Mandana Samiei
Research Assistant at Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMandana Samiei is a PhD researcher at McGill University and Mila with a decade of experience at the intersection of reinforcement learning and neuroscience. As a research assistant at Mila since 2020, she focuses on algorithms that link RL principles to brain function, blending rigorous machine learning with experimental perspectives. Her background spans computer hardware engineering (B.Sc.) through an MS in Computer Science and participation in McGill’s NSERC CREATE program for surgical innovation, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to problem solving. Based in Montreal, she brings practical research experience and strong computational foundations to translational AI projects. Colleagues value her ability to navigate both theoretical models and experimental constraints, making her work relevant to both cognitive science and applied ML.
10 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Concordia UniversityBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Hardware Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Hardware Engineering at Shahid Beheshti UniversityNSERC CREATE program for Surgical Innovation, Experimental Surgery, NSERC CREATE program for Surgical Innovation, Experimental Surgery at McGill UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence InstituteDiploma, Physics and Mathematics, Diploma, Physics and Mathematics at Bahar Elm Amoozan High School
English, Persian, German, French
Github Skills (7)
meta2
meta-learning1
reinforcement-learning1
pytorch1
deep-learning1
few-shot-learning1
othello1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mandanasmi/TCGA_Benchmark
Jul 2019 - Mar 2021
Contributions:34 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
mandanasmi/pol-job-finder
Mar 2016 - Jul 2018
Contributions:3 PRs, 7 pushes, 10 branches in 2 years 4 months
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