Dr Arash Bozorgchenani

Profile

I am a lecturer in Intelligent Networks at the School of Computer Science since 2023. I obtained my B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in IT and Computer Networks in 2013 and 2016, respectively, in Iran. In 2019, I earned a Ph.D. degree in Telecommunications from the University of Bologna in Italy under the supervision of Prof. Daniele Tarchi. In 2019, I also worked as a visiting researcher at the University of Manitoba, Canada under the supervision of Prof. Ekram Hossain. Following that, from 2019-2020, I held a post-doctoral position at the University of Bologna, Italy. From 2020-2023 I served as a Research Associate at Lancaster University, the UK under the supervision of Prof. Qiang Ni. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and an active member of IEEE. My research experience spans across various fields including Computer Networking, Cloud/Edge Computing, Distributed Intelligence, Future Communication Systems, Wireless Communications, Resource Allocation, Optimization, and AI.

Over the past decade, I have conducted research in several institutions in Iran, Italy, Canada, and the UK, which has enabled me to build a broad network of collaborators internationally. I have experience working on national and European projects. One such project was GAUChO, a 3-year project funded by the Italian research minister, which involved 4 Italian universities. The project focused on designing and employing methodologies for a distributed and heterogeneous architecture to integrate fog computing and networking functionalities. Additionally, I actively worked on the H2020 SANCUS project, including 15 partners among 8 European countries, where I was responsible for the problem formulation and optimisation of the joint Security-vs-QoS trade-off for Intrusion Detection and Response Systems. Elements of my research under the EU SANCUS project (2020-2023) have contributed to a certification framework that supports EU manufacturers and operators in enhancing cybersecurity and mitigating cyberattacks, demonstrating impact beyond academia.

The results of my research activities have been over 30 published papers, several of which are in top-level IEEE Transactions. My research outputs have been published in IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, ACM, Wiley, and top-level IEEE conferences. Two of my papers published in IEEE TMC have been recognised among the most popular papers on IEEE Xplore, one ranked among the top 50 most popular papers for several months the other has also been featured as most popular paper. I have served as a TPC member (IEEE Globecom 2022 and 2024), session chair (IEEE WCNC 2018), organising member (IEEE ISWCS 2017) and tutorial speaker (IEEE Meditcom 2025) of IEEE flagship conferences. I have also contributed to the academic community by peer-reviewing leading international journals for over a decade.

Responsibilities

• Programme Lead for MSc. Advanced Computer Science (Cloud Computing)

Research interests

My research interests are Cloud and Multi-access Edge Computing, Distributed Intelligence, Computer Networking, Network Function Virtualization, Network Slicing, task scheduling, video content delivery, service deployment using different methodologies (such as Optimization, AI, and Game-theoretical techniques) for solving network resource allocation problems for B5G/6G. My research focuses on reducing latency, balancing network workloads, improving energy efficiency and providinig higher quality of service in edge-cloud environments. I develop algorithms, AI and theoretical models to optimise distributed computing systems, with an emphasis on resource-aware scheduling and adaptive learning.

Current PhD Students:

Amin Bagheri (Collaborative Intelligent Computing Services in Integrated space-air-terrestrial Networks)

Past visiting PhD Students:

Dr. David Naseh (University of Bologna)

Qualifications

• PhD in Telecommunications and IT, University of Bologna, Italy
• B.Sc. and M.Sc. in IT and Computer Networks, Iran

Professional memberships

• IEEE Member
• Higher Education Academy

Student education

I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). I have delivered modules in Procedural Programming, Networks, and Computer Systems and Architecture. I currently serve as the programme lead for MSc. Computer Science (Cloud Computing).

If you are interested in pursuing an MSc with us, please consider exploring our MSc programme in Cloud Computing.

I supervise UG and MSc students on a wide range of topics in distributed systems, covering both theoretical and experimental projects. Here is one example of a project by James Parkes:

In this project, robots perform complete coverage of an area. A leader is selected to divide the task into smaller sections, and these are distributed among the robots. Each robot covers its assigned section by following the boustrophedon path, a simple back-and-forth motion.

Research groups and institutes

• Distributed Systems and Services