Ehsaneddin Asgari
Reseach Scientist at Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Al Rayyan, Qatar
Summary
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Top SchoolEhsaneddin Asgari is a research scientist with 11 years of experience at the intersection of machine learning, natural language processing, and bioinformatics, currently based at Qatar Computing Research Institute and a postdoc at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research. He holds a PhD from UC Berkeley and an MSc from EPFL, and has applied deep NLP to biological and digital humanities problems across top labs including MIT, LMU, and Volkswagen’s AI Innovation Center. His work bridges rigorous academic research and industry-focused innovation, moving models from conceptual experiments to practical applications in infection research and industrial NLP. Colleagues note his uncommon blend of computational depth and domain adaptability—comfortable with theoretical ML as well as hands-on bioinformatics pipelines. He has a history of international collaboration and visiting roles that reflect both mentorship and cross-disciplinary impact.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at University of California, BerkeleyAllameh HelliMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at EPFLBachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Computer Software Engineering at Sharif University of Technology
English, Persian, French, German
Github Skills (83)
python10
record-linkage10
wordnet10
word2vec9
nlp9
deep-learning9
similarity9
machine-learning9
bioinformatics9
sentence-similarity9
tensorflow9
transformer-architecture9
ml8
neural-network8
fairness-ml8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ehsanasgari/MicroPheno
Dec 2017 - Oct 2022
Contributions:56 commits, 13 pushes, 2 comments in 4 years 11 months
ehsanasgari/DiTaxa
Mar 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:174 commits, 106 pushes in 1 year
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