Formally awarded my PhD

Coventry University, Coventry, UK

Awarded the PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering for the thesis "Satisfaction-Driven Hierarchical Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for End-to-End Network Slicing".

Submitted PhD thesis

Coventry, UK

Originally submitted under the title "5G/6G End-to-End Network Slicing Framework for Vertical Industries" . The title was later revised during the corrections/amendments stage to "Satisfaction-Driven Hierarchical Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for End-to-End Network Slicing".

Presented and attended the 1st Seminar of Towards Edge Intelligence (TEI)

Bristol, UK

Presented a poster "ENSURE: Multi-Timescale E2E Slice Resource Management for 6G Networks" and attended the insightful keynotes (travel/accommodation was awarded via the University of Bristol).

Attended IEEE ICC 2026

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Participated in several various sessions (a free day-pass was awarded to me to attend the conference).

Journal Paper Submitted — IEEE TCCN

Coventry, UK

Submitted "ENSURE: Multi-Timescale E2E Slice Resource Management for 6G Networks" to IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking (IF: 8.0).

Attended IETF Standards-in-Practice Workshop

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Participated in the hands‑on, introductory event designed to help researchers, students, and engineers understand how the IETF works, and how their own research can translate into meaningful standards contributions. Travel funded by the SICSA.

Research at HORIBA MIRA — Project CERTUS

CCAAR, HORIBA MIRA, Nuneaton, UK

Joined the Innovate UK-funded CERTUS project for V2X integration and validation on CAV testbeds at CCAAR.

Presentation at the Advanced Internet Technologies: Winter PhD School 2024

Barcelona, Spain

Presented "DRL-enabled Mobility-Aware RAN Slicing Resource Allocation for Open RAN Deployments". Also attended the insightful keynotes from inspiring researchers. Travel funded by the Spanish Government's UNICO I+D 6G programme.

Paper Presented at IEEE CAMAD 2024

Athens, Greece

Presented MARSRA paper in Session: Distributed AI-Driven Open & Programmable Architecture for 6G Networks.

Survey Published in IEEE COMST (IF: 50.6)

Coventry, UK

Published "Resource Management From Single-domain 5G to End-to-End 6G Network Slicing: A Survey" in the highest impact-factor journal in telecommunications.

TPC Member — IEEE VTC2024-Fall

Washington DC, USA

Served on the Technical Program Committee of the 2024 IEEE 100th Vehicular Technology Conference.

3rd Best Paper — ITU Kaleidoscope 2020

Ha Noi, Vietnam

Paper "Digital Transformation VIA 5G: Deployment Plans" awarded 3rd best paper at the ITU Kaleidoscope conference.

Coventry University

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering (E2E Network Slicing), awarded 22 September 2026

Centre for Future Transport & Cities (CFTC), Coventry, United Kingdom

Thesis: Satisfaction-Driven Hierarchical Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for End-to-End Network Slicing

Project: 5G/6G End-to-End Network Slicing Framework for Vertical Industries (fully funded doctoral studentship covering tuition and an annual stipend)

Developed the ENSURE framework: a multi-agent deep reinforcement learning architecture for joint resource management across RAN, TN, and CN domains in 6G networks. Research spans Masked PPO, curriculum learning, multi-timescale coordination, and satisfaction-based reward formulations.

Supervisors: Olivier C. L. Haas, Soufiene Djahel, Hui Zhou, and Faouzi Bouali

Tarbiat Modares University

MSc in Software Engineering — GPA: 3.54/4.0

Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Tehran, Iran

Thesis: A Resource Allocation Method for Network Slicing in Software-Defined 5G Networks

Supervisors: Behzad Akbari and Nader Mokari

University of Zanjan

BSc in Software Engineering — GPA: 3.31/4.0

Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Zanjan, Iran

Capstone: Design and Implementation of an Appointment Reservation System using ASP.NET MVC

Supervisor: Davud Mohammadpur

Coventry University

Doctoral Researcher and Research Assistant

Centre for Future Transport & Cities (CFTC), Coventry, UK

Designed and simulated ENSURE, a cooperative multi-agent DRL framework in which four agents manage RAN, TN, CN, and E2E slice resources on three control timescales (SAC and Masked PPO), with action masking that makes infeasible slice allocations unreachable by construction. Courses taken: Machine Learning (Spring 2024), Artificial Neural Networks (Fall 2024).

HORIBA MIRA

Research Assistant (V2X Systems Integration) — Project CERTUS

CCAAR, Nuneaton, UK

Innovate UK-funded CERTUS: V2X integration/validation on CAV testbeds. Integrated and validated Cohda Wireless MK6 C-V2X units on StreetDrone CAV platforms. Tested OBU-to-OBU C-V2X sidelink (PC5) and DSRC (ITS-G5), plus cellular 5G NR uplink/downlink for OBU-to-RSU connectivity, diagnosing failures from packet captures. Analysed steering telemetry in Python to estimate control-loop latency and assess deadband mitigation strategies.

SINA Communication Systems Co.

Network Solutions Specialist

Router R&D Dept., Tehran, Iran

Network solution provider and manufacturer of transmission network devices. Tested and verified NOS protocol modules with TRex, GNS3, and Wireshark. Experience with OF-DPA, OpenFlow, FRRouting, OpenDaylight, ONOS, and Stratum.

RighTel Telecommunications

Network Performance Tools Engineer

Network Quality & Supervision Dept., Tehran, Iran

Third 3G/4G telecom operator in Iran. Built KPI ETL pipelines and Grafana dashboards for OSS telemetry; automated daily network health reporting and downtime alerts. Installed and maintained local PostgreSQL and GitLab CE servers on Ubuntu VMs.

Mobile Communication Company of Iran (MCI)

5G Core Network Researcher

Mobile Network Technology Solution & Strategy Dept., Tehran, Iran

Collaborative project by Dr. Mokari's team at Tarbiat Modares University. Topics: 5G Mobile Core Network Architecture, SDN, NFV, Orchestration, Network Slicing, 5G Core Network Functions, and 5G System Design. Prepared reports, bulletins, and presentations on standardisation and migration plans. Commended by the MCI Technical Deputy for outstanding research.

Tarbiat Modares University

Research / Teaching Assistant

Wireless Innovation Lab, Dept. of ECE, Tehran, Iran

Published three papers. Assisted newly-arrived MSc students with their research. Teaching Assistant in Advanced Computer Networks (Lecturer: Dr. Behzad Akbari, MSc students, Fall 2018).

Poster Presentation: "ENSURE: Multi-Timescale E2E Slice Resource Management for 6G Networks", 1st Seminar of Towards Edge Intelligence (TEI), May 2026, BDFI, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. (travel/accommodation was awarded via the University of Bristol (JOINER Project))

Poster Presentation: "Multi-Timescale E2E Slice Resource Management using Multi-Agent DRL for 6G Networks", Coventry Centre for Doctoral Training in AI Community Event, April 2026, Coventry University, Coventry, UK.

DRL-enabled Mobility-Aware RAN Slicing for Open RAN, Winter PhD School 2024, i2CAT, Barcelona, Spain. (Funded by UNICO I+D 6G)

Conversations with Graduates Webinar Series (Online Interview), MFet / IEEE Sharif UT / ZNU EE Association, Iran.

MARSRA, Session: Distributed AI-Driven Open & Programmable Architecture for 6G Networks, IEEE CAMAD 2024, Athens, Greece.

Application of DRL to RAN Slicing (Online), NetsLab, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Joint Resource and Admission Management, Session: SDN & NFV — Resource & Slice Management, IEEE/IFIP NOMS 2020, Budapest, Hungary.

An Introduction to SDN, NFV, and Network Slicing, Niroo Research Institute (NRI), Tehran, Iran.

REST APIs in 3GPP 5G Standards and 5G Core Network Migration (from EPC), MCI, Tehran, Iran.

5G Core Network Overview (Iran Telecom Exhibition) and 5G Standardization: NFV, SDN, Network Slicing, SBA, MCI, Tehran.

Recent Trends in 5G Core Network Technologies: IMT-2020, NFV, SDN, Slicing, 5G-PPP, 3GPP Deployment Options, MCI, Tehran.

IEEE ComSoc Student & Young Professionals Career Fair @ IEEE ICC 2026, 27 May 2026, SEC, Glasgow, UK (ICC attendance (day pass) awarded via IEEE ComSoc)

IETF Standards-in-Practice Workshop, Mar 2026, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK (travel/accommodation was awarded via the University of Glasgow and SICSA)

Connected Britain 2025, ExCeL, London, UK.

Human-Centred AI: An Interdisciplinary Network, Coventry University.

Advanced Digital Technologies Workshop, i2CAT, Barcelona. (Funded by UNICO I+D 6G)

Nokia 5G Update for MCI Workshop, Tehran, Iran.

Graduate Student Mentor (Volunteer)

Assisted 14+ international candidates with PhD applications, leading to 9 successful placements in 2024 and 2025.

Board Member — Simorgh Film & Photo Center

University of Zanjan, Iran

Organised screenings, subtitled films, produced videos, and managed board elections. Directed ticket proceeds as donations to the Iranian Society of Students Against Poverty (SOSA).