I am interested in algorithm design and analysis with applications in networks, distributed systems, and blockchains. My particular focus is on self-adjusting networks.

Publications

In theoretical computer science, authors are sorted alphabetically by default.

Self-Adjusting Systems:

LASLiN: A Learning-Augmented Peer-to-Peer Network

Julien Dallot, Caio Alves Caldeira, Arash Pourdamghani, Olga Goussevskaia, and Stefan Schmid
under review
arXiv

SpiderDAN: Matching Augmentation in Demand-Aware Networks

Aleksander Figiel, Darya Melnyk, André Nichterlein, Arash Pourdamghani and Stefan Schmid
SIAM Symposium on Algorithm Engineering and Experiments (ALENEX 2025)
Paper, Slides, Citation, Code

Invited Paper: Towards Demand-Aware Peer Selection With XOR-based Routing

Qingyun Ji, Darya Melnyk, Arash Pourdamghani, Stefan Schmid
The 27th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2025)
Paper, Slides, Citation, Code

Hash & Adjust: Competitive Demand-Aware Consistent Hashing

Arash Pourdamghani, Chen Avin, Robert Sama, Maryam Shiran, and Stefan Schmid
The 28th International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems (OPODIS 2024)
Paper, Slides, Citation, Code

Brief Announcement: Minimizing the Weighted Average Shortest Path Length in Demand-Aware Networks via Matching Augmentation

Aleksander Figiel, Darya Melnyk, André Nichterlein, Arash Pourdamghani and Stefan Schmid
ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA 2024)
Paper, Slides, Citation, Code

SeedTree: A Dynamically Optimal and Local Self-Adjusting Tree

Arash Pourdamghani, Chen Avin, Robert Sama, and Stefan Schmid
IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM 2023)
Paper, Slides, Citation, Video, Code

Self-Adjusting Partially Ordered Lists

Vamsi Addanki, Maciej Pacut, Arash Pourdamghani, Gabor Retvari, Stefan Schmid, and Juan Vanerio
IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM 2023)
Paper, Slides, Citation, Code

Traffic Engineering:

Rethinking Fronthaul Topologies for Cell-Free 6G Networks

Max Franke, Arash Pourdamghani, Fabian Göttsch, Stefan Schmid, and Giuseppe Caire
under review
arXiv

Demand-Aware Multi-Source IP-Multicast: Minimal Congestion via Link Weight Optimization

Matthias Bentert, Max Franke, Darya Melnyk, Arash Pourdamghani, and Stefan Schmid* International Federation for Information Processing Networking Conference (IFIP NETWORKING 2025)
Paper, Slides, Citation, Code

Optimizing Fronthaul Quantization for Flexible User Load in Cell-Free Massive MIMO

Fabian Göttsch, Max Franke, Arash Pourdamghani, Giuseppe Caire, and Stefan Schmid
IEEE Globecom Workshop on Resilience in Next-Generation Wireless Communication Networks (Globecom 2025)
Paper, Citation

The Augmentation-Speed Tradeoff for Consistent Network Updates

Monika Henzinger, Ami Paz, Arash Pourdamghani, and Stefan Schmid
ACM SIGCOMM Symposium on SDN Research (SOSR 2022)
Paper, Slides, Citation, Video, Code

Software-Defined Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: From Theory to End-to-End Implementation

Christos Liaskos, Lefteris Mamatas, Arash Pourdamghani, Ageliki Tsioliaridou, Sotiris Ioannidis, Andreas Pitsillides, Stefan Schmid, and Ian F. Akyildiz
Proceedings of the IEEE (PIEEE 2022)
Paper, Citation

Blockchain:

Probabilistic smart contracts: Secure randomness on the blockchain

Krishnendu Chatterjee, Amir Kafshdar Goharshady, and Arash Pourdamghani
IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC 2019)
Paper, Slides, Citation, Video

Hybrid Mining: Exploiting Blockchain’s Computational Power for Distributed Problem Solving

Krishnendu Chatterjee, Amir Kafshdar Goharshady, and Arash Pourdamghani
ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2019)
Paper, Slides, Citation

Distributed Systems:

Polynomial-Time Fence Insertion for Structured Programs

Mohammad Taheri, Arash Pourdamghani, and Mohsen Lesani
International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2019)
Paper, Slides, Citation

Short Papers & Posters

DecentPeeR: A Self-Incentivised & Inclusive Decentralized Peer Review System

Johannes Gruendler, Darya Melnyk, Arash Pourdamghani, and Stefan Schmid
IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC 2024)
Paper, Poster, Citation, Code

Compressed Bundle Reporting for Reliable Bundle Transmission in Disruption-Tolerant Networking

Aida-Stefania Manole, Felix Flentge, Stefan Schmid, Arash Pourdamghani, Max Franke
17th International Conference on Space Operations (SpaceOps 2023)
Paper