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General Information

Full Name Amir Abdi

Education

  • 2020
    Ph.D.
    University of British Columbia
  • 2013
    M.Sc.
    Sharif University of Technology
  • 2013
    Doctor of Dental Surgery
    S. Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
  • 2011
    B.Sc.
    S. Beheshti University

Experience

  • 2022-Now
    Principal Applied Scientist
    Microsoft
  • 2020-2022
    Senior Applied Scientist, Research Team Lead
    Borealis AI
  • 2019-Now
    CTO Co-Founder
    Offerland
  • 2018-2019
    Machine Learning Consultant
    Cityfid
  • 2018
    Machine Learning PhD Intern
    Google
  • 2013-2015
    Doctor of Dental Surgery
    Mehr Dental and Surgical Clinic
  • 2011-2014
    Technical Committee member - Virtual Robot Rescue Simulation league
    RoboCup Federation

Honors and Awards

  • 2019
    • British Columbia Graduate Scholarship (BCGS), UBC, Canada
    • Ranked 3rd, Disentanglement Challenge, NeurIPS 2019
    • Ranked 2nd, XdHacks, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2018
    • Teaching as Research (TAR) Award, UBC, Canada
    • Killam Teaching Assistantship Award, by UBC, Canada
  • 2016
    • Gilles Brassard Prize by NSERC - Awarded by the Governor General of Canada
    • Vanier Scholarship, Awarded by NSERC, Canada
  • 2015
    • Four-Year Doctoral Fellowship (FYF), Awarded by UBC, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2011
    • Ranked 1st in class of 2011, Computer Engineering, Beheshti University, Tehran
    • Ranked 2nd, Iran Open International RoboCup Competition, Rescue Virtual Robot league, Tehran, Iran
  • 2009
    • Ranked 20th, Asia Regional ACM International Collegiate Programming (ICPC) Contest, Tehran, Iran
  • 2006
    • Ranked 2nd in National University Entrance Exam, Iran
    • 6-year Scholarship Award, National Elites Foundation, Tehran, Iran