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Education

2011 - 2015                 PhD studies, Institute EURECOM/Telecom Paris, Sophia Antipolis, France

                                    PhD thesis "Performance Analysis and Optimization of Wireless Access in Cognitive and

                                    Heterogeneous Networks"                          

2006 - 2009                 Master of Science in Telecommunications, University of Prishtina, Kosovo

2003 - 2006                 Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, University of Prishtina, Kosovo

Experience

Sep 2021 -                  Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Chair of Communication Networks, Technical University of Munich

Feb 2021 - Aug 2021  Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State  

                                    University

Nov 2016 - Oct 2017   Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 

                                    North Carolina State Univeristy

Sep 2015 - Aug 2016  Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo 

Nov 2011 - Apr 2015   Research and Teaching Assistant, Mobile Communications Department, Institute EURECOM

Aug 2011 - Sep 2011  Junior Researcher, Positioning and Wireless Technology Center, Nanyang Technological University,

                                    Singapore

Oct 2008 - Sep 2011  Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Prishtina, Kosovo

Aug 2010 - Jul 2011   Project Coordinator, University of Prishtina, Kosovo

Feb 2008                    Internship, Telecommunications Research Center, Vienna, Austria

Memberships

IEEE             Senior Member

ACM             Member        

Reviewer

Journals        IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE/ACM   

                      Transactions on Networking, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on 

                      Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

                      Network Service and Managements, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Communications Letters,

                      Computer Communications, Computer Networks, Ad Hoc Networks, Pervasive and Mobile Computing, etc. 

Conferences  IEEE INFOCOM, ACM MobiHoc, IEEE PIMRC, IEEE VTC, ACM Chants, ITC, ACM MSWiM

TPC               IEEE Globecom 2017, IEEE VTC 2018, IEEE PIMRC 2020, IEEE SMARTCOMP 2023, IEEE SMARTCOMP                        2024, Workshop on Industrial Wireless Networks (jointly with IEEE PIMRC 2024)  

Proposals      Swiss National Science Foundation   

Awards

2025              Best Student Paper Award at IEEE/IFIP NOMS

2024              Best Student Paper Award at CNSM

2023              Best Paper Award at IEEE CCNC

2021              Best Paper Award at ACM MobiWac 

2007              "One month study stay" program, funded by Austrian government

2006              Distinguished Student - University of Prishtina 

Languages

Albanian           Native language

English             Fluent

Serbian            Fluent

French             Advanced

Spanish           Basic

Macedonian    Basic

German           Beginner