I am a Postdoctoral Associate at Cornell University's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, and I am honored to be supervised by Professor Qing Zhao and Professor Lang Tong.
Previously, I was a PhD Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania's Electrical and Systems Engineering Department. I am honoured to have been supervised by Professor Saswati Sarkar and Professor Santosh S. Venkatesh .
At Cornell, I am working on networks of teams and their effect on the spread of opinions and influence (with Prof. Zhao), as well as various optimization problems in the smartgrid (with Prof. Tong).
My PhD thesis was on the optimal control of epidemics in the presence of heterogeneity. I looked at how a more granular view of the spread of an epidemic can help us to design better policies.
My expertise is in various optimization and modeling methods, but I love solving all sorts of problems!
October '15 - I was chosen as VP of Education of Cornell Graduate Consulting Club.
July '15 - I started an exciting new position working with Professor Qing Zhao and Professor Lang Tong at Cornell!
July '15 - I defended my PhD Thesis on the "Optimal Control of Epidemics in the Presence of Heterogeneity"! I am grateful to my committee members, Professors Saswati Sarkar, Santosh S. Venkatesh, Victor M. Preciado, George J. Pappas, and Olgica Milenkovic!
July '15 - My paper, "Optimal Battery Pricing and Energy Management for Microgrids" (with Rakesh M. Patil), was presented at ACC '15, Chicago, IL
April '15 - Our team, Schoogle, came second in the Fels National Public Policy Challenge!
April '14 - My team and I successfully organized the Fourth Penn Graduate Case Competition! Thanks to our team members, volunteers, sponsors, judges, and participants.
March '15 - Our team, Schoogle, won the Penn Public Policy Challenge! Onwards to Nationals!
February '15 - My paper, "Visibility-Aware Optimal Contagion of Malware Epidemics" (with Santosh S. Venkatesh and Saswati Sarkar), was presented at ITA '15, La Jolla, CA
January '15 - Our team, Schoogle, made it into the Finals of the Penn Public Policy Challenge!
December '14 - I defended my proposal on the "Optimal Control of Epidemics in the Presence of Heterogeneity"!
November '14 - I was chosen as the Co-Chair of the Penn Graduate Case Competition!
Optimal Control of Epidemics,
Influence, Learning, and Disagreement in Social Networks,
Management, Pricing, and Scheduling Policies for the Smartgrid
Summer 2014
NEC Labs America
I devised optimal stochastic grid management policies.
Summer 2009
Iran Telecommunications Research Center
I worked on MIMO and random matrix theory.
Eshghi, S., Khouzani, M., Sarkar, S., Venkatesh, S., "Optimal Patching in Clustered Epidemics of Malware", Accepted, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Networking, 2015
Eshghi, S., Khouzani, M., Sarkar, S., Shroff, N., Venkatesh, S., "Optimal Energy-Aware DTN Epidemic Routing", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, June 2015
Eshghi, S. , Sarkar, S., Venkatesh, S.S., "Visibility-Aware Contagion of Malware Epidemics", Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, July 2015
Eshghi, S., Patil, Rakesh M.,"Optimal Battery Pricing and Energy Management for Microgrids", Presented at the American Control Conference (ACC), Chicago, Illinois, 2015
Eshghi, S. , Sarkar, S., Venkatesh, S.S., "Visibility-Aware Contagion of Malware Epidemics", Presented at the IEEE Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA), San Diego, California, February 2015
Khouzani, M., Eshghi, S., Sarkar, S., Venkatesh, S., "Optimal Patching in Clustered Epidemics of Malware", Presented at the IEEE Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA), San Diego, California, February 2012
Khouzani, M., Eshghi, S., Sarkar, S., Shroff, N., Venkatesh, S., "Optimal Energy-Aware Epidemic Routing in DTNs", Presented at the ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 2012
Eshghi, S., Preciado, V., Sarkar, S., Venkatesh, S.S., "Optimal Control of Influence under Consensus Dynamics"
Eshghi, S., Ghosh, A., Sarkar, S. , "Optimal Two-sided Markets in the Smartgrid"
Reviewer for:
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
IEEE Communication Letters
ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems
IEEE, IEEE Control Systems Society, IEEE Communications Society
2011-2015
PhD Candidate
University of Pennsylvania
Electrical and Systems Engineering
GPA: 3.84/4
2011-2013
MSc
University of Pennsylvania
Electrical Engineering
GPA: 3.77/4
2006-2010
BSc
Sharif University of Technology
Electrical Engineering
GPA: 17.65/20
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Optimization: |
Optimal Control, Dynamic Programming, Convex Optimization , Advanced Algorithms & Complexity, |
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Probability: |
Advanced Probability, Stochastic Processes, Random Process Models, Estimation & Detection, |
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Economics: |
Game Theory, Dynamic Games & Social Learning, Information Theory, |
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Networks: |
Distributed Dynamic Systems, Network Theory, Energy Infrastructure, Green Buildings |
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Maths: |
Linear Control, Linear Algebra, Numerical Methods, Engineering Maths, ODEs, Probability, |
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Signals: |
Speech Processing, Digital Signal Processing & Lab, Signals & Systems, |
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Coding: |
C++ Programming, Machine Language & Architecture, Microprocessors |
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Networks: |
Wireless Communication, Digital Communication & Lab, Traffic Control, |
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Energy: |
Power Systems Analysis, Electrical Machines (I, II, & Lab), Fields and Waves |
Completed Penn Center for Teaching and Learning's (CTL) Course in College Teaching, a semester-long program.
Teaching Assistant for Fourier Analysis (ESE325), & Digital Signal Processing (ESE576)
I held recitations, office hours, posed and graded homework & exam problems and projects
Teaching Assistant for Computer Structure, Analog Circuits, Digital Logic, and Principles of EE,
Lab Assistant for Microprocessor Lab
I held recitations, supervised lab sessions, posed and graded homework & exam problems and projects
10/'10 - Offered Research Fellowship for PhD studies by the University of Pennsylvania
10/'09 - Offered Unconditional Acceptance to Sharif University of Technology's MSc program in Electrical Engineering as an exceptional talent
08/'06 - Iranian National Elite Foundation Scholarship
06/'06 - Best combined result in the history of Iran's national university entrance exams:
Azad Math-Physics: 1st/600k, National Foreign Languages: 1st/250k, National Math-Physics: 15th/400k
Cornell Graduate Consulting Club, VP of Education (2015-)
We are planning a whole host of exciting events for 2016!
SmartTrack, Founder and CTO (2015-)
We are an exciting early-stage start-up developing an inventory management system for large, low-income school districts. We are currently in the EDsi incubator - watch this space!
Res Novae Partners, Consultant and Partner (2014-2015)
We advised the CEO of a Penn Medicine bio-pharma startup on
commercialization strategy.
Penn Graduate Case Competition
Co-Chair (2015)
I led the team that organized the logistics, advertising, client selection, and sponsorship of the competition.
Finalist, Team Member (2014)
We formulated an exit strategy for a Penn Medicine bio-pharma startup, leading to the above engagement.
Third Place, Team Member (2012)
We developed an entry strategy for the transdermal delivery of Fluasterone for diabetes.
Fels National Public Policy Challenge
Second Place, Team Member (2014-2015)
We are building an app front-end to the Philadelphia School District's inventory management system.
Penn Public Policy Challenge
Winner, Team Member (2014-2015)
We proposed an app front-end to the Philadelphia School District's inventory management system.
Semifinalist, Team Member (2013-2014)
We proposed an analytic app/website solution to connect students to mentors in Philadelphia high schools
STEP Consulting Engineers ,Market Research Intern (Summer 2008)
I advised the CEO on the market for 4 fields, including pinch analysis, which led to
their biggest contract in 5 years.
Penn Biotech Group (PBG), Penn Graduate Consulting Club(PGCC), & Penn Algorithmic Research Club Member
C/C++, MATLAB + Simulink (esp. CVX, GPOPS, and PROPT) , R ,
Assembly (x85, x51, PIC), Python, HTML, VHDL, Visual BASIC and PASCAL
MS Suite (Excel, Powerpoint, Word), LATEX, Beamer, Prezi, AutoCAD, GNU (Ubuntu), Windows
**** I am proficient in the skills in bold ****
English (Fluent- iBT 117, GRE 800-640-4.5, CPE), Persian (Native),
Arabic (Basic), French (Basic)