curriculum vitae

Master of Computer Engineering - Artificial Intelligence

• Thesis Title: High Resolution Neural Topology Optimization via Differentiable Physics Engine
• Defended with Full mark on 22 October 2022
• GPA: 17.17/20.00
• IUST: This university is one of the most prestigious in the country.

Bachelor of Computer Engineering

• Final Project: Descreening and Rescreening of Halftone Images via Data-Driven Deep Learning Methods
• Class Rank: 3rd
• GPA: 18.64/20.00

• Doosti, Nikan, Julian Panetta, and Vahid Babaei. "Topology Optimization via Frequency Tuning of Neural Design Representations." In Symposium on Computational Fabrication, pp. 1-9. 2021. (ACM)

• Doosti, Nikan. 2022. "Neural Design Representations." Toronto Geometry Colloquium. March 4, 2022. toronto-geometry-colloquium.github.io. (Length: 10 mins., Video)

Research Assistant

• Novel self-supervised neural method for obtaining the optimum design showcased in Topology Optimization
• Supervision of Dr. Vahid Babaei
• Collaboration of Prof. Julian Panetta at University of California, Davis, USA
• Physics-based simulation of stiffness of the obtained design
• Generative continuous design via a single fixed mesh through controlling the frequencies
• This project has been published and presented in ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication 2021
• This project was defined as my master's thesis

Full-time Machine Learning Engineer

• Counseled employees, software engineers, and managers on revamping the data architecture, resulting in mitigating bad data by at least %35
• Designed a full pipeline of data extraction, transformation, and loading targeting data science applications
• Integrated gamification objectives in designing and training machine learning models to produce engaging and informative user interactions
• Advocated for using best practices such as proper documentation, git, and open source, which led to full utilization of these topics in the daily workflow of the IT department

Head Teaching Assistant

• Supervision of Dr. Ghasem Mirroshandel
• Taught undergraduate students Java programming language in weekly 4-hour sessions
• Designed and graded their assignments and the final project

Head Teaching Assistant

• Supervision of Dr. Mojtaba Shakeri
• Held weekly 2-hour QA sessions and graded the assignments

Head Teaching Assistant

• Supervision of Dr. Mojtaba Shakeri
• Designed programming assignments (Material)
• Held weekly 2-hour QA sessions and graded all the assignments

Mentor and Lecturer

• An Open and Free Organization For Introducing AI and Mentorship
• Held lectures around applications of AI, particularly digital image processing (slides)
• Mentored few students who were interested in artificial intelligence and its applications

Organizer and Mentor

• An Open and Free Organization For Sharing Ideas, Showcasing Projects and Mentoring Students
• Attempted to challenge the siloed culture of the university through having open scientific/general discussions
• Mentored junior students in preparation for going through M.Sc thesis process; from ideation to publishing

Member

• Official forum with +50K members and authors of the PyTorch
• A top member (15th) with 183 solutions and 566 posts (summary)
• Commended by Thomas Viehmann for insightful posts

• Accepted in M.Sc program without Entrance Exam as an Exceptional Talent
• Tuition Waiver, M.Sc, Iran University of Science and Technology

• Tuition Waiver, B.Sc, University of Guilan
• Ranked 3rd among B.Sc graduates in Computer Engineering at University of Guilan