Omid Kashefi

Software Engineer ML NLP

Omid Kashefi has extensive experience in the fields of natural language processing (NLP) and software engineering, serving as Lead NLP Scientist and Co-Founder at Virastyar Data Processing from 2011 to 2016. Other notable roles include Senior Software Engineer at the innovation center of the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Member of the Computer and Language Group at the Academy of Persian Language and Literature, and Lecturer at Iran University of Science and Technology. Kashefi's career also includes positions at ETS as NLP Scientist and Research Lead, and a brief internship at Expedia Group. Currently, Kashefi works as a Software Engineer focusing on ML/NLP at Meta, while also contributing as a member of the Board of Advisors to the Iran Telecom Research Center and the Council of ICT. Academic qualifications include a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh and both a Master's and Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Iran University of Science and Technology.

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Menlo Park, United States

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