Computer Science Professor Zubair Shafiq receives patent for cellular network architecture optimization method

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

M. Zubair Shafiq
M. Zubair Shafiq

University of Iowa Computer Science Assistant Professor M. Zubair Shafiq is part of a research team that has received a United States Patent for their work, entitled, “Optimization of a cellular network architecture based on device type-specific traffic dynamics.”

Shafiq is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, part of the UI College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. His broad research interests are networking and security, including a focus on online social networks.

The patent is for a method and apparatus for optimizing a cellular network architecture. The method uses data from specific device types to predict a future traffic pattern for one of the plurality of different endpoint device types based on the network traffic data, according to the patent.

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.