NMS – Networks and mobile systems

Hari Balakrishnan

Manya Ghobadi

Mohammad Alizadeh

Anton Zabreyko

TBD

Arash Nasr-Esfahany

TBD

Benoit Pit–Claudel

PhD student at MIT working with Manya Ghobadi and Muriel Médard on principled approaches to datacenter networking problems.

Charlie Liu

Charlie is a Ph.D. student interested in building various computer systems for better connectivity and performance.

Chenning Li

Chenning is focused on simulating and optimizing large-scale networked systems.

Harsha Sharma

Interested in ML and systems

James Lynch

TBD

Joe Chandler

I’m a current MEng student in the NMS group advised by Hari Balakrishnan and Mohammad Alizadeh. I’m from Indianapolis, IN and graduated undergrad from MIT in May 2024 with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering (6-3) and a minor in Mathematics (18). I am currently working on systems using LLMs. I previously worked on applied computer vision.

Kimia Noorbakhsh

Kimia is interested in exploring large language models, focusing on enhancing learning and training in domain-specific settings. She earned her BSc in Computer Engineering from Sharif University of Technology.

Liam Kronman

I’m an undergraduate who has been UROPing with Prof. Manya Ghobadi for Lightning, LighTCAM, and MLTCP.

Mingran Yang

Mingran Yang is a Ph.D. student advised by Prof. Manya Ghobadi. Before joining MIT, she received her bachelor’s degree from Fudan University and master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University. Her research interests include systems and networking, with a particular emphasis on developing innovative network systems for machine learning applications. She is a recipient of the 2022 Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship and MIT Presidential Fellowship.

Pantea Karimi

I build systems with application in mind. I’m focusing on robust and reliable applications using LLMs. Previously, I’ve worked extensively in enhancing the quality of real-time video applications.

Pouya Hamadanian

Pouya is a PhD student in MIT CSAIL, supervised by Professor Mohammad Alizadeh. He is a Jacobs Fellow (MIT presidential fellow). His research interest spans automated data-driven decision making, causal simulation, and the integration of machine learning and networked systems. His research contributions have been recognized by the NSDI 23′ best paper award.

Sanjoli Narang

I am a first year PhD student interested in Networks, Hardware-Software Co-design and Systems for Machine Learning

Sudarsanan Rajasekaran

I am a 4th year PhD student under the guidance of Prof. Manya, passionate in building networking scheduling and congestion control systems specialized for DNN workloads.

Sunghyun Kim

TBD

Weiyang (Frank) Wang

Weiyang “Frank” Wang is a Ph.D. student working at MIT CSAIL with Professor Manya Ghobadi. Frank’s research centers on computer networking, focusing on machine learning systems, reconfigurable networks, and traffic engineering. When he does not have a computer or a network, he switches directions to coffee making, photography, and powerlifting.

Will Sussman

I work on the CityMesh project. Previously I worked on the LAVA project at Yale. Outside of lab, I serve as president of MIT Graduate Hillel.

Lingling Fan

TBD

Megan Farmer

TBD