Experience

Professional Experience

Subject Matter Expert Consultant (Contract)
Mercor / Scale AI · Remote

Jan 2025 – Present

Drive research-based projects through technical evaluation and domain-specific model reasoning for top-tier AI labs.
Benchmark AI models for complex algorithmic reasoning and mathematical accuracy in STEM contexts.
Curate high-fidelity training datasets to improve AI alignment, factual precision, and reasoning.
Formulate advanced prompting strategies and evaluation guidelines for next-generation AI models.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Level B) (Full-time)
The Australian National University · Canberra, Australia

Jan 2023 – Jan 2025

Conducted research on physical-layer security, short-packet communications, and integrated sensing and communications.
Published 3 first-author papers in Q1 IEEE transactions: 1 IEEE JSAC paper (IF 17.2) and 2 IEEE TWC papers (IF 10.4).
Presented 2 papers at flagship conferences: IEEE ICC 2024 and IEEE GLOBECOM 2023.
Received 2 best-paper awards: IEEE SPCC-TC Best Paper Award 2024 and IEEE ICC Best Paper Award 2024 (top 0.6% of 2,364 submissions).

Data Quality Analyst (Contract)
Monash University, Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor · Melbourne, Australia

Oct 2022 – Jan 2023

Audited and validated institutional research data to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with university reporting standards.
Developed data quality workflows and produced analytical reports to support strategic decision-making at the executive level.

Doctoral Researcher (Full-time)
Monash University · Melbourne, Australia

Jan 2019 – Dec 2022

Conducted research on wireless communications security, resource allocation, signal processing, and IoT network design.
Designed reinforcement learning and mathematical optimization frameworks for energy-efficient airborne communications.
Developed aerial MIMO beamforming and energy-efficient trajectory planning architectures to secure UAV networks.
Published 7 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals and received 5+ awards, grants, and accolades for research excellence.

Teaching Associate (Part-time)
Monash University, Faculty of Engineering · Melbourne, Australia

Feb 2019 – Dec 2022

Facilitated hands-on learning through effective tutoring, practical sessions, and lab demonstrations.
Provided mentorship that enhanced student performance in coursework and engineering design projects.
Contributed to curriculum delivery by designing assessments and offering constructive feedback to students.
Coordinated engineering design projects for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Mentored students, assisted in designing assessments, marking, and evaluating presentations.
Achieved an overall student satisfaction score of 4.73/5.0, ranking in the top 7.3% of all University units in the semester.

eAssessment Supervisor (Part-time)
Monash University, eAssessment & Integrity Services · Melbourne, Australia

Feb 2019 – Dec 2022

Supported exam integrity, compliance, and student-facing assessment operations.

Research Assistant (Part-time)
Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) · Tehran, Iran

Jan 2016 – Nov 2018

Researched physical-layer security, untrusted relay networks, wireless energy harvesting, and cooperative jamming.
Produced 1 conference paper and 2 journal articles during early research and development.

Research Intern (Internship)
Iran Telecommunication Research Center (ITRC) · Tehran, Iran

Jun 2016 – Sep 2016

Worked on IoT systems and gained hands-on experience with applied telecommunications systems and network infrastructure.

Teaching Experience

Monash University — Faculty of Engineering Feb 2019 – Dec 2022

ECE5179 — Neural Networks and Deep Learning
Tutor & Lab Demonstrator — Semester 2, 2022
ECE5883 — Advanced Signal Processing
Lab Designer & Demonstrator — Semester 1, 2022
ENG5001 — Advanced Engineering Data Analysis
Tutor — Semester 1, 2022
FIT1048 — Fundamentals of C++
Tutor & Lab Demonstrator — Semester 1, 2022
ECE5884 — Wireless Communications
Lab Demonstrator — Semester 2, 2021
ECE4191 — Engineering Design
Lab Demonstrator & Supervisor — Semester 2, 2020–2022
ENG5105 — Integrated Design
Coordinator & Project Mentor — Semester 2, 2020–2022
ECE4146 — Multimedia Technologies
Lab Demonstrator — Semester 2, 2020–2022
ECE3141 — Information and Networks
Lab Demonstrator — Semester 1, 2020–2022
ECE4044 — Telecommunications Protocols
Lab Demonstrator — Semester 1, 2020
ECE2072 — Digital Systems
Tutor & Lab Demonstrator — Semester 1, 2020–2022
ECE4042 — Communications Theory
Tutor & Lab Demonstrator — Semester 1, 2019–2022
ECE4076 — Computer Vision
Tutor, Lab Demonstrator & Exam Coordinator — Semester 1, 2019–2022
ECE2071 — Computer Organisation & Programming
Tutor & Lab Demonstrator — Semester 1, 2019–2022

Student Supervision

The Australian National University 2023–2025

Yu Li · Ph.D. Candidate

Physical-Layer Anonymous Communications

Co-supervised with A/Prof. Xiangyun Zhou · Ongoing

Mac Gilligan · Engineering R&D (Honours)

SDR Implementation for Over-the-Air Secure File Transmission with GNU Radio

Nominated for the ANU University Medal · 2024

Reetika · Visiting Bachelor Student — Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

Physical-Layer Security for Terahertz Communications

Co-supervised with Prof. Nan Yang · 2024

Monash University 2020–2022

Supervised undergraduate and postgraduate capstone engineering design projects:

Automated Robotic Arm · 2021

Color-cube sorting robotic arm with microprocessor-based controller.

Autonomous Mobile Robot · 2022

Smart mobile robot with odometric sensing for high-level navigation and autonomous ball collection.

Intelligent Baby Monitor · 2022

Sustainable baby monitor with voice and image recognition and real-time parent alert system.

Leadership & Service

Technical Program Committee Member — IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, 2024
Session Chair (Physical Layer Security Symposium) — IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2023
Selection Committee Member — ANU Summer Research Scholarship Program, 2023
Volunteer Reviewer — 25+ international leading journals and conferences with 140+ peer reviews (2018–)

Peer Review Contributions

Journals

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
IEEE Communications Magazine
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine
IEEE Internet of Things Journal
IEEE Network Magazine
IEEE Transactions on Communications
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security
IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Vehicular Communications
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking
IEEE Systems Journal
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
IEEE Access
IEEE Communications Letters
IET Communications
Physical Communication (Elsevier)
Security and Communication Networks (Wiley)
Engineering Computations
Electronics Letters

Conferences

2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference
2024 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications
2023 International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Wireless Networks
2023 International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing
2022 IEEE International Conference on Communications
2021 IEEE International Conference on Communications
2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications
2020 International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing
2020 IEEE ICC Workshop on Integrating UAVs into 5G and Beyond
2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference

Professional Memberships

IEEE Member (2022–2025)
IEEE Communications Society (2020–2025)
IEEE Young Professionals (2020–2025)
IEEE Consultants Network (2020–2025)
IEEE Graduate Student Member (2020–2022)
IEEE Signal Processing Society (2020–2021)
IEEE Quantum Community (2020–2022)
IEEE Computer Society (2020)
IEEE Big Data Community (2020)

Milad Tatar Mamaghani