Experiences

Professional Experience

Staff Applied Scientist Huawei Technologies Canada, Vancouver. Sep 2022 – present

  • AI Lead for Huawei optimization Solver (OptVerse)
  • Lead the research and development of AI solutions to improve OptVerse performance.
  • Lead the development of Heuristics and Metaheuristics for Combinatorial Problems.

Postdoctoral researcher at CIRRELT/GREAD/Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, Canada. May 2021 – Sep 2022

  • Designed and implemented optimization algorithms for open-pit mine scheduling of Quebec Iron Ore.
  • Designed and implemented ML-enhanced heuristics for an integrated local and long-haul freight transportation network.
  • Designed and implemented an efficient branch-and-cut algorithm for clustering on graph data.

Postdoctoral researcher at Kuhne Logistics University, Hamburg, Germany.

  • Designed and implemented heuristics for very-large-scale vehicle routing in collaboration with three large Parcel Delivery Companies (UPS, Hermes, and GLS) in Germany.

Education

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Management from KoƧ University (Aug 2019)

M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Sharif University of Technology (Jan 2015)

B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Sharif University of Technology (Feb 2012)