Arash Nasr-Esfahany
Scholar

Arash Nasr-Esfahany

Google Scholar ID: kfM4pY8AAAAJ
PhD Student at MIT
Computer NetworksComputer SystemsMachine LearningCausal Inference
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
191
 
H-index
6
 
i10-index
4
 
Publications
10
 
Co-authors
27
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Publications: CausalSim: A Causal Framework for Unbiased Trace-Driven Simulation (NSDI '23 Best Paper Award); Concorde: Fast and Accurate CPU Performance Modeling with Compositional Analytical-ML Fusion (ISCA '25) and several other papers; Awards: Jacobs Presidential Fellowship, Neekeyfar Fund Award.
Research Experience
  • Summer 2022 research intern at Causality and Machine Learning group, Microsoft Research Redmond, working with Emre Kiciman; Student researcher at Google from June 2023 to December 2024, working on CPU performance modeling.
Education
  • PhD: MIT CSAIL, advisor Mohammad Alizadeh; Master's: Not specified, but designed CausalSim method and received NSDI '23 best paper award; Bachelor's: Electrical Engineering department, Sharif University of Technology.
Background
  • Research Interests: Modeling computer systems with causality and machine learning. Background: PhD candidate at MIT CSAIL, advised by Mohammad Alizadeh.
Miscellany
  • Personal Interests: Early morning rowing on the Charles River, member of the MIT Rowing Club.