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\renewcommand\labelitemii{$\vcenter{\hbox{\tiny$\bullet$}}$} \newcommand{\resumeSubHeadingListStart}{\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=0.0in, label={}]} \newcommand{\resumeSubHeadingListEnd}{\end{itemize}} \newcommand{\resumeItemListStart}{\begin{itemize}} \newcommand{\resumeItemListEnd}{\end{itemize}\vspace{-7pt}} \pdfstringdefDisableCommands{\def\color#1{}} \begin{document} %----------HEADING---------- \begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{@{\hspace{-1ex}}l} \textbf{\href{http://m.nisyif.com/}{\Huge\color{blue}MURTADHA NISYIF}} \vspace{2pt}\\ \href{mailto:mnisyif@outlook.com}{\faIcon{at} mnisyif@outlook.com} $|$ \faIcon{phone-square-alt} +1 (519) 502-8463 $|$ \faIcon{map-marker-alt} Baghdad, Iraq $|$ \href{https://m.nisyif.com/}{\faIcon{user-tie} m.nisyif.com} $|$ \href{https://www.linkedin.com/in/mnisyif}{\faIcon{linkedin} linkedin.com/in/mnisyif} $|$ \href{https://github.com/mnisyif}{\faIcon{github} github.com/mnisyif}\vspace{12pt} \\ \end{tabular*} \vspace{-20pt} %----------EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS---------- \section{\color{blue}EDUCATION \& CREDENTIALS} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \resumeSchoolItem{University of Guelph $|$ \color{blue} \emph{Master of Applied Science in Computer Engineering}}{Dec 2025} \resumeSchoolItem{University of Guelph $|$ \color{blue} \emph{Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering}}{Apr 2023} \resumeSchoolItem{120-Hour TEFL Certification $|$ \color{blue} \emph{Teaching English as a Foreign Language}}{Sep 2026} \resumeSubHeadingListEnd %----------TEACHING & INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE---------- \section{\color{blue}TEACHING \& INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \resumeSubheading {ICT Teacher}{Mar 2026 -- Sep 2026} {International Community School}{Baghdad, Iraq} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Delivered the Cambridge ICT curriculum across 16 class sections (Grades 1--8), instructing over 280 students in computer fundamentals, digital citizenship, HTML, and programming using ScratchJr, Scratch 3, and Python} \resumeItem{Stepped into a mid-year role following a three-month instructional vacancy, designing targeted catch-up modules and project-based assessments to re-establish academic continuity} \resumeItem{Designed hands-on, grade-differentiated coursework and practical assignments, tracking progress through applied student lab deliverables and programming projects} \resumeItem{Administered a 22-seat Windows computer lab, configuring Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) environments to facilitate command-line and Linux exposure for Grade 11 AP Computer Science students} \resumeItem{Maintained classroom technology infrastructure, managing software installations, user workstations, and hardware troubleshooting to minimize instructional downtime} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubheading {Graduate Teaching Assistant}{Sep 2024 -- Dec 2025} {University of Guelph}{Guelph, Ontario} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Instructed over 100 undergraduate engineering students across two core upper-year courses: Robotic Systems and Microcomputer Interfacing} \resumeItem{Led weekly laboratory sessions and practical demonstrations, guiding students through hardware/software interfacing, sensor integration, and robotic control algorithms} \resumeItem{Assessed student technical competencies across laboratory deliverables, code implementations, and project reports, delivering targeted formative feedback} \resumeItem{Held weekly instructional office hours and review sessions to clarify complex low-level system design and microcomputer programming concepts} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubHeadingListEnd %----------TECHNICAL & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE---------- \section{\color{blue}RESEARCH \& TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \resumeSubheading {Graduate Research Assistant -- Machine Learning}{Jan 2024 -- Dec 2025} {University of Guelph}{Guelph, Ontario} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Engineered semantic communication pipelines leveraging Swin Transformers, achieving a 30$\times$ reduction in bandwidth consumption and 29\% lower end-to-end latency while maintaining over 96\% task accuracy} \resumeItem{Developed adaptive transmission mechanisms to handle dynamic network fluctuations, ensuring stable real-time data flow for edge-to-cloud computing} \resumeItem{Quantized deep learning models to INT8 to simulate resource-constrained mobile hardware, establishing benchmarking workflows for edge deployment} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubHeadingListEnd %----------SKILLS & TEACHING COMPETENCIES---------- \section{\color{blue}SKILLS \& TEACHING COMPETENCIES} \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{ @{} >{\bfseries}l X } \textbf{Pedagogy \& Curricula: } & Cambridge ICT (Primary \& Lower Secondary); AP Computer Science Support; Project-Based Learning (PBL); Formative \& Summative Assessment; Differentiated Instruction; Digital Safety \\ \textbf{Educational Tech: } & ScratchJr; Scratch 3; Python; HTML/CSS; Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL); Microcomputer Interfacing; Educational Lab Management \\ \textbf{Technical Skills: } & Python; C++; C; Java; Bash; Go; Linux/Unix Administration; Docker; Git; Edge Computing \\ \end{tabularx} \vspace{-7pt} %----------PROJECTS---------- \section{\color{blue}TECHNICAL PROJECTS} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \resumeProjectHeading {\textbf{\color{black}Lab \& Systems Infrastructure (Home Lab)} $|$ \color{blue} \emph{Docker, Linux, Prometheus, Grafana, SSL/TLS}}{} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Configured and managed a containerized server environment running 15+ containerized services, implementing Prometheus and Grafana monitoring alongside automated SSL/TLS maintenance for 99.9\% availability} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeProjectHeading{\textbf{\color{black}Interactive Disease Prediction System} $|$ \color{blue} \emph{Python, Flask, HTML, CSS, JavaScript}}{} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Engineered a web application connecting a RESTful Flask backend to an interactive frontend interface, performing feature normalization and predictive analysis with 95\% accuracy} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubHeadingListEnd \vspace{-7pt} %----------PUBLICATIONS---------- \section{\color{blue}PUBLICATIONS} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \resumeProjectHeading {\textbf{Network-Aware Adaptive Semantic Image Transmission in Edge-Cloud Communications}}{MECOM 2025} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Coupled Swin-Transformers with real-time network telemetry to optimize transmission over dynamic network conditions (Published, IEEE Xplore)} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeProjectHeading {\textbf{Boosting Edge-to-Cloud Data Transmission Efficiency with Semantic Transcoding}}{CCECE 2024} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Leveraged edge-to-cloud transformer models to achieve bandwidth reduction and latency improvements for high-speed systems (Published, IEEE Xplore)} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubHeadingListEnd \end{document}