Research Assistant, KU 6G Research Center
Amine Kidane
Building LLM-assisted systems for 6G vehicular networks, edge intelligence, and multimodal real-world deployment.
I am a Research Assistant at Khalifa University's 6G Research Center, where I build DRL- and RAG-enhanced multimodal LLM frameworks for on-demand service deployment in 6G vehicular networks. My work focuses on real-time reasoning across conversational, visual, and sensory inputs for network intelligence and edge orchestration.
Before this, I worked on hardware-aware robotics, adversarially robust machine learning, and applied AI product development, giving me a research profile that spans both theory and deployment.
Snapshot
Research profile at a glance
Seven papers to date, with five accepted and two under review, alongside a strong academic record and hands-on work across networking, robotics, and applied AI systems.
Publications
Selected accepted work
Accepted papers from the current research cycle across two journals, two conferences, and one magazine.
AI-Native Cloud-Edge Orchestration for 6G Metaverse Networks: An LLM-Guided Multi-Agent DRL Approach
Complex & Intelligent Systems
A RAG-Assisted DRL Framework for Microservices Deployment in 6G Vehicular Networks
IEEE WiMob 2025
On-Demand Vehicular Service Deployment in 6G: A Collaborative Large-Small LM Architecture
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
Move-LLM: Multimodal LLM-Assisted DRL Framework for On-Demand Service Deployment in 6G Vehicular Networks
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Towards On-Demand Metaverse Service Deployment in 6G Vehicular Networks Using Multimodal LLMs
IEEE INFOCOM 2025 Workshops
Experience
Research and engineering trajectory
Research Assistant
Abu Dhabi, UAEKU 6G Research Center, Khalifa University
Research on DRL- and RAG-enhanced multimodal LLM frameworks for on-demand service deployment in 6G vehicular networks.
- Designed LLM-assisted deployment frameworks that reason over conversational, visual, and sensory inputs under real-time constraints.
- Worked across institutions on 6G network intelligence, microservice placement, and edge computing paradigms.
- Contributed to a publication pipeline that now includes five accepted papers and two manuscripts under review across IEEE and Complex & Intelligent Systems venues.
AI Software Engineer Intern
RemoteRhetora.ai
Built an AI co-pilot sales platform spanning prospecting, lead nurturing, and deal closure workflows.
- Integrated automation, scheduling, and AI assistance into a single sales workflow.
- Focused on practical decision-support tooling rather than isolated model demos.
Visiting Undergraduate Researcher
Abu Dhabi, UAEeBrain Lab, NYU Abu Dhabi
Designed a quantized and hardware-aware neural architecture search framework for autonomous robots.
- Achieved 15% faster inference and 1.2x higher energy efficiency on embedded GPUs.
- Explored hardware-software co-design for deployable AI in robotic settings.
Cybersecurity Intern
Abu Dhabi, UAEEBTIC
Studied defenses against adversarial attacks on machine-learning models in cyber-physical systems.
- Evaluated robustness-enhancement strategies for safety-sensitive settings.
- Improved resilience with a 5.7% reduction in successful attack rates.
Projects
Selected builds and applied work
Electrical Impedance Tomography Image Reconstruction
Aug 2023 – Jan 2024Explored variational autoencoders for ill-posed inverse problems in EIT image reconstruction, targeting measurable image-quality gains over prior baselines.
Automatic Waste Segregation System
Sep 2022 – Sep 2023Led a patented senior design project on smart waste segregation using computer vision modules and mechanical actuators.
MBZIRC Maritime Grand Challenge
Oct 2022 – Jan 2023Worked on computer vision and navigation for heterogeneous teams of UAVs and USVs operating in GNSS-denied environments.
ZenMate
Oct 2023Built a chatbot on Alibaba Cloud using Llama 2 during the Alibaba Cloud GenAI Hackathon.
Quantum Crop Rotation Optimizer
Apr 2023Developed a quantum-computing-based crop rotation optimizer for UAE agriculture at the NYUAD Hackathon for Social Good.
High-Speed Printing Anomaly Detector
Oct 2023Created an anomaly detector for high-speed printing systems using PaDiM to improve production monitoring efficiency.
Education
Training and distinctions
BSc in Computer Engineering (AI Track)
Khalifa University · Aug 2019 – Jan 2024
Abu Dhabi, UAE
- GPA: 3.96/4.0
- President's List: 8/9 semesters
- Full Undergraduate International President's Scholarship (10% acceptance rate)
Leadership and service
- Co-founded the AI Club at Khalifa University, grew it to 250+ members, and helped organize LLM-focused activities and hackathons.
- Completed 150 hours of peer tutoring in C++ and Calculus across three semesters.
- Represented Khalifa University in the Techstars Innovation Bootcamp IP commercialization challenge.
- Organized a Global Day event centered on Eritrean culture and presentation design.
Skills
Technical toolkit
Languages
Frameworks
Cloud & Compute
Tools
Databases
Robotics
Recognition
Awards and competitions
- EDGE Pioneers 4.0 Hackathon Series 3 — anomaly detector for high-speed printing systems
- Alibaba Cloud GenAI Hackathon 2023 — recognized as Sustainability Expert in GenAI for Social Good in MENA
- 17th IEEE Software Engineering Competition — Second Prize
- Khalifa University Programming Contest — First Prize (won twice)
- Musabaqat Mathematics Competition V — 5th among 90 students from 4 universities
- Open Mathematics Olympiad — Second Prize
- Golden Key International Honor Society Inductee
Contact
Useful links
I can be reached by email for research conversations, collaborations, and related opportunities.