Experience

  1. NCCR Fellowship Researcher

    EPFL, Switzerland
    Employing globally contractive neural architectures for safe and predictable imitation learning.

  2. Mitacs Accelerate Fellowship Researcher

    Sycodal, Montreal
    Developing safe reinforcement learning methods in Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab simulators.

  3. Research intern and Visiting researcher at Max-Planck Institute

    Tübingen, Germany
    Reinforcement learning for dexterous manipulation, federated learning, and distributed systems.

Education

  1. PhD, ECE, Robotics

    McGill University | Mila
    Thesis on safe and stable imitation through learning dynamical systems. Supervised by Hsiu-Chin Lin.

  2. BSc, ECE, Digital Systems

    Sharif University of Technology
    GPA: 3.7/4.0

  3. Minor, CS, Artificial Intelligence

    Sharif University of Technology
    GPA: 3.7/4.0
Awards
Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ)
Government of Quebec, Canada ∙ April 2024
4-year award offered by the Quebec’s government to selected doctoral candidates.
NCCR Automation Fellowship
Swiss National Centers of Competence in Research (NCCR) ∙ February 2024
Awarded by the Swiss National Centers of Competence in Research to selected international researchers.
MITACS Accelerate Fellowship
Mitacs ∙ September 2023
Awarded by MITACS Canada to conduct high-caliber research with an industrial partner.
McGill Engineering (Direct) Doctoral Award (MEDA)
Mitacs ∙ November 2023
4-year scholarship with an acceptance rate of below 2 percent for direct admissions to doctoral program.
Thomas and Penelope Deirdre Szirtes Fellowships in Engineering (SFE)
Mitacs ∙ September 2023
Awarded by the Faculty of Engineering on the basis of academic merit to graduate students.
McGill Graduate Excellence Fellowship (GEF)
McGill University ∙ February 2022
Winner of the award for two consecutive years due to excellent academic performance.
Knowledge & Skills
Technical Skills
🐍 Python
👨🏻‍💻 C/C++
📟 Nvidia Isaac Gym, Isaac Lab, Isaac Sim
🤖 ROS (1, 2)
🖥 Pytorch
🧮 Matlab
🖥 Java
🕹️ Gazebo
🦾 Kinova Gen3, Gen2, Link6
🦾 Franka Panda
Knowledge
🧠 Reinforcement Learning
🧠 Deep and Statistical Learning
🤖 Robot Learning
🌐 Generative AI
🤖 Imitation Learning
𓇲 Embedded Systems
𓇲 Digital Systems
🦾 Dexterous Manipulation
🦾 Motion Planning
🕹️ Optimal and Robust Control
Languages
95%
English
100%
Farsi
25%
French