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Elaheh Ahmadi

Machine Learning Engineer
Cambridge,MA

Summary

Innovative and technically-astute Machine Learning Engineer well-versed in analyzing user needs and developing software to precisely meet diverse needs. Demonstrates mastery of multiple programming languages and proactively keeps up with industry trends. Driven to wear many programming hats with expertise in creating everything from new applications to new operating systems.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language

Work History

Co-founder and CEO

Themis AI Inc
Cambridge, MA
09.2021 - Current
  • Themis AI, a spinoff from CSAIL MIT, was founded by MIT alumni and professors to empower the world to create, advance, and deploy trustworthy AI.
  • Defined company roles and responsibilities to establish and enhance processes.
  • Established organizational mission statement through extensive collaboration and review.
  • Cultivated forward-thinking, inclusive and performance-driven company culture to lead industry innovations

Research Assistant

Distributed Robotics Lab At MIT
Cambridge, MA
01.2021 - 08.2021
  • Conducted research on debiasing clinical trials for drug approval prediction utilizing novel Machine Learning algorithm. Implemented in Python. Advised by Prof. Daniela Rus and Prof. Andrew Lo.

Software Engineering Intern

NVIDIA
Santa Clara, CA
06.2020 - 01.2021
  • Conducted research, designed and implemented a framework for Hyperparameter Optimization for Opaque Model. Implemented in python.

Software Engineering Intern

Google X
Mountain View, CA
05.2019 - 08.2019
  • Designed and implemented navigation algorithm for the general-purpose robotic team at X. Utilized C++.
  • Train and tested different computer vision algorithm including object detection and object segmentation to improve existing navigation algorithm.

Undergraduate Researcher

MIT Poggio Laboratory At CBMM
Cambridge, MA
06.2017 - 09.2019
  • Conducted research on producing synthetic stimuli using Generative Adversarial Network (GANs) to challenge eccentricity dependent models of human vision. Implemented in Python, and TensorFlow

Machine Learning Lead

Sonic Vision
Cambridge, MA
01.2018 - 03.2018
  • Designed, trained, and tested Ultrasound image segmentation and 3D reconstruction Machine Learning Algorithm. Implemented in Python
  • First engineer hire at the startup.100k Accelerate finalist

Software Engineering Intern

Deepen AI
Santa Clara, CA
06.2018 - 08.2019
  • Implemented Auto Calibration algorithm to extract transformation matrix from lidar point cloud to camera images for autonomous driving cars. Achieved 90% accuracy. Utilized C++, OpenCV, PCL
  • Implemented real-time SLAM (Simultaneously Localizing and Mapping) algorithm. Decreased the error by 100 times over thousand frames. Utilized C++ and ROS

Education

Master of Engineering - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge
Cambridge, MA
06.2020 - 09.2021

Bachelor of Science degree - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
08.2016 - 06.2020

Skills

    Machine Learning Software Development

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Publications

  • “Identifying and Mitigating Potential Biases in Predicting Drug Approvals”, Q Xu, E Ahmadi, A Amini, D Rus, AW Lo, Drug Safety Journal. 2022
  • “Visualizing the Shape-Invariance of Deep Neural Networks”, E Ahmadi, A Jan, X Boix, MIT Undergraduate Journal, Volume 37. 2019

Awards

  • Selected in the STEX 25 April 22-April 23 startup cohort
  • 2020 Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts
  • 2019 Recipient of Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT) grant
  • 100k Accelerate finalist, Sonic Vision team (2018)
  • Gold medal in National Physics Olympiad (2015) (Hosted by YSC)

Timeline

Co-founder and CEO

Themis AI Inc
09.2021 - Current

Research Assistant

Distributed Robotics Lab At MIT
01.2021 - 08.2021

Software Engineering Intern

NVIDIA
06.2020 - 01.2021

Master of Engineering - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge
06.2020 - 09.2021

Software Engineering Intern

Google X
05.2019 - 08.2019

Software Engineering Intern

Deepen AI
06.2018 - 08.2019

Machine Learning Lead

Sonic Vision
01.2018 - 03.2018

Undergraduate Researcher

MIT Poggio Laboratory At CBMM
06.2017 - 09.2019

Bachelor of Science degree - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
08.2016 - 06.2020
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