Research Interests

• Data Science

  Big Data

  Query Optimization

  Indexing

  Distributed Computing

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, GPA: 3.9

  2018-Now

  New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA

  - Advisor: Parth Nagarkar

• M.Sc. in Computer Science, GPA: 3.9

  2018-2022

  New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA

  - Advisor: Parth Nagarkar

• M.Sc. in Computer Software Engineering, GPA:4.0

  2014-2018

  Azad University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

  - GPA: 19.23/20 (ranked 2nd in my class)

  - Thesis Topic: Optimized MapReduce-based K-Means++ algorithm in Hadoop-GPU framework

  - Advisor: Hossein Deldari

• B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, GPA:2.72

  2008-2014

  Quchan University of Technology, Quchan, Iran

  - 2 semesters at "Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran" as a transfer student

  - 4 semesters at "University of Tehran, Iran" as a transfer student

  - Thesis Topic: Modelling of vacuum membrane distillation

  - Advisor: Majid Mahdavian

Work Experience

• Summer Intern

  Summer 2021

  Worked as a data science summer intern at the Vigilant Technologies company and completed the following tasks:

  - Developed a chatbot using Microsoft Bot Framework SDK and Microsoft Language Understanding (LUIS) service.

  - Implemented a MongoDB database to be used by the data science tasks.

• Summer Intern

  Summer 2020

  Worked as a data science summer intern at the Vigilant Technologies company and completed the following tasks:

  - Developed a data science engine capable of performing several NLP tasks in the domain of satellite launches.

  - Utilized RabbitMQ and developed a message bus architecture to be used in a cluster of worker nodes.

• Founder and Developer

  2012-2016

  Founded and developed the HyperIRC project, which provided free customized bouncers and bots to OnlineGamesNet IRC network users, and did Linux server administration and network programming.

• Translator

  2012-2014

  Worked as the official English-Persian translator at GameForge company.

• Game Operator, Mobile Games Tester, and Support Manager

  2012-2014

  Worked as a volunteer in several game communities of GameForge company.

Research Experience

Teaching Experience

Relevant Coursework

Services

• External Reviewer for Conference Publications

  27th SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD)2021

  26th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA)2021

  Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW)2021

  IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE)2020

  Fourth Workshop on Software Foundations for Data Interoperability (SFDI)2020

  12th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Systems (KMIS)2020

  Proceedings of Very Large Databases (PVLDB)2019

  ACM Special Interest Group on Management of Data (SIGMOD)2019

  Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM)2019

  ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR)2019

• Reviewer for Journal Publications

  International Journal of Intelligent Systems2021

• Invited Panelist

  2020

  at the 13th International Conference on Similarity Search and Applications (SISAP)

• Graduate College Senator

  Fall 2019-Now

  at Associated Students of New Mexico State University

• Vice president of Iranian Students Organization

  Fall 2019-Fall 2020

  at New Mexico State University

Honors and Awards

• Scholarships

  Distinguished Student LeadershipFall 2019-Fall 2021

• Best Paper

  Best Student Paper award in the 12th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Systems (KMIS)2020

• Travel Awards

  The Associated Students of New Mexico State University, Travel Grant (to attend ICMR 2019)2019

  Graduate Student Council of New Mexico State University, Travel Grant (to attend ICMR 2019)2019

  The Associated Students of New Mexico State University, Travel Grant (to attend SIGI 2019)2019

  Graduate Student Council of New Mexico State University, Travel Grant (to attend SIGI 2019)2019