Ahmed Karmouch

Ahmed Karmouch is a Professor at the University of Ottawa, Canada, affiliated with the College of Engineering and Computer Science. His research focuses on Network Virtualization, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), and Context-Aware Systems, with significant contributions to Cloud Computing Resource Allocation, Programmable Data-Planes, and Overlay Networks. He has co-authored over 161 publications since 1980, emphasizing scalable infrastructure management, QoS optimization, and autonomic network design.

His recent work includes machine learning integration in P4-programmable networks (2024) and survivable IaaS management with SDN (2021). Publications span IEEE Transactions and ACM journals, with frequent collaborations with Nancy Samaan, Abdallah Jarray, and Hamid Harroud.

Key research themes:

• Network Programmability
• Service Specific Overlay Networks
• Autonomic Network Management
• ML for Traffic Optimization
• Geographically Distributed Cloud