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PostDoc Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maryam Elahi
\nOctober 2017 – August 2019
\nResearch topic: Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation
\nCurrent Employment: Associate Professor, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta<\/p>\n

Current Students in the PhD Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kyle Jorgensen
\nJanuary 2023 – Present
\nThesis topic: Bridging Realities: Volumetric and NeRF VR for Inclusive Learning Envionr-
\nments<\/p>\n

Students Graduated with the PhD Degree<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reza Hedayati Majdabadi
\nSeptember 2019 – June 2025
\nThesis topic: An Optimization Framework for Next-Generation Video Streaming Systems (co-supervised with Dr. Logan Rakai)
\nDefence date: June 16, 2025
\nCurrent Employment: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec; Co-Founder and Executive Director, Roommate Art Company, Calgary, Alberta<\/p>\n

Cyriac James
\nMay 2014 – September 2019
\nThesis topic: Improving Quality-of-Experience (QoE) of Adaptive Video Streaming
\nDefence date: September 9, 2019
\nCurrent employment: Software Developer, SignalCraft, Calgary, Alberta<\/p>\n

Mehrnaz Mireslami
\nJune 2014 – August 2018
\nThesis: Cost and Performance Optimization for Deploying Cloud-Based Web Applications (co-supervised with Dr. Behrouz Far)
\nDefence date: August 16, 2018
\nCurrent employment: Data Scientist, TD, Toronto, Ontario<\/p>\n

Reza Zakerinasab
\nSeptember 2011 – April 2017
\nThesis: Towards High-Quality and Resource-Efficient Mobile Streaming
\nDefence date: April 13, 2017
\nCurrent employment: Senior Software Engineer, Google, Mountain View, California, USA<\/p>\n

PhD Supervisory Committee Members <\/strong><\/p>\n

Elham Hosseinpourhamzehkolaei
\nNovember 2025 – Present
\nThesis: Resource Allocation and Trajectory of UAVs in UAV-assisted 5G Network Slicing
\nSupervisors: Dr. Abraham O. Fapojuwo
\nCandidacy date: April 20, 2026<\/p>\n

Haysn Hornbeck
\nApril 2023 – Present
\nProposal: A Novel Epidemic Model
\nSupervisor: Dr. Usman Alim
\nCandidacy date: Aug 21, 2023<\/p>\n

Edward Rochester
\nJanuary 2022 – Present
\nProposal: DUNE: Component-based Privacy Assistant Framework for IoT
\nSupervisor: Dr. Ken Barker
\nCandidacy date: September 29, 2022<\/p>\n

Fatemeh Shirzad
\nJuly 2015 – April 2023
\nDepartment: Computer Science
\nThesis: Network Slicing and Resource Allocation in Cloud Radio Access Networks
\nSupervisors: Dr. Majid Ghaderi
\nDefence date: April 26, 2023<\/p>\n

Sogand Sadr
\nFebruary 2020 – January 2023
\nThesis: Coordinated Packet-Level Traffic Monitoring in Software-Defined Networks
\nSupervisor: Dr. Majid Ghaderi
\nDefence date: January 9, 2023<\/p>\n

Raoufeh Hashemian
\nJanuary 2015 – September 2019
\nDepartment: Electrical and Computer Engineering
\nThesis: Investigations into the Performance and Scalability of Software Systems
\nSupervisors: Dr. Diwakar Krishnamurthy & Martin Arlitt
\nCandidacy: September 13, 2019<\/p>\n

Joydeep Mukherjee
\nAugust 2014 – April 2018
\nDepartment: Electrical and Computer Engineering
\nThesis: Automated Resource Contention Management in Virtualized Systems
\nSupervisors: Dr. Diwakar Krishnamurthy
\nDefence date: April 25, 2018<\/p>\n

Ali Sehati
\nOctober 2013 – February 2018
\nDepartment: Computer Science
\nThesis: Reducing Energy Consumption and Latency of Applications on Wireless Devices
\nSupervisors: Dr. Majid Ghaderi
\nDefence date: February 7, 2018<\/p>\n

S. M. Sohan
\nApril 2014 – October 2017
\nDepartment: Computer Science
\nThesis: Automated Example Oriented REST API Documentation
\nSupervisors: Dr. Frank Maurer
\nDefence date: October 30, 2017<\/p>\n

Bibi Maryam Elahi
\nSeptember 2010 – September 2017
\nDepartment: Computer Science
\nProposal: Optimality and Fairness in Speed Scaling Systems
\nSupervisors: Dr. Carey Williamson and Dr. Philipp Woelfel
\nDefence date: September 25, 2017<\/p>\n

Yasaman Amannejad
\nMarch 2015 – May 2017
\nDepartment: Electrical and Computer Engineering
\nThesis: Performance Management of Web Services using Machine Learning Techniques
\nSupervisors: Dr. Behrouz Far & Dr. Diwakar Krishnamurthy
\nDefence date: May 30, 2017<\/p>\n

Xiaozhen Jean Cao
\n2008
\nDepartment: Computer Science
\nThesis: Improving Multimedia Streaming Scalability in Wireless LANs
\nSupervisor: Dr. Carey Williamson
\nDate: December 11, 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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