Satya Almasian
Applied Scientist at Amazon
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolSatya Almasian is an applied scientist and PhD graduate from Heidelberg University with 10 years of software and research experience focused on information retrieval and NLP, now working on search at Amazon. His doctoral work brought numerical awareness into retrieval systems, producing publications and practical tools while supervising lectures and student theses. He has strong engineering chops from building crawlers and interactive news exploration websites at Heidelberg and a prior Amazon research internship on search. With a background in scientific computing and top GPAs in both master’s and bachelor’s programs, he blends rigorous academic methods with production-minded development. Colleagues describe him as detail-oriented and process-driven—he introduced structured code reviews for student projects—bringing reproducibility and engineering discipline to research-led teams.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Scientific Computing, 3.8 GPA, Master's degree, Scientific Computing, 3.8 GPA at Heidelberg UniversityBachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Science, 4.0 GPA, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Science, 4.0 GPA at Islamic Azad UniversityHigh School Diploma, Mathematic and Physics, 4.0 GPA, High School Diploma, Mathematic and Physics, 4.0 GPA at Zohre hadi khan tehrani
English, German, Persian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (125)
python10
deep-learning10
transformer10
nlp10
tensorflow10
natural-language-processing10
pytorch10
machine-learning10
speech-recognition10
jax9
sentence9
transformers9
interpretation9
language-model9
electra9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
satya77/Entity_Embedding
Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
Contributions:18 commits, 1 PR, 16 pushes in 3 months
satya77/Thesis_Entity_Embeddings
Sep 2018 - Apr 2019
Contributions:70 commits in 7 months
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