About Me!

Hey! I’m Sarah. I am currently pursuing my PhD in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where I am advised by Prof. Suman Banerjee, and Prof. Ali Abedi. I am currently working in wireless networking and sensing. I completed my Bachelor’s in Computer Science from the Lahore University of Management Sciences where I was advised by Prof. Zafar Ayyub Qazi, Prof. Ihsan Ayyub Qazi and Prof. Zartash Afzal Uzmi. My work with them revolved around Internet measurements, and Web Equity and Affordability.

Other than that, one of my passions is to uplift women in STEM and I am an avid crocheter and knitter!

Publications

Research Experience

  • Web Affordability and Inclusion (Jan 2022 - May 2023)
    - Conducted a large-scale measurement study of 72,000 webpages to analyze the affordability of the Web
    - Proposed and implemented a novel framework (transcoding service) to decrease average webpage sizes with minimal impact to quality
    - Designed and implemented a novel heuristics-based image reduction algorithm and a brute force algo- rithm to reduce webpage size with minimal quality degradation
    - Systematically analyzed the effectiveness of the framework showing that it could be used to improve affordability of webpages
    - First Author Publication at SIGCOMM 2023

  • Short-Form Video Caching (Sept 2023 - Dec 2023)
    - Under the guidance of Prof. Deepak Vasisht and Prof. Indranil Gupt at UIUC
    - Studying system design to serve short-form video content
    - Implemented a system to test out various caching schemes for short-form video content

  • LEO Satellites (Sept 2023 - Dec 2023)
    - Under the guidance of Prof. Deepak Vasisht and Prof. Indranil Gupt at UIUC
    - Exploring network properties of Starlink
    - Collected measurements to analyze the throughput pattern of Starlink and how it corresponds to the relative position of the satellite

  • Local Browser Caching (Jan 2024 - June 2024)
    - Led and managed a team of four students on a project on local web browser caching and how it affects the affordability of the web
    - Designed measurement experiments to analyze the impact of local caching on web page sizes
    - Analysed factors that impact local caching on low-end devices

Work Experience

Teaching Assistant @ LUMS

  • CS 678: Topics in Internet Research (Spring 2023)
    -Designed quiz questions to test key concepts
    -Conuducted regular office hours
    -Helped groups make progress on their research projects
    -Managed all class records

  • CS 382: Network-Centric Computing: (Spring 2022)
    -Conducted Tutorials for assignments and regular office hours
    -Designed quiz questions to test key concepts

  • CS 225: Fundamentals of Computer Systems (Fall 2021)
    -Conducted tutorials for assignments and held regular office hours
    -Managed all class records (quiz marks etc.)
    -Helped grade quizzes, exams, assignments etc.

Software Engineering Intern @ Tajir (June 2022 - July 2022)

    -Designed and implemented internal tooling for business analytics
    -Conducted market/user research to gather insights to improve customer support system
    -Designed new features for customer service UI
    -Conducted A/B user testing

Awards and Honors

  • Graduated with Distinction (2023)
  • Students as Co-Researchers Grant (2022)
  • Dean’s Honor List (2019-2022)

Contact Me

Email: sarah.tanveer@wisc.edu