Scholarship

Recent publications

Selected peer-reviewed journal and conference work from 2024–2026. For the full publication record and current citation information, please see Google Scholar.

Journal articles

Dynamic Deployment of Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Drone Networks with Limited Communication RangeM. Barzegaran and H. JafarkhaniIEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2026DOI ↗
Optimization of Hybrid Laser-Battery-Powered UAV-Assisted Backscatter CommunicationsA. M. Abdelhady, C. Diaz-Vilor, M. Barzegaran, H. Jafarkhani, and A. M. EltawilIEEE Transactions on Communications, 2025DOI ↗
Multi-UAV Energy-Efficient Wildfire Coverage OptimizationC. Diaz-Vilor, M. Barzegaran, and H. JafarkhaniIEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2025DOI ↗
Toward an Optimized Multi-Cyclic Queuing and Forwarding in Time-Sensitive Networking with Time InjectionR. Debnath, M. Barzegaran, and S. SteinhorstIEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2025DOI ↗
ELISE: A Reinforcement Learning Framework to Optimize the Slotframe Size of the TSCH Protocol in IoT NetworksF. F. Jurado-Lasso, M. Barzegaran, J. F. Jurado, and X. FafoutisIEEE Systems Journal, 2024DOI ↗

Conference and workshop papers

Barrier Control and Connectivity Maintenance in UAV NetworksM. Barzegaran, K. Dee, and H. JafarkhaniIEEE SPAWC, 2026
Introducing Large Language Models into the Design Flow of Time-Sensitive NetworkingR. Debnath, L. Zhao, M. Barzegaran, P. Pop, and S. SteinhorstIEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2026-Fall), 2026
CyclicSim: Comprehensive Evaluation of Cyclic Shapers in Time-Sensitive NetworkingR. Debnath, L. Zhao, M. Barzegaran, and S. SteinhorstIEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), 2025DOI ↗
A Framework for Constrained Deployment Optimization of Wireless Mobile Sensor NetworksM. Barzegaran and H. JafarkhaniIEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2024-Fall), 2024DOI ↗