CV

Education

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Automatic Control Area), Purdue University, Aug. 2024 – May 2029 (Expected, GPA: 3.83), West Lafayette, IN, USA
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering (Control Engineering Branch), University of Tehran, Sep. 2019 – July 2023 (Score: 18.36/20, GPA: 3.92), Tehran, Iran
• Diploma of Mathematics, Salam High School, June 2016 – Sep. 2019 (Score: 19.32/20, GPA: 4.00), Tehran, Iran

Work Experience

• Research Assistant, Prof. Vijay Gupta’s Lab, Purdue University, Aug. 2024 – Present
  • Conducting research on conformal prediction theory with projects in cooperative perception, trajectory optimization, and domain adaptation.
• Research Assistant, Intelligent Networks Lab, University of Tehran, Oct. 2023 – July 2024
  • Developed a deep reinforcement learning approach for opinion shaping in social networks.
• Research Assistant, TaarLab: Human and Robot Interaction Laboratory, University of Tehran, May 2021 – Oct. 2022
  • Developed deep convolutional neural networks for person re-identification, attribute recognition, and attribute retrieval tasks.
  • Implemented human detection and tracking models on local datasets.
• Teaching Assistant, University of Tehran, Sep. 2020 – July 2023
  • Neural Networks & Deep Learning (Master’s Course), Spring & Fall 2023, Dr. Kalhor
  • Operational Research, Fall 2023, Dr. Ramezaney Moghadam
  • Instrumentation, Fall 2022 & Spring 2023, Dr. Nayeri & Dr. Nasiri
  • Linear Control Systems, Fall 2022, Dr. Bahrami
  • Engineering Mathematics, Fall 2021, Dr. Tale Masouleh
  • Engineering Mathematics, Spring 2021, Dr. Taheri
  • Introduction to Computing Systems and Programming, Fall 2020 & Fall 2021, Dr. Moradi
• Conference Reviewer, Aug. 2023 – Present
  • International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Next Generation Networks (ICNGN 2023)
  • 4th International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications, & Mechatronics Engineering (ICECCME 2024)
  • International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering Researches (ICECER 2024)
  • International Conference on Electrical, Computer, and Energy Technologies (ICECET 2024)

Publications

• Deep Reinforcement Learning for Epidemic Control of a Networked SIS Model, IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA) 2025, Sep. 2025
  • Proposed a novel approach to reduce infection spread using deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG).
• Towards Opinion Shaping: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach in Bot-User Interactions, arXiv, Sep. 2024
  • Investigated interference effects in social networks using deep reinforcement learning.
• Image-Based and Partially Categorical Annotating Approach for Pedestrian Attribute Recognition, Social Science Research Network (SSRN), July 2023
  • Proposed the CA-Duke dataset and a two-step learning method for evaluating data separability via the Separation Index.
• SIVD: Dataset of Iranian Vehicles for Real-Time Multi-Camera Video Tracking and Recognition, International Conference on Signal Processing and Intelligent Systems (ICSPIS 2022), Dec. 2022
  • Introduced the SIVD dataset with 29 classes and over 36,000 images for vehicle tracking and recognition.

Research Interests

• Conformal Prediction
• Control Theory
• Machine Learning
• Optimization

Relevant Coursework

• Neural Networks & Deep Learning (Graduate Course)
• Deep Generative Models (Graduate Course)
• Reinforcement Learning (Graduate Course)
• Robotics & Mechatronics (Graduate Course)
• Nonlinear Control Systems (Graduate Course)
• Game Theory (Graduate Course)
• Lumped System Theory (Graduate Course)
• Artificial Intelligence
• Real Analysis

Honors & Awards

• Best Undergraduate Project Award, ECE Faculty, University of Tehran, July 2023

Certificates

• IELTS: Overall Score: 7.5 (Listening: 8, Reading: 8.5, Writing: 7, Speaking: 7)