Ameen Chilwan

Ph.D. CandidateSupervisor: Leif Arne Rønningen

Co-Supervisor: Yuming Jiang

Outline• Who/What am I?• What cool stuff have I done so far?– Studies– Work

• What’s so great about Tanzania?– Country– Places

• My Home Town– People– Life Style

• Food• Music• Sports

WHO/WHAT AM I?

My Ethnicity

AFRO – INDO – ARABIAN

WHAT COOL STUFF HAVE I DONE SO FAR?

High School – 2002

B.Sc. In Telecommunications EngineeringUniversity of Dar es Salaam (2007)

GSM900 Transmitter

CDMA2000 Receiver

GSM900 Receiver

CDMA2000 Transmitter

900 MHz Cellular Band(Channel)

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CDMA2000 Signal

GSM900 Signal

Analysis of Co-existance of GSM900 and CDMA2000 on 900 MHz Cellular Band in Tanzania

M.Sc. In Telematics – NTNU (2011)

• Specialized in Networks & QoS

• Dependability Differentiation in Cloud Services- Both analytical and simulation approach- Supervised By:

- Poul Heegaard- Astrid Undheim

• Conference Paper:Differentiated Availability in Cloud Computing SLAsPresented in GRID 2011

M.Sc. In Telematics – 2Before

After

PhD Area of Research• Collaboration Spaces• Network study for DMP– Simulation– Hardware Implementation

Network

CODEC

CODEC

Trans-mitter Receiver

Some processing

SourceNode

InterimNode

TargetNode

Some more

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Work Experience

• Network Quality Administrator (2007-09)– At ZANTEL (part of etisalat group)– Traffic analysis and engineering

• Summer Internships– TTCL (2004)– Auvionics (2004)– TCAA (2005)– ZANTEL (2006)– NTNU (2011)

WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT TANZANIA?

Neighbours:1. Kenya2. Uganda3. Rwanda4. Burundi5. DR Congo6. Zambia7. Malawi8. Mozambique

My Country• The United Republic of Tanzania– Tanganyika (Independance 1961)– Zanzibar (Independance 1963)– Merger to form Tanzania in 1964

• Capital: Dodoma (since 1996)• Largest City: Dar es Salaam (around 4m people)• Population: – Around 44m people (last census 2002)– Around 800k wild animals (last census 2010 - Serengeti)

• Area:– 886,600 sq.km. Land area– A bit more than 25% is wild life (national parks, reserves etc.)

The Lion King MCMXXXVIII (1938th)

Li’l bit of History

• Arabs, kizimkazi mosque• Persians, kaole ruins• Portugese, fort jesus• Arabs, znz• Germans• british

Tribes distribution map

Places

• Kilimanjaro• White sand beach• Znz• Serengeti• Ngorongoro crater• Lake tanganyika

mwanza

• Darwin’s nightmare• Bismarck rock• 2nd largest (around 1.2m – 2011 estimate)

Sukuma people

• Cow herd• Anaeshangaa mataa

Famous Tanzanians – 1

Julius NyerereFirst PresidentFather of Nation

Famous Tanzanians – 2

Asha Rose MigiroDeputy Secretary General of UNOEX-Foreign Minister

Famous Tanzanians – 3

Hasheem ThabeetNBA ProfessionalHouston Rockets

Famous Tanzanians – 4