About

Pantea Karimi

Ph.D. Student, MIT

  • (2023) M.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • (2020) B.S. Electrical Engineering (top of the class), Sharif University of Technology

Honors & Awards

  • Research Collaboration Award (2025, Microsoft Research)
  • Neekeyfar Fellowship (2025, US)
  • EECS Graduate Alumni Fellowship (2021, MIT)
  • Graduate Fellowship (2020, Princeton, CMU, Stanford, EPFL)
  • Ranked 1st in CGPA Electrical Engineering (2020, Sharif University of Technology)
  • EE Educational Award for the top 5 students (2017–2020, Sharif University of Technology)
  • Ranked 23rd in National University Entrance Exam among 180k+ Math and Physics Students (2015, Iran)

Professional Service

  • Journal Reviewer, IEEE Security & Privacy (2026, USA)
  • Journal Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Networking, ToN (2026, USA)
  • Journal Reviewer (3 times), ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, TOMM (2024, 2026, USA)
  • Student Organizer, ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks, HotNets (Nov. 2023, Cambridge)
  • Mentor, MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, UROP (Jan 2023–present, MIT)
  • Mentor, Graduate Application Assistance Program, GAAP (Sep 2021–Sep 2023, MIT)

Community Services

  • Hall Councillor, SP Office of Hall Council (2022, Sidney–Pacific)
  • Officer, SP Office of Residential Life (2021, Sidney–Pacific)