Niloy Saha

Education

PhD in Computer Science
University of Waterloo, Canada
2020 – Present
MS in Computer Science & Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
2016 – 2019
BTech in Electronics & Communications Engineering
Institute of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, India
2011 – 2015

Research Experience

PhD Researcher, University of Waterloo, Canada
Sep 2020 – Present
Thesis: Efficient High-precision Monitoring of Network Slices for 5G and Beyond Networks
  • Published research on SLA-aware slice monitoring, QoS anomaly detection, and closed-loop automation for 5G/6G networks. See Publications.
  • Built a full-stack 5G testbed integrating Intel Tofino (P4), Kubernetes-based 5G core, and ML pipelines [Monitoring] [5G Core] [5G RAN].
  • Collaborated on slice lifecycle management and RAN disaggregation [Slicing] [OpenRAN].
  • Partnered with Rogers and Expeto on Waterloo campus private 5G; delivered executive training [Workshop].
M.S. Research Scholar, IIT Kharagpur, India
2016 – 2018
Thesis: QoS-Aware Software-Defined Networks for IoT Applications
  • Published research on QoS-aware SDN for IoT with POX and ONOS controllers, evaluated on Mininet.
  • Contributed to a telemedicine project on WBAN-based healthcare with field trials [Project].

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, University of Waterloo
2020 – Present
  • CS456 – Computer Networks (multiple terms, 2022–25)
  • CS798 – Network Softwarization (graduate courses, 2022–24)
Teaching Assistant, IIT Kharagpur, India
2016 – 2018
  • CS19001 – Programming and Data Structures Lab

Professional Activities