Biography of

Mehdi Letafati

Mehdi Letafati received his B.Sc and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2019 and 2021, respectively. He is currently a doctoral researcher at the Center for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Finland, working at the 6G Flagship project. He was a program attendee at Cornell, Maryland, Max-Planck Pre-Doctoral Research School, Saarbrüecken, Germany, in August 2020. His current research interests lie at the intersection of machine learning and wireless communications from both theoretical and practical perspectives. He is also interested in information theory, data science, and enabling technologies for digital healthcare and metaverse applications. He was honoured to be ranked 4th among all participants in the Nationwide University Entrance Exam in 2015. He was a recipient of the Exceptional Talent for outstanding performance during his undergraduate and Master studies and a recipient of the National Elite Foundation’s scholarships for teaching assistance. Mehdi serves as a peer reviewer for top-tier IEEE journals, including the IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, and IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.