Supervision
I have had the privilege of supervising and co-supervising talented researchers and master students.
Postdoctoral researchers
- Jan. 2025: Postdoc Abolfazl ZakeriISAC, multimodal sensing-aided communications, age of information, DRL, knowledge distillation
Doctoral researchers
- Sep. 2026: DSc Mohammad MajidzadehDesign and optimization of RIS for energy-efficient massive MIMO systems
- Jan. 2026: DSc Suranga Wengappuli ArachchigeDistributed model-based ML for distributed mMIMO and ISAC
- Jan. 2025: DSc Isuri WelgamageML for ISAC and multimodal sensing-aided communication, knowledge distillation
- Jan. 2025: DSc Nam-Phuong Tran (co-supervised)Deep reinforcement learning for RIS and ISAC
- Nov. 2024: DSc Ali Raza (co-supervised)RIS-assisted localization, deep unfolding
- Apr. 2024: DSc Pouya MobarakiDeep unfolding for RIS design
- Feb. 2024: DSc Sina TavakolianKnowledge distillation for ISAC, graph learning, distributed MIMO
- Jan. 2024: DSc Tianyu FangOptimization, model-based AI/ML for ISAC
- Jun. 2023: DSc Smriti Uniyal (co-supervised)Performance analysis and optimization for RIS, ISAC, and massive MIMO
Alumni
- 2021–Aug. 2025: DSc Mengyuan Ma (co-supervised)Low-resolution ADC, hybrid beamforming, deep unfolding, multimodal sensing-aided communications, knowledge distillation
Master students
- 2026: MSc Obaid Ur RehmanSummer Internship: Multimodal sensing-aided proactive blockage prediction in mmWave communications systems
- 2026: MSc Rubayet KabirSummer Internship: Machine Learning-based RIS assisted Communications
- 2026: MSc Kashif KashifSummer Internship: Multimodal sensing-aided downlink beam prediction in wireless communications
- 2025: MSc Hassam MuhammadMS Thesis: Dynamic Sensing Modalities Assignment in Dense Wireless Networks
- 2025: MSc Keerthi Ananthachar MulugundMS Thesis: AI-Enhanced Tone Reservation and Beamforming for PAPR Reduction in OFDM Systems
- 2021: MSc Irfan UllahSummer Internship: Enhanced energy-efficient hybrid beamforming architecture for mmWave massive MIMO systems
- 2020: MSc Asif Shakil (co-supervised)MS Thesis: Wideband Millimeter Wave Phased Array Beamforming
Visiting researchers
- 2023: Visiting Iñigo Bilbao (visiting doctoral researcher, co-supervised)ML/AI for physical layer security