Mailing Address: IMOB - UHasselt

Wetenschapspark 5 bus 6,
B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.

Mobile No. +32 (0) 486932957

Email Address: ahy@ansar.be

Prof. Dr. Ansar-Ul-HaqueYasar

Education
Degree Institution Grade
Doctorate of Engineering
Katholieke Universiteit
(Computer Science) Awarded – Aug’11
Leuven, Belgium (www.kuleuven.be)
10/2007 to 10/2011
Masters in Communication
and Interactivity
Linköping University
Awarded - 2007
8/2006 to 10/2007 Linköping, Sweden (www.liu.se)
Bachelors of Computer
Software Engineering
Foundation University
CGPA 3.48 / 4.0
8/2001 to 7/2005 Islamabad, Pakistan (www.fui.edu.pk)
To work in a capacity that would groom and use the best of my technical knowledge, leadership
Objective qualities and managerial skills

Professional
11/2012 to date Hasselt University (Transportation Research Institute)
Experience
Professor (Docent) for the courses Intelligent Transportation Systems
(ITS), Transport Modeling and Study Visit & International Topics.
10/2011 to date Hasselt University (Transportation Research Institute)
Postdoctoral Researcher Working on Agent-based modeling and
scalability issue for the European FP7 DATASIM project.
10/2010 to 1/2011 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Dept. of Computer Science)
Teaching Assistant for the Computer Architecture and System
Software course, responsible for preparing and grading lab work.
9/2009 to 1/2010 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Dept. of Computer Science)
Teaching Assistant for the Computer Architecture and System
Software course, responsible for preparing and grading lab work.
8/2010 to 10/2010 Linkoping University Sweden
Visiting Researcher at the Security and Networks research group
for 3 months. Worked on communication optimization in large scale
vehicular networks.
1/2007 to 4/2007 Linköping University Sweden
Lab Assistant for the Web Programming and Interactivity course,
responsible for checking and grading lab work. This course was
based on seven extensive lab tasks.
9/2005 to 6/2006 Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Tech Islamabad
Visiting Faculty Taught Intro to Telecom, Telecom Systems and
Object Oriented Programming.
9/2005 to 6/2006 Air University Islamabad
Visiting Faculty Taught Introduction to Computer Programming
and Object Oriented Programming.
7/2004 to 10/2004 Softtek Systems Pvt. Ltd Islamabad
Software Engineering Internee Worked on many live projects,
maintained their website and network.
2/2003 to 5/2003 Petrocon Pvt Ltd. Islamabad
Database Developer Automated Chart of Accounts for Petrocon
Pvt. Ltd using Oracle 8 and Developer 2000.

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 PROGRAMMING OMNET++ (network simulator), C/C++, Java, D/HTML, GW-Basic,
Software VC++, UML,VB, VB.Net, C Sharp, Visual Prolog
Tools DATABASES Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL, Oracle Developer 2000, MS SQL Server,
Ms-Access, Crystal Report
WEB DEVELOPMENT HTML, XML, ASP, ASP.Net, Java Scripting, Joomla(CMS), PHP, SOAP
GRAPHICS OpenGL, 3D Studio Max, Adobe Photoshop, Flash MX, Adobe Premier
TOOLS UML, Ms-Project, Ascent, ER-Win, Dream Weaver, Adobe GoLive CS
 Member IEEE and ACM
Professional
 Associate Member Computer Society of Pakistan
Affiliations
 Registered with Pakistan Engineering Council
 Member FEANI (EUR ING Title) Belgium
 Member of International Human Rights Observer Pakistan
[P1] Knapen, Luk; Yasar, Ansar; Cho, Sungjin; Keren, Daniel; Dbai, Abed Abu; Bellemans, Tom;
Research Janssens, Davy; Wets, Geert; Schuster, Assaf; Sharfman, Izchak, ”Exploiting graph-theoretic tools
Papers / for matching in carpooling applications”, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized
Articles Computing,5,3,393-407,2014, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
[P2] Galland, Stéphane; Knapen, Luk; Yasar, Ansar-Ul-Haque; Gaud, Nicolas; Janssens, Davy;
Lamotte, Olivier; Koukam, Abderrafiaa; Wets, Geert, ”Multi-agent simulation of individual
mobility behavior in carpooling”, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2014,
Pergamon.
[P3] KNAPEN, Luk; YASAR, Ansar; CHO, Sungjin; BELLEMANS, Tom, “Agent-based modeling for
carpooling”, 2014, Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global).
[P4] Syed, Wasim Hashmi; Yasar, Ansar; Janssens, Davy; Wets, Geert, “Analyzing the Real Time
Factors: Which Causing the Traffic Congestions and Proposing the Solution for Pakistani City”,
Procedia Computer Science, 32, 413-420, 2014, Elsevier.
[P5] Hartman, Irith Ben-Arroyo; Keren, Daniel; Dbai, Abed Abu; Cohen, Elad; Knapen, Luk; Yasar,
Ansar-Ul-Haque; Janssens, Davy, ”Theory and Practice in Large Carpooling Problems”, Procedia
Computer Science,32,339-347,2014, Elsevier.
[P6] Knapen, Luk; Usman, Muhammad; Yasar, Ansar; Bellemans, Tom; Janssens, Davy; Wets, Geert,
”Framework to evaluate rescheduling due to unexpected events in an activity-based
model”,2013,Transportation Research Board.
[P7] Cho, Sungjin; Yasar, Ansar-Ul-Haque; Knapen, Luk; Patil, Bharat; Bellemans, Tom; Janssens,
Davy; Wets, Geert, “Social networks in agent-based models for carpooling”, 2013.
[P8] Galland, Stéphane; Gaud, Nicolas; Yasar, Ansar-Ul-Haque; Knapen, Luk; Janssens, Davy;
Lamotte, Olivier, ”Simulation model of carpooling with the janus multiagent platform”, Procedia
Computer Science,19,860-866,2013,Elsevier.
[P9] Cho, Sungjin; Kang, Jeon-Young; Yasar, Ansar-Ul-Haque; Knapen, Luk; Bellemans, Tom;
Janssens, Davy; Wets, Geert; Hwang, Chul-Sue, “An Activity-based Carpooling Microsimulation
using Ontology”, Procedia Computer Science,19,48-55,2013,Elsevier.
[P10] Knapen, Luk; Keren, Daniel; Yasar, Ansar-Ul-Haque; Cho, Sungjin; Bellemans, Tom; Janssens,
Davy; Wets, Geert, ”Estimating scalability issues while finding an optimal assignment for
carpooling”, Procedia Computer Science,19,372-379,2013, Elsevier.
[P11] Abed, Omar; Bellemans, Tom; Janssens, Gerrit; Patil, Bharat; Yasar, Ansar; Janssens, Davy;
Wets, Geert,”A Micro Simulated and Demand Driven Supply Chain Model To Calculate Regional
Production and Consumption Matrices”, Procedia Computer Science,19,,404-411,2013, Elsevier.
[P12] Janssens, Davy, Ansar Yasar, Luk Knapen, “Data Science and Simulation in Transportation
Research”, 2013, IGI Global.
[P13] Knapen, Luk; Keren, Daniel; Yasar, Ansar-Ul-Haque; Cho, Sungjin; Bellemans, Tom; Janssens,
Davy; Wets, Geert, ”Analysis of the co-routing problem in agent-based carpooling simulation”,
Procedia Computer Science,10,,821-826,2012, Elsevier.
[P14] Keren, Daniel; Yasar, Ansar-Ul-Haque; Knapen, Luk; Cho, Sungjin; Bellemans, Tom; Janssens,
Davy; Wets, Geert; Schuster, Assaf; Sharfman, Izchak, ”Exploiting Graph-theoretic Tools for
Matching and Partitioning of Agent Population in an Agent-based Model for Traffic and
Transportation Applications”, Procedia Computer Science,10,833-839,2012, Elsevier.
[P15] Cho, Sungjin; Yasar, Ansar-Ul-Haque; Knapen, Luk; Bellemans, Tom; Janssens, Davy; Wets,
Geert,”A conceptual design of an agent-based interaction model for the carpooling application”,
Procedia Computer Science,10,,801-807,2012,Elsevier.
[P16] Paridel, Koosha; Mantadelis, Theofrastos; Preuveneers, Davy; Janssens, Gerda; Vanrompay,
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 Yves; Berbers, Yolande, “Analyzing the efficiency of context-based grouping on collaboration in
VANETs with large-scale simulation”, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized
Computing,Jan-16,2012,Springer-Verlag.
[P17] Bellemans, Tom; Bothe, Sebastian; Cho, Sungjin; Giannotti, Fosca; Janssens, Davy; Knapen,
Luk; Körner, Christine; May, Michael; Nanni, Mirco; Pedreschi, Dino, “An agent-based model to
evaluate carpooling at large manufacturing plants”, Procedia Computer Science,10,,1221-1227,
2012, Elsevier.
[P18] Yasar, A., Paridel, K., Preuveneers, D., Berbers, Y., "When Efficiency Matters: Towards Quality
of Context-aware Peers for Adaptive Communication in VANETs", in Proceedings of IEEE IV
2011.
[P19] Paridel, K., Yasar, A., Vanrompay, Y., Preuveneers, D., Berbers, Y., " Teamwork on the Road:
Efficient Collaboration in VANETs with Context-based Grouping", Procedia Computer Science,
48-57, 2011, Elsevier.
[P20] Yasar, A., Muhammad, N., Preuveneers, D., Berbers, Y., "End-to-End Communication
Modelling for Large Scale Vehicular Networks using AADL", in Proceedings of 17th International
Conference on Software and Internet Technologies 2011.
[P21] Yasar, A., Preuveneers, D., Berbers, Y., "Evaluation framework for adaptive context-aware
routing in large scale mobile peer-to-peer systems", Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications,
Springer vol. 3, 2010.
[P22] Yasar, A., Preuveneers, D., Berbers, Y., "Modelling and simulating large scale vehicular
networks for smart context-aware telematic applications" in Modelling, Simulation and
Optimization, Austria: IN-TECH Publishers, 2010, ISBN 978-953-7619-36-7, pp. 509-530.
[P23] Yasar, A., Vanrompay, Y., Preuveneers, D., Berbers, Y., "Optimizing information dissemination
in large scale mobile peer-to-peer networks using context-based grouping", in 13th International
IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (19-22 Sep 2010, Madeira Island,
Portugal), 2010.
[P24] Yasar, A., Preuveneers, D., Berbers, Y., Mahmud, N., Luyten, K., Coninx, K., "Where people
and cars meet: Social interactions to improve information sharing in large scale vehicular
networks", in Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (22-26 March
2010, Sierre), 2010.
[P25] Mahmud, N., Aksenov, P., Yasar, A., Preuveneers, D., Luyten, K., Coninx, K., Berbers, Y.,
"Geo-social interaction: Context-aware help in large scale public spaces", in LNCS (10-12 Nov
2010, Malaga, Spain), de Ruyter, B. Eds., 2010, pp. 107-116.
[P26] Vanrompay, Y., Yasar, A., Preuveneers, D., Berbers, Y., "Context-aware optimized information
dissemination in large scale vehicular networks", in (23-25 June 2010, Samos, Greece), 2010.
[P27] Yasar, A., Preuveneers, D., Berbers, Y., Bhatti, G., "Best practices for software security: An
overview", in 12th IEEE International Multitopic Conference (IEEE INMIC 2008) (23-24 Dec
2008, Karachi), 2008.
[P28] Yasar, A., Berbers, Y., Preuveneers, D., "A computational analysis of driving variations on
distributed multiuser driving simulators", in IASTED International Conference on Modelling and
Simulation (26-28 May 2008, Quebec, Canada), 2008.
[P29] Yasar, A., Preuveneers, D., Berbers, Y., "Adaptive context mediation in dynamic and large scale
vehicular networks using relevance backpropagation", in Sensor, Ad Hoc and Mesh Network
workshop - Mobility Conference 2008 (10-12 September 2008, Taiwan), 2008.
[P30] Preuveneers, D., Yasar, A., Berbers, Y., "Architectural styles for opportunistic mobile
communication: Requirements and design patterns", in Mobility conference 2008 (10-12 September
2008, Taiwan), 2008.
[P31] Yasar, A., "Enhancing experience prototyping by the help of mixed-fidelity prototypes", in 4th
international conference on mobile technology, applications, and systems (10-12 September 2007,
Singapore), 2007.
[P32] Yasar, A., Ansari, M., Farooqui, S., "Low cost solution for location determination of mobile
nodes in a wireless local area network", in (14-16 June, 2006, Hollywood, California), 2006.
[P33] Yasar, A., Preuveneers, D., Berbers, Y., "A scalable context-aware solution for inter-vehicle
communication", 3rd ERCIM Workshop on eMobility (27-28 May 2009, Enschede), 2009.

 Technical Expert COST Action (EU).

Research
 Technical Expert EUREKA Eurostar Framework (EU).
Tasks
 Program Chair ANT-2014 conference (Belgium).

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  Reviewer for the International HCI conference 2008.
 Member programme committee at International MobileHCI conference 2009.
 Reviewer for the International ICMI-MLMI conference 2009.
 Chair/Member programme committee at ABMTRANS – 2012, 2013, 2014.
 Program vice-chair / track chair ANT'13 conference (Transportation track).
 Outstanding service award for being the workshop chair for ABMTRANS'12 at the 3rd
International conference on ambient systems, networks and technologies (ANT'12), Niagara
Falls, Canada (27-29 Aug, 2012).
Ph.D. Research
Research
Context-based Communication in Large Scale Vehicular Networks.
Work
Details: Efficient delivery of information in vehicular networks is crucial for the creation of useful and usable
applications that need to cope with nomadic large-scale environments. Context-awareness is often a key to
improve efficiency of a vehicle network since it allows making informed decisions on the data routing, data
locality and data necessity for different moving objects. We propose context-aware routing and filtering
strategies to optimize the information flow between the nodes in the networks.
This work was a part of the CoLaSUe project under the supervision of Prof. Yolande Berbers at K.U. Leuven.

Masters Research
A Computational Analysis of Driving Variations in a Distributed Simulated Driving
Environment.
Details: The research was conducted at the Linkoping University (LiU) in the Cognitive Engineering group.
The work describes and discusses the possible driving variations at T-intersections. In this study we analyzed
various factors which may influence the driving behavior.
Completed under the Supervision of Prof. Dr. Arne Jonsson and Dr. Rego Granlund, LiU. This was a funded
project by Autoliv Research, Saab and Volvo Sweden.

Bachelors Research Project

Location Determination of Mobile Nodes in a Wireless Network using Microsoft .NET Platform.
Implementation Details: Implemented using C Sharp, Visual Basic and SQL Server. It basically captures all
the wireless clients in a wireless network and determines its location. To verify it I have deployed it in a
university to determine location of a mobile node using calibrated data. It also checks for the location using
triangulation.
 Developed evaluation framework for Large Scale Vehicular Networks in OMNET++ (a
Projects discrete event based network simulator) at K.U. Leuven, Belgium.
 Designed and Developed Brain Air Database Management System in Database Technology
Course at Linköping University (LiU) Sweden.
 Analyzed Biometric Identification System in Computer Security Course at LiU Sweden.
 Implemented Virtual Whiteboard using Java.
 Developed the Game of Checkers using C/C++ (Non AI).
 Developed the Single Player Game of Checkers using VC++ (with AI).
 Multithreaded File Sharing / Transfer Software implemented using Java.
 Implemented Scheduling Algorithm’s using C/C++.
 Implemented Multilevel Feedback Queuing model in XINU.
 Designed & Developed Independent path generation through Cyclomatic Complexity
Algorithm from an adjacency matrix using VC++.
 English Fluency in speaking, reading and writing.
Language
 Swedish Completed level 1 from LiU Sweden.
Skills  Dutch Completed level 1 from GroupT Belgium.
 Urdu Fluency in speaking, reading and writing.

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