Summary
Sajjad Abdoli is a Founding AI Scientist with a PhD in Machine Learning and nine years of experience translating academic research into product-focused ML solutions across audio/speech, computer vision, domain adaptation, and ML security. Based in Montreal, he has driven R&D and applied research at startups and academic labs, including work on neonatal health from cry analysis and person re-identification and object detection for vision systems. He combines deep research pedigree—JSALT participation and a PhD from ÉTS—with hands-on production interest in GenAI and deploying LLMs. Notably, his background spans both industry-scale data analytics and focused signal-processing problems, giving him a rare blend of practical engineering and theoretical rigor.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Engineering at Qazvin Islamic Azad University
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine learning, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Machine learning at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)
Persian, English