Abdelmalik Bachir

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department
Imperial College
Exhibition Road
London SW7 2AZ
United Kingdom
Fax. +44-207-594-6302
Email: a.bachir at imperial.ac.uk

Work Experience

• France Telecom R & D, Meylan, France. (R&D Engineer – 3 years).
• Grenoble Institute of Technology, Grenoble, France. (Research Associate – 1.1 years)
• Imperial College, London, UK. (Research Associate – 1.5+ years)

Award

Education

• PhD., Grenoble Institute of Technology (INPG), France.
• DEA (MSc) in Computer Science, University of Aix-Marseille II, France.
• Engineering Diploma in Computer Science, National Institute of Informatics (INI), Algeria.

Research Interests

Publications

Patents

• A. Bachir, D. Barthel, Routing Method, Transceiver Station and Computer Program for Carrying Out the Method. Assignee: France Telecom R&D.
• D. Barthel, A. Bachir, Method and System for Transmitting a Signal Comprising Preamble and a Data Frame. Assignee: France Telecom R&D.
• A. Bachir, L. Samper and D. Barthel, Method of Communication, Associated Sending and Receiving Stations and Computer Programs. Assignee: France Telecom R&D.
• T. Watteyne, A. Bachir, M. Dohler, Isabelle Augé-Blum. Method of Communication, Emitter and Receiver Stations and Associated Computer Programs. Assignee: France Telecom R&D

Journals

• A. Bachir, M. Dohler, T. Watteyne, K. K. Leung, MAC Essentials for Wireless Sensor Networks, Accepted, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. Second issue 2010.
• A. Bachir, M. Heusse, A. Duda, K. K. Leung, Preamble MAC Protocols with Persistent Receivers in Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol 8, Num 3, pp 1091 - 1095, March 2009.
• A. Bachir, S. Plancoulaine, D. Barthel, M. Heusse, A. Duda, Frame Preamble MAC for Multihop Wireless Sensor Networks : Design and Implementation, Ad Hoc and Wireless Sensor Networks, Vol 6, Num 1/2, pp 33-65, Old City Publishing, 2008.
• A. Bachir, D. Barthel, M. Heusse, A. Duda, O(1) Reception Routing for Sensor Networks, Computer Communications, Special issue on Sensor and Actuator Networks (SANET), Vol 30/13 pp 2603-2614, June 2007.

Book Chapters

• A. Ouadjaout, Y. Challal, A. Bachir, N. Lasla, M. Bagaa, L. Khelladi, Information Security in Wireless Sensor Networks. Encyclopedia of Ad hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, ISBN: 978-981-283-348-8, Sep 2009.
• A. Benslimane, A. Bachir, Ad hoc mobile networks: inter-vehicle geocast. Management, Control and Evolution of IP Networks. ISBN 1905209479, March 2006.
• A. Bachir, A. Benslimane, Multicast dans les Réseaux Ad hoc, géodiffusion inter véhicules. Chapitre du livre l'Internet Ambiant, pp 215-235, Hermès science publications 2004.

Conferences

• A. Bachir, M. Heusse, A. Duda. Preamble MAC Protocols with Non Persistent Receivers in Wireless Sensor Networks, IFIP-Networking 2008, May 2008, Singapore.
• A. Bachir, L. Samper, D. Barthel, M. Heusse, A. Duda. Link Cost and Reliability of Frame Preamble MAC Protocols, IEEE-IWWAN 2006.
• T. Watteyne, A. Bachir, M. Dohler, D. Barthel et I. Augé-Blum. A low-energy adaptive cross-layer communication protocol for avoiding 1-hop neighborhood knowledge. IEEE-IWWAN 2006.
• A. Bachir, D. Barthel, M. Heusse, A. Duda, A Synthetic Function for Energy-Delay Mapping in Energy Efficient Routing, IFIP-WONS 2006.
• A. Bachir, D. Barthel, M. Heusse, A. Duda, Micro-Frame Preamble MAC for Multihop Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE-ICC 2006.
• A. Bachir, D. Barthel, M. Heusse, A. Duda, Abstract Frames for Reducing Overhearing in Wireless Sensor Networks, IFIP-Networking 2006
• A. Bachir, D. Barthel, M. Heusse, A. Duda, Hidden Node Avoidance in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE-WirelessCom, 2005.
• A. Bachir, D. Barthel, Localized Maximum Minimum Energy Available Routing for WSN Using Delay Control. IEEE-ICC, 2005.
• A. Benslimane, A. Bachir, Inter-vehicle Geocast Protocol Supporting Non-equipped GPS Vehicles. ADHOC-NOW 2003.
• A. Bachir, A. Benslimane, A Multicast Protocol in Ad Hoc Networks, Inter-Vehicle Geocast. IEEE-VTC, 2003.

Posters and Presentations

• A. Bachir, A. Benslimane, Towards Supporting GPS-Unequipped Vehicles in IVG Inter Vehicle Geocast. WLN Workshop, joint with IEEE LCN 2003.
• A. Bachir, A. Benslimane, L. Ciarletta, Routage ad hoc et qualité de service en environnement routier, DNAC, Tunisie, avril 2003.

Thesis

• A. Bachir, Optimizing Routing and Channel Access Protocols to Extend the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks, PhD Thesis, INPG, Jan 07. An extended abstract (35 pages) in French can be found here.

Projects

• WINES
• MESSAGE
• SWANS (Medea+, European Project)
• ARESA (RNRT, French National Project)
• CAPRI (Regional Project)

Scientific Responsibilities

• TPC member:
• International Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2010.
• International Workshop on Multiple Access Communications, MACOM 2008, MACOM 2009, MACOM 2010
• International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2008
• International Conference on Communications and Networking in China, ChinaCom 2008
• Global Communications Conference, Globecom 2009, Globecom 2008, Globecom 2007
• International Conference on Communications, ICC 2007
• International Workshop on Wireless Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks, IWWAN 2006
• Reviewer for Journals:
  • IEEE TMC
  • IEEE TPDS
  • IEEE TWC
  • IEEE CL
  • Kluwer WPC Journal
• Reviewer for Conferences:
  • PIMRC 05, ICC 06, VTC 06, WONS 06, ITC 06, IWWAN 06, MSN 06, CFIP 06. IWCMC 06, IWCMC 06, Globecom 07, VTC 07, ICC 08, CISA 08, ACITA 08, ICT 09, etc.

Teaching

• Computer Networks: TCP/IP, Ethernet, ...
• Performance Evaluation: Queuing theory, Simulation NS2