Education:

• Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Started: January 2008), University of New Mexico, (Advisor: Prof. Yasamin Mostofi).
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, July 2007.
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, July 2005.

Research:

• Control Systems and Robotics: Nonlinear Control, Dynamical Systems, Distributed Robotic Networks, Motion Planning of Multi-Robotic Systems, Wireless Communication and Communication-Aware Motion Planning, Estimation Theory and Stochastic Control, Robust Control.
  
  
• Industrial Automation: Hardware and Software Design of Real-time Control and Robotic Systems, Embedded Systems, PC-based Automation Systems.

Curriculum Vitae (may not be updated)

In 2009, I spent my summer at Microsoft Research as a PhD intern where I worked on Control Theoretic Resource Management of The Virtualized Multi-Core Systems.

Publications:

• R. Nathuji, A. Kansal and A. Ghaffarkhah, "Q-Clouds: Managing Performance Interference Effects for QoS-Aware Clouds," submitted, EuroSys 2010.
  
  
• A. Ghaffarkhah and Y. Mostofi, "Communication-Aware Distributed Target Tracking with Information-Driven Objectives and Coupled Estimation and Control," submitted, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2010.
  
  
• A. Ghaffarkhah, Y. Mostofi and Chaouki T. Abdallah, "Decentralized Formation Control and Connectivity Maintenance of Multi-Agent Systems using Navigation Functions," submitted, American Control Conference (ACC), 2010.
  
  
• Y. Mostofi, A. Gonzales-Ruiz, A. Ghaffarkhah, and D. Li, "Characterization and Modeling of Wireless Channels for Networked Robotic and Control Systems - A Comprehensive Overview," to appear, International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems (IROS), 2009.[pdf]
  
  
• A. Ghaffarkhah and Y. Mostofi, "Communication-Aware Navigation Functions for Cooperative Target Tracking," American Control Conference (ACC), 2009.[pdf]
  
  
• A. Ghaffarkhah and Y. Mostofi, "Communication-Aware Target Tracking using Navigation Functions - Centralized Case," International Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination (RoboComm), 2009.[pdf]
  
  
• N. Sadati and A. Ghaffarkhah, "Decentralized Impedance Control of Nonredundant Multi-manipulator Systems," International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Sanya, China, Apr. 2008.[pdf]
  
  
• N. Sadati, A. Ghaffarkhah and S. Ostadabbas, "A New Neural Network Based FOPID Controller," International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Sanya, China, Apr. 2008.[pdf]
  
  
• N. Sadati and A. Ghaffarkhah, "Decentralized Position and Force Control of Nonredundant Multi-manipulator Systems," International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems, Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 2007.[pdf]
  
  
• N. Sadati and A. Ghaffarkhah, "POLYFILTER: A New State Estimation Filter for Nonlinear Systems," International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems, Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 2007.[pdf]
  

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