Summary
Yousefi Yousefi is a Principal Data Scientist with nine years of industry experience designing and productionizing large-scale demand forecasting systems for retail supply chains. At Target he leads the technical and science direction for time-series forecasting pipelines that handle tens of millions of series and tens of billions of records, driving features like anomaly detection, configuration management, and experimentation. Previously he built forecasting and replenishment engines at Walmart eCommerce and developed Bayesian ML methods in academia, bringing deep statistical rigor together with engineering for high-throughput production. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering and has a track record of translating advanced Bayesian research into practical tools and GPU-accelerated implementations for medicine, materials discovery, and retail forecasting. Not obviously, his early forecasting algorithm placed 4th in the NN3 international forecasting competition, reflecting a long-standing strength in time-series modeling.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University
Master of Science - MS Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Tehran
Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical Engineering at Sahand University of Technology
English, Persian