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Siamak Azodolmolky (Persian: سیامک عضدالملکی) received his computer hardware engineering (B.Eng.) degree from Tehran University in Iran in 1994 and his first master degree (MSc.) in computer architecture from Azad University, in 1998. He has worked with Data Processing Iran (ex-IBM), as a Systems Engineer and Senior R&D Engineer during 1992-2001. He received his second MSc. degree with distinction from the Information Networking Institute (INI) of the Carnegie Mellon University, in 2006. In August 2007 he joined Athens Information Technology (AIT) as a research scientist, while also pursuing a PhD degree. He received his PhD degree from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) (BarcelonaTech) in 2011. He was the main technical investigator of FP7 ICT EU DICONET project (STREP) and also FP7 ICT EU BONE project (NoE). In August 2010 he joined the High Performance Networks Research group of school of Computer Science and Electronic Enginnering of University of Essex as a Senior Research Officer. He is a professional member of ACM and a member of IEEE.

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Research Interests:

Software Defined Networking (SDN)
Systems integration
Cross-layer optimization in computer networks
Performance evaluation of computer networks/systems
Network Virtualization
Network management systems (NMS)
Design and development of network planning/operation tools
Planning and operation tools for optical-bypass (Translucent) networks
Physical impairments aware lightpath routing algorithms (IA-RWA)
Operating systems and networks
Techno-economic evaluation of broadband access networks

Education:

Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (Computer Networks)

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Duration: 09/2007 - 02/2011 PhD dissertation title: "Physical Impairments Aware Planning and Operation of Transparent Optical Networks" (Presentation) (Dissertation) Supervisors and advisers: Prof. Josep Solé-Pareta (pareta(at)ac.upc.edu) Prof. Ioannis Tomkos (itom(at)ait.edu.gr)

M.Sc. in Information Networking (MSIN)

Information Networking Institute (INI), Carnegie Mellon University Duration: 09/2004 - 05/2006 M.Sc. Thesis title: "A Simulation Study for Performance Evaluation of Optical Burst Switched Networks" (Presentation) (Thesis) Supervisors: Prof. Anna Tzanakaki (atza(at)ait.edu.gr) Prof. Ioannis Tomkos (itom(at)ait.edu.gr) Cumulative QPA: 3.86/4.00

MSc. in Computer Architecture (Computer Networks)

Islamic Azad University, Science & Research Campus (Tehran-Iran) Duration: 09/1995 - 02/1998 M.Eng. Thesis title: "An Approach in Congestion Control Mechanisms for LAN Interconnection Across High-speed Networks" Supervisor: Prof. Ali Movaghar GPA: 19.23/20.00

B. Eng. in Computer Engineering (Computer Hardware)

University of Tehran, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Duration: 09/1989 - 07/1994 GPA: 16.10/20.00