Ali Shahidi
Software Developer at ETHEREAL Research Group
Canada
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Top SchoolAli Shahidi is a software developer with 8 years of experience specializing in backend systems, real-time distributed applications, and applied AI for immersive and assistive technologies. He has built production VR/AR systems that combine GPT-driven dialogue, real-time voice synthesis, multimodal analysis, and efficient server-side AI pipelines to support low-bandwidth devices like Quest 3 and tablets. His work spans Unity multiplayer optimization, WebSocket streaming, and scalable data handling—skills honed across research and industry projects at ETHEREAL, Illumia Labs, and TELUS. Notably, he developed an accessible VR coffee shop simulator for autistic users that fuses image-to-text parsing and decision-tree UIs for guided interaction. With an MS in Computer Software Engineering and a background teaching scalable analytics and software requirements, he blends rigorous academic foundations with practical system design. He’s based in Canada and focused on building reliable, user-centered AI systems that push real-time interaction boundaries.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Engineering, Information Technology, 17.24/20.00, Bachelor of Computer Engineering, Information Technology, 17.24/20.00 at University of TehranMaster of Science - MS, Computer Software Engineering, 4/4, Master of Science - MS, Computer Software Engineering, 4/4 at University of Calgary
English, PersianProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
navidakbari/ENEL645_Project
Feb 2021 - Feb 2021
Contributions:3 commits in 1 day
Alishahidi1997/Search-with-Youtube-api
May 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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