About Me

I am a Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Block Inc. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from Western Michigan University in 2018. I worked with Dr. Al-Fuqaha focused on the applications of machine learning and deep learning in the Internet of Things. I also worked as graduate assistant at WMU Libraries' Information Technology. During my research studies, I have worked on a range of topics including Code generation, Natural Language Processing, Statistical Machine Translation, Wireless Sensor Networks, Software Defined Networking, Internet of Things, and Machine Learning. 

Email: mehdi [dot] mka [at] gmail [dot] com 

Research Interests

• Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, FinTech AI

• Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning

• Internet of Things (IoT), IoT Smart Services, Future Internet

• Software Defined Networking, Cloud Computing

Online Courses

• Deep Reinforcement Learning: A Hands-on Tutorial in Python, Udemy, Jul 2019. (Link)

• Internet of Things: A Beginner's Guide to Technologies, Udemy, Jan 2023. (Link) 

• Python Quick Start Tutorial for Beginners, Udemy, May 2023. (Link)

Certificates

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/6cdad8eb-b375-4ec8-b2e6-c79ccc8d6f76/public_url

Honors and Awards

• Graduate Student Research Grant, Graduate College, WMU, Mar 2018.

• Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities (TRCLC) research scholarship, Apr 2017.

• Graduate Student Travel Grant to participate in Computers in Libraries 2017, Mar 2017.

• WMU Libraries Travel Fund to participate in Computers in Libraries 2017, Mar 2017.

• NSF Student Travel Grant to attend IEEE CNS 2016, Oct 2016.

• Best Survey Paper Award for excellent paper "Internet of Things: A Survey on Enabling Technologies, Protocols, and Applications", IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Vol.17, No.4, pp. 2347-2376, Fourth Quarter 2015., IEEE Communications Society, May 2018.

• Computer Science Outstanding Doctoral Graduate Student Award, Computer Science Department, Apr 2018.

• Department Graduate Research Publication Award, Department of Computer Science, Western Michigan University, Apr 2018.

• Department Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Award, Department of Computer Science, Western Michigan University, Apr 2016.

• Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Award, Department of Computer Science, Western Michigan University, May 2015. 

• Travel Grant from NSF GENI Project Office to participate in the 21, 22, 23 GENI Engineering Conference and 5th GENI Summer Camp.

Professional Services

• Reviewer for IEEE Sensors Journal.

• Reviewer for IEEE IoT Magazine.

• Reviewer for IEEE GlobeCom'18 Workshop - MLComm (Machine Learning for Communications).

• Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics on Computational Intelligence Journal.

• Reviewer for Elsevier's Computer Networks Journal.

• Reviewer for IEEE Internet of Things Journal.

• Reviewer for IEEE Communications Magazine.

• Reviewer for IEEE Communications Letters.

• Reviewer for IEEE Access Journal.

• Reviewer for Springer's International Journal of Wireless Information Networks.

• Reviewer for Elsevier's Journal of Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine.

• Reviewer for Wiley's Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal.

• Reviewer for Wiley's Security and Communication Networks Journal.

• Reviewer for The Hilltop Review Journal: A Journal of Western Michigan University Graduate Research.

• Reviewer for The Fifth IEEE International Workshop on Cloud Computing Systems, Networks, and Applications.

• Technical Program Committee (TPC) member of Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC 2018-Fall).

• Technical Program Committee (TPC) member of The International Workshop on Networking Algorithms and Technologies for IoT (IoT-NAT 2015).

• TPC member of The 2nd International Workshop on Networking Algorithms and Technologies for IoT (IoT-NAT 2016).