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Exploring My Journey: A Tanzanian Ph.D. Candidate's Academic and Cultural Insights

I am Ameen Chilwan, a Ph.D. candidate specializing in telecommunications engineering at NTNU, guided by Leif Arne Rønningen and Yuming Jiang. My diverse background—Afro-Indo-Arabian—shapes my perspectives on life in Tanzania. I have contributed to significant projects, including the coexistence analysis of GSM900 and CDMA2000. I explore Tanzania's cultural richness, from the scenic beauty of Kilimanjaro and Serengeti to the vibrant lifestyles, food, and music of its people. Join me in celebrating the essence of my homeland and my academic journey!

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Exploring My Journey: A Tanzanian Ph.D. Candidate's Academic and Cultural Insights

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  1. Ameen Chilwan Ph.D. Candidate Supervisor: Leif Arne Rønningen Co-Supervisor: Yuming Jiang

  2. Outline • Who/What am I? • What cool stuff have I done so far? • Studies • Work • What’s so great about Tanzania? • Country • Places • My Home Town • People • Life Style • Food • Music • Sports

  3. WHO/WHAT AM I?

  4. My Ethnicity AFRO – INDO – ARABIAN

  5. WHAT COOL STUFF HAVE I DONE SO FAR?

  6. High School – 2002

  7. GSM900 Transmitter GSM900 Receiver 900 MHz Cellular Band (Channel) CDMA2000 Receiver CDMA2000 Transmitter PSD GSM900 Signal CDMA2000 Signal f f0 B.Sc. In Telecommunications EngineeringUniversity of Dar es Salaam (2007) Analysis of Co-existance of GSM900 and CDMA2000 on 900 MHz Cellular Band in Tanzania

  8. M.Sc. In Telematics – NTNU (2011) • Specialized in Networks & QoS • Dependability Differentiation in Cloud Services • Both analytical and simulation approach • Supervised By: • Poul Heegaard • Astrid Undheim • Conference Paper: • Differentiated Availability in Cloud Computing SLAs • Presented in GRID 2011

  9. M.Sc. In Telematics – 2 Before After

  10. PhD Area of Research • Collaboration Spaces • Network study for DMP • Simulation • Hardware Implementation CODEC CODEC Network Receiver Trans-mitter Some more processing Some processing Interim Node Target Node Source Node

  11. Work Experience • Network Quality Administrator (2007-09) • At ZANTEL (part of etisalat group) • Traffic analysis and engineering • Summer Internships • TTCL (2004) • Auvionics (2004) • TCAA (2005) • ZANTEL (2006) • NTNU (2011)

  12. WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT TANZANIA?

  13. Neighbours: Kenya Uganda Rwanda Burundi DR Congo Zambia Malawi Mozambique

  14. My Country • The United Republic of Tanzania • Tanganyika (Independance 1961) • Zanzibar (Independance 1963) • Merger to form Tanzania in 1964 • Capital: Dodoma (since 1996) • Largest City: Dar es Salaam (around 4m people) • Population: • Around 44m people (last census 2002) • Around 800k wild animals (last census 2010 - Serengeti) • Area: • 886,600 sq.km. Land area • A bit more than 25% is wild life (national parks, reserves etc.)

  15. The Lion King MCMXXXVIII (1938th)

  16. Li’l bit of History • Arabs, kizimkazi mosque • Persians, kaole ruins • Portugese, fort jesus • Arabs, znz • Germans • british

  17. Tribes distribution map

  18. Places • Kilimanjaro • White sand beach • Znz • Serengeti • Ngorongoro crater • Lake tanganyika

  19. mwanza • Darwin’s nightmare • Bismarck rock • 2nd largest (around 1.2m – 2011 estimate)

  20. Sukuma people • Cow herd • Anaeshangaa mataa

  21. Famous Tanzanians – 1 Julius Nyerere First President Father of Nation

  22. Famous Tanzanians – 2 Asha Rose Migiro Deputy Secretary General of UNO EX-Foreign Minister

  23. Famous Tanzanians – 3 Hasheem Thabeet NBA Professional Houston Rockets

  24. Famous Tanzanians – 4

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