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Contact Information
| Name | Nahal Mirzaie |
| Professional Title | PhD in Artificial Intelligence |
| mirzanahal@gmail.com |
Professional Summary
Robust AI for Healthcare, Generalization, Group Robustness and Shortcut Learning
Education
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2022 - 2027 (exp.) Tehran, Iran
Ph.D.
Sharif University of Technology
Artificial Intelligence
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2019 - 2022 Tehran, Iran
M.Sc.
Sharif University of Technology
Bioinformatics
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2013 - 2018 Tehran, Iran
B.Sc.
University of Tehran
Computer Engineering
Research Experience
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2022 - present Tehran, Iran
PhD Researcher
Rohban Lab, Sharif University of Technology
Studying how implicit inductive biases affect training dynamics and Gradient Flow, enhancing Group Robustness by mitigating Shortcut Learning and reducing reliance on Spurious Correlations.
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2022 - 2022 Espoo, Finland
Visiting Researcher
Vikas Lab, Aalto University
Studied the theoretical foundations of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), exploring asynchronous message-passing mechanisms that may extend their expressivity beyond the classical 1-Weisfeiler–Lehman (1-WL) limit.
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2019 - 2022 Tehran, Iran
M.Sc. Researcher
Rohban Lab, Sharif University of Technology
Used the RxRx19a dataset (high-throughput five-channel fluorescent microscopy images) to estimate hit scores of drug–dose combinations against SARS-CoV-2. Extracted cellular morphological features at the single-cell level, aggregated them into treatment-level profiles, and developed a scoring algorithm reflecting antiviral efficacy.
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2016 - 2018 Tehran, Iran
Undergraduate Researcher
Faghih Lab, University of Tehran
Designed a parameterized synthesis technique for self-stabilizing algorithms in symmetric networks, developing tight cutoffs that guarantee closure within legitimate states and deadlock-freedom outside them.
Work Experience
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2020 - 2022 Tehran, Iran
Data Scientist
Tapsi
- Fraud Detection: Developed and maintained machine learning pipelines for automatic detection of fraudulent drivers, identifying commission evasion and fake rides generated through GPS spoofing.
- Passenger Campaign Optimization: Built and deployed tools to optimize passenger marketing campaigns, maximizing return on investment (ROI) as a key performance indicator (KPI).
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2018 - 2020 Tehran, Iran
Bioinformatician, supervised by Prof. Sharifi Zarchi
Pardis Gene
- Rare Disease Genomics: Designed and implemented algorithms to identify causal genetic variations (SNVs, CNVs, and structural variants) using parent–child whole genome and exome sequencing data integrated with clinical phenotypes and physician diagnoses.
- Precision Oncology: Developed automated pipelines for detecting somatic variants (SNPs, indels, CNAs, fusions, and MSI) from paired tumor–normal sequencing data, and generated personalized drug recommendations based on actionable alterations.
Awards
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2023 RISE-MICCAI 2023 Travel Award
Fully funded travel award (USD 3,000).
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2015 Honorable Mention
ICPC Asia Regional Contest
Publications
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2026 On the Role of Implicit Regularization of Stochastic Gradient Descent in Group Robustness
International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)
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2025 The Silent Helper: How Implicit Regularization Enhances Group Robustness
High-dimensional Learning Dynamics (ICML Workshop)
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2025 Snuffy: Efficient Whole Slide Image Classifier
ECCV 2024, Springer LNCS
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2023 Weakly-Supervised Drug Efficiency Estimation with Confidence Score: Application to COVID-19 Drug Discovery
MICCAI 2023, Springer LNCS 14244
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2024 MILFORMER: Weighted Dual Stream Class Centered Random Attention Multiple Instance Learning for Whole Slide Image Classification
AI for Health Equity and Fairness 2024, Springer Nature
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2020
Academic Activities
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2025 - 2025 Singapore
ICLR Workshop Co-organizer
Spurious Correlation and Shortcut Learning: Foundations and Solutions Workshop.
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2024 - 2024 Iran
Co-instructor, Bioinformatics Algorithms
Sharif University of Technology
Skills
ML/DL: PyTorch, scikit-learn, SciPy
Bioinformatics: CellProfiler, GATK
Dev Tools: Git, Linux, WandB
Languages
Persian : Native speaker
English : Fluent (TOEFL iBT 102)