Kamyar Ardekani
Staff User Experience Researcher at Mozilla
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolKamyar Ardekani is a Staff User Experience Researcher at Mozilla with 12 years of experience blending design, technology, and psychology to create seamless interactive systems. He holds an MS in Computer Science from UBC and a BSc in Electrical Engineering, and his research background includes recommender systems, adaptive interfaces, and intelligent user interfaces. At Mozilla he progressed from intern to senior and now staff researcher, applying academic rigor to product-facing UX problems. Kamyar’s work emphasizes personalization and practical adaptation of AI-driven interfaces, with a teaching history in AI and HCI methods that informs his collaborative, evidence-first approach. Based in Vancouver, he brings a rare mix of classroom teaching, academic research, and industry impact to shape usable, intelligent experiences.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Allameh HelliMaster of Science (MS), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science at The University of British ColumbiaB.Sc, Electrical Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering, B.Sc, Electrical Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Tehran
Arabic, English, Persian
Github Skills (54)
mozilla-firefox10
juce-application10
api10
audio-applications10
mozilla10
web-application9
shield9
vst9
django9
audiounit9
juce9
clap9
midi9
audio-effect9
python8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
raymak/contextualfeaturerecommender
Jun 2014 - Aug 2016
Contributions:2 releases, 605 commits, 43 PRs in 2 years 2 months
raymak/vpn-recommendation-shield-study
Aug 2018 - Nov 2018
A Firefox shield study to recommend using VPN to users who would benefit from it.
Contributions:88 commits, 33 PRs, 65 pushes in 3 months
firefoxsecurityvpnthunderbirdbenefit
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