Siavash Katebzadeh

About


Who I am

My name is Siavash, also known as MohammadReza. I was born in Shiraz, a city rich in Persian culture and history, located in Iran.

What I am

I currently serve as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Edinburgh. I obtained my PhD in Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh, under the guidance of Prof. Boris Grot. Prior to this, I achieved my M.Sc. in Software Engineering from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at Shiraz University, and my B.Sc. in Software Engineering from the same university.

What I do

My current research is centered around distributed systems, replication protocols, and performance predictability in datacenter networks. In the past, I contributed to compelling projects involving RISC-V on FPGA and systems in the context of high-performance computing. For more details, please refer to my brief CV here.

During my free time, I indulge in my hobbies, which include photography, playing chess, reading manga, and watching anime!



News

  • Apr 01, 2025: I will give a talk on Reliable Replication Protocols on SmartNICs at Huawei Workshop. 🎤
  • Mar 31, 2025: I will give a talk on Reliable Replication Protocols on SmartNICs at PaPoC'25. 🎤
  • Oct 21, 2024: I will give a talk on Hardware-Accelerated Reliable Replication Protocols at Huawei Workshop. 🎤
  • Jul 01, 2024: I will be serving on the Artifact Evaluation Committee for EuroSys’25. 📝
  • Feb 01, 2024: Started working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Edinburgh!
  • Jul 17, 2023: I joined Huawei Technologies Research & Development as a CPU architect!
  • May 23, 2023: I passed my PhD viva! New chapter begins! 🎓
  • May 01, 2023: I will be serving as the Web Co-Chair in HPCA’24.
  • May 01, 2023: I will be serving on the Artifact Evaluation Committee for HPCA’24. 📝
  • Mar 01, 2023: Saba has been accepted to EuroSys’23.
  • Jan 01, 2022: I will be serving as the Submission Co-Chair in MICRO’22.
  • Jan 15, 2021: Hermes has been selected as an IEEE Micro Top Pick Honorable Mention!
  • Jul 15, 2020: Bankrupt Covert Channel has been accepted to WOOT’20, co-located with USENIX Sec’20.
  • Feb 29, 2020: Smart Priority Assignment in Datacenter Networks accepted at Yarch’20 workshop.
  • Jan 10, 2020: RPerf has been accepted to ISPASS’20.
  • Nov 11, 2019: Hermes has been accepted to ASPLOS’20.
  • Jul 10, 2019: I attended the ACACES’19 summer school. What an enjoyable week that was!
  • Dec 01, 2017: Our collaboration with Microsoft Research has begun.
  • Nov 05, 2017: My PhD at the University of Edinburgh has begun!
  • Jul 04, 2017: My MSc is finished and I graduated with Highest Distinction! 🎓
  • Apr 08, 2017: We took 5th place in Soccer Simulation 2D at IranOpen 2017, Tehran.
  • Mar 01, 2017: We took 1st place in Shiraz Startup Weekend (SWShiraz). Let the feast begin! ✨
  • Sep 30, 2016: I’m back from my internship at EPFL. My Master thesis is joint with PARSA Lab.
  • Jul 04, 2016: My internship at EPFL has begun. They are awesome! ✨
  • Jul 02, 2016: We took 6th place in Soccer Simulation 2D at Robocup 2016, Leipzig.