Mehdi Rahmati is a PhD candidate with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Rutgers University since 2013. He is a member of Cyber Physical Systems Laboratory (CPS-Lab) directed by Prof. Dario Pompili. Mehdi received his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, and Iran University of Science and Technology in Tehran, Iran. Previously, he worked as a full-time faculty member at Bahar Institute of Higher Education and as a lecturer at Azad University of Tehran and Mashhad, both in Iran, from 2009 to 2013. For his MS thesis, he worked on MIMO coding in correlated wireless channels with Prof. Vahid Tabataba Vakili.; currently he is working on underwater acoustic communications and networks and human-robot interaction in uncertain environments.

RESEARCH

Current Research:

Underwater Acoustic Communications and Networks
Networked Robots and Human Interaction in Uncertain Environments
Reliable Underwater Acoustic Video Transmission

Past Topics:

Underwater Acoustic Noise Separation
Cooperative Communications & MIMO Schemes
CDMA and OFDM Techniques in Correlated Channels
Statistical Signal Processing and its Applications
Coding and Information Theory

AWARDS

Best Demo Award, IEEE SECON, Boston, MA, Jun. 2019
Best Paper Award, IEEE MIT URTC, Cambridge, MA, USA, Oct. 2018
Best Paper Award, IEEE MASS, Orlando, FL, USA, Oct. 2017
Best Student Paper Runner-up Award, ACM-WUWNet, Washington DC, USA, Oct. 2015
Research Excellence Award, ECE Department, Rutgers University, Fall 2018
Conference Travel Award, School of Graduate Studies, Rutgers University, 2018-2019
TA/GA Professional Development Fund Award, Rutgers University, Fall 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, and Summer 2018
NSF Travel Grant Award, IEEE SECON, Boston, MA, Jun. 2019
Travel Grant Award, IEEE MASS, Orlando, FL, USA, Oct. 2017
NSF Travel Grant Award, ACM-WUWNet, Washington DC, USA, Oct. 2015
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Elsevier Ad-Hoc Network Journal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Jan. 2016
Best Instructor of the Year Award, Azad University of East Tehran Branch, 2009

PUBLICATIONS

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Journals:

M. Rahmati, R. Petroccia, and D. Pompili, “In-network Collaboration for CDMA-based Reliable Underwater Acoustic Communications,” accepted/in press in the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2019.

M. Rahmati and D. Pompili, “Probabilistic Spatially-divided Multiple Access in Underwater Acoustic Sparse Networks,” accepted/in press in the IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2018. [PDF] [BibTeX]

M. Rahmati and D. Pompili, “UNISeC: Inspection, Separation and Classification of Unknown Underwater Acoustic Point Sources,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 43, no.3, pp. 777-791, Jul. 2018. [PDF] [BibTeX]

V. Vakil and M. Rahmati, “Throughput Improvement of Cooperative System Using Adaptive Relaying and Adaptive Modulation," International Journal of Information & Communication Technology (IJICT), vol. 3, no.4, pp 37-44, Sep. 2011. [PDF] [BibTeX]

Conferences/Workshops:

M. Rahmati, V. Sadhu, and D. Pompili, “ECO-UW IOT: Eco-friendly Reliable and Persistent Data Transmission in Underwater Internet of Things,” proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking (SECON), Boston, MA, 2019. [PDF] [BibTeX]

M. Rahmati, A. Gurney, and D. Pompili, “Adaptive Underwater Video Transmission via Software-defined MIMO Acoustic Modems,” proc. of the IEEE/MTS OCEANS Conference, Charleston, SC, Oct. 2018. [PDF] [BibTex]

M. Rahmati, S. Karten, and D. Pompili, “SLAM-based Underwater Adaptive Sampling Using Autonomous Vehicles,” proc. of the IEEE/MTS OCEANS Conference, Charleston, SC, Oct. 2018. [PDF] [BibTex]

P. Pandey, M. Rahmati, D. Pompili, and W. Bajwa, “Robust Distributed Dictionary Learning for In-network Image Compression,” proc. of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC), Trento, Italy, Sep. 2018.

C. Abel, R. Chen, J. Gallicchio, G. Zhang, K. Zhou, A. Gurney, M. Rahmati, and D. Pompili, “Adaptive Feedback Protocol for Underwater Vehicles via Software-Defined Acoustic Modems,” proc. of the IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URTC), Cambridge, MA, Oct. 2018. Best Paper Award [PDF] [BibTex]

M. Rahmati, D. Pompili, and R. Petroccia, “Collaborative Hybrid ARQ for CDMA-based Reliable Underwater Acoustic Communications,” proc. of the IEEE Underwater Communications and Networking Conference (UComms), La Spesia, Italy, Aug. 2018.

M. Rahmati and D. Pompili, “SSFB: Signal-Space-Frequency Beamforming for Underwater Acoustic Video Transmission,” proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), Orlando, FL, USA, Oct. 2017. Best Paper Award [PDF] [BibTeX]

M. Rahmati and D. Pompili, “uwMIMO-HARQ: Hybrid ARQ for Reliable Underwater Acoustic MIMO Channels,” proc. of the ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (WUWNeT), Washington DC, USA, Oct. 2015. Best Paper Runner-up Award [PDF] [BibTeX]

M. Rahmati and D. Pompili, “Interference Cancellation in Multiuser Acoustic Underwater Networks Using Probabilistic SDMA,” proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), Dallas, TX, USA, Oct. 2015. [PDF] [BibTeX]

M. Rahmati, P. Pandey, and D. Pompili, “Separation and Classification of Underwater Acoustic Sources,” proc. of the IEEE Underwater Communications Networking conference (UCOMMS), Sestri Levante, Italy, Sep. 2014. [PDF] [BibTex]

M. Rahmati and V. Vakil, “Optimizing Energy Consumption in DMF Cooperative System with Mobile Relay Using Adaptive Modulation,” proc. of the first International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and their Applications (ICCSPA), Sharjah, UAE, Feb. 2013. [PDF] [BibTex]

V. Vakil, and M. Rahmati, “Adaptive Modulated Cooperative System with Selection Combining," proc. of the 19th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), Tehran, Iran, May 2011. [PDF] [BibTex]

M. Rahmati and V. T. Vakili, “A Transmitter Model for Performance Improvement and Interference Mitigation of Multi-User STBC-CDMA System in Correlated MISO Channels,” proc. of the European Symposium on Computer Modeling and Simulation (EMS), Athens, Greece, Nov. 2009. [PDF] [BibTex]

M. Rahmati and V. T. Vakili, “Performance Improvement of STBC CDMA System in Correlated MIMO Channels,” proc. of International Conferences on Advanced Technologies for Communications (ATC), Hai Phong, Vietnam, Oct. 2009. [PDF] [BibTex]

M. Rahmati and V. T. Vakili, “STBC CDMA System Simulation in MIMO Channels with Correlative Model,” proc. of international conference on Computational Intelligence, Modeling and Simulation (CSSim), Brno, Czech Republic, Sep. 2009. [PDF] [BibTex]

M. Rahmati and V. T. Vakili, “Diversity-Rate Considerations and Precoder Designing for Spatially Correlated Perfect Space-Time Block Code,” proc. of International Conference on Telecom Technology and Applications (ICTTA), Manila, Philippine, Jun. 2009.

M. Rahmati and V. T. Vakili, “Performance Improvement of a Multi-User MIMO System Using Perfect Space-Time Block Code,” proc. of Mosharaka International Conference on Communications, Networking and Information Technology (MIC-CNIT), Amman, Jordan, Dec. 2007.

M. Rahmati and V.T.Vakili, “Time-Frequency Analysis of Generalized Wiener Process in the Presence of Non-Gaussian and Colored Noise,” proc. of Mosharaka International Conference on Communications, Networking and Information Technology (MIC-CNIT), Amman, Jordan, Dec. 2007.

Demo:

V. Sadhu, M. Rahmati, and D. Pompili, “MOSFET-based Ultra-low-power Realization of Analog Joint Source-Channel Coding for IoTs,” proc. of the Demo/Poster session in the IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking (SECON), Boston, MA, 2019. Best Demo Award

Talks:

“Near-real-time Water-quality Monitoring in the Raritan River using a Hybrid Network of Autonomous Vehicles and Static Stations,” The 11th Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference and Awards Ceremony, New Brunswick, NJ, June 7, 2019.
“Enabling Real-time Dynamic Control and Adaptation of Networked Robots in Resource-constrained and Uncertain Environments,” The 10th Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference and Awards Ceremony, New Brunswick, NJ, June 8, 2018.

Invited Panel:

“Communications Breakout,” Panelist at the NSF's Frontiers in Undersea Seafloor Science and Engineering Workshop (FUSE), Northeastern University, Boston, June 21-23, 2018.

SERVICES

Technical Program Committee Member :

International Conference on Wireless Communication Systems and Networks (MIC-Wireless): 2020
IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Communications and Networking in Extreme Environments (WCNEE): 2018, 2019
IEEE International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications, and Informatics (ICACCI): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
IEEE International Workshop on Recent Advances in Adaptive Systems and Signal Processing (RAASP): 2014
Mosharaka International Conference on Communications, Networking, and Information Technology (MIC-CNIT): 2011

Journal Reviewer:

IEEE Transactions on Communications
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
IEEE Communications Letters
IEEE Sensors Journal
IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks
Wireless Networks Journal (Springer)
Ad-Hoc Networks Journal (Elsevier)
Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (Elsevier)

Conference Reviewer:

IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM): 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (WUWNet): 2014, 2015, 2016
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA): 2018
IEEE International Conference on Communications and Networking (UComms): 2018
IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC): 2018
IEEE International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Informatics (EECSI): 2018
IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT): 2015
IEEE International Conference on E-health Networking, Application, and Services (Healthcom): 2015
IEEE Symposium on Wireless Technology and Applications (ISWTA): 2012
International Conference on Oceaninc and Atmospheric (ICOA): 2015

Session Chair:

"Energy Efficient Systems" session at the IEEE SECON Conference, Boston, MA, Jun. 2019
"Acoustic Telemetry IV" session at the IEEE/MTS OCEANS Conference, Charleston, SC, Oct. 2018
"Adaptive or Learning Sampling" session at the IEEE/MTS OCEANS Conference, Charleston, SC, Oct. 2018

Member of Professional Associations:

TEACHING

Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA (2013-present)

Linear Systems and Signals Instructor: Summer 2018

Principle of Electrical Engineering II Lab Instructor: Summer 2016, Summer 2017
Computer Architecture Lab TA: Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2016
Discrete Mathematics TA: Spring 2014, Spring 2017
Digital Communication Systems TA (Graduate Course): Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017

Bahar Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran (2010-2013)

Electrical Circuits I and II
Digital and Analog Communications Systems
Wireless Communications
Computer Networks
Programming with C
Computer Architecture

Salman Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran (2010-2013)

Communication Technology and Systems
Data Communications
Computer Organization and Architecture
Computer Networks

Azad University, Mashhad, Iran (2010-2012)

Computer Organization and Architecture
Computer Architecture

Azad University, Tehran, Iran (2009-2010)

Communication Systems and Circuits
Computer Organization and Architecture
Industrial Instrumentation

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