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Personal profile
Biography
I am currently an ARC Future Fellow, Associate Professor and Director of Research at the Department of Software Systems and Cybersecurity at Monash University. I am also the founder and co-director of Urban Computing Lab. I am the recipient of 2012 Malcolm Chaikin Prize for Research Excellence in Engineering, 2013 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, 2014 Dean's Award for Excellence in Research by an Early Career Researcher, 2018 ARC Future Fellowship, 2018 Monash Student Association Teaching Award, and 2019 Victorian Young Tall Poppy Science Award. I have also won two CiSRA best research paper awards (in 2009 and 2010), two "one of the best papers of ICDE" (in 2010 and 2012), and three best paper awards at ICAPS 2020, WISE 2013 and ADC 2010, respectively. I am an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE). Some of my other service roles include PC co-chair for ADC 2015, ADC 2016, ACM SIGSPATIAL Workshop ISA 2016 & 2018, and International Workshop on Social Computing (IWSC) 2017, proceedings chair for ICDE 2019 and DASFAA 2015, tutorial chair for APWeb 2017 and publicity co-chair for ACM SIGSPATIAl 2017 & 2018.
Research interests
My research interests lie in the areas of data management, data analytics, cloud computing and edge computing. Specifically, I focus on the application of these technologies in Urban Computing, with a particular emphasis on the development of sustainable transportation systems and smart buildings. By leveraging cutting-edge data management and analytics techniques, my research aims to contribute to the creation of cities that are inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, in alignment with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11. Some examples of my current research projects are: 1) using electric vehicles and bidirectional charging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, e.g., charging using excess renewable energy and supplying power back to grid/homes when renewable energy is scarce; 2) using big spatiotemporal data collected from smartphones mounted in vehicles to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on roads and improve road safety by automatically identifying risky road conditions and unsafe driving behaviors (this is our ARC Discovery Project 2023); 3) indoor data management for smart buildings, including pathfinding, emergency evacuation, location-based services, mobility analytics etc. to improve the functionality and safety of buildings (this is related to my ARC Future Fellowship Project); 4) using digital twins to reduce carbon footprint of cities and buildings. This includes creating digital replicas of cities and buildings to simulate the impact of various interventions on energy consumption and emissions.
If your research aims/interests are similar and you are interested in exploring collaboration opportunities, please reach out to me.
Monash teaching commitment
Dr Aamir Cheema has taught the following units in the Faculty of IT:
- FIT2004 Algorithms and Data Structures
- FIT1045 Algorithms and Programming Fundamentals in Python
- FIT1004 Data management
- FIT3107 Advanced programming for database applications
Education/Academic qualification
Computer Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Award Date: 11 Nov 2011
Computer Science and Engineering, Master of Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Award Date: 31 Aug 2007
Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore
Award Date: 16 Aug 2005
Research area keywords
- Databases
- uncertain data
- computational geometry
- spatial databases
Network
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Sustainable Serverless Edge Computing for the Internet of Things
Aslanpour, M. S., Nadjaran Toosi, A., Cheema, A. & Baruwal Chhetri, M.
1/08/22 → 14/12/23
Project: Research
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A Ubiquitous System for Indoor Location-Based Services
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/01/19 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Data Management Foundations for Indoor LBS
Lu, H., Shou, L. & Cheema, A.
1/01/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Next-Generation Search on Social Networks
Wang, W., Cheema, A. & Mokbel, M.
1/01/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Comparing alternative route planning techniques: a comparative user study on Melbourne, Dhaka and Copenhagen road networks
Li, L., Cheema, M. A., Lu, H., Ali, M. E. & N. Toosi, A., 1 Nov 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. 34, 11, p. 5552-5557 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Continuous monitoring of moving skyline and top-k queries
Hidayat, A., Cheema, M. A., Lin, X., Zhang, W. & Zhang, Y., May 2022, In: VLDB Journal. 31, p. 459–482 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Energy-aware resource scheduling for serverless edge computing
Aslanpour, M. S., Toosi, A. N., Cheema, M. A. & Gaire, R., 2022, Proceedings - 22nd IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing, CCGrid 2022. Fazio, M., Panda, D. K., Prodan, R., Cardellini, V., Kantarci, B., Rana, O. & Villari, M. (eds.). Piscataway NJ USA: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, p. 190-199 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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Fast optimal and bounded suboptimal Euclidean pathfinding
Shen, B., Cheema, M. A., Harabor, D. D. & Stuckey, P. J., Jan 2022, In: Artificial Intelligence. 302, 20 p., 103624.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Improving Time-dependent Contraction Hierarchies
Shen, B., Cheema, M. A., Harabor, D. D. & Stuckey, P. J., 2022, Proceedings of the Thirty-Second International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling. Kumar, A., Thiébaux, S., Varakantham, P. & Yeoh, W. (eds.). Palo Alto CA USA: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), p. 338-347 10 p. (Proceedings of the Thirty-Second International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling; vol. 32, no. 1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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Prizes
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Best Paper of the Year Award - Canon Information Systems Research Australia
Cheema, Aamir (Recipient), 2010
Prize: National/international honour
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Best Paper of the Year Award - Canon Information Systems Research Australia
Cheema, Aamir (Recipient), 2009
Prize: National/international honour
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Best Research Paper Award - Australasian Database Conference
Cheema, Aamir (Recipient), 2010
Prize: National/international honour
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Best Research Paper Award - International Conference on Web Information System Engineering
Cheema, Aamir (Recipient), 2013
Prize: National/international honour
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Dean's Award for Excellence in Research by an Early Career Researcher - Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
Cheema, Aamir (Recipient), 2014
Prize: National/international honour
Activities
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Member - Faculty Research Committee - Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
Aamir Cheema (Member)
1 Jan 2016Activity: External Academic Engagement › Committees and working groups