Diman Zad Tootaghaj

Research Scientist

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Labs

I'm Diman Zad-Tootaghaj, I am a research scientist at Hewlett Packard Labs in Palo Alto, California. I work on Serverless Computing, Network Programmability, SmartNics, Software-Defined Network solutions in Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN), Edge as a Service, Serverless Orchestration and Auto-scaling, Optimization algorithms and Consensus protocols.

I earned my PhD in Computer Science and Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. Prior to Penn State, I got my B.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology, Iran. During my PhD, I was working in the Institute for Networking and Security Research (INSR) and Network Sciences Research Group (NSRG) under supervision of Prof. Thomas La Porta (advisor), Dr. Ting He (co-advisor), and Dr. Novella Bartolini.

My research area is computer networks, stochastic analysis, operating system, and parallel computing. I graduated from Sharif University of technology, with MSc. in Electrical Engineering.

My recent contribution is GTNS (Game-Theoretic Network Simulator). You could also find the related publications as linked in this website.

Education

PhD Candidate in Computer Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, US.

Msc Student in Electrical Engineering Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

Bsc in Electrical Engineering Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Minor: Data communications.

High School and Diploma & Secondary school in Center of Exceptional Talents in Mathematics and Physics, Zanjan, Iran, June 2003.

Awards

Awarded the College of Engineering Graduate Scholarship for Excellence in Engineering 2017.

Awarded College of Engineering Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.

CRA-W Grad Cohort Travel Grant, San Diego, USA, 2016.

CRA-W Grad Cohort Travel Grant, San Francisco, USA, 2015.

Google Travel Grant for HITB (Hack in the Box Security Conference), Amsterdam, Netherlands 2014.

Developing Simulator for routing protocols of Wireless Ad-hoc Networks: GTNS: Game-theoretic Network Simulator. Implementing some routing protocols, booked as an invention, 2010.

Ranked Top %1 in the Nationwide University of Iran Entrance Exam for M.SC., 2008.

Ranked Top %1 in the Nationwide University of Iran Entrance Exam for B.SC., 2003.

Projects

Microsoft Research Internship: Working on Uncertain<T> probabilistic programming language for gesture recognition in Windows Mobile applications, Under Supervision of Kathryn S. McKinley and Todd Mytkowicz, summer 2015. [link][paper]

Performance evaluation of Mini applications on Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessors, 2014.

Parallel File Server Project, 2014. [link]

M.SC. Thesis: Analysis of Routing Misbehavior in Ad-Hoc Networks, Under Supervision of Prof. M. R. Aref and Dr. M. R. Pakravan, 2010.

B.SC. Thesis: Analysis of Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Algorithms in Fiber to the Home, Under Supervision of Prof. J. A. Salehi, 2004-2005.

Designing Game-theoretic Network Simulator (GTNS) Since 2009.

Design and Manufacturing an advanced PDA (Partial Discharge Analyzer) for verifying insulation of high voltage motors and generators, National Project in Power Ministry, NRI (Niroo Research Institute), 2007-2008.

Analysis of 3G/4G Cellular Communications Protocols, 2010