Fakultät für Informatik Arbeitsgruppe Datenbanken

Dr.-Ing. Syed Saif ur Rahman


Phone: ++92 3332350889
Email: srahman(at)iti.cs.uni-magdeburg.de


Research Interests::

  • Biologically-inspired Customizable Autonomous DBMS
  • Embedded database
  • DBMS Architectures
  • Hardware-conscious Data Management
  • Customizable Information Systems
  • Feature-Oriented System Design and Programming
  • Aspect-Oriented Programming
  • Software Product Lines
Myself

Current Projects::

 

Publications:

  • Syed Saif ur Rahman, Cellular DBMS: Customizable and autonomous data management using a RISC-style architecture, PhD Thesis, September 2011. Pdf
  • Syed Saif ur Rahman, Eike Schallehn, and Gunter Saake, ECOS: Evolutionary Column-Oriented Storage, In Proceedings of the 28th British National Conference on Databases (BNCOD 2011), pages (To appear), ISBN: (To appear), Springer-Verlag, the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 12 - 14 July 2011.
  • Syed Saif ur Rahman, Eike Schallehn, and Gunter Saake, ECOS: Evolutionary Column-Oriented Storage , Technical Report No. FIN-03-2011, Department of Technical and Business Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Magdeburg, 2011. Pdf
  • Syed Saif ur Rahman, Using Evolving Storage Structures for Data Storage, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2010), pages 3:1--3:6, ISBN: 978-1-4503-0342-2, ACM, Islamabad, Pakistan, 21 - 23 December 2010. Pdf
  • Syed Saif ur Rahman, Veit Köppen, and Gunter Saake, Cellular DBMS: An Attempt Towards Biologically-Inspired Data Management, Journal of Digital Information Management, Volume 8 Issue 2, ISSN: 0972-7272, April, 2010. Pdf
  • Syed Saif ur Rahman, Ateeq Khan, and Gunter Saake, Rulespect: Language-Independent Rule-Based AOP Model for Adaptable Context-Sensitive Web Services, In Proceedings of the (Published: Institute of Computer Science AS CR, Prague) 36th Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (Student Research Forumn) , pages 87-99, ISBN: 978-80-87136-06-5, January 23–29, 2010, Hotel Bedřichov, Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic. Pdf
  • Syed Saif ur Rahman, Marko Rosenmüller, Norbert Siegmund, Gunter Saake, and Sven Apel, Specialized Embedded DBMS: Cell Based Approach, In Proceedings of the 20th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Application (DEXA 2009), pages 9-13, ISBN: 978-0-7695-3763-4, IEEE Computer Society, 31 August - 4 September 2009, Linz, Upper Austria, Austria. Presentation, Pdf
  • Syed Saif ur Rahman, and Gunter Saake, Cellular DBMS - An Attempt Towards Biologically-Inspired Data Management, Technical Report No. FIN-012-2009, Department of Technical and Business Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Magdeburg, 2009. Pdf
  • Syed Saif ur Rahman, Azeem Lodhi, and Gunter Saake, Cellular DBMS - Architecture for Biologically-Inspired Customizable Autonomous DBMS, In Proceedings of the 2009 First International Conference on 'Networked Digital Technologies' (NDT2009), pages 310-315, ISBN: 978-1-4244-4615-5, IEEE Computer Society, Ostrava, The Czech Republic, 29 - 31 July 2009. Presentation, Pdf
  • Christian Kästner, Sven Apel, Syed Saif ur Rahman, Marko Rosenmüller, Don Batory, and Gunter Saake, On the Impact of the Optional Feature Problem: Analysis and Case Studies, In Proceedings of the 13th International Software Product Line Conference (SPLC) (San Francisco, CA, USA). SEI, August 2009. Acceptance rate: 30%.
  • Syed Saif ur Rahman, Azeem Lodhi, Nasreddine Aoumeur, Claus Rautenstrauch and Gunter Saake, Intra-Service Adaptability For ECA-Centric Web Services Using Contract And Aspect, In Proceedings of The IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2009 (IS 2009), pages 135-142, ISBN: 978-972-8924-79-9, IADIS Press, Barcelona, Spain, 25 – 27 February 2009. Presentation, Pdf
  • Syed Saif ur Rahman, Nasreddine Aoumeur and Gunter Saake, An Adaptive ECA-Centric Architecture for Agile Service-Based Business Processes with Compliant Aspectual .NET Environment, In Proceedings of The 10th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services (iiWAS2008), pages 240-247, ISBN: 978-1-60558-349-5, ACM Publisher, Linz, Austria, 24 – 26 November 2008.
  • Marko Rosenmüller, Norbert Siegmund, Syed Saif ur Rahman, and Christian Kästner. Modeling Dependent Software Product Lines. In Workshop on Modularization, Composition and Generative Techniques for Product Line Engineering (McGPLE). Nashville, TN, USA, Oct. 2008.
  • Sagar Sunkle, Marko Rosenmüller, Norbert Siegmund, Syed Saif ur Rahman, and Gunter Saake. Features as First-class Entities – Toward a Better Representation of Features. In Workshop on Modularization, Composition and Generative Techniques for Product Line Engineering (McGPLE). Nashville, TN, USA, Oct. 2008.
  • Syed Saif ur Rahman, Cellular DBMS (Abstract), In Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings 08281, 08281 Abstracts Collection - Software Engineering for Tailor-made Data Management, 06.07.2008-11.07.2008, http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2008/1579.
  • Syed Saif ur Rahman, Architecture of FAME-DBMS (Abstract), In Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings 08281, 08281 Abstracts Collection - Software Engineering for Tailor-made Data Management, 06.07.2008-11.07.2008, http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2008/1579.
  • Syed Saif ur Rahman, Dr. Abid Karim, Quantum Computing, SZABIST, Karachi, Pakistan, 2004. http://www.szabist.edu.pk/Publications/CMD/ResearchReports.htm
  • Syed Saif ur Rahman, Ejaz Tayab, Software Radio Technology For Strategic Communication Self Reliance And Spectrum Management In Pakistan, SZABIST, Karachi, Pakistan, 2004. http://www.szabist.edu.pk/Publications/CMD/ResearchReports.htm

 

Seminar Presentations:

  • Norbert Siegmund, Syed Saif ur Rahman, Sagar Sunkle, FAME-DBMS : Challenges and Solutions, Dagstuhl Seminar - Software Engineering for Tailor-made Data Management, 06.07.2008-11.07.2008.
  • Syed Saif ur Rahman: Cellular DBMS, Dagstuhl Seminar - Software Engineering for Tailor-made Data Management, 06.07.2008-11.07.2008. Presentation

 

 

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