Md Sadman Siraj

Md Sadman Siraj

Graduate Research Associate,
ENGR School of Electrical, Computing and Energy Engineering Research Tsiropoulou Group
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Student Information
Graduate Student
Computer Engineering (Electrical Engineering)
Ira A Fulton Engineering

Long Bio

I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at the Arizona State University, 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 primarily 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.

Education
  • Ph.D. in Computer Engineering
    Arizona State University, USA
    School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
    Graduation: May 2026 (Expected)
     
  • M.Sc. in Computer Engineering
    University of New Mexico, USA
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Graduation: December 2023
     
  • B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    Graduation: March 2020
CV
Curriculum Vitae
Research Website URL
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/IVH-7378-2023
Google Scholar URL
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=S5HhON8AAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID Profile ID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1391-5774
Research Interests

Machine Learning, Alternative Positioning, Navigation and Timing, Wireless Communication
and Networks, Network Economics, Resource Allocation and Management, Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)

Research Group

Performance and Resource Optimization (PROTON) Laboratory
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Arizona State University

Publications

Journal & Magazine Publications

  1. J. R. Atencio, M. S. Siraj, and E. E. Tsiropoulou, "EVACUSCAPE: Internet of Things-enabled emergency evacuation based on matching theory," in Internet of Things, Mar. 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.iot.2025.101581.
  2. M. S. Siraj, P. Charatsaris, M. Diamanti, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and S. Papavassiliou, "HEROES: Humanitarian Emergency Response based on UAV-enabled Integrated Sensing and Communication, Positioning, and Satisfaction Games," in ACM Journal on Autonomous Transportation Systems, Jan. 2025, doi: 10.1145/3715334
  3. N. Kemp, M. S. Siraj, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and S. Papavassiliou, "INTELTRADE: Intelligent Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading System with Dynamic Pricing and Coalition Formation," in IEEE Access, Jan. 2025, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3530428.
  4. A. B. Rahman, M. S. Siraj, and E. E. Tsiropoulou, "Wireless Communications for Concentrated Solar Power Fields," in IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, Jan. 2025, doi: 10.1109/TGCN.2025.3526999.
  5. M. S. Siraj, J. R. Atencio, and E. E. Tsiropoulou, "PANTHER: A Power-Optimized and Accurate Positioning, Navigation, and Timing with High Efficiency and Reliability," in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.3521293.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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. M. S. Siraj, A. B Rahman, C. Minwalla, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and J. Plusquellic, "Sourcing Trust From Peers with Physical Unclonable Functions," in HOST 2025 - 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust, 2025. (Accepted)
  2. S. Tsikteris, M. S. Siraj, D. B Cook II, J. Rogers, and E. E. Tsiropoulou, "PIONEER: Positioning of Targets in Featureless GPS Denied Environments," in ICC 2025 - 2025 IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2025. (Accepted)
  3. D. Adhikary, M. S. Siraj, and E. E. Tsiropoulou, "DRAGON: Data and Resource Allocation in ISAC Systems based on Game Theory and Learning," in ICC 2025 - 2025 IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2025. (Accepted)
  4. 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 Workshops - 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference Workshops, 2024. (Accepted)
  5. 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)
  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. 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, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2024, pp. 924-929, doi: 10.1109/WF-IoT62078.2024.10811234.
  9. 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, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2024, pp. 358-363, doi: 10.1109/WF-IoT62078.2024.10811204.
  10. 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, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2024, pp. 870-875, doi: 10.1109/WF-IoT62078.2024.10811451.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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," in GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023, pp. 2299-2304, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10436835.
  15. N. Kemp, M. S. Siraj, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and S. Papavassiliou, "Community-Based Load Balancing and Prosumers Incentivization in Smart Grid Systems," in GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023, pp. 2245-2250, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437748.
  16. M. S. Siraj, E. E. Tsiropoulou, S. Papavassiliou, and J. Plusquellic, "SAFE: Secure Symbiotic Positioning, Navigation, and Timing," in GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023, pp. 2832-2837, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437205.
  17. A. B. Rahman, M. S. Siraj, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and S. Pavassiliou, "Mutualistic Compute Continuum: A Network Economics Analysis," in ICC Workshops 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, Rome, Italy, 2023, pp. 1565-1570, doi: 10.1109/ICCWorkshops57953.2023.10283544.
  18. A. Adesokan, M. S. Siraj, A. B. Rahman, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and S. Pavassiliou, "How to become an Influencer in Social Networks," in ICC 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Rome, Italy, 2023, pp. 5570-5575, doi: 10.1109/ICC45041.2023.10279644.
  19. M. S. Siraj, A. B. Rahman, E. E. Tsiropoulou, S. Papavassiliou, and J. Plusquellic, "Symbiotic Positioning, Navigation, and Timing," in DCOSS-IoT 2023 - 2023 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, Pafos, Cyprus, 2023, pp. 261-268, doi: 10.1109/DCOSS-IoT58021.2023.00052.
  20. A. B. Rahman, P. Charatsaris, M. S. Siraj, and E. E. Tsiropoulou, "Symbiotic Content Caching in Next-Generation Information-Centric Networking," in DCOSS-IoT 2023 - 2023 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, Pafos, Cyprus, 2023, pp. 414-421, doi: 10.1109/DCOSS-IoT58021.2023.00072.
  21. M. S. Siraj, A. B. Rahman, P. Charatsaris, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and S. Papavassiliou, "Positioning, Navigation, and Timing on the Air," in DCOSS-IoT 2023 - 2023 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, Pafos, Cyprus, 2023, pp. 661-668, doi: 10.1109/DCOSS-IoT58021.2023.00105.
  22. 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," in MILCOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Rockville, MD, USA, 2022, pp. 148-153, doi: 10.1109/MILCOM55135.2022.10017665.
  23. A. B. Rahman, M. S. Siraj, N. Kubiak, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and S. Papavassiliou, "Network Economics-based Crowdsourcing in Online Social Networks," in GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2022, pp. 4655-4660, doi: 10.1109/GLOBECOM48099.2022.10001611.
  24. M. S. Siraj, M. S. Hossain, R. Brown, E. E. Tsiropoulou, and S. Papavassiliou, "Incentives to Learn: A Location-based Federated Learning Model," in GIIS 2022 - 2022 Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium, Argostoli, Greece, 2022, pp. 40-45, doi: 10.1109/GIIS56506.2022.9937034.
  25. M. A. A. Faisal, M. S. Siraj, M. T. Abdullah, O. Shahid, F. F. Abir, and M. A. R. Ahad, "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, Virtual Event Mexico, pp. 396-401, doi: 10.1145/3410530.3414337.
  26. M. S. Siraj, M. A. A. Faisal, O. Shahid, F. F. Abir, T. Hossain, S. Inoue, and M. A. R Ahad, "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, Virtual Event Mexico, pp. 340-345, doi: 10.1145/3410530.3414343.
  27. 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," in 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.
  28. K. M. Khabir, M. S. Siraj, M. Ahmed and M. U. Ahmed, "Prediction of Gender and Age from Inertial Sensor-based Gait Dataset," in 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.
  29. 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," in 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.
  30. S. S. Saha, M. S. Siraj, and W. B. Habib, "FoodAlytics: A formalin detection system incorporating a supervised learning approach," in R10-HTC 2017 - 2017 IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference, 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.
Research Activity

Graduate Research Associate
Performance and Resource Optimization Lab (PROTON Lab), Arizona State University
January 2025 - Present
Performance and Resource Optimization Lab (PROTON Lab), University of New Mexico
January 2022 - December 2024

  • Designing alternative positioning, navigation and timing methods for GPS-denial scenarios.
  • Investigation of novel resource management techniques in wireless communications and networks.
  • Application of game theory and network economics for developing new decision-making algorithms.
  • Application of reinforcement learning for localization using UAVs through integrated sensing and communication.
     

Research Projects
1. HELIOCOMM Project: A Resilient Wireless Heliostats Communication System
April 2023 – Present

  • A joint research project by the Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Sandia National Laboratories, and Arizona State University.
  • Designed primary components including integrated access and backhaul (IAB) technology, AI-based clustering, entropy-based routing, dynamic spectrum management, and interference mitigation.
  • Simulated the wireless network for a two-year duration based on real-time energy harvested by PV panel and real-time updates of azimuth and elevation angles of the heliostats.
  • Implemented the simulation with parallel processing assisted by the High Performance Computing (HPC) of NREL Computational Science Center and UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC).


2. Goaltender Project: Cloud-Based Defense and Response Tools for the DER Ecosystem
January 2024 – Present

  • A joint research project by the Department of Energy, the Sandia National Laboratories, and Arizona State University.
  • Collected large, labeled dataset of IEEE 2030.5 XML and OCPP 2.0.1 JSON payloads, and parsed and pre-processed the collected dataset to create a training dataset for machine learning-based cyber-attack detection.
  • Extracted informative features from the collected payloads to distinguish between malicious and benign data samples.
  • Explored and evaluated multiple machine learning models for malware detection, considering supervised and un-supervised learning methods


3. CBDC Project: Central Bank Digital Currency
December 2023 – Present

  • A joint research project by the Bank of Canada, and Arizona State University.
  • Developed an Android application incorporated with Physical Unclonable Function (PUF)-based authentication database.
  • Integrated the software-based PUF authentication with PeerTrust protocol.
  • Explored reinforcement learning approaches for in-field use.
  • Developed a PUF-based authentication incorporated with software-based instances of PeerTrust protocol packaged in an Android application.
Presentations
  • Conference paper presentations at the 2022 Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS) and 2024 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC).
  • Poster presentation on "SAFE: Secure Symbiotic Positioning, Navigation, and Timing" at The LoboBITES Research Poster Presentation 2023, Shared Knowledge Conference, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
  • Idea presentation on "Alternative Positioning, Navigation, and Timing" at The LoboBITES 2022, Shared Knowledge Conference, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
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
  • 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
Professional Associations

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Graduate Student Membership
IEEE Communications Society Membership
IEEE Computer Society Membership

Work History

Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member
IEEE Conferences
• IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing, 5-7 June 2023, Albuquerque, USA.

Peer Reviews — verified by Web of Science
IEEE Journals and Conferences
• 1 Paper - IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
• 4 Papers - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 9-13 June 2024, Denver, USA.
• 3 Papers - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart
Grids, 31 October-3 November 2023, Glasgow, Scotland.
• 1 Paper - IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, 10-13 October 2023, Hong Kong.
• 1 Poster, 1 Demo - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, 9-12 July 2023, Tunis, Tunisia.
• 1 Paper - IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, 20-23 June 2023, Florence, Italy.
• 1 Paper - IEEE Global Communications Conference, 4-8 December 2022, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• 3 Posters - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, 30 June-3 July 2022, Rhodes, Greece.

Service

Chapter Chairperson
December 2023 – December 2024
IEEE Albuquerque Section Communications Society and Computer Society Joint Chapter

Chairperson 
August 2019 – August 2021
IEEE Student Branch University of Dhaka

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