\documentclass[letterpaper,11pt]{article} \usepackage{geometry} % For page layout adjustments like \addtolength \usepackage{url} % For \urlstyle \usepackage{latexsym} \usepackage[empty]{fullpage} \usepackage{titlesec} \usepackage{marvosym} \usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{color} \usepackage{verbatim} \usepackage{enumitem} \usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} \usepackage{fancyhdr} \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage{tabularx} \usepackage{fontawesome5} \usepackage{multicol} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage[export]{adjustbox} \usepackage{multirow} \usepackage{textcase} \usepackage{anyfontsize} % allows arbitrary font sizes \AtBeginDocument{% \fontsize{9pt}{11pt}\selectfont } \setlength{\multicolsep}{-3.0pt} \setlength{\columnsep}{-1pt} \input{glyphtounicode} \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhf{} % clear all header and footer fields \fancyfoot{} \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Adjust margins \addtolength{\oddsidemargin}{-0.6in} \addtolength{\evensidemargin}{-0.5in} \addtolength{\textwidth}{1.19in} \addtolength{\topmargin}{-.7in} \addtolength{\textheight}{1.4in} \urlstyle{same} \raggedbottom \raggedright \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0in} % Sections formatting \titleformat{\section}{ \vspace{-4pt}\raggedright \fontsize{9}{12} \bfseries }{}{0em}{}[\color{blue}\titlerule \vspace{-5pt}] % Ensure that generate pdf is machine readable/ATS parsable \pdfgentounicode=1 \makeatletter \renewcommand\Huge{\@setfontsize\Huge{15pt}{20pt}} \makeatother %------------------------- % Custom commands \newcommand{\resumeItem}[1]{ \item{ {#1\vspace{-2pt}} } } \newcommand{\resumeSubItem}[2]{ \item \textbf{\color{black}#1} \vspace{1pt} % Adjust this value to increase or decrease space % \small #2\vspace{-5pt} % Adjust this value to increase or decrease space between items } \newcommand{\resumeSchoolItem}[2]{ \item \begin{tabular*}{1.0\textwidth}[t]{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r} \textbf{\color{black} #1} & \textbf{ #2} \\ \end{tabular*}\vspace{-7pt} } \newcommand{\resumeSubheading}[4]{ \vspace{-2pt}\item \begin{tabular*}{1.0\textwidth}[t]{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r} \textbf{\color{black} #1} & \textbf{ #2} \\ \textit{#3} & \textit{ #4} \\ \end{tabular*}\vspace{-7pt} } \newcommand{\resumeSubSubheading}[2]{ \item \begin{tabular*}{1.0\textwidth}{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r} \textit{#1} & \textit{ #2} \\ \end{tabular*}\vspace{-7pt} } \newcommand{\resumeProjectHeading}[2]{ \vspace{-2pt}\item \begin{tabular*}{1.00\textwidth}{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r} #1 & \textbf{ #2}\\ \end{tabular*}\vspace{-8pt} } % \newcommand{\resumeSubItem}[1]{\resumeItem{#1}\vspace{-4pt}} \renewcommand\labelitemi{$\vcenter{\hbox{\tiny$\bullet$}}$} \renewcommand\labelitemii{$\vcenter{\hbox{\tiny$\bullet$}}$} \newcommand{\resumeSubHeadingListStart}{\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=0.0in, label={}]} \newcommand{\resumeSubHeadingListEnd}{\end{itemize}}%\vspace{-7pt}} \newcommand{\resumeItemListStart}{\begin{itemize}} \newcommand{\resumeItemListEnd}{\end{itemize}\vspace{-7pt}} \pdfstringdefDisableCommands{\def\color#1{}} %------------------------------------------- %%%%%% RESUME STARTS HERE %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \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@gmail.com}{\faIcon{at} mnisyif@gmail.com} $|$ \faIcon{phone-square-alt} +1 (519) 502-8463 $|$ \faIcon{map-marker-alt} Ontario, Canada $|$ \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} \\ \end{tabular*} \vspace{-20pt} %-----------SUMMARY---------- \section{\color{blue}SUMMARY} AI Systems Engineer with expertise intersecting machine learning optimization, real-time distributed software design, and automated deployment infrastructure. Proven track record designing custom simulation environments, benchmarking edge-hardware bottlenecks, and orchestrating containerized continuous integration pipelines to optimize system constraints \vspace{-7pt} %-----------EDUCATION----------- \section{\color{blue}EDUCATION} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \resumeSchoolItem{University of Guelph $|$ \color{blue} \emph{MASc. - Computer Engineering}}{Dec 2025} \resumeSchoolItem{University of Guelph $|$ \color{blue} \emph{B.Eng. - Computer Engineering}}{Apr 2023} \resumeSubHeadingListEnd % \vspace{-8pt} %-----------SKILLS----------- \section{\color{blue}SKILLS \& TECHSTACKS} \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{ @{} >{\bfseries}l X } \textbf{Skills: } & AI Systems; DevOps; Cloud Infrastructure; IaC; Containerization; CI/CD Pipelines; Telemetry Monitoring; Agile/Scrum \\ \textbf{Languages: } & Python; C++; C; JavaScript; Rust; HTML; Java; Bash \\ \textbf{Tech Stacks: } & PyTorch; Stable-Baselines3; ROS2; Arduino IDE; React; FastAPI; Flask; Jest; PyTest; Docker; Jenkins; Terraform; AWS (EC2, S3); Nginx Proxy Manager; Cloudflare; Prometheus; Grafana; SQLite; PostgreSQL \\ \end{tabularx} \vspace{-10pt} % %-----------SKILLS----------- % \section{\color{blue}SKILLS \& TECHSTACKS} % \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{ @{} >{\bfseries}l X } % % \textbf{Certifications: } & AWS Solutions Architect\\ % \textbf{Skills: } & AI; DevOps; Cloud Computing; IaC; Containerization; CI/CD; Monitoring; Data Engineering; ML Ops \\ % \textbf{Languages: } & Python; C++; C; JavaScript; Rust; HTML; Java; Bash \\ % \textbf{Tech Stacks: } & FastAPI; PyTorch; React; Flask; SQLite; PostgresSQL; NumPy; SciPy; Scikit-learn; Matplotlib; MongoDB; Docker; Git; Jenkins; Terraform; AWS; Kubernetes; Express JS; Node.js; Swagger \\ % \end{tabularx} % \vspace{-10pt} %----------Experience---------- \section{\color{blue}WORK EXPERIENCE} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \resumeSubheading {Researcher - Machine Learning \& Semantic Communications}{Jan 2024 – Dec 2025} {University of Guelph}{ Guelph, Ontario} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem {Isolated and analyzed system bottlenecks across edge-cloud optical fiber networks, identifying a transition from transmission latency constraints to algorithmic compute bottlenecks during model execution} \resumeItem {Optimized end-to-end latency pipelines utilizing Swin Transformer architectures in PyTorch, establishing benchmarking frameworks to compare transmission times across unquantized, quantized (INT8), and baseline non-transformer data states} \resumeItem {Programmed an adaptive channel-selection algorithm utilizing logarithmic logic to dynamically scale the number of transmitted image channels based on real-time bandwidth and latency metrics} \resumeItem {Authored and published peer-reviewed research in IEEE conference proceedings focusing on task-driven feature extraction to mitigate computational and network overhead in edge-cloud architectures} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubheading {Software Developer}{Oct 2022 – Oct 2023} {University of Guelph - Robotics Institute}{ Guelph, Ontario} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem {Developed distributed node architectures for an automated feeding assistant robot within ROS2, writing native C++ and Python nodes to manage core services, topics, and real-time depth-sensor camera data feeds} \resumeItem {Designed and programmed firmware for an ESP32-based smart mechatronic door system within the Arduino environment, implementing Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) for local smartphone authentication and Wi-Fi synchronization for backend logging} \resumeItem {Implemented power-management states within microcontroller firmware to alternate between low-power and normal-power operational modes during continuous field deployments} \resumeItem {Orchestrated cloud infrastructure provisioning via Terraform, automating the deployment of EC2 instances for application backends/frontends and S3 buckets for media asset management} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubheading {Information Technology Analyst}{Jul 2020 – Dec 2020} {Kitchener Downtown Community Health Center - SRHC}{ Kitchener, Ontario} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem {Configured distributed file architectures using a centralized Samba server, increasing secure data access and distribution efficiency by 40\% across multi-department teams} \resumeItem {Secured network topography via FortiGate firewall and VPN implementations, supporting 60 active remote users} \resumeItem {Deployed Prometheus and Grafana monitoring pipelines across a multi-container Docker environment to track system downtime, monitor SSH traffic, and isolate anomalous network activity} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubHeadingListEnd %-----------PROJECTS----------- \section{\color{blue}PROJECTS} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \resumeProjectHeading {\textbf{\color{black}Real-Time Audio Filtering RL Environment} $|$ \color{blue} \emph{Python, PyTorch, OpenAI Gym, Stable-Baselines3, SciPy, librosa}}{} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Constructed a custom OpenAI Gym audio environment (NoiseReductionEnv) running a frequency-domain control loop via Fast Fourier Transforms (scipy.fft.rfft) to manipulate harmonic scaling coefficients} \resumeItem{Trained a PPO agent over 10,000 timesteps using an MlpPolicy, minimizing Mean Squared Error (MSE) against clean baseline signals to synthesize sequential 44.1 kHz time-domain outputs} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeProjectHeading{\textbf{\color{black}DevOps Server Infrastructure \& CI/CD Pipeline} $|$ \color{blue} \emph{Docker, Jenkins, Nginx Proxy Manager, Cloudflare, PyTest, Jest}}{} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Self-hosted a containerized Jenkins automation server to manage continuous integration pipelines across 15+ microservices, executing automated validation via PyTest and Jest} \resumeItem{Architected a multi-layered proxy topography using Nginx Proxy Manager and Cloudflare to securely route web traffic, isolate runtime endpoints, and automate Let's Encrypt SSL/TLS renewals} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubHeadingListEnd \vspace{-7pt} % %-----------PROJECTS----------- % \section{\color{blue}PROJECTS} % \resumeSubHeadingListStart % % \resumeProjectHeading {\textbf{\color{black}Home lab Adminstration} $|$ \color{blue} \emph{Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, Prometheus, Grafana, SSL/TLS}}{} % \resumeItemListStart % \resumeItem{Orchestrate 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} % \resumeItemListEnd % % \resumeProjectHeading{\textbf{\color{black}Heart Disease Predictor} $|$ \color{blue} \emph{Python, Flask, RESTful, HTML, CSS, JS}}{} % \resumeItemListStart % \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} % \resumeItemListEnd % % \resumeProjectHeading{\textbf{\color{black} Real-Time Noise Cancellation with RL} $|$ \color{blue} \emph{Python, PyTorch, Gymnasium, SciPy, librosa}}{} % \resumeItemListStart % \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} % \resumeItemListEnd % \resumeSubHeadingListEnd % \vspace{-7pt} \section{\color{blue}PUBLICATIONS} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \resumeProjectHeading {\textbf{Network-Aware Adaptive Semantic Image Transmission in Edge-Cloud Communications}}{MECOM 2025} \resumeItemListStart \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)} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeProjectHeading {\textbf{Boosting Edge-to-Cloud Data Transmission Efficiency with Semantic Transcoding}}{CCECE 2024} \resumeItemListStart \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)} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubHeadingListEnd \end{document}