Summary
Niloofar Zarei is a research scientist at Nissan Advanced Technology Center – Silicon Valley with a decade of experience at the intersection of applied deep learning, human-AI interaction, and multimodal data. She earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Texas A&M, where she developed cross-platform software (Python, web, Unity, iOS), led small interdisciplinary teams, and authored nine ACM SIGCHI papers—five as lead author. Her work blends interpretable machine learning with practical user studies (over seven in-lab/field/remote experiments), translating research findings into usable systems for real-world settings. Now based in Campbell, California, she applies this human-centered research lens to automotive and advanced technology problems. Notably, she brings both rigorous experimental design and hands-on engineering to bridge prototype research and deployable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High school Diploma, Mathematics and Physics, High school Diploma, Mathematics and Physics at Farzanegan (Sampad)
Amirkabir University of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Texas A&M University
Persian, English