Sam Hashemi

About Sam Hashemi

I am a Machine Learning specialist with more than 10 years of combined industry and academia experience in various fields of Deep Learning, NLP, LLM, Generative AI and Statistical Data Analysis. Some of my AI interests include (but not limited to) natural language processing, deep learning (CNN and RNN), time-series analysis (e.g, autoregressive models and LSTM), recommender systems, and classification/unsupervised clustering. As evidenced by my robust publication history on Google Scholar, I take pleasure in disseminating my most recent scientific discoveries to the broader community via journal publications, workshops, and conference presentations. During my professional career, I have developed the following skillsets through my experience and education: Programing Languages: Python, MATLAB, SQLMachine Learning: TensorFlow, Pytorch, NLP, LangChain, Transformers, Deep Reinforcement Learning (DQN), PySpark, Scikit-learn, ML algorithms: Proficient in both supervised and unsupervised learning methodsBig Data Technologies: Spark, AWS, HadoopDatabase: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Spark SQLVectorized Computation: NumPy, Pandas, TensorFlow, MATLABAPI and Web-scraping: Flask, Django, nltk, OpenAI, Google VertexaiVisualization: Matplotlib, Plotly, Seaborn, Tableau, PowerBINumerical Analysis: Finite difference and Finite Element, Discrete Element Method

Experience

1. Senior Principal Engineer

   Palo Alto Networks

   Aug 2024 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

Education

• Sharif University of Technology

  Master's degree

• University of Adelaide

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

• University of Science and Technology

  Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc)