Current Team Members

Current Postdoctoral Fellows

Yoga Suhas Kuruba Manjunath
June 2025 - Present
School of Information Technology
Carleton University
Co-supervised with Prof. Lian Zhao
Focus: Extended Reality

Current Graduate Students

Linqing Zhai, PhD student
Sept 2025 - Present
Dept. Systems and Computer Engineering
Carleton University
Co-supervised with Prof. Marc St-Hilaire

Karpakamurthy Muthukumar, PhD student
Sept 2025 - Present
Dept. Systems and Computer Engineering
Co-supervised with Prof. Thomas Kunz

Zeng Hao, MASc student
Sept 2025 - Present
School of Information Technology
Co-supervised with Prof. Marc St-Hilaire

Dawson Berry, MASc student
Sept 2025 - Present
Dept. Systems and Computer Engineering
Carleton University

Jean Yves Mpessa Ndedi, MASc student
Aug 2025 - Present
School of Information Technology
Co-supervised with Prof. Thomas Kunz

Cosmas Mwaba, MASc student
Aug 2025 - Present
Dept. Systems and Computer Engineering
Co-supervised with Prof. Halim Yanikomeroglu

Mir Md. Saym, MASc student
Sept 2023 - Present
Dept. Systems and Computer Engineering
Co-supervised with Prof. Marc St-Hilaire

Current Undergraduate Research Assistants

Juan Pablo Arango Renteria
July 2025 - Present
Electrical and Computer Engineering (Class 2025)
Dept. Systems and Computer Engineering
Carleton University

Current High School Research Assistants

Aaron Sethi
Merivale High School Ottawa
July 2025 - Present

Former Team Members

Former Graduate Students

Yufeng Xu, M.Sc. student
2023 - 2025
Co-supervised with Prof. Qiang Ye
Faculty of Computer Science
Dalhousie University
M.Sc. Thesis

Ahmed Ajeena, M.Sc. student
2020 - 2022
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Marquette University
M.Sc. Thesis
Subsequently with Hyundai Engineering

Logan Capizzi, M.Sc. student
2020 - 2022
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Marquette University
Subsequently with Milwaukee Tool

Mutian Zhuang, Ph.D. student
Jan - May 2022
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Marquette University
Subsequently supervised by Prof. Majeed Hayat

Former Undergraduate Research Assistants

Andrii Matsevytyi
Mitacs Globalink Research Intern
July-Sept 2025
Computer Science
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Co-supervised with Prof. Thomas Kunz

Luis Santiago Luna Mireles
Mitacs Globalink Research Intern
May-Aug 2025
Intelligent Systems Engineering
Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
Co-supervised with Prof. Thomas Kunz

Dawson Berry
Jan 2024 - May 2025
Network Technology (Class 2025)
School of Information Technology
Carleton University

Zhenhong (Kevin) Zhong
Jan 2025 - Apr 2025
Network Technology (Class 2025)
School of Information Technology
Carleton University

Ethan Morphew
Jan 2025 - Apr 2025
Network Technology (Class 2025)
School of Information Technology
Carleton University

Junwei (Jason) Huo
May 2024 - Jan 2025
Network Technology (Class 2025)
School of Information Technology
Carleton University

Corey Nearing
Sept 2024 - Jan 2025
Network Technology (Class 2025)
School of Information Technology
Carleton University

Ted Nowak
Spring 2022
Electrical Engineering, Marquette University
Subsequently with University of Wisconsin - Madison (Ph.D.)

David Castillo
Summer 2021 - Spring 2022
Electrical Engineering, Marquette University
Subsequently with Northrop Grumman (Hardware Engineer) and Johns Hopkins University (M.Sc.)

Danny Hudetz
Summer 2021
Computer Engineering, Marquette University
Subsequently with Rockwell Automation (Software Engineer)

Former High School Research Assistants

Eric Wan
Homestead High School Milwaukee
Summer 2021 - Spring 2022
Subsequently studying at University of Wisconsin–Madison

Supervised Capstone/Senior Design Teams

2024-2025

Ethan Morphew, Corey Nearing, Jason Huo, Nick Martins, Paul Crawford, Felix Hutnyk, "Reinforcement Learning-based Training of Autonomous Defensive Cyber Agents" [Best Capstone Project Video Award] Watch on YouTube
Tarnvir Hans, Kevin Zhong, Adeeb Fahim, Hussen Yusuf, Ryan Ewing, Laith Al Bbili, "Reinforcement Learning-based Training of Autonomous Defensive Cyber Agents"
Dawson Berry, Alex Vohsemer, Alex Wang, Abdulrahman Abu Alhussein, Dylan Doyle, Nick Smith, "Simulation of Routing and Load Balancing in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Network"

2023-2024

Sayfullah Eid, Madeline Quang, Marise Uhlig, Oreoluwa Adegbesan, and Anthony Okah, "Simulation of Routing and Load Balancing in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Networks"
Jacky Liang, Jacob Richer, Joshua Smith, Shubhangi Bhatia, Minsoo Kim, Amr Mohammad, "Deep Learning for Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) in Simulated Environment"

2022-2023

Kyle MacDonald, Martin Sasseville, Tolu Adebayo, and Garrett Dunford, "Simulation of Routing and Load Balancing in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Networks" [IEEE Communications Society TEA Excellence Camp Silver Medal Award]

Noah Arcand De Silva, Basma Delaimi, Ian Fortier, and Ranul Jayasinha "Routing and Load Balancing in Multilayered Telecommunication Satellite Network"