Networks talk in traffic.
I build models that listen.

I'm Mahin Shariff. I forecast traffic on the research backbones that carry science, catch the anomalies that matter, and let network operators train together without handing over their data. Ph.D. student in NetGroup at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

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Stylized research backbonein flight 0 · bursts 0 · Lincoln, NE
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Work and highlights

What I build, and what came of it.

IEEE SVCC 2026 · San Jose

Best Paper Award

For a 960-run benchmark of forecasting models on Internet2 traffic. Read the paper

Research group

NetGroup, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Advised by Dr. Byrav Ramamurthy. Supported by NSF and DOE, with data from Internet2 and CESNET. Committee: Dr. Lisong Xu, Dr. Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Dr. Herman Batelaan.

Packets processed13.7B314M flow records on 60 GB of RAM

Where the work has gone
    Traffic · 6-hour forecastsimulated
    — observed··· forecast
    Awards, fellowships and grants$14,450 in funding
      Citations91
      Papers7peer-reviewed, 5 first-author
      Building now

      An agent for network operations

      Teaching
        Service and community
          News

          Recent news.

            The path · 2017 to 2027

            From Chattogram to Lincoln, one signal at a time.

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              Recent moments.

              Publications

              Papers, with the code behind them.