Ahmad Esmaeili
School of Computing, Wichita State University.
JB 221, 1845 Fairmount St.
Wichita, KS 67260
I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the School of Computing at Wichita State University, where I lead the Multi-Agent Systems Research Lab. My work focuses on distributed artificial intelligence, exploring multi-agent systems, machine learning, and collaborative approaches to design intelligent, autonomous technologies for next-generation cyber-physical applications.
Before joining WSU, I earned my Ph.D. and served as a graduate instructor in the Department of Computer and Information Technology at Purdue University, West Lafayette.
I have multiple Ph.D. openings in my research lab for motivated students with a strong background in machine learning, mathematics, and programming. If you are interested in working on cutting-edge research in multi-agent systems and distributed artificial intelligence, please fill out this form to express your interest. I will review submissions and reach out to strong candidates for further discussion.
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news
| Nov 18, 2024 | Our paper on Hybrid Algorithm Selection and Parameter Tuning has been accepted in the ACM Transactions on Internet Technology. |
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| Sep 4, 2024 | Our paper on Multi-section Hierarchical Deep Neural Network has been accepted in IEEE Access. |
| Aug 1, 2024 | I joined the School of Computing at Wichita State University. |
| Apr 1, 2024 | Our paper on Fuzzy Q-Table RL has been accepted in IEEE CoDIT 2024. |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Our paper on Holonic Learning has been accepted in the main track of AAMAS 24. |
| Nov 9, 2023 | Our paper on Cross-individual Huma Activity Recognition paper accepted in the IEEE Robotoc Computing. |
teaching
CS560: Design and Analysis of Algorithms (Fall 2024, Spring 2025) – WSU
CS797O: Neural Networks and Deep Learning (Fall 2024) – WSU
CNIT175: Visual Programming (Fall 2020 – Summer 2024) – Purdue
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Spring 2020) – KSW-Purdue
Introduction to Machine Learning and Deep Learning (Summer 2019) – KSW-Purdue
selected publications
For the most up-to-date list of publications, please visit the Google Scholar page.
- ACM TOITHybrid Algorithm Selection and Hyperparameter Tuning on Distributed Machine Learning Resources: A Hierarchical Agent-based ApproachACM Transactions on Internet Technology 2024
- IEEE AccessA Multi-Section Hierarchical Deep Neural Network Model for Time Series Classification: Applied To Wearable Sensor-Based Human Activity RecognitionIEEE Access 2024
- AAMASHolonic Learning: A Flexible Agent-based Distributed Machine Learning FrameworkIn Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 2024
- SystemsAgent-based Collaborative Random Search for Hyper-parameter Tuning and Global Function OptimizationSystems 2023
- ACM TAASHAMLET: A Hierarchical Agent-based Machine Learning PlatformACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, 2022
recent projects
Holonic Learning
A research on designing a collaborative and privacy-focused framework for training deep learning models, leveraging structured self-similar hierarchies and individual model aggregation within holons to address scalability, resource distribution, and privacy concerns in the context of increasingly distributed machine learning paradigms.
Distributed Cross-Individual Human Activity Recognition
A research on a collaborative distributed learning approach rooted in multi-agent principles for decentralized Human Activity Recognition, leveraging wearable sensor technologies to uphold privacy, eliminate external server dependencies, and demonstrate superior effectiveness in local and global generalization.
Agent-based Distributed ML Algorithm Selection and Tuning
A research on developing a fully automated and collaborative agent-based mechanism for ML algorithm selection and hyperparameter tuning, utilizing resources organized distributedly by a hierarchical machine-learning platform.
Agent-based Modelling of Distributed Machine Learning Systems
A research on building a hybrid machine learning platform that leverages Multi-Agent Systems to autonomously organize and democratize geographically distributed ML resources and offers analytical capabilities for robust research assessment across various algorithms and datasets.