Mina Valizadeh
Education
University of Illinois at Chicago
2018 - Present
- Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science
- Advised by Prof. Natalie Parde
University of Tehran
2014 - 2018
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
- GPA: 17.53/20
- Senior Project: Heart Sound Classification Using Machine Learning Tools.
Research Experience
Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago
2018 - Present
- Advised by Prof. Natalie Parde
- Member of UIC Natural Language Processing Laboratory
Working on:
- Developing dialogue systems for mental health applications.
- Identifying self-disclosure in online communities such as Twitter & Reddit using deep learning tools and transformers.
- Artificial intelligence applications in rehabilitation targeting the participation of children with disabilities.
Work experience
Data Scientist Intern
LinkedIn Corporation
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Sep. 2021- Dec. 2021
Machine Learning Research Intern
CCC Information Services
Chicago, IL, USA
May 2020 - Aug. 2020
Teaching Experience
Database Systems Teaching Assistant
May. 2021- Aug. 2021
Instructed by: Diana Diaz
University of Illinois at Chicago
- Teaching the design and implementation of databases for web-based applications using Java and SQL.
Computer Architecture Teaching Assistant
Jan. 2019 - Dec. 2020
Instructed by: Patrick Troy
University of Illinois at Chicago
- Teaching computer hardware; building blocks, logic gates, registers, and memory; CPU design; I/O design (using C++ and Arduino).
Engineering Camp Instructor
May 2019 - Jul. 2019
University of Illinois at Chicago
- Teaching different computer algorithms and programming languages such as python and C++ to more than 100 students per week from different age groups.
