About
PhD Student & Graduate Research Assistant
Performance and Resource Optimization in Networks (PROTON) Lab, Arizona State University
Interests
City
Tempe, Arizona, United States
asabyrb1@asu.edu
I am a Ph.D. student in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University and a member of the Performance and Resource Optimization in Networks (PROTON Lab), advised by Dr. Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou. I received my B.Sc. in Computer Science with a Minor in Mathematics from Nazarbayev University in June 2024. Previously, I worked as a Research Assistant at the NU IoT Lab.
My research focuses on optimizing wireless network performance using game theory and reinforcement learning, with an emphasis on theoretical analysis and mathematical modeling.
Education
PhD in Computer Engineering
Arizona State University | Aug 2025 - Present
GPA: 4.00/4.00
Expected graduation: Spring 2029
B.Sc. in Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics
Nazarbayev University, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences | Aug 2020 - Jun 2024
GPA: 3.73/4.00
Class Rank: Top 7 out of 217 students
Scholarship: Full Government scholarship
Honors: Cum Laude
Professional Experience
Graduate Research Assistant
PROTON Lab, Arizona State University | Aug 2025 - Present
Supervisor: Dr. Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Associate Professor
Chair, IEEE ComSoc Student Branch Chapter
Arizona State University | Jan 2026 - Present
Peer Reviewer
- IEEE Communications Magazine
- IEEE DCOSS-IoT
Research Assistant
NU IoT Lab, Nazarbayev University | Apr 2023 - Jun 2025
Supervisor: Dr. Dimitrios Zorbas, Associate Professor
- Supervised three master's theses; each led to a conference publication.
Publications
AI-Native Integrated Sensing and Communication for Context-Aware Industrial IoT Coexistence
Authors: Aruzhan Sabyrbek, K M Rumman, Dimitrios Kaltsogiannis, Maria Diamanti, Panagiotis Charatsaris, Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Symeon Papavassiliou
Journal: IEEE Internet of Things Magazine
Status: Under Review
Disrupting Concentrated Solar Power Fields via Jamming Attacks
Authors: Aruzhan Sabyrbek, Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou
2026
Journal: Solar Energy
Status: Under Review
Jamming Mechanisms Against a Reconfigurable Wireless Heliostat Field
Authors: Aruzhan Sabyrbek, Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou
2026
Conference: IEEE Global Communications Conference
Status: Under Review
Joint Power and Denoising Control in Multi-Receiver Over-the-Air Computation Systems
Authors: Aruzhan Sabyrbek, Krishnaprasad Sreekumar Nair, Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou
Journal: IEEE Transactions on Networking
Status: Under Review
Distributed Resource Control in Over-the-Air Computation based on Multi-Aggregative Games
Authors: Panagiotis Charatsaris, Maria Diamanti, Aruzhan Sabyrbek, Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Symeon Papavassiliou
Journal: IEEE Transactions on Networking
Status: Under Review
Software-Defined Radio Testbed for Distributed Power Control in Over-the-Air Computation Systems
Authors: Dipanjan Adhikary, Aruzhan Sabyrbek, Sri Likhita Chillakoori, Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou
2026
Conference: 6th International Workshop on Real-life Modeling in 5G/6G networks and beyond
Status: Accepted
Distributed Power Control in Multi-Receiver Over-the-Air Computation Systems
Authors: Aruzhan Sabyrbek, Krishnaprasad Sreekumar Nair, Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou
2026
Conference: IEEE High-Performance Switching and Routing
Status: Accepted
Unregrettable Distributed Power Control in Over-the-Air Computation Systems
Authors: Aruzhan Sabyrbek, Sriniketh Purisai Ramanujam, Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou
2026
Conference: IEEE High-Performance Switching and Routing
Status: Accepted
Game-Theoretic Over-the-Air Computation for Socially Coupled Crowdsensing Systems
Authors: Aruzhan Sabyrbek, Debaleena Chakraborty, Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou
2026
Conference: IEEE International Conference on Communications
Status: Accepted
Differential Privacy on Federated Learning: A Correlated Equilibrium and Simulated Annealing Approach
Authors: Sávio Miranda, Luiz Moreira, Aruzhan Sabyrbek, Andre Riker, Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou
January 2026
Journal: IEEE Networking Letters
DOI: 10.1109/LNET.2026.3680523
Large Language Model-Driven Low Altitude Economy Enabled by Over-the-Air Computation
Authors: Dimitrios Kaltsogiannis, Aruzhan Sabyrbek, Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou
January 2026
Journal: IEEE Network
DOI: 10.1109/MNET.2026.3658903
On the Uplink Repetitions in LoRaWAN
Authors: Dimitrios Zorbas, Aruzhan Sabyrbek
October 2025
Journal: IEEE Networking Letters
DOI: 10.1109/LNET.2025.3622036
Revisiting the Problem of Optimizing Spreading Factor Allocations in LoRaWAN: From Theory to Practice
Authors: Dimitrios Zorbas, Aruzhan Sabyrbek, Luigi Di Puglia Pugliese
September 2025
Journal: Computer Communications
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2025.108321
Concordance-Based Assessment of Drug-Target Affinity Model Generalizability for Natural Products
Authors: Alim Gumran, Aruzhan Sabyrbek, Daria Gole, Arman Bolatov, Zhanbolat Nurbayev, Madina Sultanova, Siamac Fazli
May 2025
Conference: 17th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Technology
DOI: 10.1109/ICBBT65815.2025.11276695
Supporting Critical Downlink Traffic in LoRaWAN
Authors: Dimitrios Zorbas, Aruzhan Sabyrbek
October 2024
Journal: Computer Communications
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2024.107981
Ad-hoc Train-Arrival Notification System for Railway Safety in Remote Areas
Authors: Aida Eduard, Dnislam Urazayev, Aruzhan Sabyrbek, Daniil Orel, Dimitrios Zorbas
April 2024
Journal: Internet of Things
DOI: 10.1016/j.iot.2024.101062
Infrastructure-Less Long-Range Train-Arrival Notification System
Authors: Aida Eduard, Dnislam Urazayev, Aruzhan Sabyrbek, Yermakhan Magzym, Dimitrios Zorbas
July 2023
Conference: 28th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications
DOI: 10.1109/ISCC58397.2023.10218305
Awards
Recognized for semester academic excellence based on GPA at Nazarbayev University.
International mathematics competition held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
International mathematics olympiad held in Kiev, Ukraine.
National mathematics competition held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.