Dr Mahyar Shirvanimoghaddam received a B. Sc. degree with 1'st Class Honours from University of Tehran, Iran, in September 2008, a M. Sc. Degree with 1'st Class Honours from Sharif University of Technology, Iran, in October 2010, and a Ph.D. from The University of Sydney, Australia, in January 2015, all in Electrical Engineering. He was a research assistant at the Centre of Excellence in Telecommunications, then a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Newcastle, before returning to the University of Sydney in 2016 as a Scholarly Teaching Fellow.
His general research interests include channel coding techniques, cooperative communications, compressed sensing, machine-to-machine communications, and Internet of Things.
His research has been recently supported by the Australian Research Council under a Discovery Porject grant values 450,000AUD. Dr Shirvanimoghaddam was a recipient of University of Sydney International Scholarship (USydIS), University of Sydney Postgraduate Award (UPA), and University of Sydney Norman I prize. He is currently serving as the Reviewer of several international prestigious journals, e.g., IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Communication Letters, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, and several international flagship conferences.
Here is a brief introduction on his research:
Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the biggest technology trends which will revolutionise the way we interact with our surroundings. Each and every physical object will be equipped with embedded sensors and actuators capable of communicating with each other and the data transport infrastructure. The current communication standards are simply unable to service such a massive number of sensors; calling for fundamental changes in the way these systems have been engineered. More than 50 billion IoT devices will become attached to communication networks by 2025, where 50% of them are operated by non-rechargeable batteries. Our environment will soon be fully polluted with discarded batteries. My research focus is on the design of low power communication strategies for IoT to enable green and battery-less IoT ecosystem. We are developing battery-less ultra low-power technologies using piezoelectric materials for many IoT applications. This will significantly reduce the cost of devices, the amount of discarded batteries, and completely eliminate the need for battery replacement and maintenance. This research has been recently funded by an ARC Discovery Grant for a period of 3 years.