Publications

2025

  1. SIGMETRICS
    Combinatorial Logistic Bandits
    Xutong Liu, Xiangxiang Dai, Xuchuang Wang, Mohammad Hajiesmaili, and John C.S. Lui
    In Proceedings of ACM SIGMETRICS, New York, USA Jun 2025
    arXiv

2024

  1. SIGCOMM
    SODA: An Adaptive Bitrate Controller for Consistent High-Quality Video Streaming
    Tianyu Chen, Yiheng Lin, Nicolas Christianson, Sharath Dharmaji, Zahaib Akhtar, Mohammad Hajiesmaili, Adam Wierman, and Ramesh Sitaraman
    In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM 2024 Conference, Sydney, Australia Aug 2024
  2. ICML
    Combinatorial Multivariant Multi-Armed Bandits with Applications to Episodic Reinforcement Learning and Beyond
    Xutong Liu, Siwei Wang, Jinhang Zuo, Han Zhong, Xuchuang Wang, Zhiyong Wang, Shuai Li, Mohammad Hajiesmaili, John C.S. Lui, and Wei Chen
    In Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), Vienna, Austria Jul 2024
  3. ICML
    Robust Learning-Augmented Dictionaries
    Ali Zeynali, Shahin Kamali, and Mohammad Hajiesmaili
    In Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), Vienna, Austria Jul 2024
    arXiv
  4. ICML
    Chasing Convex Functions with Long-term Constraints
    Adam Lechowicz, Nicolas Christianson, Bo Sun, Noman Bashir, Mohammad Hajiesmaili, Adam Wierman, and Prashant Shenoy
    In Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), Vienna, Austria Jul 2024
    arXiv
  5. ICML
    Online Algorithms with Uncertainty-Quantified Predictions
    Bo Sun, Jerry Huang, Nicolas Christianson, Mohammad Hajiesmaili, and Adam Wierman
    In Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), Vienna, Austria Jul 2024
    arXiv
  6. HotCarbon
    Data-driven Algorithm Selection for Carbon-Aware Scheduling
    Roozbeh Bostandoost, Walid A. Hanafy, Adam Lechowicz, Noman Bashir, Prashant Shenoy, and Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili
    In The 3rd Workshop on Sustainable Computer Systems (HotCarbon), San Jose Jul 2024
  7. SIGMETRICS
    Online Conversion with Switching Costs: Robust and Learning-Augmented Algorithms
    Adam Lechowicz, Nicolas Christianson, Bo Sun, Noman Bashir, Mohammad Hajiesmaili, Adam Wierman, and Prashant Shenoy
    In Proceedings of ACM SIGMETRICS / IFIP Performance, Venice, Italy Jun 2024
    arXiv
  8. SIGMETRICS
    BONES: Near-Optimal Neural-Enhanced Video Streaming
    Lingdong Wang, Simran Singh, Jacob Chakareski, Mohammad Hajiesmaili, and Ramesh K Sitaraman
    In Proceedings of ACM SIGMETRICS / IFIP Performance, Venice, Italy, also in ACM POMACS Jun 2024
    arXiv
  9. SIGMETRICS
    The Online Pause and Resume Problem: Optimal Algorithms and An Application to Carbon-Aware Load Shifting
    Adam Lechowicz, Nicolas Christianson, Jinhang Zuo, Noman Bashir, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Adam Wierman, and Prashant Shenoy
    In Proceedings of ACM SIGMETRICS / IFIP Performance, Venice, Italy, also in ACM POMACS Jun 2024
    arXiv
  10. e-Energy
    LACS: Learning-Augmented Algorithms for Carbon-Aware Resource Scaling with Uncertain Demand
    Roozbeh Bostandoost, Adam Lechowicz, Walid A. Hanafy, Noman Bashir, Prashant Shenoy, and Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili
    In ACM e-Energy, Singapore Jun 2024
    arXiv
  11. e-Energy
    Online Search with Predictions: Pareto-optimal Algorithm and its Applications in Energy Markets
    Russell Lee, Bo Sun, Mohammad Hajiesmaili, and John C.S. Lui
    In ACM e-Energy, Singapore Jun 2024
    arXiv
  12. e-Energy
    A Holistic Approach for Equity-aware Carbon Reduction of the Ridesharing Platforms
    Mahsa Sahebdel, Ali Zeynali, Noman Bashir, Prashant Shenoy, and Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili
    In ACM e-Energy, Singapore Jun 2024
    arXiv
  13. ICLR
    Time Fairness in Online Knapsack Problems
    Adam Lechowicz, Rik Sengupta, Bo Sun, Shahin Kamali, and Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili
    In International Conference on Learning Representations, Vienna, Austria May 2024
    arXiv
  14. MMSys
    BOLA360: Near-optimal View and Bitrate Adaptation for 360-degree Video Streaming
    Ali Zeynali, Mohammad Hajiesmaili, and Ramesh K. Sitaraman
    In Proceedings of 15th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference, Bari, Italy. Apr 2024
    arXiv
  15. under review
    Cooperative Multi-agent Bandits: Distributed Algorithms with Optimal Individual Regret and Constant Communication Costs
    Lin Yang, Xuchuang Wang, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Lijun Zhang, John Lui, and Don Towsley
    2024
    arXiv
  16. under review
    Adversarial Attacks on Cooperative Multi-agent Bandits
    Jinhang Zuo, Zhiyao Zhang, Xuchuang Wang, Cheng Chen, Shuai Li, John C. S. Lui, Mohammad Hajiesmaili, and Adam Wierman
    2024
    arXiv

2023

  1. NeurIPS
    Adversarial Attacks on Online Learning to Rank with Click Feedback
    Jinhang Zuo, Zhiyao Zhang, Zhiyong Wang, Shuai Li, Mohammad Hajiesmaili, and Adam Wierman
    In Proceedings of Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), New Orleans, LA Dec 2023
    arXiv
  2. NeurIPS
    No-regret Algorithms for Fair Resource Allocation
    Abhishek Sinha, Ativ Joshi, Rajarshi Bhattacharjee, Cameron Musco, and Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili
    In Proceedings of Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), New Orleans, LA Dec 2023
    arXiv
  3. UAI
    Exploration for Free: How Does Reward Heterogeneity Improve Regret in Cooperative Multi-agent Bandits?
    Xuchuang Wang, Lin Yang, Yu-Zhen Janice Chen, Xutong Liu, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Don Towsley, and John CS Lui
    In Proceedings of the Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), Pittsburgh, PA Aug 2023
    PDF
  4. ICML
    Contextual Combinatorial Bandits with Probabilistically Triggered Arms
    Xutong Liu, Jinhang Zuo, Siwei Wang, John C. S. Lui, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Adam Wierman, and Wei Chen
    In Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), Honolulu, Hawaii Jul 2023
    arXiv
  5. ICML
    Applied Online Algorithms with Heterogeneous Predictors
    Jessica Maghakian, Russell Lee, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Jian Li, Ramesh Sitaraman, and Zhenhua Liu
    In Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), Honolulu, Hawaii Jul 2023
    PDF
  6. HotCarbon
    The War of the Efficiencies: Understanding the Tension between Carbon and Energy Optimization
    Walid A Hanafy, Roozbeh Bostandoost, Noman Bashir, David Irwin, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, and Prashant Shenoy
    In The 2nd Workshop on Sustainable Computer Systems (HotCarbon) Jul 2023
    PDF
  7. SIGMETRICS
    The Online Knapsack Problem with Departures
    Bo Sun, Lin Yang, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, John Lui, Adam Wierman, Don Towsley, and Danny H. K. Tsang
    In Proceedings of ACM SIGMETRICS, Orlando, Florida, also in ACM POMACS Jun 2023
    arXiv
  8. e-Energy
    Equitable Network-Aware Decarbonization of Residential Heating at City Scale
    Adam Lechowicz, Noman Bashir, John Wamburu, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, and Prashant Shenoy
    In Proceedings of the 14th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy), Orlando, Florida Jun 2023
    arXiv
  9. e-Energy
    Near-optimal Online Algorithms for Joint Pricing and Scheduling in EV Charging Networks (best paper candidate)
    Roozbeh Bostandoost, Bo Sun, Carlee Joe-Wong, and Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili
    In Proceedings of the 14th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy), Orlando, Florida Jun 2023
    arXiv
  10. e-Energy
    Data-driven Algorithms for Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Ride-sharing Ecosystems (poster paper)
    Mahsa Sahebdel, Ali Zeynali, Noman Bashir, Mohammad H Hajiesmaili, and Jimi Oke
    In Proceedings of the 14th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy), Orlando, Florida Jun 2023
    PDF
  11. ICLR
    Achieving Near-Optimal Individual Regret & Low Communications in Multi-Agent Bandits
    Xuchuang Wang, Lin Yang, Yu-Zhen Janice Chen, Xutong Liu, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, John C. S. Lui, and Don Towsley
    In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), Kigali, Rwanda May 2023
    PDF
  12. AISTATS
    On-Demand Communication for Asynchronous Multi-Agent Bandits
    Yu-Zhen Janice Chen, Lin Yang, Xuchuang Wang, Xutong Liu, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, John C. S. Lui, and Don Towsley
    In Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), Valencia, Spain Apr 2023
    arXiv

2022

  1. SIGMETRICS
    Competitive Algorithms for Online Multidimensional Knapsack Problems
    Lin Yang, Ali Zeynali, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Ramesh Sitaraman, and Don Towsley
    In Proceedings of ACM SIGMETRICS, Bombay, India, also in ACM POMACS Jun 2022
    PDF
  2. SIGMETRICS
    Hierarchical Learning Algorithms for Multi-scale Expert Problems
    Lin Yang, Yu-Zhen Janice Chen, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Mark Herbster, and Don Towsley
    In Proceedings of ACM SIGMETRICS, Bombay, India, also in ACM POMACS Jun 2022
  3. ToSC
    Online EV Scheduling Algorithms for Adaptive Charging Networks with Global Peak Constraints
    Bahram Alinia, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Zachary J. Lee, Noel Crespi, and Enrique Mallada
    IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing 2022
  4. INFOCOM
    Distributed Bandits with Heterogeneous Agents
    Lin Yang, Yu-Zhen Chen, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, John Lui, and Don Towsley
    In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Virtual May 2022

2021

  1. NeurIPS
    Pareto-Optimal Learning-Augmented Algorithms for Online Conversion Problems
    Bo Sun, Russell Lee, Mohammad Hajiesmaili, Adam Wierman, and Danny Tsang
    In Proceedings of Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), Virtual Dec 2021
    PDF
  2. Cooperative Stochastic Bandits with Asynchronous Agents and Constrained Feedback
    Lin Yang, Yu-Zhen Janice Chen, Stephen Pasteris, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, John C. S. Lui, and Don Towsley
    In Proceedings of Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), Virtual Dec 2021
    PDF
  3. Multimedia
    FOCAS: Practical Video Super Resolution using Foveated Rendering
    Lingdong Wang, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, and Ramesh Sitaraman
    In Proceedings of he 29th ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM Multimedia), Virtual Sep 2021
    PDF
  4. IFIP Perf.
    Competitive Bidding Strategies for Online Linear Optimization with Inventory Management Constraints
    Russell Lee, Yutao Zhou, Lin Yang, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, and Ramesh Sitaraman
    In Proceedings of IFIP Performance, Virtual, also in Elsevier Performance Evaluation Sep 2021
  5. IMWUT
    Ride Substitution Using Electric Bike Sharing: Feasibility, Cost and Carbon Analysis
    John Wamburu, Stephen Lee, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, David Irwin, and Prashant Shenoy
    Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT) (also in ACM UbiComp/IMWUT) Sep 2021
    PDF
  6. SIGMETRICS
    Competitive Algorithms for the Online Multiple Knapsack Problem with Application to Electric Vehicle Charging
    Bo Sun, Ali Zeynali, Tongxin Li, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Adam Wierman, and Danny H. K. Tsang
    In Proceedings of ACM SIGMETRICS, Virtual, also in ACM POMACS Jun 2021
    PDF
  7. e-Energy
    Online Peak-Aware Energy Scheduling with Untrusted Advice (best paper award runner-up)
    Russell Lee, Jessica Maghakian, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Jian Li, Ramesh K. Sitaraman, and Zhenhua Liu
    In Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy), Virtual also in ACM SIGENERGY Energy Informatics Review Jun 2021
    PDF
  8. SoCC
    Enabling Sustainable Clouds: The Case for Virtualizing the Energy System
    Noman Bashir, Tian Guo, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, David Irwin, Prashant Shenoy, Ramesh Sitaraman, Abel Souza, and Adam Wierman
    In Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing (ACM SoCC), Virtual Nov 2021
    PDF
  9. CISS
    Leveraging Different Types of Predictors for Online Optimization (Invited Paper)
    Jessica Maghakian, Russell Lee, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Jian Li, Zhenhua Liu, and Ramesh K. Sitaraman
    In Proceedings of 56th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Baltimore, Maryland Mar 2021
  10. AAAI
    Data-driven Competitive Algorithms for Online Knapsack and Set Cover
    Ali Zeynali, Bo Sun, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, and Adam Wierman
    In Proceedings of of AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Feb 2021
    PDF

2020

  1. NeurIPS
    Adversarial Bandits with Corruptions: Regret Lower Bound and No-regret Algorithm
    Lin Yang, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Mohammad Sadegh Talebi, John C. S. Lui, and Wing Shing Wong
    In Proceedings of Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), Virtual Dec 2020
    PDF
  2. SIGMETRICS
    Online Linear Optimization with Inventory Management Constraints
    Lin Yang, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Ramesh K. Sitaraman, Adam Wierman, Enrique Mallada, and Wing Shing Wong
    In Proceedings of ACM SIGMETRICS / IFIP Performance, Boston, MA, also in ACM POMACS Jun 2020
  3. e-Energy
    Emission-aware Energy Storage Scheduling for a Greener Grid (Best paper runner-up)
    Rishikesh Jha, Stephen Lee, Srinivasan Iyengar, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, David Irwin, and Prashant Shenoy
    In Proceedings of the Eleventh ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy), Melbourne, Australia Jun 2020
    PDF
  4. IC2E
    Hedge Your Bets: Optimizing Long-term Cloud Costs by Mixing VM Purchasing Options
    Pradeep Ambati, Noman Bashir, David E. Irwin, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, and Prashant J. Shenoy
    In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E), Sydney, Australia Jun 2020

2019

  1. ToITS
    Online EV Charging Scheduling With On-Arrival Commitment
    Bahram Alinia, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, and Noël Crespi
    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 2019
  2. e-Energy
    Learning from Optimal: Energy Procurement Strategies for Data Centers (notes paper)
    Sohaib Ahmad, Arielle Rosenthal, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, and Ramesh K. Sitaraman
    In Proceedings of the 14th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy), Phoenix, Arizona Jun 2019
  3. CDC
    Risk-Averse Explore-Then-Commit Algorithms for Finite-Time Bandits
    Ali Yekkehkhany, Ebrahim Arian, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, and Rakesh Nagi
    In Proceedings of IEEE CDC Dec 2019
  4. ACC
    Coordinating Distribution System Resources for Co-optimized Participation in Energy and Ancillary Service Transmission System Markets
    Chengda Ji, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Dennice F. Gayme, and Enrique Mallada
    In Proceedings of the IEEE American Control Conference (ACC) May 2019
  5. CISS
    Online Linear Programming with Uncertain Constraints (Invited Paper)
    Lin Yang, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, and Wing Shing Wong
    In Proceedings of 54th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Baltimore, Maryland Mar 2019

2018

  1. SIGMETRICS
    An Optimal Algorithm for Online Non-Convex Learning
    Lin Yang, Lei Deng, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Cheng Tan, and Wing Shing Wong
    In Proceedings of ACM SIGMETRICS, Irvine, CA, also in ACM POMACS Jun 2018
  2. SIGMETRICS
    An Optimal Randomized Online Algorithm for QoS Buffer Management
    Lin Yang, Wing Shing Wong, and Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili
    In Proceedings of ACM SIGMETRICS, Irvine, CA, also in ACM POMACS Jun 2018
  3. IWQoS
    Competitive Online Scheduling Algorithms with Applications in Deadline-Constrained EV Charging
    Bahram Alinia, Mohammad Sadegh Talebi, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Ali Yekkehkhany, and Noël Crespi
    In IEEE/ACM IWQoS May 2018
  4. ToSG
    Impact of the Uncertainty of Distributed Renewable Generation on Deregulated Electricity Supply Chain
    Hanling Yi, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Ying Zhang, Minghua Chen, and Xiaojun Lin
    IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 2018
  5. ToSG
    Peak-Aware Online Economic Dispatching for Microgrids
    Ying Zhang, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Sinan Cai, Minghua Chen, and Qi Zhu
    IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 2018
    PDF
  6. ToCNS
    Multiperiod Network Rate Allocation With End-to-End Delay Constraints
    Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Mohammad Sadegh Talebi, and Ahmad Khonsari
    IEEE Transactions on Control of Networked Systems 2018
    PDF

2017

  1. CDC
    Understanding the inefficiency of security-constrained economic dispatch
    Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Desmond W. H. Cai, and Enrique Mallada
    In Proceedings of IEEE CDC Dec 2017
  2. e-Energy
    Crowd-Sourced Storage-Assisted Demand Response in Microgrids
    Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Minghua Chen, Enrique Mallada, and Chi-Kin Chau
    In Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy), Hong Kong Jun 2017
  3. JSAC
    Incentivizing Device-to-Device Load Balancing for Cellular Networks: An Online Auction Design
    Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Lei Deng, Minghua Chen, and Zongpeng Li
    IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications 2017
  4. ToMM
    Cost-Effective Low-Delay Design for Multiparty Cloud Video Conferencing
    Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Lok To Mak, Zhi Wang, Chuan Wu, Minghua Chen, and Ahmad Khonsari
    IEEE Transactions on Multimedia 2017
  5. SIGMETRICS
    GB-PANDAS: : Throughput and heavy-traffic optimality analysis for affinity scheduling
    Ali Yekkehkhany, Avesta Hojjati, and Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili
    SIGMETRICS Perform. Evaluation Rev. 2017
  6. SIGMETRICS
    Hour-Ahead Offering Strategies in Electricity Market for Power Producers with Storage and Intermittent Supply (poster paper)
    Lin Yang, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Hanling Yi, and Minghua Chen
    In Proceedings of ACM SIGMETRICS Jun 2017

2016

  1. e-Energy
    Energy-efficient timely transportation of long-haul heavy-duty trucks (best paper award runner-up)
    Lei Deng, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Minghua Chen, and Haibo Zeng
    In Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy), Waterloo, Canada, also IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems Jun 2016
  2. e-Energy
    Online microgrid energy generation scheduling revisited: the benefits of randomization and interval prediction (best paper award runner-up)
    Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Chi-Kin Chau, Minghua Chen, and Longbu Huang
    In Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy), Waterloo, Canada 2016

2015

  1. CDC
    Utility-optimal dynamic rate allocation under average end-to-end delay requirements
    Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, Mohammad Sadegh Talebi, and Ahmad Khonsari
    In Proceedings of IEEE CDC, Osaka, Japan 2015
  2. e-Energy
    Peak-Aware Online Economic Dispatching for Microgrids (best paper award runner-up)
    Ying Zhang, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, and Minghua Chen
    In Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy) Jun 2015
  3. INFOCOM
    On the construction of maximum-quality aggregation trees in deadline-constrained WSNs
    Bahram Alinia, Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili, and Ahmad Khonsari
    In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Hong Kong May 2015
  4. ICDCS
    Cost-Effective Low-Delay Cloud Video Conferencing
    Hajiesmaili Mohammad H, Lok To Mak, Zhi Wang, Chuan Wu, Minghua Chen, and Ahmad Khonsari
    In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Columbus, Ohio 2015