Est. 2002 · IUST

Distributed
Systems Laboratory

A research group exploring the foundations of distributed computation — from kernel-level awareness to cloud-scale orchestration.

HPC HDA ESC DAI DSP CEP EFCC WSAN SEC DSL EST. 2002
By the numbers
  • 0 Members
  • 0 Alumni
  • 0 Years
  • 200+ Papers
Lab pulse
  • Sep 2026 Phoenix accepted in SN Computer Science
  • Aug 2026 Toward Green IoT accepted in Sustainable Computing
  • Jun 2026 New MSc and PhD cohort joins the lab
  • Apr 2026 Reza Rezaee presents on AiOps in microservices
Work with us

We're recruiting PhD and MSc students in distributed systems, high performance computing, and machine learning systems.

How to join
Team

Current members

PhD and Master students currently working on their theses at the lab.

PhD students

Portrait of Arman Aghdashi
PhD

Arman Aghdashi

2024 – Present

Research interests
  • Green IoT
  • Fog-Cloud Computing
  • Edge Intelligence
  • Energy-aware Systems
Current seminar / project

Energy-aware service placement across the fog-cloud continuum

Portrait of Ahmad Niknezhad
PhD

Ahmad Niknezhad

Research interests
  • Data Stream Processing
  • Distributed Systems
  • Runtime Adaptation
  • Control Theory and Adaptive Systems
  • Resource Management and Performance Optimization
  • Cloud/Edge Computing
Current seminar / project

Runtime Adaptation in Data Stream Processing Using Control Theory: Adaptive Window Management and Data Shedding for Joint Accuracy and Latency Optimization

PhD

Fatemeh Sarkohaki

Research interests
  • Computer Networks
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Fog and Cloud Computing
  • VANETs
  • Service Placement
Current seminar / project

Priority-Aware, Green, and Containerized Placement of VANET Application Services in Fog-Cloud Computing Environments

Portrait of Melika Mosayebi
PhD

Melika Mosayebi

Research interests
  • Federated Learning
  • Orchestration in Federated Learning
Current seminar / project

A Workload-Aware Approach to Client Orchestration in Federated Learning

Portrait of Amirhossein Mosayebi
PhD

Amirhossein Mosayebi

Research interests
  • Federated Learning
  • Edge Computing Resource Management
Current seminar / project

A Mechanism for Managing Straggler Edge Computing Resources in Federated Learning

Master students

Portrait of Sina Mahboobipour
Master

Sina Mahboobipour

2025 – Present

Research interests
  • Distributed Systems
  • AI Systems
  • Cloud Computing
  • Machine Learning
  • Scalable Systems
Current seminar / project

A Study of Resilience and Service Continuity Considerations in Multi-Cloud Architectures

Portrait of Matin Ghanbari
Master

Matin Ghanbari

2025 – Present

Research interests
  • Distributed Systems
Current seminar / project

Serverless scheduling under bursty workloads

Portrait of Arman Azadi
Master

Arman Azadi

Research interests
  • Distributed Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Intelligent Agents
  • Large Language Models
Current seminar / project

Synergy between large language models and distributed systems

Portrait of Reza Rezaee
Master

Reza Rezaee

Research interests
  • AIOps
  • Anomaly Detection
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Microservices
  • Distributed AI
Current seminar / project

Anomaly Detection and Root Cause Analysis in Microservices

Portrait of Elahe Yaghoubi
Master

Elahe Yaghoubi

Research interests
  • Federated Learning
  • Federated MLOps
  • Security in Distributed ML
  • ML for Software Engineering
Current seminar / project

A Survey on System Architecture, Security, and Optimization Challenges and Solutions in Federated MLOps Platforms

Portrait of Hesam Fattahi
Master

Hesam Fattahi

Research interests
  • edge-computing
  • serverless-computing
  • sustainable-computing
Current seminar / project

Carbon-aware offloading for serverless functions in the edge-cloud continuum

Master

Kamran Hayati

Research interests
  • Serverless Architecture
  • Cloud Gaming
  • Multi-Cloud Paradigm
  • Real-Time Systems
  • Quality of Service (QoS)
  • Quality of Experience (QoE)
  • Agentic AI
  • Cloud Orchestration
Current seminar / project

Cloud Gaming: Designing A QoS / QoE Aware Gamehub In A Multi-Cloud Environment

Portrait of Amir Karimi
Master

Amir Karimi

Research interests
  • Distributed Systems
  • Real-Time Stream Processing
  • Apache Flink
  • Big Data Architectures
  • Energy-Aware Computing
  • High-Throughput and Low-Latency Data Stream Analytics
Current seminar / project

Predictive and Energy-Aware Task Scheduling in Real-Time Stream Data Processing Based on Apache Flink Using Machine Learning

Portrait of Mohammad Adeli
Master

Mohammad Adeli

Research interests
  • Quantum Cloud Computing
  • Quantum Resource Management
  • Task Orchestration
  • Adaptive Shot Allocation
  • VQA Workload Management
  • Deep Reinforcement Learning
Current seminar / project

Efficient Management of Workloads and Tasks of Variational Quantum Algorithm based Applications in Quantum Cloud Computing Environments using Reinforcement Learning

Archive

Alumni

Every student who has completed a thesis in the lab — grouped by graduation year.

2024

13 alumni

2020

2 alumni

2019

1 alumni

2018

9 alumni

2017

1 alumni

2016

1 alumni

2015

5 alumni

2014

3 alumni

2013

3 alumni

2012

3 alumni

2010

1 alumni
Open to new students

Interested in joining the lab?

We welcome motivated graduate students with strong foundations in operating systems, distributed computing, or computer networks. If our research matches your interests, reach out with a short note and your CV.