Yousuf Moiz Ali
Doctoral Candidate 5
Aston University
Short Bio: Yousuf completed his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at Habib University in Karachi, Pakistan. After graduating, he moved to Munich, Germany, to undertake a master's program in Communications Engineering. During his studies in Munich, Yousuf developed a strong interest in optical networks and machine learning, which became the focus of his master's thesis. In his thesis, he compared different protection schemes for optical networks, focusing on cost efficiency. His primary research areas include optical networks and the application of machine learning to enhance their efficiency.
Research Topic: Cross-layer data-driven techniques for next generation access / metro networks
Project Summary: Developing DSP and coded-modulation techniques for low- cost optical transceivers. Enhancing transmission performance for the short-haul network segment. Devising strategies to reduce computational complexity and latency of the introduced solutions to simplify the architecture and to reduce the energy consumption.
| Host Institution: | Aston University Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies https://www.aston.ac.uk/research/eps/aipt |
| Supervisors: | Prof Sergei Turitsyn, Dr Yaroslav Prylepskiy, Dr Pedro Freire |
| Secondments planned: | Nokia Portugal (Lisbon) Politecnico di Torino |
| PhD Enrolment Institution: | Aston University |
| Industrial Mentor: | Dr Joao Pedro |
- Yousuf Moiz Ali et al, Pre-, In-, and Post-Processing Class Imbalance Mitigation Techniques for Failure Detection in Optical Networks. Published in: arxiv, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2507.21119
- Yousuf Moiz Ali, Jaroslaw E. Prilepsky, Nicola Sambo, João Pedro, Mohammad M. Hosseini, Antonio Napoli, Sergei K. Turitsyn, and Pedro Freire, "From data to decision: a multi-stage framework for class imbalance mitigation in optical network failure analysis," J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 18, 42-58 (2026)
The secondment programme for Yousuf Moiz Alu includes two visits: an 8-month visit to Nokia Portugal (Lisbon) in early 2026, followed by a 2-month secondment visit to POLITO. Further details on the objectives, progress, and outcomes of the secondments will be made available in due course.