Mahdi Alehdaghi
Sr. Machine Learning Scientist at Qvyon
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMahdi Alehdaghi is a Sr. Machine Learning Scientist and seasoned software engineer with nine years of experience building and optimizing AI systems across embedded, backend, frontend, and mobile platforms. He holds a PhD in Computer Science researching cross-modal person re-identification and has applied that expertise to explainable vision models, prototypical concept mining, and domain-adaptive methods in industry. Mahdi brings hands-on proficiency in C++/CUDA and PyTorch, with a proven track record of deploying performant models on embedded devices and accelerating production-line quality checks. He has led teams and end-to-end development efforts, from messaging protocols and automated code generation to mobile and real-time graphics applications. Based in Montreal, he combines rigorous research instincts with practical engineering, often translating novel academic ideas into optimized, production-ready solutions. An unusual strength is his cross-domain fluency—moving between low-level optimization for embedded targets and high-level interpretability research.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at École de technologie supérieureMaster's Degree, Artificial Intelligence, Master's Degree, Artificial Intelligence at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Github Skills (23)
visible9
modality9
motion-detection8
tcp-server8
infrared8
re-identification7
python-bindings7
protocols7
object-detection6
computer-vision6
high-performance6
http-server6
libevent6
tcp6
network-programming6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
alehdaghi/vq-vae-2-pytorch
Dec 2022 - Aug 2023
Implementation of Generating Diverse High-Fidelity Images with VQ-VAE-2 in PyTorch
Contributions:254 pushes, 1 tag in 8 months
pytorchhigh-fidelitydiversevq-vae-2deep-learning
alehdaghi/Cross-Modal-Re-ID-via-LUPI
Feb 2021 - Aug 2022
Pytorch Code for Cross-Modality Person Re-Identification (Visible Thermal/Infrared Re-ID)
Contributions:109 commits, 107 pushes in 1 year 5 months
pytorchcross-modalitythermalvisibleperson
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