Awards

Honors and Awards

Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, Electronics Department, Kyungpook National University | February 2022
Great Postdoctoral Incentive Award Recipient, KNU-LG Electronics Convergence Research Center, Kyungpook National University | February 2022
Great Publications Incentive Award, Electronic and Electrical Department, Kyungpook National University | February 2021 — Awarded for journal publications in IEEE and Elsevier.
BK21 Scholarship for the Ph.D. Degree, Electronic and Electrical Department, Kyungpook National University | October 2016 — Recipient of the research assistance scholarship for Ph.D. studies.
KNU International Graduate Scholarship (KINGS), Electronics Department, Kyungpook National University | February 2014 — Recipient of a full scholarship for graduate studies.
Work Certificate Award, SSP. Co. Research Center (Register No. 230531) | August 2013
Best Scholar of the Year Award, Engineering Department, Chabahar University | February 2011 — Recipient for the best bachelor final project in the Engineering Department.

Certificate in University Teaching and Learning, Queen's University: A foundational program in teaching and learning for educators in higher education.
Certificate in Professional Development for Postdocs, Queen's University, 2024: Completed 10 workshops covering Indigenization, communication skills, professionalism, teaching development, leadership, grant writing, and management.

Peer-reviewed over 75 manuscripts for high-ranking journals, including Neural Networks, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE TAI, Expert Systems with Applications, Pattern Recognition, Knowledge-Based Systems, Engineering Applications of AI, Neurocomputing, and Neural Processing Letters.
Peer-reviewed for conferences such as AISTATS, AAAI, ICONIP, IJFS, IJCNN, ESANN, ICANN, and NEPL.
Review history available at: Web of Science

Programming Languages: Python, MATLAB, SQL
ML/DL Frameworks: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face Transformers, vLLM, LoRA/PEFT
LLM & GenAI Tools: LangChain, OpenAI API, RAG pipelines, Vector Databases
Platforms & DevOps: Linux, Ubuntu, Docker, Git, Jupyter, HPC/SLURM, LaTeX
Languages: English, Persian (Native), Korean and French (Basic)

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Young Professionals: review for IEEE journals, attend their talks, and network within the global IEEE community.