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Basics

Name Mahdi Gheidi
Label MSc Student in AI, University of Freiburg
Email gheidimahdi@gmail.com
Url https://mahdigheidi.github.io
Summary MSc student in Computer Science (AI specialization) at the University of Freiburg, researching neural network plasticity, reinforcement learning, and NLP. Previously a software engineer at Divar and Cafe Bazaar.

Work

  • 2025.10 - Present
    Scientific Research Assistant
    IMBIT Freiburg, BrainLinks-BrainTools
    Researching the loss of plasticity in neural network architectures, under supervision of Prof. Dr. Joschka Bödecker and Dr. Shengchao Yan.
  • 2024.11 - Present
    AI Ambassador / Senior Technical Consultant
    Serity
    Created AI-driven workflows based on ServiceNow principles, delivering consultancy and custom implementations for the company's customers.
  • 2023.09 - 2024.07
    Research Assistant
    NLP & DH Lab, Sharif University of Technology
    Contributed to and optimized the Farsi OCR project using NLP and computer vision modules, under supervision of Dr. Ehsaneddin Asgari.
  • 2023.05 - 2024.10
    Software Engineer
    Divar
    Search and discovery team, improving the main page and shipping features for Iran's leading classified ads platform.
  • 2023.02 - 2023.06
    Teaching Assistant
    Sharif University of Technology — Advanced Programming
    Course by Dr. MohammadAmin Fazli (Spring 2023).
  • 2022.10 - 2023.06
    Teaching Assistant
    Sharif University of Technology — Artificial Intelligence
    Course by Dr. MohammadHossein Rohban (Fall 2022, Spring 2023).
  • 2022.08 - 2023.05
    Software Engineer
    Cafe Bazaar
    Worked on a new e-commerce platform using mainly Python & Django. Worked extensively with Unix-based systems, git, docker, and software design architectures.
  • 2022.05 - 2022.10
    Research Assistant (Remote)
    Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI)
    Under supervision of Dr. Amin Sadeghi and Dr. Mahdi Safarnejad, worked on a novel approach to sequence the human genome using deep learning and transformer models.
  • 2022.02 - 2023.06
    Teaching Assistant
    Sharif University of Technology — Design of Algorithms
    Course by Dr. MohammadAli Abam (Spring 2022, Spring 2023).
  • 2021.10 - 2022.06
    Head Teaching Assistant
    Sharif University of Technology — Data Structures and Algorithms
    Course by Dr. Mahdi SafarNejad (Fall 2021, Spring 2022).
  • 2021.07 - 2022.02
    MLOps Engineer / Software Engineer
    Mofid Securities
    Automated the ML pipeline for the AI team using frameworks including MLflow and DVC. Automated scripts, benchmarks, and integration tests for server-side products.

Education

  • 2024.10 - Present

    Freiburg, Germany

    MSc
    University of Freiburg
    Computer Science, AI Specialization
    • Reinforcement Learning
    • Machine Learning
    • Deep Learning
  • 2019.09 - 2024.06

    Tehran, Iran

    BSc
    Sharif University of Technology
    Computer Engineering
    • Natural Language Processing
    • Signals & Systems
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Linear Algebra
    • Data Structures and Algorithms

Awards

Skills

Advanced
Python
Django
Git
SQL
NumPy
Scikit-learn
Intermediate
GoLang
Elasticsearch
HTML
CSS
PyTorch
TensorFlow

Languages

Persian/Farsi
Native proficiency
English
Full professional proficiency (CEFR C1)
German
Professional working proficiency (CEFR B2)

Interests

Computational Neuroscience
Language acquisition
Neural plasticity
Critical period hypothesis
Primacy bias
Reinforcement Learning
AGI
Human-like decision making
NLP
Deep learning
Social/medical/human-related applications