CV

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of California, Riverside — Sep 2023 – Expected Dec 2027
• B.Sc. in Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology — Sep 2018 – Dec 2022

Experience

• Research Assistant, University of California, Riverside — Sep 2023 – Present
  Big Data Lab: Developing a framework for exploration and visualization of large geospatial data (Supervisor: Prof. Ahmed Eldawy)

• Teaching Assistant, University of California, Riverside — Sep 2024 – Dec 2024
  Big Data Management (Course Instructor: Prof. Ahmed Eldawy)

• Research Assistant, Sharif University of Technology — Jun 2021 – Dec 2021
  Bioinformatics: Developing a new encoding for metagenomic datasets (Supervisor: Prof. Somayyeh Koohi)

• Summer Intern, Hamta Rayaneh — Jun 2022 – Sep 2022
  Data Cleaning

• Summer Intern, CFTE — Jul 2021 – Aug 2021
  Fintech

• Teaching Assistant, Sharif University of Technology — Sep 2020 – Dec 2021

  • Numerical Methods — Fall 2021 (Instructor: Prof. Fatemeh Baharifard)
  • Digital Systems Design — Fall 2020 – Spring 2020 (Instructor: Prof. Farshad Baharvand)

Projects

• LASEK: LLM-Assisted Style Exploration Kit for Geospatial Data
  Enhanced the geospatial data processing framework BEAST by leveraging LLMs for data exploration and visualization.
  Repo: LASEK

• Bachelor’s Thesis
  A novel encoding for metagenomic datasets which enhances classification results. (Summer 2022)

• TeleNurse
  Systems Analysis and Design course project — an online nursing-at-home service provider. (Fall 2021)
  Repo: AnalysisDesign_Project1

• Compiler
  Compiler (with Lark) for compiling Decaf to MIPS assembly. (Fall 2020)
  Repo: Compiler

• CORDIC
  Implementation and synthesis of the CORDIC algorithm (vectoring & rotation modes) in Verilog + Xilinx ISE for FPGA synthesis. (Spring 2020)
  Repo: CORDIC

• Image Recognition
  Neural networks with cross-validation and SVM for digit recognition (Python scikit-learn). (Spring 2020)
  Repo: AI_Project

• Microarray Data Analysis
  Analysis of GEO data series of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. (Spring 2020)
  Repo: BioInf_Project

• Duelyst Game
  A rendition of the game Duelyst implemented in Java. (Spring 2019)
  Repo: Duelyst-Game

Publications

• LASEK: LLM-Assisted Style Exploration Kit for Geospatial Data — Submitted to VLDB, 2025
  Tarlan Bahadori, Sai Sreekar Sarvepalli, Ahmed Eldawy

Teaching

• Teaching Assistant (UCR) — Big Data Management (Fall 2024)
• Teaching Assistant (SUT) — Numerical Methods (Fall 2021); Digital Systems Design (Fall 2020 – Spring 2020)

Languages

• 🇺🇸 English
• 🇮🇷 Persian (Farsi)
• 🇫🇷 French
• 🇪🇸 Spanish
• 🇧🇷 Portuguese

Skills

• Programming: Python, C, C++, Java, Scala, R, Verilog, SQL
• ML: scikit-learn, TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch
• Assembly: MIPS, IBM 360-370, 8086
• Software/Tools: Vivado, Xilinx ISE, Proteus, Quartus, ModelSim, Git
• Piano: ABRSM Grade 7

Test Scores

• TOEFL iBT (Sep 2021): 118/120 — Reading 30, Listening 30, Speaking 30, Writing 28
• GRE General (Aug 2022): 329/340 — Quantitative 170, Verbal 159, Analytical Writing 4.0

Achievements

• 18th Place, National University Entrance Exam (Concours), Mathematics — 150,000 participants; Jul 2018
• 7th Place, National University Entrance Exam (Concours), English — 140,000 participants; Jul 2018
• 1st Place, NODET School Entrance Exam — Jul 2011