MINOO TAGHAVI

Data Scientist & Staff Engineer (Green Card holder)

Washington, DC. 202-***-**** minoot7.github.io/MinooTaghavi adipzh@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/minootaghavi/ github.com/minoot7 ABOUT ME

Data Scientist and Engineer with 5 years of experience in the transportation industry, machine learning techniques, deep learning algorithms, and large-scale datasets. Seeking to leverage my engineering expertise, programming and data analysis skills in data science field.

SKILLS

Data Science: Machine Learning, deep Learning, Natural language Processing, Web Scraping, Time Series Analysis, Image Classification, Data Modeling, HTML/ CSS

Programming: Python, TensorFlow, Scala, HTML, R Programming, MATLAB, SQL, Spark, AWS Data Visualization: Tableau, Matplotlib, Seaborn, ArcGIS/ArcMap EXPERIENCE

Data Science Fellow- General Assembly, Washington DC AUG 2020- DEC 2020

• Completed 30+ projects and labs utilizing the entire data science workflow, including data acquisition, data cleaning, data visualization, exploratory analysis, feature selection, modeling, and evaluation.

• Conducted natural language processing (using NLTK library in Python) on thousands of scraped Reddit posts to train several classification models to predict related subreddit.

• Built geospatial analysis of areas at risk for COVID-19 and natural disasters in California using python and machine learning techniques (Clustering algorithm) and ArcGIS and Tableau.

• Developed a housing market price model with 94% accuracy using several linear machine learning techniques to predict the sale price of hundreds of houses based on a comprehensive set of features.

• Developed lane detection with deep learning (CNN architecture) with 88% accuracy on test data set using transfer learning and Pytorch library.

Staff Engineer- Applied Research Associates Inc., JUL 2018- AUG 2020 On-site Consultant for Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration

• Addressed customers’ (divisions, districts and public) ad hoc requests including pavement network data inquiries.

• Developed and improved data quality management protocols and procedures saving hundreds of man-hours.

• Worked on pavement network data analysis, reporting, and mapping (SQL, Excel, ArcGIS).

• Developed performance metric evaluation of MDOT SHA roadways using pavement condition and construction history data.

PhD Graduate Research Assistant- University of Maryland, College Park JAN 2018- JUL 2018

• Studied transportation systems and conducted traffic modeling projects such as modeling traffic flow using PTV Vissim for prediction and improvement of traffic flow. Project Engineer- Milani Construction LLC, Washington DC JAN 2017- JAN 2018

• Prepared cost estimates for asphalt pavement and bridge construction projects.

• Participated in construction bidding process, CPM scheduling, takeoffs and estimates. Engineer- EBA Eng. Inc. - Consultant of MDOT- SHA JUN 2016- JAN 2017

• Prepared RFIs, material clearance, change orders and progress report.

• Worked on MCMS/MMS programs to manage cost/expense for labors and equipment. Project Manager Assistant Intern - PWE, City of Houston, Texas APR 2015- APR 2016

• Worked on cost estimation and scheduling and reviewed field material orders.

• Assisted in inspection and project management of waterline and traffic signalization. EDUCATION CERTIFICATION

2014 - 2016 • University of Houston • Data Science Immersive Certification- 480 hrs M.Sc. in Construction Engineering & Management • ArcGIS Training Certification 2009 - 2014 • Ferdowsi University of Mashhad • OSHA Construction B.Sc. in Architectural Engineering

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