About Me

Hello! 👋 I’m Zahra Safdari, a dedicated computer scientist with a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Tabriz. My academic journey has fueled a deep passion for Applied Machine Learning, particularly within the fields of Climate Informatics, Big Data Analytics, and Social Computing—areas where I’m eager to continue innovating and making impactful contributions. 🌟


Research Interests

  • Applied Machine Learning

  • Big Data Analytics

  • Climate Informatics

  • Casual AI

  • News

  • I'm thrilled to announce my graduation with a Computer Science degree from the University of Tabriz!
  • [2024]
  • Wow! I am the Sole Female Member elected to the Computer Science Department’s Scientific Society.
  • [2023]
  • Yayy! I ranked 3rd among Computer Science students at our department.
  • [2023]
  • I ranked 1st among 140 students in IPM Institute For Research In Fundamental Sciences Entrance Exam for AI school.
  • [2023]
  • Top 0.5% in Iran’s National University Entrance Exam(over 155,000 Participants).
  • [2020]


    EDUCATION

  • University of Tabriz — B.Sc. — Computer Sciencee
  • [2020 - present]

    • GPA 3.81/4 — ranked 4th in the CS 2024 enteries


  • Hijab Governmental Leading High School — Diploma — Math and Physics Discipline
  • [2017 - 2020]

    • GPA 4/4



    PUBLICATIONS

    Advancing Arctic Sea Ice Forecasting with EDACoL: An Enhanced Dual-Attention ConvLSTM Model and Pioneering Proposals.”
    Zahra Safdaro, Manuscript in preparation. 2024

    Augmented-Hater MSCBT: A Multi-stacked CNNBILSTM-Transformer for Multilingual Hate Speech Detection.
    Manuscript in preparation. 2024


    RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

    Independent Researcher

    Jul 2024 - present
    • Enhanced Arctic Sea Ice forecasting model with advanced techniques.
    • Developed EDACoL model and authored a technical report.

    Undergraduate Research Assistant

    Aug 2023 - present
    • Supervisor: Prof. Habib Izadkhah, University of Tabriz
    • Co-authored a paper on hate speech detection, handling dataset collection, preprocessing, balancing, model design, training, and writing.
    • Explored the effect of K value variations in KNN to improve recommender systems.
    • Developed a predictive model focused on fairness, bias mitigation, and explainability.

    Summer Research Intern

    Jul 2023 - Oct 2023
    • IPM Institute For Research In Fundamental Sciences
    • Delved into various AI domains, such as Neural Networks, Image Processing, and NLP.
    • Developed the robust "SentiGerman: German Sentiment Analysis model."


    Teaching Experience

    University of Tabriz

    Feb 2021 - Feb 2024
    • Teaching Assistant of Basics of Computer and Programming course.
    • Teaching Assistant of Data Structure course.
    • Teaching Assistant of Specialized Language course.
    • Teaching Assistant of Advanced Programming course.
    • Lead tutor of the Python Programming Workshop.

    IPM Institute For Research In Fundamental Sciences

    Jun 2023 - Sep 2023
    • Teaching Assistant of Artificial Intelligence summer workshop.

    Meshkat Holdings

    Jun 2021 - Aug 2022
    • Tutor of Computer Science courses like Data Structure and Algorithms Design.


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