Telecom Engineer

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About Me

I am Rama Mhalla, a passionate Master's student in Telecommunication Engineering at the University of Calabria, specializing in cutting-edge technologies that power the future of connectivity. With a Bachelor's degree in Information and Communication Technology, I bridge the gap between theory and practical implementation.

My expertise spans across AI-driven solutions, IoT ecosystems, and the seamless integration of Edge and Cloud computing.

When I'm not coding or researching, you can find me exploring the latest tech trends, contributing to open-source projects, or mentoring aspiring engineers.

Rama Mhalla

Education

MSc in Telecommunication Engineering

University of Calabria 2024 - Present Rende, Italy

Specializing in Intelligent Sensing, Computing, and Networks with focus areas:

  • Artificial Intelligence Applications
  • IoT Systems Architecture
  • 5G Network Technologies
  • Cloud/Edge Computing

BSc in Information and Communication Technology

University of Tartous 2017 - 2021 Tartous, Syria

Graduated with honors (90.14%) in Computer and Electronic Systems specialization.

Key focus areas:

  • Software Development
  • Network Systems
  • Information Systems
  • Electronic Systems

Honours and Awards

2024

University of Calabria Scholarship (UnicalAdmission)

University of Calabria (UNICAL)

2021

Exhibition for Creativity and Invention Participation Certificate

Ministry of Trade and Consumer Protection

2020

Certificate of Academic Excellence

Ministry of Higher Education in Syria

Top student in the academic year 2019-2020

2019

Certificate of Academic Excellence

Ministry of Higher Education in Syria

Top student in the academic year 2018-2019

2017

Certificate of Academic Excellence

Ministry of Higher Education in Syria

Top student in the academic year 2016-2017

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services Soon
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Deep Learning Specialization

Coursera (DeepLearning.AI) Soon
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5G for Everyone

Qualcomm Wireless Academy Soon
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Python for Data Science

Coursera (IBM) Completed 2021
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Featured Projects

Smart Health Monitoring System

A comprehensive mobile health solution that integrates wearable sensors with cloud analytics for real-time patient monitoring and predictive healthcare.

Smart Health Monitoring System
  • Flutter mobile app with real-time vital sign visualization
  • AWS backend with Lambda, SageMaker, and DynamoDB
  • Edge-cloud switching algorithm for optimal processing
  • ML prediction models for early health anomaly detection
  • MQTT protocol for efficient IoT communication
  • Flutter
  • AWS
  • Python
  • TensorFlow
  • MQTT
  • Edge Computing

Gesture + Voice Controlled Presentation System

An innovative presentation control system that combines hand gesture recognition with voice commands for seamless slide navigation.

Gesture Controlled Presentation
  • MediaPipe hand tracking for precise gesture recognition
  • Python-based voice command processing
  • Integration with PowerPoint and Keynote
  • Customizable gesture mapping
  • Low-latency performance for real-time control
  • Python
  • OpenCV
  • MediaPipe
  • SpeechRecognition
  • PyAutoGUI

Air Drawing Canvas

Draw in the air with your index finger using a standard webcam. The app includes a left-side thickness slider, RGB color buttons, an eraser, a background toggle (black/white), a configurable grid, and one-key saving.

Air Drawing Canvas — index-finger drawing with left thickness slider and grid overlay
  • Real-time index-finger tracking (MediaPipe Hands)
  • Left-side thickness slider (hover with index to adjust)
  • RGB color buttons (Red / Green / Blue) + Eraser mode
  • Background toggle (black/white) without destroying strokes
  • Grid overlay with adjustable spacing (G- / G+)
  • Open-palm clear gesture + “Clear All” button
  • Motion-based drawing guard (background subtraction)
  • On-screen color indicator with current HEX
  • Quick save with s (drawing + preview) and quit with q
  • Python
  • OpenCV
  • NumPy
  • MediaPipe

Smart Museum Emotion Recognition System

A real-time facial emotion recognition system designed for smart museums. It uses a CNN model deployed on Raspberry Pi to detect visitor emotions, helping curators understand emotional engagement with exhibits.

Smart Museum Emotion Recognition
  • Real-time facial emotion detection using CNN
  • Raspberry Pi 5 for on-device image processing
  • Flutter app with integrated TFLite model for local inference
  • Node-RED flow for emotion data transmission
  • Laravel dashboard for emotion trends and reports
  • Python
  • TensorFlow/TFLite
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Flutter
  • Node-RED
  • Laravel

WSN: XBee 802.15.4 + BME (Waspmote)

Mini wireless sensing project using Libelium/Waspmote + XBee 802.15.4 and Cities PRO (BME/BME280). Sender/Receiver exchange ASCII payloads (TEMP/HUM/PRES), and the receiver computes medians/averages over batches of 10 packets.

XBee 802.15.4 + BME WSN demo
  • IEEE 802.15.4 link (PAN 0x1234, CH 0x0F), optional AES
  • ASCII payload with tags: TEMP/HUM/PRES
  • Medians & averages computed per 10 received frames
  • Waspmote + Cities PRO (BME/BME280) on socket A
  • IEEE 802.15.4
  • XBee
  • Waspmote
  • BME280
  • C/C++

Technical Skills

Get In Touch

Email: ramamhalla24@gmail.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rama-mhalla-5b20081a7/

GitHub: https://github.com/RamaMhallla

Location: Calabria, Italy