Publications

Books & Book Chapters

  1. Muhammad Hamad AlizaiExploiting Wireless Link DynamicsShaker Verlag, Germany · ISBN 978‑3‑8440‑1978‑0 · June 2013
  2. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Lei Gao, Torsten Kempf, Olaf LandsiedelTools and Modeling Approaches for Simulating Hardware and Systemsin Modeling and Tools for Network Simulation, Springer LNCS · ISBN 978‑3‑642‑12331‑3 · 2010

Journal Articles

  1. Justus Breyer, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Sandeep Samant, Klaus WehrleAdvanced Filtering of Unknown Devices in Event‑Based NILMACM Energy Informatics Review (EIR) · 2025
  2. Andrea Maioli, Kevin Alessandro Quinones, Saad Ahmed, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Luca MottolaDynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling for Intermittent ComputingACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN) · 2025
  3. Saad Ahmed, Bashima Islam, Kasim Sinan Yildirim, Marco Zimmerling, Przemysław Pawełczak, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Brandon Lucia, Luca Mottola, Jacob Sorber, Josiah HesterThe Internet of Batteryless ThingsCommunications of the ACM (CACM) · 2024
  4. Hassan Habib Chaudhry, Ramish Majeed Raja, Muhammad Azmeer Zahid, Nauman Zaffar, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Naveed Anwar BhattiUsage‑Centered, Efficient, and Sustainable: An IoT‑Driven Transformation of Water HeatersData‑Centric Engineering 5:e36 · 2024
  5. Samar Abbas, Ahmed Ehsan, Saad Ahmed, Sheraz Ali Khan, Tariq M. Jadoon, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiASHRAY: Enhancing Water‑Usage Comfort in Developing Regions using Data‑Driven IoT RetrofitsACM Transactions on Cyber‑Physical Systems (TCPS) · 2022
  6. Saad Ahmed, Naveed Anwar Bhatti, Martina Brachmann, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiA Survey on Program‑State Retention for Transiently‑Powered SystemsJournal of Systems Architecture · 102013 · 2021
  7. Saad Ahmed, Muhammad Nawaz, Abu Bakar, Naveed Bhatti, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Junaid Haroon Siddiqui, Luca MottolaDemystifying Energy Consumption Dynamics in Transiently‑Powered ComputersACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS) · 2020
  8. Saad Ahmed, Naveed Bhatti, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Junaid Haroon Siddiqui, Luca MottolaFast and Energy‑Efficient State Checkpointing for Intermittent ComputingACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS) · 2020
  9. Samar Abbas, Abu Bakar, Yasra Chandio, Khadija Hafeez, Ayesha Ali, Tariq M. Jadoon, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiInverted HVAC: Greenifying Older Buildings, One Room at a TimeACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN) · 14(3‑4) · 2018
  10. Yasra Chandio, Jó Ágila Bitsch, Affan A. Syed, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiNetworking Wireless Energy in Embedded NetworksACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN) · 14(2) · 2018
  11. Muhammad Waqar Aziz, Farhan Naeem, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Khan Bahadar KhanAutomated Solutions for Crowd Size EstimationSocial Science Computer Review · 2017
  12. Muhammad Hamad Alizai (single author)Practical and Self‑Configurable Multihop Wireless Infrastructure – A Functional PerspectiveInternational Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC) · 24(4) · 2017
  13. Naveed Bhatti, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Affan A. Syed, Luca MottolaEnergy Harvesting and Wireless Transfer in Sensor Network Applications: Concepts and ExperiencesACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN) · 12(3) · 2016
  14. Zaafar Ahmed, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Affan A. SyedInKeV: In‑Kernel Distributed Network Virtualization for DCNACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review (CCR) · July 2016
  15. Sheraz Ali Khan, Muhammad Moosa, Farhan Naeem, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Jong‑Myon KimProtocols and Mechanisms to Recover Failed Packets in Wireless Networks: History and EvolutionIEEE Access 4 · 2016
  16. Waqaas Munawar, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Olaf Landsiedel, Klaus WehrleModular Remote Reprogramming of Sensor NodesInternational Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet) · 19(3‑4) · 2015
  17. Naveed Bhatti, Affan A. Syed, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiLaser‑Based Energy Distribution Architecture for Decoupling Energy and Sensing Planes in WSNInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (IJDSN) · 2015
  18. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Klaus WehrleProbabilistic Location‑Free Addressing Scheme for Multi‑Hop Wireless NetworksJournal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA) · 41:167‑181 · 2014
  19. Ismet Aktas, Florian Schmidt, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Klaus WehrleHarnessing Cross‑Layer DesignAd Hoc Networks · 13(B):444‑461 · 2014
  20. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Hanno Wirtz, Bernhard Kirchen, Klaus WehrlePortable Wireless‑Networking Protocol EvaluationJournal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA) · 36(4):1230‑1242 · 2013
  21. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Olaf Landsiedel, Klaus WehrleExploiting the Burstiness of Intermediate Quality Wireless LinksInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (IJDSN) · ID 212876 · 2012

International Conferences & Workshops

  1. Abdur‑rahman Ibrahim Sayid‑Ali, Abdullah Soomro, Abdul Rafay, Naveed Anwar Bhatti, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiCheckMate: LLM‑Powered Approximate Intermittent ComputingACM SenSys · Irvine · 2025 · Acceptance Rate 18%
  2. Ahmed Najeeb, Abdul Rafay, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Naveed Anwar BhattiGlitch in Time: Exploiting Temporal Misalignment of IMU for EavesdroppingACM AsiaCCS · Hanoi · 2025 · Acceptance Rate ≈15%
  3. Muhammad Abdullah Soomro, Naveed Anwar Bhatti, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiApproxify: Automating Energy‑Accuracy Trade‑offs in Batteryless IoT DevicesIEEE WCNC · Milan · 2025
  4. Justus Breyer, Jonas Koerhuis, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Klaus WehrlePractical Insights from Implementing Event‑Based NILM SystemsACM e‑Energy · 2025
  5. Justus Breyer, Sparsh Jauhari, René Glebke, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Markus Stroot, Klaus WehrleInvestigating Domain Bias in NILMACM BuildSys · Hangzhou · 2024 · Acceptance Rate 30%
  6. Justus Breyer, Maximilian Petri, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Klaus WehrleA Critical Review of Household Water DatasetsACM BuildSys · Hangzhou · 2024 · Acceptance Rate 30%
  7. Farhan Asghar, Tehreem Fatima, Junaid Haroon Siddiqui, Naveed Anwar Bhatti, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiShepard: Dynamic Placement of Microservices in the Edge‑Cloud ContinuumMobiQuitous · Melbourne · 2023 · Acceptance Rate 30%
  8. Hassan Habib Chaudhry, Ramish Majeed Raja, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Nauman Zaffar, Naveed Anwar BhattiFrom Waste to Watts: A Self‑Sustaining Water Heating System Powered by a Thermoelectric GeneratorACM BuildSys · Istanbul · 2023 · Acceptance Rate 30%
  9. Muhammad Azmeer Zahid, Nauman Zaffar, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiSaving Natural Gas through Smart Water HeatingACM BuildSys · Boston · 2022 · Acceptance Rate 30%
  10. Andrea Maioli, Luca Mottola, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Junaid Haroon SiddiquiDiscovering the Hidden Anomalies of Intermittent ComputingEWSN · Delft · 2021 · Acceptance Rate 31%
  11. Mikhail Afanasov, Naveed Bhatti, Dennis Campagna, Giacomo Caslini, Fabio Massimo Centonze, Koustabh Dolui, Andrea Maioli, Erica Barone, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Junaid Haroon Siddiqui, Luca MottolaBattery‑less Zero‑Maintenance Embedded Sensing at the Mithraeum of Circus MaximusACM SenSys · Yokohama · 2020 · Acceptance Rate 20%
  12. Samar Abbas, Ahmed Ehsan, Saad Ahmed, Sheraz Ali Khan, Tariq M. Jadoon, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiNo‑Frills Water Comfort for Developing RegionsACM/IEEE IPSN · Sydney · 2020 · Acceptance Rate 22%
  13. Saad Ahmed, Qurat ul Ain, Junaid Haroon Siddiqui, Luca Mottola, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiIntermittent Computing with Dynamic Voltage and Frequency ScalingEWSN · Lyon · 2020 · Acceptance Rate 31% · Best Paper Candidate
  14. Adriano Branco, Luca Mottola, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Junaid H. SiddiquiIntermittent Asynchronous Peripheral OperationsACM SenSys · New York · 2019 · Acceptance Rate 19% · Best Paper Candidate
  15. Saad Ahmed, Naveed Anwar Bhatti, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Junaid Haroon Siddiqui, Luca MottolaEfficient Intermittent Computing with Differential CheckpointingACM LCTES · Phoenix · 2019 · Acceptance Rate 31%
  16. Saad Ahmed, Abu Bakar, Naveed Anwar Bhatti, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Junaid Haroon Siddiqui, Luca MottolaThe Betrayal of Constant Power × Time: Finding the Missing Joules of Transiently‑Powered ComputersACM LCTES · Phoenix · 2019 · Acceptance Rate 31%
  17. Andrea Maioli, Luca Mottola, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Junaid Haroon SiddiquiWiP: On Intermittence Bugs in the Battery‑less Internet of ThingsACM LCTES · Phoenix · 2019
  18. Hassan Iqbal, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Ihsan Ayyub Qazi, Olaf Landsiedel, Zartash Afzal UzmiScylla: Interleaving Multiple IoT Stacks on a Single RadioACM CoNEXT · Heraklion · 2018 · Acceptance Rate 17%
  19. Khadija Hafeez, Yasra Noman, Abu Bakar, Ayesha Ali, Affan A. Syed, Tariq M. Jadoon, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiInverting HVAC for Energy Efficient Thermal Comfort in Populous Emerging CountriesACM BuildSys · Delft · 2017 · Acceptance Rate 31% · Audience Choice Award
  20. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Qasim Raza, Yasra Chandio, Affan A. Syed, Tariq M. JadoonSimulating Intermittently Powered Embedded NetworksACM EWSN · Graz · 2016
  21. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Moosa Khattak, Dong Han, Omprakash Gnawali, Affan A. SyedRecycling Corrupt Packets over Multiple HopsACM EWSN · Porto · 2015 · Acceptance Rate 21.5%
  22. Noshab Gul, Safi ur Rehman, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiMathematical Modeling & Optimization Applied to Mine Planning and Design using Parallel Computing ParadigmNational Conference on Mathematical Sciences · Malakand · 2014
  23. Naveed Bhatti, Affan A. Syed, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiSensors with Lasers: Building a WSN PowerGridACM IPSN · Berlin · 2014
  24. Ismet Aktas, Matin Henze, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Kevin Moellering, Klaus WehrleGraph‑Based Redundancy Removal Approach for Multiple Cross‑Layer InteractionsIEEE COMSNETS · Bangalore · 2014
  25. Hanno Wirtz, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Klaus WehrleFuzzy Logical Coordinates and Location Services for Scalable Addressing in Wireless NetworksWONS · Banff · 2013
  26. Ismet Aktas, Florian Schmidt, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Tobias Druener, Klaus WehrleCRAWLER: An Experimentation Platform for System Monitoring and Cross‑Layer CoordinationIEEE WoWMoM · San Francisco · 2012
  27. Florian Schmidt, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Ismet Aktas, Klaus WehrleRefector: Heuristic Header Error Recovery for Error‑Tolerant TransmissionsACM CoNEXT · Tokyo · 2011
  28. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Hanno Wirtz, Bernhard Kirchen, Tobias Vaegs, Omprakash Gnawali, Klaus WehrleTinyWifi: Making Network Protocol Evaluation Portable across Multiple PHY‑Link LayersACM WiNTECH · Las Vegas · 2011
  29. Tobias Vaegs, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Jó Ágila Bitsch Link, Klaus WehrleEfficient Power Management using Out‑of‑Band SignalingGI/ITG FGSN · Paderborn · 2011
  30. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Hanno Wirtz, Georg Kunz, Benjamin Grap, Klaus WehrleEfficient Online Estimation of Bursty Wireless LinksIEEE ISCC · Corfu · 2011
  31. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Tobias Vaegs, Olaf Landsiedel, Stefan Götz, Jó Ágila Bitsch Link, Klaus WehrleProbabilistic Addressing: Stable Addresses in Unstable Wireless NetworksACM IPSN · Chicago · 2011
  32. Waqaas Munawar, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Olaf Landsiedel, Klaus WehrleDynamic TinyOS: Modular and Transparent Incremental Code‑Updates for Sensor NetworksIEEE ICC · Cape Town · 2010
  33. Tobias Vaegs, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Klaus WehrleProbabilistic Addressing in Wireless NetworksIEEE Student Conference · TUHH · 2010
  34. Raimondas Sasnauskas, Olaf Landsiedel, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Carsten Weise, Stefan Kowalewski, Klaus WehrleKleeNet: Discovering Insidious Interaction Bugs in Wireless Sensor Networks Before DeploymentACM/IEEE IPSN · Stockholm · 2010
  35. Jó Ágila Bitsch Link, Gregor Fabritius, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Klaus WehrleBurrowView: Seeing the World through the Eyes of RatsIQ2S/IEEE PerCom · Mannheim · 2010
  36. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Georg Kunz, Olaf Landsiedel, Klaus WehrlePromoting Power to a First‑Class Metric in Network SimulationsARCS · Hannover · 2010
  37. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Olaf Landsiedel, Jó Ágila Bitsch Link, Stefan Goetz, Klaus WehrleBursty Traffic over Bursty LinksACM SenSys · Berkeley · 2009
  38. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Olaf Landsiedel, Klaus WehrleModeling Execution Time and Energy Consumption in Sensor Node SimulationPIK Journal Special Issue · 2009
  39. Waqaas Munawar, Olaf Landsiedel, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Klaus WehrleRemote Incremental Adaptation of Sensor Network ApplicationsGI/ITG FGSN · Hamburg · 2009
  40. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Olaf Landsiedel, Jó Ágila Bitsch Link, Stefan Goetz, Klaus WehrleRouting over Bursty Wireless LinksGI/ITG FGSN · Hamburg · 2009
  41. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Olaf Landsiedel, Klaus Wehrle, Alexander BecherChallenges in Short‑Term Wireless Link Quality EstimationGI/ITG FGSN · Berlin · 2008
  42. Raimondas Sasnauskas, Jó Ágila Bitsch Link, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Klaus WehrleBug Hunting in Sensor Network ApplicationsGI/ITG FGSN · Berlin · 2008
  43. Olaf Landsiedel, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Klaus WehrleWhen Timing Matters: Enabling Time‑Accurate & Scalable Simulation of Sensor Network ApplicationsACM/IEEE IPSN · St. Louis · 2008
  44. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Olaf Landsiedel, Klaus WehrleAccurate Timing in Sensor Network SimulationGI/ITG FGSN · Aachen · 2007

Posters & Demos

  1. Muhammad Saad Ali, Daanish Uddin Khan, Laiba Ahmed Intazar, Areeba Shahzad, Maham Zahid, Mohammad Shaharyar Ahsan, Naveed Anwar Bhatti, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiPoster: Bridging IoT Gaps in Developing Regions with LLMsEWSN · Abu Dhabi · 2024
  2. Abdullah Soomro, Naveed Anwar Bhatti, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiPoster: Automating Approximations in Batteryless IoT DevicesEWSN · Abu Dhabi · 2024
  3. Saad Ahmed, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Naveed A. Bhatti, Junaid H. Siddiqui, Luca MottolaPoster Abstract: Towards Smaller Checkpoints for Better Intermittent ComputingACM/IEEE IPSN · Porto · 2018
  4. Hassan Iqbal, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Zartash Afzal Uzmi, Olaf LandsiedelPoster Abstract: Taming Link‑Layer Heterogeneity in IoT through Interleaving Multiple Link‑Layers over a Single RadioACM SenSys · Delft · 2017
  5. Saad Ahmed, Hassan Khan, Junad Haroon Siddiqui, Jó Ágila Bitsch, Muhammad Hamad AlizaiPoster Abstract: Incremental Checkpointing for Interruptible ComputationsACM SenSys · Stanford · 2016
  6. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Bernhard Kirchen, Jó Ágila Bitsch Link, Hanno Wirtz, Klaus WehrlePoster Abstract: TinyOS Meets Wireless Mesh NetworksACM SenSys · Zurich · 2010 · Best Abstract Award
  7. Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Tobias Vaegs, Olaf Landsiedel, Raimondas Sasnauskas, Klaus WehrleStatistical Vector‑Based Point‑to‑Point Routing in Wireless NetworksACM/IEEE IPSN Poster Program · Stockholm · 2010
  8. Raimondas Sasnauskas, Jó Ágila Bitsch, Muhammad Hamad Alizai, Klaus WehrleKleeNet – Automatic Bug Hunting in Sensor Network ApplicationsACM SenSys Poster Program · Raleigh · 2008

Theses

  1. Muhammad Hamad AlizaiExploiting Wireless Link DynamicsPhD Thesis · RWTH Aachen University · 2012
  2. Muhammad Hamad AlizaiAccurate Timing in Sensor Network SimulationsMaster's Thesis · RWTH Aachen University · 2007