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Amirreza Velae

amirrezavelae@gmail.com
Daejeon, , KR

Summary

M.Sc. student in Electrical Engineering at KAIST (U-AIM Lab), working on reinforcement learning, optimization, and statistics. B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, minor in Applied Mathematics, Sharif University of Technology (2026).

Education

  • M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, U-AIM Lab
    2028-06 (expected)
    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
    GPA:
  • B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Minor in Applied Mathematics
    2026-06-01
    Sharif University of Technology
    GPA: 17.65/20 (3.7/4.0)
  • Mathematics and Physics
    2021-06-01
    Allameh Jafari High School (NODET)
    GPA: 19.23/20

Work Experience

  • Software Engineering Intern
    2024-08-01 - 2025-01-01
    Tabdeal
    On-site software engineering internship in Tehran, Iran.
    • Assisted in backend Python development, optimized database search queries, and integrated internal information retrieval APIs for customer support tracking tools.

Skills

Programming

  • Python (PyTorch, OpenCV, LangChain, Django)
  • MATLAB
  • C++
  • Java
  • MySQL

Publications

  • Controlling Gender Bias in Retrieval
    2025
    ECIR 2026
    With Amirabbas Afzali (equal contribution), Iman Ahmadi, and Prof. Mohammad Aliannejadi (University of Amsterdam). Converted the Backpack LM into an encoder, enabling bias mitigation for ranking tasks.
  • Second-Order Policy Gradient Method for the LQR
    2025
    Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
    With Arash Bahari Kordabad and Prof. Sadegh Soudjani (Max Planck Institute for Software Systems). Designed an algorithm for exact second-order updates in deterministic policy-gradient methods for the LQR.

Presentations

  • Robust Reinforcement Learning
    2025
    Sharif University of Technology, Poster Session
    Tehran, Iran
    Poster presentation on robust reinforcement learning and related projects.

Teaching

  • 2023 Spring
    2023
    Sharif University of Technology, EE Department
    Role: Undergraduate Course
    Probability and Statistics
  • 2024 Spring
    2024
    Sharif University of Technology, EE Department
    Role: Undergraduate Course
    Signals and Systems, Probability and Statistics, Linear Algebra, Machine Learning
  • 2024 Fall
    2024
    Sharif University of Technology, EE Department
    Role: Undergraduate Course
    Signals and Systems (Head TA), Machine Learning (Lead TA), Linear Algebra, Convex Optimization I, Deep Learning
  • 2025 Spring
    2025
    Sharif University of Technology, CE & EE Departments
    Role: Graduate & Undergraduate Course
    Reinforcement Learning, Convex Optimization, Machine Learning, Deep Reinforcement Learning
  • 2025 Fall
    2025
    Sharif University of Technology, CE & EE Department
    Role: Graduate & Undergraduate Course
    Machine Learning (Lead TA), Deep Learning, Convex Optimization, Reinforcement Learning, High-Dimensional Probability Analysis, High-Dimensional Statistics

Portfolio

  • Robust Reinforcement Learning
    2025
    Course project
    Poster presentation on robust reinforcement learning and related projects.
  • GAN-BERT for Text Classification
    Course project
    Implementation of the GANBERT model for a text classification task.
  • Online Geometric Optimization in the Bandit Setting
    Course project
    Presentation on online geometric optimization in the bandit setting against an adaptive adversary.
  • High-Dimensional Analysis of the Neural Tangent Kernel
    Course project
    High-dimensional analysis of the Neural Tangent Kernel.
  • Expectation-Maximization for a Mixture of Gaussians
    Course project
    Expectation-Maximization for a mixture of Gaussians.
  • Lower Bound for Non-Stationary Bandit Algorithms
    Course project
    Lower-bound analysis for a non-stationary bandit algorithm.
  • Deep Learning Course Projects
    Course project
    Multiple deep learning course projects.

Languages

  • Persian
    Native
  • English
    Fluent (IELTS 7.5)
  • Turkish
    Fluent
  • Russian
    Elementary
  • German
    Beginner

Interests

  • Chess
  • Cinema
  • Soccer
  • Literature