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publications

Multi-Armed Bandits in IEEE 802.11ac: Efficient Algorithms and Testbed Experiments

Published in IEEE International Workshop Technical Committee on Communications Quality and Reliability (CQR), Seattle, WA, USA, 2024

Evaluates multi-armed bandit algorithms for rate adaptation in IEEE 802.11ac networks through real testbed experiments.

Recommended citation: Martin Le, Bile Peng, Sankalp Prakash Pawar, Peter Auer, Prashiddha Dhoj Thapa, et al. "Multi-Armed Bandits in IEEE 802.11ac: Efficient Algorithms and Testbed Experiments." IEEE CQR 2024.

Towards Infrastructure-assisted WiFi Rate Adaptation for Converged Networks with Morpheus

Published in 17th ACM Workshop on Mobility in the Evolving Internet Architecture (MobiArch), Washington, D.C., USA, 2024

Proposes Morpheus, an infrastructure-assisted WiFi rate adaptation approach for converged WiFi and cellular networks.

Recommended citation: Prashiddha Dhoj Thapa, Arne Kappen, and Julius Schulz-Zander. "Towards Infrastructure-assisted WiFi Rate Adaptation for Converged Networks with Morpheus." Proceedings of MobiArch 2024.

ORCA - Open-source Resource Control API for real WiFi networks

Published in 18th ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation & Characterization (WiNTECH), Washington, D.C., USA — Proceedings of ACM MobiCom 2024, 2024

Presents ORCA, an open-source API for resource control in real WiFi networks, demonstrated on a 40+ AP testbed.

Recommended citation: Sankalp Prakash Pawar, Prashiddha Dhoj Thapa, Jonas Jelonek et al. "ORCA - Open-source Resource Control API for real WiFi networks." Proceedings of WiNTECH 2024 (ACM MobiCom).

Interface on demand: Towards AI native Control interfaces for 6G

Published in Workshop on Next-Gen Networks through LLMs, Action Models, and Multi-Agent Systems (IEEE ICC 2025), Montreal, Canada, 2025

Explores AI-native control interfaces for 6G networks using LLMs, action models, and multi-agent systems.

Recommended citation: Abhishek Dandekar, Prashiddha Dhoj Thapa, Ashrafur Rahman, and Julius Schulz-Zander. "Interface on demand: Towards AI native Control interfaces for 6G." Proceedings of the IEEE ICC 2025.

talks

teaching

Programming in Python

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Jacobs University Bremen, 2021

Supported students in an introductory programming course using Python, with a focus on building practical coding skills from the ground up.

Algorithms and Data Structures

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Jacobs University Bremen, 2022

Supported a class of 100+ students in a core algorithms course covering algorithm design paradigms and fundamental data structures.

CS3114: Data Structures and Algorithms

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech, Department of Computer Science, 2026

Supporting 450+ students in a project-heavy course covering core data structures and algorithm design in Java.