Mahta Ramezanian-Panahi (@mahtaao)

• Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the Mila - Quebec AI Institute & Université de Montréal (DIRO, UdeM)
  • Labs: PPSP and AAI CERC

• M.Sc. in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Waterloo

• B.Sc. in Physics from Sharif University of Technology

Academic Interests:

• Representation Learning

• Dynamical systems

• Neuroscience

• Complex Systems

Professional Experience:

• ML Engineer at Hexoskin, Montreal: Biosignal processing

• Research collaborations with Prof. Irina Rish and Prof. Guillaume Dumas

• Ex Research assistant at Mila, Sharif University of Technology, and the University of Waterloo

• Teaching assistant for graduate-level courses at UdeM: Towards AGI (by Irina Rish) and Representation Learning (By Aaron Courville)

Research & Publications:

• Generative Models of Brain Dynamics, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence 5 (Brain Dynamics and Machine Learning). [2022]

• Generative Models of Brain Dynamics--A review, arXiv preprint. [2021]

• GOKU-UI: Ubiquitous Inference through Attention and Multiple Shooting for Continuous-time Generative Models, arXiv preprint. [2023]

• Poseidon Team Description Paper Robocup. [2010 & 2011]

Awards & Honors:

• Upper Bound Talent Bursary, North America [2023]

• UNIQUE Excellence Scholarships [2023]

• Amii Talent Bursaries [2022]

• UdeM Exemption Scholarship for International Students [2021]

• International Master's and Doctoral Student Awards [2017-2019]

• Marie Curie Graduate Student Award [2017-2019]

• Science Graduate Award [2017-2019]

• Robocup Competitions, Rescue Simulation League [2nd place, 2011]

• Khwarizmi National Competitions [1st place, 2011]

• Amir Kabir International Competitions [3rd place, 2011]

Volunteer Experience:

• Reviewer for Workshop on Deep Learning and Differential Equations, NeurIPS 2023

• Reviewer for New in ML Workshop, NeurIPS 2023

• Social Media Coordinator at Data for Good, Waterloo: Enhanced outreach and coordinated regional events.

• English Instructor at Maison de l'amitié, Montreal: Facilitated student placement tests and led conversation classes.

Personal Interests:

• Fluent in EN, FR, FA

• Committed to causes related to AI governance, fighting climate change, freedom, women's rights, and education justice

Online Presence:

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I like to make learning more interpretable. Feel free to message me.