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Biography
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Research Interests
My research interests include Computer Systems, Distributed Systems, Networking, Software-Defined Networking, Cloud Computing, Serverless Computing, Energy Efficiency, Green Computing and Sustainable IT
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News
Vice-Chancellor's Education Excellence Award
Novemeber 2023
After receiving the Faculty Award, I am now thrilled to share that, alongside my team, we have been honoured with the Vice-Chancellor's Education Excellence Award Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. More details here.
Faculty Education Excellence Award
May 2023
The FIT5225 teaching team, led by me, has been awarded a Faculty Education Excellence Award for Programs that Enhance Learning. We have also been nominated for a Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Award.
Guest Editor of FGCS SI on Serverless
January 2023
I am the guest editor of a Special Issue on Serverless Computing for Next-generation Application Development in FGCS. I would like to extent my invitation to researchers, practitioners, and experts in the field of Serverless Computing to contribute to our special issue.
Successful ARC DP23 funding
November 2022
I am pleased to announce that our ARC Discovery Project was successful. This project aims to design novel techniques for using big spatiotemporal data to reduce the impact of road transport on the environment and improve road safety. Expected outcomes of this project include novel big data management and analytics techniques and new edge computing models for vehicular networks. Associate Professor Muhammad Cheema; Dr Adel Nadjaran Toosi; Professor Hesham Rakha, Driving Towards Greener and Safer Roads using Big Spatiotemporal Data, Australian Research Council Discovery Projects 2023. $350,000.00
Promoted to Senior Lecturer
May 2022
I am pleased to announce that I have been promoted from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer at Monash University (effective from July 2022) - in recognition of excellence in research and teaching during my last four years in the Faculty of Information Technology. Thanks to all panel members and our dean for supporting my application and to my students who make this work a joy. Time for a celebration!
Successful ARC LP21 funding
March 2022
I am ecstatic to announce that I have received my first ARC funding, and our ARC Linkage Project was awarded funding: Associate Professor Alan Dorin, Dr Hazel Parry; Professor James Cook; Associate Professor Romina Rader; Dr Adel Nadjaran Toosi, Precision Pollination: Data-driven enhancements to boost crop yield, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Costa Berry International PTY Ltd, Australian Blueberry Growers Association INC. $540,000.00
Best (full) Paper Candidate, ICSOC 2021
November 2021
Excited to announce our paper was among the Best (full) Paper Candidates at ICSOC 2021 conference (CORE A Rank conference). This paper introduced an easy and fun solution for energy measurements in edge computing using practical testbeds. Please find slides here.
Organizing *LESS, a workshop on Serverless Computing
Nov. 2021
Working on Serverless? We are organising the first workshop on Serverless computing for pervasive cloud-edge-device systems and services" (*LESS) in PerCom 2022, Please submit your papers to *LESS by Nov 14, 2021.
Outstanding Service Award CCGrid 2021.
May 2021
I received outstanding service award for my services as Proceedings Chair to the 21st IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud, and Internet Computing.
Best paper Award in AusPDC 2021.
January 2021
Our paper title "Serverless Edge Computing: Vision and Challenges" received Best Paper Award in Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (AusPDC 2021).
Panellist in Churchill Club Australia.
December 2020
On the 2nd of December, I was part of the panel discussion hosted by Nina Muhleisen on the topic of "Living on the Edge: Edge Computing; why it matters " to share my insights on the impact of edge computing on the future of technology with group of experts including Anushka Wijendra (Message Media), Shane Baldacchino (AWS), Lars Oleson (Xailient), Larene Le Gassick (Datalust). You can find the video here ...
Deputy Director of the BSE Course
Novemebr 2020
I become the Deputy Director of the Bachelor of Software Engineering (BSE) Course as part of my internal service role in the Faculty of IT.
Publication Chair and PC memebr of CCGrid 2021
August 2020
I will serve as the publication chair and PC memeber of the 21th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2021).
Publication Chair and Editor of CCGrid 2020
June 2020
I served as the publication chair and editor of the 20th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2020) (CCGrid 2020 Proceedings - Front Cover).
Accepted article in IEEE IoT
May 2020
Our article is accepted for publication in the prestigious IEEE IoT journal (Impact Factor of 9.515). Effective Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources in Fog Computing Environment via Frequency and Modulation Level Scaling.
CNET Media
April 2020
I contributed to a CNET article on Xbox, PS5 and the climate crisis: Next-gen video games could be worse for the planet by Jackson Ryan.
Editorial Board Member of FGCG
February 2020
Editor-in-Chief Prof. Peter Sloot appointed me as the editorial board member of the top-tier Future Generation Computer Systems(FGCS) journal, the second-best ranked journal in computing systems according to Google Scholar.
Co-Chair of AusPDC 2020
Agusut 2019
I have been appointed as the co-chair of the 18th Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (AusPDC 2020).
Monash AgTech Priming Grant
August 2019
My priming grant research project on Solar-powered Edge Computing Platform for Automated Pest Bird Repellent System has been awarded $25,000 by Monash AgTech. The project will develop the prototype that can be deployed on the Bosch launchpad site.
Accepted paper in ICSOC 2019
July 2019
Our paper entitled “Optimized Renewable Energy Use in Green Cloud Data Centers” has been accepted for publication in the 17th International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing as a Full Paper in Research Track. The paper selection process for ICSOC 2019 has been highly competetive, and among 183 initial submissions, only 28 papers were accepted as full papers (15% acceptance rate).
SPE Distinguished Referee
March 2019
Journal of Software Practice and Experience (CORE Rank A) recongnised me as one the distinguished referees for my outstanding contributions to referees. For more details please visit Recognising our distinguished referees
Chair of FIT ECA Committee
November 2018
I have been appointed as the Chair of Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) Early Career Academics (ECA) Committee for the next twoyears. Other commitee members include: Pierre Le Bodic as ECA Rep on central committee, Mahsa Salehi and Julian Garcia as ECA Reps for Faculty Education Committees, Li Li and Leimin Tian as ECA Reps for Faculty Research Committees, Amin Sakzad and Xingliang Yuan as ECA Reps for academic staff development committee.
2018 FIT Early Career Seed Grant
August 2018
My project on the orchestration of containers to optimise renewable energy use in cloud environments has been awarded the competitive FIT Early Career Researcher Seed Grant.
A. N. Toosi, CO2: Container Orchestration for Optimized Renewable Energy Use in Clouds, 2018 FIT Early Career Researcher Seed Grant, July 2018 - July 2019, Amount, $6500.2018 Monash Infrastructure Seed Fund Grant
July 2018
Our project has been awarded the highly competitive 2018 Monash Infrastructure Interdisciplinary Research Seed Funding Grant. I will lead this project as a the primary CI along with other CIs Behrooz Bahrani and Reza Razzaghi from Electrical and Computer Systems and Martin Singh from Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Engineering.
A. N. Toosi, R. Razzaghi, B. Bahrani, M. Singh, Algorithms and Software Systems for Green Cyberinfrastructure, 2018 MI Research Seed Fund Grant, July 2018 - July 2019, Amount, A$48,478.Lecturer at Monash University
May 2018
I joined Monash University as a lecturer in computer systems at Faculty of Information Technology in May 2018.
2018 Early Career Researcher Grant Scheme
November 2017
I have been awarded the University of Melbourne Early Career Researcher (ECR) grant for my project. A. Toosi, RenewMan: Managing Renewable Energy in Sustainable Cloud Data Centres, The University of Melbourne Early Career (ECR) grant, Jan-Dec 2018, Amount, A$32,000.
Keynote Speech on Innovations and Trends in Cloud Computing
October 2017
I am delivering a keynote speech addressing "Innovations and Trends in Cloud Computing" in the 7th International Conference on Computer and Knowledge Engineering (ICCKE 2017). More....
Global Research Outreach (GRO) Program, Samsung, South Korea
October 2017
The grant proposal to Samsung GRO program for US$120k has been awarded. R. Buyya, A. Toosi, and M. Sossa, Cost-Efficient Orchestration of Containers in Clouds, Global Research Outreach (GRO) Program, Samsung, South Korea, Oct. 2017-2018. Amount: US$120,000 (~AU$150,000).
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