Supervision

I have had the privilege of supervising and co-supervising talented researchers and master students.

🧑‍🎓 Postdoctoral researchers

• Abolfazl Zakeri (Jan. 2025): ISAC, multimodal sensing-aided communications, age of information, DRL, knowledge distillation

🎓 Doctoral researchers

• Isuri Welgamage (Jan. 2025): ML for ISAC and multimodal sensing-aided communication, knowledge distillation
• Pouya Mobaraki (Apr. 2024): Deep unfolding for RIS design
• Sina Tavakolian (Feb. 2024): Knowledge distillation for ISAC, graph learning, distributed MIMO
• Tianyu Fang (Jan. 2024): Optimization, model-based AI/ML for ISAC
• Nam-Phuong Tran (co-supervised) (Jan. 2025): Deep reinforcement learning for RIS and ISAC
• Ali Raza (co-supervised) (Nov. 2024): RIS-assisted localization, deep unfolding
• Smriti Uniyal (co-supervised) (Jun. 2023): Performance analysis and optimization for RIS, ISAC, and massive MIMO
• Mengyuan Ma (co-supervised) (2021–Dec. 2025): Low-resolution ADC, hybrid beamforming, deep unfolding, multimodal sensing-aided communications, knowledge distillation

📜 Master students

• Hassam Muhammad (Oct. 2025): MS Thesis: Dynamic Sensing Modalities Assignment in Dense Wireless Networks
• Keerthi Ananthachar Mulugund (Oct. 2025): MS Thesis: AI-Enhanced Tone Reservation and Beamforming for PAPR Reduction in OFDM Systems.
• Irfan Ullah (co-supervised) (2021): Summer Internship
• Asif Shakil (co-supervised) (Jun. 2020): MS Thesis: Wideband Millimeter Wave Phased Array Beamforming

🧳 Visiting researchers

• Iñigo Bilbao (visiting PhD, co-supervised) (2023): ML/AI for physical layer security