Education
University of Michigan (UoM), Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (09/2019 – 04/2025)
Advisor: Vijay Subramanian.
Dissertation Title: Sequential Decision-Making in Cooperative Multi-Agent Systems with Constraints. [pdf]
M.S. in Mathematics (09/2019 – 04/2025)
GPA: 4/4, Focus: Probability and Stochastic Processes.
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (09/2017 – 04/2019)
GPA: 4/4, Focus: Network, Communication and Information Systems.
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI), KPK, Pakistan.
B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
GPA: 3.99/4 Rank: 1/343.
Research Interests
Multi-Agent Systems, Reinforcement Learning, LLMs as Agents, Decentralized Stochastic Control.
Applications of Probability, Game Theory, and Optimization in Engineering and Socio-technical Systems.
Peer-reviewed Publications
N. Khan, and V. Subramanian, “On Equivalence Between Decentralized Policy-Profile Mixtures and Behavioral Coordination Policies in Multi-Agent Systems,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2025. [IEEE, arXiv]
N. Khan, U. Dinesha, S. Arunachalam, D. Narasimha, V. Subramanian, and S. G. Shakkottai, “A Multi-Agent View of Wireless Video Streaming with Delayed Client-Feedback,” IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2024. [IEEE]
N. Khan, M. Moharrami, and V. Subramanian, “Rarest-First with Probabilistic-Mode-Suppression,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (TIT), 2024. [IEEE, arXiv]
N. Khan, and V. Subramanian, “A Strong Duality Result for Cooperative Decentralized Constrained POMDPs,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2023. [IEEE, arXiv]
N. Khan, M. Moharrami, and V. Subramanian, “Stable and Efficient Piece-Selection in Multiple Swarm BitTorrent-like Peer-to-Peer Networks,” IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2020. [IEEE]
Preprints
N. Khan, and V. Subramanian, “Cooperative Multi-Agent Constrained POMDPs: Strong Duality and Primal-Dual Reinforcement Learning with Approximate Information States,” to be submitted to Mathematics of Operations Research (MOR). [arXiv]
N. Khan, K. Mu, M. Moharrami, and V. Subramanian, “Backward and Forward Inference in Interacting Independent-Cascade Processes: A Scalable and Convergent Message-Passing Approach,” to be submitted to IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE). [arXiv]
Industry
Applied Scientist II, Amazon Search, 07/2024-Present.
Applied Scientist II Intern, Amazon Search, 05/2023 - 08/2023.
Applied Scientist II Intern, Amazon Search, 05/2022 - 08/2022.
Teaching
Winter 2024:
Guest Lectures in EECS-502 (Stochastic Processes) on Jan 23, Mar 19, and Mar 28.
Fall 2023:
Graduate Student Instructor, EECS-301 Probability Methods in Engineering, UoM.
Guest Lectures in EECS-301 and EECS-544 (Analysis of Societal Networks), each on Oct 18.
Fall 2021: Graduate Student Instructor, SIADS-644 Reinforcement Learning Algorithms, UoM.
Winter 2021: Graduate Student Instructor, EECS-562 Nonlinear Systems and Control, UoM.
Fall 2020: Graduate Student Instructor, EECS-301 Probability Methods in Engineering, UoM.
Spring 2019: Graduate Student Instructor, EECS-203 Discrete Mathematics, UoM.
Winter 2019: Graduate Student Instructor, EECS-203 Discrete Mathematics, UoM.
Fall 2018: Graduate Student Instructor, EECS-203 Discrete Mathematics, UoM.
Honors and Awards
Professor Pierre T. Kabamba Award, UoM, 2025.
Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement, UoM, 2024.
Rackham International Student Fellowship, UoM. 2023.
Honorable Mention for ECE Department's Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, UoM, 2021.
ECE Department Fellowship, UoM, 2019.
President's Medal for highest aggregate standing in the university, GIKI, 2014.
Electronic Engineering Medal for highest aggregate standing in the department, 2014.
Best Senior Year Design Project in Industrial Open House and Careers Fair, GIKI, 2014.
Best Serious Speaker (English) and Winner, Bilingual Declamation Contest, NUST, Pakistan, 2011.
Dean's Honor List, GIKI, 2010-2014.