Omair Shafiq, Carleton University

Research

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Parallel, distributed and in-memory processing systems Streaming data analysis Web and Social Media analytics Machine Learning Prediction models Recommendation systems Deep learning Prediction models Recommendation systems Deep learning Semantic and Formal Modeling Semantic and Formal Reasoning Natural language modeling and processing Services Computing Monitoring and management of cloud-based systems

Latest papers

WG-Storm: a resource-aware scheduler for distributed stream processing engines.
PeerJ. Computer science · 2025 · senior author
برصغیر میں مثنوی معنوی کی اردو شرح نویسی: بیسویں صدی کے تنا ایک مطالعہ
Al-Qamar · 2024 · first author
A compliance-based architecture for supporting GDPR accountability in cloud computing
Future Generation Computer Systems · 2023 · senior author

All 64 publications

Latest funding

NSERC CREATE for Building Trust in Connected Autonomous Vehicles
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$1,400,000

All 1 grants and awards

64 publications.

01

WG-Storm: a resource-aware scheduler for distributed stream processing engines.

Ali R, Muhammad A, Aleem M, Shafiq O

PeerJ. Computer science20256 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.7717/peerj-cs.2767 PMID: 40567724

02

برصغیر میں مثنوی معنوی کی اردو شرح نویسی: بیسویں صدی کے تنا ایک مطالعہ

Omair Shafiq, Ata ur Rehman

Al-Qamar2024First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.53762/alqamar.07.01.u10

03

A compliance-based architecture for supporting GDPR accountability in cloud computing

Chen Zhou, Masoud Barati, Omair Shafiq

Future Generation Computer Systems202321 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2023.03.021

04

Towards Improving Text Classification Tasks Based on Knowledge Graphs for Limited Labeled Data

Hongzhi Zhang, Omair Shafiq

20231 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.21428/594757db.62395a61

05

Feature Engineering for Highly Irregular Network Traffic Prediction

Alexis Amezaga-Hechavarria, Nader Joojili, Ahmed A. Abdelmoaty, Omair Shafiq, Akram Bin Sediq, Mats Zachrison, Hatem Abou-Zeid

2023

DOI: 10.1109/vcc60689.2023.10475057

06

Hybrid Wavelet Transform and Deep Stacking Ensemble Model for Network Traffic Prediction

Nader Joojili, Alexis Amezaga-Hechavarria, Omair Shafiq, Akram Bin Sediq, Peiliang Chang, Hatem Abou-Zeid

2023

DOI: 10.1109/icmla58977.2023.00166

07

A generative adversarial network-based approach for mitigating inference attacks in emerging wireless networks

Olakunle Ibitoye, Ashraf Matrawy, Omair Shafiq, Agbotiname Lucky Imoize

2023

DOI: 10.1049/pbse021e_ch16

08

Adversarial resilience of self-normalizing convolutional neural networks for deep learning-based intrusion detection systems

Olakunle Ibitoye, Ashraf Matrawy, Omair Shafiq, Agbotiname Lucky Imoize

2023

DOI: 10.1049/pbse021e_ch17

09

WG-Storm Scheduler for Distributed Stream Processing Engines

Rizwan Ali, Asif Muhammad, Muhammad Aleem, Omair Shafiq

Research Square2023Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2985470/v1

10

Applying Hybrid Lstm-Gru Model Based on Heterogeneous Data Sources for Traffic Speed Prediction in Urban Areas.

Zafar N, Haq IU, Chughtai JU, Shafiq O

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)202287 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/s22093348 PMID: 35591037

NSERC CREATE for Building Trust in Connected Autonomous Vehicles

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Ahmadi, Mojtaba M

Keywords: artificial intelligence; autonomous vehicles; connected vehicles; dedicated short-range communications; machine learning; security; sensing; vehicular networks

$1,400,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

School of Information Technology
Department of Computer Science
Schulich School of Engineering
School of Information Technology Clusters: Artificial intelligence

Co-authors at Carleton University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Muhammad Shafiq

School of Information Technology

64 shared papers, latest 2025

Reda Alhajj

Department of Computer Science

16 shared papers, latest 2015

Jon Rokne

Department of Computer Science

11 shared papers, latest 2015

Ashraf Matrawy

School of Information Technology

4 shared papers, latest 2023

Hatem Abou-Zeid

Schulich School of Engineering

2 shared papers, latest 2023

Masoud Barati

School of Information Technology

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Ali Arya

School of Information Technology Clusters: Artificial intelligence

1 shared papers, latest 2019

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Parallel, distributed and in-memory processing systems Dear Professor Shafiq, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "WG-Storm: a resource-aware scheduler for distributed stream processing engines." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]