CV

Education

  • 2021 - 2026
    PhD Student in Electrical Engineering
    University of Maryland, College Park, MD
    • Specialization: Communication and Signal Processing
    • GPA: 3.7/4.0
  • 2013 - 2015
    M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
    Sharif University of Technology, Tehran
    • Specialization: Communication Systems
    • GPA: 4.0/4.0
  • 2008 - 2013
    B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
    University of Tehran, Tehran
    • Specialization: Telecommunications
    • GPA: 3.5/4.0

Experience

  • 2023 - Present
    Research Assistant
    Intelligent Assistive Machines (IAM) Lab, University of Maryland
    • Supervised by Dr. Hernisa Kacorri.
    • Designing and evaluating deep learning models on wearable IMU time-series data for human activity recognition (HAR) with older adults.
    • Developing personalized, teachable activity trackers that empower older adults to train models to their own needs and behaviors.
    • Research Topics
      • Personalized activity recognition for older adults using smartwatch IMU sensors.
      • Ground-truth data collection in naturalistic settings for HAR model training and evaluation.
      • Teachable AI interfaces enabling non-expert end-users to adapt activity recognition models.
      • Data-driven optimal IMU placement for human pose estimation.
  • Summer 2022
    IoT Network Engineer
    Vicinia
    • Design and development of a wireless network for real-time location tracking of assets through two-layer edge architecture.
    • Impacts
      • 50% reduction in network coverage cost.
      • Lowered hardware and infrastructure requirements.
  • 2020 - 2021
    Data Analyst, Network Performance Engineer
    MTN
    • Projects
      • Automation of network performance report generation.
      • Data analysis for network planning.
      • Network KPIs monitoring and reporting.
    • Technologies
      • Python, SQL, Tableau, Pandas, Hadoop, Spark
  • 2020 - 2021
    Senior Hardware Engineer
    Arshon Technology
    • Project
      • Designed and developed the hardware of an industrial IoT gateway at Arshon Technology.
    • Skills
      • Circuit and PCB Design (Altium Designer)
  • 2016 - 2020
    Head of Embedded Systems Team
    Sarveen Technologies
    • Headed the embedded systems team delivering hardware, firmware, and wireless protocols across a full suite of AI-enabled livestock health monitoring devices.
    • Owned procurement, manufacturing, and production for all hardware products; planned development timelines in collaboration with product managers and the sales team.
    • Collaborated with ML, software, product management, and industrial design teams to drive end-to-end product delivery.
    • Products
      • SmartTag: Ultra-low-power wearable for dairy cow activity recognition.
      • MilkMeter: An electronic non-mechanical milk yield measurement device.
      • E-nose: An electronic nose for detecting cows exhaled gases.
      • ForcePlate: A walk-over weigh scale for measuring cows' weight.
    • Skills
      • Team Leadership & Project Management
      • Circuit and PCB Design (Altium Designer)
      • Embedded Programming (RTOS, C/C++)
      • Wireless IoT Protocols (BLE, Zigbee, LoRa, WiFi)
      • Signal Processing
      • Manufacturing & Procurement

Research Interests

  • Signal Processing and Machine Learning
    • Sensor Data Analysis
    • Time Series Modeling
  • Personalized & Teachable AI
    • End-User Model Adaptation
    • Machine Teaching
  • HCI for Accessibility
    • Human-Centered AI
    • Older Adults
  • Embedded System & IoT
    • Low-Power Wearables
    • Health Monitoring Devices
  • Distributed Systems
    • Federated Learning
    • Edge Computing