@[Link]

Lahore, Pakistan
1) Masters Thesis (High-Level Parallel Programming of Computation-Intensive Algorithms on FineGrained Architecture) ([Link] 2) Final Year Project in Computer Engineering (Gaming SOC (Console) on Spartan3 FPGA) To Design a simple Gaming SOC, designed Device Controllers and Custom RISC Processor in VHDL on Startan3 Kit of Digilent ([Link]) and developed our own interfaces and Controllers and no free IP was used. Interfaced Devices with that SOC and tested our Assembly by that. Device Controller (VGA, SDRAM, MMC and Audio Controller), POST and MMU 16-Bit RISC Processor (ASIP), Datapath ( ALU, Register Set, Stacks with Push/pop instructions ), FSM (Custom Instruction Set and Assembly )