Computer Science Algorithm Design

MARYAM RAHIMIMOVASSAGH

+1-540-***-**** Christiansburg, VA

*******@**.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryam-rahimi-movassagh/ github.com/Maryam-Movassagh OBJECTIVE

I am a passionate AI engineer looking for internship/full time positions in the computer science. I have experience designing and running experiments as well as participation in a range of machine learning studies. I am available to start working late June - mid July for the next year.

EDUCATION

Master of Engineering, Industrial and systems Engineering Cognitive Engineering, Virginia Tech (VT), Blacksburg 2021 - 2024 Master of Science, Industrial and systems Engineering Statistics Concentration, Sharif University of Technology (SUT), Tehran 2015 - 2018 Bachelor of Engineering, Biosystems Engineering

University of Tehran (UT) Tehran 2007 - 2013

WORK EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant August 2021 - June 2023

Virginia Tech, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Blacksburg, Virginia

• Holding hybrid office hours to help approximately 235 students with their assignments

• Holding review sessions for the exams

• Design of exams, making rubrics and grading to track students progress Researcher Oct 2022 - February 2024

Virginia Tech, Human Factors in Transportation Lab, VTTI Blacksburg, Virginia

• Designed a multi media alert system for pedestrians

• Improved and decreased the percentage of time spending of participants in the error space by 63%

• Interpretation and analysis of the resulting data using the hypothesis testing and charts using R

• Problem solving, critical thinking, time management, and creative thinking Researcher June 2020 - Jan 2022

Virginia Tech, Mind Music Machine (Trim) lab Blacksburg, Virginia

• Designed a voice agent system for the safety and productivity of construction workers

• Tested the usability of the device measuring objective and subjective features

• Improved the completion time of the simulated task of assembling by 18% and the number of assembling error by 16%

• Working with multimedia data, sentiment analysis, and text analysis

• Multitasking in cross-functional team work

• Leading a study group of 10 students in AI and voice-based classification in Python using Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, and scikit-learn

• Writing and editing a proposal to the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Research Engineer Apr 2018 - Nov 2020

Innovation Center in Sharif University of Technology Tehran, Iran

• Worked on text content for the goal of interface design to link customer and local flight agencies using search engine optimization and result validation

• Participation in workshops and lectures, focus groups, and brain storming Research Engineer Sep 2016 - Jun 2018

Institute in Physics and Mathematics (IPM) Tehran, Iran

• Improved CNN accuracy by 22.87% to classify Electroencephalography (EEG) using network path length using Tensorflow, Keras, Matplotlib, NumPy, Pandas, and Scikit-learn towards master thesis

• Experience working with EEG electrodes and data cleaning using EEG lab in Matlab

• The Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience(Cam-CAN) large-scale (approx. N = 700) PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE

• ”WISE Initiative: Empowering Women in Industrial and Systems Engineering – Impacts, Strategies, and Future Plans ” In progress

• ”See you on the other side: a crosswalk navigation system with multi-modal alert system for distracted and visually impaired crosswalk users”,Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 67(1), 1894-1899.

• ”Human Factors Considerations for Teaming between Construction Workers and Voice-based Intel- ligent Virtual Agent (VIVA)”,Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 65(1), 72–76, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Oct 4–7, 2021. Cited by 3.

• ”Real-time moisture ratio study of drying date fruit chips based on on-line image attributes using kNN and random forest regression methods”, Measurement,Volume 172,2021,108899, Cited by 36. TECHNICAL SKILLS

Language & Developer Skills Figma, NLTK, Python, R, SQL, Matplotlib, Data Visualization, Ma- chine Learning, Anaconda, Conda, Linux

Other Technical skills Microsoft Suite, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Calender Qualitative Skills User Interviews, Focus Groups, Design Charrette, Questionnaires SELECTED SERVICES AND AWARDS

Faculty Women of Color Association (FWCA) scholarship (April 2024) Member and formal event chair in Women in ISE (WISE) (Sep 2021- present). Member and social media coordinator center in Human-Computer Interaction (CHCI) (Dec 2021- present).

Award from Pajouhesh institution for ranking 6 among around 12000 participants in the national master entrance exam (June 2015)

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