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	\textbf{\href{http://m.nisyif.com/}{\Huge\color{blue}MURTADHA SAEED NISYIF}} \vspace{2pt}\\
	\href{mailto:mnisyif@outlook.com}{\faIcon{at} mnisyif@outlook.com} $|$
	\faIcon{phone-square-alt} +86 177 0542 2865$|$
	\faIcon{map-marker-alt} Huangdao, Shandong $|$
	\href{https://m.nisyif.com/}{\faIcon{user-tie} m.nisyif.com} $|$
	\href{https://www.linkedin.com/in/mnisyif}{\faIcon{linkedin} linkedin.com/ln/mnisyif} $|$
	\href{https://github.com/mnisyif}{\faIcon{github} github.com/mnisyif}\vspace{12pt} \\
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%----------Experience----------
\section{\color{blue}WORK EXPERIENCE}
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{ICT Teacher}{Mar 2026 -- Jul 2026}
{International Community School}{Baghdad, Iraq}
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\resumeItem{Delivered the Cambridge ICT curriculum to students in Grades 1-8, teaching computer fundamentals, Microsoft Office applications, internet safety, digital citizenship, introductory programming, robotics, and computer hardware concepts}
\resumeItem{Designed lesson plans and classroom assignments tailored to students' grade levels, ensuring instruction aligned with curriculum objectives and learning outcomes}
\resumeItem{Maintained the computer laboratory by troubleshooting hardware and software issues, installing instructional software, and preparing classroom technology to support effective teaching}
\resumeItem{Resumed ICT instruction following a three-month teacher vacancy and developed a teaching plan to support continuity into the following academic year}
\resumeItem{Communicated with parents regarding student progress and participated in school-wide events, including graduation ceremonies and other academic activities}
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{Teaching Assistant}{Sep 2024 -- Dec 2025}
{University of Guelph}{Guelph, Ontario}
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\resumeItem{Led laboratory sessions and tutorials for over 100 undergraduate students in robotics and microcomputer interfacing, providing hands-on instruction and technical guidance}
\resumeItem{Bridged theoretical concepts with practical implementation through demonstrations, guided exercises, and one-on-one student support}
\resumeItem{Prepared and graded laboratory reports, project deliverables, and practical demonstrations while providing constructive feedback to enhance students' technical understanding}
\resumeItem{Held office hours to mentor students, answer technical questions, and support their academic success throughout the semester}
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{Researcher - Machine Learning}{Jan 2024 – Dec 2025}
{University of Guelph}{ Guelph, Ontario}
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\resumeItem {Developed semantic communication pipelines using Swin Transformer models, achieving a 30× reduction in bandwidth usage and 29\% lower latency while preserving atleast 96\% task accuracy under variable network conditions}
\resumeItem {Extended models with adaptive deterministic mechanisms to handle bandwidth fluctuations and anomalies, ensuring stable real-time performance}
\resumeItem {Quantized encoder models to INT8 during edge–cloud simulations to emulate smartphone hardware constraints, enabling realistic performance benchmarking}
\resumeItem {Published a first-author paper in IEEE conference proceedings, detailing the novel integration of semantic communication with edge computing for real-time, near real-time and task-offloading applications}
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{Software Developer}{Oct 2022 – Oct 2023}
{University of Guelph - Robotics Institute}{ Guelph, Ontario}
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\resumeItem {Architected and containerized a multi-technology stack combining ROS2, Node.js, and Vue to enable seamless real-time control across distributed robotic systems}
\resumeItem {Implemented automated AWS infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and integrated CI/CD pipelines via GitLab and Jenkins, reducing manual deployment steps by 80\%}
\resumeItem {Created a secure certificate management workflow that streamlined Let's Encrypt renewals and configured a Nginx reverse proxy to enforce HTTPS and granular CORS policies}
\resumeItem {Led the design and implementation of an accessible smart door system using ESP32, PIR sensors, and React Native, achieving over 95\% reliability in extensive field tests}
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{University of Guelph $|$ \color{blue}\emph{Master of Applied Science - Semantic Communication}}
{Dec 2025}

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{University of Guelph $|$ \color{blue}\emph{Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Engineering}}
{Apr 2023}

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\section{\color{blue}SKILLS, TECHNOLOGIES, INTERESTS}
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	\textbf{Skills: }      & AI; DevOps; Cloud Computing; IaC; Containerization; CI/CD; Monitoring; Data Engineering; ML Ops                                              \\
	\textbf{Languages: }   & Python; C++; C; Rust; JavaScript; HTML; Java; Bash; Go                                                                                       \\
	\textbf{Tech Stacks: } & FastAPI; PyTorch; React; Flask; SQLite, PostgresSQL, MongoDB, Express JS; Node.js; Swagger; Docker; Git; Jenkins; Terraform; AWS; Kubernetes \\
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{\textbf{\color{black}Home Lab Administration} $|$ \color{blue}\emph{Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, Prometheus, Grafana, SSL/TLS}}
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\resumeItem{Orchestrated a comprehensive home lab environment managing 15+ Docker containers for media, web, and gaming services, configured auto-renewal SSL/TLS certification with Let’s Encrypt, setup Prometheus/Grafana monitoring, and applied Fail2Ban for robust security achieving 99.9\% uptime and detailed system analytics}
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{\textbf{\color{black}Heart Disease Predictor} $|$ \color{blue}\emph{Python, Flask, RESTful, HTML, CSS, JS}}
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\resumeItem{Developed a scalable Flask-RESTful API paired with an interactive HTML/JS frontend while leveraging the UCI dataset and implemented real-time feature scaling with hyperparameter tuning to deliver a 95\% prediction accuracy, supporting timely clinical decision-making}
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{\textbf{\color{black}Real-Time Noise Cancellation with RL} $|$ \color{blue}\emph{Python, PyTorch, Gymnasium, SciPy, librosa}}
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\resumeItem{Created a bespoke OpenAI Gym environment incorporating FFT-based audio processing and trained a PPO agent to perform adaptive noise cancellation in real time, achieving processing speeds exceeding 5,200 FPS for high-fidelity audio performance}
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\section{\color{blue}PUBLICATIONS}
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{\textbf{Network-Aware Adaptive Semantic Image Transmission in Edge-Cloud Communications}}{MECOM 2025}
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\resumeItem{Proposed an adaptive JSCC framework that couples Swin-Transformers with real-time network telemetry to optimize image transmission over dynamic 5G/6G core networks (Published, IEEE Xplore)}
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{\textbf{Boosting Edge-to-Cloud Data Transmission Efficiency with Semantic Transcoding}}{CCECE 2024}
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\resumeItem{Utilized transformer-based edge-to-cloud models to achieve a $30\times$ bandwidth reduction and $30\%$ improvement in end-to-end latency for high-speed data systems (Published, IEEE Xplore)}
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