People / doctoral student
Ryan McCann
Ph.D. Candidate, joined 2024. Advised by Vinod M. Vokkarane.
Co-founder and lead developer of FUSION (github.com/SDNNetSim/FUSION), supported by MIT I-Corps and AT&T; reinforcement learning for software-defined elastic optical networks; failure-aware routing and realistic simulation of elastic optical and mesh networks.
Student spotlight, September 2026: Building the networks behind AI
Google Scholar (48 citations, h-index 3, i10-index 1)
12publications in the lab record
2as first author
3journal articles
Working mostly on Elastic and SDM optical networks, Tools and reproducibility, Machine learning for networks.
Publications
A. Rezaee, R. McCann, V. M. Vokkarane. FUSION: A Unified Benchmarking Framework for Reproducible Optical Network ResearchJournal, 2026, Tools and reproducibility
A. Rezaee, F. Arpanaei, R. McCann, H. Rabbani, J. Hernández, M. Brandt-Pearce, V. M. Vokkarane. QoT-Aware Dynamic Resource Allocation and Grooming in Multi-Band Space-Division Multiplexing NetworksJournal, 2026, Elastic and SDM optical networks
A. Rezaee, F. Arpanaei, R. McCann, L. Nadal, J. A. Hernández, V. M. Vokkarane. QoT-Aware Spectral and Spatial Scaling Trade-offs in Multi-Band Space Division Multiplexing over EONs [Invited]Journal, 2026, Elastic and SDM optical networks
F. Arpanaei, A. Rezaee, M. Ranjbar Zefreh, R. McCann, L. Nadal, J. M. Rivas-Moscoso, Ó. González de Dios, A. Sánchez-Macián, D. Larrabeiti, V. M. Vokkarane, J. A. Hernández. Best Planning Practices for Ultra-High-Capacity Networks Based on Multi- Band over Space Division MultiplexingConference, 2025, Elastic and SDM optical networks
Arash Rezaee, Farhad Arpanaei, Ryan McCann, Hami Rabbani, José Alberto Hernandez, Maite Brandt-Pearce, Vinod M. Vokkarane. Channel-Based ICXT- and NLI-Aware Service Provisioning for Multi-Band Over SDM SystemsConference, 2025, Elastic and SDM optical networks
A. Rezaee, R. McCann, H. Rabbani, M. Brandt-Pearce, V. M. Vokkarane. ISRS-Enhanced PLI-Aware Routing for Multi-Band Elastic Optical NetworksConference, 2025, Elastic and SDM optical networks
A. Rezaee, R. McCann, V. M. Vokkarane. Learning to Slice: ML-Assisted Segmentation for Dynamic Resource Allocation in SDM-EONsConference, 2025, Machine learning for networks
A. Rezaee, F. Arpanaei, R. McCann, J. A. Hernández, V. M. Vokkarane. Rethinking Flexibility: When Fixed-Grid with Grooming Outperforms Flex-Grid in EONsConference, 2025, Elastic and SDM optical networks
A. Rezaee, R. McCann, V. M. Vokkarane. Dynamic Crosstalk-Aware Routing, Modulation, Core, and Spectrum Allocation for Sliceable Demands in SDM-EONsConference, 2024, Elastic and SDM optical networks
R. McCann, A. Rezaee, V. M. Vokkarane. Enhancing Routing in SD-EONs through Reinforcement Learning: A Comparative AnalysisConference, 2024, Machine learning for networks
Ryan McCann, Arash Rezaee, Vinod M. Vokkarane. FUSION: A Flexible Unified Simulator for Intelligent Optical NetworkingConference, 2024, Tools and reproducibility
A Rezaee, R McCann, VM Vokkarane. PLI-Aware Dynamic Routing in Software Defined Elastic Optical Networks (SD- EONs)Conference, 2023, Elastic and SDM optical networks