RESEARCH INTERESTS

Research interests:

• Conversational AI
• Query Understanding
• Machine Learning

VOCATIONAL

• Research Scientist Intern, The Home Depot Inc. (Summer 2019)

· Query Understanding

· E-Commerce Search Engine

· Intent Clustering and Classification

• R&D Engineer, Sharif University (summer 2015 – summer 2016)

· Machine Learning

· Advanced signal processing algorithms in Visual C++ with Intel® Math Kernel Library (MKL) and Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives (IPP).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Introduction to Computer Science II, Emory University, Fall 2016 – Fall 2017

· Java Programming

• Deep Learning, Emory University, Spring 2016

· Deep FNNs, CNNs, and RNNs Models.

HIGHLIGHTED MEMBERSHIPS

· Member of Emory Emerson Bot team, was among 18 teams selected from around the world for the Amazon Alexa Prize 2017. Final Rank: 5^th [WebSite]

· Member of Emory Iris Bot team, was among top 8 teams selected from around the world for the Amazon Alexa Prize 2018. Final Rank: 4^th [WebSite]

· Member of Emora Bot team, is among top 8 teams selected from around the world for the Amazon Alexa Prize 2019. [WebSite]

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Research Assistant at Emory Intelligent Information Access Laboratory (IR Lab)

Under Supervision of Dr. Eugene Agichtein, projects developed:

· Alexa Prize 2017, 2018, and 2019

· Topic and Intent Classification for Conversational Bots

· Smart Topic Suggestion for Conversational Bots

· User Satisfaction Prediction in Conversational Bots

· Structural Question Answering

· Transfer Learning in Question Answering

• Research Assistant, The Nemati Lab

Under Supervision of Dr. Shamim Nemati, projects developed:

· Developing Deep Learning algorithms for Biomedical Image Analysis

• Research Assistant, Cognitive Neurobiology Laboratory (CogNeuroLab)

Under Supervision of Prof. Mohammad Reza Daliri, projects developed:

· Developing Texture Analysis Methods

· Developing MRI brain image Analysis Methods

• Research Assistant, Tarbiat Modares and Shahid Beheshti Universities, Tehran, Iran

Under Supervision of Dr. Zendehdel and Dr. Abdolmaleki, projects developed:

· Collaboration on investigation of genes expression with Department of Biophysics and Occupational Hygiene at Tarbiat Modares and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.

• Research Assistant, Intelligent Automation Lab

Under Supervision of Dr. Kabiri, projects developed:

· Developing MRF Based methods for human brain image segmentation