Afshin Karimi
PhD Researcher LLMs & GraphRAG at DESY
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Top SchoolAfshin Karimi is a machine learning engineer and PhD researcher specializing in large language models and GraphRAG, combining nine years of software and research experience across industry and academia. He has applied NLP and ML to healthcare and productization projects at startups and labs, including roles building ML systems for AI dermatology and knowledge-to-market platforms. Currently based in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, he is pursuing a PhD at the University of Hamburg while contributing applied research at DESY. His background blends a formal AI master’s from Sharif University with hands-on backend development experience from earlier engineering roles, giving him full-stack fluency when shipping models to production. Known for moving quickly between research prototypes and production-ready pipelines, he brings a pragmatic focus on deployable, scalable ML solutions. An uncommon strength is his mechanical engineering undergraduate training, which supports a systems-oriented approach to complex ML problems.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science (LLMs & GraphRAG), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science (LLMs & GraphRAG) at University of HamburgBachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering at Islamic Azad UniversityMaster's degree, Artificial Intelligence, Master's degree, Artificial Intelligence at Sharif University of Technology
Persian, English, Turkish, German
Stackoverflow
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625reached
1answer
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Github Skills (14)
big-data6
pandas6
genymotion6
machine-learning6
csv6
android6
entity-framework-core6
dataframe6
data-science6
datepicker4
persian4
javascript3
jalali-calendar3
persian-calendar3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
fshnkarimi/JahanGostarAcademy
Jul 2017 - Feb 2021
Jahan Gostar is a soccer academy ...
Contributions:46 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
javascriptsoccer
fshnkarimi/fshnkarimi.github.io
Sep 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:19 pushes in 1 year
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