About Haruna!

I am a highly experienced Network, Systems and HPC Engineer at the University of Sussex, England, with a strong track record of success in designing, managing and automating large-scale on-prem and cloud infrastructures. I hold a PhD from the University of Glasgow Glasgow Systems Section (GLASS) , in the Networked Systems Research Laboratory (netlab), I specialize in Network Programmability, Edge Computing, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Cloud Computing and High-performance Computing (HPC). I have published papers on these topics and I am a member of several professional organizations, including the British Computer Society (BSC), the IEEE, and the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE). In addition, I am a certified professional in networking with Cisco CCNA/CCNP and Cloud computing with Amazon Web Services certifications.

My Resume

Research Computing Systems Engineer

University of Sussex (Aug 2023 - present)

Researcher & Tutor: Linux and HPC

University of Glasgow School of Computing Science (Jan 2020 - present)

Lecturer - Systems Engineer

Federal University Lafia (May 2012 - Dec 2019)

Technical Support Specialist

Airtel Telecoms (March 2011 - May 2012)

CV & Resume

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PhD. Computing Science

- University of Glasgow, UK. June 2024

  • Thesis: Leveraging NFV Heterogeneity at the Network Edge
  • Teaching: Undergraduates and Honours Level
  • Experience: Technical Research Support: Linux and HPC

MSc. Computing Science

- University of Hertfordshire, UK. - 2016

  • Project1: completed a Network and Operating System Penetration Testing project
  • Project2: built a functional smart home automation API
  • Other activities: Student Representative

Beng. Electrical and Electronics Engineering

- University of Maiduguri, Nigeria- 2009

  • Project: Design and implementation of a wireless FM transmitter and public address system
  • Data communications and networks
  • Electrical power generation, transmission and distribution

Member

British Computer Society (BCS)

The professional body for computing.

Seminar organizer

Glasgow Systems Section (GLASS)

Organizing weekly Systems seminars presented by academics and research students.

Befriending Volunteer

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Providing an enjoyable social experience, giving companionship over the phone through Covid -19 pandemic. Encouraging communication on meaningful topics or shared interests.

Policy Development Working Group Member

AFRINIC

Develops and discusses number resource policy proposals that AFRINIC implements towards distributing IPv4, IPv6 and ASN resources in Africa

Performance Evaluation of Heterogeneous NFV Frameworks

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Evaluated the performance benefits of SDN-aware data-plane implementations when compared to diverse acceleration and process-based NFV frameworks.

Home Automation API

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A Java Application Programming Interface (API) for smart home appliances automation.

Network and Operating System Penetration Testing

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Network and Operating System Penetration Testing

Recent Posts/Publications

January 5, 2024 Leveraging NFV Heterogeneity at the Network Edge
PhD Computing Science Thesis - Dr Haruna Umar Adoga, University of Glasgow, UK, May 2024.
December 8, 2023 Towards Latency-aware vNF Placement on Heterogeneous Hosts at the Network Edge
IEEE Global Communications Conference - GLOBECOM 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December, 2023.
June 27, 2022 On the Performance Benefits of Heterogeneous Virtual Network Function Execution Frameworks
IEEE NetSoft PVE-SDN Conference, Milan, Italy, June, 2022.
February 15, 2022 NFV and SFC Frameworks: A Comprehensive Review of Requirements, Objectives, Implementations, and Open Research Challenges
MDPI Future Internet, Basel, Switzerland, February 2022.