Md Sadman Siraj

About

PhD Student & Research Assistant

Interested in Machine Learning, Alternative Positioning, Navigation and Timing, Wireless Communication and Networks, & Resource Allocation and Management

  • City: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
  • Email: mdsadmansiraj96@unm.edu

I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of New Mexico, USA, as a member of the Performance and Resource Optimization in Networks (PROTON) Lab, with Prof. E. E. Tsiropoulou as an advisor since January 2022. I obtained my Bachelor's Degree from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in March 2020 and my Master's in Computer Engineering from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico in December 2023.

My research primarly involves developing novel decision-making algorithms using Game Theory, Network Economics and Reinforcement learning for alternative positioning, navigation and timing methods. My specialization lies in wireless communications and networks, resource management in wireless networks, and parallel processing with high performance computing. My research endeavors and innovative ideas has led to several publications in flagship conferences and top-tier journals along with an invention disclosure to the US Patent office. I am currently associated to several research projects in collaboration with the Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and Bank of Canada which complements my skills as a researcher and is a recognition of my novel contributions to the field of wireless communications, cybersecurity, and software development.

I am the current Chairperson of the IEEE Albuquerque Section Computer Society and Communications Society Joint Chapter, an active student member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group and IEEE Special Interests Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT). I have been the Chairperson for IEEE Student Branch University of Dhaka (IEEE SB DU) from 2019 to 2021.

Resume

Professional Experience

University of New Mexico, USA

May 2022 - Present

Graduate Research Assistant

  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Performance and Resource Optimization in Networks (PROTON) Lab

University of New Mexico, USA

January 2022 - May 2022

Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Undergraduate Course: Signals & Systems
  • Undergraduate Course: Electromagnetic Fields & Waves
  • Undergraduate Course: Introduction to Power Systems

Upskill, Bangladesh

June 2020 - December 2021

Online Course Instructor

  • Python Programming Fundamentals: Variables, Expressions, Conditionals, Loops, Functions
  • Data Structures: Strings, Files, Lists, Dictionaries, Tuples
  • Web Data in Python: Regular Expressions, Sockets, URLlibs, HTTP, XML, JSON
  • Database in Python: Tables, DBMS, Relations, SQL, SQLite, RDBMS

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Engineering

January 2022 - Present

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM, USA

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Expected Graduation: Spring 2026

M.Sc. in Computer Engineering

January 2022 - December 2023

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM, USA

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Expected Graduation: Fall 2023

B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

January 2016 - March 2020

University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Major: Communication

Minor: Electronics

Skills

Programming & Software

  • Python, C, C++
  • Deep Learning with Keras
  • Reinforcement Learning in Python
  • SLURM / High Performance Computing
  • MATLAB
  • Python
  • SQL


    • Complete CV

    Analytical Skills

  • Research & open data aggregation
  • Data cleaning & processing
  • Excellent visualizations

    • Communication & Interpersonal Skills

  • Collaborative project management
  • Advanced presentation skills
  • Research Paper Writing

    • Publications

    Google Scholar

    Journal & Magazine Publications

    1. S. Tsikteris, A. B. Rahman, M. S. Siraj, P. Charatsaris, and E. E. Tsiropoulou, "TRUST-ME: Trust-Based Resource Allocation and Server Selection in Multi-Access Edge Computing," in Future Internet 2024, 16(8), 278, doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/fi16080278.

    2. E. E. Tsiropoulou, A. B. Rahman and M. S. Siraj, "HELIOCOMM: A Wireless Revolution in Concentrated Solar Power Systems," in IT Professional, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 73-79, May-June 2024, doi:10.1109/MITP.2024.3389502.

    3. N. Kemp, M. S. Siraj, E. E. Tsiropoulou, Elektra: Empowering prosumers with distributed prosumer grouping and game-theoretic energy procurement, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 133 (2024) 102918, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2024.102918.

    4. N. Kemp, M. S. Siraj, E. E. Tsiropoulou, Coalitional demand response management in community energy management systems, Energies 16 (17) (2023), doi:10.3390/en16176363.

    5. M. S. Siraj, A. B. Rahman, M. Diamanti, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and S. Papavassiliou, "Alternative Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Enabled by Games in Satisfaction Form and Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces," in IEEE Systems Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 5035-5046, Sept. 2023, doi:10.1109/JSYST.2023.3268989.

    Conference Publications

    1. G. Mystriotis, M. S. Siraj, M. Diamanti, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and Symeon Papavassiliou, "FedLearner: Autonomous Node Selection for Multi-Model Federated Learning," in GLOBECOM 2024 Workshop - 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference Workshop, 2024. (Accepted)

    2. S. Tsikteris, M. S. Siraj, A. B. Rahman, P. Charatsaris, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and Symeon Papavassiliou, "Edge Computing Resource Allocation based on Trust and Multilateral Bargaining," in CAMAD 2024 - 2024 IEEE 29th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, 2024. (Accepted)

    3. M. S. Siraj, A. B. Rahman, and E. E. Tsiropoulou, "Energy Efficiency and Latency Optimization in Wireless Concentrated Solar Power Fields," in WF-IoT 2024 - 2024 IEEE 10th World Forum on Internet of Things. (Accepted)

    4. A. B. Rahman, M. S. Siraj, and E. E. Tsiropoulou, "HELIO-NET: Heliostats Empowered With Wireless Integrated Access and Backhaul Technology," in WF-IoT 2024 - 2024 IEEE 10th World Forum on Internet of Things. (Accepted)

    5. J. Bingham, M. S. Siraj, and E. E. Tsiropoulou, "MERCURY: Multilateral Bargaining on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Alternative Positioning, Navigation, and Timing," in WF-IoT 2024 - 2024 IEEE 10th World Forum on Internet of Things. (Accepted)

    6. S. Tsikteris, A. B. Rahman, M. S. Siraj, P. Charatsaris, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and Symeon Papavassiliou, "TRUSTCACHE: Trust-based Content Caching in Information-Centric Networks," in GLOBECOM 2024 - 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2024. (Accepted)

    7. N. Kemp, M. S. Siraj, and E. E. Tsiropoulou, "Peer-to-Peer Electric Vehicles Energy Trading through Reinforcement Learning and Multilateral Bargaining," in GLOBECOM 2024 - 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2024. (Accepted)

    8. M. S. Siraj, J. R. Atencio, and E. E. Tsiropoulou, "Dead-on-Target: An Accurate Alternative Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Solution," in ICC 2024 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Denver, CO, USA, 2024, pp. 3377-3382, doi: 10.1109/ICC51166.2024.10622176.

    9. A. S. Penafiel, M. S. Siraj, and E. E. Tsiropoulou, "GENESIS: Green Energy Efficiency Optimization in Integrated Sensing and Communication Networks," in ICC 2024 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Denver, CO, USA, 2024, pp. 4329-4334, doi: 10.1109/ICC51166.2024.10622218.

    10. N. Kemp, M. S. Siraj, I. M. Baca, and E. E. Tsiropoulou, "SMARTFORM: Self-Managed Coalition Formation for Energy Trading in Smart Grid Systems," in ICC 2024 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Denver, CO, USA, 2024, pp. 3110-3115, doi: 10.1109/ICC51166.2024.10622323.

    11. A. Adesokan, M. S. Siraj, A. S. Penafiel, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and S. Papavassiliou, "GAIA: A Dynamic Crowdmapping Framework Based on Hedonic Coalition Formation Games," GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023, pp. 2299-2304, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10436835.

    12. N. Kemp, M. S. Siraj, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and S. Papavassiliou, "Community-Based Load Balancing and Prosumers Incentivization in Smart Grid Systems," GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023, pp. 2245-2250, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437748.

    13. M. S. Siraj, E. E. Tsiropoulou, S. Papavassiliou, and J. Plusquellic, "SAFE: Secure Symbiotic Positioning, Navigation, and Timing," GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023, pp. 2832-2837, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437205.

    14. A. B. Rahman, M. S. Siraj, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and S. Pavassiliou, "Mutualistic Compute Continuum: A Network Economics Analysis," 2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), Rome, Italy, 2023, pp. 1565-1570, doi: 10.1109/ICCWorkshops57953.2023.10283544.

    15. A. Adesokan, M. S. Siraj, A. B. Rahman, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and S. Pavassiliou, "How to become an Influencer in Social Networks," ICC 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Rome, Italy, 2023, pp. 5570-5575, doi: 10.1109/ICC45041.2023.10279644.

    16. M. S. Siraj, A. B. Rahman, E. E. Tsiropoulou, S. Papavassiliou, and J. Plusquellic, "Symbiotic Positioning, Navigation, and Timing," 2023 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT), Pafos, Cyprus, 2023, pp. 261-268, doi: 10.1109/DCOSS-IoT58021.2023.00052.

    17. A. B. Rahman, P. Charatsaris, M. S. Siraj, and E. E. Tsiropoulou, "Symbiotic Content Caching in Next-Generation Information-Centric Networking," 2023 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT), Pafos, Cyprus, 2023, pp. 414-421, doi: 10.1109/DCOSS-IoT58021.2023.00072.

    18. M. S. Siraj, A. B. Rahman, P. Charatsaris, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and S. Papavassiliou, "Positioning, Navigation, and Timing on the Air," 2023 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT), Pafos, Cyprus, 2023, pp. 661-668, doi: 10.1109/DCOSS-IoT58021.2023.00105.

    19. M. S. Siraj, A. B. Rahman, M. Diamanti, E. E. Tsiropoulou, S. Papavassiliou, and J. Plusquellic, "Orchestration of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing," MILCOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Rockville, MD, USA, 2022, pp. 148-153, doi: 10.1109/MILCOM55135.2022.10017665.

    20. A. B. Rahman, M. S. Siraj, N. Kubiak, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and S. Papavassiliou, "Network Economics-based Crowdsourcing in Online Social Networks," GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2022, pp. 4655-4660, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM48099.2022.10001611.

    21. M. S. Siraj, M. S. Hossain, R. Brown, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and S. Papavassiliou, "Incentives to Learn: A Location-based Federated Learning Model," 2022 Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS), Argostoli, Greece, 2022, pp. 40-45, doi: 10.1109/GIIS56506.2022.9937034.

    22. Faisal, M. A. A., Siraj, M. S., Abdullah, M. T., Shahid, O., Abir, F. F., & Ahad, M. A. R. (2020, September). A pragmatic signal processing approach for nurse care activity recognition using classical machine learning. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (pp. 396-401). [doi: 10.1145/3410530.3414337]

    23. Siraj, M. S., Faisal, M. A. A., Shahid, O., Abir, F. F., Hossain, T., Inoue, S., & Ahad, M. A. R. (2020, September). UPIC: User and position independent classical approach for locomotion and transportation modes recognition. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (pp. 340-345). [doi: 10.1145/3410530.3414343]

    24. M. S. Siraj and M. A. R. Ahad, "A Hybrid Deep Learning Framework using CNN and GRU-based RNN for Recognition of Pairwise Similar Activities," 2020 Joint 9th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV) and 2020 4th International Conference on Imaging, Vision & Pattern Recognition (icIVPR), Kitakyushu, Japan, 2020, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/ICIEVicIVPR48672.2020.9306630.

    25. K. M. Khabir, M. S. Siraj, M. Ahmed and M. U. Ahmed, "Prediction of Gender and Age from Inertial Sensor-based Gait Dataset," 2019 Joint 8th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV) and 2019 3rd International Conference on Imaging, Vision & Pattern Recognition (icIVPR), Spokane, WA, USA, 2019, pp. 371-376, doi: 10.1109/ICIEV.2019.8858521.

    26. K. M. Khabir, M. S. Siraj, M. A. Habib, T. Hossain and M. A. R. Ahad, "A Study on DSR Routing Protocol in Adhoc Network for Daily Activities of Elderly Living," 2018 Joint 7th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV) and 2018 2nd International Conference on Imaging, Vision & Pattern Recognition (icIVPR), Kitakyushu, Japan, 2018, pp. 573-577, doi: 10.1109/ICIEV.2018.8640994.

    27. S. S. Saha, M. S. Siraj and W. B. Habib, "FoodAlytics: A formalin detection system incorporating a supervised learning approach," 2017 IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10-HTC), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2017, pp. 26-29, doi: 10.1109/R10-HTC.2017.8288898.

    Technical Reports

    1. E. E. Tsiropoulou, A. B. Rahman and M. S. Siraj. 2024. HELIOCOMM: Wireless Controls State-of-the-Art Report. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL/SR-5K00-88431.

    Book Chapters

    1. Siraj, M.S., Shahid, O., Ahad, M.A.R. (2021). Cooking Activity Recognition with Varying Sampling Rates Using Deep Convolutional GRU Framework. In: Ahad, M.A.R., Lago, P., Inoue, S. (eds) Human Activity Recognition Challenge. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 199. Springer, Singapore. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8269-1_10

    Patents

    1. E. E. Tsiropoulou, A. B. Rahman, and M. S. Siraj, "HELIOCOMM: A Resilient Wireless Heliostats Communication System", UNMI No: 2024-015-02, Submitted to UNM Rainforest.

    Honors & Awards

    • IEEE Albuquerque Section Outstanding Service Award 2024 -- awarded for service to the Region and to the Institute, and for making an outstanding contribution to the electro-technology profession


    • Excellence in Mentoring, 2024, Project for New Mexico Graduates of Color (PNMGC), University of New Mexico


    • M.Sc. in Computer Engineering with Distinction, Class of 2023, University of New Mexico


    • IEEE Albuquerque Section Outstanding Graduate Engineering Student Award 2023 -- awarded for outstanding academic performance in the field of Computing and Communications


    • ECE Outstanding Student Teaching Award 2023 -- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, University of New Mexico awarded me the ECE Outstanding Student Teaching Award


    • IEEE HPSR 2023, IEEE GLOBECOM 2022 GCSN and IEEE ISCC 2022 Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member


    • Science for Mankind Research Award, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Teaching

    Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Undergraduate Courses, Dpeartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, 2022

    • Signals & Systems

    Assisted in grading students in Signals & Systems [ECE-314L]

    Fourier Representations, Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) Systems and Z-Transformations

    • Electromagnetic Fields & Waves

    Assisted in grading students in Electromagnetic Fields & Waves [ECE-360]

    Vector Analysis & Calculus, Electrostatics, Magnetostatics, Electromagnetic Wave Propagation, Transmission Lines, Waveguides, Antennas

    • Introduction to Power Systems

    Assisting in grading students in Introduction to Power Systems [ECE-381]

    Fundamentals of Power Systems, Power Transformers, Transmission Line Parameters, Power Flows, Symmetrical & Unsymmetrical Faults