Sahand Vahidnia
AI ML Computational Science Assoc. Manager
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolSahand Vahidnia is a Machine Learning Engineer with a decade of experience blending research-grade ML (NLP, computer vision) and production software engineering to build data-driven systems. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and has moved fluidly between academia and industry—developing mental load models for safety-critical applications, leading ML work for energy optimisation and virtual power plants, and shipping MLOps-enabled analytics in the cloud. Comfortable wearing multiple hats, he combines hands-on model development, data engineering and software delivery across university labs, startups and corporate projects. Based in Sydney, he brings a rare mix of deep research rigor and practical product focus, and enjoys turning experimental ideas into automated, deployable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, IT engineering, Bachelor's degree, IT engineering at Azarbaijan Shahid Madani UniversityMaster of Science (MSc), Computer Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Engineering at Ankara UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at UNSW Canberra
English, Persian, Turkish, Azerbaijani
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Github Skills (19)
widevine7
spatial6
qtcreator6
segmentation6
linux6
geospatial6
python6
java6
gis4
pandas4
computer-vision4
swig3
pytorch3
cgal2
electron2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
sahandv/science_science
Nov 2019 - Oct 2021
Contributions:613 commits, 479 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 11 months
Sydney-Informatics-Hub/aerial-conversion
Aug 2023 - Feb 2024
Open source tools enabling interchange between computer vision annotation and GIS data formats. Part of https://github.com/Sydney-Informatics-Hub/PIPE-3956-aerial-segmentation
Contributions:53 reviews, 21 PRs, 141 pushes in 5 months
computer-visiongissegmentation
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