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I'm Shadi Tavakoli, a data scientist specializing in NLP, computer vision, and recommender systems. With 3+ years of experience designing and deploying AI/ML solutions, I’ve built Persian NLP datasets, LLM-powered chatbots, and hybrid recommenders, improving user engagement and content discovery. I apply MLOps practices to deploy and monitor models in production, analyze user behavior to optimize workflows, and create dashboards to inform data-driven decisions across video platforms and social apps.…I'm Shadi Tavakoli, a data scientist specializing in NLP, computer vision, and recommender systems. With 3+ years of experience designing and deploying AI/ML solutions, I’ve built Persian NLP datasets, LLM-powered chatbots, and hybrid recommenders, improving user engagement and content discovery. I apply MLOps practices to deploy and monitor models in production, analyze user behavior to optimize workflows, and create dashboards to inform data-driven decisions across video platforms and social apps.

Shadi Tavakoli

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I'm Shadi Tavakoli, a data scientist specializing in NLP, computer vision, and recommender systems. With 3+ years of experience designing and deploying AI/ML solutions, I’ve built Persian NLP datasets, LLM-powered chatbots, and hybrid recommenders, improving user engagement and content discovery. I apply MLOps practices to deploy and monitor models in production, analyze user behavior to optimize workflows, and create dashboards to inform data-driven decisions across video platforms and social apps.…I'm Shadi Tavakoli, a data scientist specializing in NLP, computer vision, and recommender systems. With 3+ years of experience designing and deploying AI/ML solutions, I’ve built Persian NLP datasets, LLM-powered chatbots, and hybrid recommenders, improving user engagement and content discovery. I apply MLOps practices to deploy and monitor models in production, analyze user behavior to optimize workflows, and create dashboards to inform data-driven decisions across video platforms and social apps.

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I’m Shadi Tavakoli, a data scientist specializing in NLP, computer vision, and recommender systems. With 3+ years of experience designing and deploying AI/ML solutions, I’ve built Persian NLP datasets, LLM-powered chatbots, and hybrid recommenders, improving user engagement and content discovery.

I apply MLOps practices to deploy and monitor models in production, analyze user behavior to optimize workflows, and create dashboards to inform data-driven decisions across video platforms and social apps.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

Persian

Fluent

English

Advanced

Work Experience

Data Scientist at Video-on-Demand Platform

October 1, 2023 - Present

Led development of an LLM-powered CRM chatbot and built multilingual content categorization systems (English, Persian, Finglish) to enhance content discovery. Created Persian NLP datasets with GANs and transformers, and designed hybrid recommendation systems to boost engagement. Built KPI dashboards (Metabase) and analyzed user behavior to optimize platform performance and marketing.

Data Scientist at OzonSocial, Tehran

July 1, 2023 - September 1, 2023

Selected and implemented tools and algorithms to analyze complex data and generate actionable reports. Designed AI services for user authenticity and compliance to improve platform integrity and reduce fraudulent accounts. Collaborated across teams to develop and deploy ML models and designed experiments to track product metrics.

Data Scientist at Telewebion, Tehran

August 1, 2021 - June 1, 2023

Developed a BERT-based Persian sentiment analysis model, improving comment classification accuracy. Customized and deployed high-accuracy comment classification models for moderation and recommendation quality. Implemented implicit-feedback-based recommendations, migrated to Elasticsearch 8.3 for NLP analysis, and improved operational efficiency through redesigned information flows.

Education

M.S. in Artificial Intelligence at Azad University Central Tehran

January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2025

B.S. in Electrical Engineering at Bu-Ali Sina University

January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2016

M.S. in Artificial Intelligence (Thesis: Presentation of a Language Model for Detecting Hate Speech in Persian Using Transformers and Deep Learning) at Azad University Central Tehran

January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2025

B.S. in Electrical Engineering at Bu-Ali Sina University

January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2016