ahmad hassan.

Systems thinking. Applied AI.

Ahmad
Hassan.

Senior Software Engineer at TikTok ↗

Previously: Samsung · HPE · USC · UMN · LUMS

Ahmad Hassan
Engineer. Researcher. Always curious.

At TikTok, I'm on the AI Governance team. We build algorithms and infrastructure for offline evaluation and online alignment of fairness-related behavior in large vision, language, and multimodal models. I work on both the ML/algo side and the systems/backend side.

I earned my Ph.D. at USC, advised by Prof. Feng Qian. My graduate research combined systems, networking, and machine learning. I designed and evaluated cross-layer systems that trade off user experience, network performance, and device energy. Most of that work was anchored in large-scale measurements, with an emphasis on systems that would survive real deployment.

News

Milestones & updates
NOVEMBER 13, 2026

Learning to find value in my work

Reflections on finding fulfillment in my first six months after a PhD.

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Potpourri

Helpful resources for PhD students from every corner of life

Selected publications

Google Scholar ↗
  1. CoNEXT 2025

    OPCM: Opportunistic Performance-driven Connectivity Management for 5G/xG Networks 🏆

    Hassan, Ahmad; Ye, Wei; Zhang, Anlan; Fezeu, Rostand A. K.; Carpenter, Jason; Zhu, Ruiyang; Jin, Shuowei; Lee, Myungjin; Jajoo, Akshay; Mao, Morley; Zhang, Zhi-Li; Qian, Feng

  2. CoNEXT 2024

    Wixor: Dynamic TDD Policy Adaptation for 5G/xG Networks 🏆

    Hassan, Ahmad; Aggarwal, Shivang; Ibrahim, Mohamed; Sharma, Puneet; Qian, Feng

  3. SIGCOMM 2022

    Vivisecting Mobility Management in 5G Cellular Networks

    Hassan, Ahmad; Narayanan, Arvind; Zhang, Anlan; Ye, Wei; Zhu, Ruiyang; Jin, Shuowei; Carpenter, Jason; Mao, Z. Morley; Qian, Feng; Zhang, Zhi-Li