Education

• Docent in Computer Science with Specialization in Distributed Computin, KTH, Sweden (2021)
  Docent presentation: Generalized Reinforcement Learning for Gameplay [slides]
  
• PhD in Information and Communication Technology, KTH, Sweden (2008 - 2013)
  Thesis: Live Streaming in P2P and Hybrid P2P-Cloud Environments for the Open Internet [pdf] [latex] [bibtex] [slides]
  Supervisors: Prof. Seif Haridi and Dr. Jim Dowling, Oponent: Prof. Anwitaman Datta
• MSc in Software Engineering of Distributed Systems, KTH, Sweden (2006 - 2008)
  Thesis: ForestCast for Peer-to-Peer Live Media Streaming [pdf] [bibtex] [slides]
  Supervisors: Prof. Seif Haridi and Dr. Ali Ghodsi.
• MSc in Computer Architecture, Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT), Iran (2000 - 2003)
  Thesis: Auditing Intrusion Detection System using Mobile Agents [pdf]
  Supervisor: Dr. Babak Sadeghian
• BSc in Computer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT), Iran (1996 - 2000)
  Thesis: Designing and implementing an I/O card and developing its device driver in GNU/Linux
  Supervisor: Dr. Hossein Pedram

Work Experience

• Associate Professor of Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Kista, Sweden (July 2022 - Now)
  
• Assistant Professor of Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Kista, Sweden (July 2018 - 2022)
  
• Machine Learning Scientist, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (April 2017 - June 2018)
  Developing machine learning and deep learning algorithms to find patterns and trends in large biomedical datasets.
• Senior Researcher, SICS Swedish ICT, Kista, Sweden (July 2013 - May 2017)
  Worked on mining massive datasets and data intensive computing platforms (mainly Spark), and on data streaming and graph processing algorithms.
• Adjunct Lecturer, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Kista, Sweden (August 2016 - December 2016)
  Designed and gave a course on Data Intensive Computing Platforms for a new Masters programme in data science. The course covered a wide range of topics, including (i) different distributed filesystems and NoSQL databases, (ii) different processing models for various data types, e.g., batch-data, streaming-data, graph-data, and structured-data, and (iii) different resource management systems.
• Adjunct Lecturer, Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT), Tehran, Iran (August 2014 - December 2016)
  Designed and gave courses on Operating Systems, Distributed Systems, and Data Intensive Computing Platforms.
• PhD Student, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Kista, Sweden (August 2008 - June 2013)
  Worked on distributed systems</b>, including Peer-to-Peer content distribution networks, gossipbased algorithms and large scale publish/subscribe systems.
• Researcher, Parallel Dator Centrum (PDC), Stockholm, Sweden (January 2007 - April 2007)
  Worked on grid resource management, and dynamic resource allocation on gLite.