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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Assistant Professor at University College Dublin, Vice-Chair at Hyperledger Telecom SIG | Economics of Networks, Infrastructure sharing, Network Virtualization, and Blockchain

  • Education

    • Azad University of Qazvin

      2011 - 2014
      Master’s Degree Computer Systems Architecture 15.6/20

      Activities and Societies: Thesis: Exploring Delay-Based Congestion Control Algorithms, an Effort to Overcome the Challenges Advisor: Dr. Morteza Analoui Thesis grade (not finalized yet): 16/20 Areas of Concentration: Fault tolerant systems, Computer networks, Low power Design

    • Azad University of Ardabil

      2007 - 2011
      Bachelor’s Degree Computer Hardware Engineering 15/20

      Activities and Societies: Thesis: Improving TCP Vegas Fairness and performance Advisor: Dr. Shahram Jamali Thesis grade: 20/20 Areas of Concentration: VLSI, Computer networks, Computer architecture

    • Trinity College Dublin

      2016 - 2020
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

    • HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)

      2018 - 2018
      Summer School Blockchains: Theory and Practice

      Activities and Societies: History on cryptocurrency and blockchains, introduction in foundational technologies. An approach to develop blockchain transactions, from idea to application. How to program smart contracts and getting acquainted with the platform Ethereum and the program language Solidity. Design of the (block)chain of transactions with which the customer/product/service travels through the eco-system. Which elements make up a blockchain solution, what are technical issues and which choices need to be made?

    • Paderborn University

      2016 - 2016
      KuVS Summer School 2016 Software-Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization

      DevOps for NFV, Mobile core networks evolution in 5G, using ideas from SDN and NFV, Security for SDN, A paradigm shift in radio access? Impact of NFV and SDN on 5G radio architecture, Current developments of SDN and NFV in the 5G context, SDN/NFV for wind parks and Developments in hardware for programmable switches.

  • Experience

    • Gazelle Network Consulting Group

      Jan 2012 - Feb 2016
      Founder

    • Hasin Technology

      Jul 2012 - Aug 2012
      Payment Systems Specialist

      Design, implement and testing of banking switches program based on ISO 8583 standard.

    • Scientific Journals and Conferences

      Jan 2016 - now
      Publication Peer Reviewer

      HAS REVIEWED FOR:IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC)https://www.comsoc.org/jsacIEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorialshttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=9739Journal of Lightwave Technology (JLT)https://www.osapublishing.org/jlt/Photonic Network Communications (PNET)https://link.springer.com/journal/11107IDENTIFIERShttps://publons.com/a/1510167https://researcherid.com/rid/M-1265-2018

    • International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling, ONDM 2018

      Jan 2017 - Jun 2018
      Conference Web Chair

      Design and development of the conference WebsiteRegistration payment gateway and event management

    • Trinity College Dublin

      Jan 2017 - Mar 2020
      Teaching Assistant

      Tutoring and Teaching Assistantship TELECOMMUNICATIONS Covering:Introduction to modern telecommunicationsProtocol stacks, OSI, TCP/IP layersDefinition of signal, periodic and aperiodic signalsTime domain and frequency domain conceptsFourier Series analysis and decompositionAnalog and digital modulationMultiplexingSignal propagationConcepts of information theory

    • EUCNC Conference

      Feb 2019 - Sept 2019
      Technical Programme Committee (TPC) Member

    • CONNECT Centre

      Mar 2020 - Jul 2021
      Postdoctoral Researcher

      ‌Distributed trust solutions for Telecom applications based on BlockchainOptical network function virtualizationEconomics of access network sharingMulti-service access networkWireless-Optical access convergence

    • Hyperledger

      Dec 2020 - now
      Vice Chair - Telecom Special Interest Group

    • The Linux Foundation

      May 2021 - Jul 2021
      Mentee

      Hyperledger Umbra - Chaos Monkey Engineering in Umbra Scalability TestsUmbra has been developed in the past 2 years thanks to successful internship projects, its final target is the development of a platform for emulating blockchain projects and conducting academic research. This year the goal of the internship project is to unleash the full potential of Umbra, therefore running large scale tests added to chaos engineering mechanisms. We are going to work on mechanism that enable chaos engineering in Umbra, execute large scale tests in cloud providers (thousands of nodes), and present measurement reports of blockchain and infrastructure metrics.The goal is to enhance Umbra to a stable release, prove its full potential, and produce material to be reproducible by different academic institutions teach and perform research with the developed Umbra experiments.Expected OutcomeEnhance Umbra source code, enable a stable experimentation environment for Umbra in cloud environments with large topologies (e.g., thousands of nodes), generate chaos engineering mechanisms in Umbra, capture the events in dashboards, and generate comprehensive reports detailing an Umbra experiment. Show less

    • University College Dublin

      Jul 2021 - now
      Assistant Professor

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • TOEFL IBT

      ETS Global B.V.
      Apr 2015

    • Research Integrity - Engineering and Technology

      Epigeum
      Aug 2019

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Nima Afraz
      Postdoctoral Fellowship (Government of Ireland) Irish Research Council, Government of Ireland Oct 2020 http://research.ie/funding/goipd/
    • Awarded to Nima Afraz
      ACP 2018 Best Student Paper Award ACP 2018 General Chairs and Alibaba Group Oct 2018

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Director

      Issued by Gazelle Computer Charity on Jan 2014
      Gazelle Computer CharityAssociated with Nima Afraz

    • Effective member

      Issued by Iran Nature Cleaners on May 2012
      Iran Nature CleanersAssociated with Nima Afraz