Sophia Antipolis, France
Fulll-time & On-site
Oct 2021 - Present
- Developed goal-oriented MAC layer protocols and semantic encoding techniques at the PHY layer to balance communication efficiency and effectiveness in digital healthcare, IoT sensor networks, and digital twins as part of the ERC-funded SONATA project.
- Proposed dynamic programming and reinforcement learning algorithms to solve decision-making problems, resulting in 45.9% higher long-term effectiveness and a 16.6% reduction in traffic load than benchmarks.
- Reported to Prof. Marios Kountouris.
Cambridge, UK
Internship & On-site
Jan 2024 - Apr 2024
- Designed and implemented radio resource management and multi-user scheduling methods for mmWave MIMO-OFDM systems with hybrid beamforming, targeting 5G/6G and Wi-Fi technologies.
- Developed supervised learning-based scheduling with reduced runtime by 103% while achieving 61% of the optimal long-term fairness from greedy algorithms, practically balancing efficiency and performance.
- Reported to Dr. Matthew Andrews.
Linköping, Sweden
On-Site
Sep 2022
- Strengthened collaborations with the hosting CNIS group as part of projects funded by the European and Swedish Research Councils.
- Brainstormed and initiated joint projects focused on goal-oriented semantic design for PHY and MAC layers in networked systems.
- Hosted by Prof. Nikolaos Pappas.
Research Assistant
Amirkabir University of Technology
Electrical Engineering Department
Tehran, Iran
Fulll-time & On-site
Sep 2018 - Apr 2021
- Developed power allocation techniques for C-RAN cellular networks with massive MIMO wireless access and RF-FSO optical wireless fronthaul links.
- Derived optimal user power allocation policies for the downlink to achieve 15% higher energy efficiency while guaranteeing the required QoS.
- Extended the work to UAV-assisted underwater sensor networks using optical wireless links and developed a retro-reflection-enabled tracking algorithm between the UAV and submarine nodes.
Tehran, Iran
On-site
May 2019 - Feb 2021
- Led a mentorship program at a digital communication laboratory, training 43 participants over three semesters in SDR-based wireless transceiver design and implementation, culminating in 20+ successful projects.
- Guided participants in designing wireless transceivers with MATLAB and GNU Radio Companion (GRC) software and testing them using USRP modules and RTL-SDR dongles in a lab environment.
Junior Developer
Saymantech Ltd.
Research & Development Sector
Tabriz, Iran
Internship & On-site
Jul 2018 - Sep 2018
- Contributed to the firmware development and hardware implementation of an IoT-based remote water metering platform, assisted by a wireless communication subsystem designed under LoRaWAN and GSM standards.
- Designed circuit boards (PCBs) for distributed metering modules with GSM SIM800L and LoRaWAN transceivers using Altium Designer software, and programmed their ARM Mbed microcontroller units (MCUs) in Keil Studio.
Entry-Level Developer
AVA Mechatronic Co.
Research & Development Sector
Tabriz, Iran
Part-time & On-site
Feb 2017 - Mar 2018
- Involved in assembling circuit boards for IoT smart home solutions, gaining hands-on experience with electronic components, including DIP and SMD assembly.
- Made progress in designing their circuit boards using Altium Designer and programmed their STM8 and STM32 ARM-based microcontroller units.