Shayan Karimi
Research Assistant (AI Researcher) at University of Alberta
Canada
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Top SchoolShayan Karimi is an AI researcher and machine learning engineer with six years of experience bridging theoretical foundations and real-world systems, currently a Research Assistant at the University of Alberta under Prof. Rich Sutton. His work focuses on the theoretical side of reinforcement learning—establishing computational hardness and lower bounds under function approximation—while also probing the reasoning and architecture of large language models and transformers. Previously he built production-oriented RL and deep learning solutions in fintech and mapping applications, giving him practical insight into scalable, deployable pipelines. Comfortable in both academic and applied settings, he designs methods that are not only performant in practice but grounded in provable principles. An under-the-radar strength is his cross-disciplinary background in control engineering and distributed systems, which informs his nuanced view of algorithmic stability and scalability.
6 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Thesis-Based MSc in Computing Science Artificial Intelligence, Thesis-Based MSc in Computing Science Artificial Intelligence at University of AlbertaAmirkabir University of TechnologyHigh School Diploma Mathematics, High School Diploma Mathematics at Atomic Energy High School
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Github Skills (83)
web-application10
python10
cookiecutter10
heroku10
rest-api10
backend10
cookiecutter-django10
django10
api10
rest10
webapp10
jwt10
json10
django-rest-framework10
docker10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
shywn-mrk/node-todo-api
Sep 2020 - Apr 2022
Don't judge a book by its cover
Contributions:42 commits, 4 PRs, 31 pushes in 1 year 7 months
shywn-mrk/shywn-mrk.github.io
Apr 2020 - Apr 2022
Contributions:14 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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