Hessam Mahdavifar
Associate Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Contact
- h.mahdavifar@northeastern.edu
- 360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Research Focus
Coding and information theory, wireless communications, data privacy and security, privacy-preserving computing and learning
Education
- PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 2012
- MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 2009
- BS, Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2007
Honors & Awards
- CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2020
- Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship, 2020
- Best Paper Award, IEEE Conference on RFID, 2015
- Silver Medal, International Mathematical Olympiad, 2002 and 2003
Research Overview
Coding and information theory, wireless communications, data privacy and security, privacy-preserving computing and learning
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
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M. Soleymani, H. Mahdavifar, and A. S. Avestimehr, “Analog Secret Sharing with Applications to Private Distributed Learning,” IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 17, pp. 1893-1904, May 2022.
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M. Soleymani and H. Mahdavifar, “Analog Subspace Coding: A New Approach to Coding for Non-Coherent Wireless Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 68, pp. 2349-2364, Apr 2022.
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N. Aldaghri and H. Mahdavifar, “Physical Layer Secret Key Generation in Static Environments,” IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol.15, pp. 2692-2705, Dec 2020.
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H.Mahdavifar, “Polar Coding for Non-Stationary Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 66, pp. 6920-6938, Nov 2020.
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M. V. Jamali and H. Mahdavifar, “Uplink Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access over Mixed RF-FSO Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.19, pp. 3558-3774, May 2020.
Sep 23, 2025
2025 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above.
Aug 18, 2023
New Faculty Spotlight: Hessam Mahdavifar
Hessam Mahdavifar joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in August 2023 as an Associate Professor.