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Sadegh Mahdavi

PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of British Columbia

Biography

I am a PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia working under the supervision of Prof. Renjie Liao and Prof. Christos Thrampoulidis. I earned my MASc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the same institution. Prior to that, I receieved my BSc in Computer Engineering from Sharif University of Technology.

My research is mainly focued on understanding the power of neural networks, and how to enhance their reasoning abilities, with a special emphasis on harnessing the potential of Transformers and Graph Neural Networks.

Interests

  • Geometric Deep Learning
  • Algorithmic and Mathematical Reasoning with Neural Networks (e.g., GNNs, LLMs)
  • Expressivity Analysis of Neural Networks

Education

  • Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2023 - 2027

    University of British Columbia

  • M.A.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2021 - 2023

    University of British Columbia

  • B.Sc. in Computer Engineering, 2017 - 2021

    Sharif University of Technology

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