Stochastic non‑convex optimization
Decentralized optimization
Constrained stochastic successive convex approximation (SCA)
Wireless communications and Biomedical SIgnal Processing
Machine learning algorithms for signal processing
basilmi@iitk.ac.in, basilmidrees11@gmail.com
IEEE Member
Contact: Signal Processing in Networks (SPiN)
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
Kanpur, 208016, INDIA.
I completed my PhD in Electrical Engineering at IIT Kanpur under the supervision of Prof. Ketan Rajawat. My thesis focused on Stochastic Successive Convex Approximation: algorithms, rigorous convergence analysis, and practical applications in wireless communications, machine learning and robotics. I am interested in algorithm design for large‑scale stochastic non‑convex problems, decentralized optimization, and constrained learning systems. I enjoy mentoring students, teaching optimization and signal processing, and building reproducible research code.