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{International Community School}{Baghdad, Iraq} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Delivered the Cambridge ICT curriculum to Grades 1-8, teaching computer fundamentals, Microsoft Office applications, internet safety, digital citizenship, introductory programming, robotics, and computer hardware concepts} \resumeItem{Designed and implemented grade-specific lesson plans, assignments, and practical activities aligned with curriculum objectives and student learning outcomes} \resumeItem{Managed and maintained the computer laboratory by troubleshooting hardware/software issues, installing educational applications, and preparing classroom infrastructure} \resumeItem{Restored ICT instruction following a three-month teaching vacancy by developing structured learning plans to ensure academic continuity} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubheading {Researcher - Machine Learning \& Semantic Communications}{Jan 2024 -- Dec 2025} {University of Guelph}{Guelph, Ontario} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Investigated end-to-end latency bottlenecks across edge-cloud communication pipelines, identifying transitions between network transmission constraints and model execution bottlenecks} \resumeItem{Developed semantic communication frameworks using Swin Transformer architectures in PyTorch, achieving 30$\times$ bandwidth reduction and 29\% lower latency while maintaining at least 96\% task accuracy under variable network conditions} \resumeItem{Optimized inference pipelines through INT8 model quantization and edge-cloud hardware emulation, enabling realistic benchmarking under smartphone-class computational constraints} \resumeItem{Designed adaptive channel-selection algorithms using real-time bandwidth and latency telemetry to dynamically optimize transmitted semantic features under changing network conditions} \resumeItem{Established benchmarking frameworks comparing transformer-based transmission, quantized models, and conventional data transmission approaches} \resumeItem{Published first-author peer-reviewed IEEE conference papers focusing on semantic communication, task-driven feature extraction, and edge-cloud optimization} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubheading {Teaching Assistant}{Sep 2024 -- Dec 2025} {University of Guelph}{Guelph, Ontario} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Led laboratory sessions and tutorials for over 100 undergraduate students in robotics and microcomputer interfacing, providing technical instruction and hands-on guidance} \resumeItem{Connected theoretical concepts with practical implementation through demonstrations, guided programming exercises, and hardware-based experiments} \resumeItem{Prepared and graded laboratory reports, programming assignments, and project demonstrations while providing technical feedback} \resumeItem{Mentored students during office hours, assisting with debugging, embedded systems development, and engineering design challenges} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubheading {Software Developer}{Oct 2022 -- Oct 2023} {University of Guelph - Robotics Institute}{Guelph, Ontario} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Developed distributed robotic software architectures using ROS2, C++, and Python, implementing nodes, topics, and real-time sensor processing pipelines for autonomous robotic systems} \resumeItem{Architected and containerized a multi-technology software stack integrating ROS2, Node.js, Vue, and Docker to enable distributed real-time robotic control} \resumeItem{Designed and programmed ESP32-based smart mechatronic systems using Arduino firmware, implementing BLE authentication, Wi-Fi synchronization, and low-power operational states} \resumeItem{Automated cloud infrastructure deployment using Terraform, provisioning AWS EC2 instances, S3 storage, and application environments while reducing manual deployment overhead} \resumeItem{Implemented CI/CD workflows using GitLab and Jenkins, integrating automated testing and deployment processes for distributed applications} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubheading {Information Technology Analyst}{Jul 2020 -- Dec 2020} {Kitchener Downtown Community Health Center - SRHC}{Kitchener, Ontario} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Configured centralized Samba-based file infrastructure, improving secure data access and distribution efficiency by 40\% across multi-department teams} \resumeItem{Implemented FortiGate firewall policies and VPN infrastructure supporting secure remote access for 60+ users} \resumeItem{Deployed Docker-based monitoring infrastructure using Prometheus and Grafana to track service availability, SSH activity, and system anomalies} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubHeadingListEnd %-----------EDUCATION----------- \section{\color{blue}EDUCATION} \resumeEducationListStart \resumeSchoolItem {University of Guelph $|$ \color{blue}\emph{Master of Applied Science - Semantic Communication}} {Dec 2025} \resumeSchoolItem {University of Guelph $|$ \color{blue}\emph{Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Engineering}} {Apr 2023} \resumeEducationListEnd %-----------SKILLS----------- \section{\color{blue}SKILLS, TECHNOLOGIES, INTERESTS} \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{ @{} >{\bfseries}l X } \textbf{Skills: } & AI Systems; Machine Learning; Deep Learning; Semantic Communications; Edge Computing; Cloud Infrastructure; DevOps; Infrastructure as Code; Containerization; CI/CD; Distributed Systems; Embedded Systems; Network Monitoring; Agile/Scrum \\ \textbf{Languages: } & Python; C; Rust; JavaScript; Java; Go; Bash; HTML/CSS \\ \textbf{AI \& ML: } & PyTorch; Swin Transformers; Stable-Baselines3; Reinforcement Learning; OpenAI Gymnasium; Scikit-learn; Model Quantization; Computer Vision; Signal Processing \\ \textbf{Software Stack: } & FastAPI; Flask; React; React Native; Node.js; Express.js; ROS2; Vue; PyTest; Swagger \\ \textbf{Cloud \& DevOps: } & Docker; Kubernetes; Jenkins; GitLab CI/CD; Terraform; AWS (EC2, S3); Nginx; Cloudflare; Prometheus; Grafana; SSL/TLS; Linux Administration \\ \textbf{Databases: } & PostgreSQL; SQLite; MongoDB \\ \textbf{Embedded Systems: } & ESP32; Arduino; Microcontroller Programming; BLE; Sensor Integration; Robotics Hardware Interfaces \end{tabularx} % \section{\color{blue}SKILLS, TECHNOLOGIES, INTERESTS} % \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{ @{} >{\bfseries}l X } % \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 \\ % \end{tabularx} % \vspace{-7pt} %-----------PROJECTS----------- \section{\color{blue}PROJECTS} \resumeSubHeadingListStart \resumeProjectHeading {\textbf{\color{black}Home Lab Administration} $|$ \color{blue}\emph{Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, Prometheus, Grafana, SSL/TLS}} {} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Orchestrated a self-hosted infrastructure environment managing 15+ Docker containers for media, web, and gaming services with automated SSL/TLS renewal, monitoring, and security hardening} \resumeItem{Implemented Prometheus and Grafana observability pipelines, Fail2Ban security policies, reverse proxy routing, and automated deployment workflows achieving 99.9\% service availability} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeProjectHeading {\textbf{\color{black}Real-Time Audio Filtering with Reinforcement Learning} $|$ \color{blue}\emph{Python, PyTorch, Gymnasium, Stable-Baselines3, SciPy, librosa}} {} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Constructed a custom OpenAI Gymnasium environment implementing FFT-based frequency-domain audio processing and adaptive harmonic filtering} \resumeItem{Trained PPO reinforcement learning agents using Stable-Baselines3 over 10,000 timesteps to optimize noise reduction performance against clean reference signals} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeProjectHeading {\textbf{\color{black}Heart Disease Predictor} $|$ \color{blue}\emph{Python, Flask, RESTful API, HTML, CSS, JavaScript}} {} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Developed a full-stack machine learning application using Flask REST API and interactive frontend components, implementing preprocessing pipelines and hyperparameter optimization achieving 95\% prediction accuracy} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeProjectHeading {\textbf{\color{black}DevOps Server Infrastructure \& CI/CD Pipeline} $|$ \color{blue}\emph{Docker, Jenkins, Nginx, Cloudflare, PyTest, Jest}} {} \resumeItemListStart \resumeItem{Built containerized CI/CD infrastructure using Jenkins to automate testing and deployment workflows across multiple services using PyTest and Jest validation pipelines} \resumeItem{Configured secure application delivery using Nginx reverse proxy, Cloudflare integration, and automated Let's Encrypt SSL/TLS certificate management} \resumeItemListEnd \resumeSubHeadingListEnd \vspace{-5pt} \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}