Hassan Hmedi

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Texas at Austin•  September 2017 - Present

* Stability of Large Scale Stochastic Networks * Risk Sensitive Control of Diffusion

Teaching Assistant

University of Texas at Austin•  September 2021 - Present

Teaching Assistant for the Online Learning Class under the supervision of Prof. Sanjay Shakkottai. This is a graduate class in bandit algorithms. I hold office hours and create both theoretical and coding assignments to test the students knowledge about the algorithms studied in class.

University of Texas at Austin, Austin

Electrical Engineering, PhD•  September 2017 - Present

Worked under the supervision of Prof. Ari Arapostathis (RIP) on stochastic control problems. My research focused on the analysis of large scale stochastic networks. In particular, I studied the ergodic properties of different queueing models. Another part of my research focused on the relative value iteration algorithms under risk sensitive criterion. I am currently working under the supervision of Prof. Sanjay Shakkottai and Prof. Constantine Caramanis on reinforcement learning and optimization problems. GPA: 4.0 / 4.0

University of Texas at Austin, Austin

Electrical Engineering, MS•  September 2017 - May 2019

Selected Coursework: Stochastic Control Theory, Stochastic Processes, Probability Theory, Stochastic Calculus, Online Learning, Convex Optimization, Data Mining. GPA: 4.0 / 4.0

American University of Beirut

Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, BE•  September 2012 - May 2017

Graduated with high distinction with a minor in mathematics. GPA: 4.0 / 4.0