Education

Exp. **** MSc., Analytics Georgia Institute of Technology

**** ***., ********** ******** (Neuroscience) University of South Carolina 2008 BSc., Biology University of Tehran

Work Experience

2014 - PhD. Research Assistant University of South Carolina 2018 Columbia, SC

Performed statistical modeling on stroke patients with brain damage explaining 30:0% of the variance of sensori-motor behavioral met- rics. She performed data collection and brain mapping, and ana- lyzed MRI data and modeling using MATLAB scripts. She presented the results in two conferences and the resulting publication is un- der edition. Data collection was performed using robotic assessment devices. She conducted a research survey on clinical data quality metrics and health outcomes on stroke patient population. 2016 - Teaching Assistant University of South Carolina 2018 Columbia, SC

Instructed four semesters of undergraduate Anatomy and Physiol- ogy classes each supporting 120 students. Developed material for lectures, mentored students, and provided research guidance. Side Projects

– Loan Default Classification: Used SVM and KSVM classification techniques on Credit Approval Data-set to predict loan default with 92:0% AUC.

– Punishment Regime Efficacy: Using historical crime data set in US, a model was built to predict crime rate using environmental, social, and economical predictors. The linear regression model was able to predict the crime rate by R 2

of 0:7.

– E-commerce Recommendation System: Implemented pairwise association rule mining algorithm using Python on E-commerce basket data. Skills

– Machine learning, statistical modelling, statistical tests, experimentation design, survey design and data acquisition.

– (Python) matplotlib, pandas, numpy, scipy, sklearn, re

– (R) ggplot2, mlr, kernlab

– (Soft Skills) Communication, problem solving, time management, project man- agement, Independence, team-work

Courses and Certifications

Ongoing Data Scientist with Python Datacamp

Ongoing Tableau 2020 A-Z Udemy

Mar. 2020 The Complete SQL Bootcamp Udemy

Dec. 2019 Introduction to Analytics Modelling (R) Georgia Institute of Technology Mar. 2018 Learn to Program - The Fundamentals (Python) University of Toronto Mar. 2017 Advanced Statistics University of South Carolina Mar. 2016 Introduction to Statistics University of South Carolina Leadership

2018 Vice PresidentGraduateStudentAssociationofBrainAwarenessattheUniversity of South Carolina

2017 President Iranian Student Organization at the University of South Carolina Shafagh Yazdani

U.S. Permanent Resident

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Sunnyvale, CA

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Skills

Overview

Data

Science

Biomedical

Sciences

Statistics

Public

Health

Machine

Learning

Analytical

Mindset

Programming

0 LOC 5000 LOC

R • SAS

SQL

Python• MATLAB

Projects

Vaccine ImmunogenicityPrediction(GT

ISYE 6501 Course): Developed a pro-

posal for personalized vaccination strat-

egy using machine learning models (clus-

tering algorithm, logistic regression).

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