PhD Cand. in Computer Science

2022 - Present

Research Topic: "Explainable Graph Neural Network Recommenders"
Supervisor: Dr. Eva Zangerle
Research on Machine Learning, GNN, XAI, RecSys

M.Sc. in Computer Science

2019 - 2021

Thesis title: "Web User Intention Prediction Using AutoML"
Supervisor: Dr. Mahdi Bohlouli
Research on Machine Learning, AutoML, HPO, Neural Architecture Search (NAS),

GPA: 19.64/20.00 (Ranked 1st)

Selected courses passed: Advanced Artificial Intelligence (A++), Reinforcement Learning (A++), Big Data Analytics (A+), Advanced Database Management (A+), Data Mining (A++), NLP and Information Retrieval (A+), Computational data Mining (A+), Multi Agent Systems (A++)

Visiting Researcher

2018

Studied as an EU funded Erasmus+ project called GraDAna.

Participated topics: Statistical Methods in Information Systems, Open Source Software Data Engineering, Social Networks Analytics, Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Citizen Science and Smart Cities, Big Data, Big Data in Practice, Tools and Technologies in Data Science, Upgrading Soft Skills for Computer Engineers, Conducting "Open Science": Approaches, Tools and Practices

B.Sc. in Computer Science

2014 - 2018

Thesis title: "Twitter Sentiment Analysis Using Apache Spark MLLib"
Supervisor: Dr. Zahra Narimani
Research on Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP).

GPA: 18:16/20.00 (Ranked 4/45)

Selected courses passed: Artificial Intelligence (A++), Data Structure (A++), Machine Learning and Intelligent systems (A++), Software Engineering (A+), Neural Networks (A+), Computer Networks (A)