About me

I am a fifth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, where I am fortunate to be working under the supervision of Nisarg Shah. Before joining UofT, I received my B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, and I spent four years in the tech industry as a software engineer and technical manager, building platforms with millions of users.

My research lies at the intersection of algorithms, artificial intelligence, and economics, and focuses on design fair and efficient mechanisms to aggregate diverse preferences into collective decisions with applications ranging from voting and democratic systems (citizen’s assemblies) to resource allocation and AI alignment.

News

• I’ve started an ML Researcher Internship at Borealis AI for fall 2024.
• We revived spliddit.org! Check it out!
• I’m visiting Ariel Procaccia at Harvard University for fall 2023.

Selected Awards

• Gold medal in the 24^th Iranian National Olympiad in Informatics (INOI), 2014.
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2023-2024.
• Alfred B. Lehman Graduate Scholarship in Computer Science, University of Toronto, 2023 and 2024.
• 4^th place in the Iranian National Scientific Olympiad in Computer Science and Engineering (undergraduate nationwide competition), 2019.
• 2^nd team in the ACM-ICPC West Asia Regional Contest, Tehran, Iran, 2015.