Sabrina Mokhtari

About Me

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My name is Sabrina Mokhtari. I am a Master’s student at University of Waterloo, working under the supervision of Prof. Gautam Kamath. Previously, I was a Computer Engineering student at Sharif University of Technology, Where I worked as an undergrad research assistant on improving the robustness of vision transformers under the supervision of Prof. Mohammad Hossein Rohban. Before that, I worked as a data engineer at Wizeanalytics Startup, where I was part of the Machine Learning team and worked on an AI-driven big data processing platform that establishes methods on the data storage layer and distributed big data processing to facilitate predictive analytics. My research interests are computer vision, privacy in machine learning, and robustness.

Experience

Robust and Interpretable Deep Learning Laboratory

Research Assistant

June 2021 - September 2022

https://github.com/rohban-lab

I joined the Robust and Interpretable Deep Learning Laboratory to work on my bachelor’s thesis under the supervision of Prof. Mohammad Hossein Rohban, where I worked on various techniques to train trustworthy vision transformers that are robust against adversarial attacks and that are not readily affected by malicious perturbations.

Wizeanalytics Startup

Data Engineer

August 2020 - March 2021

https://www.wizeanalytics.com/

Wizeanalytics works on designing an AI-driven big data processing platform that establishes methods on the data storage layer and distributed big data processing to facilitate predictive analytics. I joined Wizeanalytics Startup as an intern and primarily worked on BI systems. During my internship I worked on big data processing systems such as Apache Kafka and enabled our platform to work with and analyze real-time data streaming by connecting the system to Apache Kafka. After my internship, I joined the Machine Learning team and helped design and implement a comprehensive preprocessing pipeline. To that end, I developed several text processing features such as text spell correction, text normalization, and string obfuscation.

Intelligent Information Solutions Center

Software Developer

June 2019 - September 2019

https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-information-solutions-center?trk=public_profile_topcard-current-company

Intelligent Information Solutions Center works on a website that helps create domestic social networks. It allows companies, academic societies, and other social groups to create custom social networks to serve as alternatives to popular global platforms. I joined the Intelligent Information Solutions Center as a software developer and worked with the software maintenance team, where I helped improve the system’s functionality by designing new features and upgrading and repairing the software when needed.

Sharif University of Technology

Teaching Assistant

September 2020 - July 2021

I have collaborated as a teaching assistant with several faculty members of Computer Engineering Department. All courses that I have contributed are listed below:

Spring 2021

  • Database Design, Prof. Abbas Heydarnoori:
  • Linear Algebra, Prof. Hamid Reza Rabiee

Fall 2021

  • Systems Analysis and Design, Prof. Abbas Heydarnoori
  • Artificial Intelligence, Prof. Mohammad Hossein Rohban

Fall 2020

  • Linear Algebra, Prof. Hamid Reza Rabiee

Education

University of Waterloo

MMath in Computer Science

2022-Present

Sharif University of Technology

B.Sc. Computer Engineering

2017-2022

GPA: 18.40/20

Related courses

Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition (audited, online Stanford), Artificial Intelligence, Linear Algebra, Data Structures and Algorithms, Modern Information Retrieval, Design of Algorithms, Probability and Statistics, Discrete Structures.

Kherad highschool

Diploma

2013-2017

I received my Diploma in Mathematics and Physics from Kherad highschool.

A Little More About Me

Alongside my interests in science and technology, some of my other hobbies are:

  • Horseback Riding
  • Basketball playing
  • Random Walking:))