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<title>Zana Rashidi</title>
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Zana Rashidi
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I'm a Senior Machine Learning Engineer in the New Frontiers team at <strong>Chubb</strong> focusing on Large Language Models. Prior to Chubb, I was a Senior Data Scientist at <strong>Scotiabank</strong> working on applied NLP.
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I graduated from my M.Sc. in Computer Science from <strong>York University</strong> where I was advised by <a href="http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~aan/">Aijun An</a> in the <a href="https://dminer.eecs.yorku.ca/">Data Mining Lab</a>. I completed my B.Sc. in Computer Engineering at <strong>Sharif University of Technology</strong>, working with <a href="https://mahdi.jafari.siavoshani.ir/">Mahdi Jafari Siavoshani</a> in the <a href="https://inl-lab.net/">Information, Network, and Learning Lab</a>.
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My <strong>research</strong> interests include ML fundamentals, natural lanaguage processsing, optimization, reinforcement learning, generative models and computer vision. On the <strong>applied</strong> side, I'm interested in ML problems at scale, modelling, training, deployment and evaluation.
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<span class="papertitle">GPU Resource Scheduling Using CNN-based Deep Reinforcement Learning</span>
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Xingye Fan,
<strong>Zana Rashidi</strong>,
Bon Ryu,
Hossein Pourmodheji,
Aijun An,
Junfeng Liu,
Yonggang Hu.
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<em>CSSE</em>, 2021  
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<a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.5555/3507788.3507816">paper</a>
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DQN-based resource management system for a multi-GPU, multi-machine cluster.
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<span class="papertitle">Towards Topology Aware Pre-Emptive Job Scheduling with Deep Reinforcement Learning</span>
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Bon Ryu,
<strong>Zana Rashidi</strong>,
Aijun An,
Junfeng Liu,
Yonggang Hu.
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<em>CSSE</em>, 2020  
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<a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3432601.3432613">paper</a>
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Topology-aware Deep RL scheduler for distributed Deep Learning in a GPU cluster.
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<span class="papertitle">AMoC: Adaptive Momentum Coefficient for Neural Network Optimization</span>
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<strong>Zana Rashidi</strong>,
Kasra Ahmadi,
Aijun An,
Xiaogang Wang,
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<em>ECML</em>, 2020  
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Novel momentum-based first-order optimization algorithm for neural networks.
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<span class="papertitle">Paywall Policy Learning in Digital News Media</span>
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Heidar Davoudi
<strong>Zana Rashidi</strong>,
Aijun An,
Morteza Zihayat,
Gordon Edall,
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<em>TKDE</em>, 2020  
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Dynamic digital media paywall policy based on Deep Q-Learning and Monte Carlo sampling.
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<span class="papertitle">Decoupling the Layers in Residual Networks</span>
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Ricky Fok
Aijun An
<strong>Zana Rashidi</strong>,
Xiaogang Wang,
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<em>ICLR</em>, 2018  
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Novel deep learning architecture based on ResNet for faster training and inference.
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<span class="papertitle">Transcription Factor Binding</span>
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<a href="https://github.com/zanarashidi/transcription-factor-binding">github</a>
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Transcription Factor (TF) binding preference prediction using deep neural networks.
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<span class="papertitle">Loopy Belief Propagation using CUDA</span>
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<em>B.Sc. Project</em>, 2017  
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<a href="https://github.com/zanarashidi/loopy-belief-propagation-using-CUDA">github</a>
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Open-source implementation of Loopy Belief Propagation algorithm using CUDA for GPU.
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AAAI 2021, 2018
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<a href="https://ecmlpkdd2020.net/organisation/programcommittee/">ECML 2020 (Program Committee)</a>, 2019
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IJCAI 2020, 2018
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KDD 2019
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ICDM 2020, 2019, 2018
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<a href="https://vectorinstitute.ai/vector-institute-deep-learning-and-reinforcement-learning-2018-summer-school/">Deep Learning & Reinforcement Learning Summer School 2018</a>
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Outside of my passion for ML, you will often find me climbing, biking, reading a book, or just hanging out with my cat (Yuki). I've dabbled in playing guitar, photography and boxing too!
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