Mariam Kiran

Mariam Kiran

Research Scientist

ESnet/CRD

Biographical Sketch

Mariam Kiran is a research scientist with shared positions with Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) and the Scientific Data Management (SDM) group in the Scientific Data Division. Her work specifically concentrates on using advanced software and machine learning techniques to advance system architectures, particularly high-speed networks such as DOE networks.

Her current work is exploring reinforcement learning, unsupervised clustering and classification techniques to optimally control distributed network resources, improving high-speed big data transfers for exascale science applications, and optimizing how current network infrastructure is utilized. Kiran is the recipient of the DOE ASCR Early Career Award in 2017. Before joining LBNL in 2016, Kiran held positions as a lecturer and research fellow at the Universities of Sheffield and Leeds in the UK. She earned her undergrad and Ph.D. degrees in software engineering and computer science from the University of Sheffield, UK in 2011.

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Journal Articles

Qiang Du, Dan Wang, Tong Zhou, Antonio Gilardi, Mariam Kiran, Bashir Mohammed, Derun Li, and Russell Wilcox, "Experimental beam combining stabilization using machine learning trained while phases drift", Advanced Solid State Lasers 2022, © 2022 Optica Publishing Group, June 1, 2022, Vol. 30,:pp. 12639-, doi: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.450255

Sugeerth Murugesan, Mariam Kiran, Bernd Hamann, Gunther H. Weber, "Netostat: Analyzing Dynamic Flow Patterns in High-Speed Networks", Cluster Computing, 2022, doi: 10.1007/s10586-022-03543-0

Shen Sheng, Mariam Kiran, Bashir Mohammed, "DynamicDeepFlow: An Approach for Identifying Changes in Network Traffic Flow Using Unsupervised Clustering", (BEST PAPER) 4th International Conference on Machine Learning for Networking (MLN'2021), December 6, 2021,

Bashir Mohammed, Mariam Kiran, Bjoern Enders, "NetGraf: An End-to-End Learning Network Monitoring Service", 2021 IEEE Workshop on Innovating the Network for Data-Intensive Science (INDIS), November 15, 2021, doi: 10.1109/INDIS54524.2021.00007

B Mohammed, M Kiran; N Krishnaswamy; Keshang, Wu, "Predicting WAN Traffic Volumes using Fourier and Multivariate SARIMA Approach", International Journal of Big Data Intelligence, November 3, 2021, doi: 10.1504/IJBDI.2021.118742

M Kiran, B Mohammed and N. Krishnaswamy, "DeepRoute: Herding Elephant and Mice Flows with Reinforcement Learning", 2nd IFIP International Conference on Machine Learning for Networking (MLN'2019), December 2, 2019, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-45778-5_20

M Kiran, A Chhabra, "Understanding flows in high-speed scientific networks: A Netflow data study", Future Generation Computer Systems, February 1, 2019, 94:72-79,

Mariam Kiran, Anshuman Chhabra, "Understanding flows in high-speed scientific networks: A Netflow data study", Future Generation Computer Science, 2019,

F Alali, N Hanford, E Pouyoul, R Kettimuthu, M Kiran, B Mack-Crane, B Tierney, Y Kumar, D Ghosal, "Calibers: A bandwidth calendaring paradigm for science workflows", Future Generation Computer Systems, 2018, 89:736--745, doi: 10.1016/j.future.2018.07.030

B Mohammed, B Modu, KM Maiyama, H Ugail, I Awan, M Kiran, "Failure Analysis Modelling in an Infrastructure as a Service (Iaas) Environment", Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, 2018, 340:41--54, doi: 10.1016/j.entcs.2018.09.004

M Gribaudo, M Iacono, M Kiran, "A performance modeling framework for lambda architecture based applications", Future Generation Computer Systems, 2018, 86:1032--1041, doi: 10.1016/j.future.2017.07.033

M Kiran, E Pouyoul, A Mercian, B Tierney, C Guok, I Monga, "Enabling intent to configure scientific networks for high performance demands", Future Generation Computer Systems, 2018, 79:205--214, doi: 10.1016/j.future.2017.04.020

T Eftonova, M Kiran, M Stannett, "Long-term Macroeconomic Dynamics of Competition in the Russian Economy using Agent- based Modelling.", IJSDA, 2017, 6:1--20,

B Mohammed, M Kiran, KM Maiyama, MM Kamala, IU Awan, "Failover strategy for fault tolerance in cloud computing environment", Journal of Software - Practice and Experience, 2017, 47:1243--1274, doi: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/spe.2491

B Mohammed, M Kiran, I-U Awan, KM Maiyama, "An Integrated Virtualized Strategy for Fault Tolerance in Cloud Computing Environment", 2016 Intl IEEE Conferences on Ubiquitous Intelligence & Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Cloud and Big Data Computing, Internet of People, and Smart World Congress (UIC/ATC/ScalCom/CBDCom/IoP/SmartWorld), 2016, 542--549, doi: 10.1109/UIC-ATC-ScalCom-CBDCom-IoP-SmartWorld.2016.0094

M Kiran, A Simons, "Testing Software Services in Cloud Ecosystems", International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing, 2016, 6:42--58, doi: 10.4018/ijcac.2016010103

Conference Papers

V. Dumont, C. Garner, A. Trivedi, C. Jones, V. Ganapati, J. Mueller, T. Perciano, M. Kiran, and M. Day, "HYPPO: A Surrogate-Based Multi-Level Parallelism Tool for Hyperparameter Optimization", 2021 IEEE/ACM Workshop on Machine Learning in High Performance Computing Environments (MLHPC), November 15, 2021,

M Kiran, B Mohammed, Q Du, D Wang, S Shen, R Wilcox, "Controlling Laser Beam Combining via an Active Reinforcement Learning Algorithm", Advanced Solid State Lasers 2021, Washington, DC United States, October 4, 2021,

Meriam Gay Bautista, Zhi Jackie Yao, Anastasiia Butko, Mariam Kiran, Mekena Metcalf, "Towards Automated Superconducting Circuit Calibration using Deep Reinforcement Learning", 2021 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), Tampa, FL, USA, IEEE, August 23, 2021, pp. 462-46, doi: 10.1109/ISVLSI51109.2021.00091

Bashir Mohammed, Mariam Kiran, Dan Wang, Qiang Du, Russell Wilcox, "Deep Reinforcement Learning based Control for two-dimensional Coherent Combining", Laser Applications Conference, pp. JTu5A-7. Optical Society of America, 2020., OSA Publishing, December 1, 2020,

Dan Wang, Qiang Du, Tong Zhou, Bashir Mohammed, Mariam Kiran, Derun Li, Russell Wilcox, "Artificial Neural Networks Applied to Stabilization of 81-beam Coherent Combining", Advanced Solid State Lasers, Optical Society of America, December 1, 2020,

Divneet Kaur, Bashir Mohammed, Mariam Kiran, "NetGraf: A Collaborative Network Monitoring Stack for Network Experimental Testbeds", December 1, 2020,

B. Enders, D. Bard, C. Snavely, L. Gerhardt, J. Lee, B. Totzke, K. Antypas, S. Byna, R. Cheema, S. Cholia, M. Day, A. Gaur, A. Greiner, T. Groves, M. Kiran, Q. Koziol, K. Rowland, C. Samuel, A. Selvarajan, A. Sim, D. Skinner, R. Thomas, G. Torok, "Cross-facility science with the Superfacility Project at LBNL", 2nd Workshop on Large-scale Experiment-in-the-Loop Computing (XLOOP 2020), in conjunction with the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC 20), 2020, doi: 10.1109/XLOOP51963.2020.00006

N Krishnaswamy; M Kiran; B Mohammed; Singh Kunal, "Data-driven Learning to Predict WAN Network Traffic.", SNTA '20: Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Systems and Network Telemetry and Analytics, November 3, 2020, 11-18, doi: 10.1145/3391812.3396268

T Mallick, M Kiran, B Mohammed, Prasanna Balaprakash, "Dynamic Graph Neural Network for Traffic Forecasting in Wide Area Networks.", Machine Learning Big Data 2020, IEEE, November 2, 2020, 1-10, doi: 10.1109/BigData50022.2020.9512748

M Hocine, M Kiran, A Mercian, and B Mohammed, "Using Machine Learning for Intent-based provisioning in High-Speed Science Networks.", SNTA '20: Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Systems and Network Telemetry and Analytics, November 2, 2020, 27-30, doi: 10.1145/3391812.3396269

B Mohammed, M Kiran, N Krishnaswamy, "DeepRoute on Chameleon: Experimenting with Large-scale Reinforcement Learning and SDN on Chameleon Testbed", IEEE 27th International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), IEEE, November 14, 2019, 1-2, doi: 10.1109/ICNP.2019.8888090

George Papadimitriou, Mariam Kiran, Cong Wang, Anirban Mandal, Ewa Deelman, "Training Classifiers to Identify TCP Signatures in Scientific Workflows", INDIS, SC19, November 14, 2019,

B Mohammed, N Krishnaswamy, M Kiran, "Multivariate Time-Series Prediction for Traffic in Large WAN Topology", ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications, August 1, 2019, doi: 10.1109/ANCS.2019.8901870

A Bennaceur, A Cano, L Georgieva, M Kiran, M Salama, P Yadav, "Issues in gender diversity and equality in the UK", Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering, 2018, 5--9, doi: 10.1145/3195570.3195571

A Mercian, M Kiran, E Pouyoul, B Tierney, I Monga, "INDIRA: Application Intent network assistant to configure SDN-based high performance scientific networks", Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, 2017, Part F40, doi: 10.1364/OFC.2017.Tu3L.6

M Usman, A Iqbal, M Kiran, "A bandwidth friendly architecture for Cloud Gaming", International Conference on Information Networking, 2017, 179--184, doi: 10.1109/ICOIN.2017.7899500

KM Maiyama, D Kouvatsos, B Mohammed, M Kiran, MA Kamala, "Performance modelling and analysis of an OpenStack IaaS cloud computing platform", Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 5th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud, FiCloud 2017, 2017, 2017-Jan:198--205, doi: 10.1109/FiCloud.2017.54

B Mohammed, M Kiran, IU Awan, KM Maiyama, "Optimising fault tolerance in real-time cloud computing IaaS environment", Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 4th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud, FiCloud 2016, 2016, 363--370, doi: 10.1109/FiCloud.2016.58

B Mohammed, M Kiran, "Analysis of Cloud Test Beds Using OpenSource Solutions", Proceedings - 2015 International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud, FiCloud 2015 and 2015 International Conference on Open and Big Data, OBD 2015, 2015, 195--203, doi: 10.1109/FiCloud.2015.106

Presentation/Talks

D. Bard, C. Snavely, L. Gerhardt, J. Lee, B. Totzke, K. Antypas, S. Byna, R. Cheema, S. Cholia, M. Day, B. Enders, A. Gaur, A. Greiner, T. Groves, M. Kiran, Q. Koziol, K. Rowland, C. Samuel, A. Selvarajan, A. Sim, D. Skinner, R. Thomas, G. Torok, The Superfacility project: automated pipelines for experiments and HPC, International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC20), State of the Practice (SOP), 2020,

Reports

D. Bard, C. Snavely, L. Gerhardt, J. Lee, B. Totzke, K. Antypas, W. Arndt, J. Blaschke, S. Byna, R. Cheema, S. Cholia, M. Day, B. Enders, A. Gaur, A. Greiner, T. Groves, M. Kiran, Q. Koziol, T. Lehman, K. Rowland, C. Samuel, A. Selvarajan, A. Sim, D. Skinner, L. Stephey, R. Thomas, G. Torok, "LBNL Superfacility Project Report", Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2022, doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2206.11992

B Mohammed, S Moyo, KM Maiyama, S Kinteh, ANMK Al-Shaidy, MA Kamala, M Kiran, "Technical Report on Deploying a highly secured OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure using BradStack as a Case Study", 2017,

B Mohammed, M Kiran, "Experimental Report on Setting up a Cloud Computing Environment at the University of Bradford", 2014,