CV

Curriculum vitae of Farshid Farhadi Khouzani.

Contact Information

Name Farshid Farhadi Khouzani
Email farhadikhoozani@gmail.com

Experience

  • 2025 - present

    Las Vegas, NV

    Research Assistant
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    • Parallel computing on HPC clusters.
    • Probabilistic Swin Transformer with uncertainty estimation.
  • 2024 - 2025

    Las Vegas, NV

    Instructor & Teaching Assistant
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Computer Science
    • Instructed the course “Programming for Data Science in Python I.”
    • Led labs for Data Structures and Algorithms.
  • 2017 - 2021

    Software and ML Researcher
    Freelance
    • Developed software for 3D printing applications.
    • Researched and implemented current machine learning models.
  • 2016 - 2017

    Isfahan, Iran

    Software Engineer
    Padidavaran IT Company
    • Engineered and optimized backend databases in MySQL and PostgreSQL for data-intensive applications.
    • Designed relational schemas and improved query processing efficiency.

Education

  • 2024 - present

    Las Vegas, NV

    PhD
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    Machine Learning and Data Analytics
  • 2022 - 2024

    Deggendorf, DE

    MS
    Technische Hochschule Deggendorf
    Applied Computer Science
  • 2013 - 2016

    Isfahan, Iran

    MS
    Isfahan University of Technology
    Computer Engineering
    • Thesis: Using a Surrogate Model in Evolutionary Optimization.
  • 2008 - 2012

    Kerman, Iran

    BS
    Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
    Computer Science
    • Thesis: Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Image Processing.

Awards

  • Spring 2026
    First Place Poster Award, Graduate Research Symposium
    College of Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • Spring 2026
    Differential Scholarship
    College of Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

    Awarded on the basis of academic merit and achievement among graduate students in Computer Science.

Skills

Languages: C++, Java, Python, C, SQL, C# (.NET), MATLAB
Systems: Linux, Docker, HPC, Git, CI/CD (GitHub Actions)
Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, vector embeddings
ML: PyTorch, Hugging Face, Transformers, Pandas, NumPy