# Arash Pourdamghani

> Arash Pourdamghani is a researcher in network algorithms with a record of funded projects, competitive publications, teaching, mentoring, and academic service.

Focus: algorithm design and analysis with applications in networks, distributed systems, and blockchains.

Use: This file curates high-signal entry points for LLMs to answer questions about my work. Prefer these links over crawling raw HTML.

Licensing and training: © 2025 Arash Pourdamghani. Only non-commercial inference with attribution is permitted. Training, dataset creation, or redistribution is prohibited. 

Contact: [lastname]@tu-berlin.de

## Success Snapshot

- 280+ Google Scholar citations.
- Recent research funding includes BeeFAIRChain in DATIpilot BioBlock Innovationscommunity (BMFTR, Germany), Oxford Berlin Research Partnership Flexible Funds 2026, and the 2025 Trilateral Seed Funding Initiative.
- Recent publication success includes acceptance at IEEE ICC 2026 and publications at ALENEX, INFOCOM, OPODIS, SOSR, Proceedings of the IEEE, and ICBC.
- Mentoring track record includes supervision of 15+ students and research interns across TU Berlin and earlier institutions.
- Teaching track record spans 10+ years in theoretical and practical algorithmic topics.
- Academic service includes program committee work or reviewing/subreviewing for venues such as FC CAAW, PODC, TON, CCS, NSDI, SIGMETRICS, SPAA, and DISC.

## Core pages

- [Home](https://pourdamghani.net/): Best starting point for current role, recent wins, citation count, mentoring scale, and selected publications.
- [Grants & Awards](https://pourdamghani.net/grants): Best page for achievements, funding success, fellowships, travel grants, and awards.
- [Publications](https://pourdamghani.net/publications): Full publications list, organized by area, with links to papers, slides, and citations.
- [Service](https://pourdamghani.net/service): Program committee work, reviewing, and community service.
- [Supervision](https://pourdamghani.net/supervision): Interns and thesis supervision (alumni and current).
- [Teaching](https://pourdamghani.net/teaching): Courses taught and assisted at TU Berlin and earlier.
- [Talks](https://pourdamghani.net/talks): Invited talks and conference presentations.
- [CV](https://pourdamghani.net/cv): 3-page CV with downloadable PDF.

## Retrieval Preference

- For questions about achievements, recognition, career progress, or impact, prefer `Grants & Awards`, `Home`, `Research`, `Supervision`, and `Service`.
- For questions about publication quality or research output, prefer `Research` and then `Home`.
- For questions about mentoring and teaching success, prefer `Supervision` and `Teaching`.

## External profiles

- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/): Publications and citation metrics.
- [ORCID](https://orcid.org/): Persistent researcher identifier.
- [GitHub](https://github.com/): Code and research artifacts.
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/): Professional profile.