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ABOUT ME

Machine Learning Scientist, Speech and Language Technology. PhD graduate from The University of Sheffield, UK.
Professional in Machine Learning, Speech, and Natural Language Processing. Highly skilled in scientific programming, industry-level design, and the development of machine learning systems.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Computer Science

Nov 2012 - Jan 2017

Speech and Hearing Group, Department of Computer Science, The University of Sheffield, UK

Supervisor: Prof. Roger K. Moore

Advisor: Prof. Jon Barker

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MSc. Machine Learning

Sep 2009 - Nov 2012

Department Computer Systems Engineering, UPM, Malaysia
Supervisors: Prof. AR. Ramli, Dr. K. Samsudin

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BSc. Computer Engineering

Sep 2001 - Mar 2006

Department of Electronic and Computer engineering, Azad University of Qazvin (QIAU), Iran
Supervisor: Dr. Alireza Mohamad Shahr

WORK

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Apr 2021-Present

Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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Machine Learning Research Team Leader

Feb 2019-Apr 2021

Emotech Ltd

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Team Leader of NLP/NLU

Oct 2017-Feb 2019

Gweek Ltd, Speech Intelligence Analytics™

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Postdoctoral Research Associate

Jan 2017- Mar 2017

Speech and Hearing Research Group (SpandH), Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield.

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Postdoctoral research associate
Oct 2015-Mar 2017

Sheffield Robotics in collaboration with Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Solid background in programming and algorithms in the context of research and industry.

  • Experience in C++, Java, Python and Bash

  • Experienced in scientific computing, especially in Python and Numpy

  • Experienced in parallel programming and grid computing

FIELDS OF INTEREST

  • Machine learning: Deep learning, Speech and language technology: Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Spoken Language Understanding (SLU), Spoken language topic detection, Language modelling, Language model adaptation

GENERAL INTERESTS

Science Museum Space Exploration
Swimmer
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Astrophotography

Swimming

Mountain climbing

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