Sohail Sarang, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Power, Electronic and Communication Engineering| Faculty of Technical Sciences| University of Novi Sad | Novi Sad | Serbia
Email: sohail@uns.ac(dot)rs | sohail.sarang@ieee(dot)org
Address: Fruskogorska 1, FTN-NTP Building, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
News & Activities (2024):
July: I presented a talk at the Serbia-France R&I Cooperation Days, which took place on July 18-19, 2024, at the Science and Technology Park in Novi Sad, Serbia. For more information: link
June: Our paper titled "QoS and Burst Transmission Enabled MAC Protocol for Ambient IoT" was presented at the Seventh International Balkan Conference on Communications and Networking, held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from June 3-6, 2024. 📃
June: I have participated in the Innovation Week organized within the framework of the H2020 SALSETH project from May 28, 2024, to June 1, 2024.
May: I have attended the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme on "Internet of Things and 3D Printing" at the University of Novi Sad from April 30 to May 24, 2024.
April: I have attended and presented our paper on "HENO-MAC: Hybrid Energy Harvesting-based Energy Neutral Operation MAC Protocol for Delay-Sensitive IoT Applications," at the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, held in Dubai, UAE, from April 21 to 24, 2024.
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher| Horizon Europe EIC funded Project GRETA https://gretapathfinder.eu/|Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia (Jan 2025-up to date). Research Areas: Green Antenna Design for UHF Tags, Battery-Free Internet of Things
Research Associate| EU-funded H2020 ERA Chair Project (Oct 2022-Dec 2024), Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research in Stretchable and Textile Electronics (STRENTEX), Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. Research interests: E-textile for Heating applications, Textile based RF Shielding, Sensor Networks, Battery-less Internet of Things (IoT).
Visiting Researcher, (Oct 2023–Nov 2023), Electrical Engineering Department, Tampere University, Finland. Host: Prof. Mikko Valkama. Research interests: Wireless Mesh Networks, Energy Neutral Operation, IoT, Basic Simulations of DECT-2020 NR. Jointly Published two papers at IEEE WCNC'24 & BalkanCom'24.
Early Stage Researcher|EU-funded H2020 AQUASENSE H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018. (Oct 2019–Oct 2022), Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
Research Consultant, (May 2019-Aug 2019), Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC), Jinnah University for Women, Karachi, Pakistan.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, (Feb 2016- Jan 2018), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia.
Junior Lecturer, (Aug, 2014-Dec 2015), Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, Indus University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, (Aug 2013- Jan 2014) Faculty of Engineering, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Sohail Sarang, Goran M Stojanović, Micheal Drieberg, Varun Jeoti and Mikko Valkama, “'QoS and Burst Transmission Enabled MAC Protocol for Ambient IoT”, 7th International Balkan Conference on Communications and Networking Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 3-6, 2024. 📃
Sohail Sarang, Goran M Stojanović, Micheal Drieberg, Varun Jeoti, and Mikko Valkama, “HENO-MAC: Hybrid Energy Harvesting-based Energy Neutral Operation MAC Protocol for Delay-Sensitive IoT Applications”, Presented at 25th IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, April 21-24 2024 📃
Sohail Sarang, Goran M Stojanović, Micheal Drieberg, Stevan Stankovski, Kishore Bingi, Varun Jeoti, “Machine Learning Prediction based Adaptive Duty Cycle MAC Protocol for Solar Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks”, IEEE Access, vol. 11, 2023, pp. 1-19. 📃
Sohail Sarang, Goran M. Stojanović, Stevan Stankovski, Željen Trpovski, Micheal Drieberg, "Energy-Efficient Asynchronous QoS MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks," Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 2020, pp.1-13, 2020.📃
Sohail Sarang, Micheal Drieberg, Azlan Awang and Rizwan Ahmed "A QoS MAC protocol for prioritized data in energy harvesting wireless sensor networks," Computer Networks, vol. 144, pp. 141-153, 2018.📃
Nguyen, Trinh C, Le Hai-Chau; Sohail Sarang, Micheal Drieberg, Nguyen, Thu-Hang T, "Priority and Traffic-aware Contention-based Medium Access Control Scheme for Multi-event Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 87361 – 87373, 2022.📃
Sakib, Aan Nazmus, Micheal Drieberg, Sohail Sarang, Azrina Abd Aziz, Nguyen Thi Thu Hang, and Goran M. Stojanović. "Energy-Aware QoS MAC Protocol Based on Prioritized-Data and Multi-Hop Routing for Wireless Sensor Networks”, Sensors, 22, no. 7, pp. 1-25, 2022.📃
Anika Mansura, Micheal Drieberg, Azrina Abd Aziz, Vandana Bassoo and Sohail Sarang, "An energy balanced and nodes aware routing protocol for energy harvesting wireless sensor networks," Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, 15, pp. 1255–1280, 2022.📃
Guruswamy, Selvakumar, Milica Pojić, Jayashree Subramanian, Jasna Mastilović, Sohail Sarang, Arumugam Subbanagounder, Goran Stojanović, and Varun Jeoti, “Toward Better Food Security Using Concepts from Industry 5.0”, Sensors 22, no. 21, pp. 1-24, 2022. 📃
Kasyap Suresh, Varun Jeoti, Micheal Drieberg, Socheatra Soeung, Asif Iqbal, Goran M Stojanović, Sohail Sarang, “Simultaneous detection of multiple surface acoustic wave sensor-tags for water quality monitoring utilizing cellular code-reuse approach”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, pp.1-16, 2021. 📃
Akhil Chandran MK, Branimir Bajac, Gregor Filipič, Željka Cvejić, Vladimir Srdić, Milan Radovanović, Mitar Simić, Sohail Sarang, Goran Stojanović, “Synthesis and Characterization of Tin Oxide Nanopowder and Its Application to Sensing Different Pathogens”, Sensors and Materials, 33, no.5, pp. 513–527, 2021. 📃
Akhil Chandran Mukkattu Kuniyil, Janez Zavašnik, Željka Cvejić, Sohail Sarang, Mitar Simić, Vladimir V Srdić, Goran M Stojanović, “Performances and Biosensing Mechanisms of Interdigitated Capacitive Sensors Based on the Hetero-mixture of SnO2 and In2O3, Sensors, 20, no.21, pp.1-13, 2020. 📃
Radomir Prodanović, Dejan Rančić, Ivan Vulić, Nenad Zorić, Dušan Bogićević, Gordana Ostojić, Sohail Sarang, Stevan Stankovski, "Wireless sensor network in agriculture: Model of cyber security", Sensors, 20, no. 23, pp.1-22,2020. 📃
Radomir Prodanović, Sohail Sarang, Dejan Rančić, Ivan Vulić, Goran M Stojanović, Stevan Stankovski, Gordana Ostojić, Igor Baranovski, Dušan Maksović, Trustworthy Wireless Sensor Networks for Monitoring Humidity and Moisture Environments, Sensors, 21, no.11, pp.1-24, 2021. 📃
Sohail Sarang, Goran M Stojanović, Micheal Drieberg, Stevan Stankovski and Varun Jeoti "Energy Neutral Operation based Adaptive Duty Cycle MAC Protocol for Solar Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks" 2022 IEEE 95th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2022-Spring, Helsinki, Finland, 2022, pp.1-6. 📃
Sohail Sarang, Micheal Drieberg and Azlan Awang, "Multi-priority based QoS MAC protocol for wireless sensor networks," in 7th IEEE International Conference on System Engineering and Technology (ICSET), Shah Alam, Malaysia, pp. 54-58, 2017. 📃
Recipient of MSCA H2020 Innovative Training Networks funding for Ph.D. studies from 2019 to 2022.
Recipient of Graduate Assistantship for MSc studies from the Center of Graduate Studies, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, from 2016 to 2018.
Recipient of the Best Paper Publication award from the Center of Graduate Studies, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, in 2018.
Recipient of the Prime Minister ICT Scholarship for Undergraduate Studies at Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan, from 2010 to 2014.
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Nov 2019- July 2023), Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. Funding: Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher, AQUASENSE MSCA EU-funded H2020 Project. Research Topic: Prediction based adaptive duty cycle MAC protocol for solar energy harvesting wireless sensor networks. Mentor: Prof. Goran Stojanovic
MSc. Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Jan 2016-July 2018), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. Funding: Graduate Assistant from Centre of Graduate Studies Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. Research Topic: QoS aware MAC protocol for prioritized data in energy harvesting wireless sensor networks. Awarded best paper publication from the centre of graduate studies Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia 1. Mentor: Dr. Micheal Drieberg.
B.E degree in Telecommunication Engineering (Sept 2010-July 2014) from Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan. Funding: Prime Minister's National ICT Scholarship.
Green Internet of Things, Wireless Communication, Low Power Sensor Networks, Batteryless Intermittent Networks, Intermittent Media Access Control Protocols, Energy Harvesting based MAC and Routing Schemes,, Performance Evaluation of Low Power Wireless Networks, Artificial Intelligence-driven Communication Algorithms and Protocols.
IEEE Member (Total 8 years), IEEE Communication Society, Marie Curie Alumni Association Western Balkans Chapter
Reviewer for journals: Ad Hoc Networks, PHYCOM: Physical Communication, IEEE Access, Supercomputing, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, Results in Engineering, PLOS ONE, and Wireless Personal Communications.
IEEE Activites: Served as ZOOM host in IEEE Future Networks 2022, 2nd IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit 2022, 5G World Forum, 2022, Mentor and Chairman at IEEE HIET Student Branch 2012-14, Hamdard University Karachi.
IEEE WCNC2024, IEEE VTC2022, GLOBECOM 2021 (Online), ReMO 2022, IEEE Future Networks 2022 (Online), BalkanCom 2021, IEEE 5G World Forum 2021 (Online), and IEEE ICSET 2017.
Innovation week of H2020 SALSETH project, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, 28 May-1 June, 2024.
Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme “Internet of Things and 3D Printing” organized by University of Novi Sad, Serbia from 2 April-10 May 2024 (virtual part) and 20 May – 24 May 2024 (physical part).
Participation in Bordeaux summer school on “Internet of things”, organized by University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France from 18-22 September, 2023.
Participation in EU Joint Research Centre (JRC) school on the evaluation of air, soil and water pollution in support to the European Green Deal: a holistic approach, organized by European Commission Joint Research Centre in collaboration with the University of Novi Sad, Serbia from 4-8 September, 2023.
H2020 INCOMING PhD Summer School organized by the Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center in Wessling, June 2023.
Four days workshop on communication and presentation skills, organized within the framework of european university alliance for global health (EUGLOH) alliance, at University of Novi Sad, Serbia, 2023.
Online certification “5G for Everyone”, Coursera, 2023.
Two days Horizon Europe Training on proposal writing skills, organized by the University of Novi Sad, Serbia, 2023.
Five days workshop on "From Research to Innovation", organized by Marie Curie Alumni Association, 2021.
Certification on Intellectual Property (IP), from February 10 to April 6, 2020, organized by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Academy (Online).
AQUASENSE-ITN workshop summer school on "Monitoring Drinking Water and Its Quality", Norrköping, Sweden, 2020.
AQUASENSE-ITN project summer school on "Sensor Technologies for Water Monitoring", Trento, Italy, 2019.
UTP EE Scholar group, Malaysia, 2018 AQUASENSE Project Meeting Photo, Sweden, 2020 STRENTEX Group, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2022