🧪 Research & Publications
Guarding AI from Hidden Threats - Peer-reviewed research on AI Safety, LLM security, and backdoor attack detection. Dive into the latest discoveries about model robustness, DadmaTools v2, and socially responsible AI systems.
📄 CV & Academic Journey
| MSc in Computer Engineering at Sharif University | BSc from IUST | Teaching Assistant for NLP, Artificial Intelligence, Theory of Languages, and Stochastic Processes. Core strength: marrying mathematical rigor with practical innovation. |
🎓 Courses & Learning Path
Curriculum spanning Discrete Math, VHDL, Neural Architecture Search, Persian NLP, and AI Safety alongside targeted Coursera certifications and seminars such as HBC2024.
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My Research Focus:
I specialize in AI Safety and Trustworthy AI Systems with an emphasis on defending Large Language Models against adversarial attacks.
Key Areas:
- Backdoor Detection: Novel techniques for identifying hidden backdoors in LLMs using attack target inversion
- Model Security: Understanding vulnerabilities and developing defense mechanisms
- Adversarial Robustness: Making AI systems resistant to adversarial inputs
- Trustworthy AI: Building interpretable and reliable AI systems
Recent Work: BAIT (Backdoor Scanning by Inverting Attack Target) - a breakthrough approach to detecting backdoor attacks in large language models. Published and presented at major venues.
Research Journey Timeline
2020 (1399) Concours & IUST Admission
Achieved Rank 475 in the National University Entrance Exam (Mathematics & Physics stream) - Top 0.3% among 150,000+ participants. Secured admission to Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST).
📊 475 Rank 🎓 Top 0.3%2020-2024 Undergraduate at IUST
Full-stack engineering education: Foundations (Math, Physics, Web Design) → Core CS (Algorithms, Advanced Programming) → Systems (VHDL, Hardware Design) → AI Specialization (AI, Computer Vision, NLP). Developed deep knowledge from logic gates to transformer architectures.
🔧 Full-Stack 💻 Engineering2024 Sharif University Master's
Matriculated into MSc Computer Engineering at Sharif University - the "MIT of Iran." Member of Data Science and Machine Learning group. Selected as Teaching Assistant for Stochastic Processes (Fall 2025), demonstrating mastery of probability theory underlying generative AI and diffusion models.
🎓 MSc Sharif 📚 TA Selected2024-2025 Bifurcated Research Identity
Domain I - NLP & Mental Health: Contributor to DadmaTools v2 (premier Persian NLP toolkit). Trained Trankit model on Bijankhan corpus. Wav2Vec2 sentiment analysis (94% accuracy). Multimodal sentiment analysis (VGG-16 + LSTM). | Domain II - AI Safety: BackdoorBench analysis, FTT-NAS research, investigating LLM vulnerabilities and defense mechanisms.
🌍 Persian NLP 🛡️ AI Safety2025 Psychological Health Chatbot & DadmaTools Publication
Published "Psychological Health Chatbot: Detecting and Assisting Patients in their Path to Recovery" - transformer-based conversational agent integrating emotion recognition and DadmaTools infrastructure. Co-authored with Microsoft Research (Sauleh Eetemadi) and University of Ghent (Sadegh Jafari). Published DadmaTools v2 paper at 1st Workshop on NLP for Languages Using Arabic Script.
🧠 Chatbot 📝 PublishedFuture International Academic Integration
Aspiring for doctoral studies and integration into global Western academic community. International collaborations with Microsoft Research, University of Ghent, and peers. Oxford University identified as target institution. Advancing AI safety research while bridging model security with human-centric AI applications.
🌐 Global 🔬 PhD ReadyFeatured Publications & Research
🏆 BAIT: Backdoor Detection via Attack Target Inversion
Emerging Scholarship in AI Safety (2023-2024)
Novel approach to detecting hidden backdoors in large language models using attack target inversion. Published research advancing practical defense mechanisms and model robustness.
Impact: Model Security, Adversarial Defense
🧠 Psychological Health Chatbot
Affective Computing & Mental Health (2025)
Conversational AI system for mental health support utilizing DadmaTools v2 (Persian NLP), emotion recognition, and transformer-based context management. Co-authored with Microsoft Research and University of Ghent.
Impact: NLP, Computational Linguistics, Social AI
🌍 DadmaTools v2: Persian NLP Infrastructure
Open-Source Contribution to Low-Resource Languages (2025)
Adapter-based NLP toolkit for Persian language. Advanced token classification, dependency parsing, and Named Entity Recognition. Presented at 1st Workshop on NLP for Languages Using Arabic Script.
Impact: Linguistic Diversity, Open Science
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2023–2025
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📦 Code & Datasets
Open-source implementations, reproducible research, and curated datasets for backdoor detection and LLM security. Advancing the AI safety community through code.
📊 Replication Packages
Complete replication materials for published research including code, datasets, and documentation for reproducibility.
🤝 Collaborations & Research Chat
🤝 Global Research Network
Partnerships with Sharif University, IUST, Microsoft Research, University of Ghent, and the broader AI safety community. Aspiring for doctoral studies at Oxford and integration into the global Western academic community.
📚 Teaching Assistant - Stochastic Processes
Fall 2025 TA at Sharif University for advanced stochastic processes. Deep command of probability theory underlying modern generative AI (Diffusion Models, Markov Chains, Brownian Motion).
📊 Research Metrics & Impact
Track publications, citations, and scholarly contributions on Google Scholar. Full-stack researcher combining practical software engineering with theoretical depth—from VakilPors legal platform to core AI safety research.
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