Hatef Dastour
Teaching Assistant Professor And AI Fellow at University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, Missouri, United States
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Top SchoolHatef Dastour is a Teaching Assistant Professor and AI Fellow with a decade of experience bridging applied mathematics, geomatics engineering, and environmental machine learning. Trained through BSc/MS in Applied Mathematics in Iran and PhD studies at the University of Calgary, he combines rigorous numerical analysis research with hands-on data science education. At the University of Missouri–Columbia he focuses on applying ML to environmental problems while mentoring students and developing curricula that translate advanced math into practical models. A tech enthusiast who stayed active in teaching roles during his doctoral work, he brings both research depth and classroom experience to interdisciplinary AI projects. Outside academia he balances analytical curiosity with outdoor pursuits like hiking, reflecting an applied, real-world orientation to problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Mathematics at Payame Noor UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Applied Mathematics, Master of Science - MS, Applied Mathematics at Damghan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geomatics Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geomatics Engineering at University of Calgary
Persian, EnglishProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
HatefDastour/hatefdastour.github.io
Mar 2019 - Mar 2025
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:2 PRs, 1553 pushes in 6 years
templategithub-pages-templatemmistakesmistakesjekyll
HatefDastour/Portfolio
Oct 2019 - May 2021
Contributions:125 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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