Taimoor Tariq

Taimoor Tariq

Computer Science Ph.D. Candidate · UIUC

I am a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), advised by Professor Radhika Mittal.

My research focuses on resource management and coordination in multi-tenant networks, with an emphasis on balancing efficiency, fairness, and performance isolation.

Prior to UIUC, I completed my undergraduate studies at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan, where I worked with Professor Zafar Ayyub Qazi on the design of control plane architecture for 5G deployments.

Publications

Saving Private Cellular: The Coordination Vacuum in CBRS
HotMobile 2026
Taimoor Tariq, Radhika Mittal
Performance Isolation for 5G RAN Slicing Across Multiple Interfering Cells
NINeS 2026
Taimoor Tariq, Yongzhou Chen, Haitham Hassanieh, Radhika Mittal
5G RAN Slicing with Load Balanced Handovers
arXiv 2025
Yongzhou Chen, Taimoor Tariq, Haitham Hassanieh, Radhika Mittal
Centralized Traffic Engineering for Networked Farm Applications
IEEE/ACM SEC 2025
Ammar Tahir, Yueshen Li, Jianli Jin, Changxin Zhang, Daniel Moon, Aganze Mihigo, Taimoor Tariq, Deepak Vasisht, Radhika Mittal
Enabling Emerging Edge Applications Through a 5G Control Plane Intervention
ACM CoNEXT 2022
Mukhtiar Ahmad, Muhammad Nawazish Ali, Taimoor Tariq, Basit Iqbal, Taqi Raza, Zafar Ayyub Qazi
Neutrino: A Fast and Consistent Edge-based Cellular Control Plane
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2022
Mukhtiar Ahmad, Muhammad Nawazish Ali, Taimoor Tariq, Syed Usman Jafri, Adnan Abbass, Syeda Mashal Abbas, Basit Iqbal, Zartash Uzmi, Zafar Ayyub Qazi
Fast Failure Detectors for 5G Edge Deployments (Poster)
SOSP 2021 SRC
Taimoor Tariq, Maha Kamal, Vafa Batool

Education

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Ph.D. in Computer Science · Advised by Prof. Radhika Mittal
2022 – Present
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
B.S. in Computer Science · Advised by Prof. Zafar Ayyub Qazi
2018 – 2022