Mahesh K. Marina
Scholar

Mahesh K. Marina

Google Scholar ID: VJLdaGgAAAAJ
School of Informatics, The University of Edinburgh
Networked SystemsWireless NetworksEdge and Cloud ComputingApplied Machine LearningMobile Systems
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
4,074
 
H-index
26
 
i10-index
51
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
34
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • IEEE Fellow and ACM Distinguished Member. Published numerous papers in top conferences and journals such as MobiCom'23, MobiCom'21, MobiSys'20, JSAC'19, etc. Main research areas include software-oriented mobile networking systems, generative AI applications in networking, network automation and optimization, monitoring and orchestration, energy efficiency and sustainable networking, efficient spectrum sharing, and earth observation and networking with LEO satellites.
Research Experience
  • Held visiting roles at ETH Zurich and Ofcom London; Director of the Institute for Computing Systems Architecture at the University of Edinburgh (August 2018 - July 2022); Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute (2018-2023). Currently leads the Networked Systems (NetSys) Group and is part of the Quantum Informatics Group and Security, Privacy and Trust Group.
Education
  • PhD in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, advised by Prof. Samir Das; Postdoctoral researcher at the UCLA Computer Science Department, advised by Prof. Rajive Bagrodia.
Background
  • Professor in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh and Visiting Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University. Research interests include wireless networks, mobile/edge systems, cloud service assurance, edge computing, sustainable computing and networking, machine learning systems, and quantum systems.
Miscellany
  • Teaches courses including UG4/MSc Computer Networking (CN) and UG3 Computer Communications and Networks (COMN). Served as program co-chair and committee member for several international conferences, such as ACM MobiCom 2026, ACM Open and AI RAN 2025, etc.